PoE 2 Ritual Farming Guide: Best Ritual Atlas Tree Strategies

Ritual farming is a powerful way to accumulate PoE 2 currency and rewards by harnessing the Ritual mechanic, which allows you to farm valuable PoE 2 items and PoE 2 currency like Divine Orbs. The key to success lies in optimizing your Atlas Tree to maximize Tribute (the currency used in Rituals) and increasing the chances of high-value drops. Below is a breakdown of the best strategies for Ritual farming.

Top 3 Ritual Farming Atlas Tree Strategies

1. Precursor Tablet and Pack Size Focus

This strategy focuses on maximizing Tribute gains by improving monster density and scaling explicit modifiers that enhance the Ritual mechanics.

Atlas Tree Setup:

Precursor Towers & Modifier Scaling (4 Points): Increases the effectiveness of explicit modifiers such as "Sacrificed Monsters grant Increased Tribute" and "Increased Pack Size." This will boost both the monster density and the Tribute gained from them.

Increased Pack Size (2 Points): Increases the base map pack size, ensuring more monsters spawn naturally.

Monster Density Nodes:

Rare & Magic Monster Nodes (4 Points):

Twin Threats (2 Points): Doubles Tribute from rare monsters and duplicates rare monsters in Rituals.

Increased Magic Monsters (2 Points): Increases the chance of magic monsters spawning, which directly boosts Tribute gains.

Ritual-Specific Nodes:

From the Mists (2 Points): Adds 2 additional natural packs of monsters to each Ritual, increasing Tribute generation.

Tempting Offers (2 Points): Grants an additional reroll for Favors and reduces reroll costs by 25%. This helps maximize your chances of obtaining high-value items like Audience with the King.

He Approaches (2 Points): Increases the chances of revived monsters being Magic or Rare, boosting Tribute and the drop rate of valuable items.

Optional Scaling Nodes:

Spreading Darkness (2 Points): Guarantees 4 Altars per map, although this has diminishing returns due to Tribute penalties.

Reinforced Sacrifices (2 Points): Nullifies Tribute penalties for revived monsters, optimizing Tribute gain for high-cost items like Omens.

2. Maximizing 8 Skill Points and Audience with the King Drops

This strategy aims to maximize the chance of finding an Audience with the King and high-value Omens, which are some of the most lucrative items in Ritual farming.

Initial Setup:

Spreading Darkness (2 Points): Guarantees 4 Ritual Altars per map, ensuring high Tribute generation.

From the Mists (2 Points): Adds 2 additional Wildwood monster packs to Rituals, which increases Tribute and rewards.

Second Setup:

Ominous Portents (2 Points): Increases the spawn rate of Ritual Monsters and boosts the chance of finding Omens (+50%). This is essential for accessing high-value Omens like Omen of Greater Exaltation.

Third Setup:

He Approaches (2 Points): Boosts the chances of revived monsters being Magic/Rare, which increases the likelihood of getting high-value items, such as Audience with the King.

Final Setup:

Tempting Offers (2 Points): Adds 1 reroll per map and reduces reroll costs by 25%. This is crucial for optimizing the drop chances of high-value items.

Spreading Darkness or From the Mists (2 Points): Pick whichever one you didn’t choose earlier to further scale Tribute gains.

3. Targeting High-Value Item Deferrals (Audience, Purple Omens)

This strategy is tailored for those looking to farm specific high-value items, like Audience with the King or Purple Omens, and maximize Tribute generation for purchasing or deferring expensive items.

Core Nodes for Deferral Farming:

Tempting Offers (2 Points): Adds 1 reroll per map and reduces reroll costs, ensuring better chances of getting high-value drops.

Ominous Portents (2 Points): Increases the appearance rate of Omens by 50%, crucial for obtaining rare Omens.

He Approaches (2 Points): Increases the chance of finding high-value items like Audience with the King by improving the rarity and monster density in Rituals.

Secondary Setup for Deferral:

Promised Devotion (2 Points): Increases the odds of deferred items reappearing by 50% and reduces the Tribute cost of deferrals by 50%. This is useful for securing expensive items like Audience with the King or Omens in future maps.

Reinvigorated Sacrifices (2 Points): Increases Tribute generation and nullifies Tribute penalties for revived monsters, allowing you to generate enough Tribute to afford the deferred items.

Scaling Tribute Generation:

From the Mists (2 Points): Adds 2 additional packs of monsters to Rituals, further increasing Tribute generation.

Ritual Farming Phases:

Phase 1: Hunting Big-Ticket Items (Audience with the King, Purple Omens)

Focus on increasing item appearance rates and Tribute generation for items like Audience with the King and high-value Omens.

Key Nodes: Tempting Offers, Ominous Portents, He Approaches, From the Mists.

Phase 2: Extracting Deferred Items

After deferring valuable items, your focus shifts to maximizing Tribute generation to afford or defer expensive items.

Key nodes: Promised Devotion, Reinvigorated Sacrifices, Tempting Offers, From the Mists.

Conclusion

Ritual farming in Path of Exile 2 is a rewarding but complex mechanic that requires careful planning and strategy with your Atlas Tree. By prioritizing monster density, Tribute scaling, and specific Ritual-focused nodes, you can maximize your farming efficiency and generate high-value rewards like Audience with the King and Omens. Be sure to experiment with these strategies and refine your Atlas Tree as you progress to optimize your Ritual farming.