What is honor in League of Legends?

Honor in League of Legends is a system to reward honest players, introduced by Riot Games in 2012. The honor system implies going through stages and issuing bonuses.

Improving your honor level in League of Legends (LoL) requires frequent participation in battles, active engagement, and winning matches. Acting conscientiously leads to automatic advancement in honour levels, and receiving praise from fellow players accelerates this process.

At the end of each season, Riot Games resets all participants' honour levels and gaming ranks. For the upcoming transition, the thirteenth season will conclude on January 3, 2024, and the fourteenth ranking year will commence on January 9, 2024. Players who have achieved the second honour level or higher by the end of the season will begin the new period at the initial second level. Progressing through each honour level involves passing through three checkpoints, with on-screen notifications alerting players upon reaching each milestone.

Upon reaching a new checkpoint or ascending to a higher level of honour, players are rewarded. However, this does not apply to the zero and first "dishonorable" levels reserved for players demonstrating dishonest behavior. The value of LoL rewards escalates with higher honour levels. Aggressive behaviors, such as insulting others in chat or intentionally sabotaging your team, can lead to various punishments, including slowed honor progression, demotion in honor levels, or even a reset to level zero for severe offenses like account blocks lasting up to 14 days.

After serving a punishment, the affected player will not receive honour points, chests, or Hextech key fragments for a certain period. The system continually monitors player behavior, and a consistent improvement in conduct will eventually lead to resumed progress on the honor scale and the reinstatement of rewards.

Praise in LoL is a personal assessment of another player's behavior that can be given within 40 seconds after a match with an opposing team or bots. You are only allowed to praise 1 person per fight.

There are 3 types of praise:

• "Stayed Cool" - for calmness, stress resistance and inspiring the team;
• "Excellent Coordinator" - for leadership and making reasonable decisions during the battle;
• "Good Game" - for being friendly and helping allies.

The results of the voting can be seen in the window with the results of the completed battle.

For 3 praises after the game, the user receives an MVP - Most Valuable Player status. A message informs you of the assignment of the rank and additional honor points in the chat.

If a user with an honor level 3-5 receives praise from 2 or more allies or 1 member of the opposing team, other participants will see the user's glory mark when loading the next match.

Awards for players provided by the Honor system in LoL:

• Mastery Chest is available for acquisition at any Honor level, contains 1 or more random useful items such as Summoner Icons, Champion shards, emotes, part of a key;
• Key fragments - Hextech key shards are received by players with a nonzero Honor level, no more than 12 fragments per month; accumulated keys are required to open chests;
• Honor Orb - A set of key fragments and champion shards is received by players with Honor level 3-5 when passing a checkpoint;
• Honor Capsule - reward for achieving levels 3-5, contains champion shards and skins, emotes, key parts, and ward skins;
• A sign at the start of the round screen is assigned to a player with Honor level 3-5 for receiving praise from two allies or one member of the opposing team.

Viewing honor level:

1. Open your League of Legends account.
2. Log into your game profile.
3. Find the honor level value to the left of the champion mastery indicator.

The system issues loading screen badges for the new battle after receiving praise from users.

For players of honor level 4-5, the game glory badges are larger in size.

In League of Legends (LoL), the Honor Shop uses tokens as its currency. These tokens are awarded to users who have attained Honor level 5 and have received a capsule. The available items for redemption with an Honor level 5 token include:

• Grey Warwick champion
• Medieval Twitch champion
• A set from the icon and color scheme for Grey Warwick: "Sapphire", "Rose Quartz", or "Meteorite"
• A set from the icon and colour scheme for Medieval Twitch: "Sapphire", "Amethyst", or "Obsidian"

A player who has reached Honor level 5 and continues to engage in fair play cannot advance further in honour levels. However, they will consistently receive Level 5 rewards, including tokens as part of a capsule, as a recognition of their ongoing positive behavior and contribution to the community