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Inv enchant voidsphere Neutral Tripping the Rifts
Destroyed one of each type of elemental rift during the Cataclysm launch event.
Criteria:
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    • Earth Powered
    • Water Powered
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    • Fire Powered
    • Wind Powered

Tripping the Rifts is only obtainable during the Cataclysm launch event. To receive this achievement, you must kill each of the 4 elemental types and receive their buffs.

Elemental camps can be found in every quest zone in Azeroth, Outland and Northrend. A listing of the Outland camps can be seen at A Gathering in Outland.

Overview

The rifts are on a random spawn timer of approximately 50-56 minutes. It seems all rifts are on the same timer and occur about the same time.

  • Closing any level rift will count towards Tripping the Rifts[1].
  • You do not need to have all the buffs at the same time [2]
  • Rifts range anywhere from 3 to 5 per zone. Some zones do have more locations.
  • They de-spawn if not closed within 10 minutes.
  • You can only receive the DAILY (Once per day) quest Hammering It Out from a rift that is within your level range.
  • Destroying an elemental drains the rift of one life point.
  • Bring the rift to 0 life to kill it and spawn the elemental container.
  • The buff lasts for an hour.

Locations

The rift types can be found in the following zones:

Earth

Earth IconSmall RaidCircle Locations Level Range
Loch Modan Mo'grosh Stronghold; Thelsamar
Redridge Mountains In Lakeshire; Alther's Mill
Stonetalon Mountains Sun Rock Retreat;Charred Vale
Desolace Nigel's Point
Sar'theris Strand, south of Shadowprey Village, Between Mannoroc Coven and Kodo Graveyard
Alterac Mountains The Uplands
Just southeast of the Growless Cave, Flame of Uzel for Horde players
Southeast of Dalaran Crater
Western Plaguelands Felstone Field [35.6, 58.3]VZ-Western PlaguelandsBlip
The Weeping Cave, north of the new flightmaster
Burning Steppes South of Dreadmaul Rock [83, 58]VZ-Burning SteppesBlip
[46, 52]VZ-Burning SteppesBlip
Silithus Cenarion Hold towards Swarming Pillar
Nagrand Laughing Skull Ruins[48.2, 23.3]VZ-NagrandBlip
Windyreed Village
Telaar
Ancestral Ruins[26, 61]VZ-NagrandBlip (approximate)
Garadar
Burning Blade Ruins[74.6, 69.6]VZ-NagrandBlip
Warmaul Hill[25.8, 21.1]VZ-NagrandBlip
Nesingwary Safari[72.2, 40.8]VZ-NagrandBlip
Blade's Edge Mountains Grishnath; Sylvanaar; Veil Vesk
Howling Fjord Wyrmskull Village near the hut Alliance players witness the visions of the past
Grizzly Hills NW corner of Drakil'jin Ruins[73, 24]VZ-Grizzly HillsBlip
Drak'atal Passage
Rage Fang Shrine[53, 55]VZ-Grizzly HillsBlip
Zeb'Halak[16, 36]VZ-Grizzly HillsBlip
73-80
Storm Peaks First Gnoll camp west of K3[35.4, 82.5]VZ-Storm PeaksBlip
Inventor's Library
Brunnhildar Village[44.6, 73.9]VZ-Storm PeaksBlip

Valkyrion[25.8, 62.1]VZ-Storm PeaksBlip

Fire

Fire IconSmall RaidCross Locations Level Range
Westfall Sentinel Hill[55, 50]VZ-WestfallBlip
Moonbrook[45, 68]VZ-WestfallBlip
Gold Coast Quarry [32, 38]VZ-WestfallBlip
Furlbrow's Pumpkin Farm [53, 19]VZ-WestfallBlip
The Barrens Between Razorfen Downs and Razorfen Kraul
Ratchet
Camp Taurajo
North of Bael Modan
Stagnant Oasis
The Sludge Fen
Dustwallow Marsh Inside Theramore near Armory

North of Witch Hill
Shady Rest Inn[29.8, 45.1]VZ-Dustwallow MarshBlip

The Hinterlands Featherbeard's Hovel
Searing Gorge
Blasted Lands Nethergarde Keep[61.4, 20.6]VZ-Blasted LandsBlip

West of Serpents Coil[56.3, 30.5]VZ-Blasted LandsBlip
North of Dark Portan[59.1, 43.7]VZ-Blasted LandsBlip

Winterspring Everlook north[62, 34]VZ-WinterspringBlip
Everlook south-east[61, 41]VZ-WinterspringBlip
North of Starfall Village[53, 24]VZ-WinterspringBlip
South of Frostsaber Rock[50, 14]VZ-WinterspringBlip
55-60
Hellfire Peninsula Dark Portal
Honor Hold
Falcon Watch
Sha'naari Wastes
Zul'Drak South of Zeramas[21, 80]VZ-Zul'DrakBlip
East of Altar of Rhunok[57, 34]VZ-Zul'DrakBlip
East of the Reliquary of Pain[32.1, 45.9]VZ-Zul'DrakBlip
In the middle of Heb'Drakkar[65.3, 53.6]VZ-Zul'DrakBlip
Thrym's End[16.2, 60.6]VZ-Zul'DrakBlip
SE of Altar of Har'koa
Rageclaw Den[35.8, 80.6]VZ-Zul'DrakBlip
74-80

Water

Water IconSmall RaidSquare Locations Level Range
Silverpine Forest East of Shadowfang Keep
South of the fork in the road east of Sepulcher
West of Dead Field towards the shore
North of Ambermill
10-20
Ghostlands 10-20
Wetlands On the shore near the Bluegill Murlocs and the two ruined ships
Between the Greenwarden and Dark Iron Dwarf Camps
Menethil Harbor inside near front entrance
20-30
Thousand Needles Darkcloud Pinnacle
25-35
Stranglethorn Vale Kurzen's Compound
Wild Shore
West of Nesingwary camp
Grom'gol Base Camp
Between the entrance of Booty Bay and the Wild Shore
30-45
Swamp of Sorrows Stonard
South of The Harborage [28, 38.4]VZ-Swamp of SorrowsBlip
[15, 49]VZ-Swamp of SorrowsBlip
35-45
Tanaris Lost Rigger Cove
Dunemaul Compound
West of Gadgetzan
North-east of Gadgetzan
Waterspring Field[59.0, 39.0]VZ-TanarisBlip
40-50
Un'goro Crater Entrance from Tanaris
48-59
Zangarmarsh On road leading to Terrokkar
Orebor Harborage
Ango'rosh Grounds
Swamp Rat
Feralfen Village
60-66
Shadowmoon Valley Legion Hold
Shadowmoon Village
Zabra'jin
Ruins of Baa'ri[56, 35]VZ-Shadowmoon ValleyBlip
67-70
Dragonblight Agmar's Hammer
Wintergarde Keep
Frostmourne Cavern
SE Ruby Dragonshrine
New Hearthglen
71-80
Icecrown Icecrown Sindragosa's Fall
Deathspeaker's Watch[60.4, 21.9]VZ-IcecrownBlip
77-80
Hrothgar's Landing North part

Wind

Wind IconSmall RaidTriangle Locations Level Range
Darkshore
Aubderine
West of Bashal Aran
South of Auberdine on the shore
Grove of the Ancients
10-20
Hillsbrad Foothills
Southshore
Tarren Mill
20-30
Duskwood
SE of Raven Hill Cemetery
Addle's Stead[25, 68]VZ-DuskwoodBlip
Darkshire[75, 47]VZ-DuskwoodBlip
18-30
Arathi Highlands
South of Circle of West Binding
Hammerfall
30-40
Feralas
Ruins of Solarsal ("Flame of Samha")
Front of Dire Maul
Southwest of Feathermoon Stronghold
Forgotten Coast near the dock
45-50
Felwood
Shatter Scar Vale, southern craters
48-55
Eastern Plaguelands
Northpass Tower
South of Corin's Crossing
Undercroft
Browman Mill
53-60
Terokkar Forest
Cenarion Thicket
Veil Shienor
Bone Wastes
Tuurem

Firewing Point[72.1, 36.1]VZ-Terokkar ForestBlip
Allerian Stronghold
Stonebreaker Hold

62-65
Netherstorm
Area 52
Arklon Ruins
South of Manaforge Ultris near bridge
67-70
Borean Tundra
Magmoth, west end of the Fizzlecrank Airstrip
North of Taunka'le Village[78, 28]VZ-Borean TundraBlip
Valiance Keep, south west towards Riplash Strand
Coldrock Quarry, southern edge of cliff overlooking it[51, 36]VZ-Borean TundraBlip
68-80
Sholazar Basin Mosswalker Village (around [77, 52]VZ-Sholazar BasinBlip), west of Makers' Overlook
Kartak's Hold (around [25, 82]VZ-Sholazar BasinBlip)
Glimmering Pillar, Death's Hand Encampment (around [56, 39]VZ-Sholazar BasinBlip)
Sapphire Hive South of Frenzy Heart village[61, 77]VZ-Sholazar BasinBlip
Inv misc gem x4 rare uncut blue [River's Heart], east bank of the river just to south (around [45, 64]VZ-Sholazar BasinBlip)
Savage Thicket, right in the middle [48.1, 25.4]VZ-Sholazar BasinBlip
76-80

Locations in Kalimdor

Locations in Eastern Kingdoms

Locations in Northrend

[3]

Patch changes

Video

References

  1. ^ NA Forums, Tharyl of < Dream Team >, Nesingwary realm, http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=27508583776&sid=1&pageNo=1
  2. ^ Wowhead, Tripping the Rifts, http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=4887
  3. ^ Comment by user tmptfate at cata.wowhead.com

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