Worlds 2026 Bundle goes on sale in Stuttgart
Riot’s official RC Europe preview, published today, slipped in one line worth a plane ticket: the Riftbound x Worlds 2026 Edition will be sold in Stuttgart on November 6-8. It is the first European counter for the Worlds box, and it opens a week before the online drawing does. You need an event badge, though: purchase details, Riot writes, will be emailed to attendees. Everything else about the weekend is in our complete guide to Stuttgart.
The announcementA counter at the show, instead of a lottery
Until this morning, on this side of the Atlantic there was exactly one way to get hold of the Worlds 2026 Edition: the drawing on Riot’s online store, where you sign up and a random draw decides who gets to buy. Every live counter announced so far was in the United States, alongside the League of Legends World Championship.
Now there is one in Europe too. Riot’s wording is blunt: you will be able to grab a Worlds 2026 Bundle at RC Europe, and «details on purchasing will be sent to attendees». That means two practical things. First, you need the badge, because the sale happens inside the show, at Messe Stuttgart, halls 8 and 10. Second, the instructions — where, when, how the queue works — are not public yet and will land by email in the days before the event.
Riot has not said how many boxes it is bringing, whether there is a per-person limit, or what the counter price in euros will be. When the product was announced, the figure given was $80, the same price online and in person.
The boxFour cards and two accessories
The contents are the ones already known, and Riot listed them again today. The headline card is Yasuo, Unforgiven, a Legend: the «commander» card you build the whole deck around, the one that sits on the table from the first turn to the last. The art is new, drawn specifically for Worlds; the rules text is the same as the version already in circulation.
Then there are three promo battlefields. Battlefields are the location cards in the middle of the table: both players fight over them, and holding one is how you score. The official photo shows Black Market, Cosmic Vista and Hunters’ Circle, each carrying art of one of the three cities hosting Worlds 2026: Los Angeles, Allen and New York City. A themed deck box and a pack of foil card sleeves round out the set.
The catchThe League of Legends capsule stays online
There is one difference that matters, especially if you also play League of Legends. When the bundle was announced, Riot wrote that the Worlds Unvaulted Capsule 2026 — an item you redeem inside the video game — is included only with the online purchase: buy the box in person and you take home the cards and the accessories, not the capsule. Riot has announced no exception to that rule for Stuttgart. If the capsule is the part you care about, the show counter is not a replacement.
| In Stuttgart | Online drawing | |
|---|---|---|
| When | November 6-8, at the show | Sign-ups November 13-16, from 18:00 |
| How you get it | Buy at the counter, badge required | Register, then a random draw |
| When it arrives | Straight away, in hand | Shipping from mid-December |
| League of Legends capsule | No | Yes |
Why this matters to us. When we covered the drawing we wrote that there was no counter in Italy where you could simply buy this box. As of today that is no longer true, and the nearest counter is a ninety-minute flight away. Anyone already holding a Stuttgart badge, or still deciding whether to go, has one more reason: no lottery, no shipping and customs from the United States, and the box in hand a week before sign-ups even open. Stay home and you still have your window, November 13-16 — and you can play both routes.
The short version
- The Riftbound x Worlds 2026 Edition will be sold at the Stuttgart Regional Championship, November 6-8: the first European counter.
- An event badge is required; Riot will email purchase instructions to attendees. Quantities, limits and the euro price have not been announced.
- Inside: the Yasuo, Unforgiven Legend promo, three promo battlefields, a deck box and foil sleeves. The announced price is $80.
- The Worlds Unvaulted Capsule 2026 stays exclusive to the online purchase, whose drawing opens on November 13 at 18:00 CET.
Source: Riot Games — All Eyes on RC Europe. Images: Riot Games.
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