Riot Games Releases Official League of Legends 2026 Patch Schedule

As the new year arrives, all sorts of things are being refreshed to give players the opportunity to know more about titles coming up. Not many companies have shown the diligence to inform their users about upcoming patches quite like Riot Games.

League of Legends has always been very transparent and consistent when it comes to updates — being a competitive title, things need tweaking and adjusting every so often. Especially with a new season arriving, with all the new changes coming, it's quite a task to keep the game up-to-date and as balanced as possible.

To this end, Riot Games announced all sorts of things regarding the upcoming patches and updates. While there are some teasers and first-looks through social media and the PBE for hands-on testing, few things are as reliable as the official Patch Schedule.

If you're looking to find out when things are going to be changing, this is the perfect place to do so, learning about new patches, patch names, and their release dates, as these things are referenced quite often in Dev Updates and for information regarding limited-time game modes. Keeping up to date with this is also an important part of any serious Ranked climber, as new changes means new metas arising and diminishing.

Here are the currently scheduled patches:

• 26.02 — 22nd of January 2026 (Thursday)
• 26.03 — 4th of February 2026
• 26.04 — 19th of February 2026
• 26.05 — 4th of March 2026
• 26.06 — 18th of March 2026
• 26.07 — 1st of April 2026
• 26.08 — 15th of April 2026
• 26.09 — 29th of April 2026
• 26.10 — 13th of May 2026
• 26.11 — 28th of May 2026
• 26.12 — 10th of June 2026
• 26.13 — 24th of June 2026
• 26.14 — 15th of July 2026
• 26.15 — 29th of July 2026
• 26.16 — 12th of August 2026
• 26.17 — 26th of August 2026
• 26.18 — 10th of September 2026
• 26.19 — 23rd of September 2026
• 26.20 — 7th of October 2026
• 26.21 — 21st of October 2026
• 26.22 — 4th of November 2026
• 26.23 — 18th of November 2026
• 26.24 — 9th of December 2026

These times were all taken at the time of writing. The website itself should reflect up-to-date looks at when you can expect the updates to drop, with changes within 48 hours of its scheduled date being announced with an alert at the top of the page.