At the end of each ranked season, players get rewards based on their maximum rank reached in ranked queues. Ranked seasons last about nine months each calendar year and end around November. Rewards get progressively more valuable with higher tiers. All ranked players receive one Eternal shard and 300 Orange Essence. Gold and above players receive a unique champion skin (designed explicitly for the end-of-ranked rewards), with an additional chroma for each tier above Platinum. The Eternal shard will always be for the champion receiving the skin. Each player gets a unique ranked border based on their previous season’s highest rank. Players also get rewards for playing ranked matches during the three ranked splits, approximately every three months, each season. These can be summoner icons, in-game emotes, Eternals capsules, and ranked armor upgrades.