Ultimate Guardians of the Rift Guide - OSRS - Old School Runescape Guides (2024)

Requirements

Completion of the Temple of the Eye quest. Highly recommended: Completion of Morning Ends II, Sins of the Father, Troll Stronghold, access to the Lunar spellbook, 77 Runecraft and 82 Magic for Magic Imbue.

There are 17 slots in the Guardians of the Rift (GOTR) tab. 9 of these are obtained by searching the Rift Guardian; The Abyssal Protector (1/4000), Abyssal pearls (1/6.944), Catalytic talisman (1/200), Abyssal needle (1/300), The three Abyssal dyes (1/1200 each), the Abyssal lantern (1/700) and the Intricate pouch (1/25). Two slots, the Lost bag (1/60) and Tarnished locket (1/40), are obtained by opening Intricate pouches, which are obtained by searching the Rift Guardian. The expected number of searches to fill all slots obtained by searching the Rift Guardian is 4764.

Six slots are obtained by purchasing them with Abyssal pearls from the Temple Supplies store run by Apprentice Felix. Abyssal pearls are a currency obtained by searching the Rift Guardian. 4750 Abyssal pearls are required to purchase these six items. You average 2.16 pearls per search, so approximately 2200 searches are needed to obtain all the Abyssal pearls needed to purchase the six collection log slots.

GOTR is a Runecraft minigame, where players must mine essence to craft runes to obtain guardian stones to assist the Great Guardian in quashing an abyssal creature invasion by closing the rift they’re advancing through.

When players begin playing GOTR, they should have this inventory/equipment set up:

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Note:

– If you aren’t maxed you should wear either a mining cape, a runecraft cape, or a graceful cape if they have neither. The mining cape will help you mine essence faster, the runecraft cape will prevent your pouches from degrading.

– Charging your crystal pickaxe will help you mine shards/essence faster, but is an expensive and marginal buff that you may prefer to avoid.

– Likewise, charging your celestial ring with stardust will help you mine shards and essence faster, but is also a marginal buff, only worth doing if you have an excess of stardust

– Air runes are for making combo runes, which should be done for all elemental runes. Air runes will provide the most amount of points for any combo rune, but if you’d like to gain slightly less points and acquire slightly more profitable runes, you should feel free to use water runes.

– If you don’t have Varrock armour 4, wear the highest level of Varrock armour you have. If you don’t have any, wear a graceful torso.

When you’ve played the game more and obtained more collection log slots, your set up should look like this:

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General tips:

– There is a runelite Guardians of the Rift Helper plug in that can be quite helpful – the portal spawn timer and potential points overlay are particularly helpful

– You can right click on Portal Guardians to toggle if you want to receive talismans from them or not. You only want to receive talismans from Fire, Death and Blood altars, so disable receiving talismans from all other Portal Guardians.

– Polyelemental runes give 50% more points than normal elemental runes. Because of this you will always need to enter into 3 catalytic altars for every 2 elemental altars you enter.

– It’s always quicker to drop all runes you make though this will significantly decrease your profits. Choose yourself which runes you’re happy to drop, and which you want to keep. Deposit the runes you want to keep in the Deposit pool, to the left of where you craft fragments into essence.

Method 1:

This method describes how to get the most points possible while playing on mass worlds, ~26 searches/h All steps in italics are optional, but if no one on your team does you will fail the rounds. You should decide if you want to do them on not based on how many people in your mass are creating guardians and powering up guardians.

Before rift opens:

1. Use NPC Contact spell to repair pouches if you aren’t using an Abyssal lantern (redwood) or wearing a Runecrafting cape/Max cape

2. Take 10 uncharged cells and 1 weak cell.

3. Stand by the guardian until rift opens.

When rift opens:

1. Use the weak cell to create a guardian

2. Run to the Large Guardian remains to the east and begin mining.

3. Stop mining either when you have 170 fragments.

4. Use workbench to craft 30 essence, go to altar and craft runes then exit altar.

5. Power up and Heal barrier, deposit runes if desired.

6. Enter spawned portal, fill pouch, go to altar, craft runes and exit altar.

7. Power up and Heal barrier, deposit runes if desired.

Repeat steps 4-7 until the end of the game, except craft enough essence to fill your pouch(es) each time you return to the work bench.

Method 2:

This Dolo method invented by he box jonge is the fastest way to fill the GOTR log, providing ~33 searches/h.

Main:

1. Mine 185 Guardian Fragments

2. Make 1 or 2 guardians, preferably strong but catalytic will do.

3. Craft Combo runes three times, bringing you up to ~600 elemental points

4. Craft Catalytic runes until you equalize to your elemental points

5. If your Yew lantern doesn’t proc, place weak cells in the empty tiles for additional points (17 points in both elemental and catalytic).

6. End the minigame with both points at ~660.

Alt:

1. Make 2 Guardians at the start and make all 3 barriers.

2. Get all the 3 Barriers to over charged.

3. If needed, enter into the 3rd portal spawn, fill your inventory and pouch with essence and craft to assist your main in finishing the game.

See this video by he box jonge for an example of the dolo method:

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FAQs

How to efficiently do Guardians of the Rift? ›

Before the start of the round, grab a weak cell and 5-10 uncharged cells.
  1. Create barriers if needed, or a guardian if others are at cell tiles.
  2. Run down the east slope to the large remains.
  3. Mine between 140-180 fragments [n 2]
  4. Craft essence until the second altar rotation, then use an altar.
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How to get the best rewards from Guardians of the Rift? ›

Players can search the guardian's rift to receive their rewards after completing a round of Guardians of the Rift. One elemental and catalytic point are needed to search the Rewards Guardian. Players will receive points after closing a rift provided they gained at least 150 total energy during that game.

How do I get to Guardians of the Right? ›

The portal to the Guardians of the Rift minigame resides in the basement of the Wizards' Tower. Players can get there faster than walking by using the following: The amulet of the eye teleport. The grouping minigame activity teleport.

Does Varrock armor work in Guardians of the Rift? ›

In terms of armour, you should bring Varrock Armour if you have it, even Varrock Armour 1. It gives a 10% chance to give double the guardian fragments when mining. You should also bring Graceful in the other slots, to regenerate your run energy more quickly.

Does the abyssal lantern only work in Guardians of the Rift? ›

In addition to the benefits provided only within Guardians of the Rift, the lit lantern serves as an equipable light source. Any extra abyssal lanterns the player has can be exchanged with Apprentice Felix for 100 abyssal pearls.

How long does a game of Guardians of the Rift take? ›

OSRS Guardians of the Rift Service

We will run as many games/rifts as you order. Each game/rift will take 10+ minutes and get you 2 elemental and 2-3 catalytic points. Bank Pin: Not needed if you are ready to go, don't forget to switch to lunar spell book.

How much XP per hour is Guardians of the Rift? ›

Levels 27–99: Guardians of the Rift
levelXP/hXP/h
50–7540,0002,000
75–8550,0002,500
85–9965,0003,200
9970,0003,500
1 more row

How rare is Rift Guardian? ›

A player's actual chances of receiving it is 1 in B - (Lvl * 25), where B is the base chance and Lvl is the player's Runecraft level. The fastest method on average (excluding the use of runners) to receive the rift guardian is by crafting mind runes, using the Mind Altar Teleport.

Can you use pouches in Guardians of the Rift? ›

Essence Pouches have been added to the Guardians of the Rift loot table. Emptying the contents of essence pouches into the inventory can now be done by holding down shift and left-clicking it if shift-click dropping is enabled.

Can you get the runecrafting pet from Guardians of the Rift? ›

The rift guardian is a skilling pet that can be obtained while training runecrafting. The chances of getting it are dependent on the player's Runecrafting level, and the rune the player is crafting. In addition, the chance of getting it is also based on the number of essence used.

What is the colossal pouch in Guardians of the Rift? ›

A colossal-sized pouch used for storing essence. The colossal pouch is the largest of the five essence pouches and can hold 40 rune, pure, daeyalt, or guardian essence for use in the Runecraft skill.

What does the lost bag do in OSRs? ›

The lost bag is a cape slot item that can be obtained from an intricate pouch, which can be received from the Rewards Guardian after completing a round of Guardians of the Rift. It has no stat bonuses and is purely cosmetic.

Does Varrock armor 1 work at MLM? ›

You can select to mine here for a chance to receive golden nuggets and a vast array of ores. You cannot receive clue scrolls from mining here, and you cannot powermine here. The Varrock armour effect does not work here.

How do you run faster in Guardians of the Galaxy? ›

By tapping forward twice in quick succession, you can trigger a jet boost dash (or change the toggle in the options). While the dash is short, it does move you at a faster speed than his run speed. By continually dashing forward, you should be able to move faster through many areas than by just running.

What is the easiest difficulty in Guardians of the Galaxy? ›

On top of the usual presets, we've made it possible for players to independently adjust many sub-options for difficulty.
  • Easy – You got this.
  • Intended – You got this, probably.
  • Hard – You don't got this.
  • Custom – I do it my way.

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