Get the Rift expansion for free!

10 May 2017

Rift changed their expansion's name to "Prophecy of Ahnket" (due to some legal issues with a charity) and used this moment to start a little promotion: Everybody who logs in…

Rift Dimensions: Hey look! Another dimension project!

7 May 20177 May 2017

I didn't really continue with my tree house project, but I decided to start yet another one. The thing is that I've been playing my Primalist more recently. She's still…

Back in Gloamwood

28 Apr 2017

So here I was, ready to rant about how old zones in MMORPGs somehow always give me nostalgic feelings and how I almost always prefer some old zone over newer…

Late to the (PvP) party?

23 Apr 20173 Aug 2019

Trion hosted a PvP-focused Rift livestream on Friday* and I realized that I only played a handful of PvP games in Rift and that was years ago already. Thankfully, there…

Rift: How to get your Rask pet

9 Apr 201729 Jun 2020

Rift and Atlas Reactor started a new cross-promotion where you can get a Rask companion pet in Rift by playing Atlas Reactor. If you've never played Atlas Reactor, it's very…

Rift Dimensions: Tree House in Moonshade Pools

2 Apr 201713 Apr 2017

For months, I've been dreaming about making a tree house for my elf (Kelari, actually) rogue in Rift. I had chosen the Stone Grove already, but something didn't "click". It…

Rift: New mount 6th Anniversary Parade Tuskar (Giveaway soon!)

3 Mar 2017

Isn't this a real beauty? I've received this mount, the 6th Anniversary Parade Tuskar, as a member of the Trion Worlds Creator Program! Rift is turning 6 years old this…

Rift Valentine’s Day Giveaway: Win 2 Racing Snail mounts!

12 Feb 201714 Feb 2017

Update (Feb 14): This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to the winners Loverboy, Moiran, Jason, LL, Latextussi, Pilzsucher, Norman J Miller, Kaiodan, Hagrid & zyngor! Expect the codes via email within…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: Racial skills?

5 Feb 2017

I have recently tried hopping into Elder Scrolls Online again and as I want a fresh start, I looked up guides and possible builds for the classes, to get a…

Personal Top 9 of 2016

12 Jan 201729 Jun 2020

I have seen several people and gaming sites make their "top x games of 2016" and when wondering which games I would put on my list, I thought: "Oh well,…

Recent experiences in Rift…

28 Dec 20163 Aug 2019

Starfall Prophecy, the latest Rift expansion, released on November 16. There has been some controversy about this expansion. The raid will not be released until later, but this was actually…

Making friends in Rift and Guild Wars 2

22 Nov 2016

Last week, Rift's expansion "Starfall Prophecy" launched and yesterday, Guild Wars 2 released another content patch. Both games made me very happy as the patches feature my most favourite animal…

More Starfall Prophecy Tokens in Rift

13 Nov 2016

When the expansion was first announced, Trion told us that we would get a Starfall Prophecy token each day when claiming our daily login chest. The main goal for players…

Rift: Waiting for the expansion with the primalist

9 Nov 2016

Starfall Prophecy, the next expansion in Rift, will launch on November 16. That's not too far away now! So whenever I log in with my main character, my cleric, I…

Primalist and cross-promotions

8 Oct 201629 Jun 2020

All of Trion's own games (Defiance, Rift and Trove) are receiving some cross-promotion rewards when you log into their newest game, Atlas Reactor, this weekend (to be more precise, between…

Win 1 of 3 Radar Corgi codes

27 Sep 201628 Sep 2016

(Update: All codes are gone!) We still have three codes for Radar Corgi companions for Rift left from our September code stash. Those poor little guys are looking for a…

Finally got my Opie!

19 Sep 2016

If you pre-purchased the expansion when Trion announced it and collected the Starfall Prophecy tokens by logging on every day (which fortunately, I was able to do), then you should…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (September 2016)

15 Sep 201629 Jun 2020

First of all, we have Rift and some tiny news about its upcoming expansion "Starfall Prophecy". We still do not have a date for the expansion's launch, unfortunately. I speculated…

Rift September Giveaway: Racing Snails and Radar Corgis

10 Sep 201620 Sep 2016

This giveaway is closed. We'll send the codes to the winners soon (meaning: In the next one or two days. Sorry for the delay!) Another month, another chance for you…

Winners of the Rift Giveaway (August)

21 Aug 2016

I prepared the list of participants earlier today, so that I can roll for the winners fast now. As always, we use random.org to choose the winners. We had a…

Rift Giveaway: Racing Snails and Radar Corgis

16 Aug 201621 Aug 2016

Update (August 21): This giveaway is now closed. The winners will be announced shortly! We just received more codes for the Racing Snail and Radar Corgis! In total, we are…

The winners of our Big “Trion Worlds Games” Giveaway (Blaugust Post 7)

7 Aug 20167 Aug 2016

(Update: We've added three more winners for Archeage and Devilian!) As always, I've checked the list of comments twice - actually, three times, because I always check again after rolling…

Rift livestream: Information about the expansion (Blaugust Post 6)

6 Aug 20167 Aug 2016

I fell asleep yesterday trying to follow the Rift livestream with information about their expansion "Starfall Prophecy". So I decided to read up on what was said, but I couldn't…

Rift: Starfall Prophecy’s Launch Date speculation (Blaugust Post 5)

5 Aug 20169 Nov 2016

(Update: The expansion will launch on November 16!) While the next expansion for Rift "Starfall Prophecy" has been announced yesterday and pre-purchases are live, we do not know a launch…

Being broke again in Rift (Blaugust Post 3)

4 Aug 20164 Aug 2016

I had so much platinum in Rift and didn't know what to do with it. Thankfully, Trion knew how to fix this! They added several artifact collections and artifact pinatas…

Rift’s “Starfall Prophecy” revealing (Blaugust Post 2)

4 Aug 20164 Aug 2016

While I was having guests over, the Rift universe got expanded - well, not yet. But apparently, there was a sneak peek or leak or a bug revealing the next…

The Big “Trion Worlds Games” Giveaway

30 Jul 201629 Jun 2020

Update (August 6): The comments section is closed. We will draw the winners in a bit and will update you in this blog. As a welcome to the Content Creator…

Trion’s Content Creator Program

30 Jul 20163 Aug 2019

Trion Worlds recently announced their Content Creator Program inviting the players with livestreams, fansites etc. to apply for it. Since I've been a fan and player of most of their…

The Daily Post: Carefree (in MMOs)

21 Jul 201621 Jul 2016

Wordpress.com has a daily prompt consisting of one word to give you an idea what to blog about. I will definitely not do this daily, but I do take a…

Rift Dimension building project: Tempest Island III

16 Jul 2016

I just realized that the last time I showed my Tempest Island dimension was almost one year ago. I did not add too much to the main rooms on the lower…