It is surprising that when you successfully login your first game account in League of Legends Wild Rift and completed the 5-minutes tutorial introduction, you’ve found out that your username in the game is in random characters and you have hard time looking for ways on how to actually change it. You’re probably one of the people who are encountering this kind of minor hiccups in the game and lead you here in this page.
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So in this guide, we will show you the step by step tutorial on how to change your default Riot ID with the desired IGN you wanted.
There are two ways on changing your username, first is from the game itself and the other one is from their website. If you plan to change in-game, you must have completed the early tutorial introduction in the WildRift and were able to access the homepage menus.
Note: Before changing your username, you need to make sure that it is the final username you need and it is not wrong spelled. After changing the default username, it takes 30 days before you can change it again.
How to Change Username in Wild Rift from the Game
From the home menu, you need to go to the Settings (you can find the little gear button at the upper right corner of the screen.)
At the Settings, you need to click Account Settings at the upper right corner. This will open up an new window webpage where you’ll be accessing your RIOT account.
From here, you’ll be asked to login your Riot account. After you’ve successfully login your account, you’ll be redirected to the Account page. Click RIOT ID at the tab at the left corner.
Then you need to click the Pencil button besides your default RIOT ID.
Finally, you can now nominate your new Riot ID. The first field will be your username, and the second field is a 3 and up digit characters. For example: GamingPH#001
Now, don’t forget to click the Submit button once done.
You will have 30-days before you change your username again.
How to Change Username in WildRift from the Website
To change your username via website, you need to go to https://account.riotgames.com/. Then, login your RIOT game account.
Then, at the left corner of the page, you need to click RIOT ID.
From here, you then click the pencil button near the default RIOT ID.
Now, fill up with your new RIOT ID. The second field (#) is compose of 3 and up digit characters. Click Submit to finish.
All are set, you can then go back to the game and refresh the game menu. Your new IGN should appear.
That’s it guys! Hope this article helps you change your username in WildRift. What is your IGN? lets play in WildRift.