Greater Rifts - Revision history

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‎Accessing Greater Rifts

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 * Greater Rift Level 40 = [[Torment 9]]
 * Greater Rift Level 45 = [[Torment 10]]
-* Greater Rift Level 46+ = higher than Torment 10.
+* Greater Rift Level 50 = Torment 11
-** Presumably the same rate of scaling continues, and thus if there were Torments higher than 10, they would be roughly GR50 = Torment 11, GR55 = Torment 12, etc, with GR100 = Torment 21.
+* Greater Rift Level 55 = Torment 12
 GR30 was about the limit for a very well-equipped (softcore) character entering the Patch 2.1 testing on the PTR. Shortly after Patch 2.1 players with improved gear began to clear up through GR35 routinely, with the first groups into the low 40s. As gear and strategy improved, higher and higher levels were reached in each subsequent patch. Patch 2.5 in early 2016 brought the first groups to clear GR100[http://www.diabloii.net/blog/comments/players-smashing-past-greater-rift-100-in-patch-2-4] (Some players had hit GR100 in early Patch 2.1 PTR testing, but only by using various item exploits that were soon patched out.)
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 Orek awards a substantial experience and gold reward for players who complete a Rift within 15 minutes. This value is shown in a pop up window that appears after completing the Grift.
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 ==Greater Rift Reveal==
-Blizzard revealed the first details about Greater Rifts in a [[Patch 2.1]] preview blog on June 17, 2014.<ref name=preview>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-reveals-diablo-3-patch-2-1-preview Greater Rift Reveal] - Blizzard Entertainment,  17/06/2014</ref>
+Blizzard revealed the first details about Greater Rifts in a [[Patch 2.1]] preview blog on June 17, 2014.<ref name="preview">[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-reveals-diablo-3-patch-2-1-preview Greater Rift Reveal] - Blizzard Entertainment,  17/06/2014</ref>
 <blue>To access a Greater Rift, simply complete a regular Nephalem Rift in any difficulty. When you defeat the Rift Guardian, they’ll have a chance to drop a Greater Rift Key. You can then use this new key at the Nephalem Obelisk, similar to other Rift Fragments — this will open a Greater Rift. If you have members in your party, each player will be prompted to use one of their own Greater Rift keys to join the fun!
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 ZiggyD with a very informative video showing his Demon Hunter progressing from L1 up to a L27 Greater Rift in a party.
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 ==References==
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 * Greater Rift Level 25+ = Harder and harder.
-GR30 was about the limit for a very well-equipped (softcore) character entering the Patch 2.1 testing on the PTR. Shortly after Patch 2.1 players with improved gear began to clear up through GR35 routinely, with the first groups into the low 40s. As gear and strategy improves, higher and higher levels will be reached.
+GR30 was about the limit for a very well-equipped (softcore) character entering the Patch 2.1 testing on the PTR. Shortly after Patch 2.1 players with improved gear began to clear up through GR35 routinely, with the first groups into the low 40s. As gear and strategy improves, higher and higher levels are reached, with 54 being the maximum as of November 21st 2014.
 Early in Patch 2.1, Demon Hunters were considerably stronger than other classes thanks to their Sentries acting as the best "pets" and dealing non-stop damage. A fan-tabulated survey of the average clear times for the top 1000 ranked players showed approximately:<ref name=preview>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/greater-rift-leaderboards-show-diablo-3-clagreater-rift-leaderboards-show-diablo-3-class-imbalance Greater Rift top 1000 best times averaged] - Diablo.IncGamers.com,  09/09/2014</ref>

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 Approximate Greater Rift Level = [[Difficulty]]
-* Greater Rift Level 1 = [[Normal]]
+* Greater Rift Level 1 = [[Hard]]
-* Greater Rift Level 3 = [[Hard]]
+* Greater Rift Level 4 = [[Expert]]
 * Greater Rift Level 7 = [[Master]]
-* Greater Rift Level 9 = [[Torment 1]]
+* Greater Rift Level 10 = [[Torment 1]]
-* Greater Rift Level 12 = [[Torment 2]]
+* Greater Rift Level 13 = [[Torment 2]]
-* Greater Rift Level 15 = [[Torment 3]]
+* Greater Rift Level 16 = [[Torment 3]]
-* Greater Rift Level 18 = [[Torment 4]]
+* Greater Rift Level 19 = [[Torment 4]]
-* Greater Rift Level 21 = [[Torment 5]]
+* Greater Rift Level 22 = [[Torment 5]]
 * Greater Rift Level 25 = [[Torment 6]]
 * Greater Rift Level 25+ = Harder and harder.
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 * Wizards: GR 36
 * Barbs/Monks/Crusaders/Witch Doctors: GR 33
 ==Accessing Greater Rifts==

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 Each Rift Guardian is guaranteed to drop a Legendary Gem, if your character + stash does not have that type. LGems equipped on other characters on your account, or just in their inventories, will be dropped by Guardians. Players who want more than one of a given Legendary Gem, so they can level up a second one for another character or to have a spare (a wise precaution in Hardcore) must stick their first LGem on another character, to get a second one of that type to drop.
-Players who want to get lots of LGems in a row, or repeated quality drops from the Guardian, often choose to advance slowly. For instance, if a player capable of clearing Torment 1 clears GR5 to 95% completion in just a few minutes, they might choose to wait until 10:30 or later to finish the rift, so their next GR Key will only be level 6. (Beating a rift by more than 4:30 will advance the GR Key more than one level.  Players need not wait in the Greater Rift for the timer to count; they can portal back to town and go play elsewhere in the game while the Greater Rift timer keeps running.  Their inventory and stash items will remain inaccessible while the Greater Rift is open, but they can complete bounties, pick up gold and items (just not put them down), upgrade gems with the Jeweler, etc... and then return to the Greater Rift to finish off the Guardian at 10:30 or later, get the item drops, and only advance to the next highest GRift level. (Rather than killing the GRG quickly and thus advancing multiple GR levels at once, thus reducing the total number of Grifts they can complete without needing to spend another GR Key.)
+Players who want to get lots of LGems in a row, or repeated quality drops from the Guardian, often choose to advance slowly. For instance, if a player capable of clearing Torment 1 clears GR5 to 95% completion in just a few minutes, they might choose to wait until 10:30 or later to finish the rift, so their next GR Key will only be level 6. (Beating a rift by more than 4:30 will advance the GR Key more than one level.  Players need not wait in the Greater Rift for the timer to count; they can portal back to town and go play elsewhere in the game while the Greater Rift timer keeps running (although players will not be able to see the time left for finishing GRift if they are out of GRift).  Their inventory and stash items will remain inaccessible while the Greater Rift is open, but they can complete bounties, pick up gold and items (just not put them down), upgrade gems with the Jeweler, etc... and then return to the Greater Rift to finish off the Guardian at 10:30 or later, get the item drops, and only advance to the next highest GRift level. (Rather than killing the GRG quickly and thus advancing multiple GR levels at once, thus reducing the total number of Grifts they can complete without needing to spend another GR Key.)
 Be sure '''not''' to cast a town portal while clearing other areas, or it will replace the portal you left from the Greater Rift, and you'll have to run back through all the cleared out areas to find where you were when you first returned to town.
 ==Greater Rift Reveal==

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 Quick notes:
-* There are very few [[shrines]] in Grifts and [[Pylons]] last only 15 seconds. There are no [[Conduit]] Pylons at all.
+* There are very few [[shrines]] in Grifts and [[Pylons]] last only 15 seconds.
 * [[Treasure Goblins]] are not found in Grifts. Early on the PTR they were present, and would drop [[Progress Orbs]] when killed.
 * No loot or gold drops in Grifts, and there are no chests and very few destructibles.
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 * Greater Rift Level 1 = [[Normal]]
 * Greater Rift Level 3 = [[Hard]]
-* Greater Rift Level 4 = [[Expert]]
+* Greater Rift Level 5 = [[Expert]]
-* Greater Rift Level 6 = [[Master]]
+* Greater Rift Level 7 = [[Master]]
-* Greater Rift Level 8 = [[Torment 1]]
+* Greater Rift Level 9 = [[Torment 1]]
 * Greater Rift Level 12 = [[Torment 2]]
 * Greater Rift Level 15 = [[Torment 3]]
-* Greater Rift Level 17 = [[Torment 4]]
+* Greater Rift Level 18 = [[Torment 4]]
-* Greater Rift Level 20 = [[Torment 5]]
+* Greater Rift Level 21 = [[Torment 5]]
 * Greater Rift Level 25 = [[Torment 6]]
 * Greater Rift Level 25+ = Harder and harder.
-GR30 was about the limit for a very well-equipped (softcore) character entering the Patch 2.1 testing on the PTR. Going higher than that required great gear and/or various exploits (many of which were patched during the PTR testing after players found tricks to reach GR100) or very good teamwork. Post Patch 2.1 Blizzard expects that characters with top gear and Legendary Gems will be able to clear up into the 30s or low 40s. Higher than that will take real dedication and exceptional gear.
+GR30 was about the limit for a very well-equipped (softcore) character entering the Patch 2.1 testing on the PTR. Shortly after Patch 2.1 players with improved gear began to clear up through GR35 routinely, with the first groups into the low 40s. As gear and strategy improves, higher and higher levels will be reached.
-Greater Rifts require a balance of gear, since they must be defeated within the 15m time limit, and since dying means no restart from corpse option. Players thus can't die much (or at all solo), but players also can't be too conservative with lots of toughness but not enough killing power.
+Early in Patch 2.1, Demon Hunters were considerably stronger than other classes thanks to their Sentries acting as the best "pets" and dealing non-stop damage. A fan-tabulated survey of the average clear times for the top 1000 ranked players showed approximately:<ref name=preview>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/greater-rift-leaderboards-show-diablo-3-clagreater-rift-leaderboards-show-diablo-3-class-imbalance Greater Rift top 1000 best times averaged] - Diablo.IncGamers.com,  09/09/2014</ref>
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 Prior to the introduction of the Realm of Trials, players simply found GRK 1 and started on level one, moving up quickly to higher levels via very quick completions of the low difficulty GRifts. This was boring for well-geared characters though, having to repeatedly rush through the equivalent of Normal difficulty Grifts, hence Blizzard implemented the Realm of Trials to provide higher level GRks that could be earned fairly quickly.
 ==Progress Bar and Rift Speed==
-The progress bar in a Greater Rift looks the same as the bar in a normal Nephalem Rift, with two added slider needles, displayed above and below the bar. The total bar coloured in orange, and the icon above it show your current progress towards completing the rift. The icon below it and any colour in blue shows how fast you need to progress to complete the rift in time.
+The progress bar in a Greater Rift is electric purple in color, and adds an extra hourglass icon below the bar, showing the progression of the 15m timer. The initial design did not incorporate the bright purple coloration, and can be seen in the images here.
 [[File:Greater-rift-progress-bar2.JPG|left|thumb|200px|Ahead of the progress time.]]
 [[File:Grift-progress-bar1sml.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Behind the progress time.]]
-When players are battling through a Rift that's just at the limit of their killing power, they will often see their progress dropping behind, or moving slightly ahead of the timer bar, depending on the monster density and their relative sleepd. Since the Rift Guardian appears last and has very high hit points, players must be some distance ahead of the end time on the progress bar to have time to finish the Guardian as well, and most Rifts "fail" while players are locked in fevered battle with the GRG.
+When players are battling through a Rift that's just at the limit of their killing power, they will often see their progress dropping behind, or moving slightly ahead of the timer bar, depending on the monster density and their relative speed. Since the Rift Guardian appears last and has very high hit points, players must be some distance ahead of the end time on the progress bar to have time to finish the Guardian as well, and most Rifts "fail" while players are locked in fevered battle with the GRG.
-Since the speed will vary quite a bit depending on the monster spawn, players can get unlucky and fail to complete a Rift due to poor enemy density. The opposite can be true as well, and players are advised not to beat a Rift too quickly if they're approaching the limit of their ability. For example, if you get a very easy spawn on a level 20 rift, you might want to stall for a few minutes before beating the Rift Guardian, so your GRKs would only upgrade to level 21 or 22, instead of jumping all the way up to say level 25, where you'd be over your head and unable to complete in time. (Or in danger of death if you're playing [[Hardcore]].)
+Since the speed will vary quite a bit depending on the monster spawn, players can get unlucky and fail to complete a Rift due to poor enemy density. The opposite can be true as well, and players are advised not to beat a Rift too quickly if they're approaching the limit of their ability. For example, if you get a very easy spawn on a level 20 rift, you might want to stall for a few minutes before beating the Rift Guardian, so your rift key will only upgrade to 21 or 22, instead of jumping all the way up to say level 25, where you'd be over your head and unable to complete in time. (Or in danger of death if you're playing [[Hardcore]].)
 Players can judge their speed in a rift and know if they need to go faster or slower depending on the progress bar. Characters who are well ahead of the time but coming close to death should look to improve their Toughness and defensive properties/skills. Characters who are having no trouble surviving but are not killing fast enough to keep up with the timer should look to raise their DPS, perhaps by trading off some Toughness or defensive buffs. (These changes can not be made in any given rift, and must be made between games.)
 When characters fail to complete a rift in time they can still earn the item and gold rewards for killing the Greater Rift Guardian. They just fail to earn more [[Greater Rift Keystones]] and thus can not progress to a higher level Rift. If they have no more GRKs they must restart at a level one GR (or go clear normal Rifts until they find a GRK) and work their way back up.
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 No gold or items are meant to drop (early in the PTR Patch testing some were still from destructibles) from normal or Elite enemies in a Greater Rift, there are no chests or clickables (loose floor tiles, dead bodies, armor/weapon racks, etc) and very few destructibles. Monster kills do grant experience as well as Rift Progress, but the gold and item and material rewards come entirely from the Greater Rift Guardian.

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	'''Exit Obelisk''': Greater Rifts "end" when the Guardian is killed, and no more monsters will spawn, even if players head down to lower levels. GRifts have the same exit obelisks as normal Rifts, which will take players back to town if clicked upon.		'''Exit Obelisk''': Greater Rifts "end" when the Guardian is killed, and no more monsters will spawn, even if players head down to lower levels. GRifts have the same exit obelisks as normal Rifts, which will take players back to town if clicked upon.

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		+	[[File:Grift-exit-obelisk1.jpg\|thumb\|Exit obelisk.]]
	'''Exit Obelisk''': Greater Rifts "end" when the Guardian is killed, and no more monsters will spawn, even if players head down to lower levels. GRifts have the same exit obelisks as normal Rifts, which will take players back to town if clicked upon.		'''Exit Obelisk''': Greater Rifts "end" when the Guardian is killed, and no more monsters will spawn, even if players head down to lower levels. GRifts have the same exit obelisks as normal Rifts, which will take players back to town if clicked upon.