== LIVE SERVER NOTES ==

DAILY REWARDS CALENDAR

• The last four days of the Daily Login Rewards Calendar have been updated, including a random mount on the 21st day.

EVENTS

• Call to Action
  
  • A Call to Action has been issued to the Ascended to deal with the sudden appearance of Hellbugs throughout Telara.
• Grim Remembrance
  
  • The merchants from Grim Remembrance will hang around for an extra week to give Ascended the chance to spend their currencies.
    
  • The weapons from the Grim Remembrance merchant now have equip requirements that match the displayed level of the items on the vendors. Characters with over-leveled weapons currently equipped will find these items unequipped.
• Summerfest
  
  • Summerfest has been extended by one week! It will now end on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 instead of August 2, 2018.
    
  • The plat cost of the dimension items added to the store last week have been reduced by 75%.

ITEMS

• • Corrected the Spectral Carriage mount’s description to no longer mistakenly list itself as a 160% speed mount. This only applies to the direct purchased version in the Summerfest section of the RIFT store. Older Spectral Carriages from lockboxes are not affected.

QUESTS

• Fixed an issue with the “In the Image of my Enemy” quest in Droughtlands where the Saboteur Time Bomb Catalyst buff could remove the disguise needed for the quest.

== PRIME: VIGIL PATCH NOTES ==

ACHIEVEMENTS

• The Fall of Lantern Hook (Expert) achievement “Right Meow” now updates correctly.

EVENTS

• Call to Action
  
  • A Call to Action has been issued to the Ascended to deal with the sudden appearance of Hellbugs throughout Telara.
• Grim Remembrance
  
  • The merchants from Grim Remembrance will hang around for an extra week to give Ascended the chance to spend their currencies.
    
  • The weapons from the Grim Remembrance merchant now have equip requirements that match the displayed level of the items on the vendors. Characters with over-leveled weapons currently equipped will find these items unequipped.
• Summerfest
  
  • Summerfest has been extended by one week! It will now end on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 instead of August 2, 2018.
    
  • The plat cost of the dimension items added to the store last week have been reduced by 75%.

QUESTS

• Fixed a display issue where certain quests were not showing the correct amount of PA experience that will be gained.

RAIDS

• River of Souls
  
  • Albeth’s Grave Bolt has had its damage increased.
    
  • Alsbeth has displeased Regulos. As punishment he has taken a portion of vitality away from her and the servants who directly protect her.
    
  • Alsbeth has granted Putonus the liberty to make some adjustments to the area outside his arena. Spectators may have a less than ideal time watching the encounter.
    
  • Alsbeth the Discordant has grown tired of Ascended who have fallen in battle re-entering the battle with her minions. Ascended who choose to respawn while their raid is engaged with a boss will need to wait until the boss dies or resets before rejoining their allies.
    
  • Alsbeth was not pleased that several of her minions could not go after Ascended hiding behind rocks. These minions have been replaced by new minions who do not take pity on ascended who hide behind rocks.
    
  • Altered some damage values in Herald Gaurath encounter based on player feedback.
    
  • BoE random drops have had their drop rates fixed.
    
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Alsbeth and her minions from doing the proper damage when enraged.
    
  • Warmaster Galenir’s Festering Infection has become drastically more painful.

== LIVE SERVER NOTES ==

DAILY REWARDS CALENDAR

• The last four days of the Daily Login Rewards Calendar have been updated, including a random mount on the 21st day.

EVENTS

• Call to Action
  
  • A Call to Action has been issued to the Ascended to deal with the sudden appearance of Hellbugs throughout Telara.
• Grim Remembrance
  
  • The merchants from Grim Remembrance will hang around for an extra week to give Ascended the chance to spend their currencies.
    
  • The weapons from the Grim Remembrance merchant now have equip requirements that match the displayed level of the items on the vendors. Characters with over-leveled weapons currently equipped will find these items unequipped.
• Summerfest
  
  • Summerfest has been extended by one week! It will now end on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 instead of August 2, 2018.
    
  • The plat cost of the dimension items added to the store last week have been reduced by 75%.

ITEMS

• • Corrected the Spectral Carriage mount’s description to no longer mistakenly list itself as a 160% speed mount. This only applies to the direct purchased version in the Summerfest section of the RIFT store. Older Spectral Carriages from lockboxes are not affected.

QUESTS

• Fixed an issue with the “In the Image of my Enemy” quest in Droughtlands where the Saboteur Time Bomb Catalyst buff could remove the disguise needed for the quest.

== PRIME: VIGIL PATCH NOTES ==

ACHIEVEMENTS

• The Fall of Lantern Hook (Expert) achievement “Right Meow” now updates correctly.

EVENTS

• Call to Action
  
  • A Call to Action has been issued to the Ascended to deal with the sudden appearance of Hellbugs throughout Telara.
• Grim Remembrance
  
  • The merchants from Grim Remembrance will hang around for an extra week to give Ascended the chance to spend their currencies.
    
  • The weapons from the Grim Remembrance merchant now have equip requirements that match the displayed level of the items on the vendors. Characters with over-leveled weapons currently equipped will find these items unequipped.
• Summerfest
  
  • Summerfest has been extended by one week! It will now end on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 instead of August 2, 2018.
    
  • The plat cost of the dimension items added to the store last week have been reduced by 75%.

QUESTS

• Fixed a display issue where certain quests were not showing the correct amount of PA experience that will be gained.

RAIDS

• River of Souls
  
  • Albeth’s Grave Bolt has had its damage increased.
    
  • Alsbeth has displeased Regulos. As punishment he has taken a portion of vitality away from her and the servants who directly protect her.
    
  • Alsbeth has granted Putonus the liberty to make some adjustments to the area outside his arena. Spectators may have a less than ideal time watching the encounter.
    
  • Alsbeth the Discordant has grown tired of Ascended who have fallen in battle re-entering the battle with her minions. Ascended who choose to respawn while their raid is engaged with a boss will need to wait until the boss dies or resets before rejoining their allies.
    
  • Alsbeth was not pleased that several of her minions could not go after Ascended hiding behind rocks. These minions have been replaced by new minions who do not take pity on ascended who hide behind rocks.
    
  • Altered some damage values in Herald Gaurath encounter based on player feedback.
    
  • BoE random drops have had their drop rates fixed.
    
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Alsbeth and her minions from doing the proper damage when enraged.
    
  • Warmaster Galenir’s Festering Infection has become drastically more painful.

== LIVE SERVER NOTES ==

DAILY REWARDS CALENDAR

• The last four days of the Daily Login Rewards Calendar have been updated, including a random mount on the 21st day.

EVENTS

• Call to Action
  
  • A Call to Action has been issued to the Ascended to deal with the sudden appearance of Hellbugs throughout Telara.
• Grim Remembrance
  
  • The merchants from Grim Remembrance will hang around for an extra week to give Ascended the chance to spend their currencies.
    
  • The weapons from the Grim Remembrance merchant now have equip requirements that match the displayed level of the items on the vendors. Characters with over-leveled weapons currently equipped will find these items unequipped.
• Summerfest
  
  • Summerfest has been extended by one week! It will now end on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 instead of August 2, 2018.
    
  • The plat cost of the dimension items added to the store last week have been reduced by 75%.

ITEMS

• • Corrected the Spectral Carriage mount’s description to no longer mistakenly list itself as a 160% speed mount. This only applies to the direct purchased version in the Summerfest section of the RIFT store. Older Spectral Carriages from lockboxes are not affected.

QUESTS

• Fixed an issue with the “In the Image of my Enemy” quest in Droughtlands where the Saboteur Time Bomb Catalyst buff could remove the disguise needed for the quest.

== PRIME: VIGIL PATCH NOTES ==

ACHIEVEMENTS

• The Fall of Lantern Hook (Expert) achievement “Right Meow” now updates correctly.

EVENTS

• Call to Action
  
  • A Call to Action has been issued to the Ascended to deal with the sudden appearance of Hellbugs throughout Telara.
• Grim Remembrance
  
  • The merchants from Grim Remembrance will hang around for an extra week to give Ascended the chance to spend their currencies.
    
  • The weapons from the Grim Remembrance merchant now have equip requirements that match the displayed level of the items on the vendors. Characters with over-leveled weapons currently equipped will find these items unequipped.
• Summerfest
  
  • Summerfest has been extended by one week! It will now end on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 instead of August 2, 2018.
    
  • The plat cost of the dimension items added to the store last week have been reduced by 75%.

QUESTS

• Fixed a display issue where certain quests were not showing the correct amount of PA experience that will be gained.

RAIDS

• River of Souls
  
  • Albeth’s Grave Bolt has had its damage increased.
    
  • Alsbeth has displeased Regulos. As punishment he has taken a portion of vitality away from her and the servants who directly protect her.
    
  • Alsbeth has granted Putonus the liberty to make some adjustments to the area outside his arena. Spectators may have a less than ideal time watching the encounter.
    
  • Alsbeth the Discordant has grown tired of Ascended who have fallen in battle re-entering the battle with her minions. Ascended who choose to respawn while their raid is engaged with a boss will need to wait until the boss dies or resets before rejoining their allies.
    
  • Alsbeth was not pleased that several of her minions could not go after Ascended hiding behind rocks. These minions have been replaced by new minions who do not take pity on ascended who hide behind rocks.
    
  • Altered some damage values in Herald Gaurath encounter based on player feedback.
    
  • BoE random drops have had their drop rates fixed.
    
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Alsbeth and her minions from doing the proper damage when enraged.
    
  • Warmaster Galenir’s Festering Infection has become drastically more painful.

Hellbugs have invaded Telara! Get in there and save the world, Ascended!

Prevent these Hellbugs from their aggressive colonization of Telara. These suspiciously familiar invaders have jumped from the other worldly city of San Francisco to Telara to try and make it their home. Don’t let them gain a foothold as they spread from one end of Mathosia to the other.

Call-to-Action Event

From Thursday, August 2, 2018 beginning at 12:01 AM PDT until Monday, August 6, 2018 at 11:59 PM PDT, Hellbugs from Defiance 2050 will invade RIFT! During this limited-time event, Hellbug Rifts will spawn more frequently throughout Telara (on both Live and Prime). Additionally, new zones have been added to their rampage, including Scarwood Reach, Shimmersand, Iron Pine Peak, and Ember Isle.

Participating in this Call to Action event can net you some unique prizes. Completing these Hellbug Rifts have a chance to award you:

• Minor XP or Token Boosts (15%)
  
• Bonus Currency
  
• Special Dimension Items
  
• Minions (Live only)
  
• Wardrobe Skin Items & Bundles
  
• Special Mounts (including three not previously released on Live)

Note that on Live, zone events use personal loot IRCs. Players get two free rolls per zone per day, after that, they are charged. Prime however, has no gating on rolls.

Hellbug Sale

Besides the event itself, the RIFT store will have special Hellbugs you can purchase as well. The sale runs from Wednesday, August 1, 2018 after the servers come up (approximately 9:00 AM PDT) until Wednesday, August 15, 2018 until the servers go down for maintenance (approximately 6:00 AM PDT).

• Hellbug Mounts
  
• Hellbug Combat Pet Skin Bundle
  
• Unique Pet – Tartarus
  
• Votan Fragger Rifle Wardrobe Skin
  
• New Dimension Items including Hellbug NPCs

These Hellbug goodies are largely available for either Credits or the new in-game Chaos Mote currency. However, a few are Credit-only.

We here at Trion Worlds, Inc. are excited for Defiance 2050. The RIFT team welcomes the new game into our fold with this new Hellbug-themed event! Also, be on the lookout for upcoming new Call-to-Action events, to spice up your time in Telara. We hope to see you in-game, Ascended!

Hello Ascended,

It's that time of the week again!

All RIFT shards will be taken offline for weekly maintenance at the following times:

• NA (including Vigil): 7:30 AM PDT / 10:30 AM EDT on August 1, 2018
  
• EU: 1:00 AM GMT/UTC on August 2, 2018

The estimated downtime duration for all shards is ** 1.5 hours **.

As always, we hope to be up sooner, though. We'll let you know if it runs later. Stay tuned to this thread for updates.

-RIFT Team

== LIVE SERVER NOTES ==

APOLOGY PACK

• We’re sorry about that weird patch with the looting issues. We’d like to drive to each of your houses and give you bouquet of flowers but that just isn’t feasible. We are hoping that this Rift Apology Pack will do instead.

EVENTS

• Grim Remembrance
  
  • FOOLS! Alsbeth the Discordant isn’t done with you yet. Grim Remembrance will continue until July 31st.

LOOT

• The Fiendish Imps wreaking havoc with the loot in Rift have finally been exorcised! Be vigilant, Ascended, but we hope this is the last we will see of them! (Loot issues from the last 2 days should now be resolved.)

== PRIME: VIGIL PATCH NOTES ==

APOLOGY PACK

• We’re sorry about that weird patch with the looting issues. We’d like to drive to each of your houses and give you bouquet of flowers but that just isn’t feasible. We are hoping that this Rift Apology Pack will do instead.

EVENTS

• Grim Remembrance
  
  • FOOLS! Alsbeth the Discordant isn’t done with you yet. Grim Remembrance will continue until July 31st.

LOOT

• The Fiendish Imps wreaking havoc with the loot in Rift have finally been exorcised! Be vigilant, Ascended, but we hope this is the last we will see of them! (Loot issues from the last 2 days should now be resolved.)

RAIDS

• River of Souls
  
  • Increased the amount of damage that Source Stones deal to Alsbeth the Discordant in River of Souls.

RIFT Prime’s fourth Challenge ended on Friday, July 20, 2018. Now, find out who won!


From June 20, 2018 – July 20, 2018, Telarians were encouraged to participate in up to three different Prime Vigil challenges for a chance to win unique titles. Learn more about Challenge IV here.


For the Planar Protector portion of Challenge IV, we asked players to fully seal 120 Rifts (20 Air Rifts, 20 Fire Rifts, 20 Water Rifts, 20 Earth Rifts, 20 Death Rifts, and 20 Life Rifts), in addition to claiming victory in at least 20 Zone Events. The only Telaran brave enough to do this was Sjofel, claiming the “Planar Proector” Prefix Title.

• Sjofel

This particular challenge asked players to win 30 Warfronts and gain 30,000 favor. Unfortunately, no one won the “Primus” prefix title.

• No eligible winners.

Last but not least was the Prime Artisan portion of Challenge IV. This challenge asked players to earn three Master Craftsman Marks. We received tons of participation here, so we awarded extra winners on this one. The prize for this was the “Prime Artisan” Prefix Title.

First 5 Prime Artisan Winners

• Aquilinh
• Murp
• Serenity
• Kinneth
• Nechi

5 Random Prime Artisan Winners

• Avatoonie
• Noseeum
• Jenetrix
• Okina
• Rad

 
Thank you so much to all the participants. Your prizes have already been delivered to you. We greatly appreciate everyone’s patience as we’ve been ironing out several hiccups on our end regarding prize distribution from previous challenges. All winners from previous challenges should now have their prizes. If you do not, please email us at http://mailto:community@trionworlds.com. And, please consider participating in our current Challenge V going on from now until August 24, 2018.

Alsbeth has been scheming up something wicked. Ascended, you must stop her!

We are excited to introduce a new raid for RIFT Prime players to fight their way through. Introducing River of Souls! This classic, level 50 20-man raid continues the story on Prime and what was hinted at in our Grim Remembrance event.

The Soulstream

When Telaran’s or Planetouched die, their spirits are whisked away to the Soulstream. This place is a river of intertwining souls that drift along the border of the Plane of Death.

From the edge of the Plane of Death, Alsbeth the Discordant, has control of a device that grants her access to the Soulstream. She is now able to draw forth any soul she likes, returning the poor subject to Telara as a Deathtouched minion of Regulos. If the Endless Court keeps hold of the Soulstream, death will offer no rest to the peoples of Telara, and neither gods nor machines will have souls to draw upon for Ascension.

Besides having to worry about Alsbeth, legions of walking nightmares patrol the perimeter of the Soulstream. They are waiting to descend upon Telara. Alsbeth plucked two powerful souls from this bunch to protect her while she fishes for the most valuable souls in the river. The Ascended will have to fight their way through these undead minions, including foes they’ve faced before, and REgulos’ herald Gaurath.

All of Alsbeth’s schemes and betrayals have led to the River of Souls, and she will fight with every resource available to achieve her horrid goals of damning all of Telara.



Get out there and defeat Alsbeth once and for all! Do not let her corrupt the souls of the dead and bring about the end of Telara. It is time to prepare your friends and enter the River of Souls!

Check out RIFT’s newest Prime: Vigil challenge: Challenge V!

Prime: Vigil Challenge IV just ended on Friday. Now, Challenge V officially begins on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 beginning when the servers come up after weekly maintenance (usually around 9:00 AM PDT) and goes until Friday, August 24, 2018 at 11:59 PM PDT. Participate in these 4.5-themed activities for a chance to win great prizes.

Ember Isle Rare Kills

Ember Isle just came out and we want you to get in there and kill ten (10) Ember Isle rare mobs.

Reward: Ten (10) random RIFT Prime players who’ve killed ten or more Ember Isle rare mobs will receive a Cupcake Portrait Badge and the “Extinguisher” prefix title.

Cadeceus Rise Completion

The newest dungeon on Prime, Cadeceus Rise is calling. Complete both Upper and Lower Cadeceus Rise within the challenge period.

Reward: Ten (10) random RIFT Prime players who’ve completed Upper and Lower Cadeceus Rise dungeons between 7/25 and 8/24 will receive a Cupcake Portrait Badge and the “The Lofty” prefix title.

Become Planar Attuned

Have you heard? Planar Attunement is the hot new thing on Prime. Advance to Tier 1 Planar Attunement!

Reward: Reward: Ten (10) random RIFT Prime players who’ve completed the first tier of Planar Attunement will receive a Cupcake Portrait Badge and the “Planar Professional” prefix title.


Just from playing RIFT Prime and participating in the new 4.5 Ember Isle content, you can earn these great rewards. So, get out there and RIFT on!

== LIVE SERVER NOTES ==

COMPANIONS

• The Verde companion pet will once again appear when summoned.

RIFT STORE

• New item in the RIFT store!
  
  • Arctic Kitsune – this mount is now available in the Rift Store for a limited time! Will you be one of the few Ascended to tame one?

== PRIME: VIGIL PATCH NOTES ==

COMPANIONS

• The Verde companion pet will once again appear when summoned.

RAIDS

• River of Souls
  
  • The 20-man raid, River of Souls is now open! Prevent Alsbeth the Discordant's plans to reanimate the most powerful souls to fight in the army of Regulos.