Shadow Rift

Shadow

Lunar

Exclusive to:
This content is available only after activating the Shadow Rift

“Be warned, assisting the Shadow Queen will alter your world and cannot be undone. Beautiful, terrible things will rise to the surface. Are you sure you'd like to continue?”

–The Price of Ambition

Activating

Warning message prior to activating the Shadow Rift

After the player defeats the Ancient Fuelweaver, the Beckoning Hand appears and asks for 5 Dreadstones to be offered. If the player does not offer the 5 Dreadstones, the Beckoning Hand will stay and wait for tribute, so players can offer 5 Dreadstones any time they want. The Beckoning Hand only disappears when the Ancient Key is inserted into the Ancient Gateway.

Once the player assists Charlie, the world will change irreversibly: The Shadow Rift will spawn periodically.

Shadow Rift

“That drop looks like it goes on forever.”

–Wilson, when examining the Shadow Rift

“Nope. Not going near that.”

–Willow, when examining the Shadow Rift

“Wolfgang will be very careful not to fall into that.”

–Wolfgang, when examining the Shadow Rift

“Endless, swirling nothingness... how serene.”

–Wendy, when examining the Shadow Rift

“PLANAR ANOMALY DETECTED”

–WX-78, when examining the Shadow Rift

“Intriguing and deeply worrying in equal measures.”

–Wickerbottom, when examining the Shadow Rift

“Watch where ya step.”

–Woodie, when examining the Shadow Rift

“Mind the gap.”

–Maxwell, when examining the Shadow Rift

“A chasm to Hel itself.”

–Wigfrid, when examining the Shadow Rift

“W-we don't think we want to look down there...”

–Webber, when examining the Shadow Rift

“The ground is crumbling!”

–Warly, when examining the Shadow Rift

“Anybody down there?”

–Wormwood, when examining the Shadow Rift

“This place is falling apart at the seams.”

–Winona, when examining the Shadow Rift

“Hyuyu, watch your step!”

–Wortox, when examining the Shadow Rift

“Glorp! Ground broken!”

–Wurt, when examining the Shadow Rift

“I wish I could get a better look inside...”

–Walter, when examining the Shadow Rift

“This isn't good...”

–Wanda, when examining the Shadow Rift

After assisting Charlie, the Shadow Rifts begin to spawn in Caves periodically.

Shadow Rifts can only appear in the Rocky Plains Biome, the Bat Cave Biome, the Stalagmite Terrain Biome, the Lichen Biome, and the Mushtree Forest Biomes (excluding the Mixed Mushtree Forest). Similar to the Lunar Rifts, the Shadow Rift does not spawn within 5-Tile radius of Structures, Walls or transplanted Plants.

Once the Shadow Rift spawns, it creates Miasma around it and spawns Fused Shadelings.

The Rift has three phases in total. Every 4-5 days after its initial appearance it advances to the next phase. The transition is accompanied by an explosion that deals 60 damage to all creatures in the area and destroys Structures. The phase determines the area in which the Miasma will spread, as well as the number of Fused Shadelings that appear:

Rift Phase	Max # of	Respawn time
1	1	4 min
2	3	2 min
3	5	1 min

After 5 in-game days in its third phase, the Shadow Rift disappears. It will respawn after 5 days.

Effects to the World

Every time the Shadow Rift spawns, it has the following effect on the cave world.

• Every time a Shadow Rift spawns, some Ornate Chests will turn into Ornery Chests. When the Ruins are renewed, both chest types reset, converting some Ornate Chests into Ornery Chests.

While the Shadow Rift exists, it has several additional effects on the cave world.

• Acid Rain replaces regular rainfall.
• Cave-in Boulders drop alongside with other objects during Earthquakes.
• Resting Horror and Lurking Nightmare become more powerful.
• Lurking Nightmare spawn chance increases.
• Mimicreep item will spawn near the conforming Items and imitate them in the Night.
• Ickers will spawn when the players are near their spawning location.

Shadow Thralls

Each time the Shadow Rift spawns, a Shadow Thrall is randomly selected to be released into the world, When the player comes near a Nightmare Fissure, it turns into a Dreadstone Outcrop and spawn this kind of Shadow Thralls.

Here is a full list of each Shadow Thralls:

• Jitters, Rasp and Shriek.
• Three Rictus.

Relevant Content

Items

• 

  Void Robe
• 

  Void Cowl
• 

  Umbralla
• 

  Shadow Reaper
• 

  Gloomerang
• 

  Void Repair Kit
• 

  Shadow Maul
• 

  Beefalo Gloom Bell
• 

  Nightmare Saddle
• 

  Embalming Spritz
• 

  Icker Preserve Kit
• 

  Icker Jar
• 

  Sage's Masque
• 

  Halfwit's Masque
• 

  Toady's Masque

Structures

• 

  Shadow Rift
• 

  Dreadstone Outcrop
• 

  Ancient Gateway (Fixed)
• 

  Icker Preserve

Mobs

• 

  Resting Horror
• 

  Fused Shadeling
• 

  Dread Mite
• 

  Shriek
• 

  Rasp
• 

  Jitters
• 

  Rictus
• 

  Charlie
• 

  Icker
• 

  Lurking Nightmare
• 

  Ornery Chest
• 

  Possessed Shadow Atrium
• 

  Void Masque
• 

  Mimicreep

Mechanics

• Acid Rain
• Miasma

Pre Rift Content

All content listed below have greater value after activating the Shadow Rift, but can be obtained before it opens.

• 

  Pure Horror
• 

  Dreadstone
• 

  Shadowcraft Plinth Kit
• 

  Shadowcraft Plinth
• 

  Shadow Boxer

• Shadowcrafting Filter
• Planar Damage
• Planar Defense
• Planar Entity Protection

Tips

• The Shadow Rift can be enabled from day 1 in the World Settings.
• Shadow Rift can be spawned with console command c_spawnrift()

Trivia

• Shadow Rift was introduced in the Terrors Below update.

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