TFT Set 18: Dates, Rank Reset & What Happens Next
Updated for Set 18 · September 2026 · last reviewed
Set 18 is live — no end date announced yet
Set 18 is the current competitive set in TFT. It went live with patch 18.1 on 26 August 2026, carrying the full between-set ladder reset with it. This page is the permanent set tracker: Riot's confirmed dates, exactly what the between-set reset does to your rank (a full wipe of the ladder, not a soft nudge), and how the re-climb works — updated every set, with every claim sourced.
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Set 18 dates
Set 18 launched with patch 18.1 on 26 August 2026, the date on Riot's own set overview. Riot has not announced an end date for Set 18, or a release date for Set 19. In TFT a set ends only when the next one ships, so those will be the same date once Riot names it: there is no dead window between sets, and no extra ranked time on the old set afterwards. For scale, the previous set ran just over four months — 15 April to 26 August 2026. Riot publishes the day, not a time of day, and patch days roll out region by region.
What happens to your rank at a new set
TFT runs a full ladder reset at every set rollover. When Set 18 opened on 26 August 2026, every player re-placed somewhere between Iron II and Silver IV — from Set 17's Iron players to its Challengers — and where you landed inside that band depended on the rank you finished Set 17 with. This is not a soft adjustment: the badge you wear does not survive a rollover.
You then play 5 provisional matches. During those five, a bottom-four finish costs you no LP and a top-four finish awards extra LP, so the provisionals can only move you up. The same reset applies to both ranked queues — Standard and Double Up.
Before the tick: what to do at set's end
Your Set 18 rank is not just a badge you lose at the rollover: it decides where inside the Iron II–Silver IV band you re-place when Set 19 opens. That keeps the whole set worth playing — every tier you gain before the rollover is a shorter climb back on the other side. Riot has not named Set 19's date yet, so the run-in can arrive on a single patch announcement; if you're a tier short of the finish you want when it does, that's the classic moment players hand the lobby to a professional booster.
After the tick: provisionals and the climb back
At every set opening your 5 provisionals are the cheapest LP you'll ever play for: bottom-four finishes cost nothing and top-four finishes pay extra, so there's no reason to play it safe. Once yours are spent, the normal ladder rules are back, and the way from the Iron II–Silver IV band to your old badge is a long run of games on a set whose units and comps you're still learning. The calculator above gives a range for your exact from→to, and the boost option shows a real price and ETA if you'd rather be back where you left off.
Set history
TFT's competitive calendar runs set by set, and one set ends where the next begins. Set 17 ran from 15 April 2026 (patch 17.1) to 26 August 2026 — just over four months — and Set 18 opened on 26 August 2026 with patch 18.1, carrying the full reset described above. Riot has not yet named Set 19's date. We log each set's confirmed dates here as they close, so this page doubles as the ladder's historical record.
Frequently asked questions
Riot has not announced it. A TFT set ends only when the next one ships, so Set 18's end date will be Set 19's launch date — and that date has not been published. For scale, Set 17 ran just over four months, from 15 April to 26 August 2026. Riot publishes the day and not a time of day, and patch days roll out region by region.
Yes. Every set rollover is a full ladder reset: each player re-places somewhere between Iron II and Silver IV, based on the rank they finished the previous set with, then plays 5 provisional matches. It applies to both ranked queues, Standard and Double Up.
The reset Riot documents is the one at the set rollover — it landed for Set 18 when patch 18.1 shipped on 26 August 2026, and the next one comes with Set 19. Mid-set patches bring balance changes and content; the ladder wipe itself is tied to the set boundary.
No. The new set replaces the old one on the same day: Set 18 went live with patch 18.1 on 26 August 2026, which is exactly when Set 17's run ended. There is no dead ranked window between sets.
Longer than in soft-reset games, because everyone restarts from the Iron II–Silver IV band and the first 5 games are provisionals. Past those, it depends on the badge you're chasing and how fast you read a brand-new set. The calculator on this page estimates your exact from→to, next to the boosted alternative's real price and ETA.