Ritual is one of many endgame mechanics inPath of Exile 2.

If done right, it can be a really lucrative currency farming strategy that requires minimal setup.

Find more about them here!

The King in the Mists, the Pinnacle Ritual Boss in Path of Exile 2 standing in his arena.

How To Farm Ritual?

This willrevive the nearby monsters, requiring you to defeat them again.

Moreover, the encounter takes place in a circular area, whichyou cannot leave.

Player standing in The Black Chambers after defeating Doryani, the final boss of Act-3 in Path of Exile 2.

Remember that your accumulatedTribute does not carry overto the next map.

Therefore, be sure toexhaust it completelybefore entering another map.

You caneasily spawn Ritualin your maps byusing Precursor Tablets.

Player inspecting a Map Node with naturally-spawned Ritual in the endgame Atlas.

Types Of Ritual Altars

There areseveral types of Ritual Altars, with each having adifferent mechanic.

Infested Ritual

A massive tornadowill continue to chase you throughout the Ritual Altar.

Thisdeals a lot of damage, so be sure to avoid it as much as possible.

Player clearing a Sapping Ritual, which is one of many types of Ritual Altars in Path of Exile 2.

Sapping Ritual

You will notice somepurple smokearound the Ritual Altar, which willhinder your movement.

Smothered Ritual

Orbs dealing Chaos Damagewill follow you around.

If you are a CI (Chaos Inoculation) character, you take no damage from them.

Player standing inside the enclosed space around the Ritual Altar in which defeating monsters to earn Tribute.

Similar to Smothered Ritual, if you area CI character, you areimmune to this damage.

Earning Tribute

In order topurchase items from Ritual, you willneed Tribute.

Defeating monsters while inside a Ritual Altar will earn you Tribute.

Player inspecting the Favors after clearing the Ritual mechanic for various rewards that can be bought with Tribute.

Things likePack Size,Monster Rarity,Delirium, etc.

directlyaffect the amount of Tribute earned.

confirm youinvestin these mechanicswhen farming Ritual.

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This menu will show you all theitems that are available for purchase.

Rare items, such asDivine Orband T0 Uniques costa lot more Tributecompared to something like anOrb of Alchemy.

You mustclear all the Ritual Altarson the map to see the entire collection of available items.

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You will seethree ways to spend your Tributein this window:

Option

Explanation

Purchase

This one is pretty straightforward.

Simplyclick on an item to purchaseit, provided that you have the required Tribute.

Reroll

You will notice adice-like icon in the top-rightcorner of the window.

The recommended Atlas Tree for people who wish to farm Ritual in Path of Exile 2. It takes Pack Size, Monster Rarity, Tablet Effect, etc.

you might tap on it in order toreroll the available rewards.

Defer

At the bottom of the window, you will see a Defer Item option.

If you defer an item, you will spend asmall amount of Tribute to save it.

Omen of Sinistral Annulment, one of the rarest Omens that players can get from Ritual.

That item will thenappear in the future Ritualsat a discounted price, making it easier to afford.

You cancontinue to defer an itemuntil you are able to purchase it.

To make the most out of Ritual, you oughta have asoundDeferralstrategy, which we have discussed later on.

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This requires you todefeat the King of the Mistsa total of four times two Passive Points for each kill.

Continue to repeat until you have all eight Passive Points.

Since some of the Omens are extremely valuable, this node is a must-have.

An example of a Ritual Precursor Tablet that players can use to force Ritual in their maps along with other benefits.

He Approaches

This node grants us a50% chance of getting An Audience with the King.

This fragment (alongside Omens) constitutes themajority of your profitfrom Ritual.

Aside from this, it alsoincreases monster rarity, which means more Tribute.

Player deferring an Orb of Chance in the Favors window to get a discount on it.

Tempting Offers

It lets youreroll Favors an additional time, and at a25% reduced Tribute cost.

This allows you to see more Favors for a chance toget valuable items,such as Omens.

Promised Devotion

With this node, you candefer items at half the cost.

Edited screenshot of the Reforging Bench in Path Of Exile 2.

Other than that, theseitems reappear a lot sooner.

Valuable Loot

There are a lot of big-ticket items which you could get from Rituals.

To efficiently farm Ritual, you will need toinvest in Precursor Tablets.

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There are a few excellent ones that can easily improve your farming game.

Some that are recommended include:

Remember thatPrecursor Tablets do stack.

How To Defer?

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This is themost important partof farming Ritual.

You havea limited amount of Tributeeach map, so it is crucial to spend it intelligently.

You shouldnever buy a valuable item from the first window.

The optimal strategy is tocontinue rerolling Favorsuntil you see something valuable, such as An Audience with the King.

Instead of buying it,defer it, andcontinue rerolling.

Remember thatrerolling Favors takes the top prioritysince you’re free to easily miss a valuable item.

You might as well roll that extra loot.