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In POE 3.26, Rituals are still a very profitable endgame strategy, and players can still interact with Ritual Altars in the map and defeat monsters to get Tribute. So here, we will share how to run Rituals on T17 maps to get more benefits. Let’s take a look!

Skill Tree Setup

In this guide, we run Ritual in 30 T17 maps. In the passive skill tree, we need to unlock almost all Ritual nodes, including some Scarab nodes, as well as nodes that increase modifier effects on the map.

In addition to this, we also use two Ritual Scarab of Selectiveness. This Scarab allows us to reroll a total of five Rituals, of which the first four are free. Then, we get two Ritual Scarab of Abundance, so that we can get more items in the Ritual.

Finally, we used Blood-filled Vessel to get better rewards, more monsters, and more Tributes.

Ideally, we can also add special affixes to Blood-filled Vessel to get more Tributes, but this is not mandatory.

How To Run?

Defering Item

Please note that during Ritual, once any valuable item appears, we need to defer the item before claiming it.

This ensures the safety of the item and avoids losing it. Especially if the item has a red border, we must defer it, otherwise it will be almost difficult to see it again in the later stage.

Defering Item feature was introduced as part of the mechanism in the Ritual league. This feature allows you to immediately mark rare items that are currently unavailable for Tribute and make them reappear later. However, in order to defer the item, the player must pay 15% of the original price of the item.

So, we can defer a bunch of valuable items from Tier 17 maps, and then to claim them, we can use Scarab of Wisps and Immutable Dogma Keystones on Tier 16 maps, which will give us more Tributes.

Nameless Ritual

But the problem with using Immutable Dogma is that if you get a Nameless Ritual with Keystone active, you won’t be able to reroll Ritual and lose some nice gains.

Nameless Ritual is a special Ritual that has a chance to drop An Audience With The King on each reroll, which allows you to enter Crux of Nothingness and encounter The King in the Mists. Currently, it costs a little more than a POE Divine Orb.

On top of that, you can also get Ritual bases and corpses in these Nameless Rituals, which is usually where you make the big money.

Tribute Farming

For each map, it really depends on your situation. If you have unique monsters in both your Ritual and Blood-filled Vessel, you can get more Tributes.

I think 6000 Tributes should be enough to reroll and defer almost all quests, so just make sure you have at least 2500 Tributes left when you reroll for the last time. As long as you have all Ritual passives in Atlas passive tree, you can defer any quest with this much Tribute.

Investment & Profit

Now, we will talk about total investment and profit.

Regarding Ritual, I would say that your profit will vary greatly depending on the random number generator (RNG). Because Ritual mechanism is usually very unstable, but I think on Tier 17 map, as long as we invest moderately, we can guarantee a good profit, and have a chance to complete some important Ritual, or Nameless Ritual.

During this run, our total investment was 14 Divine Orbs. This number is for when I try to take everything into account, including Scarabs, Vessels, Maps, Chisels, T16 maps, and some Chaos Orbs for re-rolling T17 maps.

After all maps are done, we get a profit of 54.3 Divines. It is important to note that we only count items obtained from Ritual window, and do not consider items dropped from monsters, Uber Boss fragments, etc.

Of course, this does not mean that if you complete 30 T17 Ritual maps exactly as shown here, you will get the same results. As I said, the success or failure of Ritual depends on luck.

To be fair, I found two Nameless Rituals on 30 maps, which is very lucky, because each one gave us a profit of about 10 POE Divine Orbs. So, if you don’t want to include these, then subtract 20 Divines from the final profit.

Run Time

If you want to know how long this took, it really depends on how fast you finish T17 maps and how fast you map in Ritual maps. For reference, we averaged about 7 to 8 minutes to complete each T17 map, and about 1 to 2 minutes for each T16 map.

In T17 map, we chose Fortress Map and Sanctuary Map to layout. In T16 map, I chose to run City Square Map because we can get three Ritual drops from unique enemies in the boss battle here, and this layout is very suitable for Ritual.

Finally, I must emphasize that during Ritual run, if not necessary, please skip all items worth less than 10 Chaos Orbs, because it will actually just waste your time.

There are more profitable things waiting for you to explore on the map, some Omens, Fossils, Resonators, Gems, Maps, Unique Maps, Divination Cards are all valuable.

In addition, in POE 3.26 league, Archdemon Crown is also quite valuable. Currently, they are targeting 0.9 Divines, which is basically one Divine. Then there are Fractured bases, Synthesised bases, and generally rare items with good modifiers, which can bring you a good profit.

In short, after running 30 T17 Ritual maps, we can get at least close to 50 Divines, which may not be exactly what you expect, but it is indeed an easy and profitable way to make money.

Path Of Exile 3.26 has been released for a while now, and you may have reached the endgame and started a long journey of currency and equipment farming, or you may still be exploring the main storyline and are still a long way from the end of the game.

You may want to build a secondary character and change your play style. Then you can try Eviscerate Bleed Gladiator build, which is a very violent melee build. Its advantages are its strong survivability and low equipment requirements. This is a very suitable build for single players.

Pros And Cons

Pros

Because Eviscerate Bleed Gladiator build has very high resistances and life steal, it makes it difficult for you to die throughout the campaign, and you can even fight against the boss face to face.

In terms of farming, this build also has excellent AOE. If you are on a normal difficulty map, you will see monsters fall like crops. In addition, Eviscerate Bleed Gladiator does not rely on high-level equipment, and can solve Expedition & Harvest without pressure.

Cons

Eviscerate Bleed Gladiator build is not perfect. First, it requires you to operate frequently. Second, as a melee build, its movement is not very sensitive. And its survivability is very strong, but its damage is not high enough, especially when you are dealing with a boss, and its speed is very slow to kill bosses, and Gladiator may die sometimes, and Eviscerate Bleed Gladiator build performs averagely in Legion & Sanctum.

Eviscerate Bleed Gladiator Build Skills

• Bladestorm: Maim Support, Momentum Support, Chance to Bleed Support.
• Crushing Fist: Expert Retaliation Support, Cast when Damage Taken Support, Vaal Molten Shell.
• Shield Charge: Chance to Bleed Support, Faster Attacks Support, Momentum Support.
• Eviscerate: Melee Physical Damage Support, Cruelty Support, Expert Retaliation Support, Brutality Support, Volatility Support.
• Pride: Eternal Blessing Support.
• Blood Rage: Flame Dash, Vulnerability.
• Vitality: No.

Here's how you get these skill gems:

• Bladestorm: Act 3 - Sever the Right Hand reward or trade with Clarissa
• Maim Support: Act 1 - The Caged Brute reward or trade with Nessa
• Momentum Support: Act 1 - Mercy Mission reward or trade with Nessa
• Crushing Fist: Act 1 - Breaking Some Eggs reward
• Expert Retaliation Support: Act 3 - A Fixture of Fate reward
• Shield Charge: Act 1 - Breaking Some Eggs reward
• Faster Attacks Support: Act 1 - The Caged Brute reward or trade with Yeena
• Eviscerate: Act 2 - Intruders in Black reward
• Melee Physical Damage Support: Act 4 - An Indomitable Spirit reward
• Cruelty Support: Act 2 - Sharp and Cruel reward
• Brutality Support: Act 4 - The Eternal Nightmare trade with Petarus and Vanja
• Volatility Support: Act 2 - Sharp and Cruel trade with Yeena
• Pride: Act 3 - Lost in Love reward
• Blood Rage: Act 2 - Intruders in Black reward or trade with Yeena
• Vulnerability: Act 3 - Lost in Love trade with Clarissa
• Vitality: Act 1 - The Caged Brute reward

The above are the skill gems and support gems you should have by the time you complete the entire campaign, as well. If you don’t have enough slots for Support skill gems, buy POE currency to get Jeweler’s Orbs. Since this build is not very weapon-dependent, skills are the most important part.

Eviscerate Bleed Gladiator Flasks

Divine Life Flask: Used to reduce the duration of the curse effect

• Jade Flask: Used to increase armor
• Quartz Flask: Used to reduce the impact of the shock effect on you
• Sulphur Flask/ Blood Sap Tincture: Used to reduce the duration of the freeze effect or freeze
• Quicksilver Flask: Used to increase your movement speed during the effect

Flasks can improve your defense. You need to use PoE currency to change the suffix of the flask, but it is best not to use any modifiers that shorten the duration of the flask.

Eviscerate Bleed Gladiator Weapons

• Early: Reaver Axe (Max hit damage)
• Mid-game: Jack, the Axe
• Late-game: High-quality rare axes

In terms of weapon selection, in the early stage, you need an axe with enough damage. You need to focus on maximum damage rather than attack speed. In the mid-game, if you have some Divine orbs, you can go to the market to exchange for a Jack, the Axe. This weapon provides life steal and damage for Gladiator.

Jack, the Axe’s damage is a bit lacking in the late game. You need to find a Reaver Axe with good affixes as a base and use your currency to upgrade it. It is best to prepare Deafening Essence of Contempt, Orb of Scouring and Exalted Orb. The affixes you need are attack speed and physical damage multiplier.

Eviscerate Bleed Gladiator Armor

Armor is your most important source of physical resistance. When you reach the late game, your armor and dodge should be as high as possible. The second is to check your resistances and try to get them to the resistance cap.

The main affixes provided by Armor are dodge and armor value. You can give other defensive affixes to your rings and amulets.

The following affixes are useful to you:

• Increase physical damage over time multiplier
• Increase global physical damage
• Increase maximum health
• Increase damage
• Increase damage over time
• Increase bleeding damage
• Increase damage over time multiplier
• Increase chaos resistance
• Increase maximum fire/cold/lightning resistance

Eviscerate Bleed Gladiator build is not very complicated, each player can build according to the items they have, but the final tank level and damage limit will definitely be different.