League of Legends Season 12 has been action-packed from the start, with plenty of new features and changes in its updates so far.
With Worlds 2022 on the horizon, it's the most important time of year for the game yet, and the upcoming LoL 12.18 is set to be the official patch of the massive tournament, so all eyes are on its gameplay changes.
With that, here's the full League of Legends patch schedule for 2022 (Season 12) their release dates, and when players can expect them to go live in-game.
League of Legends Patch Schedule 2022
Riot has finally confirmed the LoL patch schedule for 2022 and Season 12!
- League of Legends patch 12.1 – Wednesday, January 5, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.2 – Thursday, January 20, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.3 – Wednesday, February 2, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.4 – Wednesday, February 16, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.5 – Wednesday, March 2, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.5b – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.6 – Wednesday, March 30, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.7 – Wednesday, April 13, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.8 – Wednesday, April 27, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.9 – Wednesday, May 11, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.10 – Wednesday, May 25, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.11 – Wednesday, June 8, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.12 – Thursday, June 23, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.12b – Thursday, June 30, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.13 – Wednesday, July 13, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.14 – Wednesday, July 27, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.15 – Wednesday, August 10, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.16 – Wednesday, August 24, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.17 – Thursday, September 8, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.18 – Wednesday, September 21, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.19 – Wednesday, October 5, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.20 – Wednesday, October 19, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.21 – Wednesday, November 2, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.22 – Wednesday, November 16, 2022
- League of Legends patch 12.23 – Wednesday, December 7, 2022
These dates are subject to change. In the case of a change, Riot will notify players at least 48hrs prior to the new date, and we'll update with all the latest information.
LoL Patch Release Time
There is no fixed release time for League of Legends updates; however, based on previous updates, patches are released in the middle of the week, with servers going down for maintenance at 6 am EST for roughly 3 hours, with new patches then going live around 9 am EST. While Riot has never made these times official, they're a consistent standard that players can expect to continue throughout League of Legends Season 12.