Character progression is about more than gaining levels. Sometimes your next upgrade drops from a monster. Sometimes you craft it from gathered materials, or put equipment sitting in your depot to use. The BETA continues! New and returning adventurers are welcome to explore the changes.
Rift Clash — team-based 5v5 combat
Our custom MOBA-inspired mode features two teams, three lanes, towers, minions and an enemy Nexus to destroy. Choose a class, develop abilities during the match, earn gold and purchase equipment from the arena shop. A dedicated HUD, recall and bots filling empty team slots complete the experience. Teamwork and lane pressure matter. Watch the video for a look at Rift Clash.
Echo — turn your hunt into a challenge
Echo Stones appear in selected hunting grounds. Step onto one to unleash a wave of that area's monsters, potentially including Forsaken enemies and a powerful Echo Warden. More nearby players mean a larger wave. These encounters offer additional battles and a chance to collect equipment progression materials. Stones appear more frequently in active Cursed Zones.
Mining — from your first pickaxe to better resources
Develop Mining and unlock additional deposit types. Thrain the Geomancer guides you through mining tasks and obtaining better pickaxes. Higher tool tiers, including Crimson and Golden, can be upgraded through Jack Riftuper. Electric Stone events bring further opportunities to gather materials and train your skill. Mining is becoming part of the economy, not just a distraction from hunting.
Yana's crafting — create your own equipment
Collect ordinary items, crystal fragments and gold, then use them in recipes. Raise your shared Crafting level to unlock further equipment and crystal recipes. The crafting window displays requirements, costs, results and success chances. Higher Rift tiers carry greater risk, while failed attempts improve your next attempt's chance at that tier. Unsuccessful attempts consume ingredients.
Fusion — give your loot a second life
Combine unwanted armor pieces into a new item. Choose the target equipment slot and vocation, with your input equipment influencing the result. Fusion works alongside crafting and does not require a Crafting level to use. Check the preview and cost before confirming. Not every item belongs on an NPC's sell list.
New weapons, sets and reworked classics
We've expanded player-crafted equipment with weapons, bows, crossbows, wands, rods and sets for different vocations and progression stages. New versions of classic equipment include Gilded Plate, Hornscale Chain, Demonbone, Azure Knight, Starweave, Thornbound and Dawnguard. Selected classics can be upgraded using four copies of the original item. Original equipment remains in the game.
Rarity, Rift and upgrades
Common → Rare → Epic → Legendary. Rarity, Rift LvL, item bonuses and set bonuses help tailor your equipment to your playstyle. Crystal recipes for modifying and upgrading gear are also being expanded. Rift level and Rarity are separate properties: crafted equipment starts at Common rarity, even when you select a higher Rift tier.
Economy and balance
This update adjusts base loot, NPC sell prices, progression costs and skill advancement rates. It also changes vocations, spells, armor and equipment progression. Some sell prices have been reduced: we want gold and materials to have meaningful uses rather than simply accumulating. Crafting, Fusion and tool upgrades give players more reasons to trade and plan their spending.
Elites and bosses
Changes cover Forsaken, Abyssal and Overlord enemies, along with bosses tied to monster families. We're refining health, damage and equipment loot pools so difficulty and rewards better match character progression. Hunting stronger variants should be a deliberate challenge, not an unexpected wall.
Black Zone, souls and hourly bonuses
Black Zone remains a destination for players who enjoy risk and enforced PvP. We're developing soul collection, safekeeping and the client's soul display. Changes also cover randomly selected hourly bonuses, including regeneration effects. Check which bonus is active and make the most of your session.
Halloween in Riftfall
Pumpkins, wandering pumpkins, Pumpkin Jack, Candy Coins, a seasonal shop and daily missions, including tasks for lower-level characters. Pumpkin King and event bonuses, including Full Moon bonuses, add to the celebrations. Watch for unusual encounters while hunting and discover what Pumpkin Jack has prepared.
Client and quality of life
New equipment graphics, Rarity animations, updated crystal and relic visuals, expanded crafting and Fusion windows, bonus previews and skill progression information. Rift Clash also has its own gameplay panel. Update your client before logging in and let the updater finish downloading.
What else is waiting?
Custom hunting grounds, hidden locations, quests and access challenges, dungeons, the labyrinth, Daily Boss and Elite Daily Boss encounters, events, tasks and daily tasks. There is also fishing, specializations and item previews in trade chat. Whether you prefer hunting, building equipment, trading or competing, there is plenty to explore.
The beta continues — join us
Bring your team, test the mechanics and tell us what needs improvement. Is a recipe too expensive? Does a hunting ground fail to cover supplies? Is an event causing problems? Detailed reports help us improve Riftfall before the main launch. Medium/Hard • Long-term • Fully custom, built on 10.98.
