Historical record — reviewed October 22, 2026
The official 18.4 and 18.5 notes do not establish current Nesting Dolls re-enable status. A historical disablement notice cannot serve as a verified current availability guide.
For current Set 18 / Patch 18.5 play, use the current recipe guide, the current Wisp guide and the current Anvil guide. Official Riot Patch 18.5 notes.
Set: Set 18 — Enchanted Wilds
Historical focus: Patch 18.3B
Status review: Patch 18.5 notes reviewed October 22, 2026
Current availability: Riot’s Patch 18.4 and 18.5 notes do not establish whether Nesting Dolls was re-enabled. This guide does not claim it remained disabled or returned; verify current in-game availability or a newer official update.
Historical answer: Nesting Dolls was temporarily disabled in the September 24 Patch 18.3B update. Riot also listed Challenger’s Grace, Dark Ritual, and Infinity Protection as temporarily disabled then. Expected Unexpectedness had been re-enabled in Patch 18.2 and was not part of the four-Augment 18.3B disabled list.
Expected Unexpectedness Is Back
Riot explicitly re-enabled Expected Unexpectedness in the September 14 mid-patch update. For Patch 18.2, players who previously removed it from their Augment pool could revisit that assumption after the September 14 update.
Nesting Dolls Was Temporarily Disabled in Patch 18.3B
Nesting Dolls was first pulled because of a bug in Patch 18.2, and Riot’s September 24 Patch 18.3B update again lists it as temporarily disabled. It was unavailable for Patch 18.3B planning. Check official notes before applying that status to later patches.
Other Augments Disabled in Patch 18.3B
- Challenger’s Grace: temporarily disabled due to a bug.
- Dark Ritual: temporarily disabled.
- Infinity Protection: temporarily disabled due to a bug.
- Nesting Dolls: temporarily disabled due to a bug.
Why Availability Updates Matter
Augment strategy is not only about strength. An Augment can be balanced on paper and still be irrelevant to current decision-making if Riot has disabled it. For patch-sensitive planning, availability should be checked before ranking or forcing an Augment path.
Practical Rule
For Patch 18.3B, Nesting Dolls, Challenger’s Grace, Dark Ritual, and Infinity Protection were temporarily unavailable. Check official later-patch notes before excluding them from newer options. Expected Unexpectedness remains a separate case: it was re-enabled in Patch 18.2 and is not part of this 18.3B disabled list.
Date and Scope of This Status Note
This guide covers the September 14 Patch 18.2 update and the September 24 Patch 18.3B update. The 18.3B status was checked against the Patch 18.3B notes on September 25, 2026. On October 22, the Patch 18.4 and 18.5 notes were checked and did not establish whether Nesting Dolls had returned. This article therefore records the historical 18.3B disablement without asserting current availability. Re-enabled means an Augment can be in the offer pool under the game’s rules; it does not guarantee an offer in your game.
Related Guide
For the broader patch context, see the Patch 18.2 item-decisions overview.
