A group Runecrafting minigame in the Temple of the Eye. Mine fragments, craft at the open altars, power the Great Guardian, and spend points at the Rewards Guardian.
Guardians of the Rift is a group Runecrafting minigame in the Temple of the Eye. You mine guardian fragments, turn them into essence, craft it at whichever altars the rift has opened, and feed the guardian stones you get to the Great Guardian until the rift is sealed. You need 27 Runecraft and a pickaxe.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Getting there | Teleport menu > Minigames > Guardians of the Rift (7,500 coins) |
| Requirements | 27 Runecraft, any pickaxe you can use. A chisel (from the weak cell table) for rift guardians; 56 Agility for the rubble shortcut |
| Starting a game | Pass the barrier north of the lobby. A game starts about 12 seconds after someone is inside; you can join during the first two minutes |
| Games | One game runs at a time. Leaving through the barrier during a game loses your energy for it |
| Game items | Fragments, guardian essence, stones, cells and portal talismans are removed when you leave or the game ends |
Mining (first two minutes). Mine the guardian parts and remains around the edge for 1 to 3 fragments a swing (5 Mining XP each, up to 250 fragments a game). The large remains past the rubble give 2 to 4. 160 seconds in, and every 140 seconds after, a portal opens for about 25 seconds to the huge remains, which give guardian essence directly (4 to 6 a swing).
Essence. The workbench turns one fragment into one guardian essence each tick, for Crafting XP equal to your Crafting level / 10 (1 to 5). Essence pouches hold guardian essence.
Portal guardians. One elemental (air, water, earth, fire) and one catalytic (mind, body, cosmic, chaos, nature, law, death, blood) guardian are open at a time, and they change every half-minute or so. Step through one to reach its altar; you still need that altar's Runecraft level. Crafting guardian essence there gives the runes (with your multiples) and one guardian stone per essence. Each essence also has a 1/250 chance of a portal talisman, which takes you back to that altar from any guardian. Use the altar's exit portal to return; the blood altar has none, so the rift pulls you straight back once you have crafted.
The Great Guardian. Power it up with your stones: each gives 2 energy of its type (3 for a polyelemental stone), 5 Runecraft XP and 1% run energy. 250 stones per player reach 100%. The energy you give is also yours, up to 1,000 of each type and 1,200 in all.
Creatures, cells and barriers. After the first two minutes, abyssal leeches, guardians and walkers come out of the rift and attack the barriers and the Great Guardian's health; if it reaches 0% the game is lost. Take uncharged cells from the table; crafting at an altar charges one to that altar's tier (weak: air, mind, body; medium: water, cosmic, chaos; strong: earth, nature, law; overcharged: fire, death, blood). Place a charged cell on one of the seven cell tiles to raise, strengthen or heal a barrier, or use it with a chisel on an essence pile to assemble a rift guardian that fights the creatures (up to 10). A destroyed barrier leaves a broken tile, repaired with 12 fragments. At 60% power the rift flares: every barrier takes 50 damage and more guardians and walkers come out.
| Cell | Raise a barrier | Strengthen | Recharge | Health restored | Barrier XP | Rift guardian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weak | 17 energy | - | 2 | 10 | 30 Runecraft | 6 energy, 30 Runecraft + 80 Crafting |
| Medium | 20 energy | 7 | 5 | 25 | 100 Runecraft | 15 energy, 100 Runecraft + 80 Crafting |
| Strong | 24 energy | 13 | 9 | 50 | 180 Runecraft | 27 energy, 180 Runecraft + 80 Crafting |
| Overcharged | 30 energy | 22 | 15 | 100 | 250 Runecraft | 45 energy, 250 Runecraft + 80 Crafting |
At 100% the Great Guardian seals the rift, every creature dies, and you have a few seconds to hand in any stones left. With at least 300 energy you earn Runecraft level x 45 XP and points: 1 elemental point per 100 elemental energy and 1 catalytic point per 100 catalytic energy, with the remainder a proportional chance of one more. The game overlay shows the Great Guardian's power and health, the open guardians, the huge-remains portal timer and your energy.
The Rewards Guardian in the lobby takes one elemental and one catalytic point per search (Search, or Big-search for up to five). Check shows your points.
| Reward | Chance per search |
|---|---|
| Atlax's diary (once) | 1/20 |
| Catalytic talisman | 1/200 |
| Abyssal needle (once) | 1/300 |
| Abyssal lantern | 1/700 |
| Abyssal red, green or blue dye | 1/1,200 each |
| Abyssal protector (pet) | 1/4,000 |
| An essence pouch you don't own yet | 15/140 |
| Air, water, earth or fire runes (400-500) | 4/140 each |
| Mind runes (250-400), body runes (80-150) | 4/140 each |
| Chaos, cosmic, nature, law, death or blood runes | 10/140 each |
| A talisman (most noted) | 16/140 |
| Abyssal pearls (14-16) | 18/140 |
| Intricate pouch | 5/140 |
Rune amounts are lower if you can't craft that rune yet. With every pouch owned the table is out of 125 instead of 140. An intricate pouch opens into 150-300 of a high-level rune (astral, blood, chaos, cosmic, death, law, nature or soul), a shield left half, dragon spear, crystal key, dragon med helm or 500-1,000 noted pure essence, with a 1/15 lamp, a 1/10 hard clue, and once each the tarnished locket (1/40) and lost bag (1/60).
Felix in the lobby trades for abyssal pearls. Each Raiments of the Eye piece adds 10% more runes wherever you craft, and the full set adds 60%. Use an abyssal dye on the hat, top or bottoms to recolour it. The ring of the elements can be rubbed to teleport to the air, water, earth or fire altar.
| Item | Pearls |
|---|---|
| Hat of the eye | 400 |
| Robe top of the eye | 350 |
| Robe bottoms of the eye | 350 |
| Boots of the eye | 250 |
| Ring of the elements | 400 |
| Abyssal lantern | 1,500 |
| Abyssal needle | 750 |
| Guardian's eye | 3,000 |
| Air, water, earth, fire, mind, body talisman | 10 |
| Chaos, cosmic talisman | 30 |
| Nature, law talisman | 50 |
| Death talisman | 80 |
| Blood talisman | 100 |