Riot Games has revealed six new skins as part of the new Odyssey Extraction mode dropping in patch 8.18. League of Legends’ Odyssey event kicks off tomorrow and Riot has revealed six new skins for Odyssey Kayn, Sona, Jinx, Yasuo, Ziggs and Malphit. Rift Herald reports that Kayn’s skin is Legendary at 1820 RP, while the rest are Epic at 1350 RP. According to Rift Herald, the PvE mode Odyssey Extraction will task players with saving Ziggs from a crash landing, and offers several difficulty modes that can be made easier by unlocking augments along the way. “Join the crew of the Morning Star for the Odyssey event in League of Legends, which starts September 12 with patch 8.18 and features Odyssey skins for Kayn, Jinx, Yasuo, Malphite, Sona, and Ziggs,” reads the description of the cinematic trailer. Watch on YouTube A Legendary skin for Kayn Epic skins for Jinx, Yasuo, Sona, Malphite, and Ziggs The return of PvE in Odyssey: Extraction Ward skins, emotes, icons, and mission rewards Patch 8.18 goes live tomorrow, September 12.<doc-sep>I've been hyped about the League of Legends Odyssey event finally giving players the chance to head outside the solar system. Whether you're a skin addict or a fan of PVE boss fights, there's something for (nearly) everyone still addicted to Riot's MOBA. Like every event, you can unlock special items with RP, or if you're crafty, just by playing missions. Here's a rundown of what you need to do to maximize profit and skin shards. Recruit A Skin Shard Eagle-eyed reddit user Adrenmostpissed noticed a new option for recruit-a-friend. On the homepage of your client, there's a button to recruit players that are brand new to the game or haven't touched their account in two months. If you send the link to an eligible partner, you'll get a free skin shard from the Odyssey set. With just a little bit of blue essence, you'll get one of the new skins for free. You'll have to finish three missions, Odyssey Recruitment: Backup Requested, Rescue Team and Backup Has Arrived, which will take at least seven games. This offer is only available in North America, sorry EUW players. Once recruits have the link and are proven to be eligible, they have to play one game of the new Odyssey: Extraction mode. Once that's done, you should have the new skin shard sitting in your Hextech crafting chamber and 1,500 BE. Missions Like every League event, there's an option to grind for items by completing missions which expire on Oct. 9. Some give tokens, which allow you to earn borders, icons or Hextech Crafting items. There are also missions that give you augment slots, ward skins, orbs and emotes. The full list of missions can be found in your League client or on this FAQ page. You can also buy Odyssey orbs or gems with RP if you are feeling lucky. They are mission-exclusive loot boxes that can contain anything from a few Odyssey tokens to gemstones. Here's what you can buy with the Odyssey Tokens. Odyssey Jinx Icon and border 80 Odyssey Tokens Odyssey Yasuo Icon and border 80 Odyssey Tokens Odyssey Malphite Icon and border 80 Odyssey Tokens Odyssey Sona Icon and border 80 Odyssey Tokens Lifebead Icon 50 Odyssey Tokens Focusbead Icon 50 Odyssey Tokens Masterwork Chest 40 Odyssey Tokens Hextech Chest 25 Odyssey Tokens Hextech Key 25 Odyssey Tokens Hextech Key Fragment 10 Odyssey Tokens 10 Blue Essence 1 Odyssey Token<doc-sep>“League of Legends” has a new PvE mode called Odyssey, in which players join “the greatest crew in the galaxy,” Riot Games announced Monday. An animated trailer uploaded to the official “League of Legends” YouTube channel is hosted by Jinx, who invites players to board the Morning Star and excitedly points out its crew: Malphite, a tank with anger issues and Yasuo, the sword-bearing Captain who apparently enjoys romance novels, because, why not? Jinx, the pilot, makes sure to point out that she enjoys “‘sploding stuff” before explaining the big issue of Odyssey: Extraction— a “beautiful and psychotic” assassin that is bent on taking out the crew of the Morning Star. Odyssey: Extraction is live with patch 8.18 for “League of Legends,” and the game mode is available for only a limited time, from Sept. 11 until Oct. 8. The new publicity for “League of Legends” is welcome for Riot Games, which has been in the spotlight more for troubling company conduct as of late after an exposing story on the company’s sexist treatment of female employees released last month. Riot, in the process of recovering from this story, promised to change its culture to reflect values of “inclusivity, diversity, respect, and equality” by hiring a consulting team to advise on its Diversity & Inclusion Initiative. Riot also held some game industry professional development sessions exclusively for women and non-binary individuals at PAX West. Two Riot employees spoke out about these events via social media and were then dismissed from the company under uncertain circumstances on Friday, to little explanation from the company. The employees were both in support of the event, but Riot stated in a comment to Variety that “These [employees’] departures are independent from our efforts to evolve our culture.” Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly called Jinx a new character. To clarify, it appears Jinx has a new skin in the new update for “League of Legends.”<doc-sep>
League of Legends just unveiled a new cinematic for the MOBA's latest special event: Odyssey. Travel through the universe in the Morning Star alongside the universe's most rambunctious space crew. There's the muscular Malphite, the stoic Yasuo, the mischievous Jinx and the new recruit Sona. They may not be the guardians of the galaxy, but they still have bad guys like Kayn hunting them down. The Odyssey event will start Sept.12, giving players a chance to try the brand new PVE mode, Odyssey: Extraction. Following up on the success of the Star Guardians event, Odyssey: Extraction intends to show League fans a stellar time. There's five modes of difficulty (Intro, Normal, Hard, Expert, Onslaught) and a new augment system that allows you to unlock permanent skills for the mode the more you play. If you complete the Intro difficulty, you'll be able to buy a special Morning Star jacket in-real-life and toys that you won't be getting anywhere else. It wouldn't be a League of Legends event if there weren't new skins to buy. Kayn, who is now a one-eyed space villain, will be getting a Legendary skin (which isn't bad for his first cosmetic since launch). There's also Epic skins for the rest of the space crew, including Ziggs who was MIA from the cinematic. Update: Riot Games has released screenshots of the event, giving us a good look at Ziggs and the crew. Riot Games hired legendary comic book writer Dan Abnett, writer of the original Guardians of the Galaxy reboot comic. Without him, you'd have never heard of Groot or Rocket Raccoon. He's writing a new short story for Kayn that's going to dive into the darkin's background. More information will be released tomorrow about the game mode. Stay tuned to Newsweek for a special interview with the developers, guides and potentially more.