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Tuning for Expert Instances and Raiding (Rift)  

Bludwyng's Rift Sandbox
One-stop reference for all the things you need to get your stats up to the required levels for Expert instances and Raids.

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Once you have reached Level 50 it is time to start tuning up your gear for specific stats so that you can engage in Expert instances and Raids. If you go to the Looking for Group tool and hover over the lock icon the tooltip will tell you the minimum required stats for your party role. If you go to the Character screen, Stats tab, and hover over the stat the tooltip will tell you the recommended amount you need (a little higher than the minimum). See Progression for more information on what your stats need to be to enter each Tier of content.

A combination of gear, Runes and essences will be needed to get you to these values.

Greater Essences

All Greater essences grant a chance to proc when the trigger condition is met. This chance is usually 10%. We are still missing the names of a few of the Tier IV Essences, and a few of the ones we did fill in a re best guesses, so if you can correct this table, please do so.

Greater Essence Sourcestones
RoleBase NameElementTier I (22)Tier II (32)Tier III (42)Tier IV (50)Trigger and Proc
HealingFaesourceLifePrickingStingingConsumingGraspingHealing spells may add an additional Heal Over Time
ShadesourceDeathShroudedVeiledFadedCrescentHealing spells may increase targets Attack and Spell Power
TidesourceWaterPooledRisingFloodedWakingHealing abilities may increase Spell Power
Mage DPSFlamesourceFireCombustedEngulfedSmolderingCinderDamaging spells may add extra Fire damage and Fire DOT
StonesourceEarthStriatedIgneousMetamorphicPulverizingDamaging spells may increase Spell Critical Hit
TidesourceWaterDrippingBreakingTsunamiSurgingDamaging spells may increase Spell Power
Melee DPSFlamesourceFireIgnitingBurningScorchedTorchedPhysical damaging abilities may increase Melee Critical Hit
StonesourceEarthMineralizedSedimentaryCrystallizedTectonicDamaging abilities may create a partial ward
ShadesourceDeathOminousWaxingWaningGibbousPhysical damaging abilities may add Death damage and restore health
StormsourceAir none CyclonicThunderousRavagingPhysical damaging abilities may increases Attack Power
TankingFaesourceLifePoisonousVenomousCorruptingCorrosiveBlocking may restore health
ShadesourceDeathOminousWaxingWaningGibbousPhysical damaging abilities may add Death damage and restore health
StormsourceAir none VaporousRollingTempestWhen hit, may increases Endurance

Greater Essence Shardstones
PlaneTypeHealingMelee DPSRanged PhysSpell DPSTank
Earth?
AirStormshard Zephyr StormshardZephyr Stormshard Screaming Stormshard
FireFlameshard Rekindled FlameshardRekindled FlameshardRekindled FlameshardCelestial Flameshard
WaterTideshardHailstone Tideshard
LifeFaeshardLifeblood Faeshard Primordial Faeshard
DeathShadeshard Mortuous Shadeshard Adorned Shadeshard

There are also Greater Essences available from Rare Planar Goods vendors at the Ancient Wardstones. If he is not at the Ancient Wardstone he must be spawned by completing any Wardstone quest. The same vendors do also have some Lesser Essences that are useful at the same levels. At this time they are only available for levels 25-35, making them actually outside the mandate of this page, but Trion has promised that soon other zones will get Wardstones so we expect this part of the page to grow.

Soulstones

Soulstones were apparently retired and removed from the game sometime between 1.2 and 1.5. The information has been moved off of this page but will be kept, for historical purposes if nothing else.

Planar Lenses

Just as a lens focuses light, a Planar Lens focuses one particular stat towards the levels needed for Expert instances and raids. These are Lesser essences but you may only have one Planar Lens equipped at a time. They cost 1500-2000 Planarite plus 46 Crystal Sourcestone or 20 Inscribed Sourcestone, so they will take some hard work to acquire. These are sold by the Rift faction merchants in Meridian and Sanctum.

BTW, each Daily Expert rift awards 3 Inscribed Sourcestone, and the Daily Raid Rift (DRR) quest rewards 6 Inscribed Sourcestone.

1500 Planarite, 20 Inscribed Sourcestone and Decorated standing

2500 Planarite and 50 Inscribed Sourcestone

Synergy Crystals

Each of the Planar Faction quartermasters sells a Transplanar Crystal for 3 Inscribed Sourcestone. They can be added to any Set Armor, such as the armor from the merchants outside Hammerknell Fortress. The bonus' accumulate the more crystals of the same type that you have.

PlaneCrystalBonuses
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EarthGilded Transplanar CrystalEndurance +20Attack Power +20
AirEmpyreal Transplanar CrystalEndurance +20Spell Power +20
FireSmouldering Transplanar CrystalEndurance +20Wisdom +20
WaterCondensed Transplanar CrystalEndurance +20Intelligence +20
LifeLiving Transplanar CrystalEndurance +20Strength +20
DeathNecrotic Transplanar CrystalEndurance +20Dexterity +20

Seals

Patch 1.8 created a new gear slot, Seals. See Seals for a table of who makes each one and what they improve.

This page last modified 2012-04-23 00:43:19.