Map Boundaries

Cecil Hoshino·12/13/2018, 5:03:43 AM·6 votes·8,927 views

This is probably a silly question, but I just want to confirm something.

Is the world of Runeterra larger than Valoran, than Demacia and Noxus and Ionia and the Freljord? If Valoran is the primary continent the story is being told on, does that mean there are other lands past the boundaries of the "Map of Runeterra" page? Or is it more akin to those old school JRPG maps that loop around once you hit the "edge?"

Basically, does the "globe" of Runeterra look like this, looping from Demacia to the Ionian isles,

or like this, where, once you get past Demacia or Ionia, here there be dragons?

-Update: Thanks! Like I said, just something I wanted to confirm

22 Comments

RiotBioluminescence12/13/2018, 5:10:04 AM14 votes

Dragons. So many dragons!

Or rather, less metaphorically, the Runeterra map shows a little over 1/6th of the surface of the planet - we've not talked about what's beyond there (dragons!) but there's definitely room to expand.

I've seen some players theorize that it's mostly water, but I have no clue where they've got that idea from.

Jeddy01712/13/2018, 5:10:21 AM3 votes

Yeah, it's been stated that there is more to the world of Runeterra. More continents that can be created explored with it's own potential stories, regions/factions, champs & 6-7 more world ending threats.

GhostOfTsushima12/13/2018, 5:44:05 AM2 votes

So we getting a League of Legends RPG game?

Cetri12/13/2018, 5:10:55 AM2 votes

Riot has stated that what's shown on the map is only about a sixth of Runeterra.

MagicFlyingLlama12/13/2018, 5:08:43 AM2 votes

Chances are Riot is not sure either - they are probably leaving it intentionally unknown so there is room to expand later.

This is pretty standard for worldbuilding, only as much as is needed is revealed, even if there is a rough outline the writers use for consistency.

Gilgayu12/13/2018, 7:42:54 PM2 votes

There are actually a lot of mysteries in the current lore that might be solved through the expansion of Runeterra.

Skarner isn't from the void, but he definitely doesn't look like a species from any of the known continents.

What is jax, and why does he have the same light bulb eyes like master yi?

There are also a few others, but I can't recall right now

RyzeTheSmurfMage12/13/2018, 6:53:31 AM1 votes

Ahem are we forgetting about the Shuriman continent and Ionia?