The League of Legends community is currently in turmoil as Riot Games has made significant changes by removing free Hextech Chests.

After a rocky start to 2025, Riot has released a new League of Legends dev diary, discussing the removal of Hextech Chests ...

Riot Games removed Hextech chests in League of Legends due to long-term sustainability concerns. The developer explained that players had come to rely on chests as one of the only ways to obtain ...

LoL’s devs have come clean about why free Hextech Chests were removed, and players were infuriated by their explanation.

League of Legends (LoL) developer Riot Games has been under fire since the beginning of Season 2025, and it looks like ...

The Feb. 7 League of Legends dev update did not go over very well with players. In it, Riot doubled down on its reasoning to remove Hextech chests as a free-to-earn loot reward. According to Riot, the ...

Player dissatisfaction seems to be at an all-time high in the League of Legends community, driven primarily by Riot Games’ decision to remove Hextech Chests and other rewards from the game. In a ...

As for the video, time is spent on the dev team’s decision to remove Hextech Chests from the MOBA as well as changes to the ...

We also learn more about the second half of season one ...

Hextech Chests were rewards that were distributed ... but players can expect to see them in season 2. Season 1 of League of Legends is set in Noxus, the brutal and expansionist empire with a ...