RIFT News

Call to Action: Budgie Madness

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!

CTA: Unicornalia Unleashes Again!

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!

Battle Pass Season 4: Vein of Glory

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!

New MMORPGs 2020: new and upcoming MMOs worth playing

Once rare like a legendary loot drop, new MMOs are now more common than ever. And as part of a genre built upon freedom and vast numbers of players coming together, they are among the most ambitious games around. Each one promises a sprawling world, a vibrant community, and enough content to make you blush and go all dizzy.

New MMORPGs are full of potential, but they're also precariously close to failure - history is littered with MMOs that have had their moment in the spotlight or never garnered the attention they deserved.

In the interest of saving you hours spent in character creation for a game you might not even like, we have compiled a handy list of all the new MMOs that are worth your time. But we have also gone one step further: as the worlds of MMORPGs are ever-changing, we have included games with recent updates, new content drops, and the like, plus new massively multiplayer online games with RPG elements. So, from newly updated sword-and-sorcery classics to emerging action-RPGs, these are the new MMOs you should be paying attention to.

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[NA] Shard Restart 3/14/2020 - 8AM Pacific [4PM Central Europe]

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!