Boards›Gameplay

Hextech Crafting Questions

CoolMike127··3 votes·7,420 views

If anyone can answer and/or clarify my questions regarding Hextech Crafting, it would be appreciated. Thanks!

  1. We get 4 chests each month, 1 per week and can unlock them by getting a champion to a level of S Rank (you or someone in your premade) and that champion can only unlock it once per season, right?

  2. Key Fragments are unlocked randomly when u win a match-made game, with higher percent chance when in premade, so does ARAM and Twisted Treeline (defined as match-made game) also contribute to key fragments? (Pretty sure Bots and Custom games dont count)

  3. What happens when u already reached your capped chests and get an S Rank on a champion u had not received a chest from yet? Does this mean you can't get a chest from that champ anymore this season or does it not register and you can get the chest for it when u have open chest slots and get an S rank again?

  4. You need multiple shards of the same champion or skin and the dust needed to upgrade them into a permanent champion or skin right? If so, how much of each shard do you need in order to upgrade to the permanent one?

  5. Opinion: What is harder to obtain? The Chest or The Key Fragments?

This system promotes premade gameplay, so playing with others and making friends is what they are trying to promote, so if anyone wants to add me to play a couple games, just send me a friend request. My Summoner Name is "CoolMike127"

Thank You for the Help and Gl and Hf!

6 Comments

Mysticman892 votes

  1. Yes

  2. Pretty sure they count for offering a chance of key fragments. ARAM at least, don't pay much attention to TT.

  3. This is the question I've been wondering about that lead me to find this thread. I have 4 S ranks so far already, so I'll probably know for sure in about 48 hours when I manage another.

  4. You only need 1 shard in order to potentially upgrade it to a permanent for essence. Alternatively you can get 3 of the same type of shard (so 3 skin shards or 3 champ shards, not necessarily the same skin or champ) to reroll them into a random permanent.

  5. Key fragments have been the limiting factor for me as someone who primarily solos. I've earned 4 chests and 3 key fragments so far though, so neither seems 'that' bad.

Mysticman892 votes

To follow up on the 3rd one, getting a S rank on a 5th champ didn't result in getting a chest, and in my champion screen it shows my highest mastery rank as S, but doesn't have the special border and the chest is still grayed out. Presumably if I get another S rank on that champ next week it'll then give me a chest.

The grade score thing seems to be bugged right now, so it never loaded and so I don't know if theres any special message saying 'sorry try again next week' or something along those lines.

I did happen to get a key fragment from that game, but that's probably coincidence. It would be a nice perk if S ranks on chest eligble champs gave guaranteed key fragments if you didn't have a chest slot available, but that's probably wishful thinking.

TrevorTNT1 votes

I agree that should be a thing. I just got a S- game when my next chest is tomorrow and I only have 2 fragments still after 5 days trying to get another. :(

maxtheman211 votes

it should have key frags on bot games. lvl 5 people cant get keys then unless they want to go into real games when they're a really low lvl and get picked on by gold II people

Mysticman891 votes

Are level 5's known for getting S ranks though? And if they are, are they really in a position to be bothered by playing against golds?

maxtheman211 votes

{quoted}

Are level 5's known for getting S ranks though? And if they are, are they really in a position to be bothered by playing against golds?

i mean friends that play for 3 seasons and can beat him in a 1 v 1 anytime, so if lvl 5 people can get key fragments on bot games and open chests to get champions

More from Gameplay

3 Refunds per season, upvote if you want 3 refunds per season.
Gameplay764 comments
7,167
votes
3 Refunds per season, upvote if you want 3 refunds per season.
Gameplay156 comments
3,510
votes
UPVOTE FOR URF
Gameplay606 comments
2,440
votes
Yes plz.
Gameplay456 comments
1,721
votes
3 Refunds per season, up vote if you want 3 refunds per season.
Gameplay114 comments
1,716
votes
When is ANYONE at riot going to address the awful new player experience?
Gameplay634 comments
1,383
votes

More by CoolMike127

When is URF?
Gameplay19 comments
66
votes
Season 6 seems lackluster in comparison to previous seasons.
Gameplay11 comments
17
votes
Bot User's in Co-op (Cheating using AI to play)
Gameplay4 comments
8
votes
Happy March 32nd!
Memes & Games1 comments
7
votes
Happy Earth Day!
Memes & Games1 comments
5
votes
"The League of Draven Mode is currently disabled due to excessive amounts of Draven."
Memes & Games9 comments
4
votes