Rifts
The Rifts are three expedition-only zones that tear open beyond the Sundered Vale once you defeat the Sundered One. They are the game's deepest expedition content: repeatable boss fights, a currency all their own (Rift Shards), the Riftforged armour set, and the Rift Bazaar where shards are spent.
Opening the Rifts
All three rift zones unlock the moment you beat the Sundered Vale's guardian, the Sundered One. Depth beyond that is gated by Expeditions level, not by further story — the toughest zone simply asks for a higher Expeditions level.
Rifts do not appear on the Valley Map as ordinary Biomes; they are their own late-game layer past the Vale.
The three zones
Each zone has a patrol action you can run freely and one or more boss fights. Boss fights are repeatable, but each zone's boss is gated behind 25 patrol wins in that zone — clear patrols to earn the confrontation, then fight the boss as often as you like.
| Zone | Action | Type | Expeditions level | Difficulty | Time | XP | Key rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| the Rift Fringe | Rift Skirmish | Patrol | 68 | 260 | 62 s | 345 | Fringe Shard, 3 Rift Shards, Apex Scale (4%), Riftglass (3%) |
| the Rift Fringe | Confront the Rift Warden | Boss | 72 | 640 | 130 s | 1,430 | Warden's Sigil, 25 Rift Shards, Riftforged head + shield (5% each) |
| the Deep Rift | Deep Rift Patrol | Patrol | 78 | 310 | 66 s | 435 | Rift Bloom, 3 Rift Shards, Emberheart (3.5%), Riftglass (3%) |
| the Deep Rift | Confront the Twin Sovereigns | Boss | 82 | 800 | 140 s | 1,850 | Sovereign Twinshard, 25 Rift Shards, Riftforged chest + legs (5% each) |
| the Riftheart | Riftheart Assault | Patrol | 88 | 360 | 70 s | 540 | Heartshard, 3 Rift Shards, Apex Scale (4%), Riftglass (3%) |
| the Riftheart | Confront the Riftheart Colossus | Boss | 92 | 980 | 150 s | 2,400 | Riftheart Core, 25 Rift Shards, Riftforged weapon + trinket (5% each) |
| the Riftheart | Storm the Riftheart Core | Boss | 96 | 1,100 | 160 s | 3,000 | Rift Prime Shard, 25 Rift Shards |
Every patrol also has a small chance (1.2%) to drop a Sundered Vale dig map for Delving. Boss fights hit hard but their damage is scaled down so a single blow can never overwhelm a maxed fighter.
Rift Shards
Rift Shards are the rift currency. You earn 3 per patrol win and 25 per boss win. They cannot be sold — no trader will touch them — so their only use is the Rift Bazaar. This keeps the rift economy self-contained: shards in, permanent rewards out, with nothing to launder back into Amber.
The Rift Bazaar
The Bazaar spends Rift Shards on permanent stock. Two of its offers are one-time gear purchases; the rest are repeatable egg crates for thin stables.
| Offer | Cost | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Rift Standard | 1,500 Shards (one-off) | A carried banner: +10 expedition score on every expedition |
| Riftbound Trinket | 2,500 Shards (one-off) | A trinket-slot charm (+12 attack, +20 defence) that adds +6% win chance inside the rifts |
| Small Egg crate | 90 Shards | 3 Small Eggs |
| Speckled Egg crate | 90 Shards | 3 Speckled Eggs |
| Large Egg crate | 90 Shards | 3 Large Eggs |
| Rich Egg crate | 90 Shards | 3 Rich Eggs |
| Pristine Egg crate | 90 Shards | 3 Pristine Eggs |
The egg crates are a pity source for players whose stables don't yet lay a given egg class themselves. Vale Eggs remain stable-only — you can't buy them here.
The Riftforged set
Riftforged is a boss-only expedition set — the bridge between the Sundered set and the top-tier Primal set. Its six pieces drop only from rift bosses, at designated slots, 5% per piece per boss win:
- Rift Warden → Visor (head) and shield
- Twin Sovereigns → Plate (chest) and legs
- Riftheart Colossus → Cleaver (weapon) and Idol (trinket)
Per-piece stats: weapon +85 attack; each armour piece +68 defence; trinket +13 attack / +20 defence. Wearing the full set adds a flat +20 expedition score. Duplicate pieces sell for 780 Amber each.
Related pages
- Expeditions — the skill the rifts extend
- Sundered Vale — the zone whose guardian opens the rifts
- Sets — where Riftforged sits among the expedition sets
- Breeding — egg classes the Bazaar crates supply
- Amber — what Riftforged dupes sell for