Top 10 Rarest Paladins Skins (2026)
The ten rarest Paladins skins, in order: Dreamhack Maeve, Invitational 2017 Viktor, God of War Fernando, Volcanic Makoa, Terrormorph Drogoz, Full Throttle Vivian, Sweet Shop Evie, Chieftain Grohk, Inventor Pip, and Twitch Prime King Bomb King. None of them can be earned in game today: each came from a broadcast drop, a founder or beta reward, a ranked season or a promo whose window closed years ago.
Every list of “rare Paladins skins” you find on Google mixes up two different things: skins that are hard to get and skins that are impossible to get. This ranking is about the second kind — cosmetics whose acquisition window closed years ago, freezing the pool of owners forever.
Our rule: a chest Exclusive is not truly rare, because chests rotate back. What ranks here are fixed-pool skins — broadcast drops, founder and beta rewards, retired ranked-season prizes and one-off promos. None of them has returned to the store or a chest since its window closed, and with Paladins in maintenance mode a comeback is unlikely.
Facts below are verified against the official Paladins wiki collection pages and Hi-Rez patch notes; ten entries, ranked by how brutal the original acquisition window was. The IN STOCK badge next to each entry shows whether an account in our catalog carries it right now.
Dreamhack · Maeve
RareJune 28, 2017Twitch drop for watching the DreamHack Valencia broadcast, July 13–15, 2017. Never re-released.
Invitational 2017 · Viktor
LimitedDecember 20, 2016HRX Digital Loot Pack 2017 — a 600-crystal bundle sold for a limited time around Hi-Rez Expo, December 2016 – January 2017.
God of War · Fernando
LimitedMarch 11, 2016Founder’s Pack only — the pack left the store in April 2018, just before full launch. The oldest skin on this list.
Volcanic · Makoa
LimitedApril 5, 2017Reach account level 30 during the beta — the reward ended with Update 1.1 in June 2018. The unlock path no longer exists in the game.
Terrormorph · Drogoz
LimitedAugust 9, 2017Reach Gold 5 in Ranked Season 0 — the first competitive season. One-time reward.
Full Throttle · Vivian
LimitedMarch 28, 2018Reach Gold 5 in Ranked Season 1 — the second and last skill-gated season reward. Includes a voice pack.
Sweet Shop · Evie
LimitedJanuary 8, 2020Play 200 games in Ranked Season 3 — roughly 60–80 hours of competitive play. Includes a voice pack.
Chieftain · Grohk
LimitedJanuary 16, 2019Play 200 games in Ranked Season 2. Includes a voice pack.
Inventor · Pip
ExclusiveFebruary 23, 2023WIN 75 ranked games in Season 6 — a late-era reward earned by a tiny competitive population.
Twitch Prime King · Bomb King
LimitedJanuary 10, 2018Free for Twitch Prime subscribers during the January–May 2018 promo. Includes a voice pack.
How we ranked rarity (methodology)
We scored each skin on three things: window length (how long it could be earned), era population (how many people were even playing when it was available), and effort gate (what you had to do). A three-day Twitch broadcast in 2017 beats a whole battle pass season.
That is why Inventor Pip — a 2023 skin — makes the list at all: winning 75 ranked games in Season 6 filtered through a competitive population a fraction of the size of the 2018 one. Rarity is about the pool of owners, not the age of the file.
Famous ≠ rare: the Raeve Maeve case
Raeve Maeve is probably the most recognizable skin in Paladins — and it is not on this list. It is a Legendary chest Exclusive that has returned in the Diamond, Electronica and Good Vibes chests and in Deal of the Day rotations. Iconic, gorgeous, absolutely worth owning — but with a supply that kept refilling for years, it simply is not rare. We break the full case down in a dedicated article.
The skins above are the opposite: even the less flashy ones, like Chieftain Grohk, carry more collector weight than any chest Legendary, because no amount of crystals has ever been able to buy them twice.
Honorable mentions
Team Fortress 2 Barik — often called rare, but still free to earn: win 5 matches as Barik through Steam. Snowdrift Imani — required buying the full 2019–2020 Season Pass. Soldier + Viktor — a May 2017 PlayStation Plus promo: platform lock, subscription and a time window stacked together. Beach Bash Fernando and Bandit Tyra — 2019 Battle Pass Plus rewards (levels 40 and 50) that dropped off this list: since 2023, battle-pass Limiteds can be picked with a Limited Skin Token.
FAQ
What is the rarest skin in Paladins?
By acquisition window, Dreamhack Maeve: it was a Twitch drop available for only three days in July 2017 during the DreamHack Valencia broadcast, and it has never been re-released.
Can rare Paladins skins still be obtained in 2026?
Not in the game. Every skin on this list had a one-time acquisition window that closed years ago, and none has returned to the store or a chest since. The only realistic source is accounts that earned them originally.
Is Raeve Maeve a rare skin?
No. Raeve Maeve is a Legendary chest Exclusive that has returned in multiple chest rotations and Deal of the Day offers. It is famous and desirable, but its supply kept refilling — unlike the fixed-pool skins in this ranking.
Which rare skins can I actually buy on an account?
Look for the green IN STOCK badge next to each entry — it shows which skins in this ranking are carried by verified accounts in our catalog right now. You can also browse the catalog and search by skin name.
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