Farever Public Test Patch Notes (7th July 2026)
Rifts are getting a complete redesign in Farever's newest public test patch. Gates replace kills as the core objective, and a new NPC trader opens up fresh reward paths.
Rifts in Farever are no longer about racking up nightling kills. The latest public test patch flips the entire mode into a timed gate-closing sprint, and it's a sharper design than what was there before.
Here's the shift: rifts now open every hour instead of every two hours, and once they do, you've got two minutes to locate and seal as many gates as possible. Three gates spawn at any given time; close one and another appears elsewhere. It's frantic, it's focused, and it ditches the slog of hunting individual enemies. The boss only arrives once your two minutes and gate-closing are done. Rewards now scale through threshold progression tied to gates you've closed, unlocking chest bonuses and unique items along the way.
The Demon Hunter, a new NPC in Ramburg, trades the fresh currencies, Demonic Souls, Nightblood, and Soulstones, for mounts, gliders, companions, gear, and weapon upgrades. Soulstones let you summon Nightlords in hidden spots for rarer drops and more Nightblood than rifts alone offer. A few other tweaks land here too: Robin Hoof's stun duration drops from 2 seconds to 1, and Maat Demon gets tougher per player with increased slam radius and doubled chaos-damage scaling.
The full breakdown, including the Worldsplitter VFX fix and movement synchronisation improvements, is below.
Full Patch Notes
▲ Buff▼ Nerf✓ Fix◆ Tweakv0.1.9.27826-public-test
Rift Changes
Waiting time
- Rifts open now opens every hours (previously 2 hours)
- You are warned 15 minutes in advance, nightling begin appearing
- Once the rift opens, you have 2 minutes to join the rift
- If your rift is full, it will start early
Gameplay
- Instead of being based on nightling kills, the experience is now a timed challenge.
- Once the rift starts, you will have 2 minutes to look for and close as many gates as possible.
- There will be 3 gates open at all times. Once you close one, another will appear somewhere else.
- Once the 2 minutes have passed and the last gates have been closed, the boss will spawn.
- The number of enemies and waves per gate has been reduced.
- Closing gates helps you progress through thresholds, and each threshold unlocks additional rewards such as chest bonuses and unique items
Rewards
Killing Nightlings and clearing rifts will get you access to unique resources that will unlock new things, the Demonic Souls,Nightblood and Soulstones
New NPC - The Demon Hunter
- The Demon Hunter is a NPC that can be found in Ramburg
- You can trade Demonic Souls and Nightblood against unique collectibles such as new mounts, gliders and companions but also specific gear, weapons, upgrades and crystal upgrades for your weapons and character.
Soulstones
- While killing Nightlings in the rifts, you’ll be able to find Soulstones that allow you to summon Nightlords in specific hidden places of Siagarta.
- Fighting them will give you more Nightblood than you could find in the rifts, and of course pretty rare items and upgrades.
There are still more things coming to the rifts (new boss, new rift map, etc), so stay tuned and play it yourself at launch!
Other changes
- Robin Hoof
- Changed the Dog’s stun from 2 seconds to 1
- The amount of Health has been increased per player.
- Stacks from Chaos damage now increased damage dealt by Maat Demon by 10% -> 20%
- Slam’s radius has been increased.
- Several bugs fixed.
Bugfixes
- Fixed weapons visible while flying to an obelisk
- System - Improved player movement synchronization
- Weapon - Fixed Worldsplitter VFX being incorrectly positioned
For the release, you can expect another Rift Boss,new weapons (including the two handed sword), the Grand Inquisitor Phrixes, and a new type of upgrade, the Sigils
Those may appear later this week in the preview before reaching the live version of the game for everyone to see before on the release
See you there Farseekers✨
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