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 [[File:Nephalem-rift-opening-bar.jpg|thumb|350px|Nephalem Rift opening ceremony.]]
-'''Nephalem Rifts''' (formerly known as "Loot Runs") are special dungeons accessed via the Nephalem Obelisk in town. Rifts require five Rift Keystones to open, are only present in Adventure Mode (not Campaign Mode), and are found only in [[Reaper of Souls]], not Diablo 3. (Blizzard initially planned to include them in D3, but changed that plan during RoS' development.)
+'''Nephalem Rifts''' (formerly known as "Loot Runs") are special dungeons accessed via the Nephalem Obelisk in town. Rifts require one Rift Keystone to open, are only present in Adventure Mode (not Campaign Mode), and are found only in [[Reaper of Souls]], not Diablo 3. (Blizzard initially planned to include them in D3, but changed that plan during RoS' development.)
 Nephalem Rifts are highly-randomized content, and are intended to be the most rewarding[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/travis-day-weighs-travis-day-weighs-in-on-reaper-of-souls-legendary-item-drop-rates][http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-explains-the-25-legendary-drop-rate-in-nephalem-rifts][http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/huge-legendary-drop-rate-buffs-coming-rifts-gambling] (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 tilesets and monsters, and can offer combinations of levels and monsters that will never be seen elsewhere in the game.
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 Rifts debuted publicly in the Blizzcon 2013 gameplay demo, with the entire Adventure Mode game system available, including Bounties and Rifts.
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 Cons:
-* Rifts require 5 keystones to open, which must be farmed via Bounties.
+* Rifts require 1 keystone from each character to open, which must be farmed via Bounties. (Rifts required 5 keys prior to [[Patch 2.1]].
 * Rifts have no side events, mini-quests, or [[Cursed Chests]], all of which are worth substantial EXP, gold, and items.
-* There are no random [[Unique]]s in Rifts, other than the Rift Guardian, hence they offer few chances to score [[legendary materials]]. (Removed in [[Patch 2.0.6]].
+* There are no random [[Unique]]s in Rifts, other than the Rift Guardian, hence they offer few chances to score [[legendary materials]]. (Leg mats were removed in [[Patch 2.0.6]].
 [[File:Rift-forgotten-soul1.jpg|thumb|400px|Rift Guardian typical drop.]]
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 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.
-An unlimited number of Rifts can be run in 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 beta it was possible to abandon a Rift and open a new one, but that option is gone in the [[live]] game and a new Rift can only be opened once the Rift Guardian has been slain. Early in RoS that required just one character in the game to click on Orek, but after player complaints about Rift closing before all the loot could be bethered, Blizzard added a thirty-second timer.
+An unlimited number of Rifts can be run in 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 beta it was possible to abandon a Rift and open a new one, but that option is gone in the [[live]] game and a new Rift can only be opened once the Rift Guardian has been slain. Early in RoS that required just one character in the game to click on [[Orek]], but after player complaints about Rifts closing before all the loot could be gathered, Blizzard added a thirty-second timer.
 That delay is not enough for some players and there are many requests[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-questions-nephalem-rift-rules] for longer timer, 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 can not retrieve until they finish the Rift and tell Orek to shut it down.
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 [[File:Rift-closing-timer1.jpg|thumb|250px|Rift completion award and 30s countdown timer.]]
-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.
+One [[Rift Keystone]] is required from each character who wishes to enter a Rift. (Five keys required prior to Patch 2.1.) Rift Keys are granted for completing bounties and are also found in bounty bags ([[Horadric Caches]]).
 [[File:Rift-portal-act3a.jpg|left|thumb|Opening a Rift.]]
-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).
+Clicking the Nephalem Obelisk in town 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 approximately 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).
 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.

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	Nephalem Rifts are highly-randomized content, and are intended to be the most rewarding[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/travis-day-weighs-travis-day-weighs-in-on-reaper-of-souls-legendary-item-drop-rates][http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-explains-the-25-legendary-drop-rate-in-nephalem-rifts][http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/huge-legendary-drop-rate-buffs-coming-rifts-gambling] (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 tilesets and monsters, and can offer combinations of levels and monsters that will never be seen elsewhere in the game.		Nephalem Rifts are highly-randomized content, and are intended to be the most rewarding[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/travis-day-weighs-travis-day-weighs-in-on-reaper-of-souls-legendary-item-drop-rates][http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-explains-the-25-legendary-drop-rate-in-nephalem-rifts][http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/huge-legendary-drop-rate-buffs-coming-rifts-gambling] (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 tilesets and monsters, and can offer combinations of levels and monsters that will never be seen elsewhere in the game.

−	Nephalem Rifts will be expanded upon by the [[Greater Rifts]], coming in [[Patch 2.1]], Reaper of Souls' first major content patch,[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/reaper-of-souls-new-tiered-rifts-the-devils-hand] due in Summer 2014. Greater Rifts are timed Nephalem Rifts with a new scaling difficulty system and greater rewards for players who are geared well enough to clear them in the time allowed. See the [[Greater Rifts]] article for full details.	+	Nephalem Rifts will be expanded upon by the [[Greater Rifts]], coming in [[Patch 2.1]], Reaper of Souls' first major content patch,[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/reaper-of-souls-new-tiered-rifts-the-devils-hand] due in Summer 2014. Greater Rifts are timed Nephalem Rifts with a new scaling difficulty system and greater rewards for players who are geared well enough to clear them in the time allowed.
		+	* See the [[Greater Rifts]] article for full details.

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 [[File:Nephalem-rift-opening-bar.jpg|thumb|350px|Nephalem Rift opening ceremony.]]
-'''Nephalem Rifts''' (formerly known as "Loot Runs") are special dungeons accessed via the Nephalem Altar in town. Rifts require five Rift Keystones to open, are only present in Adventure Mode (not Campaign Mode), and are found only in [[Reaper of Souls]], not Diablo 3. (Blizzard initially planned to include them in D3, but changed that plan during RoS' development.)
+'''Nephalem Rifts''' (formerly known as "Loot Runs") are special dungeons accessed via the Nephalem Obelisk in town. Rifts require five Rift Keystones to open, are only present in Adventure Mode (not Campaign Mode), and are found only in [[Reaper of Souls]], not Diablo 3. (Blizzard initially planned to include them in D3, but changed that plan during RoS' development.)
 Nephalem Rifts are highly-randomized content, and are intended to be the most rewarding[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/travis-day-weighs-travis-day-weighs-in-on-reaper-of-souls-legendary-item-drop-rates][http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-explains-the-25-legendary-drop-rate-in-nephalem-rifts][http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/huge-legendary-drop-rate-buffs-coming-rifts-gambling] (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 tilesets and monsters, and can offer combinations of levels and monsters that will never be seen elsewhere in the game.
-Blizzard plans to further expand the concept of Nephalem Rifts with [[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] due in Summer 2014.
+Nephalem Rifts will be expanded upon by the [[Greater Rifts]], coming in [[Patch 2.1]], Reaper of Souls' first major content patch,[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/reaper-of-souls-new-tiered-rifts-the-devils-hand] due in Summer 2014. Greater Rifts are timed Nephalem Rifts with a new scaling difficulty system and greater rewards for players who are geared well enough to clear them in the time allowed. See the [[Greater Rifts]] article for full details.
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 Pros:
 * Rifts have the highest legendary drop rate in the game.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/huge-legendary-drop-rate-buffs-coming-rifts-gambling]
-* Rifts are the fastest way to accumulate [[Blood Shards]]. (20+ from Guardians on normal, scaling up to 60+ on Torment 1, and higher yet.)
+* Rifts are the fastest way to accumulate [[Blood Shards]]. (20+ from Guardians on normal, scaling up to 60+ on Torment 1, and up to around 100 for a T6 Guardian kill.)
 * Rift Guardians can drop [[Forgotten Soul]] materials.
 * Rifts can rarely spawn [[Treasure Goblin]] packs of 8-12 in a bunch, as well as the ultra-rare Reaper of Souls Infernal Bovine [[Easter Egg]] level.
-* Completing a Rift grants an EXP/Gold bonus equivalent to a medium-reward [[Bounty]].
+* Completing a Rift grants an EXP/Gold bonus equivalent to a large reward [[Bounty]].
 Cons:
 * Rifts require 5 keystones to open, which must be farmed via Bounties.
-* Rifts have no side events, mini-quests, or [[Cursed Chests]], all of which are worth substantial EXP bonuses.
+* Rifts have no side events, mini-quests, or [[Cursed Chests]], all of which are worth substantial EXP, gold, and items.
-* There are no random [[Unique]]s in Rifts, other than the Rift Guardian, hence they offer few chances to score [[legendary materials]].
+* There are no random [[Unique]]s in Rifts, other than the Rift Guardian, hence they offer few chances to score [[legendary materials]]. (Removed in [[Patch 2.0.6]].
 [[File:Rift-forgotten-soul1.jpg|thumb|400px|Rift Guardian typical drop.]]
-The fact that Rifts are randomized is a pro and a con, since it makes them unpredictable. Some rifts have high monster concentrations and lots of [[Elites]] and are hugely-profitable. Others may be much sparser in monsters, with few Elites, and thus take longer and provide less rewards. Such is [[RNG]].
+The fact that Rifts are randomized is a pro and a con, since it makes them unpredictable. Some rifts have high monster concentrations and lots of [[Elites]] and are hugely-profitable. Others may be much sparser in monsters, with few Elites, and thus take longer and provide less rewards. Such is [[RNG]]. (Some of the least-productive rift tilesets, including the [[Pandemonium Fortress]] layout, were removed in [[Patch 2.0.5]].
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 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.
-An unlimited number of Rifts can be run in 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 beta it was possible to abandon a Rift and open a new one, but that option is gone in the [[live]] game and a new Rift can only be opened once the Rift Guardian has been slain. Early in RoS that required just one character in the game to click on Orek, but after player complaints about Rift closing before all the loot could be bethered, Blizzard added a thirty-second timer.
+An unlimited number of Rifts can be run in 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 beta it was possible to abandon a Rift and open a new one, but that option is gone in the [[live]] game and a new Rift can only be opened once the Rift Guardian has been slain. Early in RoS that required just one character in the game to click on Orek, but after player complaints about Rift closing before all the loot could be bethered, Blizzard added a thirty-second timer.
 That delay is not enough for some players and there are many requests[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-questions-nephalem-rift-rules] for longer timer, 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 can not retrieve until they finish the Rift and tell Orek to shut it down.
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 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.
 ==Nephalem Rift Drop Rate Bonuses==

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 ==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]
+The following was datamined in 2013, when Reaper of Souls was still in early production and Nephalem Rifts were still called "Loot Runs." The feature changed greatly before release, but it's interesting to see how the early planning was taking shape.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-reaper-of-souls-info-leak-datamined]
 <blue>LootRunKey - Bring this to Zoltun Kulle and he will open a portal to a Loot Run.</blue>
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 Loot Runs sound much like the [[Infernal Machine]] portals, in that only one can be active at at time and another one can not be opened until the previous one has been defeated.
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 Blizzard plans to further expand the concept of Nephalem Rifts with [[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] due in Summer 2014.
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 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.
-==Nephalem Rifts Announced==
 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]
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 <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 4 skeletons.
+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>