RuneGrove — the Riot MMO & Runeterra universe hub

Riot is building an MMO in Runeterra, and no gameplay has ever been shown — the 2020 reveal was an announcement and nothing more. So we did the opposite of hype: we mapped the world first. Every region, every creature and every story Riot has published about Runeterra, catalogued and cross-referenced, and read as what it really is — a design document for a game that does not exist yet.

1,737 catalogued lore works · 553 codex entries · 142 mapped places · 177 champions · 13 zones.

The MMO ledger — Riot has said nothing on the record for 7 days

That is not a gap in the coverage — it is the coverage. Of 114 published dispatches on this beat, exactly 1 was a dev update. Everything else is analysis, lore and industry reporting read through the lens of a game that does not exist yet.

What the beat actually publishes: Industry 41 · Lore 28 · Analysis 22 · Hiring 12 · Concept 6 · Community 3 · Dev Update 1 · Rumor 1.

The full Riot MMO tracker & development timeline ›

Riot MMO & Runeterra dispatches

The thirteen zones of Runeterra

The most likely explorable map, ranked by how much of each zone actually exists in this archive. Every zone has its own guide, its own codex and its own body of fiction.

What is actually in here

Latest in the Runeterra chronology

The most recent chapters of Runeterra’s own history, in lore order rather than publication order. Currently ending in The Noxian Expansion & Beyond — 24 entries.

Everything Runeterra, in one place

Riot MMO — The beat: 114 dispatches on the unannounced Runeterra MMO — what Riot has confirmed, and what it hasn’t. Universe — 1,737 catalogued lore works across 13 zones — regions, factions, magic, bestiary and the Runeterra timeline. Champions — 177 characters by region and story — the cast of the world. 3D Models — 10,976 skins, 261 champions and 15 2XKO fighters, spinnable in the browser. Database — The structured encyclopedia: 4,762 cards and 73,174 transcribed voice lines. Lore Library — Original Entgrove worldbuilding — including deep Riot MMO design essays. Mini Games — Riot’s preserved in-client games, archived and playable. All dispatches — The full archive, filterable by topic.