Introduction
To unlock Dark Rift, you must have at least 1 character that is level 56 or higher and you must have completed the quest “[Awakening Complete] Memories of the Past“.
Once the Dark Rift is unlocked, monsters will randomly appear in certain areas and can be defeated for various rewards including rare accessories up to DUO enhancement.
There are a total of 15 different Dark Rift bosses that can spawn and they will have different difficulties (Normal, Difficult, Very Difficult). You will get a notification from your Black Spirit once a Dark Rift monster has spawned. This is shown in the bottom right corner of your screen. You can have all 15 bosses available at one time, but you can only have 1 of each boss.

Dark Rift monsters can only be seen and defeated by you. Your party members and any other players cannot see the monster and you do not get death penalties when you die to them.
The monsters do not disappear randomly and will not go away until you have defeated them. These monsters also cannot be attacked during a Conquest/Node War, so you will need to move to a different server to engage in combat with them during this time. Each boss has a level between I to V. Level V means that the boss has spawned within 24 hours and is the maximum difficulty. Every 24 hours, the level decreases by 1 and its difficulty is lowered. The boss level does not affect the loot you earn.
Rewards
Once you have defeated a monster from the Dark Rift, you can collect the rewards by looting the boss.
Types of Box of the Dead |
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Box of the Desperate Dead |
The lowest level of Box of the Dead│Can be obtained from some bosses of Normal difficulty.
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Box of the Distorted Dead |
The middle level of Box of the Dead│ Can be obtained from some bosses of Difficult difficulty.
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Box of the Silent Dead |
A high level of Box of the Dead│ Can be obtained from some bosses of Very Difficult difficulty.
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Box of the Howling Dead |
The highest level of Box of the Dead│ Can be obtained from some bosses of Very Difficult difficulty.
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In addition, at least one of each of these items will drop:
Black Stone (Weapon)
Black Stone (Armor)
Memory Fragment
Dark Spirit’s Greed
Ancient Spirit Dust
These items also have a low chance of dropping:
Remnants of the Rift – required for Blackstar gear quest
Rich Merchant’s Ring Piece – very low chance of dropping (more information about this item can be found here)
Dark Spirit’s Greed can be exchanged for various items from the following NPCS:
- Cliff – Western Guard Camp
- Cruhorn Wyrmsbane – Heidel
- Valks – Calpheon
- Sarma Anin – Altinova
- Barhan Nesser – Valencia
- Hazel Azealia – Grana
Here is a list of items the Dark Spirit’s Greed can be exchanged for: