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When A rift is a beacon appears you may walk test laid down upon the people of the lands by the gods. It consists of a bright, glowing-red portal, waves of quite deadly creatures brought forth through it for that portal, and a battle system with which to shut down the Rift Investigator achievement terror and when the rift is closed you will get satisfy this wicked test of strength and solidarity by the ''Rift Defender'' and ''Rifter'' titlesgods.

The rifts work off == Process of a points system. Depending on the amount of kills the player participated in they can get a higher participation ranking. The rankings are from minimal to phenomenal. Before the rift is closed you may type /rift to get the participation ranking list, howeverEvents, you have to be standing inside the rift area. After the rift is closed the command can be issued anywhere to view the ranking list. How It Works ==

When * First, a light beacon will appear on a rift is closed {{event|inline|The Rift that has plagued <server name> has been shut!}} will be broadcast (one beam per server wide as an event message to all. If the 20 hearts are sacrificed at one time), 2 real-life days before all the rift mobs are dead than the mobs will deopen on PvE and 3 real-spawn and leave life hours before opening on PvP. The location is random each time but always in a pile of ash in their spotnon-deeded area. At This is where the closing of gods will open the rift every player who participated in at least 10 kills will get a lump of random material, quality, and weight. Some examples are:*20ql .40kg rare Adamantine lump*70ql .40kg rare steel lump*77ql portal.25kg seryll lump

* Next, when the rift portal actually opens (48 hours after the beacon first appears), it will clear all the trees within its borders and turn all terrain into dirt. It will also spawn a number of traps, rift stones, rift crystals, and rift plants in the rift zone. Terraforming attempts in this area will be blocked until the rift is closed. Additionally, the rift will spawn a rift altar and a wave of deadly [[File:SKuJOaH.jpg|300px|thumb|leftrift creature|Active Riftrift creatures]]that will only fight players within the zone.

Rifts are very simple* After the first wave of rift creatures is defeated, three more increasingly difficult waves must subsequently be defeated in order to close the rift. In order to progress to the next wave, they just have a lot 20 rift hearts must be butchered and removed from any rift creatures and then burned at the rift altar in sacrifice. An examine of the altar will always show the remaining number of moving partshearts needed in order to bring about the next wave of rift creatures, and the altar is always located within several tiles of the rift beam itself. Progression through the rift in this way can take place at any time, despite any living rift creatures or the current wave taking place.

First * The fourth and final wave of rift creatures will include a [[Warmaster]] and provides the most difficult wave of fighting. Once this wave is disbursed, players must sacrifice 20 more hearts to the lightrift altar, or beacon as some may call it. The light at which point an event message will appear on a convey across the server (one beam per : {{event|inline|The Rift that has plagued <server at one time) 2 days before the rift will open on PvE and 3 hours on PvPname> has been shut!}}. The location rift is random every time now closed, the gods have been satisfied, and rank-based rewards are then automatically spawned to the intervals participating players' inventories. It is also at which they spawn are still unknown. The actual size of right appears to be a radius of 20 tiles in all directions from this point that the beacon, or a 41x41 tile perimeterrift area's rift materials (see section below) will become harvestable.

Second is the actual rift opening. As mentioned before the rift will open 2 days after the beacon appears on PvE and 3 hours on PvP. When the rift opens it will clear all the trees within its borders and turn all terrain into dirt. Also== Ranking, when the rift opens it will spawn a number of decoration type things from rift stones to rift crystals and even trees. These decorations cannot be interacted with, only bashed, and they cannot be moved. You also cannot terraform inside the rift area until it has been closed. Also, rift mobs will attack all the creatures in the rift area at the time of the rift opening weather said creatures of passive or aggressive. The only time the rift mobs will not attack creatures is if they are being ridden. ''Note: This does not apply to hitched animals which will still be attacked.''Rewards ==

Now *Rifts work off of a points system. Depending on the mobs that amount of kills and damage dealt by a player, they can get a higher participation ranking. The rankings range from "minimal" (least impact) to "phenomenal" (most impact). The better the rift will spawn. When rank, the rift opens many different kinds of mobs will spawnmore rewards attributed to that player. These mobs come in waves * Rank rewards are a number of increasing difficulty and they include Rift Beastsrift points, Rift Casters and Rift Summonerssome rift materials as listed below, Rift Jackals and Rift Ogreslumps of [[glimmersteel]], Ogre Mages[[seryll]], and lastly [[adamantine]]. ** Rift points are redeemable at the Warmaster[[Rift points shop]] or Lormere Ltd by right-clicking on a mailbox. In order to advance to the next wave of creatures you must sacrifice 20 * Anytime while a rift mob hearts that are obtained by butchering is still open and active, the mobs at player may type the chat command '''Rift Altar/rift'''in order to see the current participation rankings. Attempts to bring up the list outside of the actual rift area while it is still active will not work. After the rift is closed, however, an altar the command can be issued from anywhere on that server in order to view the rift final ranking list.  * Players with more than 60 participation (phenomenal) rank will tend to receive less random lump quality levels and weights. Instead, they will spawn generally receive lump quantities, qualities, and weights based on its own and it does not look like a normal altarthat rank with much less swing toward randomness. ''Note: These hearts are not like normal hearts * Rare items being rewarded generally tends to occur mainly for participants placing 3rd or better at final rank. They cannot be put into  * Any player who participated in at least 10 kills will get a lump of uncommon metal ([[Seryll]], [[Glimmersteel]] or [food storage bin[Adamantine]] ) of random rarity, quality, and create healing covers of useless potencyweight, at the rift's close.'' When a mob is killed every player has a 5% chance to get a loot item that can include but are not limited to shoulder pads  * Players must be online and jewelry with special abilities. Please visit [http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/141729-wsa-guide-to-rift-gear/ this guide] on the rift loot for any questionsserver when the Rift closes to receive rewards.

When combined with In addition to spawning to player inventory based on rank at the end of a metalrift, rift materials can also be manually collected from the immediate rift area once that rift has been closed. The three rift resource types are rift stones, rift crystals, they and rift plants: * [[Mining|Mine]] a [[rift stone]] to gather [[rift stone shard]]s. * [[Prospecting|Prospect]] a [[rift crystal (node)]] to gather [[rift crystal]]s.* [[Woodcutting|Cut]] down a [[rift plant]] to gather [[rift wood]].  Rift materials can be forged into strange little difficult to harvest without adequate skill, with much of the rift plant, stone, or crystal being wasted on any failed attempts to harvest.  Rift materials are primarily utilized for the creation of [[rune|runes]].==Rift creatures==Certain creatures only appear at rifts or on the moon [[Jackal]]. * [[Rift beast]]* [[Rift caster]]* [[Rift jackal]]* [[Rift summoner]]* [[Rift ogre]]* [[Rift ogre mage]]* [[Warmaster]] == Rift Scout Camps ==Besides the regular recurring rifts, which will provide bonuses to equipmentsmall scout camps can randomly spawn. A rift scout camp is a minimal version of a rift. A few rift creatures spawn in a random place on the server, and after all rift creatures are killed, participants receive a small amount of rift points. Also closing a rift scout camp allows for harvesting Rift Materials like mentioned above.A rift scout camp does not show a red beacon, vehicles and containersyou don't have to sacrifice hearts to close a rift scout camp. Bonuses  == Additional Notes ==  * The no-drop zone for tents extends out 30 tiles from these items will depend on the metal used when forgingrift beacon. * When a rift beacon appears, as well as other factorsa player may walk through it for the "Rift Investigator" [[achievement]]. When the rift is closed, the player will then receive the "Rift Defender" and provide "Rifter" [[titles]].  * Rift hearts are of no other use in Wurm aside from burning at the rift altar. * Rift creatures can only attack players within the rift area. Evacuate the area when in danger! * Players must be premium to receive rift rewards at the close of the rift. * Rift monsters have a range of bonuseschance to attack mounted animals. Use caution when riding a horse at a rift, includingSuggested to use barding other defensive options for animals. == Images == <gallery heights=300px mode="packed-hover">File:SKuJOaH.jpg|Open Rift</gallery> <gallery heights=300px mode="packed-hover">File:rift-afar.png|Rift Beam Ahead!</gallery>

Some will be one use only, but others will attach to the target to provide a continual boost. Only one rune that provides an ongoing effect can be attached to a tool, excepting the single use ones such as mail reset limits<gallery heights=300px mode="packed-hover">File:riftaltar. jpg|The Rift Altar</gallery>