Time Rifts

Time Rifts are the major open-world feature of patch 10.1.5. Taking place in the Tyrhold Reservoir of central Thaldraszus at the top of each hour, players are tasked with killing enemies and completing minigames on behalf of the bronze dragonflight.

When the scenario begins, speak with Soridormi at to sign up and instantly load into the Time Rifts phase. Then follow the objective tracker to complete the assigned tasks.

As players defeat the requested enemies or finish tasks, they will gain standing with Soridormi's friendship faction, earn Paracausal Flakes, and Temporal Essence points. If the scenario reaches various point thresholds, players will be awarded with a Box of Tampered Reality (2,500 points, +10 rep), a Box of Volatile Reality (5,000 points, +25 rep), and a Box of Collapsed Reality (7,500 points, +30 rep).

Before the event starts, Soridormi describes Time Rifts as follows:

When the event is in progress, she instead says:

The event plays out in two stages in and around the Tyrhold Reservoir. Players must first speak with Soridormi to opt into the event and load into the Time Rifts phase, where two timeways are invading.

In the first stage, lasting for nine minutes, players will be tasked with individual or group activities. These tasks include killing as many enemies as possible under a time limit, grouping up to defeat a named elite target, flying through or running over enemies, dragging large objects to portals, or minigames like identifying enemies from the wrong timeline.

In this stage, keep an eye out for quest-starting objects or NPCs after completing tasks! These quests are criteria of an account-wide achievement and also grant reputation with Soridormi.

Kills of requested (non-elite) enemies are worth one point of reputation, two Paracausal Flakes and three Temporal Essence. Completed tasks are worth 20, 30, and 50 respectively.

Once the nine-minute timer runs out, a large portal spawns in the center of the reservoir and all players should enter it. After the loading screen, players will be in one of the invading timeways' boss encounters. Defeat the boss, look for another quest-starting NPC or object, then take the portal to exit the timeway and return to Soridormi.

Once a week, Soridormi offers When Time Needs Mending, an account-wide wrapper quest for the event, which rewards a Contained Paracausality that contains roughly, a Soridormi's Letter of Commendation (+1,000 rep), and a Paracausal Cluster (1,000 Paracausal Flakes).

There are fourteen items to be found across the seven invading timeways, which are all required for the Temporal Acquisitions Specialist achievement:

Finally, as players improve their standing with Soridormi, she offers a quest with a reward at each reputation level:

Eight vendors near Soridormi trade in Paracausal Flakes and Dilated Time Capsule:

There are nine achievements involved with the scenario:

• Verified Rifter - complete a Time Rift event
• Collapsed Reality - fill the bar in a Time Rift to receive a Box of Collapsed Reality
• Chronograde Connoisseur - defeat all seven Time Rifts bosses
• Just Following Chronological Orders - complete 100 tasks for Soridormi
• Temporal Acquisitions Specialist - collect all 14 items
• Legend of the Multiverse - achieve max standing with Soridormi
• Minute Menagerie - acquire all the pets from Paracausal Flakes vendors (or drops from bosses!)
• Lock and Load (achievement) - use all six weapon types during Warlands rifts
• To All The Squirrels I've BEEN Before - Get the Fluffy Fur evolution during Ulderoth rifts and let Soridormi pet the fluffy fur

Each Time Rift scenario, two timeways will invade from a set of seven. One of those timeways will be the boss encounter.

In this timeway, King Mechagon has succeeded in his effort to return anyone of flesh into robotic parts. The Overlord Mechagon encounter takes place in a unique mechanical arena.

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In this timeway, the Burning Legion won the War of the Ancients 10,000 years ago, which drastically changed the outcome of the war and led to the fel corruption of many races. In the first stage of the scenario, players come across Ellemayne, an uncorrupted night elf, who hands over a Map to Suramar, looking for help with the resistance under the command of Tyrande Whisperwind.

The Illidan Stormrage boss encounter takes place on a Legion ship, reusing the Kil'jaeden map in Tomb of Sargeras.

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After the encounter, Illidan drops An Antlered Skull, that of Malfurion Stormrage.

Azmerloth is one of apparently many timeways that have been overrun by murlocs. There, the murlocs have formed many parallel organizations including the Cenrrn Cirrgl, Krrn Trr, and MR-7. Additionally, several named murlocs have crossed over, such as Grrrmrrsh Hrrnglscrrrm, and a minion of Deathwingurlugull.

The Gill'dan boss encounter takes place at the base of Ergbrgls Flrgmrbbl in the Mrrglblight.

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After the encounter, Alulgultasza de Urgl-Blalul appears and offers players the Azmerlothian Hourglass, capable of briefly bringing her to the main timeline, where she has a conversation with Alexstrasza.

The Lich King encounter takes place atop the Frozen Throne, much like the original encounter in the primary timeline.

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After the encounter, players notice a Gilded Vase in a place of prominence atop Icecrown.

The Fury of N'zoth encounter takes place in a special Black Empire-themed arena.

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After the encounter, a Chipped Stone Tablet stands out, detailing the efforts of one sacrifice attempting to save another.

The special mechanic for this timeway is Ulderoth Mutagen Orbs, which function like Anima Cells from Torghast. Pick the extra fluffy fur option then speak with Soridormi for an achievement!

The Freya encounter reuses the Elarian Sanctuary map from Antorus, the Burning Throne.

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After the encounter, a Watcher's Log of hologram generator of a yaungol appears, detailing the titanic watchers' observations and experiments on them.

The special mechanic of this invasion are the weapon racks and dropped weapons of the invading factions. Use all six to earn an achievement.

The Varian Wrynn encounter takes place on gunships of the Great Glorious Alliance and the Blood Horde.

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After the encounter, an Oil-Soaked Log Book shows up inside the cabin of the Alliance gunship, presenting the Great Glorious Alliance's side of the endless conflict.