Full LoL Patch 26.1 Patch Notes | For Demacia!

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Full LoL Patch 26.1 Patch Notes

Full LoL Patch 26.1 Patch Notes | For Demacia!

Publish Date: January 7, 2026

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A new year is here and with it a new Season for League of Legends. This time we are heading to Demacia and with some major story changes, it could be one of the best seasons yet. There are plenty of changes, so here are the Full and condensed LoL Patch 26.1 Patch Notes.

LoL Patch 26.1 Patch Notes

These are the full LoL Patch 26.1 Patch Notes without the extra bits to help you find exactly what you need to. This Patch will go live on Thursday, January 8, 2026.

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This year, we’re introducing a major new concept to Summoner’s Rift:

Role Quests . Building off the item-based quests that junglers and support players have had for years, we’re adding new lane-phase defining quests for the other three positions and updating the existing quests for support and jungle.

You’ll be automatically assigned the position quest corresponding to the role you’ve queued up as—if you want to trade positions, you’ll need to do that during champion select. And the game will now reward playing out your lane matchup, at least for the first few minutes every game. This change will also help us better balance and tackle the pro play meta around lane swaps going forward, so no more LANE SWAP DETECTED pop ups.