In this week’s earlier hotfix, the Trion RIFT team updated some of the ways in which new players will experience questing in Freemarch and Silverwood. Players will be able to take part in Carnage quests which will give them a little preview of what’s in store for them in Storm Legion. When a few players on the forums questioned whether they were able to go back and see these Carnage additions for themselves, Tacitus specified that players who have completed the original content will not be able to go back and complete the new Carnage quests.

He also had a few things to add. Keep reading to take a look.

A quick reference map for those who wish to get a head start on mining today. Click on the image for a full size map.

Our crack team of researchers has put together some maps for anyone interested in starting up Foraging and Mining for both the first two areas of the Defiant and Guardian factions. Zones included are Silverwood, Freemarch, Gloamwood and Stonefield.

You can find them all cataloged in our Guides Section.
Research courtesy of Laughingskull.

The following is a map of Silverwood and it’s principle locations.

Here’s a newbie video we’ve been working on from Beta 3. This one shows you a dungeon run that I did as a Mage. There were several runs in this video, thanks to server crashes, but I got some great footage. First you’ll mostly see me being the party’s main healer. Lock up the Chloromancer soul, full Chloro with some Dominator for CC and the extra points going into Warlock for the life-to-mana (6 pts) ability so you can never run out of mana. The second build is a champ with AOE, which is the Pyromancer. All you need is to grab Fire Storm and combine that with Improved Smoldering Power for awesome mana efficiency and your enemies will burn en masse.

Videos after the break.

Just passing on a cool video for everyone to watch from the Beta 2 event. This one is a large boss encounter from a spawned Rift Invasion in Silverwood. Remember everyone here is level 20 or under!

“The beauty of Silverwood belies the lethality of its inhabitants.”

“A tear is discovered in Silverwood!”

My opinion? Looks like an Inquisitor or some other Cleric calling by the look of that mace. The tears really do appear anywhere. Looks like it’s forming up on a hill out of the way; tucked in a corner.