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Rift Crystals are items, and a form of currency in Dragon's Dogma.

Description

Rift Crystals are a currency used in Dragon's Dogma. There are multiple ways to both earn and spend them. They can be acquired by having the Main pawn hired by other Arisens through the Rift, can be dropped by defeated enemies, may be found in chests, and can be obtained as rewards from Quests.

They are used to rarify dragonforged items with Barroch, to repair broken Riftstones on Bitterblack Isle, and to purify cursed items with Olra. They are also used for renting Hired Pawns from the Rift, and can also be exchanged for weapons, armor, inclination elixirs and cosmetic items from the Rift Shop.

Items

When a foe is dispatched, it may drop a Rift Crystal - these Rift Crystal drops are more common in The Everfall (Post-Dragon) or on Bitterblack Isle, but do occur in Gransys, even from relatively mundane creatures such as Wolves and Goblins. Monsters located on Bitterblack Isle have the highest chance of dropping Rift Crystals.

There are nine different types of Rift Crystals: three were found in Gransys in Dragon's Dogma, and nine more types are found only in Dark Arisen on Bitterblack Isle.

	Name	Rift Crystals
Dragon's Dogma	Rift Fragment	100
	Rift Crystal	400
	Rift Cluster	800
Dark Arisen	Rift Crystal Speck	30
	Rift Crystal Flake	50
	Rift Crystal Chunk	200
	Rift Bicrystal	2,000
	Rift Polycrystal	5,000
	Perfect Rift Crystal	10,000 or more

Obtaining Rift Crystals

Rift Crystals may be dropped as items that can be picked up, bought, obtained as quest rewards, and gained by a fellow Arisen hiring one's Main Pawn.

From Pawn Hires

To enable more hires of the Arisen's pawn one can either:

Make sure the pawn is well turned out, well equipped, and has suitable Inclinations and skills.
Create one or more alternative accounts and hire one's own pawns.
There is a 1,000,000 (one million) Rift Crystal limit on rewards per rental, effective between each time the Hired Pawn is released into the Rift by the renter and the instance when the owner Arisen sleeps at an inn or bench.
Join a group and forum and request or participate in hiring - several exist on Facebook, GameFaqs, Reddit and so on. For links, see Trading and Gifting § Hiring and Trading Websites.

In Dragon's Dogma:

In the original Dragon's Dogma, resting at an inn occasionally caused the game itself to hire one's Main Pawn and award the Arisen with a level-based amount of Rift Crystals; i.e., the higher the Arisen's level, the higher the amount of crystals received. A level 200 pawn earned 1,500 RC from the game's offline rent.

From Quests

A good way to get Rift Crystals, is completing the From a Different Sky quests. There are 100 badges to find, and each one nets at least 1,600 RC. Once collected, these badges remain in the inventory or storage and can be used to rapidly complete these quests on subsequent playthroughs, making further accumulation of Crystals, experience and money almost effortless.

Obtaining Rift Crystal Items

Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen Screenshot RC7 — Heptagon shaped crystal drop from a Maneater

Equip the secret augment Fortune to dramatically increase the 100 RC drops from slain creatures.

On Bitterblack Isle:
- Chests in the Ward of Regret and in The Pilgrim's Gauntlet always contain a Maneater. Killing a Maneater may randomly reward a drop of 20,000+ Rift Crystals.
- The Forsaken Cathedral has a Golden Knight/Silver Knight team that drops 9,000+ RC and 13,000+ G as a reward when defeated.
Weal doubles Rift Crystal gain.
Hard Mode also doubles Rift Crystal gain.

Purchase with Real World Money

Rift Crystals may also be purchased with real world money, not in-game gold, on console. These microtransactions are not available on the PC version, or on the PS4, XONE or Switch releases.

Version	Name		Rift Crystals	Cost (USD)
Dragon's Dogma	Rift Crystal Pack †		2000	$0.99
Dragon's Dogma	Rift Crystal Bulk Pack †		15,000	$5.99
Dark Arisen	Olra's Rift Crystal Pack	Knight Pack	2,000	$0.99
		Queen Pack	5,000	$1.99
		King Pack	30,000	$4.99
† The original packs were replaced with the release of Dark Arisen, and are no longer available.

Estimating Rift Crystals obtained from Pawn Hires

Main article: Experience Points.

The Rift Crystal earnings for hired Pawns are simply one tenth of the number of Experience Points the pawn would have earned during their hire, but only experience earned from combat, not quests. The amount earned is modified based on the relative Character Level of the pawns and Arisen, and or the number of members in the party, just as it is for the Arisen's Main Pawn.

Notes

(Exploit) The same Discipline Points farming exploit in the Noble Quarter during Post-Game can be used to earn rift crystals with near zero effort by hiring ones pawn with an "alt account".
High level characters may "farm" Cursed Dragons at the Duskmoon Tower with Rancid Bait Meat for their Rift Crystal drops.

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-[[Rift Crystal]]s are items, and a form of currency in ''[[Dragon's Dogma]]''.
+'''Rift Crystal'''s are items, and a form of currency in ''[[Dragon's Dogma]]''.
 ==Description==
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 ==Items==
-[[File:Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen Screenshot RC7.jpg|320px|thumb|Heptagon shaped crystal drop from a Maneater]]
 When a foe is dispatched, it may drop a Rift Crystal - these Rift Crystal drops are more common in [[The Everfall (Post-Dragon)]] or on [[Bitterblack Isle]], but do occur in [[Gransys]], even from relatively mundane creatures such as [[Wolf|Wolves]] and [[Goblin]]s. Monsters located on [[Bitterblack Isle]] have the highest chance of dropping Rift Crystals.
-There are nine different types of Rift Crystals: three were found in [[Gransys]] in ''[[Dragon's Dogma]], and nine more types are found only in ''[[Dark Arisen]]'' on [[Bitterblack Isle]].
+There are nine different types of Rift Crystals: three were found in [[Gransys]] in ''[[Dragon's Dogma]]'', and nine more types are found only in ''[[Dark Arisen]]'' on [[Bitterblack Isle]].
+<center>
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 |[[Rift Crystal Speck]] || 30
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 |[[Perfect Rift Crystal]] || 10,000 or more
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+</center>
 ==Obtaining Rift Crystals==
-[[Rift Crystal]]s may be dropped as items that can be picked up, bought, obtained as quest rewards, and gained by a fellow [[Arisen]] hiring one's [[Main Pawn]].
+Rift Crystals may be dropped as items that can be picked up, bought, obtained as quest rewards, and gained by a fellow [[Arisen]] hiring one's [[Main Pawn]].
 ===From Pawn Hires===
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 *Create one or more alternative accounts and hire one's own pawns.
 *There is a 1,000,000 (one million) Rift Crystal limit on rewards per rental, effective between each time the Hired Pawn is released into the Rift by the renter and the instance when the owner Arisen sleeps at an inn or bench.
-*Join a group and forum and request or participate in hiring - several exist on Facebook, GameFaqs, Reddit and so on. For links, see [[Trading_and_Gifting#Hiring_and_Trading_Websites|Trading and Gifting § Hiring and Trading Websites]].
+*Join a group and forum and request or participate in hiring - several exist on Facebook, GameFaqs, Reddit and so on. For links, see [[Trading and Gifting#Hiring and Trading Websites|Trading and Gifting § Hiring and Trading Websites]].
 In ''Dragon's Dogma'':
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 ===From Quests===
-A good way to get Rift Crystals, is completing the [[From a Different Sky]] quests. There are 100 badges to find, and each one nets at least 1,600 RC. Once collected, these badges remain in the inventory or storage and can be used to rapidly complete these quests on subsequent playthroughs, making further accumulation of Crystals, experience and and money almost effortless.
+A good way to get Rift Crystals, is completing the [[From a Different Sky]] quests. There are 100 badges to find, and each one nets at least 1,600 RC. Once collected, these badges remain in the inventory or storage and can be used to rapidly complete these quests on subsequent playthroughs, making further accumulation of Crystals, experience and money almost effortless.
 ===Obtaining Rift Crystal Items===
+[[File:Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen Screenshot RC7.jpg|320px|thumb|Heptagon shaped crystal drop from a Maneater]]
 * Equip the secret augment [[Fortune]] to dramatically increase the 100 RC drops from slain creatures.
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 ===Purchase with Real World Money===
-Rift Crystals may also be purchased with real world money, not in-game gold, on console. These microtransactions are not available via the PC version.
+Rift Crystals may also be purchased with real world money, not in-game gold, on console. These microtransactions are not available on the PC version, or on the PS4,  XONE or Switch releases.
+<center>
-These were implemented in Dark Arisen's online store via a specific prompt when talking to [[Olra]] as [[Olra's Rift Crystal Pack]], as either ''The Knight Pack'', ''The Queen Pack'', and ''The King Pack''.
+{|class=DDTables style="border:solid 1px #333; text-align:center;" cellpadding=3 border=1
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-[[Olra's Rift Crystal Pack]] replaced the [[Rift Crystal Pack]] or [[Rift Crystal Bulk Pack]] on the console marketplace for the base game ''[[Dragon's Dogma]]'', which are no longer available to download.
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+!class=txtbg1|Rift Crystals
+!class=txtbg1|Cost (USD)
+|-
+!rowspan=2 class=txtbg1|''[[Dragon's Dogma]]''
+| colspan=2 | [[Rift Crystal Pack]] †
+| 2000
+| $0.99
+|-
+| colspan=2 | [[Rift Crystal Bulk Pack]] †
+| 15,000
+| $5.99
+|-
+!rowspan=3 class=txtbg3|''[[Dark Arisen]]''
+|rowspan=3|[[Olra's Rift Crystal Pack]]
+|Knight Pack
+|2,000
+|$0.99
+|-
+|Queen Pack
+|5,000
+|$1.99
+|-
+|King Pack
+|30,000
+|$4.99
+|-
+|colspan=5|† ''The original packs were replaced with the release of Dark Arisen, and are no longer available.''
+|}
+</center>
 ==Estimating Rift Crystals obtained from Pawn Hires==
+{{main|Experience Points}}
+The Rift Crystal earnings for hired Pawns are simply one tenth  of the number of [[Experience Points]] the pawn would have earned during their hire, but only experience earned from combat, not quests. The amount earned is modified based on the relative [[Character Level]] of the pawns and Arisen, and or the number of members in the party, just as it is for the Arisen's [[Main Pawn]].
+==Notes==
-Rift Crystal earnings for hired Pawns start at a base value of one tenth (10%) of the [[Base Monster Experience Points]] for each monster the pawn kills or witnesses being killed.
+*{{exploit}} The same [[Discipline Points]] farming exploit in the [[Noble Quarter]] during [[Post-Game]] can be used to earn rift crystals with near zero effort by hiring ones pawn with an "alt account".
+*High level characters may "farm" [[Cursed Dragon]]s at the [[Duskmoon Tower]] with [[Rancid Bait Meat]] for their Rift Crystal drops.
-This amount is multiplied by modifiers, which are determined by the level of the support pawn relative to the [[Arisen]], [[Main Pawn]] and other party member at the time of the monster's death.
-The modifiers are determined by comparing the level of the rented pawn to the Arisen, the main pawn and other support pawn. Each level disparity is worth either +1% or -1%, which is then capped at +25% or -25%. For example, a hired pawn 30 levels above that of the Arisen/Main Pawn receives a modifier of 25%, while a hired pawn 25 levels below that of the Arisen/Main pawn earns a penalty of 25%. Hired pawns with levels between the caps are calculated on a sliding scale worth 1% of each level disparity.
-An empty party slot is equivalent to a 25% bonus, e.g., a pawn more than 25 levels below the Arisen/main pawn. The game assumes the party members are working harder due to that empty slot. The modifiers also apply to [[Experience Points|XP]] gains; an empty slot gains the Arisen and main pawn, if present, an extra 25% of XP earnings per empty slot.
-===Example ===
-The Arisen and Main Pawn are level 75, and are accompanied by a level 200 pawn and a level 40 hired pawn. The party kills a [[Gorecyclops (Condemned)]]. (Base 57,000 XP) - equating to a base Rift Crystal reward of 5,700.
-The level 200 support pawn earns three +25% modifiers for a total of 13,359 RC for that kill, because the level 200 is presumed to be doing most of the work while accompanying three lower-leveled party members.
-The level 40 support pawn earns three -25% modifiers for a total of 1,603 RC for that kill. The lower leveled pawn is hit with extreme RC penalties because it is assumed that the pawn is being protected/carried by the rest of the party members.
-In the meantime, the [[Experience Points|XP]] gain for both Arisen and Main pawn get a 25% bonus for the level 40 pawn, but that is cancelled out by the level 200 pawn's XP penalty of 25%.
-===Calculator===
-A very good RC Calculator is located here: [http://opsc.dark-arisen.com/calculator.php RC Calculator]
 ==Gallery==