Ritual

"Ritual Totem" redirects here. For the hideout decoration, see Ritual Totem (hideout decoration).

It has been suggested that Defer, Tribute and Ritual Altar be merged into this article.

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A Bitter Ritual Altar encountered within the Acts

Rituals are a map event where several Ritual Altars appear, introduced in the Ritual league. Ritual Altars can appear within the Acts and within Maps. After activating the ritual altar, players must defeat the enemies enclosed within the Ritual Circle, gaining Tribute in the process. Players can then spend the earned Tribute to purchase various types of rewards including pre-identified rare items.

All of the altars in the area are part of the same set, and share the same pool of rewards. Each successive Ritual in an area is harder and offers better rewards. Rituals spawn in various types, giving a different set of buffs to enemies and environmental effects.

Mechanics

A Ritual in progress with monsters attacking the player within the Ritual Circle

Players will randomly encounter Ritual Altars while completing the Acts and have an 8% chance to spawn in any Map. It cannot be found within Heists or in Delve.

1. Players must first slay the monsters guarding the altar in order to activate it.
2. Then clicking the altar begins the ritual and the Ritual Circle appears on the ground.
3. Monsters will spawn in multiple waves, each wave harder than the last. After defeating all the monsters within the ritual, the combat phase ends and players can loot the altar. If the altar was located near a boss room, then the boss has a chance of spawning (again) within the ritual.
4. Clicking the altar displays the Ritual Favors interface that allows players to select their rewards. Some rewards are hidden and will be revealed after more rituals on the same map are completed.
5. Players can then move to other areas of the Map and complete all the altars in order to unlock more rewards.

Players can use the Ritual Rewards button to view the number of rituals in the area, number of completed rituals and the reward pool.

Rewards

Tip: If you complete all of the ritual altars in the area/map and then withdraw rewards, all the possible rewards will be revealed and you will have the maximum possible Tribute to spend on the most expensive rewards, such as Exalted OrbExalted OrbStack Size: 20Augments a rare item with a new random modifierRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. Rare items can have up to six random modifiers.s.

Ritual Favors interface that allows players to select their rewards.

After completing a ritual, players can click the Altar to display the Favours interface that allows players to select their own rewards, in exchange for Tribute points.

• All items are identified and players can see the exact mods and rolls of the item before selecting the reward.
• After a reward is selected and withdrawn, it cannot be returned/refunded.
• All of the altars in the area are part of the same set, and share the same pool of rewards.
• Completing a single ritual will only reveal 1/2 or 1/3 of the possible rewards.
• Completing all the ritual altars in the area/map reveals all possible rewards.

Types

Ritual rewards include:

• Fully identified rare items
• Fully identified influenced rare items
• Fully identified Synthesised items
• 5-linked or 6-linked weapons or armour
• Quality skill gems
• Corrupted skill gems (Level 21 or 23% quality; CANNOT have 21/23 gem since version 3.15.0)
• Quality flasks
• Chaos OrbsChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. (rare)
• Exalted OrbsExalted OrbStack Size: 20Augments a rare item with a new random modifierRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. Rare items can have up to six random modifiers. (rare, only in maps)
• All types of currency
• Delirium Orbs
• Divination cards
• Stacked DeckStacked DeckStack Size: 20A stack of unknown divination cardsRight click to take a divination card out of the deck.s
• Unique items
• Essences
• Fossils and Resonators
• Scarabs
• Maps and map fragments
• Jewels
• Cluster Jewels
• Talismans
• Heist Contracts
• Grand Heist Blueprints

Deferring

Rare items you don't have enough tribute for can be deferred for a fraction of their price.

• Deferring an item costs 15% of the original price and can be repeated every time it appears.
• A deferred item will reappear in a later area, discounted by 10% of its original cost.
• If the item has been deferred further but is not purchased when it comes back, it will be more expensive the next time appears and disappear if not deferred or purchased then.
• It is currently undetermined how long it takes for deferred items to reappear. Valuable items will take longer to reappear.

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Types

Ritual Altars can have various modifiers, listed below. Each modifiers gives the ritual a different set of buffs to enemies and environmental damage.

Altars surrounded by a fence have all Ritual rewards of the same type, either all Unique items, or Currency items, or Divination Cards.

Category	Type	Image	Affixes
Elemental	Infernal		Monsters deal extra Fire Damage and can Ignite. Meteors hit the ground that shoot out smaller fireballs that do damage randomly.
	Apocalyptic		Monsters deal extra Fire Damage and can Ignite Meteors fall from the sky Hidden: All rewards are of the same type [Uniques/Currency/Divination Cards]
	Bitter		Monsters deal extra Cold Damage and can Freeze. Icy beams rotate.
	Glacial		Monsters deal extra Cold Damage and can Freeze. Icy beams rotate. Hidden: All rewards are of the same type [Uniques/Currency/Divination Cards]
	Fluctuant		Monsters deal extra Lightning Damage and can Shock. Skull Spires fire lightning orbs at each other.
	Volatile		Monsters deal extra Lightning Damage and can Shock. Skull Spires fire lightning orbs at each other. Hidden: All rewards are of the same type [Uniques/Currency/Divination Cards]
Chaos	Malevolent		Monsters deal extra chaos damage and can wither Anomalies Fire Chaos Projectiles
	Dreaded		Monsters deal extra chaos damage and can wither Anomalies Fire Chaos Damage
	Foul		Monsters deal extra Chaos Damage and can Poison Toxic vines grasp you while stationary
Totem	Fortressed		Monsters take reduced damage Fortress totems further reduce damage monsters take
	Violent		Monsters deal extra Physical Damage and can inflect Bleeding. Pain Totems pulse damaging waves.
	Sanguine		Monsters do increased physical damage and can cause bleeding. Pain totems pulse damaging waves.
Empower Enemies	Ensconced		Monsters gain extra energy shield based on life. Altar restores monster energy shield.
	Suppressive		Monsters regenerate life. Smothering Mist reduces health regeneration.
	Charged		Monsters gain endure, frenzy, or power charges on hit Altar Charges Up and discharges monsters
	Emboldening		Monsters are massive Altar causes monsters to grow even larger
	Invigorating		Monsters are fast Gales further accelerate you and monsters
Uncategorized	Haunted		Tormented Spirits haunt the ritual
	Vaal		Items dropped by slain monsters are corrupted. Atziri's apparition protects the altar.
	Opulent		Monsters have greatly increased item rarity and quantity. Contains cursed coin showers. Hidden: All rewards are of the same type [Uniques/Currency/Divination Cards]

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	You can no longer obtain Level 21, 23% Quality Gems outside of the Incursion Temple and specific Divination Cards. Chests/rewards that previously would have given a Level 21, 23% Quality Gem now instead give a Level 21, 20% Quality Gem.
3.14.0	Ritual mechanic has been added into the core game. Every map has an 8% base chance to contain a ritual encounter.
3.13.1	Some Rituals can't be completed because of invisible enemies. An issue that prevents influenced monsters from displaying when they're revived in a Ritual. This is fixed internally.
3.13.0	Introduced to the game.