Limited? Exclusives? Unlimited? What does this all mean!? A guide to skins

This guide will tell you the differences between Limited, Exclusives and Unlimited skins

Exclusives

Exclusive cosmetics can only be obtained via a special method, this can include events, giveaways, a special promotion, or most commonly by opening chests.

An exclusive skin can be buyable for a short time, however this is usually because they’re tied to an event that is taking place, for an example during the Merrymaker Event, the exclusive skin Merrymaker Lian was buyable without opening chests, however since the event is over, the skin is no longer directly buyable.

Examples of Exclusive Skins and how to get them

Merrymaker Lian - Orignally tied to the Merrymaker Event, but now can only be obtained via Chests

Omega Dredge - While currently buyable as of the making of this guide, the skin will no longer be directly buyable when the event is over

Resplendent Jenos - Can be obtained for free buy linking your Facebook account with your HiRez account, there is no other way to get this skin.
https://my.hirezstudios.com/linked-accounts

Oni Talus - Can only be unboxed via chests, as of right now, the only chest he's in is the Feudal Chest

Limited

Limited Cosmetics when they're first introduced work similar to exclusive skins, where they need a special method to unlock, however after the special method is gone, they will no longer be obtainable by any usual means.

Examples of Limited Skins

Soul Eater Jenos - Purchased all Siege of Ascension Peak bundles before the event ended

Mixer Khan - Obtain 600 Mixer Points by watching the official Paladins channel on Mixer, while your accounts are linked before the start of Season 3.

Twitch Prime King - Claim the Twitch Prime King bundle on Twitch Prime, while your accounts are linked before the set date.

Volcanic Makoa - Reach level 30 in the original Paladins PC Closed/Open Beta

HOWEVER!

Some limited skins are still available during certain events, HiRez/Mojo distribute codes that are for Limited skins during a special Charity Event in the Spring called the Spring Fling that's hosted ever year.

BUT! The skins are usually very expensive due to the following...

A. Your donating for charity, not for the skins
B. They want to keep the skins decently rare for old owners

Here's an example from 2018's Spring Fling
https://smitescrub.com/2018/05/15/hi-rez-studios-4th-annual-spring-fling-announced/

So don't go in the event with £2/$2/€2 expecting a Limited Skin, get £100/$100/€100+ if you want to get one, just remember it's for charity.

Unlimited

Unlimited skins are skins that were the final reward of a previous event for buying everything, these skins can still be bought, however the cost of the skin is the total amount of what each of the skins/cosmetics costed during the event.

For an example you want an Unlimited skin, and it was part of an event with 4 special cosmetics, and each of them costed 500 crystals, 500 x 4 = 2000, meaning to get the unlimited skin, you'll need 2000 Crystals to get it, if you buy an Unlimited Skin outside it's event, you will NOT get any other skins that were part of the event, ONLY the Unlimited Skin.

Examples of Unlimited Skins

Fullmoon Viktor - Costs 1500 Crystals

Merrymaker Maeve - Costs 1200 Crystals

Thanks for reading

Hopefully with this guide, you understand what each tag means, so you don't end up mixing them up, and potentially missing out on a skin you enjoy.

[The Self-Proclaimed Knight]

Fernando Enforcer is Limited.

[Keen Shadow of the Mist]

This is stupid. I want to buy policeman Fernando and I didn't have a chance to do it because when it was sold I had no idea the game even existed xD I have left winged riots from time to time in my country and our Police does an amazing job of busting them and locking up the biggest troublemakers so to honor our police, I'd like to have that skin and be somewhat of a policeman myself :)

[Lakemine]

they should really just bring back battlepasses and resell them at a 2-3x marked up price. gives people the option to get them and the company makes more money. win/win

[Voilà]

nice guide TY :)

[Ein]

I rarely find good guides. Usually all of them are full of bullshitery about what abilities a champion has.
Good job, fellow guide maker.

[namenotgiven]

Oh wow. Thanks

[Surtr Bubingi]

There is a reason and it’s from SMITE, there were numerous threads from the previous years on reddit and the forums complaining about the amount of limited and exclusive skins being released that were outnumbering directly purchasable skins by a huge margin, since it was a common complaint at the time, and since events were becoming more common as time went on, HiRez/Mojo/Titanforge decided to take a new route with certain skins, to stop SMITE continuing it and getting more complaints, and stopping Paladins following the same route and causing more controversy ontop of the ones made in the past.
While it can make certain skins feel less special, it’s definitely a welcome change since it can make them more money and stop so many limited skins that newer players can get from being introduced.

[namenotgiven]

I never understood why they were unlimited