Valour Rift

Valour Rift
Region: Rift Plane
Minimum Rank:	Archduke/Archduchess
Travel Requirement:	Valour Rift Map Piece
Recommended Power Types:	Rift
Recommended Cheese:	Gauntlet String Cheese
Number of Mice:	26
Shops:	Trapsmith General Store Charm Shoppe Cartographer Cheese Shoppe
Lose Gold:	Yes
Lose Points:	Yes
Lose Cheese:	Yes
Release Date:	10th October 2019

Overview

Valour Rift in a location within the Rift Plane. Hunters collect Gauntlet Elixirs while arming String Cheese when they first arrive, using them to exchange for/ craft Gauntlet String Cheese. After stockpiling sufficient Gauntlet String Cheese, hunters can enter the tower. While doing so, there are 6 different augmentations one can activate in exchange for gold and materials looted from within the tower. The Ultimate Umbra augmentation is needed in order to encounter The Total Eclipse, which drops Core of the Eclipse. Doing a run without Ultimate Umbra, Hunters will instead encounter Shade of the Eclipse. As hunters attempt more runs, their augmentations will improve alongside their Speed, Sync and Siphon. This helps make subsequent runs more manageable.

HUD

The HUD tracks the Following Items:

• Hunter's inventory of Gauntlet Elixers
• Hunter's inventory of Gauntlet String Cheese
• Hunter's inventory of Marble String Cheese
• Hunter's inventory of Swiss String Cheese
• Hunter's inventory of Brie String Cheese
• Hunter's inventory of Magical String Cheese
• Hunter's inventory of Champion's Fire
• Hunter's inventory of Tower Sigil
• Hunter's inventory of Tower Secrets
• Hunter's inventory of Fragment of the Eclipse
• Hunter's inventory of Core of the Eclipse
• Hunter's Hunts left - Amount of hunts remaining before being expelled from the tower.
• Hunter's Step - This represents the current step you're on and how high you've ascended the tower in this climb.

Gauntlet String cheese can be bought or crafted directly from the HUD.

Upgrades

On the right, 3 separate stats are tracked:

• Hunter's Speed - Is how many steps you take after a successful catch in the tower. Upgrade to increase the number of steps you take with each catch.
• Hunter's Sync - Keeps you aligned with the tower, allowing for more hunts before you fall out of phase. Determines how well you stay in sync with the tower, increasing the number of hunts can you take before falling out of phase.
• Hunter's Siphon - Aids in syncing you with the tower after each Eclipse catch, increasing the number of hunts left. Extends the number of hunts remaining everytime the Eclipse is caught.

Upgrade Level	Speed		Sync		Siphon
	Cost	Bonus	Cost	Bonus	Cost	Bonus
1	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
2	40 Tower Sigils	+1 Speed	40 Tower Sigils	+10 Sync	100 Tower Sigils	+5 Siphon
3	100 Tower Sigils	+1 Speed	100 Tower Sigils	+10 Sync	100 Tower Sigils 100 Tower Secrets	+5 Siphon
4	100 Tower Sigils 100 Tower Secrets	+1 Speed	100 Tower Sigils 100 Tower Secrets	+10 Sync	100 Tower Secrets 10 Fragment of the Eclipse	+5 Siphon
5	100 Tower Secrets 10 Fragment of the Eclipse	+1 Speed	100 Tower Secrets 10 Fragment of the Eclipse	+10 Sync	500 Tower Secrets 10 Core of the Eclipse	+5 Siphon
6	300 Tower Secrets 15 Fragment of the Eclipse	+1 Speed	300 Tower Secrets 15 Fragment of the Eclipse	+10 Sync	NA	NA
7	500 Tower Secrets 3 Core of the Eclipse	+1 Speed	500 Tower Secrets 3 Core of the Eclipse	+10 Sync	NA	NA
8	500 Tower Secrets 10 Core of the Eclipse	+1 Speed	NA	NA	NA	NA
9	500 Tower Secrets 25 Core of the Eclipse	+1 Speed	NA	NA	NA	NA
10	500 Tower Secrets 50 Core of the Eclipse	+1 Speed	NA	NA	NA	NA

Augmentations

There are a total of 6 Augmentations:

• Sigil Hunter - Adds 50% more Tower Sigils to cache.
• Secret Research - Adds 50% more Tower Secrets to cache
• Super Siphon - Doubles the effect of Siphon
• Ultimate Umbra - Confront a tougher challenge and earn more rewards. Failing to catch pushes you back! Unlocks The Total Eclipse
• Elixir Rain - Mice have a 50% chance of dropping an Elixir.
• String Stepping - Capturing the Terrified Adventurer gives x2 progress.

The associated costs are required for each new run.

Augmentation	Unlocks at	Cost per run
Sigil Hunter	Floor 5	250,000 Gold
Secret Research	Floor 15	500 Tower Sigils
Super Siphon	Floor 20	1000 Tower Sigils
Ultimate Umbra	Floor 25	50 Fragment of the Eclipse
Elixir Rain	Floor 40	500 Tower Secrets
String Stepping	Floor 65	1,500 Tower Secrets

Floor Cache Rewards

Floor Cleared	Rewards
1	9,000 Gold 25Tower Sigils
2	9,000 Gold 2Tower Sigils
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4
5
6
6
6

Mice

Cheese Preference and Loot

All mice require some variety of String Cheese. However, Terrified Adventurer Mouse, who gives double progress, is only attracted to Gauntlet String Cheese. Elixir Maker Mouse, who drops larger amounts of Gauntlet Elixir, is attracted more frequently to Magical String Cheese than other String Cheese.

Mouse Locator

Mouse	Outside Tower	Floor 1		Floor 2		Floor 3		Floor 4		Floor 5		Floor 6		Floor 7		Floor 8
		Regular	Ultimate Umbra	Regular	Ultimate Umbra	Regular	Ultimate Umbra	Regular	Ultimate Umbra	Regular	Ultimate Umbra	Regular	Ultimate Umbra	Regular	Ultimate Umbra	Regular	Ultimate Umbra
Timid Explorer	X
Exixir Maker	X
Terrified Adventurer		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Unwavering Adventurer
Puppetto		X
Berzerker
Lumi-Lancer
Puppet Champion			X
Cutpurse				X
Champion Thief					X
Martial						X
Praetorian Champion							X
One-Mouse Band								X
Champion Danseuse									X
Mouse of Elements										X
Magic Champion											X
Cursed Crusader												X
Fallen Champion Footman													X
Withered Remains														X
Arch Champion Necromancer
Possessed Armaments															X
Prestigious Adventurer
Soldier of Shade
Bulwark of Ascent
Shade of the Eclipse																X
The Total Eclipse																	X

Hunting Strategy

Hunting tips by Larry

This place within the Rift Plane is an especially twisted version of our reality mirroring the King's Gauntlet. The Valour Rift Gauntlet Tower is slightly out of phase with our timeline and appears to endlessly stretch into a starry abyss with no end in sight. Navigating such a perplexing place is sure to cause a headache!

It's a good thing you're handy with a Rift Chronometer since it's just the thing you need to sync yourself into the timeline of the tower to be able to climb it. After entering, each mouse you capture will reveal the way forward, advancing you upwards. Just be quick -- You'll only remain in sync with the tower's timeline for so long before the steps fade away, sending you back to the tower's entrance.

While inside the tower, aim to climb as high up as you can. The mice inside protect valuable treasure with a greater cache of loot on each subsequent floor. The resources you recover will help upgrade your abilities in this strange place to grant you more time in the tower, advance further with each catch, and even siphon energy from the powerful Eclipse Mouse!

However, temper your initial exploration. Before ascending this bizarre tower, you'll likely want to collect Gauntlet Elixirs and exchange it at the Cheese Shoppe here for Gauntlet String Cheese. This unique flavour of bait can attract Terrified Adventurer mice within the tower. These mice have been navigating the tower for a long time and capturing one will reveal some shortcuts, further accelerating your progress!

That's all my research has revealed so far, MouseHunter. With the tower appearing to be infinitely tall, there's sure to be many more secrets to uncover once inside. Prepare your camp site and settle in for the long haul. This place will likely take quite a while to fully explore!

Adventure Book

Hunters can complete the End the Total Eclipse adventure in the Valour Rift.

Shoppes

These are the shoppes found in Valour Rift.

History and Trivia

• 10 October 2019: Valour Rift was released as an expansion to the Rift Plane.

To move to a new hunting location within the game, click on the TRAVEL button. The map will show all your unlocked locations, as well as any special considerations of note in a specific location. It will also show the minimum rank required to hunt in that location.