Cinders, Rift Shards and Spire materials
Cinders
Section titled “Cinders”Cinders are the Rift Spire’s currency. /spire shows how many you have.
| Source | Amount |
|---|---|
| Rift Spire floor clears | The floor number × 2 (floor 7 = 14), up to 150 a day from floors |
Boss rematches (/boss) |
The floor number, for your first win against each boss per day (counts toward the 150) |
| Ilsa’s story and dailies | 15 to 150 per quest (don’t count toward the limit) |
| Dungeon clears | 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 (Initiate / Easy / Normal / Hard) |
| Rift Trials | Every finished Trial |
Spend them at:
- Ilsa (Spire exotics, cosmetics, potions, golden apples): see NPC shops.
- Brann Ashforge: Riftforging (50 a piece) and tier I stat mods (40 each).
- Wren: mount barding.
- The fifth backpack row (10,000 Stardust + 300 Cinders).
Rift Shards and Riftforge materials
Section titled “Rift Shards and Riftforge materials”These are kept on your account (never items), so they can’t be lost, dropped or traded. /forge shows yours.
| Material | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
| Rift Shards | Every Spire floor: the floor number (a full climb = 55), 5× on a first clear. Up to 100 a day from the Spire. The Colossus: 15 on your first win of the day. Dungeons: 2 to 10 a clear, plus a first-clear bonus. Salvaging mods: 5 / 10 / 20. The Scavenger mod: +1 per floor |
| Boss cores (one kind per Spire boss) | One per boss per day, from a climb or a rematch |
| Ascendant Alloy | 1 for clearing Spire floor 10 (once a day); 3 for the weekly Spire Champion |
Spend them on: Riftforging (10 shards), masterworking (shards, cores and alloy), mount barding from copper up, and elytra barding. See The Riftforge.