[[File:Nephalem-rift-opening-bar.jpg|thumb|350px|Nephalem Rift opening ceremony.]]'''Nephalem Rifts''' (formerly known as "Loot Runs") are a special type of game within Diablo 3dungeons accessed via the Nephalem Altar in town. Rifts require five Rift Keystones to open, are only present in Adventure Mode (not Campaign Mode), designed to provide an intense challenge and fast paced action over a 10-15 minute dungeon crawl. They are reminiscent found only in [[Reaper of boss runs from Souls]], not Diablo 23. (Blizzard initially planned to include them in D3, but will take place in special dungeons with fully-randomized enemies in special dungeons, and will therefore play unlike any of the normal Act game content. Even the end bosses are randomized and unpredictablechanged that plan during RoS' development.)
Nephalem Rifts are enabled by finding Nephalem Rift Keyshighly-randomized content, which and are taken intended to a special NPC be the most rewarding[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/travis-day-weighs-travis-day-weighs-in town-on-reaper-of-souls-legendary-item-drop-rates][http://diablo.incgamers. Players may choose to explore multiple Nephalem Rifts com/blog/comments/blizzard-explains-the-25-legendary-drop-rate-in the same game, likely after getting -nephalem-rifts][[stackedhttp://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/huge-legendary-drop-rate-buffs-coming-rifts-gambling]] up, but will need to turn (in terms of item gains) style of play in Reaper of Souls/. Rifts are mini-dungeons with from 1-10 levels. They are completely random in a Loot Run Key for each onetilesets and monsters, and as with the three portals to the Realms can offer combinations of levels and monsters that will never be seen elsewhere in the [[Infernal Machine]] event, only one Loot Portal can be active at a time,game.
Blizzard plans to further expand the concept of Nephalem Rifts will be added to Diablo 3 classic in a free patch, with no ETA yet given. They will also be included in [[Tiered Rifts]], coming in Reaper of Souls' first major content patch,[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/reaper-of-souls-new-tiered-rifts-the-devils-hand]] when it launchesdue in Summer 2014.
* Loot Runs events have some features in common with [[Nephalem Trials]], and more details should be revealed at Blizzcon 2013.
==Rifts Rules and Procedures==
==Loot Runs Announced==Rifts are meant to be a quick, intense game mode with variety and unpredictability keeping the content fresh. Rifts generally take 10-20 minutes to clear, depending on the number of players and their strength relative to the difficulty level, and there are [[Achievements]] for completing in less than 10, 5, and 2 minutes.
This feature was first revealed An unlimited number of Rifts can be run in Blizzard's official the same game, providing players have enough Rift Keystones to keep opening up a new Rift after completing the previous one. During the Reaper of Souls FAQbeta it was possible to abandon a Rift and open a new one, but that option is gone in the [[live]] game and a section about new Rift can only be opened once the Rift Guardian has been slain. Early in RoS that required just one character in the game modes:[http://diablo.incgamersto click on Orek, but after player complaints about Rift closing before all the loot could be bethered, Blizzard added a thirty-second timer.com/blog/comments/diablo-iii-expansion-reaper-of-souls-confirmed]
<blue>Two new game modes That delay is not enough for some players and there are many requests[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-questions- Loot Runs and Nephalem Trials nephalem-rift- are being added as wellrules] for longer timer, providing fun and rewarding challenges or for every player in the game having the option to veto the Rift ending. The issue is complicated by the substantial EXP/Gold reward for completing a Rift, which players to tackle when they’re can not busy saving retrieve until they finish the worldRift and tell Orek to shut it down.</blue>
Shortly after that announcement the developers confirmed that Loot Runs would be patched into Diablo 3 as well as appearing in Reaper of Souls:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/reaper-of-souls-targeted-for-2014-plus-loot-2-0-for-d3c]
<blue>Loot Runs are randomized dungeons, monsters, ===Opening and a mini-boss that drops sweet loot. Also, they’ll be pre-patched for free. #D3RoS –Diablo</blue>Closing Rifts===
Five [[Rift Keystones]] are required to open a Rift. These are granted for completing bounties and are also found in bounty bags ([[Horadric Caches]]). Running Bounties and/or Rifts works better in groups, since each Bounty and Bounty Bag rewards all characters who take part with the Rift Keystone(s), and only one player needs spend 5 Rift Keystones to open a Rift, which all players in the game can enter. Thus four players working together to clear an Act of Bounties will get enough Rift Keystones for four Rifts, while a solo player will only get enough for one.
Clicking the Altar starts a five second loading bar (added in [[Patch 2.0.4]]), and then the Altar opens up to reveal a yellow portal that can be entered by all players in the game. In a Rift players must kill ~500 monsters to complete the progress bar to 100%. At that point a [[Rift Guardian]] will spawn nearby, and when defeated will drop a huge fountain of items, gems, materials, and a large stack of [[Blood Shards]] (20+ shards, increasing by difficulty level).
==Randomized Adventures==Once the Guardian is killed the Rift can be closed or ended by speaking to the NPC [[Orek]] who stands near the Nephalem Altar in town. When any player clicks on him after the Guardian is dead, Orek will give all players in the game a substantial bonus to Exp and gold, and start a 30 second countdown to ending that Rift.
One of the key elements of Nephalem Rifts is how randomized they are. They do not take place in any of the current Acts, but will use tile sets from the acts in new configurations and are populated with randomized selections of monsters. These will mix up the usual play formula considerably, since monsters never normally found in a given area will occur in Loot Runs.
Each Nephalem Rifts has a special end boss or bosses who are also randomized, selected from a long list of possible end bosses, most of whom are much-upgraded versions of current quest bosses. Some Loot Runs will even feature two bosses, much like the pairs of Ubers faced in the [[Infernal Machine]] event.
Several screenshots showing off what appear to be Nephalem Rifts were included in the Gamescom 2013 press kit. These show dungeon tile sets known from Acts 1, 2, and 3, but all have monster types that are never found in those areas in D3C, and that sort of randomized variety is what ==Nephalem Rifts are said to feature.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/josh-mosqueira-and-christian-lichtner-interview-gamona-de] <gallery>File:Loot-runs-leorics1.jpg|Act One dungeons with Fallen Angel enemies.File:Loot-runs-zks1.jpg|Act Two ZK's dungeons with new Act 5 skeletons.File:Loot-runs-keep1.jpg|Act Three dungeon with new Act 5 skeleton types.</gallery> ==Datamined InformationAnnounced== Code strings in early Reaper of Souls datamined information lists some information about how to enable Loot Runs and the content that will be found on them. The information is from an early version of the game and will likely see modifications by the final product.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-reaper-of-souls-info-leak-datamined] '''''SPOILER WARNING''''' These details can be considered spoilery, so stop reading here if you want to preserve surprises
When first announced, this feature was called a "Loot Run," indicating Blizzard's design goal of an intensive gamemode with high rewards potential. This feature was first revealed in Blizzard's official Reaper of Souls FAQ, in a section about new game modes:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-iii-expansion-reaper-of-souls-confirmed]
<blue>Two new game modes -- Loot Runs and Nephalem Trials -- are being added as well, providing fun and rewarding challenges for players to tackle when they’re not busy saving the world.</blue>
Shortly after that announcement the developers confirmed that Loot Runs would be patched into Diablo 3 as well as appearing in Reaper of Souls:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/reaper-of-souls-targeted-for-2014-plus-loot-2-0-for-d3c]
<blue>Loot Runs are randomized dungeons, monsters, and a mini-boss that drops sweet loot. Also, they’ll be pre-patched for free. #D3RoS –Diablo</blue>
This changed during development when Loot Runs became Nephalem Rifts, and grew much more involved/complicated in structure, and wedded tightly to the whole [[Adventure Mode]] gameplay option.
Several screenshots showing off what appeared to be Nephalem Rifts were included in the Gamescom 2013 press kit. These showed dungeon tile sets known from Acts 1, 2, and 3, but all have monster types that are never found in those areas in D3C, and that sort of randomized variety is what Nephalem Rifts are said to feature.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/josh-mosqueira-and-christian-lichtner-interview-gamona-de]
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File:Loot-runs-leorics1.jpg|Act One dungeons with Fallen Angel enemies.
File:Loot-runs-zks1.jpg|Act Two ZK's dungeons with new Act 5 skeletons.
File:Loot-runs-keep1.jpg|Act Three dungeon with new Act 5 skeleton types.
</gallery>
Rifts debuted publicly in the Blizzcon 2013 gameplay demo, with the entire Adventure Mode game system available, including Bounties and Rifts.
==Datamined Information==
Code strings in early Reaper of Souls datamined information lists some information about how to enable Loot Runs and the content that will be found on them. The information is from an early version of the game and will likely see modifications by the final product.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-reaper-of-souls-info-leak-datamined]
From the information in the RoS datamining, Loot Runs are an [[end game]] feature, enabled only after a player finishes Act 5 on Inferno difficulty. (Or possibly enabled for any difficulty once Act 5 is beaten on that difficulty.) There are multiple (at least 10) different Loot Run dungeons, all of which are randomized each time. Players earn the right to enter them by finding Loot Run Keys and taking them to [[Zoltan Kulle]], who returns as an NPC in Reaper of Souls.
===Nephalem Rifts Bosses===
A list of available loot runs bosses, from Reaper of Souls datamining. Though Loot Runs are said to be coming to Diablo 3 as well as Reaper of Souls, all the following strings are for the expansion. It's not known how Loot Runs will differ, if at all, in D3V.
As with the other datamined strings, these are not final and subject to change before release.
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Encounter_Name - The Cultist Legion
* Encounter_Join_Instruction - Triggered by {s1}
** TestBossEncounter_Info_Text - Cultist Legion
** TestBossEncounter_Taunt_Text - Wave Fight Challenge
Boss_Alcarnus_01_SkeletonKing_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Random Boss Fight
* Boss_Alcarnus_01_SkeletonKing_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Boss!
Boss_Keep_01_Gluttony_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Random Boss Fight
* Boss_Keep_01_Gluttony_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Boss!
ZoltunKulle_Encounter_Name - Boss: Random Boss Fight
* ZoltunKulle_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Boss!
Boss_Keep_01_Despair_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: The Library of Fate
* Boss_Keep_01_Despair_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the demon Despair!
Boss_Keep_01_Gluttony_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Gluttony
* Boss_Keep_01_Gluttony_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat Ghom, the Lord of Gluttony!
Boss_Keep_01_SpiderQueen_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: The Lair of the Spider Queen
* Boss_Keep_01_SpiderQueen_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Spider Queen!
Boss_Alcarnus_01_SkeletonKing_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: The Crypt of the Skeleton Monarch
* Boss_Alcarnus_01_SkeletonKing_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Skeleton Monarch!
FallenChampion_Summoner_Encounter_Name - Boss: Rokrak
* FallenChampion_Summoner_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Brutal Fallen Master
Boss_Belial_Encounter_Name - Boss: The Battle for Caldeum
* Boss_Belial_Taunt_Text - Defeat Belial, Lord of Lies!
Boss_SpiderQueen_Encounter_Name - Boss: The Lair of the Spider Queen
* Boss_SpiderQueen_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Spider Queen!
Boss_SkeletonKing_Encounter_Name - Boss: The Crypt of the Skeleton King
* Boss_SkeletonKing_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Skeleton King!
Boss_Siegebreaker_Encounter_Name - Boss: The Demon Gate
* Boss_Siegebreaker_Taunt_Text - Defeat the demon Siegebreaker!
Boss_MistressOfPain_Encounter_Name - Boss: The Maiden of Lust
* Boss_MistressOfPain_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Maiden and destroy the final Sin Heart!
Boss_Maghda_Encounter_Name - Boss: Maghda's Den
* Boss_Maghda_Taunt_Text - Defeat Maghda!
Boss_Gluttony_Encounter_Name - Boss: The Larder
* Boss_Gluttony_Taunt_Text - Defeat Ghom, the Lord of Gluttony!
Boss_Despair_Encounter_Name - Boss: The Library of Fate
* Boss_Despair_Taunt_Text - Defeat the demon Despair!
Boss_Butcher_Encounter_Name - Boss: The Butcher's Lair
* Boss_Butcher_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Butcher!
LittleBelial_Encounter_Name - Boss: The Crypt of the Skeleton King
* LittleBelial_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Skeleton King!
Boss_Keep_01_Maghda_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Malefique
* Boss_Keep_01_Maghda_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the cruel Malefique
Boss_Keep_01_Despair_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Despair
* Boss_Keep_01_Despair_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the vicious Despair
Alcarnus_01_Despair_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Despair
* Alcarnus_01_Despair_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the vicious Despair
Boss_Alcarnus_01_Warden_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Reformed Warden
* Boss_Alcarnus_01_Warden_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Reformed Warden
Boss_Keep_01_Warden_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Reformed Warden
* Boss_Keep_01_Warden_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Reformed Warden
Boss_Keep_01_MistressOfPain_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Mistress of Pain
* Boss_Keep_01_MistressOfPain_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the alluring Mistress of Pain
Boss_Alcarnus_01_MistressOfPain_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Mistress of Pain
* Boss_Alcarnus_01_MistressOfPain_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the alluring Mistress of Pain
Boss_Keep_01_SpiderQueen_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Spider Queen
* Boss_Keep_01_SpiderQueen_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Spider Queen
SpiderQueenB_Encounter_Name - Boss: Spider Queen
* SpiderQueenB_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Spider Queen
Boss_Alcarnus_01_SpiderQueen_01_Encounter_Name -Boss: Spider Queen
* Boss_Alcarnus_01_SpiderQueen_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Spider Queen
Boss_Spider_01_Warden_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Reformed Warden
* Boss_Spider_01_Warden_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Reformed Warden
Boss_Spider_01_Maghda_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Malefique
* Boss_Spider_01_Maghda_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the cruel Malefique
Boss_Spider_01_MistressOfPain_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Mistress of Pain
* Boss_Spider_01_MistressOfPain_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the alluring Mistress of Pain
Boss_Spider_01_SkeletonKing_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: The Crypt of the Skeleton Monarch
* Boss_Spider_01_SkeletonKing_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Skeleton Monarch!
Boss_Spider_01_Despair_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Despair
* Boss_Spider_01_Despair_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the vicious Despair
Spider_01_Gluttony_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Gluttony
* Spider_01_Gluttony_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat Ghom, the Lord of Gluttony!
Boss_Cath_01_Warden_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Reformed Warden
* Boss_Cath_01_Warden_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Reformed Warden
Boss_Cath_01_Despair_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Despair
* Boss_Cath_01_Despair_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the vicious Despair
Boss_Cath_01_SkeletonKing_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: The Crypt of the Skeleton Monarch
* Boss_Cath_01_SkeletonKing_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Skeleton Monarch!
Boss_Cath_01_Gluttony_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Gluttony
* Boss_Cath_01_Gluttony_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat Ghom, the Lord of Gluttony!
Boss_Cath_01_MistressOfPain_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Mistress of Pain
* Boss_Cath_01_MistressOfPain_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the alluring Mistress of Pain
Boss_Cath_01_SpiderQueen_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Spider Queen
* Boss_Cath_01_SpiderQueen_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Spider Queen
Boss_Crypt_01_Warden_01_Encounter_Name - Boss: Reformed Warden
* Boss_Crypt_01_Warden_01_Taunt_Text - Defeat the Reformed Warden
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[[category: Nephalem Rifts]]
[[category:Adventure Mode]]
[[category: End game]]
[[category:quests]]
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