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The Winter Sale is here!

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!

FAE YULE HAS ARRIVED!

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!

Magical Broom Raffle

Prepare to be swept away with this magical RIFT giveaway!

Dust off your camera and you could win a Magic Broom mount!

Comment below with a screenshot of your favorite in-game costume and get entered into our Magic Broom mount raffle!

Carnival of the Ascended 2021!

Greetings, Ascended!

Celebrate with us the Carnival of the Ascended 2021, marking the 10th anniversary of the release of Rift. The World Event will start on March 25th and will last 4 weeks, until April 22nd, 2021 at 15.30.00 local server time.

The event will have three distinct phases that start on the following dates:
- Phase 1: Thursday 25th of March
- Phase 2: Thursday 15th of April at 15.30.00 local server time
- Phase 3: Thursday 22nd of April at 15.30.00 local server time
- End of the event: Thursday 29th of April at 15.30.00 local server time


What can you look forward to?


New Artifact Sets

• Added three new Artifact sets. Collecting each one will be rewarded a Celebration Chest containing, among other items, 4 Auroral Doubloons!

Our Overlord
- Completing a 4-hour Carnival Minion Mission has a 50% chance to drop a Celebration Bag for Overlords that will grant a random artifact of this set.

Hero Generation
- Among the rewards for killing one of the Carnival IA bosses, players will receive a Celebration Bag for Adventurers that will grant a random artifact of this set.

Pinata Candy
- Hunt Pinatas across Telara for a 50% chance to drop a Celebration Bag for Pinata Hunters that will grant a random artifact of this set.

• Collect and complete all the three new artifact sets to earn the True Veteran achievement, which will give the "Elder" prefix title and 100 platinum.


New Minion

• Uncover the story of the old Ascended Trillian Lockwert by acquiring its Minion Card
- Upon collecting it, a chain of 11 Minion Missions will be unlocked. Complete them all to acquire 5 new Minions, 4 collectible journal entries with Trillians story, and some additional Carnival of the Ascended currency!
- Get the full group to level 25 to unlock the "Long-lived" suffix Title through an achievement.


Updated LootTables

• The Pinata Prize Bags obtained in Carnival IAs can now drop some of the pets added during the Carnival of the Ascended in 2020!


New Items

• Support your faction! Obtain one of the Guardian Valmeras or the Defiant Warhorses with Auroral Doubloons or Credits to show your support and unlock an exclusive title through an achievement.

• Complement your faction looks with the Ascended Guardian or Defiant Wings. Or be a proud Telaran with the Tenth Anniversary Cape.

• The new Tenth Anniversary Cake will grant you a raid consumable granting 100 Endurance and it was modeled after the real Rift Release Cake that the studio made 10 years ago for the launch! Also available as a Dimensional item to sweeten your home.

• Ever wanted to trick others to be Unicorns and join your cavalry? The Fancy Celebration Cake can be placed for everyone to turn into Carnival Unicorns and ride along with you and will grant a special achievement with a vanity unlock: the Celebration Ruff!


Fixes

• Store - Fixed an issue with older Carnival Dimensional items not appearing unless all class types were selected.

• Dimension - Floating Platform Device no longer duplicates itself visually when rotating the item in a dimension.

• Mystic Archer - Legendary Ride the Wind now reduces the cast time of Summoning Quiver as expected.

• Oracle - Prevented an exploit where Legendary Insignia of Blood could be triggered with non-damaging abilities.


What are you waiting for? Come and celebrate with us! Happy birthday, Rift!

Battle Pass Season 6: Typhoon of Doom

Greetings, Ascended!

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

The sixth season will be live from Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 12:00pm server time, until March 18, 2021 at 16:30pm server time.

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


Daily Battle Pass Quest Changes:
- Rare Mob hunt requirement reduced from 6 to 2
- Celestial Rare Mob hunt requirement reduced from 5 to 3
- Zone specific Rift quests requirement reduced from 5 to 3
- Artifact harvest (Normal difficulty) reduced from 10 to 5
- Artifact harvest (Hard difficulty) reduced from 50 to 10
- Zone specific Zone Event quest difficulty increased from Normal to Hard (3000 BPXP)
- Kill PVP-flagged players quest requirements reduced from 100 to 15 for Hard difficulty
- Kill PVP-flagged players quest requirements reduced from 50 to 10 for Normal difficulty
- Added more zone variety for Rift closing quests, and Zone Event quests.
- Replaced the Random Expert Dungeon daily with a dual quest. This quest will always appear in the daily pool. The quest requires to either:
- Complete a Random Expert Dungeon
OR
- Win a Random Warfront


Weekly Battle Pass Quest changes:
- Close planar Rift quest requirements reduced from 25 to 15
- Foothold hunt requirements reduced from 25 to 15
- Rare Zone Mob hunt requirements reduced to 2, regardless of the zone
- Burning Artifact harvest requirement reduced from 45 to 20
- Added quests for harvesting different types of artifacts (Any, Unstable, Twisted, Poison, Nightmare). Quantities vary depending on the artifact type
- Instant Adventure quest requirement increased from 25 to 40
- Kill PVP-flagged players quest requirements reduced from 1000 to 100


Battle Pass Merchant:
- Added Artifact Set from the Legion of Corpses Season
- Added the Patron Summon Banker ability from the Legion of Corpses Season
- Added the new Crown of the Typhoon Duchess and the Dimension Kit: Sky City Structures
- Added a new Minion, Ventus the Prophet, to the Battle Pass vendor Huckster Ratioskr in Tempest Bay. Collect and complete the "Typhoon Hunter" Artifact Set from the Battle Pass Season 6 to unlock it for purchase using Expertise Shards.


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 - Storm Surge
• PD Item - Air Oculon Eye
• Fisher’s Friend
• Artifact - Hurricane Essence
• Rune Unsocketing Apparatus
• Artifact - Arcane Barometer
• PD Item - Air Oculon
• Artifact - Blizzard Spell Scroll
• 1 Dungeon Charge
• A bag of 100 Planar Pellets
• Artifact - Prevailing Storm Winds
• PD Item - Typhoon Fan
• Sack of Dungeon Currency
• Artifact - Squall Reports
• Underwater Mount Training
• Large Sack of Currency
• Artifact - Bottled Supercell
• Bundle of Upgrade Components
• Artifact - Heavy Rain Extract
• Normal Artifact Tracking Vial
• Upgrade Component Bag
• Artifact - Weather Control Spell Scroll

Premium:
• PD Item - Sky City Gargoyle
• Gaze of the Typhoon Duchess
• 7x Credits (2x100, 1x150, 1x200, 1x250, 1x300, 1x400)
• 2x Affinity (2x100)
• A bag of 100 Planar Pellets
• Imperishable Wind
• Nimble Feet
• Celestial Crafting Rift Lure: Air
• PD Item - Electric Grounds Effect
• Transcendent Experience Vial
• Relic Opie’s Artifact Stash
• Orb of Loyalty
• Static Charge
• Bundle of Upgrade Components
• PD Item - Portal Fumes Effect
• Unstable Artifact Tracking Vial
• Fractus Jump
• Poison Artifact Tracking Vial
• Exceptionel Crafting Skill Boost
• PD Item - Floating Powered Fan
• PD Item - Floating Platform Device
• Title - Writ of the Typhoon Duke
• Mount - Sky Overseer

Patron:
• Epic Opie's Artifact Stash
• Upgrade Component Bag
• 8x Dimension Kit: Sky City Structures
• Relic Opie's Artifact Stash
• Sack of Dungeon Currency
• 2x Affinity (2x100)
• 2x Large Sack of Currency
• 2x Brevanic Portal Battery Reset
• Large Sack of Starfall Currency
• Patron Skill - Banker Skin (Perm)


The Dimension Kit: Sky City Structures has a chance of containing the following items:

• Sky City Docks
• Sky City Walkway
• Sky City Windmill Station
• Sky City Noble Building
• Sky City Noble Great Building
• Sky City Fishing Device
• Sky City Noble Dock
• Sky City Machine
• Sky City Blimp
• Sky City Blimp Station


Happy gaming!

Best wishes,
your Rift team!