Dark Rift Guide

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	Description
Box of the Desperate Dead	The lowest level of Box of the Dead│Can be obtained from some bosses of Normal difficulty.  It includes a blue-grade accessory that is relatively cheap.   May include Cron Stones or an accessory up to DUO (II) according to a set probability.
Box of the Distorted Dead	The middle level of Box of the Dead│ Can be obtained from some bosses of Difficult difficulty.  It includes a yellow-grade accessory that is relatively cheap.   May include Cron Stones or an accessory up to DUO (II) according to a set probability.
Box of the Silent Dead	A high level of Box of the Dead│ Can be obtained from some bosses of Very Difficult difficulty. It includes a yellow-grade valuable accessory.  May include Cron Stones or an accessory up to DUO (II) according to a set probability.
Box of the Howling Dead	The highest level of Box of the Dead│ Can be obtained from some bosses of Very Difficult difficulty. It includes a yellow-grade accessory that is very valuable.   May include Cron Stones or an accessory up to DUO (II) according to a set probability.    Can be obtained after defeating the elusive Ancient Puturum that spawns in the desert.

 

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:

 

Dark Spirit’s Greed Exchange List
Dark Spirit’s Greed x2	Kzarka’s Latent Aura x1
Dark Spirit’s Greed x2	Nouver’s Latent Aura x1
Dark Spirit’s Greed x2	Kutum’s Latent Aura x1
Dark Spirit’s Greed x3	Karanda’s Latent Aura x1
Dark Spirit’s Greed x10	Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x1
Dark Spirit’s Greed x15	Supreme Cooking Utensil x1
Dark Spirit’s Greed x15	Supreme Alchemy Tool x1
Dark Spirit’s Greed x20	Advice of Valks(+20) x1
Dark Spirit’s Greed x30	Magic Crystal of Infinity – Experience x1
Dark Spirit’s Greed x40	Krogdalo’s Origin Stone x1
Dark Spirit’s Greed x50	Advice of Valks(+35) x1
Dark Spirit’s Greed x100	Advice of Valks(+50) x1

 

Dark Rift Bosses

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Dark Rift Bosses
Muskan
	Difficulty: Normal Reward: Box of the Desperate Dead Spawn location: Serendia
Red Nose
	Difficulty: Normal Reward: Box of the Desperate Dead Spawn location: Balenos
Dastard Bheg
	Difficulty: Normal Reward: Box of the Desperate Dead Spawn location: Serendia
Dim Tree Spirit
	Difficulty: Difficult Reward: Box of the Distorted Dead Spawn location: Calpheon
Ruins Guard Tower
	Difficulty: Difficult Reward: Box of the Distorted Dead Spawn location: Calpheon – Bree Tree Ruins
Ferrid
	Difficulty: Difficult Reward: Box of the Distorted Dead Spawn location: Mediah – Omar Lava Cave
Ronin
	Difficulty: Difficult Reward: Box of the Distorted Dead Spawn location: Kamasylvia
Ahib Griffon
	Difficulty: Very Difficult Reward: Box of the Silent Dead Spawn location: Kamasylvia
Ancient Puturum
	Difficulty: Very Difficult Reward: Box of the Silent Dead Spawn location: Valencia
Saunil Siege Captain
	Difficulty: Very Difficult Does not have a reward box Spawn location: Calpheon – Gehaku Plain
Steel Nux
	Difficulty: Very Difficult Does not have a reward box Spawn location: Mediah – Helms Post
Kavali
	Difficulty: Very Difficult Does not have a reward box Spawn location: Mediah – Elric Shrine