Rift

The Rift
INFORMATION
Type	Container/Storage for items
Usage	Used to store items that can be saved for future runs.
SOUND FILES
Ambience (Guiding Light)
Ambience (Curious Light)

🗨	"Enjoy, future me!" - Interconnected Achievement description

The Rifts, also known as Guiding Light's Rift and Curious Light's Rift are a type of container that, in the Hotel, can be found in The Electrical Room and The Reception (if an item has already been placed in one of two of the Rifts). It will also appear at the beginning and end of The Mines, and at the start and finish of all main future Floors. For the normal one, it appears as a white crack with a light blue glow and has various particles emanating from it. For the starlight one, it again appears as a white crack except however with a yellow glow which is slightly smaller and also has various particles emitting from it.

Usage

The Rift(s) can be found by going downstairs in The Electrical Room. Downstairs, there is a single room emitting blue light (or yellow depending on if the Starlight Rift has spawned) with cracks along the walls. In the middle of the room is the Rift(s). To store an item into it, a player must equip one and interact with the Rift(s), which preserves it for the next time they play. On the next game run, the Rift(s) will appear in The Reception, and players will be able to retrieve the item they stored in it. The Rift will not appear if the player did not deposit an item in it.

Both Rifts will also appear in The Mines, however only at the end and the beginning (depending on whether an item is inside it or not). It will also appear on all main future floors as well.

If the Bottle of Starlight is put inside the Rift, a second Rift will be created near the main one. This one is colored in a yellow-golden color which resembles the Curious Light and acts exactly the same as the main Rift, with the exception that it will disappear once an item is pulled out.

Notes

• There are certain items a player cannot store in the Rift, such as a Room Key or the Electrical Room Key.
  • Attempting to do so will result in the message "A currently activated Modifier disabled the Rift." even when no modifiers are enabled. This is likely a bug.
• The player can only store one (or two if they have the Starlight Rift) non-stackable item inside the Rift(s). If they want to add something new, the player must grab the stored item that spawns at the start of the run inside The Reception and make it to Door 100 again. However, the player can store multiple of one stackable item, such as lockpicks or vitamins.
• Once a player inserts all 10 fuses into the circuit breaker box, they will no longer be able to access the Rift(s) in the run, as the top of the staircase leading to it will be blocked off by an metal shelf and an invisible wall.
• Putting an item inside the Rift(s) will keep it preserved inside until the player decides to take it out, so it's suggested to put useful or rare items inside such as a Crucifix, a Skeleton Key, a Shakelight, a NVCS-3000, a Vial of Starlight, or a Bottle of Starlight (If the second Rift is already created).
• Light sources will keep their remaining charge when placed inside the Rift.
• The Rift was not available in the 2023 April Fools Event. This is most likely the case to prevent players from bringing items that are exclusive to the event into the normal gameplay.
  • This also applies to certain modifiers.

Related achievements

		Interconnected "Enjoy, future me!" Preserve an item in a Rift.

Trivia

• Sometimes Circuit Breaker Switches are able to spawn downstairs in the Rift's room.
• Players aren't able to "steal" items that are preserved inside another player's Rift(s), as they cannot see other player's Rift(s).
• Using a Rift to transport a new item while having a duplicate of the current Rift item in the player's inventory will now just drop the Rift item on the floor, instead of not allowing the player to transport the item.
• The blue light behind the crucifix on the banner of the Hotel+ Update appears to be the Rift.
• The Rift was originally going to be locked behind a door which required the Skeleton Key, however it was changed in favor of making it a normally accessible feature.
• Items placed in the Rift were originally going to be obtainable in the Pre-Run Shop.
• The Rift's textures IDs are: 12769758193, 12769768264, 12769803829, 12769792997 and 12769747276. It may also play the sound of the failing crucifix sound at the reception.
• There may be a future achievement for using Curious Light's Rift.
  • Although, there probably will not be one due to the fact that the Bottle of Starlight is somewhat hard to get, and getting it to the Rift's room is a challenge on it's own. However, if you have an item stored in the Rift already, you can simply use the Bottle of Starlight on the Rift in the Reception, skipping the journey to the Electrical Room.

Bugs

• Sometimes, when exiting The Backdoor, the Rift is not shown in The Reception.

Gallery

A NVCS-3000 inside the Rift.

A Shakelight inside the Rift.

Lockpicks inside the Rift.

The Shears, inside most likely by hacked means, in the Rift.

A Crucifix inside the Rift.

A Candle inside the Rift.

A Skeleton Key inside the Rift.

A Lighter inside the Rift.

A Shakelight in the Rift with shaders on.

A NVCS-3000 inside the Rift at Door 100.

An item stored in the Rift as it would appear in the Pre-Run Shop.

A modifier blocking the use of The Rift.

A player getting an item from the Rift.

Curious Light's Rift along with Guiding Light's Rift.

Ditto, but in The Reception.

Curious Light's Rift arrows when hovering over it.

The Rift in Retro Mode in the Electrical Room.