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Expert rifts are level 52 rifts designed for a group of five or more ascended. They have near the same difficulty as a tier one expert level dungeon. As of 1.3 there are six total expert rifts, one for each rift element. Abbess Katia for the Guardians and Rift Mob: for the Defiants each offer a daily quest to complete one of the six expert rifts.

Each expert rift will have at least one, but likely more, timed phases. There are no penalties for bringing more than five ascended and doing so can make the encounter much easier. The standard group configuration of one tank, one healer, and three DPS usually work well for these encounters. If the group has experience with tier one or tier two expert dungeons then they should be able to handle the expert rifts without too much trouble.

During the encounters the group has a chance to collect from two separate treasure chests. The first will spawn at the end of phase three of the rift and contain a random tier one level blue essence. The second chest will spawn after the final stage of the rift has been completed and it will contain a random tier one blue essence and a random piece of tier one quality gear. This second chest will also contain four Crystal Soucestones and the item that is needed for the daily quest, for any ascended who have the quest in their logs.

In order to open an expert rift you must obtain the a lure. Lures can be obtained in three ways. First at level 50 the weekly quest Taking the Fight become available. The Planar Coalesence will provide a random expert rift lure upon opening. The second way to obtain a lure is to purchase a husk from one of the faction vendors. These husks (example: Husk: Revenge of the Icewatch can be combined with five Malformed Soul to create the lure. These souls can be found in expert dungeons and the husks cost 250 planarite. The third way to obtain lures is to simply purchase them from their faction vendor for 1740 planarite.

Defiant Faction	Guardian Faction	Expert Rift Lure
Mercurial Savants	Order of Purity	Lure: Revenge of the Icewatch
Zephyrian Collective	The Storm Inquisition	Lure: Storm Legion Elite
The Shale Collegiate	Mendicant Order	Lure: Auricore Forerunners
Students of the Vale	Order of Life Serene	Lure: Primal Evolution
The Grim Disciples	Order of the Death Serpent	Lure: Redemption of Perdeen
Ember Scholars	Order of the Flame	Lure: Explosive Tendencies