Planar Menace (Rift Event)  

This event went live with Patch 1.4 on August 8 2011 and will end with the 1.5 patch.

After their deaths, the vanquished dragons’ essences exploded into elemental energy. Now their cultists strive to claim the Dragon Mote fallout scattered throughout Telara. The Guardians and Defiant must race to harvest these motes for themselves lest the Abyssal or House Aelfwar reclaim the power of their fallen masters. ^[1]

Upcoming changes^[2]:

• The daily requiring you to kill a Dragon Mote will change to a weekly reward and increase the rewards, this will allow you to better plan on when you can grow your Mossy Tartagon to maturity.
• Rifts/Invasions will start dropping the Quintessences (if they reward XP), but with a lower drop rate than Motes.
• While we’re still on the subject of the Mossy Tartagon, we’re making sure the mount scales with your fastest mount and is useable at any level. It will default to 60 if you don’t yet own a mount.
• The rate at which Motes spawn will also be increased this should provide a greater opportunity for you to find and kill them.
• Quintessences will also continue to drop from Rifts/Invasions after the event is over – so you don’t need to spend all your Dragon Tears yet! (Unless you want to of course )

Quests

There are daily and weekly quests available in Sanctum and Meridian; they're the same for both factions and scale to level. Each quest rewards 25 Dragon Tear unless noted otherwise.

Part I: (no longer active)

• Lingering Madness (Daily)
• Remnants of the Aelfwar (Daily)

Part II:

• Running Wild (Daily)
• The Matter of Motes (Weekly)
• Rewards eight Dragon Quintessence. See Dragon Motes, below.
• Masques of the Wild (Daily)
• Racing the Tide (Daily)
• Looking into the Legacy (Daily) - Rewards a Curio Chest containing a random rare collectible
• (40-45) Tainted Evolution (Group (3), Daily) - Rewards 50 Dragon Tears
• (46-50) Aelfwar Abomination (Group (3), Daily) - Rewards 50 Dragon Tears.

Dragon Motes

Dragon motes are like event footholds that have no mobs. They drop Dragon Tears and have a chance to drop Dragon Quintessence. Here's some video:

Achievements

Rewards

Rewards can be purchased with Dragon Tear, the event currency. Guardians see Marty in Sanctum. Defiants see Jun Kallel in Meridian.

Warrior Items	Cost
Verdant Maelstrom	1
Dragon Quintessence	100
Gem of Boundless Energy	500
Endless Overgrowth Oil	500
Gil	500
Lesser Encrusted Liferock	100
Encrusted Liferock	200
Greater Encrusted Liferock	300
Exalted Encrusted Liferock	500
Lesser Glittering Liferock	100
Glittering Liferock	200
Greater Glittering Liferock	300
Exalted Glittering Liferock	500
Lesser Coruscating Liferock	100
Coruscating Liferock	200
Greater Coruscating Liferock	300
Exalted Coruscating Liferock	500
Lesser Shimmering Liferock	100
Shimmering Liferock	200
Greater Shimmering Liferock	300
Exalted Shimmering Liferock	500
Tome of Overgrowth	150
Lifebound Staff	150
Lifebound Mace	150
Evergrowing Bow	150
Tome of Overgrowth	300
Lifebound Staff	300
Lifebound Mace	300
Evergrowing Bow	300
Tome of Overgrowth	450
Lifebound Staff	450
Lifebound Mace	450
Evergrowing Bow	450
Tome of Overgrowth	600
Lifebound Staff	600
Lifebound Mace	600
Evergrowing Bow	600
Tome of Overgrowth	20 1000
Lifebound Staff	20 1000
Lifebound Mace	20 1000
Evergrowing Bow	20 1000

1. ^ Official 1.4 summary
2. ^ Official Forums

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