Cadrift started in December 2016 as a simple video to guide players through the Rat Maze puzzle of Toks Dungeon. As Rift players worked through Toks Dungeon, they added all the details to a thread on the Rift Forums. This soon became a huge trove of information and was hard to digest, so I decided to create a full guide to Toks that was easy for any player to follow.
Upon finishing the Toks guide, I then created guides to all the other puzzles, and then expanded into all other areas of the game.
Currently (November 2024) Cadrift has 453 pages of guides, with over 23 thousand pictures and just over 360 videos on youtube.
I am still working on guides! Currently working my way through creating an artifact database! You can see a list of most recently completed guides on the Main Page.
The Cadrift site is written with a few goals in mind.
- No adverts – Many guide sites are filled with adverts which distract from the content. Thanks to patrons, Cadrift is currently able to run without any adverts.
- No Blogging – You will not need to read 3 paragraphs of irrelevant text before getting to the single waypoint you are after. Cadrift attempts to be clear and concise. Guides that require a lot more explanation will often have a stripped down ‘quick guide’ at the top, so if you mostly know what you are doing then you can find the info without having to read all the detail.
- Reliable – Every waypoint and all the data has been checked by me, personally. For instance, I won’t add a waypoint for a rare unless I have seen it there myself! I often have players give me waypoints for certain things. I do not add them to the site until I have checked them.
Patreon
Many players have chosen to help Cadrift pay for server and coffee costs by donating on Patreon.
Thank you so much to everyone of them for helping to keep Cadrift running!
Transendent
Special thanks to the current Transendent supporters, donating the highest amount!
Bladeweaver
Dave M
Deborah C
Etefor
Katie M
William W
Legendary
Special thanks to the current Legendary supporters, helping Cadrift stay up and running.
Martin A
Roxy
Ivi
And of course a huge thank you to my Epic and Rare supporters too, every penny helps!
Note: If your name is above and you would rather it wasn’t, please let me know!
Gifts!
I would also like to thank every player that has sent little gifts or REX to my characters.
REX’s donated to me are usually given back to the community as prizes in competitions.
Articles and Mentions
22nd July 2022 – Massively OP wrote about the Timeline page.
The Cadrift 'To Do' List
Over 400 pages of content and there are still many more guides to write! Things I hope to make guides for in the future are…
- Raids
- Macros
- PBN Artifacts
- Other Planar guides
Historic - Most Recently Completed Guides
On 16th of June 2020, Cadrift underwent a large redesign. From that point I decided to keep record of the most recently completed guides on the front page, so there was always a way to see what has been added most recently, and so that peeps could see that Cadrift was still actively being worked on. This list is mostly for new pages added, I do not list small adjustments to older pages!
The list on the front page got rather long quite quickly, so I move the older ones here to preserve them.
21st February 2024 – Full check of Carnival guides, nothing new has been added.
24th January 2024 – Added the main crafting page.
24th January 2024 – Completed a guide to Dream Weaver.
21st January 2024 – Completed a guide to levelling survival.
19th January 2024 – The first page of the new crafting section – Fishing!
4th January 2024 – Completed a Notoriety guide.
24th December 2023 – Added a database of Books!
15th December 2023 – Opened a bunch of Supply Crates!
13th December 2023 – Full check of Fae Yule event guide – Nothing new added (except warnings about no 4 hour missions)
27th November 2023 – Published a small guide to the loyalty system.
27th November 2023 – After 2 months of squishing, the site has gone from 40GB to 8GB. Loading speeds seem to have improved site wide!
18th October 2023 – Full check of the Autumn Harvest event pages – Nothing new added.
10th October 2023 – Published the results for the Companion Pets Quiz.
29th September 2023 – Cadrift releases the Companion Pet Database – with 432 Pets!
19th September 2023 – After progressively worsening performance and caching issues that were resulting in many errors, we unfortunately had to take Cadrift down for a big maintenance cycle. Cadrift was fully down for around 30 hours.
7th September 2023 – Completed a guide for Hunt Rifts.
31st August 2023 – The Mount Skins Page has had some work done, improving the UI.
29th August 2023 – All pages now have proper navigation links at the top and bottom that link to sister pages.
These links work with all screen sizes! Mobile users rejoice.
21st July 2023 – Completed the guide for the Saga of Lord Arak questline.
6th July 2023 – Completed a guide page for the Dreams of War cheevo.
5th July 2023 – Completed a guide for the Chronicle, Meridian: Ceremony of Attunement.
5th July 2023 – Completed a guide for the Chronicle, Sanctum: Ceremony of Attunement.
4th July 2023 – Completed a guide for the Chronicle, A Hero Rises.
3rd July 2023 – Completed a guide for the Chronicle, Infernal Dawn: Laethys.
2nd July 2023 – Completed a guide for the Chronicle, The Rhen of Fate.
1st July 2023 – Completed a guide for the Chronicle, Hive Kaaz’Gfuu: Queen’s Gambit.
29th June 2023 – Full check of Summerfest event guide – Nothing new added.
26th June 2023 – Completed a guide for the Chronicle, Planebreaker Bastion: Aftermath
25th June 2023 – Copy and pasted a guide for the lvl 50 River of Souls Chronicle.
25th June 2023 – Completed a guide for the Chronicle, Intrepid: River of Souls.
24th June 2023 – Copy and pasted a guide for the lvl 50 Hammerknell Chronicle.
24th June 2023 – Completed a guide for the Chronicle, Intrepid: Hammerknell.
21st June 2023 – Copy and pasted a guide for the lvl 50 Greenscale Chronicle.
21st June 2023 – Completed a guide for the Chronicle, Intrepid: Greenscales Blight.
20th June 2023 – After the old menu system decided to stop working, Cadrift has had to implement a temporary menu solution.
14th June 2023 – Created a small guide page for nightmare rifts.
7th May 2023 – Cadrift has been moved to a VPS. Hopefully improving load times!
8th April 2023 – Completed the guide for the Saga of the Storm Queen.
31st March 2023 – Completed the guide for the Soul Saga Questline.
27th March 2023 – Completed the guide for the Guardian Abyssal Saga.
25th March 2023 – Completed the guide for the Defiant Abyssal Saga.
23rd March 2023 – Completed the guide for the Saga of the Wanton Maw.
21st March 2023 – The Saga of the Aelfwar guide has had some work done!
13th March 2023 – The Saga of the Endless guide has had some work done!
21st February 2023 – Full check of Carnival event – Nothing new added.
22nd January 2023 – Added Wardrobe Cheevos and Sets to the Wardrobe page.
6th January 2023 – Every page of Cadrift has had a check and a few tweaks.
20th December 2022 – Have poked the design of Cadrift a lot!
17th December 2022 – Added a full guide to the Bastion of Steel Raid.
17th December 2022 – Added a full guide to the Planebreaker Bastion Raid.
17th December 2022 – Added a full guide to the Endless Eclipse Raid.
14th December 2022 – Full check of Fae Yule event – Nothing new added.
13th December 2022 – Tidied up the Vostigar Peaks quest guide.
4th December 2022 – Finished Questline for Ashenfell.
21st November 2022 – Finished Questline for Xarth Mire.
15th November 2022 – Finished Questline for Gedlo Badlands.
8th November 2022 – Finished Questline for Scatherran Forest.
1st November 2022 – Changed Add Ons page back to reference Curseforge instead of Twitch!
22nd October 2022 – There is now a full guide to every Rift Dungeon on Cadrift.net!
22nd October 2022 – Completed the guide for the Rhaza’de Canyons dungeon.
20th October 2022 – Completed the guide for Return to Empyrean Core dungeon.
20th October 2022 – Completed the guide for Return to Iron Tomb dungeon.
16th October 2022 – Finished the Questline for Planetouched Wilds.
12th October 2022 – Full check of Autumn Harvest event – Nothing new added.
16th September 2022 – Completed guide for the Glacial Maw Dungeon.
15th September 2022 – Tidied up the Tyrants Throne quest page.
12th September 2022 – Completed guide for the Citadel of Insanity Dungeon.
7th September 2022 – Finished the Questline for Tarken Glacier.
6th September 2022 – Completed guide for Shadow From the Beyond Chronicle.
2nd September 2022 – Full check of Mech Event – Nothing new added.
24th August 2022 – Completed the guide for the Gyel Fortress Dungeon.
22nd August 2022 – Finished the Questline for Draumheim
4th August 2022 – Have taken a few days to squish some of the bigger pics on Cadrift, this should improve loading times!
25th July 2022 – Completed the guide for Nightmare Coast Dungeon
19th July 2022 – Finished the Questline for Goboro Reef
5th July 2022 – Finished the Questline for the level 60 underwater area in Ember Isle.
29th June 2022 – Full check of Summerfest guide pages.
24th June 2022 – Wrote up Cadrift Maze 2022
23rd June 2022 – Went through all previous quests pages and sorted quest titles.
19th June 2022 – Completed the guide for Realm of Twisted Dreams dungeon
17th June 2022 – Completed the guide for Return to Deepstrike Dungeon
15th June 2022 – Completed the guide for Tower of the Shattered Dungeon
10th June 2022 – Finished the Questline for The Dendrome
24th May 2022 – Added more pics/gifs to the Catto page!
16th May 2022 – Completed the guide for Golem Foundry Dungeon
14th May 2022 – Finished the Questline for Steppes of Infinity
10th May 2022 – Created a page for the Official Rift Podcasts from 2010/2011
10th May 2022 – Mostly finished the Battle Pass Season 1 2022 Quests Page
4th May 2022 – Completed the Battle Pass Season 1 2022 Rewards Page
23rd April 2022 – Added Volan Cheevos to the Planes: Air page
23rd April 2022 – Finished the Questline for Ashora
19th April 2022 – Completed the guide for Archive of Flesh Dungeon
13th April 2022 – Full check of CTA Budgie event.
13th April 2022 – Full check of Carnival Guide.
10th April 2022 – Completed the guide for Empyrean Core Dungeon
8th April 2022 – Finished the Questline for Kingsward
2nd April 2022 – Added a ‘Timeline and State of the Game‘ Page
30th March 2022 – Did some work on the Resources section.
29th March 2022 – Completed the guide for Unhallowed Boneforge Dungeon
27th March 2022 – Finished the Questline for Morban
16th March 2022 – Finished the Questline for Ardent Domain
7th March 2022 – Completed the guide for Storm Breaker Protocol Dungeon
3rd March 2022 – Finished the Questline for Seratos
25th January 2022 – Finished the Questline for Eastern Holdings
14th January 2022 – Completed the guide for Exodus of the Storm Queen Dungeon
10th January 2022 – Finished the Questline for City Core
3rd January 2022 – Finished the Questline for Pelladane
30th December 2021 – Finished the Questline for Cape Jule
24th December 2021 – Completed the guide for Caduceus Rise Dungeon
18th December 2021 – Finished the Guardian Questline for Ember Isle
18th December 2021 – Finished the Defiant Questline for Ember Isle
2nd December 2021 – Completed the guide for Abyssal Precipice Dungeon
1st December 2021 – Finished the Guardian Questline for Stillmoor
27th November 2021 – Finished the Defiant Questline for Stillmoor
5th November 2021 – Completed the guide for Charmer’s Caldera Dungeon
5th November 2021 – Finished the Guardian Questline in Shimmersand
2nd November 2021 – Finished the Defiant Questline in Shimmersand
15th October 2021 – Completed the guide for Fall of Lantern Hook dungeon
12th October 2021 – Finished the Guardian Questline for Droughtlands
9th October 2021 – Finished the Defiant Questline for Droughtlands
22nd August 2021 – Finished the Guardian Questline for Moonshade Highlands.
16th August 2021 – Finished the Defiant Questline for Moonshade Highlands
7th July 2021 – Completed the guide for Runic Descent dungeon.
15th May 2021 – Finished the Guardian Questline for Iron Pine Peak.
14th May 2021 – Completed the guide for King’s Breach dungeon.
14th May 2021 – Published the results of the Cadrift 2021 Census.
9th May 2021 – Wrote up the Racing Dimension Contest.
4th May 2021 – Finished the Defiant Questline for Iron Pine Peak.
26th April 2021 – Completed the guide for the Foul Cascade dungeon.
25th April 2021 – Finished the Guardian quest guide for Scarlet Gorge.
12th April 2021 – Neatened up the Darkening Deeps dungeon guide.
10th April 2021 – Finished Guardian Quest guide for Gloamwood.
31st March 2021 – Completed the guide for Deepstrike Mines Dungeon
26th March 2021 – Fully updated Carnival guide.
25th March 2021 – Completed Defiant Quest guide for Stonefield.
20th March 2021 – Completed Guide for Realm of the Fae Dungeon
19th March 2021 – Completed Guide for The Iron Tomb Dungeon
15th March 2021 – Wardrobe Page has taken shape and is ready for some Beta viewing!
14th March 2021 – Finished Defiant Quest guides for Freemarch and Meridian.
14th March 2021 – Finished Guardian Quest guides for Silverwood and Sanctum.
12th February 2021 – Added guides for the Guardian and Defiant Tutorial zones.
9th February 2021 – Battle Pass Season 6 Rewards page now fully completed.
3rd February 2021 – Added a page to help peeps with bugs/technical difficulties.
24th January 2021 – Battle Pass Season 6 Rewards page created.
22nd January 2021 – Battle Pass Season 6 Quests page created.
10th January 2021 – Fae Yule Wordsearch – Winners accounced.
13th December 2020 – Fae Yule guide is now up to date for 2020
7th December 2020 – Finished the complete Bounty Artifact guide.
25th November 2020 – Wrote up the results for the Kaleidoscope Dimension Challenge
6th November 2020 – Winners of Autumn Harvest Mounts added to play>events page.
8th October 2020 – Guide for Unstable Artifacts added to the new activities section.
24th September 2020 – Battle Pass 5 rewards page is now completely finished.
15th September 2020 – Winners of Battle Pass Competition added to play>events page.
7th September 2020 – Added a page about the new Battle Pass vendor.
5th September 2020 – Completed the Battle Pass 5 Quest Guide.
31st August 2020 – Wrote up the results for the Labyrinth of Confusion.
8th August 2020 – Wrote up the results for the Midsummers Medieval Madness Dimension Contest.
2nd August 2020 – Wrote up the results for the Cadrift Summerfest Quiz.
30th July 2020 – Created a list of all the Porticulums in game.
16th July 2020 – Completely updated Summerfest Guide for this years event.
20th June 2020 – Made a page showcasing a bunch of concept art.
19th June 2020 – Completed the Guide for Battle Pass 4.
16th June 2020 – All pages have had a Poke and a Polish. Small corrections and additions have been made where needed, headings and other theme elements have been harmonised across all pages.
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