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 Tripping the Rifts
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| Destroyed one of each type of elemental rift during the Cataclysm launch event. | ||
Criteria:
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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.
- Closing any level rift will count towards Trippin' 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
[80] 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 
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Locations | Co-Ordinates | Level Range |
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| Loch Modan | Mo'grosh Stronghold; Thelsamar | ||
| Redridge Mountains | In Lakeshire; Alther's Mill | ||
| Stonetalon Mountains | Sun Rock Retreat | ||
| Desolace | Nigel's Point | ||
| Alterac Mountains | The Uplands; Just southeast of the Growless Cave, Flame of Uzel for Horde players | ||
| Western Plaguelands | Felstone Field; The Weeping Cave, north of the new flightmaster | ||
| Burning Steppes | West of Dreadmaul Rock | ||
| Silithus | Cenarion Hold towards Swarming Pillar | ||
| Nagrand | Laughing Skull Ruins Windyreed Village Telaar Northwest of Oshu'gun Garadar Burning Blade Ruins Warmaul Hill |
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| 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 Drak'atal Passage Rage Fang Shrine Zeb'Halak |
[73,24] [53,55] [16,36] |
73-80 |
| Storm Peaks | First Gnoll camp west of K3 Inventor's Library Valkyrion |
Fire
Fire 
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Locations | Co-Ordinates | Level Range | |
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| Westfall | Sentinel Hill Moonbrook (near messenger patrol path) |
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| The Barrens | Between Razorfen Downs and Razorfen Kraul; Ratchet; Camp Taurajo; North of Bael Modan; Stagnant Oasis | |||
| Dustwallow Marsh | Inside Theramore near Armory; North of Witch Hill; Shady Rest Inn | |||
| The Hinterlands | ||||
| Searing Gorge | ||||
| Blasted Lands | Kargath | |||
| Winterspring | Everlook north Everlook south-east North of Starfall Village South of Frostsaber Rock |
[62,34] [61,41] [53,24] [50,14] |
55-60 | |
| Hellfire Peninsula | Dark Portal; Honor Hold; Falcon Watch; Sha'naari Wastes | |||
| Zul'Drak | South of Zeramas East of Altar of Rhunok East of the Reliquary of Pain In the middle of Heb'Drakkar Thrym's End SE of Altar of Har'koa |
[21,80] [57,34] |
74-80 |
Water
Water 
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Locations | Co-Ordinates | Level Range |
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| Silverpine Forest | East of Shadowfang Keep; South of the fork in the road east of Sepulcher; West of Dead Field towards the shore |
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| Ghostlands | |||
| 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 | ||
| Thousand Needles | Darkcloud Pinnacle |
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| 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 |
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| Swamp of Sorrows | Stonard |
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| Tanaris | Lost Rigger Cove; Dunemaul Compound; West of Gadgetzan; North-east of Gadgetzan |
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| Un'goro Crater | Entrance from Tanaris |
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| Zangarmarsh | On road leading to Terrokkar; Orebor Harborage; Ango'rosh Grounds; Swamp Rat |
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| Shadowmoon Valley | Legion Hold; Shadowmoon Village; Zabra'jin |
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| Dragonblight | Agmar's Hammer; Wintergarde Keep; Frostmourne Cavern; SE Ruby Dragonshrine; New Hearthglen |
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| Icecrown | Icecrown Sindragosa's Fall; Deathspeaker's Watch west of Argent Tournament |
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| Hrothgar's Landing | North part |
Wind
Wind 
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Locations | Co-Ordinates | Level Range |
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| Darkshore |
Aubderine; South of Auberdine on the shore; Grove of the Ancients |
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| Hillsbrad Foothills |
Southshore; Tarren Mill |
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| Duskwood |
SE of Raven Hill Cemetery; Darkshire |
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| Arathi Highlands |
South of Circle of West Binding; Hammerfall |
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| Feralas |
Ruins of Solarsal ("Flame of Samha") Front of Dire Maul West of Feathermoon Stronghold Forgotten Coast near the dock |
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| Felwood |
Shatter Scar Vale, southern craters |
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| Eastern Plaguelands |
Northpass Tower; South of Corin's Crossing; Undercroft; Browman Mill |
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| Terokkar Forest |
Cenarion Thicket; Veil Shienor; Bone Wastes; Tuurem; Firewing Point; Allerian Stronghold; Stonebreaker Hold |
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| Netherstorm |
Area 52; Arklon Ruins; South of Manaforge Ultris near bridge |
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| Borean Tundra |
Magmoth, west end of the Fizzlecrank Airstrip North of Taunka'le Village Valiance Keep, south west towards Riplash Strand Coldrock Quarry, southern edge of cliff overlooking it |
[51,36] |
68-80 |
| Sholazar Basin | Mosswalker Village Kartak's Hold The Glimmering Pillar, Death's Hand Encampment Sapphire Hive South of Frenzy Heart village River's Heart, east bank of the river just to south The Makers Overlook, west of Savage Thicket, right in the middle |
[61,77] |
Locations in Kalimdor
Locations in Eastern Kingdoms
Locations in Northrend
Patch changes
- Template:Patched
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added
Video
References
- ^ NA Forums, Tharyl of < Dream Team >, Nesingwary realm, http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=27508583776&sid=1&pageNo=1
- ^ Wowhead, Tripping the Rifts, http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=4887
- ^ Comment by user tmptfate at cata.wowhead.com
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