We like big bugs and we cannot lie!

Hellbugs are attacking Telara and the world needs your help once again! Ready your weapons and show them who's boss!


Call-to-Action Event

From Friday, September 18, 2020 beginning at midnight server time until Sunday, September 20, 2020 at 11:59pm server time, Hellbugs from Defiance 2050 will invade RIFT! During this limited-time event, Hellbug Rifts will spawn more frequently throughout Telara.

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
• Wardrobe Skin Items & Bundles
• Special Mounts

Note that zone events use personal loot Individual Reward Charges. Players get two free rolls per zone per day, after that, they are charged.


What are you waiting for? Save Telara now, Ascended!

Best wishes,
your Rift team!

Call to Action: Mech is back! The excitement and electricity is in the air until September 6! Test your strength against the mechs and earn amazing items!

The following two mounts will be available in the Store:

• Faewood Infinity Walker
• Red & Silver Empyreal Walker

Collect enough Chaos Motes for special Walkers – this event runs from September 4 (starting at 12am server time) to September 6 (ending at 11:59pm server time), 2020. As with other World Events, there will be a quest starter in each home city. You’ll be asked to run an Expert Dungeon with LFG, participate in Warfronts, complete the Mech Zone Event, and collect drops from special Mech Invasions and Footholds!

• Empyreal Walker
• Black Empyreal Walker
• Golden Empyreal Walker
• Infinity Walker
In addition to the clanking wonders, you can earn:

• Mech Companion Pets
• Minion cards
• Dimension items


Please hurry, Ascended! We urgently need your help to fight back against the mechs!

Greetings, Ascended!

Prepare your weapons and ready yourselves; the fifth season of Battle Pass is going live soon!

The fifth season will be live from Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 4:30pm server time, until October 29, 2020 at 4:30pm server time.

What can you look forward to? Here is an overview of the new Battle Pass season – Legion of Corpses:


NEW

Daily Quests

• Players will now receive the following quests every 24h:
1x 'Random Dungeon Victory': Complete a random Expert Dungeon
3x Random Daily Quests (+2x dailies for Patron subscribers)
Rerolling daily quests will not grant the 'Random Dungeon Victory' quest. The daily Random Warfront will no longer be requested as a mandatory quest but can appear as a random daily.

New Currency: Expertise Shards

• The Concentrated Expertise Caches awarded for completing Battle Pass quests now include a new currency, the Expertise Shards.
• A new merchant NPC has appeared in The Canals of Tempest Bay! Huckster Ratioskr will trade Expertise Shards for rewards from previous seasons.
• Daily Quests will grant 1 Expertise Shard and Weekly Quests will grant 5 Expertise Shards.


IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES

• NPC - Added items from BP Seasons 1-5 to the Huckster Ratioskr shop.
• Quests - Daily Random Warfront quest is no longer appearing daily by default. Instead, a random daily quest is offered.
• Quests - Anomaly Tamer weekly quest now requires 14 BP quests completed instead of 20.
• Quests - Added BP Crafting quests in daily and weekly versions that progress whenever the crafting work order quests are completed.
• Quests - Removed BP Dimension quests that were requesting to place/pick items from dimensions.


REMINDER

• After the Battle Pass Season is over, players will have 7 days to claim all pending rewards. During this time, players can acquire the Battle Pass and claim all regular tier
rewards.


REWARDS

• Free:

• Artifact - Woltan's Diary
• PD - Fallen Rusted Creature
• Fisher’s Friend
• Artifact - Embalming Ointment
• Rune Unsocketing Apparatus
• Artifact - Bone Tools
• PD - Pulsating Membrane (No Collision)
• PD - Death Oculon Eye
• Artifact - Fibula Fragment
• 1 Dungeon Charge
• PD - Death Oculon
• Artifact - Splintered Ulna
• PD - Unsettling Membrane (No Collision)
• Sack of Dungeon Currency
• Artifact - Cursed Carpal Bone
• Underwater Mount Training
• PD - Living Membrane (No Collision)
• Artifact - Rotten Radius
• PD - Entangled Membrane (No Collision)
• Artifact - Necromancer Amulet
• Normal Artifact Tracking Vial
• PD - Defeated Rusted Creature
• Artifact - Necromancer Cranium


• Premium:

• A bag of 100 Planar Pellets
• Clicky - Eyes (Gaze of the Death Tyrant)
• 7x Credits: 2x100, 1x150, 1x200, 1x250, 1x300, 1x400
• 2x Bundle of Affinity
• Transcendent Experience Vial
• Imperishable Darkness
• Clicky - Feet (Corpse Crusher)
• Celestial Crafting Rift Lure
• PD - Giant Spine Bones
• 160% Crafting Skill Sphere
• Relic Opie’s Artifact Stash
• Twisted Artifact Tracking Vial
• Clicky - Hands (Putrid Touch)
• Orb of Loyalty
• PD - Organ Window (See through)
• Unstable Artifact Tracking Vial
• Clicky - Jump (Necro-Step)
• Poison Artifact Tracking Vial
• Exceptionel Crafting Skill Boost
• PD - Death Forcefield Effect
• PD - Death Outbreak Effect
• Title - Writ of the Death Tyrant
• Mount - Corpse Lord

Patron:

• Epic Opie's Artifact Stash
• Relic Opie's Artifact Stash
• PD - Death Tentacle
• Upgrade Component Bag
• 8x Dimension Kit: Grave Lord Arsenal (see below for more information)
• PD - Dead Rusted Iron Creature
• 2x Bundle of Affinity
• Sack of Dungeon Currency
• PD - Giant Vertebrae
• Brevanic Portal Battery Reset
• Large Sack of Starfall Currency
• PD - Giant Sternum Bone
• Patron Skill - Banker Skin - Guardian of the Eternal Treasury


The Dimension Kit: Grave Lord Arsenal has a chance of containing the following items:

• Death Dagger
• Death Mace
• Death Shield
• Death Axe
• Death Staff
• Death Totem
• Death Rifle
• Death Wand
• Death Great Mace
• Death Polearm
• Death Bow
• Death Sword
• Grave Lord Shield
• Grave Lord Helmet
• Death Dagger (No Effect)
• Death Mace (No Effect)
• Death Axe (No Effect)
• Death Staff (No Effect)
• Death Totem (No Effect)
• Death Rifle (No Effect)
• Death Wand (No Effect)
• Death Great Mace (No Effect)
• Death Polearm (No Effect)
• Death Bow (No Effect)
• Death Sword (No Effect)


Ascension of the Death Tyrant


Crown of the Death Tyrant


Happy gaming!

Best wishes,
your Rift team!

Greetings, Ascended!

The early bird catches the worm! So don't wait any longer because it is time for "Budgie Madness" again!

Earn Chaos Motes by finishing special daily quests! The Questgivers can be found in Meridian, Sanctum and Tempest Bay.


Get your riding boots and prepare for the ride of your life! Join the Budgie Races and earn yourself your own feathery friend!
Some seasoned professionals may be out on that race track, so here are some tips to be the just like them:

• Stay within the marked path!
• White checkpoints need to be hit throughout the race.
• Make sure to make it to the Green boosts first to receive Terminal Velocity to make your opponents eat your dust.
• Avoid Orange Traps, they’ll only slow you down!

Stock up as many Chaos Motes as possible and trade them in for mounts and pets!


Budgie Madness will start on Friday, August 21, at 12am Server Time, and end on Sunday, August 23, at 11:59pm Server Time.


What are you waiting for? Tell your friends, join us in Rift and grab those Budgies!

Dear Community,

A whole spectrum of fantastic fun visits Telara again as Unicornalia returns to RIFT. With Credits or Chaos Motes, increase your unicorn collection with magnificent mounts and plentiful of pets.

Look for the Hooves and Horns zone events throughout the vast world of Telara and complete these special challenges. Pick up 4 Daily Quests to collect Chaos Motes.

You can find the corresponding NPCs here:

Meridian (/setwaypoint 6122 5231)
Sanctum (/setwaypoint 7380 3078)
Tempest Bay (/setwaypoint 12943 11579)

So many unicorns to see, like the rare Opal or Onyx Unicorn Mounts! Come discover what makes this event so magical.

This CTA event starts on Friday, August 7th, at 0:00 AM server time and ends on August 9th, at 11:59 PM server time.

Don't miss the opportunity to get hold of some of these wonderful creatures! Tell your friends, log in and grab the unicorns by their hooves!

Greetings, Ascended!

Prepare your weapons and ready yourselves; the fourth season of Battle Pass is now live!

The fourth season will be live from June 18, 2020 at 4:30pm server time, until August 13, 2020 at 4:30pm server time.

What can you look forward to? Here is an overview of the new Battle Pass season - Vein of Glory:


NEW

Daily Quests:


• Players will now receive the following quests every 24h:
1x 'Random Dungeon Victory': Complete a random Expert Dungeon
1x 'Random Warfront Victory': Win a random warfront
2x Random Daily Quests (+2x dailies for Patron subscribers)

• Rerolling daily quests will not grant either the 'Random Dungeon Victory' or the 'Random Warfront Victory' quests.


Weekly Quests:

• Players will now receive the following quests every 7 days:
1x 'Anomaly Tamer': Complete 20 Battle Pass quests
2x Random Weekly Quests

• Rerolling weekly quests will not grant the 'Anomaly Tamer' quest.

• All weekly quests grant a base Battle Pass EXP of 10K.


Battle Pass EXP:

• When completing a Battle Pass quest, players receive a Concentrated Expertise Cache on their inventory, that will grant Loyalty points and Battle Pass EXP based on their status.

• Players who own the Battle Pass obtain +25% Battle Pass EXP for the quest completed.

• Active Patron subscribers obtain +25% Battle Pass EXP for the quest completed.

• Players who own the Battle Pass and have an active Patron subscription obtain +50% Battle Pass EXP for the quest completed.

• Purchasing the Battle Pass or activating a Patron subscription will NOT grant extra EXP over already completed quests.


IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES


• Quest EXP gain overhaul. Adjusted EXP gained from several daily quests. All weekly quests grant 10K Battle Pass EXP (Half a level).

• Fixed an issue where quests to hunt rare mobs were only counting the zone achievement rares.

• Rare mobs that count towards a specific zone quest are now displayed on the tooltip upon hover-over.

• Removed several quests that were complicated to trigger when there were not enough players in the required zone.

• Added new quests to close rifts across the continents in Telara! (Mathosia, Dusken & Brevane)

• An additional cosmetic item "Crown of the Earth Baron" will be available in the Rift Store.

• Players are now able to buy Concentrated Expertise shards in the Rift Store to level up immediately. Available in +1 and +5 level format.

• The new Dimension Kit: Imperial Mining Expedition contains unreleased dimensional items, including the new scaffolding building modules.

• Improved Battle Pass localization.


REMINDER

• After the Battle Pass Season is over, players will have 7 days to claim all pending rewards. During this time, players can acquire the Battle Pass and claim all regular tier
rewards.


REWARDS


• Free:

Artifact - Measuring Tools
Red Crystal Structure
Fisher’s Friend
Artifact - Crafted Metamorphic Rock
Rune Unsocketing Apparatus
Artifact - Mineral Core
Strong Red Spire
Artifact - Epoch Study of Telara
1 Dungeon Charge
Artifact - Wanton Igneous Rock
Strong Red Crystal
Artifact - Hardest Mineral
Underwater Mount Training
Red Bulky Crystal Structure
Artifact - Adamantium Melting Technique
Durable Red Spire
Artifact - Volcanic Activity Report of Ember Isle
Normal Artifact Tracking Vial
Durable Red Crystal
Artifact - Magical Mineralization Thesis


• Premium:

7x Credits (2x100, 1x150, 1x200, 1x250,1x300, 1x400)
2 Bundle of Affinity
Ancient Idol
Diamond Sight
Blue Mineral
Imperishable Terrene
Earthquake Steps
Celestial Crafting Rift Lure: Earth
Wheel of Fate
160% Crafting Skill Sphere
Relic Opie’s Artifact Stash
Twisted Artifact Tracking Vial
Rock Guard
160% Favor Vial
Blue Mineral Column
Unstable Artifact Tracking Vial
Sandstorm Impulse
Poison Artifact Tracking Vial
Exceptionel Crafting Skill Boost
Hellscape Hewn Stone
Earthquake Grounds Effect
Title "Earth Baron"
Levitate Mount - Magnanimous Archon


• Patron:

Epic Opie's Artifact Stash
Relic Opie's Artifact Stash
2 Bundle of Affinity
7x Dimension Kit: Imperial Mining Expedition
Giant Red Mineral
Earth Sky
Patron Skill - Banker Skin (Perm)


Happy gaming!

Best wishes,
your Rift team!

Good Evening/Night Telarans!

We will be performing a server restart on NA shards come 3/14/2020 at 8AM Pacific [4PM Central Europe]. Downtime is expected to be about 60 minutes. You all will be updated in regards to the completion of it here!

Emergency patch is rolling out for the crashes we have been experiencing. We apologize for the inconvenience and we will be having a 90 minute downtime for this unexpected maintenance. You can view our progress here.

Hello! We will be performing a server patch on February 27th, 2020 at 7:30AM Pacific (4:30PM Central Europe). We expect to be down for only 2 hours and you can expect updates regarding this patch here.

As our title states we will be doing a shard only restart for NA shards; Greybriar, Deepwood, and Wolfsbane. We will begin this restart for these shards at 2PM Pacific time, 11PM Central Europe time. We apologize for the inconvenience and will inform you all when we have completed this shard only restart here.