Understanding The Riftway System

by Dalmarus

QUESTION

What are the Riftways? How do they work?

ANSWER

The Riftways are a series of stones used for quick teleportion around the vast world of Telon.


If only the answer were that simple though...

Riftway Shards

Before being able to make use of the Riftways, you'll need to visit your nearest General Goods vendor and purchase at least one Riftway Shard. Each time you use a riftway stone, one shard is consumed by the magical transfer of matter and energy that transports you across the land. In other words, you lose a shard every time you travel in this manner. Fortunately, the stones are inexpensive and while I'm not sure what the maximum size of a stack is, I can say it's at least 101. While I was interested in seeing how high it would go, I thought anything near a hundred shards was quite sufficient for a single stack.

Unlocking A Riftstone

You cannot be teleported to a  riftstone unless you have already unlocked it. To unlock a riftstone (after finding it of course), simply right-click on it. At that time, you will get a message that you have unlocked "Riftstone: X" and it is now available for travel. While the stones themselves aren't too hard to find (they're listed on the map), they can certainly be a challenge to actually get to, so be sure to excercise some caution when hunting for them.

Riftway Networks

The Riftway System is divided up into three separate networks, so lets break them down here:

Network I

Network II

Network III

Blighted Lands Coterie Infineum Sanctuary Lomshir Plain Magi Hold Qa Riverbank Renton Keep Strand of the Ancients The Deebs Vault of Heroes Wildgrowth Forest

Beranid Hills Frostshard Lake Jathred's Twist River Palace Ruins of Vol Tuniel Zossyr Hakrel

Flordiel Pankor Zhi Plains of Anguish Razad Wyrmwing Slopes

IMPORTANT NOTE: Ahgram, New Targonor, and Tawar Galan can be reached from any of the above riftstones, but it's a one-way trip. The stones for these cities cannot be used to travel to any other destination.

You can travel to any riftstone that is within the same network as the stone you're currently using, but you cannot travel to a stone outside of that network. For example, if you were at the Lomshir Plain riftstone, you could not use it to travel to the River Palace riftstone because they are in separate networks. As you can see by the tables above, Lomshir Plain is in Network I, while River Palace is in Network II.

Using A Riftway Stone

Once you understand all the above information, actually using the Riftway System is pretty easy. When you are at a riftstone you wish to use, simply right click on it, and a window will appear asking you to choose which continent you wish to access (the above networks each cross multiple continents):



Once you choose the continent, another message will appear asking which stone you wish to be transported to:




After making your final selection, a riftway shard is removed from your inventory, and you are whisked away to your chosen destination for fun and adventure. If you choose a riftstone that you have not unlocked yet, you will receive a message to that affect and be asked to make another choice.

Conclusion

There you go everyone! After gathering the information for this article, the Riftway System is pretty easy to use, but don't let anyone fool you... before this, the system had confused me as well. Don't be afraid to speak up if there's something you'd like to know since that's the entire point of our Tuesday's Tips. Send in your questions and let's help everyone out!

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