Asset paths

A lot of assets are available in client and game files. This describes how they are organized and where to find frequently requested files.

Note: Files are sometimes reorganized by Riot. This page applies to the latest version.

On raw.communitydragon.org, LCU files are exported at the root and game client hashes are exported in the game/ subdirectory.

Files with unknown path are put in unknown/ subdirectories.

Client paths

Most paths from client use the following format: plugins/<plugin>/<region>/<lang>/... Where:

• <plugin> is the client plugin name
• <region> is a region name (e.g. euw), or global
• <lang> is a language code (e.g. en_gb), or default

The plugin name matches the directory name in which a WAD can be found. For instance, for .../plugins/rcp-fe-lol-missions/assets.wad, the plugin is rcp-fe-lol-missions.

With the exception of the rcp-be-lol-game-data plugin which contains a lot of common assets, only the fe (frontend) plugins contain assets; the be (backend) can be ignored.

The region/lang pair allows the client to use different files depending on the region and/or language. It is notably used for translations and censorship of some visuals (e.g. Grave's cigar). When retrieving an asset, the client starts by looking for a match with its specific region and/or language, then falls back to global/default.

Mapping paths from JSON files.

The plugins/rcp-be-lol-game-data/global/default/v1/ directory contains a lot of JSON files, for a lot of game objects. In those, asset paths can be mapped to URLs: /lol-game-data/assets/<path> is mapped to plugins/rcp-be-lol-game-data/global/default/<lowercased-path>.

For instance:

• /lol-game-data/assets/ASSETS/Items/Icons2D/TeleportHome.png maps to plugins/rcp-be-lol-game-data/global/default/assets/items/icons2d/teleporthome.png
• /lol-game-data/assets/v1/champion-icons/-1.png maps to plugins/rcp-be-lol-game-data/global/default/v1/champion-icons/-1.png

Champion assets

Note: layout have changed and not all champions have been updated yet. For the actual path, always check the champion's JSON file from champion basic data.

Note: most assets from rcp-be-lol-game-data can be found in both LCU files and game client files.

• Basic data, also includes paths to champion assets
• Square portraits (base skin)
• Square portraits (all skins), as seen on shop and hextech-crafting
• Round portraits (all skins): game/assets/characters/{name}/hud/ (example)
• Skin backgrounds (centered), as seen on profile page
• Skin backgrounds (uncentered), as seen on collection tab
• Ultimate skin backgrounds, as displayed on profile page, also animated
• Chroma appearances, as seen on champion select
• Loading screen champion backgrounds: plugins/rcp-be-lol-game-data/global/default/assets/characters/{name}/skins/ or game/assets/characters/{name}/skins/ (example), also include limited edition borders (example)
• Spell icons (all forms): game/assets/characters/{name}/hud/icons2d (example)

Other assets

• Summoner icons
• Rune icons, stats icons
• Ward skins
• Emotes, also here
• Game modes: icons and lobby, loading screen backgrounds
• Item icons
• Hextech crafting and loot: here and there
• Role icons: PNG, SVG (multiple colors available for both), for each league tier
• Clash banner flags
• Nexus Blitz event icons (texture map), also some here
• Profile and friend-list circles based on summoner level (look for theme-*-border.png files), also here
• League tier crests (various parts for each tier, look into images/ subdirectory for each tier)
• League tier icons
• Tier promotion animations
• Mission icons (note: some are still unknown)
• Loading screen tier borders
• In-game announcements: champion borders, multi-kill banners, non-champion portraits
• Match history icons, including gold and CS icons from scoreboard
• Buff/debuf icons
• In-game cursors (also Qiyana's ones)
• Mastery icons

Teamfight Tactics (TFT)

• Most icons (small versions)
• Trait icons
• Champion images (as displayed in in-game shop)
• Companions (as displayed in lobby)
• Map skins (as displayed in lobby)
• UI assets (look in subdirectories for more)

Obsolete assets

• Old league tier images
• Old tier promotion animations