Tripping the Rifts Destroyed one of each type of elemental rift during the Cataclysm launch event. Criteria:
Fire elementals near an Elemental Rift.
Tripping the Rifts was the Cataclysm Feat of Strength . To receive this achievement, players had to close one of each of the four types of elemental rifts and receive their buffs during the Elemental Unrest .
Elemental invasion camps could be found in every quest zone in Eastern Kingdoms , Kalimdor , Outland and Northrend . They could also be found in Stormwind , Ironforge , Orgrimmar and Thunder Bluff every three hours, from midnight server time (so 00:00, 03:00, 06:00 and so on). Elementals that were found within major cities however, were much more powerful and had to be approached with extreme caution.
A rift appears at Nijel's Point
The rifts were on a random spawn timer of approximately 50–56 minutes. It appeared all rifts were on the same timer and occurred about the same time.
Closing any level Elemental Rift [1]
It was not necessary to have all four buffs at the same time to complete the achievement.[2]
Rifts de-spawned if not closed within ten minutes.
Players were only eligible for the daily quest Hammering It Out A Natural Occurrence
Defeating an elemental drained the rift of one health point. Elementals defeated by NPCs, pets, or guardians would not be counted for reducing the rift's health unless a player had tagged the elemental.
The health of each rift varied with the level of the zone it appeared in. Lower level rifts had six health while higher level rifts had twelve health.
Bringing the rift to zero health closed it and spawned the [ Mysterious Device]
Players within range of the rift when it closed were granted a buff . The buff lasted for an hour, but disappeared on death.
The nature of the buff depended on the type of rift that was destroyed:
[ Earth Powered] [ Fire Powered] [ Water Powered] [ Wind Powered]
The rift types could be found in the following zones before the Shattering :
Earth A Rumbling Elemental in Nijel's Point fights a nearby guard
Rumbling Elementals could be found at the Earth Elemental Rifts before the Shattering . Note: Rumbling Elementals are immune to nature magic.
Zone
Subzone
Coordinates
Level Range
Note
Dun Morogh
Ironforge 76-80
During Cataclysm Invasion
Durotar
Orgrimmar 76-80
During Cataclysm Invasion
Loch Modan
Mo'grosh Stronghold [63, 25] 10-20
Ironband's Excavation Site [66.6, 73.0] 10-20
South of the tents.
Thelsamar 10-20
Silver Stream Mine [37, 17] 10-20
Redridge Mountains
Alther's Mill [55.7, 44.1] 15-25
Just east of the lumber mill.
Lakeshire [29.6, 49.1] 15-25
Right in front of the larger dock.
Galardell Valley 15-25
East of Stonewatch
Stonetalon Mountains
Charred Vale [31.6, 61.0] 14-30
Sishir Canyon 14-30
Near the road
Sun Rock Retreat [48, 60] 14-30
Desolace
Ethel Rethor [42.2, 34.7] 30-40
Kodo Graveyard 30-40
Between Mannoroc Coven and Kodo Graveyard.
Nijel's Point [66.8, 10.3] 30-40
Sar'theris Strand 30-40
Shadowprey Village [29, 78] 30-40
South of town.
Magram Village 30-40
Alterac Mountains
Dalaran Crater 30-40
To the southeast.
Growless Cave [39.7, 69.9] 30-40
AKA Flame of Uzel. To the southeast.
The Headland [38.4, 87.2] 30-40
Southeast of the Alliance entrance to Alterac Valley .
The Uplands [53.0, 31.2] 30-40
Badlands
Dustbowl [24.8, 55.7] 30-40
Kargath [4.2, 48.7] 30-40
Mirage Flats [31.0, 66.0] 30-40
The Maker's Terrace [47.7, 12.8] 30-40
Just west of the meeting stone.
Azshara
Forlorn Ridge [21.2, 77.9] 45-55
To the southwest ("Alliance entrance").
Haldarr Encampment [19.2, 64.3] 45-55
Satyr camp
Lake Mennar 45-55
On the eastern side.
Ruins of Eldarath [30.2, 58.2] 45-55
Ruins of Eldarath
Ursolan [46.2, 23.1] 45-55
Timbermaw camp
Western Plaguelands
Dalson's Tears [43, 54] 51-58
West of farm
Felstone Field [35.6, 58.3] 51-58
The Writhing Haunt [51.6, 65.8] 51-58
Just North of the field
Gahrron's Withering [59.8, 59.8] 51-58
To the west.
The Weeping Cave [65.6, 41.3] 51-58
North of the new flight master.
Burning Steppes
Dreadmaul Rock [83, 58] 50-58
Between Dreadmaul Rock and Morgan's Vigil .
Pillar of Ash [46, 52] 50-58
Terror Wing Path [83, 29] 50-58
Silithus
Cenarion Hold 55-60
Towards the Swarming Pillar .
Hive'Ashi [47.6, 20.3] 55-60
Northeastern edge.
Hive'Regal [48.3, 79.7] 55-60
Western edge.
Staghelm Point [61.0, 16.1] 55-60
To the northwest.
Nagrand
Ancestral Grounds [26, 61] 64-67
Burning Blade Ruins [74.6, 69.6] 64-67
Garadar 64-67
Laughing Skull Ruins [48.2, 23.3] 64-67
Nesingwary Safari [72.2, 40.8] 64-67
Telaar 64-67
Warmaul Hill [25.8, 21.1] 64-67
Windyreed Village 64-67
Blade's Edge Mountains
Grishnath 65-68
Sylvanaar 65-68
Veil Vekh 65-68
Thunderlord Stronghold [51, 57] 65-68
Howling Fjord
Derelict Strand [80, 39] 68-72
Ember Clutch [40.9, 53.9] 68-72
New Agamand [53.7, 67.8] 68-72
Skorn [44.7, 31.4] 68-72
Westguard Keep [31.1, 46.8] 68-72
Wyrmskull Village [59.2, 51.6] 68-72
Grizzly Hills
Drakil'jin Ruins [72.6, 23.5] 73-80
Northeast corner.
Drak'atal Passage [45.5, 27.0] 73-80
Grizzly Hills [25, 55] 73-80
Roughly north-west of Blackriver Logging Camp, on a purple patch of ground
Rage Fang Shrine [53.1, 55.2] 73-80
Zeb'Halak [16, 36] 73-80
Storm Peaks
Brunnhildar Village [44.6, 73.9] 76-80
Inventor's Library [36.7, 43.6] 76-80
Snowblind Hills [35.4, 82.5] 76-80
First Gnoll camp west of K3 .
Valkyrion [25.8, 62.1] 76-80
Fire Searing Elementals near a rift in the south of The Cauldron in Searing Gorge
Searing Elemental
Searing Elementals could be found at the Fire Elemental Rifts before the Shattering . Note: Searing Elementals are immune to fire magic.
Zone
Subzone
Coordinates
Level Range
Note
Dun Morogh
Ironforge 76-80
During Cataclysm Invasion
Durotar
Orgrimmar 76-80
During Cataclysm Invasion
The Barrens
Bael Modan 7-30
North of Bael Modan.
Blackthorn Ridge [43.4, 82.5] 7-30
Camp Taurajo [45, 58] 7-30
The Crossroads [52, 30] 7-30
Ratchet [62, 38] 7-30
The Sludge Fen 7-30
Southern Gold Road [45, 89] 7-30
Between Razorfen Downs and Razorfen Kraul .
Stagnant Oasis 7-30
The Dry Hills [40.2, 15.9] 7-30
The Forgotten Pool [44.3, 21.9] 7-30
Thorn Hill [55.1, 26.0] 7-30
Westfall
Furlbrow's Pumpkin Patch [53, 19] 10-20
Gold Coast Quarry [32, 38] 10-20
Alexston Farmstead 10-20
Longshore [34, 32] 10-20
On the cliffs above the coastline.
The Molsen Farm [44.1, 34.6] 10-20
Moonbrook [45, 68] 10-20
Saldean's Farm [59.4, 29.4] 10-20
East of the road.
Sentinel Hill [55, 50] 10-20
Ashenvale
Astranaar [36.6, 51.2] 18-30
Dor'Danil Barrow Den [72, 72] 18-30
Lake Falathim [19.1, 41.0] 18-30
Northwest corner.
Splintertree Post [72, 68] 18-30
Outside the entrance, by the gaurds.
The Shady Nook [62, 61] 18-30
The Zoram Strand [15, 20] 18-30
Warsong Lumber Camp [86, 57] 18-30
Dustwallow Marsh
Brackenwall Village 35-45
Just outside the west entrance.
The Quagmire [46.3, 50.5] 35-45
Just south of the entrance to Direhorn Post .
Shady Rest Inn [29.8, 45.1] 35-45
Theramore 35-45
Inside near the armory.
Witch Hill 35-45
To the north.
Stonemaul Ruins 35-45
In the midst of the dragonkin's base.
The Hinterlands
Featherbeard's Hovel [15.3, 53.7] 40-50
East of the building.
The Overlook Cliffs 40-50
On the beach, near the trail that leads up to the cliffs.
Quel'Danil Lodge [35.3, 50.8] 40-50
Southeast of the entrance.
Searing Gorge
The Cauldron [39.0, 39.7] 45-50
North of the giant wheel, by Kalaran Windblade .
The Cauldron [55.4, 45.2] 45-50
Dirt section.
Grimesilt Digsite [63, 62] 45-50
South of the excavation site.
Blackrock Mountain [32.3, 72.8] 45-50
At the base of the stairs to Blackrock Mountain
Blasted Lands
Dark Portal [59.1, 43.7] 45-55
To the north.
Dreadmaul Hold [46.8, 19.8] 45-55
Dreadmaul Post [46.9, 41.0] 45-55
Nethergarde Keep [61.4, 20.6] 45-55
Rise of the Defiler [53.4, 36.1] 45-55
Southeast of Kum'isha the Collector .
Serpent's Coil [56.3, 30.5] 45-55
To the west.
The Tainted Scar [45.7, 49.6] 45-55
At the entrance.
Winterspring
Everlook [62, 34] 55-60
North.
Frostsaber Rock [50, 14] 55-60
To the south.
Ice Thistle Hills [65.4, 42.3] 55-60
Southeast of Everlook
Lake Kel'Theril [52.9, 41.6] 55-60
Starfall Village [53, 24] 55-60
To the north.
Hellfire Peninsula
Dark Portal 58-63
Fallen Sky Ridge [18, 39] 58-63
Falcon Watch [26, 60] 58-63
Honor Hold 58-63
The Path of Glory [58, 48] 58-63
Sha'naari Wastes [12.6, 53.8] 58-63
Thrallmar [54, 37] 58-63
Valley of Bones [60, 71] 58-63
Just to the south.
Zeth'Gor [67, 74] 58-63
In front of fort.
Spinebreaker Pass [71, 67] 58-63
Next to Zeth'Gor
The Legion Front [71, 58] 58-63
Mag'har Post [34, 27] 58-63
North-east part
Northern Rampart [47, 45] 58-63
Eastern side
Southern Rampart [45.1, 58.4] 58-63
West of the wall
Zul'Drak
Altar of Har'koa [62.0, 66.0] 74-77
Altar of Rhunok [57.9, 34.7] 74-77
To the east.
Heb'Drakkar [65.3, 53.6] 74-77
Rageclaw Den [35.8, 80.6] 74-77
Reliquary of Pain [32.1, 45.9] 74-77
To the east.
Thrym's End [16.2, 60.6] 74-77
Zeramas [21.9, 79.4] 74-77
To the south.
Water Surging Elementals could be found at the Water Elemental Rifts before the Shattering . Note: Surging Elementals are immune to frost magic.
Zone
Subzone
Coordinates
Level Range
Note
Elwynn Forest
Stormwind City 76-80
During Cataclysm Invasion
Mulgore
Thunder Bluff 76-80
During Cataclysm Invasion
Bloodmyst Isle
Axxarien 10-20
Amberweb Pass [22.4, 36.8] 10-20
Silverpine Forest
Ambermill 10-20
To the north.
Dead Field 10-20
West towards the shore.
The Shining Strand [59, 16] 10-20
Deep Elem Mine [55, 52] 10-20
Right near the entrance.
Sepulcher [51.2, 42.6] 10-20
South of the fork in the road east of town.
Shadowfang Keep 10-20
To the east.
Ghostlands
Dawnstar Spire [77.8, 18.0] 9-21
Wetlands
Black Channel Marsh [23.7, 50.5] 20-30
Near the mountains.
Bluegill Marsh [16.8, 28.4] 20-30
Near the shore, between the two wrecked ships.
Direforge Hill [60.3, 31.2] 20-30
Between the Green Belt and Direforge Hill.
Ironbeard's Tomb [42.8, 28.8] 20-30
Menethil Harbor [9.5, 55.1] 20-30
Inside, near the front gate.
Sundown Marsh [16.8, 28.4] 20-30
On the shore near the Lost Fleet .
Thousand Needles
Darkcloud Pinnacle [32.9, 25.6] 25-35
Freewind Post [60, 54] 25-35
East of Freewind Post, by the road.
Mirage Raceway [79.1, 66.9] 25-35
South of Weazel's Crater .
Mirage Raceway [87.1, 61.9] 25-35
East of the northern edge of the track; north of a kodo skeleton.
Rustmaul Digsite [71.6, 85.5] 25-35
Southwestern Shimmering Flats , near some silithid.
Tahonda Ruins [78.7, 86.9] 25-35
Beyond the southern edge of the Mirage Raceway.
Screeching Canyon 25-35
Near Roguefeather Den.
Stranglethorn Vale
Bal'lal Ruins [28.7, 20.1] 30-45
Booty Bay [32, 72] 30-45
Between the entrance and the Wild Shore .
Grom'gol Base Camp 30-45
Kurzen's Compound 30-45
Lake Nazferiti [44.4, 21.6] 30-45
Venture Co. Base Camp , southwest of the lake.
Nesingwary's Expedition 30-45
West of the camp.
Ruins of Zul'Kunda [28.6, 9.9] 30-45
Just east of the entrance path to the ruins.
Wild Shore [29.8, 82.6] 30-45
Next to the pirate tents.
Swamp of Sorrows
Harborage [28.4, 39.3] 35-45
To the south.
Splinterspear Junction [15, 49] 35-45
Stagalbog [77, 68] 35-45
Stagalbog Cave [68, 76] 35-45
Stonard [45.1, 53.5] 35-45
Tanaris
Dunemaul Compound 40-50
Gadgetzan [48.7, 27.3] 40-50
West of town.
Gadgetzan [52.1, 31.2] 40-50
South of town.
Gadgetzan [53.4, 25.0] 40-50
Northeast of town.
Gaping Chasm 40-50
Lost Rigger Cove [71.9, 45.2] 40-50
Sandsorrow Watch [41.4, 23.7] 40-50
West of town, SE of Zul Farak
Thistleshrub Valley 40-50
Waterspring Field [59.0, 39.0] 40-50
Waterspring Field [63.1, 30.5] 45
Un'goro Crater
Fire Plume Ridge [51.4, 40.4] 48-59
Center of crater, north side
Ironstone Plateau [66.4, 37.1] 48-59
West of Ironstone Plateau, north of the stream and pond.
Lakkari Tar Pits [47.1, 21.0] 48-59
To the north.
Marshlands 48-59
Southeast.
Terror Run [41.0, 63.7] 50
Near the abandoned camp in SW Un'Goro Crater, Terror Run
Terror Run [31.4, 72.2] 48-59
Southwest.
Zangarmarsh
Ango'rosh Grounds 60-66
Bloodscale Grounds [62, 40] 60-66
Feralfen Village 60-66
Funggor Cavern 60-66
On road leading to Terokkar Forest .
Orebor Harborage 60-66
Swamprat Post [82, 57] 60-66
Zabra'jin 60-66
Shadowmoon Valley
Eclipse Point 67-70
Legion Hold 67-70
Ruins of Baa'ri [56, 35] 67-70
Shadowmoon Village 67-70
Dragonblight
Agmar's Hammer [35, 47] 71-80
Moonrest Gardens [18.1, 59.6] 77-80
New Hearthglen 71-80
Ruby Dragonshrine 71-80
Southeast.
Scarlet Point [75.2, 27.9] 71-80
Near Frostmourne Cavern .
Wintergarde Keep [79.3, 49.3] 71-80
Icecrown
Deathspeaker's Watch [60.4, 21.9] 77-80
Sindragosa's Fall [72.2, 39.5] 77-80
Ymirheim [60.2, 60] 77-80
Hrothgar's Landing
Hrothgar's Landing [57.3, 19.4] 77-80
Northern Section.
Wind Gusting Elementals could be found at the Wind Elemental Rifts before the Shattering . Note: Gusting Elementals are immune to nature magic.
Zone
Subzone
Coordinates
Level Range
Note
Elwynn Forest
Stormwind City 76-80
During Cataclysm Invasion
Mulgore
Thunder Bluff 76-80
During Cataclysm Invasion
Darkshore
Auberdine 10-20
Long Wash [36.7, 51.8] 10-20
South of Auberdine, on the shore.
Bashal'Aran [47.7, 36.6] 10-20
By the eastern edge of the ruins.
Grove of the Ancients [42.6, 78.8] 10-20
Hillsbrad Foothills
Hillsbrad Fields [31.4, 31.8] 20-30
North of the settlement.
Nethander Stead [61.2, 65.9] 20-30
Southpoint Tower [25.0, 52.0] 20-30
Southshore [49.8, 58.5] 25
Tarren Mill [60.9, 21.6] 20-30
Duskwood
Addle's Stead [25, 68] 18-30
Darkshire [74.7, 47.1] 18-30
Right in the middle of the city, by the fountain.
Raven Hill [20.0, 52.7] 18-30
The Rotting Orchard [62.8, 69.6] 18-30
The Yorgen Farmstead [49.2, 74.2] 18-30
Arathi Highlands
Circle of West Binding [26.7, 38.5] 30-40
To the southeast.
Hammerfall 30-40
Boulderfist Hall [52.5, 75.9] 35
Witherbark Village [63.5, 72.1] 35
Boulder'gor [36.9, 42.2] 35
Refuge Pointe [49, 45] 30-40
Refuge Pointe north exit (ramp).
Stromgarde Keep [23.4, 48.7] 30-40
Just off of the road northwest of Stromgarde Keep, before crossing the river.
Feralas
Dire Maul [58.7, 45.5] 45
At the entrance.
Feathermoon Stronghold 45-50
To the southwest.
Forgotten Coast [45.2, 49.3] 45-50
Near the dock.
Rage Scar Hold [50, 31] 45-50
The area below.
Ruins of Solarsal 45-50
"Flame of Samha"
Felwood
Deadwood Village [48.8, 89.4] 48-55
Felpaw Village [62.6, 10.8] 48-55
By the southeast corner of the lake.
Shatter Scar Vale 48-55
Southern craters.
Eastern Plaguelands
Corin's Crossing 53-60
To the south.
Crown Guard Tower [32.1, 69.2] 55
West of Crown Guard Tower
Darrowshire [36.1, 80.7] 53-60
Eastwall Tower [60.6, 45.5] 53-60
Northpass Tower [52.3, 22.7] 53-60
The Undercroft [25.2, 76.9] 55
Terokkar Forest
Allerian Stronghold 62-65
Bone Wastes [39, 61] 62-65
East of the Refugee Caravan
Cenarion Thicket [45, 22] 62-65
Firewing Point [72.1, 36.1] 62-65
Stonebreaker Hold [49, 46] 62-65
Tuurem [52, 28] 62-65
Veil Shienor [59, 25] 62-65
Veil Skith [30, 41] 62-65
Bone Wastes [29, 50] 62-65
Netherstorm
Area 52 67-70
Arklon Ruins 67-70
Manaforge Ultris 67-70
South near the bridge.
Borean Tundra
Coldarra [29, 21] 68-80
Coldrock Quarry [51.0, 36.2] 68-80
Flood Plains [79.8, 33.7] 68-80
Geyser Fields [62.9, 24.7] 68-80
Magmoth [55.3, 15.8] 68-80
West end of the Fizzcrank Airstrip .
Riplash Strand [51.3, 72.6] 68-80
Sholazar Basin
Death's Hand Encampment [55.9, 42.4] 76-80
Glimmering Pillar 76-80
Kartak's Hold [25, 82] 76-80
Mosswalker Village [77, 52] 76-80
River's Heart [45, 64] 76-80
To the south on the east bank of the river.
Sapphire Hive [61, 77] 76-80
Savage Thicket [48.1, 25.4] 76-80
Path of the Lifewarden [22.7, 52.1] 76-80
Wintergrasp River [49, 74] 76-80
On the east bank, near Pitch
Crystalsong Forest
Ruins of Shandaral [73, 62] 78-80
Locations in Kalimdor Kalimdor
Locations in Eastern Kingdoms Eastern Kingdoms
Locations in Outland Outland
Locations in Northrend Northrend
When you closed a rift, a Mysterious Device was left behind for a short period of time.
Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23):The Shattering takes place on 11/23/10. Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12):Event activated on 11/1/10.
[80] Hammering It Out or 
[Mysterious Device] in its place.
[80] 
represents Earth, 
represents Fire, 
represents Water, and 
represents Wind Rifts.
![A [Mysterious Device] remains after closing the rift in Un'goro Crater](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/wowpedia/images/1/10/UnGoro_Mysterious_device.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20101106112228)
[Mysterious Device] remains after closing the rift in Un'goro Crater ![A [Mysterious Device] remains after closing the rift in Nagrand](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/wowpedia/images/5/53/Nagrand_Mysterious_device.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20101117223403)
Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Removed
