The League of Legends SEA Server is coming soon, as the Welcome Event will give us skins, champions, and more.
We began this journey a while back when Riot announced a SEA server under their moderation for League of Legends. TFT was also included in this, as Riot is set to take over operations from Garena. It has been something players of the region have wanted for a long time, and Riot is giving them what they want.
So far, Riot has had moderation and purview of servers in North America, Europe West, Europe Nordic & East, etc. Meanwhile, servers in China and Korea are managed by different publishers but remain under the Riot banner. Servers for Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, etc., are now coming under Riot’s wing.
With all that said, the Welcome Event was announced as part of the transition process as we have more details on how the event will more. We are set to get a lot of rewards from the event, like Skins, Champions, etc. Thus, let’s talk about all the different things coming with the SEA server in January 2023.
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Release Date For SEA Server
First, let’s talk about when the SEA Server will release. As per Riot’s official post, the SEA server is coming on the 6th of January, 2023. So, if you have not migrated yet, follow this article and complete the process!
Welcome Event For SEA Server
The Welcome Event will start on the 13th of January, 2023, at 5 AM GMT+8 (SG Time). It will continue for a month since that date as many rewards are on the horizon. To earn rewards, all you need to do is to log in and play games in the month. Doing that will earn you two different kinds of tokens.
There are multiple missions that will allow players to earn these tokens and use them for rewards. Here are the missions and rewards as follows.
Missions
There are different kinds of missions coming for the welcome event that will give two different tokens and free champions. The tokens are called Welcome Tokens and Treasure Tokens. Here are all the different missions
Welcome Weekly Missions
The first type of mission gives Welcome Tokens, which are tracked weekly. Welcome Tokens will be used to get some goodies, and a total of 120 of them will be earned through missions.
| Mission (Starting Time) | Objective | Reward |
| Week 1: Welcome! (1/13/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 450 points from playing and winning games | 10 Welcome Tokens |
| Week 2: Welcome! (1/20/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 450 points from playing and winning games | 25 Welcome Tokens |
| Week 2: Welcome! (1/27/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 450 points from playing and winning games | 35 Welcome Tokens |
| Week 4: Welcome! (2/3/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 450 points from playing and winning games | 50 Welcome Tokens |
Weekly Play Missions
These weekly missions will give Treasure Tokens as rewards. Unlike Welcome Tokens, Treasure Tokens will allow you to get specific cosmetics like Ultimate Skins. 100 Treasure Tokens is the total earned from all the missions.
| Mission (Starting Time) | Objective | Reward |
| Weekly Play (1/13/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 450 points from playing and winning games | 25 Treasure Tokens |
| Weekly Play (1/20/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 450 points from playing and winning games | 25 Treasure Tokens |
| Weekly Play (1/27/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 450 points from playing and winning games | 25 Treasure Tokens |
| Weekly Play (2/3/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 450 points from playing and winning games | 25 Treasure Tokens |
Free Champions Missions
For the start of the new server, new players will be able to unlock all champions from 2009 to 2021 for free via in-game missions. That is over 100 champions to be unlocked for free through the launch of the new server. Here are the missions.
| Mission (Starting Time) | Objective | Reward |
| Alpha (1/13/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 150 points from playing and winning games | 2009 Alpha Champions |
| Beta (1/14/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 150 points from playing and winning games | 2009 Beta & Launch Champions |
| 2010 (1/15/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 150 points from playing and winning games | 2010 Champions |
| 2011 (1/16/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 150 points from playing and winning games | 2011 Champions |
| 2012 (1/17/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 150 points from playing and winning games | 2012 Champions |
| 2013–2015 (1/18/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 150 points from playing and winning games | 2013–2015 Champions |
| 2016–2019 (1/19/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 150 points from playing and winning games | 2016–2019 Champions Legendary Little Legend Egg |
| 2020–2021 (1/20/23 @ 05:00 GMT+8) | Earn 150 points from playing and winning games | 2020–2021 Champions |
Each of the missions will let brand-new accounts get all the champions up until 2021. The newer champions like Zeri, Renata Glasc, K’Sante, etc., are not up for grabs through the missions.
Event Stores
As there are two different event coins, the event stores are different, with each coin giving different rewards. Here they are.
Treasure Token Store
The Treasure Token Store will allow the following rewards.
| Item | Cost (Treasure Tokens) |
| Ultimate Skin | 75 |
| Legendary Skin Capsule | 25 |
| Legendary Little Legend Egg | 25 |
Welcome Token Store
Unlike the Treasure Token Store, this one will grant different types of goodies. It ranges from Welcomes Capsules to different kinds of Eggs.
| Item | Cost (Welcome Tokens) |
| Welcome Capsule (Contains five random skin shards) | 12 |
| Mystery Ward Skin | 5 |
| Mystery Emote | 3 |
| Mystery Icon | 2 |
| 500 Orange Essence | 1 |
| Heroic Hatchlings Egg | 4 |
| Ingenious Inventors Egg | 4 |
| Poggles and Burno Egg | 4 |
| Rare Little Legend Egg | 3 |
New Ranked Season
We already covered the changes to Ranked coming in 2023. This will apply to the SEA server as well. However, it will be delayed since the SEA server launches on the 6th of January, and Riot wants to give players enough time to adjust. Hence, the Ranked Season will start a few days after the server launches. Ranked starts on the 12th of January, 2023, after the Patch 13.1 update lands.
Lunar New Year Event
As the start of another year is approaching, the Lunar New Year Event is also coming soon. That is set to start on the 13th of January, 2023. The event will bring in new Lunar skins for 2023. That will feature the Legendary Mythmaker Irelia and much more.
Offline Events
Riot has promised offline events with goodies and such on the docket. This is why Riot has created offices in the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia while also trying to cooperate with Taiwan and Vietnam. More on that in Riot’s official social handles.
All New Esports Tournament
Riot will organize a special tournament to bring future pros to SEA Esports. In their words, Riot wants to start the SEA-ranked season with a bang, and we hope it pans out.
How to Get All The Rewards
To be applicable for all of these rewards, you need to migrate your Garena Account. If you have not yet, please follow this article for more. Riot’s Account Migration Microsite also has more information. Once you are done with migration and such, you are ready to get everything the new SEA server has to offer.
