How long is a Greater Rift?

Each Rift has a 15 minute timer.

How long are Nephalem Rifts?

Nephalem Rift runs can, on average, from 10 to 30 minutes and consist of random areas, monsters, and bosses. The layouts stem from taking the tilesets and dungeons of the game and re-organizing/shuffling them. Monsters are likewise re-shuffled, found in combinations otherwise not present throughout the game.

What is the maximum Greater Rift?

While Greater Rifts maxed out at 100 in their initial patch testing, there is no upper limit since GRs scale up infinitely, and parties of players were first able to exceed GR100 in Patch 2.5.

What torment level is GR 70?

Torment XV requires GR 70.

What is Nephalem vs Greater Rift?

There are two types of Rift: Standard Nephalem Rifts, which are locked to your Torment level, so the harder your Torment level is, the harder they are. Greater Rifts, which you pick a difficulty level for, based on the highest level GR you've finished in the past.

Diablo 3 Complete Greater Rift Guide

What level should I do Greater Rifts?

Greater Rifts are the main endgame activity in Diablo 3 and you will spend between 70-95% of your time here. After leveling to 70 and acquiring some Greater Rift Keystones in Nephalem Rifts, you will be trying to gather more loot, experience and Legendary Gems here.

Are Nephalem Rifts endless?

No, they end in one of those portal shrines. Seen as high as 9, sure it goes higher.

What torment level do primals drop?

Primal Ancients can drop from any source of Legendary item in the game, including Horadric Caches, Kadala, and Kanai's Cube, but only after having completed at least a level 70 Greater Rift.

What torment is gr 20?

Greater Rift (GR) 19 is equivalent to Torment 4 (T4), while GR22 is equivalent to T5. So, GR20 may be equivalent to something between T4-5; in short, a bit harder than T4.

Do empowered rifts give better loot?

Using Crests and Legendary Crests allows the player to empower the Elder Rift. An empowered Rift rewards the player with Runes and Legendary Gems, whereas an unempowered Rift gives the player far less valuable loot.

What is the whisper of atonement?

The Whisper of Atonement is a Legendary Gem used exclusively for Augmenting Ancient Legendary items. It drops pre-ranked based upon the player's performance in the Echoing Nightmare. The highest-possible rank a Whisper of Atonement can drop is 125 based on the Tier completed.

Is Diablo 3 Endless?

Yes and no. Once the story is done then there isn't anything new to learn, from a story and plot standpoint. So if you are just in it for the story, Diablo 3 can definitely be one and done. However, the main thing people love about this series is the loot and build crafting.

Can Rainbow Goblins spawn in Nephalem Rifts?

The Rainbow Goblin is a rare variant of the Treasure Goblin in Diablo III, introduced patch 2.1. 0. They never appear in Nephalem Rifts. They do not have any special drop, but open a portal to Whimsydale when killed.

What does empowering a Greater Rift do?

Empowering a GR means you get one extra gem upgrade attempt, if you successfully clear the GR. Empowering costs about ~3x of the gold reward the GR gives which means it's a good gold sink. So, if you successfully complete the GR, you get a minimum of 3 upgrades and a maximum of 5.

What are the drop chances of greater rift keystone?

Drop chance increases with difficulty, from 100% to get one at Torment I, with increasing chances to get two (until guaranteed at Torment XI), and an increasing chance to get three after that. As of patch 2.6.4, they are stored in the Materials tab.

Does difficulty affect Nephalem Rifts?

Legendary drop rates are increased in Nephalem Rifts, the exact bonus depending on the chosen difficulty.

Do Horadric Caches scale with difficulty?

As Horadric Caches are not affected by difficulty, they also cannot drop Torment-exclusive legendaries. This is also true of Kadala, the blood shard merchant. Currently, only monster drops (including Rift Guardians) are affected by difficulty.

Is primal better than ancient?

Primal items have the same stats as Ancient Legendaries but they always have maximum possible value on every stat. This includes special legendary affixes such as Multishot damage on Yang's Recurve or damage reduction on Band of Might.

How many Primals can you equip?

You can equip only 1 crafted primal at a time. There's never been any limit to regular primals. Yes, to be clear, the only limit to primals is one that you get when you use the recipe that explicitly outputs a primal as its only effect, not the one that you can get from a reforge or an upgrade.

Do Elder Rifts drop Legendaries?

Legendary Crest added to a Rift gives you the following drop chances for Legendary Gems: 75.395% chance at a 1-Star Legendary Gem; 20.105% chance at a 2-Star Legendary Gem; 4.5% chance at a 5-Star Legendary Gem.

Is it better to do Bounties or rifts?

Rifts will help get you keys to greaters. Bounties will help you get special mats to use unlock powers in the cube. These mats are also used to reroll legendaries you find in the game to the desired stats you want or a chance to make them into ancient/primal items.

Can you do elder rifts without crests?

You can make a Rift run without them, but using Crests increase the quality of the loot you'll collect. Crests come in Rare and Legendary varieties, with Legendary guaranteeing you a Legendary Gem at the end of the dungeon.