These evil little jerks are called Challenge Rifts, and they’re a fascinating inclusion to the game. Check the test realm patch notes to see what's coming.A couple of years ago, the Diablo 3team added a new, self-contained game mode to the title. Folks on the test realm - which also includes the upcoming Necromancer DLC class - are getting to poke at these. That's not how I prefer my dailies but hey, grind and optimisation are big parts of Diablo.Ĭhallenge Rifts are due to arrive as part of Patch 2.6.0, which doesn't have a firm release date yet. These will be repeatable, rather than one-and-dones, so players can hone times to climb the leaderboards. I play almost every daily run in The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and do enjoy knowing that other players are facing the exact same problems as me - especially on days which use strange preset builds.

I do hope that committed pranksters will start playing Greater Rifts with oddball builds in the hope that they'll become Challenge Rifts. If you beat the original runner's time, you'll be rewarded with a weekly satchel filled with bounty and crafting materials and some Blood Shards.'Ī new Challenge Rift will arrive every Monday. Enemies, pylons, and the dungeons you encounter will all be exactly as they appeared when the original player completed their run. 'This also includes an exact copy of the Greater Rift they completed with that character. Once we have that snapshot, we make that exact character, including their items, paragon levels, skills, and gear available for everyone to play. To create a Challenge Rift, we pull a Greater Rift run directly from a player's account. 'Challenge Rifts are a weekly static version of a previously completed Greater Rift. I dig that! And the reward for beating the original player's time? Loot, obvs, and bragging rights. It's an interesting idea which might force players into some unconventional play styles.

Challengers will take on the same Rift with the same build originally used to beat it. Every week, Challenge Rift players will play through the exact same Greater Rift with the same character and item build - a character copied from an actual player's account.

An unconventional form of weekly challenge run is coming to Diablo 3 with the introduction of Challenge Rifts in the next big patch, Blizzard have announced.

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