Gameplay: Shadowrift Shrines   Shadowrifts look like small shrines made of sandstone and can be found randomly in indoor mission playfields. Activating a Shadowrift by right-clicking it will bestow a serious boost to your character for about 3 to 3.5 minutes, with strength dependant on your level.         Shadowrift placement, type, and frequence appears to be random, ranging from non-present to frequent. Size of the mission is probably a factor and as many as 5-6 shrines have been reported in larger missions. A Shadowrift boost is not to be taken lightly either - the strength of the combat and defensive type boosts are often of such power that it can turn things around in the player's favour. Be sure to make the best use of them while they last, like clearing out that tricky room you passed up previously. These are the various types of shrines and the different buffs they provide:   Shadowrift of the Bear The Bear will greatly raise your combat skills by boosting your damage output in all fields (Add. Projectile, Melee, Energy, Chemical, Radiation, Cold, Fire and Poison Damage) with a value close to your own level. Your body swells with strength...   Shadowrift of the Eagle The Eagle boosts all your Evasion skills by an incredible amount making you almost impossible to hit. The boost appears to be more than 4 times your level, and the blessing also raise your AggDef by a high amount. You feel quick...   Shadowrift of the Firefly The Firefly will bestow a nano restoration program similar to the Phoenix (or the program Humidity Extractor) replenishing your nano over time by an amount similar to your level. You feel blessed...   Shadowrift of the Frog When blessed by the Frog, you get a serious boost to your Shield ability against all damage types (Projectile, Melee, Energy, Chemical, Radiation, Cold, Fire and Poison) for what seems around 1/3 your level. Your skin itches...   Shadowrift of the Phoenix When blessed by the Phoenix, you are buffed with a "Heal over Time" that continiously heals your health with your level times 1 hitpoints for every second of the duration. You feel blessed by life   Shadowrift of the Wolf The Wolf bestows incredible speed - raising all your initiatives, Ranged, Melee, Physical and Nano Casting. The amount boosted follows your level in increments of 10, where at 150 you get all these skills bossted by 640 and at 161 all skills by 676. The Wolf even boosts your running speed. You feel quick...   Shadowrift of the Spirits The Spirits gives you an incredible boost to % XP. The XP bonus in % appears to be around your level and it should be obvious that this can quickly double or triple the amount of experience gotten from a mob. You feel blessed by the spirits... Last updated 30. August 2002 Contributors Serqit, Rimor Joramon, Rimor Pulze, Atlantean