League of Legends Preseason 2022 will add Objective Bounties – the newest mechanic to assist teams in clawing their way back into the game. With every Baron, Dragon, and Turret serving as a stepping stone to success, here’s how Objective Bounties will function and how much it’s worth.
League of Legends Season 12 is releasing a slew of upgrades across the board, experimenting with some of the game’s most recent big overhauls.
There will be a few new items to fill the hole left by the Season 11 redesign, two new Dragons will offer fresh dynamic souls to Summoner’s Rift, and the runes system will see some major adjustments once again.
Objective Bounties, on the other hand, are a whole new feature that builds on the ones for champions. Here’s how it’ll function in Preseason 2022, as well as how much it’ll cost.
What are Preseason 2022 Objective Bounties?
In League of Legends, Objective Bounties are similar to Champion Bounties. Instead of being placed on a single champion’s head and paid out to a single player, the reward is now divided around the map starting Preseason 2022.
Every major League of Legends objective — turrets, Dragons, Rift Herald, and Baron Nashor — will give a reward “only when a team is sufficiently behind and are highlighted on the minimap for both sides.”
The losing team can seize these objectives to get an influx of gold that will be distributed evenly among the team. If a team catches up without taking a reward, it will vanish from the map in 15 seconds.
How much are Objective Bounties worth?
The calculation of Objective Bounties is dependent on four factors: XP lead, Gold lead, Dragon lead, and Turret lead. Each objective is allocated a separate value, which is listed below:
- 500 gold for the Baron and Elder Dragon
- 500 gold for Dragon and Rift Herald
- 250 gold for the outer turret
- 400 gold for the inner and lower turrets
As teams fall behind, this scales up by an extra 60%, meaning Baron and Dragons might be worth up to 800 gold if you’re far enough behind.
While the system will assist players who fall behind early on, Riot made sure it isn’t powerful enough to entirely change the tides of a game.
“We don’t want to discredit the significant benefits brought about by the talent gap.” If you’re so skilled at dominating your lane opponent and snowballing the game, that advantage shouldn’t vanish,” the creators noted in an August blog post.
Objective Bounties will be included in League of Legends patch 11.23, which will be released on November 17th as part of the Preseason 2022 update.