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Trion posts article on upcoming artifact changes/additions: Slots fill-able with Credits; Artifact Wings; 1,400 Artifact Set achievement; more artifacts to Planetouched Wilds (probably Twisted).

Fae Yule 2015 starts 3:30PM server on Thursday, 10th Dec 2015. Learn all about the event including quests, store items, farming event currency, minion chain adventure patterns and how to obtain all the achievements. Activities abound this holiday season!

PvP gear stat boost in this week’s hotfix; Snedhepl reveals no. of Minions currently in-game and how many are coming with 3.1; small PTS Update yesterday; Krug announces new Raid Rift PTS test this Thursday 12pm PST; Dead Simon announces changes to Artifact Tracking Vials and posts an image teasing three new Artifact Types (Green, Purple, Orange).

Tip: Use the ‘Usable Only’ filter to only view Artifacts you have yet to collect on the Auction House!

More Minions info including about Hidden Minion Card attribute values; on-going performance improvements; PvP – Hit no longer used, but base hit chance is not 100%; Tarken Glacier Puzzle guide; Instant Adventure Revamp incoming; Dead Simon rewards all donators to his Extra Life page with their own artifact named after them.

Error #1011 solution; Unstable Zone Event improvements; Auction House default pricing drop-down; and a bit of Auction House data before-and-after the AH changes provided by Trion.

A new 130MB update is up on the PTS. Further Mage Pyromancer changes are up; new 3.0 achievement categories (Glacial Maw, Minions/etc) and two more Concept Art Contest winners’ cape designs have been made into in-game skins.

Please note! With this week’s hotfix, Storm Legion Artifact Set Turn-ins XP to be reduced and Grim Awakening: Ultane’s loot to increase – will now drop leggings + trinket + Call of the Awakened upgrade component.

RIFT 2.7 Hotfix #4 provided info about a new ‘Most Wanted’ feature for Bounty Artifacts. Now we know what it’s all about – just like Unstable Artifact Thieves, new mobs appear scattered across all zones with the title underneath their names. Killing and looting them gets you a random bounty artifact of that species’ type.

Trion is updating RIFT with RIFT 2.7 Hotfix #2 as at 7:30AM PDT on 14th May 2014 (NA) and 1AM GMT on 15th May 2014 (EU). Summary: Ascend-a-Friend improved. They’ll have a new Referral Rewards section added to the Rift Store later in the day after the hotfix with items to purchase with Referral Coins […]