Overview
This is a currency-farming strategy rather than a character build: a Ritual belt-hunting setup tuned to gamble for the game’s two most expensive belts — Headhunter and Mageblood — while paying for itself through high-value omens. The core idea is to stack as many Ritual rerolls and as much favour as possible into every map so each Ritual altar has the maximum chance to roll a top-tier unique belt.
It runs as a standard Ritual map: rush the map boss, do the boss-room Ritual first for maximum favour, then clear the remaining altars (prioritising any summoning-circle Ritual second, since its boss floods every altar with extra favour). Because belts are a jackpot drop, the strat is explicitly a gambler’s play — but even discounting belts entirely, the expensive omens that drop along the way keep it profitable per map.
Two flavours are presented so you can match it to your bankroll: a budget version at roughly 30-40 Exalts per map, and the full-investment version at around 3-4 Divines per map that the creator runs himself (he reports pulling both a Mageblood and a Headhunter in a single session).
Pros & Cons
Pros
- One of the highest ceiling money strats in 0.5 — belts can hit ~14 Divines of value on a single map
- Profitable per map from omens alone, even before any belt drops (expensive Annulment/Chaos omens sell for 3-4 Divines each)
- Scales cleanly with investment: add more reroll tablets and you simply see more belts over time
- A budget entry exists for players who can’t front the Divine-per-map cost
Cons
- Pure gambling on the belt payoff — dry streaks are real and the budget version may go many hours with no belt
- High upfront cost on the expensive setup (the +3 reroll tablet alone runs ~15 Divines)
- Returns are tied to current belt prices, which can crater after a popular strat video circulates
- Requires level 80 areas to drop the expensive omens, so map sustain and tablet quality matter
Key Skills
This is a farming routine, so the “skills” are the Ritual mechanics you lean on:
- Boss-room Ritual first — kill the map boss, then run the Ritual in its room for max favour
- Summoning-circle Ritual second — its boss spawns add a huge favour burst across all altars
- Tainted Ritual node — the Atlas choice that grants increased chance for belts, charms and flasks
Gear & Anointments
The “gear” here is your tablet and Atlas setup. Mandatory pieces: 1x Freedom of Faith unique Ritual tablet (doubles favoured altars), and the Head of the King placed in the Ritual map to chain a 20% increased number of favours across every subsequent map in the chain. The expensive setup runs two reroll tablets (ideally +3 rolls, divined up) plus a mandatory “reroll favours cost 20-30% reduced tribute” mod, and uses city-biome maps for four tablet slots. Run JOriath (Jo) with the double-tablet-effect mod for occasional nine-Ritual maps, and on the Atlas tree take Tainted plus the summon-circle nodes. Specific tablet rolls to be confirmed against the source video.
Endgame Notes
This is an endgame-only strategy — it needs level 80 areas to drop the premium omens that anchor the profit, and it assumes a character already capable of clearing juiced city maps under heavy Ritual monster density.
Credits & Source
Strategy credited to Fubgun. See the source video for the full tablet list, Atlas tree and live footage: Ritual Headhunter/Mageblood Farm - Full Guide - poe2 0.5.