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Inv enchant voidsphere Neutral Tripping the Rifts
Destroyed one of each type of elemental rift during the Cataclysm launch event.
Criteria:
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    • Earth Powered
    • Water Powered
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    • Fire Powered
    • Wind Powered

Tripping the Rifts is only obtainable during the Cataclysm launch event. To receive this achievement, you must kill each of the 4 elemental types and receive their buffs.

Elemental camps can be found in every quest zone in Azeroth, Outland and Northrend. A listing of the Outland camps can be seen at A Gathering in Outland.

Overview

The rifts are on a random spawn timer of approximately 50-56 minutes. It seems all rifts are on the same timer and occur about the same time.

  • Closing any level rift will count towards Tripping the Rifts[1].
  • You do not need to have all the buffs at the same time [2]
  • Rifts range anywhere from 3 to 5 per zone. Some zones do have more locations.
  • They de-spawn if not closed within 10 minutes.
  • You can only receive the DAILY (Once per day) quest Hammering It Out from a rift that is within your level range.
  • Destroying an elemental drains the rift of one life point.
  • Bring the rift to 0 life to kill it and spawn the elemental container.
  • The buff lasts for an hour.

Locations

The rift types can be found in the following zones:

Earth

Earth IconSmall RaidCircle Locations Level Range
Loch Modan Mo'grosh Stronghold; Thelsamar
Redridge Mountains In Lakeshire; Alther's Mill
Stonetalon Mountains Sun Rock Retreat;Charred Vale
Desolace Nigel's Point
Sar'theris Strand, south of Shadowprey Village
Alterac Mountains The Uplands; Just southeast of the Growless Cave, Flame of Uzel for Horde players
Western Plaguelands Felstone Field [35.6, 58.3]VZ-Western PlaguelandsBlip
The Weeping Cave, north of the new flightmaster
Burning Steppes West of Dreadmaul Rock
Silithus Cenarion Hold towards Swarming Pillar
Nagrand Laughing Skull Ruins
Windyreed Village
Telaar
Northwest of Oshu'gun
Garadar
Burning Blade Ruins
Warmaul Hill
Blade's Edge Mountains Grishnath; Sylvanaar; Veil Vesk
Howling Fjord Wyrmskull Village near the hut Alliance players witness the visions of the past
Grizzly Hills NW corner of Drakil'jin Ruins[73, 24]VZ-Grizzly HillsBlip
Drak'atal Passage
Rage Fang Shrine[53, 55]VZ-Grizzly HillsBlip
Zeb'Halak[16, 36]VZ-Grizzly HillsBlip
73-80
Storm Peaks First Gnoll camp west of K3
Inventor's Library

Valkyrion[25.8, 62.1]VZ-Storm PeaksBlip

Fire

Fire IconSmall RaidCross Locations Level Range
Westfall Sentinel Hill
Moonbrook (near messenger patrol path)
The Barrens Between Razorfen Downs and Razorfen Kraul; Ratchet; Camp Taurajo; North of Bael Modan; Stagnant Oasis; The Sludge Fen
Dustwallow Marsh Inside Theramore near Armory

North of Witch Hill
Shady Rest Inn[29.8, 45.1]VZ-Dustwallow MarshBlip

The Hinterlands
Searing Gorge
Blasted Lands Nethergarde Keep[61.4, 20.6]VZ-Blasted LandsBlip

West of Serpents Coil[56.3, 30.5]VZ-Blasted LandsBlip
North of Dark Portan[59.1, 43.7]VZ-Blasted LandsBlip

Winterspring Everlook north[62, 34]VZ-WinterspringBlip
Everlook south-east[61, 41]VZ-WinterspringBlip
North of Starfall Village[53, 24]VZ-WinterspringBlip
South of Frostsaber Rock[50, 14]VZ-WinterspringBlip
55-60
Hellfire Peninsula Dark Portal; Honor Hold; Falcon Watch; Sha'naari Wastes
Zul'Drak South of Zeramas[21, 80]VZ-Zul'DrakBlip
East of Altar of Rhunok[57, 34]VZ-Zul'DrakBlip
East of the Reliquary of Pain
In the middle of Heb'Drakkar
Thrym's End
SE of Altar of Har'koa
Rageclaw Den
74-80

Water

Water IconSmall RaidSquare Locations Level Range
Silverpine Forest East of Shadowfang Keep; South of the fork in the road east of Sepulcher; West of Dead Field towards the shore
Ghostlands
Wetlands On the shore near the Bluegill Murlocs and the two ruined ships; Between the Greenwarden and Dark Iron Dwarf Camps; Menethil Harbor inside near front entrance
Thousand Needles Darkcloud Pinnacle
Stranglethorn Vale Kurzen's Compound; Wild Shore; West of Nesingwary camp; Grom'gol Base Camp; Between the entrance of Booty Bay and the Wild Shore
Swamp of Sorrows Stonard
South of The Harborage[28, 38.4]VZ-Swamp of SorrowsBlip
Tanaris Lost Rigger Cove; Dunemaul Compound; West of Gadgetzan; North-east of Gadgetzan
Waterspring Field[59.0, 39.0]VZ-TanarisBlip
Un'goro Crater Entrance from Tanaris
Zangarmarsh On road leading to Terrokkar; Orebor Harborage; Ango'rosh Grounds; Swamp Rat
Shadowmoon Valley Legion Hold; Shadowmoon Village; Zabra'jin
Ruins of Baa'ri[56, 35]VZ-Shadowmoon ValleyBlip
Dragonblight Agmar's Hammer; Wintergarde Keep; Frostmourne Cavern; SE Ruby Dragonshrine; New Hearthglen
Icecrown Icecrown Sindragosa's Fall; Deathspeaker's Watch west of Argent Tournament
Hrothgar's Landing North part

Wind

Wind IconSmall RaidTriangle Locations Level Range
Darkshore
Aubderine; West of Bashal Aran; South of Auberdine on the shore; Grove of the Ancients
Hillsbrad Foothills
Southshore; Tarren Mill
Duskwood
SE of Raven Hill Cemetery; Darkshire
Arathi Highlands
South of Circle of West Binding; Hammerfall
Feralas
Ruins of Solarsal ("Flame of Samha")
Front of Dire Maul
West of Feathermoon Stronghold
Forgotten Coast near the dock
Felwood
Shatter Scar Vale, southern craters
Eastern Plaguelands
Northpass Tower; South of Corin's Crossing; Undercroft; Browman Mill
Terokkar Forest
Cenarion Thicket; Veil Shienor; Bone Wastes; Tuurem

Firewing Point[72.1, 36.1]VZ-Terokkar ForestBlip
Allerian Stronghold; Stonebreaker Hold

Netherstorm
Area 52; Arklon Ruins; South of Manaforge Ultris near bridge
Borean Tundra
Magmoth, west end of the Fizzlecrank Airstrip
North of Taunka'le Village
Valiance Keep, south west towards Riplash Strand
Coldrock Quarry, southern edge of cliff overlooking it[51, 36]VZ-Borean TundraBlip
68-80
Sholazar Basin Mosswalker Village
Kartak's Hold
The Glimmering Pillar, Death's Hand Encampment
Sapphire Hive South of Frenzy Heart village[61, 77]VZ-Sholazar BasinBlip
River's Heart, east bank of the river just to south
The Makers Overlook, west of
Savage Thicket, right in the middle

Locations in Kalimdor

Locations in Eastern Kingdoms

Locations in Northrend

[3]

Patch changes

Video

References

  1. ^ NA Forums, Tharyl of < Dream Team >, Nesingwary realm, http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=27508583776&sid=1&pageNo=1
  2. ^ Wowhead, Tripping the Rifts, http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=4887
  3. ^ Comment by user tmptfate at cata.wowhead.com

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