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Rift Guardians are large bosses, randomly-selected from a large list of potential enemies. They appear when the player(s) in a [[Nephalem Rift]] kill enough enemies (around 500) to bring the progress bar to 100%.
[[File:Rift-guardian-rime1.jpg|thumb|400px|Rime goes enrage-mode when near death.]]
Rift Guardians drop more items (including materials and gems) than any other single target in the game, and are the single best source for [[Blood Shards]], dropping at least 20 on Normal difficulty and far mroe (80+) on the higher Torment difficulties. During the Reaper of Souls beta test Guardians dropped like any random Elite, with the main reward for clearing a rift coming in a [[Horadric Cache]], but this drop was moved directly to the Guardian during testing.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/legendary-plans-caches-rift-bosses-set-change-next-patch]
==Rift Guardian Types and Powers==
Rift Guardians are randomly-assigned to each Rift, with one picked from the possible Guardians on a large list. (With one exception; the [[Lord of Bells]] only appears after the [[Easter Egg]] Infernal Bovine cow rifts.)[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/reaper-souls-easter-egg-infernal-bovine-secret-nephalem-rift]
Rift Guardians are all "purple" Unique monsters, with special powers and abilities that are pre-set, rather than randomly-spawned as the [[Boss Modifiers|Modifiers]] are on random [[Elites]]. Many Guardians have some special abilities that do not appear on other bosses, such as the full screen elemental attacks displayed by [[Rime]] and [[Blighter]] when they drop below 25% health.
Some Rift Guardians are modified quest bosses, and players will encounter Guardian versions of [[Zoltan Kulle]], [[The Butcher]], [[Maghda]], [[Cydaea]], [[Leoric]]] and many others.
==Rift Guardian Index==
The Rift Guardians are randomly-selected to appear at the end of the rift. They are entirely random and unweighted, with any able to appear in any type of Rift, with one exception. The [[Lord of Bells]] is the [[Easter Egg]] version of the [[Cow King]] and will only appear at the end of the ultra-rare [[Infernal Bovine]] rift.
[[File:Rift-bosses-achievement-ros1.jpg|thumb|400px|Rift Guardians Achievement listing.]]
* [[Agnidox]]
* [[Bone Warlock]]
* [[Blighter]]
* [[Bloodmaw]]
* [[Cold Snap]]
* [[Crusader King]]
* [[Ember]]
* [[Erethon]]
* [[Eskandiel]]
* [[Infernal Maiden]]
* [[Lord of Bells]]
* [[Man Carver]]
* [[Perdition]]
* [[Perendi]]
* [[Raiziel]]
* [[Rime]]
* [[Stonesinger]]
* [[Sand Shaper]]
* [[Tethrys]]
* [[The Binder]]
* [[The Choker]]
* [[Voracity]]
==Media==
A selection of images of Rift Guardians.
<gallery>
File:Rift-forgotten-soul1.jpg|Typical Rift Guardian drop.
File:Rift-guardian-achievement1.jpg|Rift Guardian achievement, from the Beta.
File:Rift-guardian-blighter1.JPG|Rift Guardian Blighter with his special poison attack.
File:Rift-guardian-rime1.jpg|Rift Guardian Rime with his special cold attack.
File:Rift-guardian-drop-torment-60BS.jpg|60 Blood Shards dropped on Torment I.
File:Rift-closing-timer1.jpg|After killing the guardian, the Rift can be ended.
</gallery>
==Pre-Release Datamined Rift Guardians==
A list of available loot runs bosses, from Reaper of Souls datamining in late 2013. As with the other datamined strings, these were not final and subject to change before release.
<blue>
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
</blue>
[[category: Nephalem Rifts]]
[[category:monsters]]
[[category:bosses]]
[[category: Adventure Mode]]
[[category: End game]]
[[File:Rift-guardian-rime1.jpg|thumb|400px|Rime goes enrage-mode when near death.]]
Rift Guardians drop more items (including materials and gems) than any other single target in the game, and are the single best source for [[Blood Shards]], dropping at least 20 on Normal difficulty and far mroe (80+) on the higher Torment difficulties. During the Reaper of Souls beta test Guardians dropped like any random Elite, with the main reward for clearing a rift coming in a [[Horadric Cache]], but this drop was moved directly to the Guardian during testing.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/legendary-plans-caches-rift-bosses-set-change-next-patch]
==Rift Guardian Types and Powers==
Rift Guardians are randomly-assigned to each Rift, with one picked from the possible Guardians on a large list. (With one exception; the [[Lord of Bells]] only appears after the [[Easter Egg]] Infernal Bovine cow rifts.)[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/reaper-souls-easter-egg-infernal-bovine-secret-nephalem-rift]
Rift Guardians are all "purple" Unique monsters, with special powers and abilities that are pre-set, rather than randomly-spawned as the [[Boss Modifiers|Modifiers]] are on random [[Elites]]. Many Guardians have some special abilities that do not appear on other bosses, such as the full screen elemental attacks displayed by [[Rime]] and [[Blighter]] when they drop below 25% health.
Some Rift Guardians are modified quest bosses, and players will encounter Guardian versions of [[Zoltan Kulle]], [[The Butcher]], [[Maghda]], [[Cydaea]], [[Leoric]]] and many others.
==Rift Guardian Index==
The Rift Guardians are randomly-selected to appear at the end of the rift. They are entirely random and unweighted, with any able to appear in any type of Rift, with one exception. The [[Lord of Bells]] is the [[Easter Egg]] version of the [[Cow King]] and will only appear at the end of the ultra-rare [[Infernal Bovine]] rift.
[[File:Rift-bosses-achievement-ros1.jpg|thumb|400px|Rift Guardians Achievement listing.]]
* [[Agnidox]]
* [[Bone Warlock]]
* [[Blighter]]
* [[Bloodmaw]]
* [[Cold Snap]]
* [[Crusader King]]
* [[Ember]]
* [[Erethon]]
* [[Eskandiel]]
* [[Infernal Maiden]]
* [[Lord of Bells]]
* [[Man Carver]]
* [[Perdition]]
* [[Perendi]]
* [[Raiziel]]
* [[Rime]]
* [[Stonesinger]]
* [[Sand Shaper]]
* [[Tethrys]]
* [[The Binder]]
* [[The Choker]]
* [[Voracity]]
==Media==
A selection of images of Rift Guardians.
<gallery>
File:Rift-forgotten-soul1.jpg|Typical Rift Guardian drop.
File:Rift-guardian-achievement1.jpg|Rift Guardian achievement, from the Beta.
File:Rift-guardian-blighter1.JPG|Rift Guardian Blighter with his special poison attack.
File:Rift-guardian-rime1.jpg|Rift Guardian Rime with his special cold attack.
File:Rift-guardian-drop-torment-60BS.jpg|60 Blood Shards dropped on Torment I.
File:Rift-closing-timer1.jpg|After killing the guardian, the Rift can be ended.
</gallery>
==Pre-Release Datamined Rift Guardians==
A list of available loot runs bosses, from Reaper of Souls datamining in late 2013. As with the other datamined strings, these were not final and subject to change before release.
<blue>
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
</blue>
[[category: Nephalem Rifts]]
[[category:monsters]]
[[category:bosses]]
[[category: Adventure Mode]]
[[category: End game]]
