How to Buy RP in League of Legends (2026): Every Method, Skin Prices & Prepaid Card Rules

League of Legends has been free to play since 2009, and nothing you can buy with real money makes your champion hit harder. What money buys is the wardrobe — skins, chromas, event passes, the occasional name change — and all of it runs on RP. Buying RP is straightforward once you know the routes, but two things reliably catch people out: prepaid RP codes are locked to the region they were sold in, and the RP pack you instinctively reach for is often sized just below the skin you actually want. This guide covers every official way to buy RP, how to redeem a prepaid card step by step, exactly what each skin tier costs, and how RP behaves across League and Teamfight Tactics.

What RP is — and what it is not

League runs on two currencies, and they do completely different jobs. RP is the one you pay real money for and it buys cosmetics. Blue Essence is earned by playing and buys champions. Neither converts into the other, which is the single most useful thing to understand before you spend anything: if you only want to unlock champions, you do not need RP at all.

“Riot Points will now be called RP. What does RP stand for? Nothing.”

— Riot Games, Official announcement, October 2019

That is not a joke at Riot’s expense — it is the actual naming decision. The currency was called Riot Points for a decade, was officially shortened to just “RP” in 2019, and the acronym has stood for nothing ever since. Both names still circulate, so a store listing that says “Riot Points” and a client that says “RP” are the same thing.

RP is not VP, and it is not Wild Cores

Riot runs several games, and each one has its own wallet. They look interchangeable on a store page and are not interchangeable at all — a prepaid code has to be spent on one game, and once it is applied it cannot be moved.

Every official way to buy RP

League is not sold on Steam, the Epic Games Store or any console store, so there is no platform wallet sitting between you and Riot. Every legitimate route ends at Riot’s own checkout or at a named payment partner.

How to buy RP in the client

1. Open the Store
   Launch the League client and click Store in the top navigation. Your current RP balance sits in the top-right corner of the store.
2. Click your RP balance
   Clicking the balance — or the “+” next to it — opens the purchase screen with the RP packs available in your region.
3. Check the price of what you want first, then pick a pack
   Packs start small and scale up, and the ladder is deliberately sized so the obvious choice often lands a little short of a full-price skin. Look up the skin’s RP price in the store, then buy the pack that covers it in one go.
4. Choose a payment method
   Cards and PayPal are available in most regions, alongside regional wallets and prepaid options. The list you see depends on the region your Riot account is registered to, not where you are sitting.
5. Confirm — RP lands immediately
   The balance updates in the client within moments. RP is tied to your Riot account, so it follows you to any PC you sign in on, and it is available in Teamfight Tactics too.

How to redeem a prepaid RP card or cash code

Prepaid cards are the standard route for players without a card on file, and the usual way to give RP as a gift. The redemption itself takes under a minute — the rules around it are what matter.

1. Reveal the code carefully
   On a physical card, scratch the panel lightly. Riot specifically warns that scratching too hard can destroy the digits underneath, and a partly unreadable code is not something support can always recover. A digital code arrives by email and skips this problem entirely.
2. Sign in to the account you actually play on
   The full value goes to whichever account is signed in when you redeem, and it cannot be moved afterwards. Check the summoner name before you type anything.
3. Open Store → Prepaid Cards
   In the League client, click Store, then choose the Prepaid Cards option. You can also use Riot’s code redemption page in a browser if you would rather not open the client.
4. Enter the code exactly, with no spaces
   Riot’s support notes are blunt about this: any spaces in the code will be read as invalid. Type it in one continuous string, then submit.
5. Confirm the balance
   The full amount is credited instantly and shows in the store’s RP counter. There is no partial redemption — the whole code is applied at once.

• The code’s region matches the region on your Riot account.
• You are signed in to the account you intend to fund.
• You are on a PC — cash codes do not redeem on mobile versions.
• You have typed the code with no spaces and no substituted characters.
• You have decided which game the value goes to, because it cannot be changed.

Paying with Razer Gold

Razer Gold is an official Riot payment partner in a long list of regions, and it is the most common card-free route for players who do not want to attach a bank card to their Riot account. You load Razer Gold from a gift card PIN, then spend that balance on RP.

1. Reload your Razer Gold wallet
   Sign in to your Razer ID in the Razer Gold app or at gold.razer.com, open Wallet, choose Reload, and enter the PIN from your gift card.
2. Confirm the balance landed
   Check the wallet shows the new amount before going further. This is also where a region mismatch surfaces, while it is still easy to deal with.
3. Buy RP
   Either select Razer Gold at Riot’s checkout, or use Razer Gold’s own League of Legends top-up listing and sign in with your Riot account. Both end with RP on your account.
4. Collect the Razer Silver
   Spending Razer Gold earns Razer Silver loyalty points, redeemable for vouchers later. Small, but you may as well have it.

What RP actually buys: skin tiers and prices

This is the part to read before you choose a pack size. League sorts skins into tiers, and the tier sets both the price and how much of the champion actually changes — from a recolour to a full rework with new voice lines.

• An event pass usually costs less than one Epic skin and returns cosmetics as you play it.
• Chromas at 290 RP are the cheapest way to change how an owned skin looks.
• Legendary and Ultimate skins are the only tiers with new voice-over — worth it only if you play that champion a lot.
• Skins rotate through sales; if you are not in a hurry, the one you want will likely be discounted eventually.
• Mythic-shop items cannot be bought with RP directly — they need Mythic Essence from passes and events.

Region and account rules that trip people up

The rule underneath all of this is that RP belongs to an account, and a code belongs to a region. If you are buying for someone else, buy a code for their region and let them redeem it themselves — that is the only clean way to gift RP, and it also means you never handle their login.

Before you buy

• You have checked the RP price of the exact skin you want, so the pack covers it in one purchase.
• You are signed in to the right Riot account — RP cannot be transferred later.
• Any prepaid code you are buying is for the same region as your Riot account.
• You know whether the skin is a limited or rotating item, and how long you have.
• If you mainly want champions, you have checked your Blue Essence first.

Troubleshooting an RP purchase

Frequently Asked Questions