Announcing: Chaos Rifts

NIFTY RIFTIES!

Not seen since the instability of the early tremors preceding the Elder’s War, Rifts have returned as a result of the chaos created with the scattering of the Infinity Stones! Laden with valuable prizes, Chaos Rifts require Chaos Crystal Shards to keep their entrance stable, and only remain open for 1 hour! Chaos Crystal Shards are strewn all over the Battlerealm, and it’s up to YOU to find and use as many as they can before they disappear once more!

Chaos rifts will be available from March 26th at 10:00 AM PDT until May 2nd at 10:00 AM PDT (end date updated by moderator on April 16). You will need to be on our forthcoming build to see and participate in them.

For those of you who have no idea what a Rift is, or even if you do, below is a run-down of how they work.

WHAT ARE CHAOS RIFTS?

Chaos Rifts are quests that have ENTRY COSTS. That means you won’t be able to enter them until you collect 10,000 CHAOS CRYSTAL SHARDS and spend them to enter. Like previous Dimensional Rifts, there are 4 tiers of Rifts, and 4 corresponding tiers of Chaos Crystal Shards. This means you’ll need to collect 10,000 Tier 1 Chaos Crystal Shards to open a Beginner Rift, 10,000 Tier 2 Chaos Crystal Shards to open a Normal Rift, and so on.

Once you spend your Chaos Crystal Shards to enter the Rift, you’ll have 1 hour to collect your prize and defeat the final boss, but it’s not so simple! The path you’ll be sent to is determined by a RANDOM PORTAL, so you won’t know what prize you’ll receive until you enter! Rifts of different tiers contain different rarities of prizes, with the highest tier containing a FULL TIER 2 ALPHA CATALYST and a 5-STAR CLASS AWAKENING GEM.

So, that’s the gist of it. Collect Chaos Crystal Shards of Different Tiers, and use them to open Chaos Rifts of the corresponding tier, then claim cool prizes. Here’s a handy breakdown of some key info:

BEGINNER: 10,000 TIER 1 Chaos Crystal Shards - 2 Energy per step - (24 energy per play)
NORMAL: 10,000 TIER 2 Chaos Crystal Shards - 3 Energy per step - (36 energy per play)
HEROIC: 10,000 TIER 3 Chaos Crystal Shards - 4 Energy per step - (48 energy per play)
MASTER: 10,000 TIER 4 Chaos Crystal Shards - 5 Energy per step - (60 energy per play)

HOW DO I GET CHAOS CRYSTAL SHARDS?

There’s 3 places you can collect Chaos Crystal Shards: Solo and Alliance Events, as well as the monthly Event Quest. Additionally, Lower Tiers of Chaos Rift provide 5,000 Chaos Crystal Shards for the next tier up, which means every time you complete 2 of a certain tier of Chaos Rift, you’ll get 1 entry into the next tier up! In the case of the Tier 4 (Master Difficulty) Chaos Rift, it will instead award 500 5-Star Crystal Shards.

You’ll be able to earn 2,000 Chaos Crystal Shards from completing an Event Quest difficulty, and another 8,000 from full Exploring the same Event Quest Difficulty.

UPDATE: 3/22/2018 @ 12:30PM PDT

Some more context on where to get Chaos Crystal Shards:

- Chaos Crystal Shards will be available from NEXT month's Event Quest, not this month's. The Event Quest is launching shortly after Chaos Rifts, however.
- The Event Quest's Uncollected Difficulty will award the same amount of Tier 4 Chaos Crystal Shards as Master Difficulty.

- Solo Events awarding Chaos Crystal Shards begin on MONDAY MARCH 26th (PDT) alongside the Rifts.

- Alliance Events that contain Chaos Crystal Shards are the 3-Day Events, the first of which will arrive on WEDNESDAY MARCH 28th (PDT)

- A welcome message will arrive in your inbox on MONDAY MARCH 26th (PDT) containing 10,000 Tier 1 Chaos Crystal Shards.

- There will ALSO be a login calendar running that awards Chaos Crystal Shards that begins on MONDAY MARCH 26th.

HOW MUCH ENERGY DOES THIS COST?

Chaos Rifts, like their predecessors Dimensional Rifts, cost 2-5 Energy per step, depending on difficulty:

BEGINNER: - 2 Energy per step - (24 energy per play)
NORMAL: - 3 Energy per step - (36 energy per play)
HEROIC: - 4 Energy per step - (48 energy per play)
MASTER: - 5 Energy per step - (60 energy per play)

HOW HARD ARE THE QUESTS?

You’ll face off against 5 Enemies in Chaos Rifts, all of whom are randomized from a select pool. Their difficulty is roughly equivalent to the corresponding Event Quest Difficulty. As a rule, if you can beat a certain difficulty of the Event Quest, you should have no issues completing a Chaos Rift of the same difficulty. Here’s a quick breakdown of what Buffs are present in each difficulty of Rift (note that unless a Buff is marked as Global, it only applies to the final Boss):

WHAT IF I FAIL THE QUEST?

Just to be SUPER clear: QUITTING OR NOT COMPLETING THE QUEST WITHIN THE 1 HOUR TIME LIMIT WILL RESULT IN THE LOSS OF BOTH THE CRYSTAL SHARDS USED TO ENTER THE QUEST AS WELL AS ANY REWARDS EARNED INSIDE THE QUEST.

WHAT IF I DON’T WANT TO DO THE QUEST?

Great Question! We know that even if you’re unable to beat a certain Event Quest Difficulty, you may end up with enough Chaos Crystal Shards to open a Chaos Rift. If you’re not so keen on doing that, though, you can always use those Shards to Open a CHAOS CRYSTAL.

Chaos Crystals award SOME of the prizes a Chaos Rift of the same tier does, but not all, and they ALSO only award 2,500 Chaos Crystal Shards for the next Tier up as opposed to the 5,000 up for grabs in a Chaos Rift Quest.

If you are able to complete a Chaos Rift, it is ALWAYS better to play a Chaos Rift instead of opening a Chaos Crystal.

Chaos Crystals will not be available until April 9th.

WHAT ARE THE REWARDS?

Glad you asked! Below is a breakdown of what the potential rewards are for both Rifts AND Crystals, as well as the drop rates for both. Since Chaos Rifts are essentially crystals you play, it was important for us to let you know what your odds of receiving a certain prize would be.

RIFTS

CRYSTALS

Comments

imShakib

Great !!

Adelfouka

Cool

Ltopher87

The amount of choas rift shards from event quests is a joke. Why open them now? You have to play non stop to even open a rift

Mandingowarya

Umm.... Yeah

charaderdude2

Ltopher87 wrote: »

The amount of choas rift shards from event quests is a joke. Why open them now? You have to play non stop to even open a rift

Uh-huh, They're not meant to be opened day after day,or hour after hour.

Jon8299

I don't remember this much whining about rifts the first time they came around. When they first arrived everyone was stoked.

I'll say it again you're only meant to do Master mode 2-5 times depending on your activity and how good your alliance is.

DNA3000

Jon8299 wrote: »

I don't remember this much whining about rifts the first time they came around. When they first arrived everyone was stoked.

In fact, many people were saying in regards to the more recent events that Kabam should have just run rifts instead. The players not familiar with rifts are just used to the more recent events and don't understand how much more desirable the rifts are to many players that have played both. Whereas the more recent events like MODOK was about doing a ton of events with small rewards and repeatedly accumulating rewards, the rifts are more about saving for one shot at a much larger reward. More saving, less grinding, often better rewards in total.

valentejgb

quantos vamos ganha presente da kaban

Jon8299

DNA3000 wrote: »

Jon8299 wrote: »

I don't remember this much whining about rifts the first time they came around. When they first arrived everyone was stoked.

In fact, many people were saying in regards to the more recent events that Kabam should have just run rifts instead. The players not familiar with rifts are just used to the more recent events and don't understand how much more desirable the rifts are to many players that have played both. Whereas the more recent events like MODOK was about doing a ton of events with small rewards and repeatedly accumulating rewards, the rifts are more about saving for one shot at a much larger reward. More saving, less grinding, often better rewards in total.

Yeah sometimes people can't see the bigger picture.

phillgreen

Sorry if it has been asked but can I enter the same rift more than once within the hour if I have enough shards?

Audarapu_1

My contest is locked

ggdtzu

круто кристалы хочу

charaderdude2

phillgreen wrote: »

Sorry if it has been asked but can I enter the same rift more than once within the hour if I have enough shards?

Yep,You just have to complete a rift within one hour

Cru3lty

This event isnt fun. I'm basically relying on luck to get enough shards to even attempt a rift run. This feels like a blatant attempt to lever in more micro transactions tbh.

LeNoirFaineant

Cru3lty wrote: »

This event isnt fun. I'm basically relying on luck to get enough shards to even attempt a rift run. This feels like a blatant attempt to lever in more micro transactions tbh.

No, the next EQ and alliance events will get you the shards you need, and each time you run it you'll get shards for the next level. Personally I like the guaranteed rewards from MODOK because the rifts haven't been kind to me but I have friends who have pulled full t2 alphas, full 5* crystals and awakening gems, etc.

Cru3lty

LeNoirFaineant wrote: »

Cru3lty wrote: »

This event isnt fun. I'm basically relying on luck to get enough shards to even attempt a rift run. This feels like a blatant attempt to lever in more micro transactions tbh.

No, the next EQ and alliance events will get you the shards you need, and each time you run it you'll get shards for the next level. Personally I like the guaranteed rewards from MODOK because the rifts haven't been kind to me but I have friends who have pulled full t2 alphas, full 5* crystals and awakening gems, etc.

I was aware of how we get them. I got some for AQ. And If thats the case its been badly implemented. The rewards are just not enough. And the fact that Kabam thinks that longer waiting periods or longer milestone distances = fun! No one can say this is still a fun game to play after 3+ years with very minor changes... Nowadays my activity is a single login per week, and seems it will continue like that!

charaderdude2

Cru3lty wrote: »

LeNoirFaineant wrote: »

Cru3lty wrote: »

This event isnt fun. I'm basically relying on luck to get enough shards to even attempt a rift run. This feels like a blatant attempt to lever in more micro transactions tbh.

No, the next EQ and alliance events will get you the shards you need, and each time you run it you'll get shards for the next level. Personally I like the guaranteed rewards from MODOK because the rifts haven't been kind to me but I have friends who have pulled full t2 alphas, full 5* crystals and awakening gems, etc.

I was aware of how we get them. I got some for AQ. And If thats the case its been badly implemented. The rewards are just not enough. And the fact that Kabam thinks that longer waiting periods or longer milestone distances = fun! No one can say this is still a fun game to play after 3+ years with very minor changes... Nowadays my activity is a single login per week, and seems it will continue like that!

They're also not meant to be plentiful

Cru3lty

charaderdude2 wrote: »

Cru3lty wrote: »

LeNoirFaineant wrote: »

Cru3lty wrote: »

This event isnt fun. I'm basically relying on luck to get enough shards to even attempt a rift run. This feels like a blatant attempt to lever in more micro transactions tbh.

No, the next EQ and alliance events will get you the shards you need, and each time you run it you'll get shards for the next level. Personally I like the guaranteed rewards from MODOK because the rifts haven't been kind to me but I have friends who have pulled full t2 alphas, full 5* crystals and awakening gems, etc.

I was aware of how we get them. I got some for AQ. And If thats the case its been badly implemented. The rewards are just not enough. And the fact that Kabam thinks that longer waiting periods or longer milestone distances = fun! No one can say this is still a fun game to play after 3+ years with very minor changes... Nowadays my activity is a single login per week, and seems it will continue like that!

They're also not meant to be plentiful

As I said, longer wait periods ≠ fun. I need 5000 more shards to even start my next run and getting them at 25 - 100 an event is going to take forever to even get to Mastery level.

charaderdude2

Cru3lty wrote: »

charaderdude2 wrote: »

Cru3lty wrote: »

LeNoirFaineant wrote: »

Cru3lty wrote: »

This event isnt fun. I'm basically relying on luck to get enough shards to even attempt a rift run. This feels like a blatant attempt to lever in more micro transactions tbh.

No, the next EQ and alliance events will get you the shards you need, and each time you run it you'll get shards for the next level. Personally I like the guaranteed rewards from MODOK because the rifts haven't been kind to me but I have friends who have pulled full t2 alphas, full 5* crystals and awakening gems, etc.

I was aware of how we get them. I got some for AQ. And If thats the case its been badly implemented. The rewards are just not enough. And the fact that Kabam thinks that longer waiting periods or longer milestone distances = fun! No one can say this is still a fun game to play after 3+ years with very minor changes... Nowadays my activity is a single login per week, and seems it will continue like that!

They're also not meant to be plentiful

As I said, longer wait periods ≠ fun. I need 5000 more shards to even start my next run and getting them at 25 - 100 an event is going to take forever to even get to Mastery level.

That's a valid point,But yeah,The randomness is the fun/heart breaking part.

Krzykrzykrz

"You’ll be able to earn 2,000 Chaos Crystal Shards from completing an Event Quest difficulty, and another 8,000 from full Exploring the same Event Quest Difficulty."

Well i just did. Finished uncollected 100% - 0 chaos rift shards given, few days ago, completed heroic 100% - 0 chaos rift shard given..,

What is it about? Just, just why? How do i get those? I should have 20 000 chaos rift shard for now. This is quite annoying i must say.

Krzykrzykrz

All clear. Didnt went through the whole message

Panjang77

Great

Primmer79

Cru3lty wrote: »

charaderdude2 wrote: »

Cru3lty wrote: »

LeNoirFaineant wrote: »

Cru3lty wrote: »

This event isnt fun. I'm basically relying on luck to get enough shards to even attempt a rift run. This feels like a blatant attempt to lever in more micro transactions tbh.

No, the next EQ and alliance events will get you the shards you need, and each time you run it you'll get shards for the next level. Personally I like the guaranteed rewards from MODOK because the rifts haven't been kind to me but I have friends who have pulled full t2 alphas, full 5* crystals and awakening gems, etc.

I was aware of how we get them. I got some for AQ. And If thats the case its been badly implemented. The rewards are just not enough. And the fact that Kabam thinks that longer waiting periods or longer milestone distances = fun! No one can say this is still a fun game to play after 3+ years with very minor changes... Nowadays my activity is a single login per week, and seems it will continue like that!

They're also not meant to be plentiful

As I said, longer wait periods ≠ fun. I need 5000 more shards to even start my next run and getting them at 25 - 100 an event is going to take forever to even get to Mastery level.

The problem is they implemented rifts before EQ. Once EQ is up you'll have quite a few runs to do depending on what difficulties you can complete.

XxLoganTDCxX

I'm cant seem to find any shards for the rifts. I did the easy one because everyone got 10000 shards. But I cant find any more. Kabam, can you help me?

Primmer79

XxLoganTDCxX wrote: »

I'm cant seem to find any shards for the rifts. I did the easy one because everyone got 10000 shards. But I cant find any more. Kabam, can you help me?

read the post. Minuscule amounts are in solo events. some are in alliance 3 day events. The majority will be in April's event quest.

phillgreen

Yay, a one star chest.

lomartire82

Ciao

Jcarrieres

So far, for me, this event sucks. I was able to get into the beginner quest somehow, played as bit, then never allowed back in. I apparently need to meet some requirements now, but I don't know what they are or how to get what I need.

Constantly seeing an event that I can't access causes me far more irritation than satisfaction, and does not make me want to spend money on the game

Amonthir

Read the first post, and you should understand. The Rifts are one-time runs for a random reward. It costs 10k shards of the appropriate level to open one; once opened, you have an hour to run it. If you leave the quest, or let the timer expire, you lose out on the reward and the shards it cost to open it. You were able to enter the Beginner Rift because of the 10k shards they sent out in the Email explaining what was going on.
Useful amounts of Rift shards will come out in NEXT MONTH'S Event Quest. Not this one. It is weird they opened it early, but it just grants us some more time to earn shards from solo/Alliance events.

XxLoganTDCxX

@Kabam Miike @Kabam Wolf @Kabam Vydious @Kabam Loto @Kabam Zibiit I am having trouble finding some chaos shards. Can you tell me what I could do to get more?
Also, will there be a daily event quest where we can get more of these shards?
I really like this event though!