River of Souls is a Rift world event that launched March 30 and will run in phases. We have no eta for the end of the event.
Some rewards can only be purchased from the world event merchants and certain achievements can only be earned during the course of this event.
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This phase begins immediately after Phase 2 is complete. For EU servers this was in under 2 hours.
This phase should take place in Stillmoor and take as little as 10 minutes. It is advisable to unlock porticulums in that zone prior to Phase 2 & 3 if you wish to get the achievements for being present.
This phase was simply story with no battles. It occurred at the top of the tower of Caer Mathos in Stillmoor.
This phase will begin on Saturday, April 16 between noon PDT and 2pm PDT (varies by server, being slowly rolled out to avoid instability). This phase already 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.
NOTE: The following information is from the Alpha Shard and may change before going live.
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!
This was posted around 11am PDT on 4/16/2011 on the official Rift forums: [1]
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 queueing. 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. |
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.
InvasionsQuests
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.
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.
Friday's Dev Chat (4/8/2011) revealed:
Friday's Dev Chat (4/8/2011) revealed:
River of Souls World Event Rift: Patch 1.1 |
ZAM would like to thank Gaarawarr Gabs for Phase 2 Alpha information. |
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