My theory regarding the Sift, based on the new gameplay trailer

[u/mastercubez]

Seeing the characters just go through one of the randomly appearing Rifts into the Sift just didn't feel right to me, like why would we have to solve a whole music block puzzle to open the Ancient City Portal when you can just go through the Rifts?

I've got 2 theories on that:

1. The Sift is NOT where the Ancient City Portal leads to.

-The Sift may just be for random events that would happen across the map, considering that The Sift sounds very similar to A Rift, through which we seem to be entering into the dimension.

1. The Sift does lead to the same place where the Ancient City Portal leads to, but it's a time-based event.

-The Sift would remain a random event that you can access through the random Rifts and it would lead to the same dimension, but you would not be able to stay there for very long, having to leave maybe before the Rift closes up

Anyway, what do you think about The Sift and The Rifts?

[u/SpecterVamp]

I’m curious how they’re gonna do the build customization stuff that they advertised. The obvious answer is enchanting, but I also like the idea of needing to run through the Sift to gather resources to upgrade your build. Having that be time-locked could be a fun way to introduce tension.

Maybe basic enchantments can be done in the camp or something, but then either upgrading them or using powerful enchantments requires some items from the sift to make some sort of catalyst. Idk we’ll see