User blog comment:Da Savage4eva/Need Rift Crystals!!!/@comment-26204779-20150501010451/@comment-24458380-20150501033306

The Fortune augment is helpful, making slain enemies randomly drop 100 RC (even rabbits and seagulls !). These can add up very quickly.

But in my experience the fastest and most reliable way to earn Rift Crystals is to create to create a second account (a second Arisen) and have your two Arisen's hire each other's pawns. Getting other players to hire your pawn is far less reliable.

Studly43 is partially correct in saying that the higher level your pawn is, the more RC they earn whenever they are hired. But this is only only true when your pawn is at a higher level than the Arisen who hired them. If your pawn is 25 or more levels higher than whomever hires them, you can reap an enormous windfall of RC (even if you have "friended" the other player/second account to forgo the RC hiring cost).

Refer to the "Rift Crystal", "Earning Rift Crystals" and "Trading and Gifting" pages for more detailed info on these subjects.