Gold

Gold is the in-game currency of League of Legends. It is used to buy items in the shop that provide champions with bonus stats and abilities, which in turn is one of the main ways for champions to increase their power over the course of a game.

At the beginning of the game, champions are given starting gold based on the map being played on, and can receive more gold through various means.

Starting Gold

• Summoner's Rift: Champions start with 500.
• Howling Abyss: Champions start with 1400.

Base gold generation

Every champion passively generates gold at a rate that varies from map to map.

• Summoner's Rift: 20.4 per 10 seconds; starts at 1:40. This is also the time that World Atlas gains its first charge.
• Howling Abyss: 55 per 10 seconds; starts at 1:00.

Increasing passive gold gain

Champions can earn gold passively, without requiring direct action from the player. It is typically quantified in terms of the amount of gold gained over 10 seconds ("gold per 10" for short). Passive gold gain does not activate until minions spawn, and can be increased by gold-generating items.

Items

The following gold income items will passively generate gold every 10 seconds, only one of them may be carried at a time.

This table is automatically generated based on the data from Module:ItemData/data.

Item	Cost	Amount	Availability
Bloodsong Bloodsong	400	5	Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5
Bounty of Worlds Bounty of Worlds	400	5	Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5
Celestial Opposition Celestial Opposition	400	5	Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5
Dream Maker Dream Maker	400	5	Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5
Runic Compass Runic Compass	400	5	Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5
Solstice Sleigh Solstice Sleigh	400	5	Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5
World Atlas World Atlas	400	3	Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike Zaz'Zak's Realmspike	400	5	Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5

Increasing active gold gain

Champions can also gain gold by doing certain actions. Gold that is earned through direct action from the player is considered active gold gain. It can be increased by items.

Items

• Cull
• Gustwalker Hatchling / Mosstomper Seedling / Scorchclaw Pup
• Runic Compass
• Stormsurge
• The Collector
• World Atlas

Champion abilities

• Akshan's Going Rogue
• Draven's League of Draven
• Gangplank's Parrrley
• Illaoi's Test of Spirit (from killing Spirits)
• Pyke's Death from Below
• Senna's Absolution
• Twisted Fate's Loaded Dice
• Viego's Sovereign's Domination (from possessing Mist Wraiths)

Runes

• Biscuit Delivery
• Cash Back
• First Strike
• Treasure Hunter
• Triumph

Killing units

Minions, monsters, and pets

Gold can be earned by dealing the killing blow ("last hit") to enemy minions and neutral monsters.

• The gold earned from minion kills is dependent on the game time and type of minion killed; melee minions grant 21, caster minions grant 14, and siege minions grant 60 (+ 3 / 90s).
• Unlike experience, the gold earned from neutral monsters does not change over time, regardless of when the monsters were spawned. The sole exception to this is the Rift Scuttler, whose gold increases linearly with camp level.
• Pets and summons such as Annie's Tibbers, Malzahar's Voidling, Shaco's Jack in the Box, and Zyra's Plants grant gold to the champion who kills them.
• Certain epic monsters give gold globally, providing gold for the entire team. The champion who lands the killing blow receives additional gold.

Champions

Main article: Kill

Gold can be earned by killing or assisting in killing enemy champions. The gold gain is determined by how many kills the slain champion has recently accumulated (champions that have killed many enemies without dying are worth more gold).

Structures

• Destroying a turret grants varying amounts of gold.
• Destroying an inhibitor or nexus grants the player 50, but the latter is irrelevant as it also causes the game to end.

Wards

• Destroying a ward / trap grants varying amounts of gold.

Selling Items

• Most items can be sold back at the shop for 70% of their total cost.
• The exceptions to this rule are returning only 40% of their original cost:
  • Gold generating items:
    • Cull
  • Consumable items:
    • Potions:
    • Vision:
    • Elixirs:
  • Starting items:
    • Doran's items:
    • Dark Seal
  • Guardian Angel
• Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will sells for 5.
• Poro-Snax, Elixir of Force, Elixir of Avarice, and Elixir of Skill cannot be sold.
• When you undo an item purchase, you are refunded the full cost. Gold generation items also return any gold they generated.

Trivia

• Most gold possible from a single teamfight : 5750 (abilities and items that increase gold income excluded)
  • Requires 1 champion getting 5 shutdowns against enemies with maximum shutdown ( 1000 each), and at least 1 ally assisting the 5 kills ( 150 per assist).
  • The maximum gold allowed for a shutdown is 700 on top of the 300 base kill gold.
• On Twisted Treeline champions started the game with 850, and passively generated 16 per 10 seconds.
  • When someone on your team seized an altar 80 was globally earned for each member of the team.
• On Crystal Scar champions started the game with 1300 while playing Ascension and 1400 while playing Definitely Not Dominion, and passively generated 56 per 10 seconds, starting at 1:30.
  • When a player neutralized a point, they would gain 100, and 100 for capturing a point. This number is dependent on the number of champions involved in the capture of a point: two champions will each gain 75, and three champions will each gain 63.
• If Samira has at least 1 gold, Samira's /taunt deals 1 true damage and gives the target 1 of Samira's gold.

See also

• Gold efficiency
• Gold income

Gameplay Elements

League of Legends content

Summoner's Rift

The newest and most venerated battleground is known as Summoner's Rift. Traverse down one of three different paths in order to attack your enemy at their weakest point. Work with your allies to siege the enemy base and destroy their Nexus!

Regular Modes

• Classic 5v5
• Custom

Featured Game Modes

• Black Market Brawlers
• Doom Bots
• Hexakill
• Hunt of the Blood Moon
• Nemesis Draft
• Nexus Siege
• One For All
• One For All: Mirror Mode
• Ultra Rapid Fire

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Howling Abyss

The Howling Abyss is a bottomless crevasse located in the coldest, cruelest, part of the Freljord. Legends say that, long ago, a great battle took place here on the narrow bridge spanning this chasm. No one remembers who fought here, or why, but it is said that if you listen carefully to the wind you can still hear the cries of the vanquished tossed howling into the Abyss.

Regular Modes

• Classic 5v5 ( All random)
• Custom

Featured Game Modes

• Legend of the Poro King
• One For All
• One For All: Mirror Mode
• Snowdown Showdown

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Going Rogue

COOLDOWN: 18 / 14 / 10 / 6 / 2

Passive: Enemy champions that kill allied champions are marked as a Scoundrel for a long time. When Akshan scores a takedown on a Scoundrel, he gains bonus gold, all allies killed by the Scoundrel are resurrected, and Scoundrel status is removed from all other enemies.

Active: Akshan briefly gains camouflage, or indefinitely while near terrain and in brush. During this time, he can see trails leading toward Scoundrels and gains  move speed and  mana regeneration while moving toward them.

Recast: Akshan ends Going Rogue.

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League of Draven

Innate: Draven gains an Adoration stack when he catches a Spinning Axe or kills a minion, monster, or tower. He loses Adoration stacks when he dies.

When Draven kills an enemy champion, he consumes all Adoration stacks to gain bonus gold.

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Parrrley

COOLDOWN: 4.5

Active: Gangplank shoots the target enemy with his pistol, dealing physical damage and applying on-hit and on-attack effects.

If this attack kills the target, he gains gold and Silver Serpents.

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Test of Spirit

COOLDOWN: 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12

Active: Illaoi reaches with a tendril in the target direction that stops upon the first enemy hit. If the target is a champion, she rips their Spirit out from them to stand before her.

The Spirit tethers to the target for a duration, dealing a portion of any damage it takes. If the Spirit is killed or the target leaves its range, the target will be slowed and marked as a Vessel for a duration or until they takedown Illaoi, spawning Tentacles while marked.

Tentacles will autonomously attack the nearest Spirit or Vessel.

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Death from Below

COOLDOWN: 100 / 85 / 70

Active: Pyke strikes the target location in a X pattern, which executes enemy champions hit that are at low health. Other enemies hit are instead dealt physical damage.

If Death from Below hits an enemy champion, Pyke will blink to the location. If an enemy champion dies inside the X, Death from Below can be recast within a period of time at no cost.

Each execution grants kill gold to both Pyke and the last assisting ally instead of the natural assist gold.

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Absolution

TARGET IMMUNITY: 6 / 5 / 4 (based on level)

Innate - Weakened Soul: Senna's basic attacks and abilities against enemy champions apply a stack of Mist for a few seconds. Subsequent hits collect the Mist, dealing bonus physical damage based on the target's current health and rendering the target immune to further Mist applications for a few seconds.

Enemies that die near Senna may spawn a Mist Wrath from their corpse, which lasts for a period. She can kill Mist Wraiths to gain gold and Mist stacks.

Innate - Relic Cannon: Senna's basic attacks deal bonus physical damage and briefly grant her  bonus movement speed based on the target's movement speed.

Mist: For each stack, Senna gains  bonus attack damage. For every few stacks, she also gains  bonus attack range and  critical strike chance, or  life steal if she has max critical strike chance.

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Loaded Dice

Innate: Whenever Twisted Fate kills an enemy, he generates a small amount of bonus gold based on chance.

Since his dice are loaded, Twisted Fate has an increased chance of gaining maximum gold.

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Sovereign's Domination

Innate: Scoring an enemy champion takedown will spawn a Mist Wraith for a period. Viego can consume the Mist Wraith to briefly become untargetable and blink to it, which heals him for a portion of the target's maximum health and grants Possession.

Casting Heartbreaker or consuming a Mist Wraith will end Possession early.

Possession: For a period, Viego's items, stats, basic attacks, and basic abilities become those of the slain enemy's. He also gains a free cast of Heartbreaker and  bonus movement speed while facing an enemy champion.

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Summon: Tibbers

COOLDOWN: 130 / 115 / 100

Active: Annie summons her bear Tibbers, dealing magic damage to enemies in the area.

Tibbers deals magic damage with his attacks and also burns nearby enemies. Re-cast to direct him.

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Void Swarm

COOLDOWN: 8

Passive: Malzahar generates a stack of Zz'Rot Swarm when he casts another ability, up to a maximum.

Active: Malzahar consumes all Zz'Rot Swarm stacks to summon a Voidling at the target location. Additional Voidlings are then summoned for each Zz'Rot Swarm stack consumed.

Voidlings target nearby enemies and deal magic damage with their attacks, prioritizing those targeted by Malefic Visions and Nether Grasp.

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Jack in the Box

COOLDOWN: 15

Active: Shaco summons a box at the target location that becomes stealthed after a short time.

The box will spring out upon enemy contact, fearing nearby enemies for a short time. Enemy champions hit are also briefly rooted.

The box will remain for a few seconds to automatically fire at nearby enemies, dealing magic damage that is increased when attacking only one enemy.

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Garden of Thorns

STATIC CD: 13.6 – 9.05 (based on level)

Innate: Zyra's Seeds can be turned into plants by hitting them with her basic abilities. Enemy champions can step over a Seed to destroy it.

Innate: Periodically, Zyra plants one or two Seeds nearby that remain for some time.

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Twisted Treeline

Deep in Shadow Isles lies a ruined city shattered by magical disaster. Those who venture inside the ruins and wander through the Twisted Treeline seldom return, but those who do, tell tales of horrific creatures and the vengeful dead.

Regular Modes

• Classic 3v3
• Custom

Featured Game Modes

• Hexakill

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Crystal Scar

The Crystal Scar was once known as the mining village of Kalamanda, until open war between Demacia and Noxus broke out over control of its vast underground riches. Settle your disputes on this Field of Justice by working with your allies to seize capture points and declare dominion over your enemies!

Featured Game Modes

• Ascension
• Definitely Not Dominion

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Ascension

Ascension is a featured game mode on to the Crystal Scar.
The first team to score 200 points wins:

• Killing enemy champions earns 1 point.
• If a killer is Ascended, 2 points are earned.
• Claiming a Relic of Shurima earns 3 points.
• Killing an Ascended Champion rewards 5 points.
• Killing The Ancient Ascendant earns 5 points.

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Kill the Ancient Ascendant to gain the Ascension buff:

• Has no mana and energy costs
• Health costs are reduced by 50%
• 50 - 900 (base on level)  bonus health
• 12 - 216 bonus physical damage and ability power.
• +15%  armor penetration &  magic penetration
• +25%  Cooldown reduction (maintaining the 40% cap)
• All incoming healing effects are reduced by 50%
• Always visible even while stealthed or in brush.

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Definitely Not Dominion

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