River of Souls (Rift Event)
River of Souls is a Rift world event that launched on March 30, 2011 and ran in three phases. It ended on April 16, 2011.
Some rewards could only be purchased from the world event merchants and certain achievements could only be earned during the course of this event.
| Contents [hide] |
Event Wrap-up
UPDATE: Announced on 4/26/2011: "Hartsman also asked us to remind all players to log in and grab their River of Souls Event Reward Pack from their mailbox as soon as possible. You need to spend your Otherworldly Sourcestone before the vendor items disappear with the launch of Update 1.2... so buy some epic gear or other rewards before it's too late." [1] You have until May 10, 2011 to spend them!
All players who had an existing character before Phase 2 kicked off should have received a River of Souls Event Reward Pack in their mail on 4/20/2011. This pack contained:
- Writ of the Grim Hero - Grants the Grim Hero achievement.
- Writ of the Grim Protector - Grants the Grim Protector achievement.
- Defiant Seal of Purity or Guardian Seal of Purity - Triggers the quest Tools of Destruction.
- One of the following: [2]
- Common – Grave Goods Bag - Unique 20 Slot Bag (different version then the previous 18 slot Grave Goods Box)
- Uncommon - Shroud of Anti-Life – Shrouds you in the visage of a Lorn.
- Rare – Nimble Spectral Horse – 90% Speed Mount
- Ultra Rare – Swift Spectral Warhorse – 110% Speed Mount
In addition, Trion also announced on 4/20/2011 that they will be allowing players with the event quests in their journal to turn complete them soon. A world event merchant will also remain in Meridian and Sanctum for players to spend the remainder of their Otherworldly Sourcestones at. This is only for a limited time! [3]
- "It has come to our attention that the quest turn-ins were disabled for the River of Souls World Event quests. It was our intention that you be able to complete the quests if you were already on them at the time they were deactivated.
- We will be re-activating the quest turn-ins soon, you can complete the quests and purchase your rewards from the World Event merchants found at:
- Defiant - Boularna in the College of Planar Studies, Meridian
- Guardian - Brendnall in Thontic's Row, Sanctum
- We realize this has caused some confusion and appreciate you bringing the issue to our attention - thanks!"
Achievements
World Event Specific:
- Grim Bounty - Collect 300 Otherworldly Sourcestone. This can be done in any phase.
- Grim Survivor - Identify the origin of Evanescing Shadestone; quest item rewarded as part of the loot from closing a death rift and complete the quest to get the achievement.
- Grim Hero - Participate in the Grim Harvest final event; presumably requires participation in Phase 3.
- Grim Protector - Participate in at least one Phase 2 Grim Harvest zone invasion, including defeating the bosses of the invasion.
- Grim Victory - Unlock all Grim Harvest achievements; complete all of the above four achievements.
Can Be Earned During or After Event:
- The Discordant - Emote either /kneel or /bow to Alsbeth during the opening event in Phase 3. Can also be done later in the River of Souls raid zone.
- Take Me to the River - Enter the River of Souls raid zone. Could be completed anytime after Phase 3 was over.
Phase 3: Echoes of the Past
This phase began immediately after Phase 2 was complete. For EU shards this was in under 2 hours, for many NA shards this was within 40 minutes or less.
This phase took place at the heights of Caer Mathos in Stillmoor. There was about a 10-15 minute wait before Alsbeth appeared to give players time to get there. There was no battle, only storyline, and the story lasted as little as 5-10 minutes before the raid zone portal was opened.
| | | |
Phase 2: The Reaping
This phase begun on Saturday, April 16 between noon PDT and 3pm PDT (varied by server, was slowly rolled out to avoid instability). This phase occurred on the EU servers at noon GMT.
The Order of Mathos have established Fortified Wardstones in all the Neutral Zones, while the Sanctum Guard is stationed in Silverwood and Gloamwood, and the Eldritch Vanguard are stationed in Freemarch and Stonefield.
Alsbeth is attacking Fortified Wardstones, mostly of the Order of Mathos, with undead Colossi pulled from the River of Souls. Destroy these creatures in each zone to save Telara from destruction!
- Freemarch Defended
- Silverwood Defended
- Stonefield Defended
- Gloamwood Defended
- Scarlet Gorge Defended
- Scarwood Reach Defended
- Moonshade Highlands Defended
- Droughtlands Defended
- Iron Pine Peak Defended
- Shimmersand Defended
- Stillmoor Defended
One of the River of Souls Phase 2 bosses in Scarwood Reach. With bonus sea of turtles!
Phase 1: Growing Darkness
New rifts and invasions from the Plane of Death are appearing across the world. Visit Sanctum or Meridian to learn how you can help defend Telara and earn Otherworldly Sourcestones, which can be used to obtain items of power and mystery.
Fully participating in Minor Death Rifts will net you four Otherworldly Sourcestones and Major Death Rifts net you eight. Defeating a roaming death invasion force will net you one sourcestone.
This phase started on March 30, 2011.
Two zone invasions can be found in every outdoors zone during this phase.
Quests
Daily quests in Sanctum and Meridian each reward fifteen Otherworldly Sourcestone. The Quest NPCs also sell the same items as the World Event Merchants. A few one-time quests can also be found during the event.
Speak to Sister Belladonna in Tavril Plaza or Seruldu Elhar in Epoch Plaza:
Speak to Brother Hyperion in Tavril Plaza or Niddya Falstone in Epoch Plaza:
This quest is only available from Brother Hyperion or Niddya Falstone after completing the other three dailies at least once.
A one-time breadcrumb quest can be received near wardstones in other zones which will lead you to the daily quest event NPCs in the cities.
Receive an Evanescing Shadestone and examine it to receive a one-time quest:
Receive a Shadetouched Weapon Cache by defeating a zone event invasion and get a quest! Rewards vary by class and level.
You will need to speak with Boularna in Meridian or Brendnall in Sanctum during this quest.
- Tools of Destruction (Defiant Level 20 Version)
- Tools of Destruction (Defiant Level 30 Version)
- Tools of Destruction (Defiant Level 40 Version)
- Tools of Destruction (Defiant Level 50 Version)
- Tools of Destruction (Guardian Level 20 Version)
- Tools of Destruction (Guardian Level 30 Version)
- Tools of Destruction (Guardian Level 40 Version)
- Tools of Destruction (Guardian Level 50 Version)
World Event Merchants
The currency for this event is Otherworldly Sourcestone, which can be received as a quest, death rift or death invasion reward. The rewards are available from the merchants below and from at least one of the two Daily Quest NPC's in the cities. When looking at the items that can be bought you will only see the rings that your Calling can use.
- Meridian: Boularna in College of Planar Studies or Seruldu Elhar in Epoch Plaza
- Sanctum: Brendnall on Thontic's Row or Sister Belladonna in Tavril Plaza
Developer Information
Friday's Dev Chat (4/8/2011) revealed:
- Phase 2 of the event will begin tomorrow, April 9, at noon PDT. "I would recommend being there on time, this phase will take a different form than the current one," Krausnick said.
- NOTE: This phase has been delayed since the developer chat. [4]
- Phase 2 will last until players beat it. Krausnick said it will likely last a matter of hours.
- Players of all levels will be able to participate in Phase 2.
- Players will receive messages tomorrow telling them where they should go for Phase 2. Cook said that for the bulk of the phase you can pick any zone and you won't be wrong.
- Much of the content you'll see in Phase 2 and Phase 3 is one-time only.
Friday's Dev Chat (4/8/2011) revealed:
- When asked if Phase 3 will begin right after Phase 2, Cook said, "Phases without specified date/times will often chain after the preceding phase based on player actions/participation in that preceding phase."
- Here is Cook's description of Phase 3: "Once you complete it the raid instance River of Souls will become unlocked - but you'll have to go through Alsbeth's reanimated minions to do it!"
- The weapons cache will be "very available" tomorrow.
- No more items will be added to the world event vendor. However, consumables will likely be added in the future to help you burn through excess currency.
- Future events will use different currency, so you can sell or get rid of currency you don't spend.
Developer Tips for Phase 2
This was posted around 11am PDT on 4/16/2011 on the official Rift forums: [5]
 | Hey, everyone! After running the EU event earlier today, we wanted to share some preview info for the US on the world event occurring this afternoon.
Here are some things you can do to help make things go smoothly: 1) The event will begin at slightly different times on different servers. (Over the span of 12p-2p pacific.) Please don't be surprised if it doesn't begin on all servers precisely at noon. 2) Once the event begins, there are event bosses up in all zones at the same time! 3) If you find yourself as part of a zerg that's insanely big to where you're only seeing your tiny area of people on a colossus, move on to a new one or a different zone! 4) You should get credit for the event as long as you participate in anything that's going on, anywhere in the world. You don't need to all be on the same colossus in the same zone at once to win. Given the popularity of the event and the focus on a specific time, we do expect to see queuing. Since we are very likely to end up in a situation where we have people queued who could not participate, and people who could not make the finale at all, we're already making sure we have a way to reward people appropriately after the fact. (For both US and EU region players, of course.) Stay tuned here to the forums over the next couple days for specifics there. |
|---|
Get a glimpse at the lore behind Rift's River of Souls worldwide dynamic event.
| River of Souls World Event Rift: Patch 1.1 |
|
| ZAM would like to thank Gaarawarr Gabs for Phase 2 Alpha information. |
--
- ^ ZAM Gets Update 1.2 Details from Scott Hartsman
- ^ Event Reward Pack item list on the official forums.
- ^ Announcement about event quests on the official forums.
- ^ Forum post regarding the delayed start of Phase 2.
- ^ World Event Tips and Status on the official Rift forums