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.
1,743 catalogued lore works · 553 codex entries · 142 mapped places · 177 champions · 13 zones.
The MMO ledger — Riot has said nothing on the record for 24 days
That is not a gap in the coverage — it is the coverage. Of 72 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.
- Since Riot spoke on the record: 24 days ('See you in Runeterra': in gaming's worst layoff week, the Riot MMO's leaders broke cover to say what they're building — 8 July 2026)
- Last hard signal: 15 days (Riot Is Stacking Its MMO's Server-Tech Studio in Sydney, and One Job Ad Said the Quiet Part — 17 July 2026)
- Riot’s only public commitment: Before 2030 (No title, no codename, and no gameplay has ever been shown.)
- Our last dispatch: 24 July 2026 (A Mythic+ Boss Died at 90% Health and the Combat Log Named the Spell 'Area Death (TEST)'. Two Days Later Blizzard Fired the Employee Who Cast It.)
What the beat actually publishes: Industry 25 · Analysis 17 · Lore 16 · Concept 6 · Hiring 6 · Community 1 · Dev Update 1.
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Riot MMO & Runeterra dispatches
- Demacia Outlawed Magic and Built a Crafting Tree Instead. Every Piece of It Quietly Stores the Magic It Bans. (24 July 2026)
- A $15 Indie MMO Pulled 20,000 Players in Its Launch Week, Then Had to Switch Off Trading to Save Its Own Economy (24 July 2026)
- The Man Who Built Ultima Online Just Explained Why Every MMO Since WoW Feels the Same (24 July 2026)
- Final Fantasy XIV's Mobile Version Is Dead After 15 Months, and Riot's Parent Company Is the One That Killed It (20 July 2026)
- Runeterra’s Two Continents Trade Through One Gate. The Richest Woman in Zaun Plans to Own It. (20 July 2026)
- A One-Man MMO Just Shipped Raids Where 14 of Your 15 Raiders Are Bots, and They Now Recruit Each Other Into Guilds (20 July 2026)
- One of the Biggest Free MMOs Just Made PvP a Seasonal, Matchmade 12v12. Riot Just Hired the Blizzard Vet Who Built Exactly That. (20 July 2026)
- The Elder Scrolls Online Just Lost Its Studio Head, Its Executive Producer, and Its Game Director in the Same Week (19 July 2026)
- Stars Reach Shipped Sliders for Everything. A Yeti in the Shurima Desert Is Why Riot's MMO Shouldn't. (17 July 2026)
- Demacia Made Itself Immune to Magic. That Is Exactly Why the Demons Keep Coming. (17 July 2026)
- Evelynn Flayed a Demon and Kept Him Alive. That Is a Whole Class Runeterra Already Wrote. (17 July 2026)
- Anyone Can Drop Into EVE's New Extraction Shooter Right Now, No Invite Required. The Riot MMO Is Still Tested Behind Locked Doors. (16 July 2026)
- A New Action MMO Just Broke Down Exactly How Its Warrior Fights, Down to the Parry Timing. Riot's MMO Still Hasn't Shown a Single Class. (15 July 2026)
- A Demigod Lost His Name to Time. Aurora’s Whole Story Is the Quest to Give It Back. (15 July 2026)
- Two Factions Broke World of Warcraft. Runeterra Is Built for Three. (15 July 2026)
- Blizzard Used to Build a World. Then Someone Put a Number on It. (15 July 2026)
- To Cross Shurima, You Ride a Living Mountain and Steer by a Disc of Gold (13 July 2026)
- The Classic MMO Everyone Was Rooting For Just Halved Your Backpack in Beta -- Then Sold the Other Half Back in a Cash Shop (13 July 2026)
- A Quarter-Million Survey Answers From WoW Classic Diehards: More Raids, No Flying. It's the Exact Question Riot's MMO Has to Answer. (13 July 2026)
- Nilah Isn’t From Bilgewater. She’s From a Kingdom Riot Named But Never Put on the Map. (13 July 2026)
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.
- Demacia Modern era — 127 lore works · 58 codex entries · 15 champions · 5 mapped places
Fiora, Galio, Garen - Noxus Modern era — 124 lore works · 63 codex entries · 17 champions · 4 mapped places
Ambessa, Briar, Cassiopeia - Ionia Classical era — 195 lore works · 117 codex entries · 23 champions · 50 mapped places
Ahri, Akali, Hwei - Piltover Modern era — 104 lore works · 37 codex entries · 8 champions · 3 mapped places
Caitlyn, Camille, Ezreal - Zaun Modern era — 147 lore works · 35 codex entries · 14 champions · 3 mapped places
Blitzcrank, Dr. Mundo, Ekko - Freljord Ancient era — 110 lore works · 50 codex entries · 15 champions · 4 mapped places
Anivia, Ashe, Aurora - Shurima Ancient era — 86 lore works · 84 codex entries · 11 champions · 31 mapped places
Akshan, Amumu, Azir - Ixtal Classical era — 42 lore works · 29 codex entries · 8 champions · 9 mapped places
Malphite, Milio, Neeko - Bilgewater Modern era — 93 lore works · 41 codex entries · 8 champions · 6 mapped places
Gangplank, Graves, Illaoi - Targon Cosmic era — 87 lore works · 51 codex entries · 7 champions · 15 mapped places
Aphelios, Diana, Leona - Shadow Isles Cursed era — 110 lore works · 32 codex entries · 10 champions · 6 mapped places
Elise, Gwen, Hecarim - Bandle City Beyond era — 49 lore works · 10 codex entries · 7 champions · 2 mapped places
Corki, Lulu, Rumble - The Void Beyond era — 38 lore works · 15 codex entries · 9 champions · 4 mapped places
Bel'Veth, Cho'Gath, Kai'Sa
What is actually in here
- Lore works: 1,743 — 960 of them cinematics, trailers or music
- Codex entries: 553 — across nine codices — Baron Nashor, Rift Herald, Elder Dragon…
- Mapped places: 142 — Great City of Demacia, Immortal Bastion, Placidium of Navori, Howling Abyss…
- Champions: 177 — by zone, story and the fiction each one appears in
- 3D models: 10,854 — 256 champions, 15 2XKO fighters, 493 Riot Forge characters
- Cards: 4,761 — Legends of Runeterra and Riftbound, with art
- Voice lines: 73,140 — every line every champion says, transcribed and searchable
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.
- Back from the Brink — Locke Champion Cinematic (1002 AN+ · cinematic · Locke, Vayne)
- Salvation — 2026 Season 1 Cinematic (1002 AN+ · cinematic · Garen, Sona, Shyvana)
- For Demacia: Spearhead — Motion Comic (1002 AN+ · motion_comic · Jarvan IV, Xin Zhao, Yunara)
- For Demacia: Winged Protector — Motion Comic (1002 AN+ · motion_comic · Jarvan IV, Shyvana)
Everything Runeterra, in one place
Riot MMO — The beat: 72 dispatches on the unannounced Runeterra MMO — what Riot has confirmed, and what it hasn’t.
Universe — 1,743 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 — 10,854 skins, 256 champions and 15 2XKO fighters, spinnable in the browser.
Database — The structured encyclopedia: 4,761 cards and 73,140 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.