League of Legends news » RP update: Cost and refunds

TL;DR: We’re updating our global pricing and refund policies on March 5th.

• Several regions will see increased RP prices to account for new tax laws, currency shifts, inflation, and consistency across regions.
• The new refund policy will return one refund token every year if you are below the cap of three. Additionally, you can now refund most unused content in the client within a week of purchase without using a token.
• From now until March 5th you’ll receive extra “bonus RP” on all RP purchases.

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Hey Everyone,

Starting on March 5th, RP prices will be increasing in many regions. Each year we review global pricing and make adjustments to account for changes in currency inflation, taxation, and regional fairness. This year, we’ve seen more changes than usual, from the introduction of new taxes in several countries, to the continued weakness of global currencies relative to the US dollar, and inflation.

Each impacted region has different reasons for their specific change, but all impacted players will see their RP prices increase. We're also going to give extra bonus RP on purchases from now until March 5th and take this opportunity to update our refund policy.

You can find the detailed changes for each impacted region below.

Price and Purchasing changes:

• United States, OCE, EU, and KR
• Historically, we’ve paid sales tax (VAT or GST) in a number of countries on the money we receive from RP purchases. In the past, we handled these in different ways, either absorbing the cost or including it in the original pricing. Recently, more countries have added VAT/GST or similar taxes on digital goods (Australia, New Zealand, several in LATAM, USA digital sales tax). There’s also been a lot of currency fluctuation and inflation that has led to sizeable differences in the value of RP between currencies. The following price increases will help create a sustainable and consistent policy to ensure fairness between and within regions:
• United States: In the US, these taxes are collected at the state level, so you may see 8–10% additional sales tax on RP purchases depending on your location. Base RP prices will not be changing.
• EU: 9-15% increase. Please note that the price changes impact players checking out with the local currencies of the country listed:
• United Kingdom: 9%
• Euro Zone: 15%
• Poland: 11%
• Romania: 11%
• Hungary: 11%
• Switzerland: 10%
• Czech Republic: 11%


Euro

CURRENCY	CURRENCY VALUE	CURRENT RP	NEW RP
EUR	€2.50	350	310
EUR	€5.00	750	650
EUR	€10.00	1580	1380
EUR	€20.00	3250	2800
EUR	€25.00	4100	3500
EUR	€35.00	5725	5000
EUR	€50.00	8250	7200
EUR	€100.00	17250	15000

Sterling

CURRENCY	CURRENCY VALUE	CURRENT RP	NEW RP
GBP	£5.00	790	730
GBP	£9.00	1475	1360
GBP	£10.00	1650	1520
GBP	£15.00	2525	2330
GBP	£18.00	3000	2760
GBP	£20.00	3350	3080
GBP	£25.00	4275	3940
GBP	£35.00	5950	5480
GBP	£50.00	8600	7920

Polish Zloty

Waluta	Wartość waluty	Obecny RP	Nowy RP
PLN	10.00	zł	350	310
PLN	20.00	zł	750	670
PLN	40.00	zł	1580	1420
PLN	50.00	zł	2025	1820
PLN	80.00	zł	3250	2920
PLN	100.00	zł	4100	3690
PLN	150.00	zł	6250	5630
PLN	300.00	zł	12575	11320

Romanian Leu

Valută	Valoare valută	Vechi RP	Nou RP
RON	RON10.00	325	290
RON	RON25.00	875	790
RON	RON50.00	1825	1650
RON	RON100.00	3700	3330
RON	RON150.00	5700	5130
RON	RON300.00	11600	10440

Hungarian Forint

Valuta	Valutaérték	Régi RP	Új RP
HUF	Ft1,000.00	450	410
HUF	Ft2,000.00	975	880
HUF	Ft3,500.00	1775	1600
HUF	Ft5,000.00	2600	2340
HUF	Ft10,000.00	5300	4770
HUF	Ft20,000.00	10700	9630

Czech Koruna

Měna	Měnová hodnota	RP Stará částka	RP Nová částka
CZK	100.00 Kč	525	480
CZK	200.00 Kč	1100	990
CZK	350.00 Kč	2050	1850
CZK	500.00 Kč	2975	2680
CZK	1,000.00 Kč	6000	5400
CZK	2,000.00 Kč	12250	11030

Swiss Franc

CURRENCY	CURRENCY VALUE	CURRENT RP	NEW RP
CHF	CHF5.00	710	640
CHF	CHF10.00	1500	1350
CHF	CHF13.00	1825	1760
CHF	CHF25.00	3850	3470
CHF	CHF26.00	3750	3610
CHF	CHF50.00	7900	7110
CHF	CHF75.00	11900	10710
CHF	CHF150.00	24200	21780

Danish Koruna

CURRENCY	CURRENCY VALUE	CURRENT RP	NEW RP
DKK	80.00 kr.	1580	1400
DKK	160.00 kr.	3250	2920

Norwegian Krone

CURRENCY	CURRENCY VALUE	CURRENT RP	NEW RP
NOK	80.00 kr	1580	1350
NOK	160.00 kr	3250	2720



• Korea: 15%
• Australia: 10%
• New Zealand: 15%


• LATAM, Turkey, and Brazil
• Recently we've seen wild swings in a few global currency values and increased inflation in these regions. These changes will level prices with other currencies within their respective servers, as well as the rest of the world.
• Mexico: 12%
• Chile: 10%
• Peru: 10%
• Turkey: 20%
• Brazil: 7%
• Uruguay: 40% Uruguay’s change is due to new taxes in addition to the inflation mentioned above.

Refunds

We want to create a consistent worldwide refund policy and expand your opportunities to return stuff you accidentally bought, or didn’t like, or whatever really.

• Current System: Each League of Legends account gets three refund tokens to use over the course of its life. If you don't have refund tokens, you're unable to refund any purchase.
• New System: Each League of Legends account starts with three refund tokens. Each year, you'll be granted one additional token so long as you've used at least one (at any point in time, you can't have more than three tokens). Additionally, you'll be able to return certain unused items directly in the client within a week of purchase without using a refund token.

As a result of this change, anyone who's used at least one refund token before today will get one back. These tokens will start rolling out with this week’s patch.

For a list of what items can’t be refunded and other details, please check out the support page.

Extra Bonus RP

With so many regions impacted by the price increases, we’re giving extra “bonus RP” on all RP purchases to every region from now until March 5th.