Although the early stages of Path of Exile 2 are easier to explore than the endgame, the endgame offers more loot. This is not only to match the high difficulty of the endgame, but also because the endgame will provide you with more mechanics to broaden your POE 2 Currency farming channels.
Among all the new content in POE 2 endgame, the most noteworthy are four main mechanics: Breach, Ritual, Delirium and Expedition. We have introduced several of them to you through other related information before, and this time we will introduce you to Ritual.
What Is Ritual?
As one of the endgame mechanics of Path of Exile 2, Ritual can help you get endgame gear and Divine Orbs through combat. In this way, you can not only enhance your game character but also exchange your Divine Orbs for more benefits through the currency exchange system.
Currency exchange is unlocked when you enter the endgame and reach the game’s Cruel difficulty, allowing you to trade currency items with other players, thus easing the intensity of your POE 2 item farming work. But before that, you need to master the operation of Ritual in order to earn enough orbs.
How Does Ritual Work?
During the operation of Ritual, corresponding altars will be generated. These altars will be scattered on specific Waystones on the map, or you can think any Waystone with a ritual symbol will have a series of altars distributed throughout the node.
At the location of these altars, there will be some enemies that must be defeated. They will be resurrected again after the altar is activated. It is worth noting that each altar will randomly come with one of 5 conditions, which will change the battle in a corresponding form and restrict your movement area. These conditions are:
- Contaminated - Blood waves will pass through the arena during the battle.
- Infested - Deadly tornadoes will always follow you.
- Sapping - Make the arena always full of purple clouds, and standing in it will reduce your elemental resistance, and enemies will gain elemental resistance.
- Smothered - Explosive pods form in the arena and follow you around.
- Tainted - Enemies spawn explosive pods when they die, which explode when you get close to them.
You’ll need to adjust your combat strategy to deal with different restrictions. In addition, when you kill an enemy with a Ritual Altar active, you’ll earn Tribute Points, which can be used to claim or delay items acquired through the altar. While these points will persist throughout the current map, they will be reset when you start running a Ritual on a new map.
Ritual Locations
First, you can find playable Rituals on randomly generated Waystones throughout the map. Second, you can find some Rituals by using Ritual Precursor Tablet on a Watchtower, which will make five to ten map nodes within range of Watchtower offer your Ritual altars. Often these tablets may drop from Ritual enemies on previous nodes.
How To Farm In Ritual?
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If you want to get POE 2 Regal Orbs or more types of orbs through Ritual farming, then you need to get as many altars as possible. To do this, you first need to target map nodes with Ritual symbols, and get Omens and possible tablet drops by completing these Rituals, so that you can get more Ritual nodes with tablets.
How To Build Atlas Tree For Ritual?
There are some branches in POE 2 Atlas skill tree dedicated to enhancing the effects of Ritual, which is divided into two categories: rewarding you with more tributes, and making item farming more focused on enemy drops. The latter branch will have a greater effect, so it will be introduced to you in detail.
In this skill tree branch, the best skills are From The Mists, Spreading Darkness, and Ominous Portents. From The Mists adds two extra packs of monsters to each altar and increases the chance of slate drops; Spreading Darkness ensures that there are always four altars in all Ritual nodes; Ominous Portents gives you a 50% chance of Omens drops while making enemies appear faster.
If you can, you can also try to unlock He Approaches. This skill increases the rarity of monsters during Ritual and the drop rate of An Audience With The King. Due to the difficulty of this option is too high, you’d better choose it carefully unless your character is strong enough.
How To Defer Items?
Although deferring an item during a Ritual will consume a small amount of tribute, it can bring you more benefits by locking the item in place so that it will reappear in a future Ritual with a lower tribute tag. So you can repeat this process as many times as you can and unlock some related Atlas skill nodes for it.
In general, while Ritual may not be able to upgrade your builds, Omens you get when farming it can be exchanged for a variety of POE 2 orbs, giving you the opportunity to continue to exchange for more precious game items. Of course, you can also get some free orbs by participating in POE 2 giveaway event on IGGM Discord! Good luck!
