Rift: Currency (Source Shards, Source Stones, and Planerite)

ZAM's Rift wiki has a section devoted to the various currencies available in the game.  It lists all the available monies, the level (if any), faction and what type of money each is (dungeon, crafting, PvP, world event, etc.).
http://rift.zam.com/wiki/Currency_%28Rift%29

Rift Junkies talks planar currency.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/02/01/planar-currency-and-item-rundown/

Source shards and source stones information, plus planerite information.
http://www.riftplanesoftelaraguide.net/rift-planarite-guide/

Otherworldly sourcestones (associated with the River of Souls Patch 1.1 world event)
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Grim_Harvest

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Rift: Guilds and Their Quests UPDATED AGAIN

Apparently there are quests just for guilds.  The guide to guilds on IGN's Rift Kingdom says you can see any guild quest on your guild info tab.  Guilds can work on one quest at a time and apparently receive guild perks for completing quests.
http://rift.ign.com/wiki/Guild_Guide

UPDATE #2:  I've found an article at Massively about how guilds work in Rift that has a section about guild quests.  This is an excellent overview about how guilds work in Rift from how to start a guide to how the various guild windows work in the UI.
http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/03/03/the-guild-counsel-a-guild-guide-to-rift/

UPDATE #3:  A brief explanation of guild quests from the forums.
http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=396067&TabID=3349438&ForumID=1903286&TopicID=9559584

UPDATE:  Zam is building a page about guilds and how they work on their wiki.  So far there's nothing on guild quests except how the UI works.
http://rift.zam.com/wiki/Guilds_%28Rift%29

(If you need information about your guild panel, look on page 19 of the online game manual.)
http://www.riftgame.com/en/docs/RIFT_Manual_EN.pdf

This forum posting done during one of the betas describes the points you get as rewards.
http://www.lore.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=387377&TabID=3266924&ForumID=1855694&TopicID=9460587

I've found a listing of several Guardian guild quests here but haven't been able to find any Defiant guild quest information to date.
http://rift.ign.com/wiki/Category:Guardian_Guild_Quests

I've also found a list of Rift guilds (organized by shards) with links to their websites, if any.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Category:Guilds

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Rift: Warrior Guide

Rift Watchers has published a warrior guide, complete with a compact description of all the souls available and a link to a recommended build.
http://www.riftwatchers.com/2011/02/20/warrior-guide/

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Rift: A Dungeon Finder in the Works

Love it or hate it, WOW's dungeon finder is coming to Rift.  It will be cross-shard (i.e., cross-server), too.  Since the Solo MMO Player occasionally finds it hard to get through fights because no one else is around despite the high population on his beta server, this probably is a positive sign.
http://www.riftwatchers.com/2011/02/15/a-dungeon-finder-is-coming-to-rift/

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Rift: Rogue Builds UPDATED

Rift Watchers has posted a Rogue Guide that describes the classes and souls available.  As always, check out the Comments for more insight into various rogue combos.
http://www.riftwatchers.com/2011/02/24/rogue-guide/

UPDATE:  Rift Junkies has published the first in their Jagged Blade overview of rogues.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/03/24/the-jagged-blade-a-rogue-calling-overview-part-1/

How Patch 1.1 will effect rogues.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/03/28/the-jagged-blade-whats-coming-up-in-patch-1-1/

UPDATE #2:  There is a website devoted to rogue builds (that includes some rotations/casting sequences).
http://riftroguebuilds.com/

UPDATE #3:  A series of YouTube videos about the rogue and various builds.  I haven't watched this so I don't know how good the videos are, but I've inclucded the link for the visually oriented.
http://wn.com/Rift__Rogue__Basic_Overview

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Rift Websites (not Wikis)

While looking for Rift blogs, I ran across several Rift websites that look interesting.  The first is HorRIFTic Intentions, which has its own Rift podcast, blog, videos, guides, patch notes, links to official Rift sites and wikis,  and articles about the game.  This is worth bookmarking to keep an eye on.  The second link is the HI blog as there doesn't seem to be a link on the main site to the blog.  I'll be exploring the large amount of content here as I have time and will mention the Good Stuff later.
http://horrifticintentions.com/

http://horrifticintentions.wordpress.com/

The second site is Rift Watchers.  This site also has guides and a podcast and a list of Rift blogs as well as interesting news articles (the number of servers at launch compared across MMOs, articles from Rift Junkies folks, the fact that a dungeon finder tool is planned, a discussion on the lost art of grouping, etc.).   I'll be bookmarking both and watching them carefully for nuggets of information that will help the Solo MMO Player and others with Rift.
http://www.riftwatchers.com/

UPDATE:  Inc Gamers has a nice Rift website, with great detailed maps, a soul builder, videos, a dev tracker, guides and a forum.
http://rift.incgamers.com/

UPDATE #2: Looks like RiftCore.com is also one to keep an eye on.
http://www.riftcore.com/

UPDATE #3:  Here's another with at least some theory crafting in some of the builds.
http://www.etherealshadows.com/

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Rift: Artifact Sets

The artifacts you pick up here and there can be turned into the Artifact Collector (in Meridan and Sanctum).  In return you get Lucky Coins that can be used to buy vanity pets and mounts, and achievements, and various caches.  The caches are random and include gold, potions, and epic weapons and gear.  They are also tiered according to the zone the artifacts were collected in.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Artifact_Collector

http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Lucky_Coin

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Rift TV

TGN.tv has created a series of Rift videos about various aspects of play.  There are two pages of everything from general introductory videos and gameplay to character creation and dungeon guides located here.  It's worth a browse to see if there is anything of interest to you but remember that these were made from the various betas.  There may have been changes for the retail releases of the game.
http://tgn.tv/?s=rift

Here is a good introduction video on how to use the UI and maps, etc.
http://tgn.tv/▶-rift-guide-sanctum-city-maps-surprises-tgn-tv/

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Rift: Zones and Their Levels and Factions

Here is a list of major areas (zones) of the game, with the level range and the faction that controls the area.  This seems to be based on the beta so it may not be totally correct and some faction information is lacking. Note that cities and areas within the zones are listed later down on the page.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Zone

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Rift: Various Maps and How Map Coordinates Work

Overall map of Telara
http://game-maps.com/RIFT-The-World-of-Telara-Map.asp

This site has maps of Gloamwood Pines, Meridian and Sanctum.

http://rift.incgamers.com/guides/Category:City_maps

UPDATE:  Another overall map from Reckoner with the zones marked out.
http://a.imageshack.us/img23/6420/telaramap01.jpg

UPDATE:  Great complete maps of Gloamwood Pines, Meredian, and Sanctum, with less detailed maps of Freemarch, Gloamwood, Scarlet Gorge, and Silverwood available.
http://rift.incgamers.com/mapping-telara-scarlet-gorge/

UPDATE #2:  IncGamers continues to update their maps with all sorts of information.
http://rift.incgamers.com/zone-and-porticulum-map-updates/

Maps showing cairn locations.
http://forum.mmosite.com/topics/576/201103/01/69,1.html

Rift Junkies maps (NPC coordinates for large cities as well as mining and foraging guide maps)
http://forum.mmosite.com/topics/576/201102/15/49,1.html?time=1298966422

Various maps of cities, zones and Guardian/Defiant areas.
http://rift.incgamers.com/guides/Category:Maps

Fallen Sons PvP guild has a map of Sanctum and one of Silverwood on their website.  Sanctum's city map shows various vendor locations as well as where the map and auction house is located.
http://www.axiomfiles.com/Files/392306/Sanctum.png

The Silverwood area map shows where various vendors are located.
http://www.axiomfiles.com/Files/392306/Silverwood.jpg

Also search for "foraging" and "mining" and also for "maps" as there are links to maps with mining and foraging sites in those articles.

How map coordinates work in Rift.
http://rift.zam.com/wiki/Map_Coordinates_(Rift)

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