Teamfight Tactics Set 16 Lore and Legends features a crazy new mechanic: Unlock puts a lot of restrictions on building your team, so you’ll have to “unlock” them first before they can appear in the shop.
The mechanic spices up the team variety to an all-time high while also featuring the largest roster ever for a TFT set. Here are all the ways to unlock the 40 unlockable characters in TFT’s Set 16 Lore and Legends.
How to Unlock All Units in Teamfight Tactics Set 16
| Hero | Traits | How to Unlock |
| Bard | Caretaker | Reroll 4 times before Stage 2 Carousel. |
| Graves | Bilgewater Gunslinger | Twisted Fate with 2 items equipped. |
| Orianna | Piltover Invoker | 3 unique Piltover units. |
| Poppy | Demacia Yordle Juggernaut | Demacian or a Yordle with 2 items equipped. |
| Tryndamere | Freljord Slayer | Ashe with 2 items equipped. |
| Yorick | Shadow Isles Warden | 2-star Viego with 2 items equipped. |
| Darius | Noxus Defender | Have Draven drop 1 gold. |
| Gwen | Shadow Isles Disruptor | Collect 20 Shadow Isles Souls |
| Kennen | Ionia Yordle Defender | 8 unique star levels of Ionia, Yordle, or Defender in combat. |
| Kobuko & Yuumi | Yordle Bruiser Invoker | 6 unique star levels of Yordle, Bruiser, or Invoker. (level 7) |
| LeBlanc | Noxus Invoker | Sion with 2 items equipped. |
| Diana | Targon | 2-star Leona with 3 items equipped. (level 6) |
| Fizz | Bilgewater Yordle | 5 unique Yordles or Bilgewater units. (level 7) |
| Kai’Sa | Assimilator Void Longshot | a Longshot unit with 3 items equipped. (level 8) |
| Kalista | Shadow Isles Vanquisher | Collect 70 Shadow Isles Souls |
| Nasus | Shurima | Lose 2 combats in a row with Azir. |
| Nidalee | Ixtal Huntress | Two 2-star Neekos. |
| Renekton | Shurima | Win 2 combats in a row with Azir. |
| Rift Herald | Void Bruiser | Have Void active for 8 player combats. |
| Singed | Zaun Juggernaut | 4 unique Zaunites or Juggernauts. Lose 35 Player Health. |
| Hero | Traits | How to Unlock |
| Skarner | Ixtal | A non-Tank with a Gargoyle’s Stoneplate equipped. (level 7) |
| Veigar | Yordle Arcanist | Unit with 2 Rabadon’s Deathcaps equipped. (level 7) |
| Warwick | Zaun Quickstriker | 1-star Jinx and 2-star Vi (level 7) |
| Yone | Ionia Slayer | 3-star Yasuo. |
| Aatrox | Darkin World Ender Slayer | A champion who starts combat with 40% Omnivamp. (level 8) |
| Galio | Demacia Heroic | 12 unique star levels of Demacia. |
| Mel | Noxus Disruptor | 2-star Ambessa with an item dies in combat. |
| Sett | Ionia The Boss | Only 1 unit in the two front rows of the battlefield. (level 8) |
| T-Hex | HexMech Piltover Gunslinger | 9 unique star levels of Piltover. |
| Tahm Kench | Bilgewater Glutton Bruiser | Spend 500 Bilgewater Silver Serpents. |
| Thresh | Shadow Isles Warden | Collect 175 Shadow Isles Souls |
| Volibear | Freljord Bruiser | A unit that starts combat with 3800 Health. (level 8) |
| Xerath | Shurima Ascendant | Alternate between winning and losing for 3 combats with Azir. |
| Ziggs | Zaun Yordle Longshot | A Yordle or a Zaunite with 3 items equipped. (level 9). |
| Aurelion Sol | Star Forger Targon | 5 unique Targonians. |
| Baron Nashor | Void Riftscourge | Field 7 unique Void units. (level 10) |
| Brock | Ixtal | Collect 500 Ixtal Sunshards over the course of the game. |
| Ryze | Rune Mage | 4 Region traits together. (level 9). |
| Sylas | Chainbreaker Arcanist Defender | Sell a 2-star Jarvan IV Sell a 2-star Garen Sell a 2-star Lux |
| Zaahen | Darkin Immortal | Have the Trials of Twilight Augment. Field a 3-star Xin Zhao for 5 combats. |
There are 40 unlockable units in Set 16. Some have absurd requirements, like Darkin and Shurima, while some are easily doable. There’s a mix of level requirements and mechanics for some of the unlocks, but you’ll get used to them as you play more games.
How to Finish the Lorefinder in Teamfight Tactics Lore and Legends
To finish the Lorefinder, you must unlock all 40 characters throughout the Lore and Legends season. You can get rewards such as emotes and cosmetics for every 10 characters unlocked. Here are the unlockable cosmetics through the Lorefinder:
- Canonically…
- Playing the Long Game
- No Mercy!!!
- Old Master Whisker
- Purrrrtal
Published: Dec 6, 2025 12:07 pm