S34 – Do not accidentally open your challenge rift cache!

Just a reminder that if, like me, you're waiting for the challenge rift cache to continue to progress on the Altar of Rites, do not accidentally open it when you mean to sacrifice it!

EDIT- well, I did just that, and now I have to wait a week. Drat. So don't be like me.

What I should have done (on PC version) is go to the Altar of Rites and then accept the cache in my mail, where it lands in my inventory, and then I don't click it at all. Instead I interact with the Altar, select a node, and click the "Sacrifice" button to sacrifice the cache. I never need to click it.

If you're unsure of how to complete a challenge rift, watch the sub as u/jessewh187 posts a guide every week. You can also find u/CptDHonorseeker regularly posting challenge rift guides on YouTube, but not in this sub.

The challenge rift will go live this afternoon at 1pm Pacific (UTC-8hr) today for PC (NA) and all console players. Also at 4am CET (UTC+1hr) on Tuesday for PC (EU) players.

I posted other Altar of Rites tips and reminders previously.

While we wait for the rift to open, let me know when/if you got stuck at the Altar waiting for your cache, or if you chose not to use it to level up and didn't have to wait at all. This season I got as far as the Ramaladni's Gift (1 step before the cache) on Saturday, but then got right away on Sunday morning (along with 4 others throughout the day, proving my oft-stated "the drop rate is 0 until you no longer need one, at which point it goes to 100%"). So I've been waiting about a day. I have all the upcoming requirements (ancient puzzle ring, set dungeon tomes, lots of mats, staff of herding, GR110 completed) ready to go.