Strategy
This is a dedicated gold farm that consistently pulls at least 1 million gold per map (sometimes 1.5–1.7M) while staying profitable on raw drops. Gold has become a real bottleneck for crafting, flipping and trading, and this setup solves sustain without buying gold runs. The whole method rests on stacking “increased quantity of gold dropped by slain enemies” from Soul Cores of Scapa, then layering gold-focused atlas nodes and breach tablets on top.
The trick is fitting six Soul Cores worth of gold quantity onto a body armour. An Azuri’s Splendour Regalia base rolled with “gains bonuses from socketed Soul Cores as though it were gloves” lets all six sockets apply their gold bonus — about 60% increased gold quantity by itself. Add three more Soul Cores in gloves carrying “increased effect of socketed augment items” for another ~48%. The setup works on any class, so long as your build can clear the maps.
Atlas Tree & Setup
The key atlas node is Water Mastery for gold, which makes water biomes always carry 50% increased gold found. Vaal City maps count as both a city biome (so they allow four tablet sockets) and as water, making them the best target. Faridun City is the next-best four-tablet option, and otherwise any water biome gives ~30% increased gold. Run breach tablets (best gold outcome) rolled for increased gold drop/found as prefix and “unstable breaches / additional rare monsters when stabilized” as suffix. Use Jado as master with Unexpected Missions and Partial Translation (0–40% increased effect of explicit tablet modifiers, which can spike gold higher). Tier-15 watchstones with four prefixes and four suffixes (monster rarity + effectiveness) are cheap and guarantee the 1M floor.
Investment & Returns
- Investment: mid — gloves/armour are craftable for a couple of divines (or 20–50 div bought); breach tablets ~1 div each on live search
- Returns: high — at least 1M gold per map plus ~1 div raw per breach map; abyss tablets instead yield ~500–600k gold
- Scaling: optional gold carries via TFT can add ~2 div per buyer (up to ~10 div/map with a full party)
Step-by-step
- Acquire an Azuri’s Splendour Regalia with the “socketed Soul Cores as though gloves” modifier; socket six Soul Cores of Scapa for gold quantity.
- Craft gold gloves: buy a cheap two-socket exceptional base, use Essence of Horror for “increased effect of socketed augment items” (a suffix), quality, then Vaal for the third socket (~20% per try); socket three Soul Cores.
- Allocate Water Mastery for gold; target Vaal City maps (four tablets + water bonus), then Faridun City, then water biomes.
- Slot four breach tablets rolled for gold + extra rare monsters; run on Jado with Unexpected Missions + Partial Translation and 4-prefix/4-suffix T15 watchstones.
- Clear fast (3–4 min/map); optionally sell gold carries on TFT for extra divine profit.
Risks
- Your build must reliably clear maps — the gold gear has little offensive value, so damage comes entirely from the rest of your kit
- Crafting the gloves is RNG (Essence of Horror can hit a good suffix; Vaal third-socket is ~20%)
- TFT gold carries are optional and not for everyone
- Live-search patience matters: insta-buying tablets/items costs noticeably more than waiting a minute or two
Credits & Source
Method credited to ExFluent. See the source video for the full item, atlas and tablet walkthrough: How I Farm Almost Infinite Gold in PoE 2 0.5.