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Baron with a Santa hat and a frozen river? Sign us up for the League of Legends Winter map skin!
League of Legends used to celebrate the Christmas season with the Winter map, but it seems this map skin has been retired. Whether you’re doing it for the nostalgia or you started LoL late enough to miss it, here’s a short guide on how you can play League of Legends with the Winter map skin in 2024.
LoL Winter map skin in 2024
The Winter version of Summoner’s Rift debuted in 2009 for the Snowdown Showdown event, and was revamped in 2016 for the same event. This was the final official appearance of this map skin, and Riot Games have only applied map skins in general sparingly since. Good news though: it might come back with thereintroduction of map skinsas part of thenew seasonal structurecoming in 2025.
Play these Christmas-themed League of Legends team compositions for the holidays!
Get your squad and try out these League of Legends team comps for the holidays!
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Now, how do you get the LoL Winter map skin in 2024? Well, the only way to get it is to mod the game. Note that this is a violation of the Terms of Service, but many popular content creators like Druttut openly use map skins and do not get penalized. That being said, follow this guide at your own risk, still.
Here’s a tour of the custom map:
Get CS-LoL Manager
CS-LoL Manager is the mod manager for League of Legends. This program allows you to modify the appearance of your game and load custom skins.
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Get the mod file
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Now, here’s how you can get the actual mod file. The skin is credited to BlooJae, TheKillerey, and Zamius.
Running the mod
verify to do this before hopping onto a game. To make sure everything works safely, you can go on the practice tool.
You can try it out on the Practice Tool beforehand to make sure nothing is broken.
Again, a reminder that modding your game is against League’s TOS and that you should do this at your own risk. Stick aroundesports.ggfor moreLeague of Legendsnews and updates.
