Elder Rift

For other types of rift, see Rift (Disambiguation).

"All that's left of those days is this, the Elder Rift. There's lots of rumors about why it's here...but the important part is what it can do. Adventurers like yourself use it to prove their strength and get rewards. I've never entered myself, but it certainly brings me a lot of customers at the smithy. Supposedly it activates with these objects called Crests. Here, you can use this one to try it when you get a chance..."

- Charsi^(src)

The Elder Rift's entrance

The Elder Rift is a gameplay feature of Diablo Immortal.

Lore

"Well, the writings I've seen speak of the Elder Rift in the same breath as these gems. Legends upon legends, it seems. Still, I believe the royal mages recently made a breakthrough involving something called crests..."

- Deckard Cain^(src)

According to Deckard Cain's research, he suggests that the Elder Rift is of Nephalem origin—specifically, the creation of Daedessa the Builder. It was built by an ancient society as a combat trial to test the prowess of its warriors. The portal of the Elder Rift leads to a place not on Sanctuary. Though it contains creatures and terrain that appear native to Sanctuary, the combinations of the two are discordant, with creatures appearing in the wrong habitat.

Accounts from adventurers that braved the rift say that their journey abruptly ended after facing a powerful entity— a kind of simulacrum of some known horror from Sanctuary.

History

The Elder Rift pre-dates the founding of Westmarch, where it was recovered from the Heart of Corvus. Its existence was known of, but for much of the city's history, the Rift was apparently inactive. By 1270, however, Westmarch's Royal Mages had made a breakthrough in the activation of the device involving crests. Permission was given to merchants to sell crests to adventurers to enter the Rift. Unfortunately, every adventurer who entered the Rift failed to survive the experience. This changed with a hero/group of heroes who entered the Rift, survived, and brought tales of the treasures and horrors they'd encountered to Jondo Mouren. Overjoyed, Mouren declared that business would boom once word of the treasures inside the Rift spread, unworried by the countless adventurers he'd previously sent into the Rift to die.

Gameplay

The Elder Rift is similar to Nephalem Rifts from Diablo III. Using crests, players can stack up modifiers for the Rift to amp up the challenge – and the rewards. The Elder Rift can yield both runes and legendary gems. Eternal Orbs also act as modifiers.

Overview

The Elder Rift is a replayable dungeon that can be completed in a few minutes. The layout of the Elder Rift is random and can be set in one of five styles: Dungeon, Stalactite Caves, Crypt, Shassar Library and Burning Hells.

1. Rare and Legendary Crests can be used to add modifiers to the Rift.
2. Modifiers can help or hinder both characters and monsters.
3. The number of modifiers is determined by the highest number from Crests among everybody in the party.
4. Each player can contribute 3 crests in any combination. Furthermore there is an option to add 7 more crests, bringing it up to 10 total. However it is not possible to freely mix and match the 7 crests, they are taken according to the selected priority. If the player doesn't have enough crests to add the full 7, they are prompted to buy more from the shop.
5. When using Rare Crests only, it is possible to use 100 at a time. The prompt to do so appears after selecting 10 Rare Crests. This still only awards 10 Fading Embers to other party members, but awards all the crests' worth of Fading Embers to the player.

Fading Embers

1. Every Crest awards Fading Embers to every member of the party.
2. Bring your Fading Embers to the Fading Ember Trader who sells runes and Legendary Gems.

Rift Modifiers

Rift modifier change the gameplay by buffing/debuffing the player/monsters, or by adding feature to the Rift that aid/hinder the player.

Legendary Crests add 2 modifiers each to the Rift, while Rare Crests add a single modifier each up to a maximum of 6 total modifiers.

Positive

Modifier	Description	Image
Chain Lightning	Player attacks call Chain Lightning.
Chain Reaction	Some enemies are unstable and explode upon taking damage.
Combo	Activating the empowered skill refreshes its cooldown.
Dirty Tricks	Players periodically Blind surrounding enemies.
Endless Treasure	A special Treasure Goblin is somewhere in the Rift and drops rewards every time it takes damage.
Energetic	Monsters drop more Energy Orbs.
Fleet-Footed	Player Movement Speed increased by 20%.
Flurry	Players gain stacks of Flurry that increase Attack Speed when dealing damage to monsters.
Frequent Blessings	Greater chance to encounter Shrines in the Rift.
Frenzy	Player Attack Speed increased by 20%.
Hit And Run	Every 5 yards Players move without stopping increases skill damage by 10%.
Holy Vengeance	Players sometimes inflict Holy Vengeance.
Illusive Strides	Players can move unhindered through enemies.
Instability	Unstable Portals appear throughout the rift. Enter at your own risk. The player becomes Stunned for a second after this skill expires
Legendary!	Gain an extra Legendary Affix for this Rift The player gets to pick a Legendary variant of one of their equipped skills before running the Rift.
Pursuit Of Victory	Killing enemies grants 30% Movement and Attack Speed increase for 2 seconds.
Rampage	Player Ultimate is replaced with Rampage, but be wary of walls... The player becomes stunned for a second after this skill expires, or if they run into a wall
Rend And Tear	Player attacks cause the enemy to Bleed after three hits.
Shockwave	Player attacks have a chance to trigger a shockwave.
Ultimate Overflow	Player Ultimate skills charge faster.
Will To Survive	Players take 5% reduced damage for every 10% Life they have lost.

Negative

Modifier	Description	Image
Acidic	Acid pools Slow players.
Ambusher	Monster attacks from behind are always critical hits.
Cruel	Monster Critical Hit Chance increased by 50%.
Crusher	Molten Boulders crush anything in their path.
Elitist	All monsters are Elites.
Erratic Behavior	Monsters alternate between enraged and weakened
Evasive	Monster Dodge Chance increased by 20%.
Explosive	Monsters sometimes explode on death.
Flash Freeze	The floor freezes periodically, changing movement
Fleet-Footed	Monster Movement Speed increased by 20%.
Frenzy	Monster Attack Speed increased by 20%.
Lava Flows	Lava periodically erupts beneath players.
Lookout	Monsters sense players more eas easily.
Minefield	Damaging mines are armed throughout the Rift. Stepping on them causes them to explode after a brief delay, dealing damage to anything inside the area. Mines can also damage monsters.
Near Sighted	Player vision reduced.
No Loitering	Players standing still more than 1 second will be briefly Immobilized.
Phoenix	Chance for a monster to resurrect.
Poison Fog	Rift filled with poisonous fog. Find an Antidote to protect yourself for a short time.
Rampage	Monsters deal 5% increased damage for every 10% Life they have lost.
Sacrificial Power	Skills have reduced cooldowns but cost Life.
Terrified	Monsters will flee in Fear when damaged below 50% Life.
Trapped	Traps immobilize players. Traps can also be activated by the player's attacks.
Windstorm	Fierce winds push away players.

Mirrored Jewels

During certain limited-time events, Mirrored Jewels can be activated before entering the Elder Rift. Typically this can be done only once per event period. When activated, all Legendary Gems dropped in that run drop an extra copy. The extra copy is always bound and has random quality for 5-star Legendary Gems.

Priority Drop Rates

Whenever a new 5-star Legendary Gem is released, there is a window of 3 weeks during which a setting can be enabled for Elder Rifts that increases the drop rate of the new Legendary Gem, making it drop 50% of the time a 5-star Legendary Gem drops.

During certain limited-time events, Priority Drop Rates can be activated before entering the Elder Rift. This allows you to select exactly 8 5-star Legendary Gems. There is a limit of 900 rift attempts with the selection enabled. The counter increases for every crest used, even Rare Crests, which have no chance to drop the selected gems. The effect of using this feature is described in a conflicting manner in different sources: the patch notes claim that every 5-star gem has a 60% chance to be one of the one of the 8 selected, while the in-game description states that their drop rates are increased by 150%.

Another type of altered drop table is the exclusion drop pool, where a certain number of gems (e.g. 8) can be chosen and those gems will not drop at all. This was used for the event between October 16 and November 6, 2024.

With the launch of Shattered Sanctuary, a modified drop pool was available between December 13, 3 a.m. and January 8, 2025, 3:00 a.m., where players could choose 15 each of 1-star, 2-star and 5-star Legendary Gems, and only those would drop.

Training mode

Elder Rift training mode is available by talking to the Training Aide in the Training Grounds. In this mode, it is possible to choose any of the five rift styles, toggle invincibility, clear any status effects, and restart the level. There is no way to add modifiers. There is a level timer, but no rewards are given for completing the training.

History

Originally, the "Add 7" feature was only usable for Legendary and Eternal Legendary Crests. The ability to use it with Rare Crests was added in the March 30, 2023 update.

The Chain Reaction, Combo, Crusher, Instability, Flurry, Rampage, Minefield and Endless Treasure modifiers were added in the September 21, 2023 update.

The January 31, 2024 update added the crest priority feature.

The ability to use 100 Rare Crests was added in the April 2, 2025 update.

Training mode was added in the June 19, 2025 update.

Trivia

This section contains facts and trivia relevant to this article.

• The reward chest at the end has a different glow depending on the reward. The basic glow is yellow with a few thin rays projecting up and only slightly flickering. A more violent flickering with thick diagonal rays indicates that a Legendary Gem is about to come out. If the rays turn white, it indicates a 5-star Legendary Gem.