Demacia Rising
Demacia Rising is a full turn-based strategy game Riot tucked inside the League client — far meatier than a typical event minigame. You play a young Lux, guiding her ancestors as they carve a kingdom out of the petricite forest west of Valoran in the wake of the Rune Wars.
Balance Food, Lumber, Stone, Metal, and precious Petricite while you place buildings, research upgrades, train troops, and recruit champions. Battles resolve automatically, so the real game is in the planning: what to build where, what to research, and when to expand before the next threat arrives.
The campaign spans two acts — "The Founding of Demacia" and "Threats From Beyond" — studded with fully voice-acted, branching story moments. Garen, Jarvan IV, Quinn, Kayle, Morgana, Galio, and Poppy all appear as the kingdom grows. It is, quite literally, the origin story of Demacia rendered as a strategy game.
"Long before the white ivory towers and glorious cathedrals of Demacia, there were only empty fields and desperate refugees. Their home lost to the chaotic magic of the Rune Wars, these stranded souls found refuge west of Valoran, deep in the petricite forest where magic could not touch them."
— Demacia Rising opening narration (Riot Games, 2026)
Demacia Rising At a Glance
| Event | For Demacia |
|---|---|
| Year | 2026 |
| Genre | City-Builder |
| Controls | Mouse |
| Setting | The petricite forest west of Valoran (Demacia) |
| Where to play | Free in your browser on RuneGrove — no League client needed |
Where Demacia Rising Is Set
The petricite forest west of Valoran, in the wake of the Rune Wars: empty fields where refugees who had lost their home to chaotic magic settled on the one ground magic could not touch. What you are playing is the founding of Demacia itself, from the Crownguard side.
How to Play Demacia Rising
Demacia Rising is played with the mouse in the browser — there is nothing to install and no League client to open. The full input map:
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| Left-click | Build, select, move armies, and interact |
| End Turn | Advance a turn (costs Silver Shields) |
| Esc | Menu / back |
Build Your Kingdom
Place Farms, Lumberyards, Quarries, and Mills matched to the right terrain for production bonuses, and raise defenses against incoming raids.
Research & Champions
Spend resources and Valor across Kingdom, Combat, and Champion-recruitment branches to unlock Kayle, Morgana, Galio, Poppy and more as powerful units.
Auto-Resolve Battles
Scout enemy camps, position your defenders, and prepare — battles resolve automatically, so victory is won in the planning across both acts.
The Cast
- Lux — Playable protagonist — a young Crownguard
- Tianna Crownguard — Mentor figure
- Garen — Crownguard vanguard
- Jarvan IV — Prince of Demacia
- Kayle & Morgana — Unlockable champion units
- Galio — Unlockable petricite colossus
Did You Know
- Built for Riot by external partner Envar Studio for the 2026 "For Demacia" season.
- Two acts: "The Founding of Demacia" and "Threats From Beyond."
- It is the in-game origin story of the kingdom, with a young Lux as the player-character.
- Riot re-exported the full build so it stays playable — both acts, complete music and voice acting.
More Mini Games
Demacia Rising is one of six minigames Riot built into the League of Legends client, all of them preserved and free to play here. The other five:
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The Demon's Hand
A poker-hand roguelike where 73 Sigils let you bend the rules in your own favour.
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The Battle of Koeshin
A 2.5D tag-team brawler whose Devil-May-Cry-style flair meter pays out at S+.
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Jinx Fixes Everything
A first-person Zaun workshop crawl of cogs, claw machines and hidden Arcane lore.
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The Spirit of Hearth-Home
A cozy five-room clean-up of Ornn's forge, bookended by two voiced comics.
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Tournament of Souls
A ten-fight 1v1 gauntlet where swapping guns and sword powers Samira's ultimate.
Or start from the full mini games hub, and read the world these games are set in over in the Archive of Runeterra and on the Demacia region page.