Tripping the Rifts is only obtainable during the Cataclysm launch event. To receive this achievement, you must kill each of the 4 elemental types and receive their buffs.
Elemental camps can be found in every quest zone in Azeroth , Outland and Northrend .
Overview The rifts are on a random spawn timer of approximately 50–56 minutes. It seems all rifts are on the same timer and occur about the same time.
Closing any level rift will count towards Tripping the Rifts[1]
You do not need to have all the buffs at the same time [2]
They de-spawn if not closed within 10 minutes.
You can only receive the DAILY (Once per day) quest Hammering It Out
Each rift has 12 life points.
Destroying an elemental drains the rift of one life point.
Bring the rift to 0 life to kill it and spawn the elemental container.
The buffs lasts for an hour.
The buffs will disappear on death. Locations The rift types can be found in the following zones:
Earth Represented on maps below by
Zone
Subzone
Coordinates
Level Range
Note
Loch Modan
Mo'grosh Stronghold 10-20
Thelsamar 10-20
Redridge Mountains
Alther's Mill 15-25
Lakeshire [29, 49] 15-25
Right in front of the larger dock.
Stonetalon Mountains
Charred Vale 14-30
Sun Rock Retreat 14-30
Desolace
Kodo Graveyard 30-40
Between Mannoroc Coven and Kodo Graveyard.
Nijel's Point 30-40
Sar'theris Strand 30-40
Shadowprey Village 30-40
South of town.
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 Uplands 30-40
Badlands
Mirage Flats [31.0, 66.0] 30-40
Dustbowl [24.8, 55.7] 30-40
North-north east of above location.
Kargath [4.2, 48.7] 30-40
Azshara
Lake Mennar 45-55
On the eastern side.
Forlorn Ridge [21.2, 77.9] 45-55
To the southwest ("Alliance entrance").
Haldarr Encampment [19, 63] 45-55
Satyr camp
Western Plaguelands
Felstone Field [35.6, 58.3] 51-58
The Weeping Cave [65.6, 41.3] 51-58
North of the new flight master.
Gahrron's Withering [59.8, 59.8] 51-58
To the west.
Burning Steppes
Dreadmaul Rock [83, 58] 50-58
Between Dreadmaul Rock and Morgan's Vigil .
Pillar of Ash [46, 52] 50-58
Silithus
Cenarion Hold 55-60
Towards the Swarming Pillar .
Staghelm Point [61.0, 16.1] 55-60
To the northwest.
Hive'Ashi [47.6, 20.3] 55-60
Northeastern edge.
Hive'Regal [48.3, 79.7] 55-60
Western edge.
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
Howling Fjord
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
Rage Fang Shrine [53.1, 55.2] 73-80
Zeb'Halak [16, 36] 73-80
Storm Peaks
Inventor's Library [36.7, 43.6] 76-80
Brunnhildar Village [44.6, 73.9] 76-80
Snowblind Hills [35.4, 82.5] 76-80
First Gnoll camp west of K3 .
Valkyrion [25.8, 62.1] 76-80
Fire Represented on maps below by
Zone
Subzone
Coordinates
Level Range
Note
The Barrens
Bael Modan 7-30
North of Bael Modan.
Camp Taurajo 7-30
Ratchet 7-30
Southern Gold Road 7-30
Between Razorfen Downs and Razorfen Kraul .
Stagnant Oasis 7-30
The Sludge Fen 7-30
Westfall
Gold Coast Quarry [32, 38] 10-20
Furlbrow's Pumpkin Patch [53, 19] 10-20
Moonbrook [45, 68] 10-20
Sentinel Hill [55, 50] 10-20
Ashenvale
Astranaar [37, 52] 18-30
Dor'Danil Barrow Den [72, 72] 18-30
The Shady Nook [62, 61] 18-30
The Zoram Strand [15, 20] 18-30
Warsong Lumber Camp [86, 57] 18-30
Dustwallow Marsh
Shady Rest Inn [29.8, 45.1] 35-45
Theramore 35-45
Inside near the armory.
Witch Hill 35-45
To the north.
The Hinterlands
Featherbeard's Hovel 40-50
Searing Gorge
The Cauldron [55.4, 45.2] 45-50
Dirt section
Grimesilt Digsite [63, 62] 45-50
South of the excavation site
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
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.
Ice Thistle Hills [65.4, 42.3] 55-60
Southeast of Everlook
Lake Kel'Theril [52.9, 41.6] 55-60
Frostsaber Rock [50, 14] 55-60
To the south.
Starfall Village [53, 24] 55-60
To the north.
Hellfire Peninsula
Dark Portal 58-63
Falcon Watch 58-63
Honor Hold 58-63
Sha'naari Wastes 58-63
The Path of Glory [58, 48] 58-63
Thrallmar [54, 37] 58-63
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 Represented on maps below by
Zone
Subzone
Coordinates
Level Range
Note
Silverpine Forest
Ambermill 10-20
To the north.
Dead Field 10-20
West towards the shore.
Sepulcher 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
Direforge Hill 20-30
Between the Green Belt and Direforge Hill.
Menethil Harbor 20-30
Near the front gate.
Sundown Marsh 20-30
On the shore near the Lost Fleet .
Thousand Needles
Darkcloud Pinnacle [32.9, 25.6] 25-35
Rustmaul Digsite [71.0, 87.0] 25-35
SW Shimmer Flats, near some silithid.
Stranglethorn Vale
Booty Bay 30-45
Between the entrance and the Wild Shore .
Grom'gol Base Camp 30-45
Kurzen's Compound 30-45
Nesingwary's Expedition 30-45
West of the camp.
Swamp of Sorrows
Harborage [28.4, 39.3] 35-45
To the south.
Splinterspear Junction [15, 49] 35-45
Stonard [45.1, 53.5] 35-45
Stagalbog Cave [68, 76] 35-45
Stagalbog [77, 68] 35-45
Tanaris
Dunemaul Compound 40-50
Gaping Chasm 40-50
Gadgetzan 40-50
Northeast.
Gadgetzan 40-50
West
Lost Rigger Cove 40-50
Thistleshrub Valley 40-50
Waterspring Field [59.0, 39.0] 40-50
Un'goro Crater
Lakkari Tar Pits 48-59
To the north.
Marshlands 48-59
Southeast.
Terror Run [41.5, 63.7] 48-59
Beyond the northeast edge.
Terror Run [31.4, 72.2] 48-59
Southwest.
Zangarmarsh
Ango'rosh Grounds 60-66
Feralfen Village 60-66
Funggor Cavern 60-66
On road leading to Terokkar Forest .
Orebor Harborage 60-66
Swamprat Post 60-66
Zabra'jin 60-66
Shadowmoon Valley
Legion Hold 67-70
Ruins of Baa'ri [56, 35] 67-70
Shadowmoon Village 67-70
Dragonblight
Agmar's Hammer 71-80
Moonrest Gardens 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
Hrothgar's Landing
Northern Section
77-80
Wind Represented on maps below by
Zone
Subzone
Coordinates
Level Range
Note
Darkshore
Auberdine 10-20
Auberdine
10-20
South on the shore.
Bashal'Aran 10-20
To the west.
Grove of the Ancients [42.6, 78.8] 10-20
Hillsbrad Foothills
Southshore 20-30
Tarren Mill [60.9, 21.6] 20-30
Southpoint Tower [25.0, 52.0] 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 30-40
To the south.
Hammerfall 30-40
Feralas
Ruins of Solarsal 45-50
"Flame of Samha"
Dire Maul 45-50
At the entrance.
Feathermoon Stronghold 45-50
To the southwest.
Forgotten Coast 45-50
Near the dock.
Rage Scar Hold [50, 31] 45-50
The area below.
Felwood
Shatter Scar Vale 48-55
Southern craters.
Eastern Plaguelands
Eastwall Tower [60.6, 45.5] 53-60
Corin's Crossing 53-60
To the south.
Northpass Tower [52.3, 22.7] 53-60
Undercroft 53-60
Terokkar Forest
Allerian Stronghold 62-65
Bone Wastes 62-65
Cenarion Thicket 62-65
Firewing Point [72.1, 36.1] 62-65
Stonebreaker Hold 62-65
Tuurem 62-65
Veil Shienor 62-65
Netherstorm
Area 52 67-70
Arklon Ruins 67-70
Manaforge Ultris 67-70
South near the bridge.
Borean Tundra
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 [56, 39] 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
Crystalsong Forest
Ruins of Shandaral [73, 62] 78-80
Continent maps Note that the coordinates displayed on the maps are for the continent, not for the zone in which the spawn locations can be found.
Locations in Kalimdor Locations in Eastern Kingdoms Locations in Outland Locations in Northrend [3]
Patch changes Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12):Event activated on 11/1/10. Video References External links 
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