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 Cheese Shoppe Cartographer
Lose Gold:	Yes
Lose Points:	Yes
Lose Cheese:	Yes
Release Date:	8 October 2019

Overview

Valour Rift is a location within the Rift Plane. Hunters collect Gauntlet Elixir 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. Before entering the tower, there are 6 different augmentations one can activate in exchange for gold and materials looted from within the tower. The Ultimate Umbra augmentation is required for encountering The Total Eclipse, which drops Core of the Eclipse. Otherwise, Shade of the Eclipse is encountered instead. As hunters attempt more runs and reach higher floors, the augmentations are unlocked and they can upgrade their Speed, Sync and Siphon. This helps make subsequent runs more manageable.

Using Champion's Fire while hunting will add +1 loot for Elixirs, Sigils, Secrets, Fragments, Cores, and Skin Patterns when found. While in the tower, it will also boost +1 step each catch.

Floors

There are 8 floor types, based on the original King's Gauntlet.

Floor Types and Numbers
Puppetry	Thievery	Melee	Bard	Magic	Noble	Dusty	Eclipse
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48
49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56
57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64
65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72
73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80
81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88
89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96
97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104
105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112
113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120
121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128
129	130	131	132	133	134	135	136
137	138	139	140	141	142	143	144

Every Eclipse floor has one step. Only either Shade of the Eclipse Mouse or The Total Eclipse can be encountered.
Every set of eight floors adds 10 steps to the floors.
Floors 1-7 has 20 steps each.
Floors 9-15 has 30 steps each.
Floors 17-23 has 40 steps each and onwards.

HUD

The HUD tracks the Following Items:

• Hunter's inventory of Gauntlet Elixir
• 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 Sigils
• Hunter's inventory of Tower Secrets
• Hunter's inventory of Fragments of the Eclipse
• Hunter's inventory of Cores 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.

While inside the tower, Hunters will see their player icon in a circular crop on steps headed upwards. Circular icons of in-game friends indicate their current step while square icon indicates their highest step reached. On browser, an expanded view can be seen by clicking the magnifying glass icon. There is an option to retreat. A Hunter's progress through each floor and to the next Shade of the Eclipse or The Total Eclipse can also be seen on the top centre of 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.

Upgrades are cumulative and permanent. They can be purchased inside or outside tower. Its effect is applied immediately upon purchase.

Upgrade Level	Speed		Sync		Siphon
	Cost	Bonus	Cost	Bonus	Cost	Bonus
1	Default		Default		Default
2	30 Tower Sigils	+1 Speed	30 Tower Sigils	+10 Sync	100 Tower Sigils	+5 Siphon
3	100 Tower Sigils	+1 Speed	100 Tower Sigils	+10 Sync	100 Tower Sigils 75 Tower Secrets	+5 Siphon
4	100 Tower Sigils 75 Tower Secrets	+1 Speed	100 Tower Sigils 75 Tower Secrets	+10 Sync	100 Tower Secrets 10 Fragments of the Eclipse	+5 Siphon
5	100 Tower Secrets 10 Fragments of the Eclipse	+1 Speed	100 Tower Secrets 10 Fragments of the Eclipse	+10 Sync	500 Tower Secrets 10 Cores of the Eclipse	+5 Siphon
6	250 Tower Secrets 15 Fragments of the Eclipse	+1 Speed	250 Tower Secrets 15 Fragments of the Eclipse	+10 Sync
7	500 Tower Secrets 3 Cores of the Eclipse	+1 Speed	500 Tower Secrets 3 Cores of the Eclipse	+10 Sync
8	500 Tower Secrets 10 Cores of the Eclipse	+1 Speed
9	500 Tower Secrets 25 Cores of the Eclipse	+1 Speed
10	500 Tower Secrets 50 Cores of the Eclipse	+1 Speed

Augmentations

There are a total of 6 Augmentations. The associated costs are required for each new run. Multiple augmentations can be toggled at the start of a run.

Augmentation	Unlocks at	Cost per run	Effect
Sigil Hunter	Floor 5	250,000 Gold	Adds 50% more Tower Sigils to cache.
Secret Research	Floor 15	500 Tower Sigils	Adds 50% more Tower Secrets to cache
Super Siphon	Floor 20	1000 Tower Sigils	Doubles the effect of Siphon
Ultimate Umbra	Floor 25	75 Fragments of the Eclipse	Confront a tougher challenge and earn more rewards. Failing to catch pushes you back! Unlocks The Total Eclipse and Bulwark of Ascent. Gold rewards in cache are doubled.
Elixir Rain	Floor 40	500 Tower Secrets	Mice have a 50% chance of dropping Gauntlet Elixir.
String Stepping	Floor 65	1,500 Tower Secrets	Capturing the Terrified Adventurer Mouse gives x2 progress.

When the Hunter enters the tower, the following game message appears in the Hunter's Journal, giving Hunters a reminder of which augmentations have been toggled on:

I entered the Valour Rift Gauntlet Tower.

I activated the following augmentations:

• X Augmentation

These augmentations will remain active until I retreat from the tower or are forced to exit.

Augmentations can also be tracked through the HUD by hovering over the augment icons on the bottom-left hand corner of the center part of the HUD.

Floor Cache Rewards

Note that there are diminishing returns after a certain point when relying on just the floor cache: reaching floor 25 gives the most sigils per steps taken (0.4297), and reaching floor 73 gives the most secrets per steps taken (0.0668).

Highest Floor Reached	Tower Sigils	Tower Secrets	Gold	Minimum Steps Taken
1	None	None	None	0
2	7	0	9,000	20
3	16	0	18,000	40
4	24	0	27,000	60
5	32	0	34,000	80
6	40	0	41,000	100
7	48	0	46,000	120
8	50	0	47,000	140
9	59	8	59,000	141
10	69	10	70,000	171
11	80	11	81,000	201
12	88	13	91,000	231
13	98	14	102,000	261
14	107	16	113,000	291
15	118	17	123,000	321
16	120	17	124,000	351
17	135	20	139,000	352
18	150	22	153,000	392
19	165	24	168,000	432
20	182	26	183,000	472
21	199	28	198,000	512
22	217	31	212,000	552
23	235	33	227,000	592
24	254	33	228,000	632
25	272	37	247,000	633
26	290	40	266,000	683
27	308	43	285,000	733
28	325	45	304,000	783
29	342	48	323,000	833
30	357	51	342,000	883
31	372	54	361,000	933
32	386	54	363,000	983
33	399	60	386,000	984
34	410	63	409,000	1,044
35	421	66	432,000	1,104
36	430	70	456,000	1,164
37	439	73	479,000	1,224
38	446	77	503,000	1,284
39	453	80	527,000	1,344
40	459	80	529,000	1,404
41	464	88	557,000	1,405
42	469	92	585,000	1,475
43	473	96	613,000	1,545
44	477	101	641,000	1,615
45	480	105	669,000	1685
46	482	109	698,000	1,755
47	485	113	726,000	1,825
48	487	113	729,000	1,895
49	489	123	761,000	1,896
50	490	128	794,000	1,976
51	492	133	827,000	2,056
52	493	138	860,000	2,136
53	494	143	894,000	2,216
54	495	148	927,000	2,296
55	495	153	961,000	2,376
56	496	153	964,000	2,456
57	497	161	1,002,000	2,457
58	497	167	1,040,000	2,547
59	497	173	1,078,000	2,637
60	498	178	1,116,000	2,727
61	498	184	1,155,000	2,817
62	498	190	1,193,000	2,907
63	499	196	1,232,000	2,997
64	500	196	1,236,000	3,087
65	500	205	1,279,000	3,088
66	500	212	1,322,000	3,188
67	500	218	1,366,000	3,288
68	500	224	1,410,000	3,388
69	500	231	1,454,000	3,488
70	500	237	1,498,000	3,588
71	500	244	1,542,000	3,688
72	500	244	1,547,000	3,788

Highest Floor Reached	Tower Sigils	Tower Secrets	Gold	Minimum Steps Taken
73	500	253	1,595,000	3,789
74	500	260	1,644,000	3,899
75	500	267	1,694,000	4,009
76	500	274	1,743,000	4,119
77	500	282	1,793,000	4,229
78	500	289	1,843,000	4,339
79	500	296	1,893,000	4,449
80	500	300	1,898,000	4,559
81	500	300	1,952,000	4,560
82	500	300	2,007,000	4,680
83	500	300	2,062,000	4,800
84	500	300	2,117,000	4,920
85	500	300	2,173,000	5,040
86	500	300	2,229,000	5,160
87	500	300	2,285,000	5,280
88	500	300	2,291,000	5,400
89	500	300	2,351,000	5,401
90	500	300	2,412,000	5,531
91	500	300	2,473,000	5,661
92	500	300	2,535,000	5,791
93	500	300	2,597,000	5,921
94	500	300	2,659,000	6,051
95	500	300	2,721,000	6,181
96	500	300	2,727,000	6,311
97	500	300	2,794,000	6,312
98	500	300	2,862,000	6,452
99	500	300	2,929,000	6,592
100	500	300	2,997,000	6,732
101	500	300	3,065,000	6,872
102	500	300	3,133,000	7,012
103	500	300	3,202,000	7,152
104	500	300	3,210,000	7,292
105	500	300	3,283,000	7,293
106	500	300	3,357,000	7,443
107	500	300	3,431,000	7,593
108	500	300	3,505,000	7,743
109	500	300	3,580,000	7,893
110	500	300	3,655,000	8,043
111	500	300	3,730,000	8,193
112	500	300	3,739,000	8,343
113	500	300	3,819,000	8,344
114	500	300	3,900,000	8,504
115	500	300	3,980,000	8,664
116	500	300	4,062,000	8,824
117	500	300	4,143,000	8,984
118	500	300	4,225,000	9,144
119	500	300	4,307,000	9,304
120	500	300	4,317,000	9,464
121	500	300	4,404,000	9,465
122	500	300	4,491,000	9,635
123	500	300	4,579,000	9,805
124	500	300	4,667,000	9,975
125	500	300	4,756,000	10,145
126	500	300	4,845,000	10,315
127	500	300	4,934,000	10,485
128	500	300	4,945,000	10,655
129	500	300	5,040,000	10,656
130	500	300	5,134,000	10,836
131	500	300	5,229,000	11,016
132	500	300	5,325,000	11,196
133	500	300	5,421,000	11,376
134	500	300	5,517,000	11,556
135	500	300	5,613,000	11,736
136	500	300	5,626,000	11,916
137	500	300	5,727,000	11,917
138	500	300	5,830,000	12,107
139	500	300	5,932,000	12,297
140	500	300	6,035,000	12,487
141	500	300	6,138,000	12,677
142	500	300	6,242,000	12,867
143	500	300	6,346,000	13,057
144	500	300	6,360,000	13,247

Fragment and Core of the Eclipse

The following table lists the cumulative number of Fragments or Cores that you will get from a run. This does not include any extra ones that come from having Champion's Fire active.

• Fragments or Cores dropped will increase by 2 per catch until Floor 80
• Fragments or Cores dropped will increase by 3 per catch starting on Floor 88 and higher

Highest Eclipse Floor Completed	Cumulative Total Eclipse or Shade of the Eclipse caught	Fragments or Cores looted	Cumulative Fragments or Cores looted	Minimum Steps Taken
8	1	1	1	141
16	2	3	4	352
24	3	5	9	633
32	4	7	16	984
40	5	9	25	1,405
48	6	11	36	1,896
56	7	13	49	2,457
64	8	15	64	3,088
72	9	17	81	3,789
80	10	19	100	4,560
88	11	22	122	5,401
96	12	25	147	6,312
104	13	28	175	7,293
112	14	31	206	8,344
120	15	34	240	9,465
128	16	37	277	10,656
136	17	40	317	11,917
144	18	43	360	13,248

Mice

Cheese Preference and Loot

Mice in Valour Rift are only attracted to String Cheese.
Terrified Adventurer Mouse, who gives double progress inside tower, 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	Points	Gold	Floor Type	Minimum Floor	Loot
Arch Champion Necromancer	100,000	6,000	Dusty - Floor 7 and 7th floor after every Eclipse Floor	15	Tower Secrets
Berzerker	40,000	1,500	All Floors except Eclipse	1
Bulwark of Ascent Only appears with Ultimate Umbra augmentation	80,000	12,000	All Floors except Eclipse	1
Champion Danseuse	100,000	6,000	Bard - Floor 4 and 4th floor after every Eclipse Floor	12	Tower Secrets
Champion Thief	100,000	6,000	Thievery - Floor 2 and 2nd floor after every Eclipse Floor	10	Tower Secrets
Cursed Crusader	70,000	3,000	Noble - Floor 6 and 6th floor after every Eclipse Floor	6	Tower Sigil
Cutpurse	50,000	1,000	Thievery - Floor 2 and 2nd floor after every Eclipse Floor	2	Tower Sigil
Elixir Maker Prefers Magical String Cheese Strongly Prefers Gauntlet String Cheese	56,000	4,250	Outside Tower	N/A	Champion's Fire Gauntlet Elixir
Fallen Champion Footman	100,000	6,000	Noble - Floor 6 and 6th floor after every Eclipse Floor	14	Tower Secrets
Lumi-lancer	30,000	1,000	All Floors except Eclipse	1
Magic Champion	100,000	6,000	Magic - Floor 5 and 5th floor after every Eclipse Floor	13	Tower Secrets
Martial	58,000	1,500	Melee - Floor 3 and 3rd floor after every Eclipse Floor	3	Tower Sigil
Mouse of Elements	65,000	2,500	Magic - Floor 5 and 5th floor after every Eclipse Floor	5	Tower Sigil
One-Mouse Band	62,000	2,000	Bard - Floor 4 and 4th floor after every Eclipse Floor	4	Tower Sigil
Possessed Armaments	110,000	5,000	All Floors except Eclipse	9	Champion's Fire Tattered Celestial Skin Pattern Tower Secrets
Praetorian Champion	100,000	6,000	Melee - Floor 3 and 3rd floor after every Eclipse Floor	11	Tower Secrets
Prestigious Adventurer	125,000	5,000	All Floors except Eclipse	17	Champion's Fire Tattered Celestial Skin Pattern Tower Secrets
Puppet Champion	100,000	6,000	Puppetry - Floor 1 and 1st floor after every Eclipse Floor	9	Tower Secrets
Puppetto	46,550	1,000	Puppetry - Floor 1 and 1st floor after every Eclipse Floor	1	Tower Sigil
Shade of the Eclipse Only appears without Ultimate Umbra augmentation	500,000	25,000	Eclipse	8	Aleth Essence Ancient Relic Ber Essence Champion's Fire Fragment of the Eclipse Magic Essence Rift Extreme Luck Charm Rift Extreme Power Charm Rift Power Charm Rift Super Power Charm Rift Super Vacuum Charm Rift Ultimate Power Charm Rift Vacuum Charm Rift Wealth Charm Tower Secrets Tower Sigil
Soldier of the Shade	150,000	8,000	All Floors except Eclipse	25	Champion's Fire Tattered Celestial Skin Pattern Tower Secrets
Terrified Adventurer Requires Gauntlet String Cheese	70,000	4,795	All Floors except Eclipse	1	Champion's Fire Simple Orb Tattered Celestial Skin Pattern Tower Sigil
The Total Eclipse Only appears with Ultimate Umbra augmentation	1,000,000	100,000	Eclipse	8	Aleth Essence Ancient Relic Champion's Fire Core of the Eclipse Rift Extreme Luck Charm Rift Extreme Power Charm Timesplit Charm Tower Secrets Tower Sigil Valour Rift Supply Kit
Timid Explorer	25,180	1,982	Outside Tower	N/A	Gauntlet Elixir
Unwavering Adventurer	55,000	2,000	All Floors except Eclipse	1
Withered Remains	75,000	4,000	Dusty - Floor 7 and 7th floor after every Eclipse Floor	7	Tower Sigil

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.

End the Total Eclipse

Within the Valour Rift stands an endlessly tall tower slightly out of sync with our timeline. Using knowledge learned from your Rift Chronometer, you must syncronize yourself with the tower's timeline for as long as you can to recover valuable loot and artifacts from within the Rift Gauntlet. Will you be able to manifest an Ultimate Umbra and summon the Total Eclipse?

Chart the Valour Rift

• Purchase a Rift Chronometer from the Bristle Woods Rift Cartographer
• Loot Rift Distortions from Rift Walker or Rift Stalker mice
• Exchange 2,000 distortions for the Valour Rift Map Piece at the Bristle Woods Rift

Obtain Gauntlet String Cheese

• Obtain a Gauntlet Elixir in the Valour Rift
• Use an Elixir to purchase Gauntlet String Cheese from the Cheese Shoppe

Enter the Rift Gauntlet Tower

• Enter the Rift Gauntlet Tower and reach Floor 2 or higher
• Claim a floor cache

• Confront the Shade of the Eclipse

Upgrade your Speed

• Reach Floor 8 of the Rift Gauntlet Tower
• Catch Shade of the Eclipse Mouse
• Get a Fragment of the Eclipse

End the Total Eclipse

• Upgrade your Speed to level 4
• Upgrade your Sync to level 3
• Upgrade your Siphon to level 3
• Reach floor Floor 25 or higher to unlock Ultimate Umbra
• Activate Ultimate Umbra by using 75 Fragments of the Eclipse
• Catch The Total Eclipse
• Get a Core of the Eclipse

This adventure takes place in: Valour Rift

Rewards:

• 300,000 Gold
• 15,000,000 Points
• Codex of Valour

Shoppes

These are the shoppes found in Valour Rift.

Cheese Shoppe

Item	Cost Ea.	Refund
Marble String	300	300
Swiss String	800	800
Brie String	1,600	1,600
Gauntlet String Cheese	1,600 1 Gauntlet Elixir	---
2-Pack of Gauntlet String Cheese	1,600 1 Gauntlet Elixir 1 Magic Essence	---

Trapsmith

Bases

Item	Cost	Refund	Requirement
Prestige Base	12,170,000 2 Cores of the Eclipse	---	Capture the Eclipse Mouse Defeat Twisted Carmine Capture the Goliath Field Mouse Defeat the Menace of the Rift Capture the Monstrous Black Widow Capture the Grand Master of the Dojo Capture the Absolute Acolyte and Archduke title to equip

Weapons

Item	Power Type	Cost	Refund	Requirement
Celestial Dissonance Trap	Rift	13,600,000 20 Cores of the Eclipse	---	Timesplit Dissonance Trap and 1,000,000,001 points and Archduke title to equip

Skins

Item	Cost	Refund
Solar Celestial Dissonance Skin	6,400,000 15 Cores of the Eclipse 1,000 Tattered Celestial Skin Pattern	---
Lunar Celestial Dissonance Skin	6,400,000 15 Cores of the Eclipse 1,000 Tattered Celestial Skin Pattern	---
Chrome Celestial Star Spire Trap Skin	9,600,000 20 Cores of the Eclipse 1,500 Tattered Celestial Skin Pattern	---

Charm Shoppe

Charms

Item	Cost	Requires	Refund
Rift Power Charm	5,000 3 Tower Sigils	1 Null Gauntlet	---
Rift Super Power Charm	12,000 3 Tower Secrets	1 Null Gauntlet	---
Rift Vacuum Charm	1,000	1 Null Gauntlet	---

Crafting Items

Item	Cost	Requires	Refund
Charmbit	25	---	20
Erupting Rift Core	2,000	1 Null Gauntlet	---

General Store

Item	Cost	Requires	Refund
Rift Curd	830	---	---
Codex of Valour: Puppetry Page	5,000,000 50 Cores of the Eclipse	Codex of Valour	---
Codex of Valour: Thievery Page	16,000,000 50 Cores of the Eclipse	Codex of Valour	---
Codex of Valour: Melee Page	5,000,000 50 Cores of the Eclipse	Codex of Valour	---
Codex of Valour: Bard Page	16,000,000 50 Cores of the Eclipse	Codex of Valour	---
Codex of Valour: Magic Page	18,000,000 50 Cores of the Eclipse	Codex of Valour	---
Codex of Valour: Noble Page	15,000,000 50 Cores of the Eclipse	Codex of Valour	---
Codex of Valour: Dusty Page	10,000,000 50 Cores of the Eclipse	Codex of Valour	---
Codex of Valour: Eclipse Page	15,000,000 50 Cores of the Eclipse	Codex of Valour	---
Unstable Rift Core	3 Cores of the Eclipse	Codex of Valour Codex of Valour: Puppetry Page Codex of Valour: Thievery Page Codex of Valour: Melee Page Codex of Valour: Bard Page Codex of Valour: Magic Page Codex of Valour: Noble Page Codex of Valour: Dusty Page Codex of Valour: Eclipse Page	---

Cartographer

Item	Cost	Requires	Refund
Valour Rift Scroll Case	10 Ancient Relic	---	---

History and Trivia

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

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