Aion 2: How to Activate a Spacetime Rift (Space-Time Rift Guide)

How to Activate a Spacetime Rift

Reach level 45, wait for a rift to open, travel to the portal and interact with it, then choose Enter. Spacetime Rifts (often searched as "space-time rifts") are temporary portals into the enemy faction's territory. Below level 45 you can't use them at all, even if other players are going through one right in front of you.

1. Be level 45. This is the only entry requirement.
2. Wait for an opening. A server-wide message announces each new rift.
3. Find the portal. The active rift is marked on your map. Use the Navigator to path to it.
4. Activate it. Walk up to the swirling red-and-black sphere and interact with it. A window shows the level requirement, your remaining entries and your time limit. Choose Enter.

Doing this for the first time is also the first step of a level 45 regional quest. Which quest depends on your faction:

• Asmodians:Find and enter the rift Uru mentioned
• Elyos:Find and enter the rift Mino mentioned

When Do Spacetime Rifts Open?

Rifts open every 3 hours, 8 times a day. Each portal stays open for about 10 minutes. It can close sooner if it fills up, so head over as soon as the announcement appears.

The exact clock is still disputed for the global servers. Community timers disagree on whether openings follow UTC+9, UTC or Taiwan time. NCSOFT hasn't published an official schedule. Trust the in-game announcement and countdown over any third-party timer, including ours. The Aion 2 Atlas event timer currently shows the Taiwan and Korea schedules.

Where Do Rifts Appear?

Each opening picks a random spot inside one of the known portal zones, so the portal isn't in the same place every time. Zones reported so far:

What Happens Inside a Rift

• You arrive in the enemy faction's territory: Asmodians in Elyos lands, Elyos in Asmodian lands.
• You get about 1 hour inside, after which you're sent home automatically. A Spacetime Rift Ticket adds 30 minutes.
• Entering doesn't flag you for PvP by itself. Faction PvP is controlled by War Mode, but expect enemy players around the portals.
• The rift quests send you to farm monsters on the enemy side, so plan to finish your objectives before the timer runs out.

Tips

• Pick up your faction's rift quests before the rift opens, so one trip covers several objectives.
• Stay online around the opening time. You can't enter a portal that closed while you were travelling.
• The map's travel route isn't always the fastest. If you know the zone, a direct path or teleport can be quicker.