Overview
This is a ritual currency-farming strategy rather than a single character build — a full breakdown of how to turn ritual encounters into divines in 0.5. The creator frames it as the second-most lucrative strategy in the game right now (behind expeditions), but argues rituals are far more enjoyable to run and far less punishing to set up, while still throwing out jackpots like target-farmable Mageblood and Headhunter.
The core loop is deferral: you defer every omen that can convert to five Exalts or more, then sell the whole batch, which by itself pulled roughly 18 divines of profit across a sample run. Two early runs netted about 63 divines of profit, with a single ring selling for 10 — the kind of mid-roll the creator says you should expect roughly once or twice per run.
It is a high-investment, high-skill strategy: thirteen bosses can spawn at once, so a strong build that can obliterate them instantly is mandatory, and dying is extremely punishing for current and future runs.
Atlas Tree & Setup
The tablet package stacks reroll favours: two reroll tablets (rolling +1 to +3 reroll, divine up to +3) combined with the unique Freedom of Faith tablet, which doubles your rerolls — reaching up to ~24 rerolls by the sixth encounter. A favour tablet with deferring favours cost reduced tribute is critical, because the Atlas multiplier doubles that discount and turns deferral from a loss into roughly 40% of the original item cost. Run T16 waystones (or a cheaper T15 + Radiate tablet variant to force level-80 maps for the expensive omens), plus crowns / Head of the King.
Investment & Returns
- Investment: high — the full setup is ~53.5 divines (about 16.9 div average cost per run); cheaper variants drop to ~47, ~41.6, or as low as ~24 div using T15 + Radiate
- Returns: high — sample runs around 30+ div profit per session, with Mageblood/Headhunter (~400 div) as the jackpot ceiling
- Also requires significant gold (100k to ~1M) to convert omens → Exalts → divines on the market
Step-by-step
- Build the tablet package: two +3 reroll tablets + Freedom of Faith + a favour tablet with reduced deferral tribute
- Slot T16 waystones (or the budget T15 + Radiate route for level-80 maps) and Head of the King
- Run rituals across city maps, deferring every omen worth ~5 Exalts or more
- Between ritual cities, run Delirium/Breach maps on the way to the next site for extra divines and jeweller’s orbs
- Batch-sell deferred omens and convert via gold on the market
Risks
- Very high entry cost — a bad streak before a jackpot stings
- Requires a strong build; thirteen simultaneous bosses can kill you, and death is heavily punishing
- Deferring every omen is tedious and gold-hungry
- Expensive omens only drop in level-80 areas, so map/tablet setup matters
Credits & Source
Method credited to OperatorOtter. See the source video for the full strategy walkthrough and the linked spreadsheet: Big Farming for 0.5 - Ritual Full Guide | Path of Exile 2.