RIFT News

With today’s patch, you are warmly awaited to join the returning Season 1 Battle Pass!

In its reworked version, you can progress through 30 levels by completing daily and weekly quests. You can play the Battle Pass for free and be rewarded by various consumable and artifacts.

You can find the Battle Pass on Activities in the category “Battle Pass”.
The Pass is available until August 8, 2022 – 7:00am (server time).
After that date, you will only be able to claim your rewards until August 15, 2022 – 7:00am (server time).

If you wish to participate even more, the Battle Pass will be 6,99$, to give you a chance to unlock even more rewards. You can also get an additional bonus in combination with a Patron Status.

Amongst amazing rewards, an incredibly hot costume set will be obtainable, with a perfectly matching mount:

Level 2: Cosmetic Effect: Flaming Eyes
Level 5: Cosmetic Effect: Hot Feet
Level 13: Cosmetic Effect: Hot Hands
Level 17: Jump Effect: Blast Off!
Level 23: Costume Helmet: Crown of Flames
Level 26: Cosmetic Wings: Wings of Flame
Level 30: Mount: Great Balls of Fire

The Patron reward “Harvest Levitation Supply Crate” has been exchanged with the new “Armored Fireball Dragon Supply Crate” which has the chance to obtain amazing fiery Drakes.

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Note: The Credits that are rewarded via the Battle Pass can only be redeemed once per account.

It will be in-game on your next log-in, so make sure to get your Pass and complete it as soon as possible!

Good luck Adventurer,
Your RIFT Team

Chirp chirp chirp... Hu? Telarans, what are those sounds?

Ohhh! The little Budgies are finally hatching and bring us much joy! We celebrate RIFT’s Anniversary with the Carnival Event & a lot of mini-games!

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Here is what you can discover in the April ‘Budgie Carnival Celebration‘ Patch!

[h3]Budgie Madness Carnival Event Spring Items[/h3]

[h3]Budgie Madness[/h3]

The cute, colorful, and amazing Budgies are back for two weeks!
It’s time to collect all your Chaos Motes to get lovely rewards like Wardrobe Skins, Pets, Dimension Items, or Mounts!



Pick up four daily quests in the main cities Sanctum, Meridian, or Tempest Bay.

1. Minions of Migration Complete an expert dungeon through Groupfinder (LFG) and get rewarded with 15 Chaos Motes!

2. Birds of a Feather Train Together Press K to open the PvP window and queue up for a Warfront, win it and get rewarded with 15 Chaos Motes!

3. Off to the Races Pick up the quest for the Budgie race and complete it to be rewarded with 15 Chaos Motes!

4. For the Birds In Silverwood, Freemarch, Shimmersand, Stillmoor, and Vostigar Peaks will be a Special Budgie Zone Event called ‘The Birds’. Complete the Event and get rewarded with 15 Chaos Motes.

Discover new daily quests on NPC ‘Frank Stroher’.

Each quest gives 15 Chaos Motes. One available per day.

Budgie Wisp
Budgie Spirit
Lost Hatchling
Budgie Mare
Mystical Hatchling
Test Budgie
Test Crow
Energy Stone
Lost Medallio
Void Conductor
Tawern's Cup
Librarian's Lost Book

Get more details about the cute Budgies on the following community page:

CADRIFT – Budgies



[h3]Carnival Event[/h3]

Grab your Carnival Mask and get ready to celebrate 11 years with us on RIFT.
Beautiful decorations await you in all major cities! Go on weekly or daily quests within the next four weeks and get rewarded with Loot Bags, Mounts, and more! You can also collect Carnival Prize Tickets. These tickets are awarded for completing a Carnival Game. They can be redeemed in the World Event section of the RIFT Store for special prizes.

Weekly Quest

Talk to Dantwor Honey-Tongue at the docks in Tempest Bay to accept the weekly quest called “Clean House at the Carnival”. You need to complete 50 Carnival mini-games and will be rewarded with 2 Auroral Doubloons that can be exchanged in the Carnival shop for other rewards and one Carnival Celebration Crate.


Mini Games

There are various repeatable mini-games such as the very popular Balloon Stomp. If you want to play it please refer to the Balloon Jumping Etiquette.


Daily Quests

Among other activities, you can take part in daily quests like Frog Wrangling or visit Sijay Creg in your home city for additional quests to complete 5 Carnival Instant Adventures.

You can also find more details on the following community page:

CADRIFT – Carnival



[h3]Spring Items[/h3]

Spring is also joining the party, and you will be able to celebrate the spring festival with numerous themed items such as various bunny ears or special clothing. 

Bunny Ears
Get the costume pieces for your character and celebrate spring with us.
But watch out! Even the Bunnies will be jealous.

Transformation Potion
You can never get enough of the cute bunnies?
Take one of the potions and transform yourself into the cutest thing you’ve ever seen:

Alo's Amazing Marshmellow Fluff
Alo's Amazing Daisy Dough
The version only last 5 minutes and cannot be reused.

Alo's Infinity Marshmellow Fluff
Alo's Infinity Daisy Dough
The infinite version can be reused as often as you like.



We wish you a lot of fun with the ‘Budgie Carnival Celebration’ Patch.

See you in the game,
Your RIFT Team

Today’s patch consisted of the Hellbug CTA with 6 new quests and a reskinned companion. This will run from today until February 7, 2022 at 23:59 local server time.

You can find terrified NPC’s in Sanctum and Meridian who will request some assistance from you in regards to the Hellbugs who have infiltrated Rift from the long lost Defiance universe.

The daily quests “Burning Sensation” and “Bug Hug” as well as some new quests will earn you Chaos Motes, the event currency. These quests are found at the Hellbug Event NPC’s in your characters capital city.

The Chaos Motes are the event currency which you can use either at the Hellbug Merchant found in game or in the in-game itemshop. You can get items such as mounts, companions, pet skins. You will also find a newly reskinned companion named Erebos there.

Participating in the event by closing Hellbug Rifts can also earn you some nifty prizes such as Minor XP or 15% Token boosts, Bonus currency, Special Dimension items, Minions, Wardrobe skins, and even mounts!

The Steam Winter sale is here! Grab the DLC’s or packs that you need at some amazing discounts for the holidays!

The Rising Storm Power Pack, Laethy’s Indulgence Power Pack, Ascended Essentials Pack and the Classic Collector’s Pack are 30% off.

Upgrade Bundle and Glory of the Ascended Pack are a whooping 50% off, and full of great items!

At a gargantuan 75% off we have the Laethy’s Fortune Pack, with tons of awesome items.

You do not want to miss out on this sale. It’s happening right now and ends on January 1, 2022 at 10am PST / 12pm CST / 7pm CET!

Happy holidays!

When? Fae Yule Phase 1: December 9, 2021 at 8:00 AM until December 16, 2021 at 3:30 PM local server time
Fae Yule Phase 2: December 16, 2021 at 3:30 PM until December 23, 2021 at 3:30 PM local server time
Fae Yule Phase 3: December 23, 2021 at 3:30 PM until December 30, 2021 2021 at 3:30 PM local server time
Fae Yule grace period: December 30, 2021 at 3:30 PM until January 6, 2021 at 3:30 PM local server time
Fae Yule store only: January 6, 2021 at 3:30 PM until January 13, 2021 at 3:30 PM local server time

Where?
To take part in the event visit one of the main cities, Sanctum or Meridian, and talk to the questgivers to receive the weekly quest which can be completed once per character and some daily quests.

Sanctum: /setwaypoint 7374 3073
Meridian: /setwaypoint 6197 5185

See you in game, Happy Holidays!