Ritual

Rituals are a map mechanic. Rituals are mysterious sacrificial sites built by the The King in the Mists. Interacting with a ritual altar after defeating the enemies in a circle marked around the altar will begin the encounter. A dark mist will surround a circle around the altar, preventing the exile from leaving, and previously killed monsters will be resurrected.

Killing monsters within the circle will grant tribute. After a ritual altar is complete, tribute earned can be spent at the altar for rewards. Multiple ritual altars will appear in a given map, and monsters sacrificed at previously completed altars will reappear at following altars. Each time a monster is revived, it gives less tribute than before, unless the atlas notable Reinvigorated Sacrifices is taken.

The pinnacle encounter of Ritual is the The King in the Mists, accessed through using An Audience with the King.

A preview of the Ritual mechanic is found in campaign, in the act 1 areas Hunting Grounds and Freythorn.

Ritual Rewards

The reward screen offers a selection of items for purchace, in exchange for tribute. The rewards are split into three groups, with each group revealed after completing one of the rituals in the map. The rewards are sorted based on price, so the last group revealed contains the most expensive items.

Each item rewarded by ritual is grouped into a tier, and will always cost a similar amount.

Lowest Cost	Highest Cost	Items in tier
100	270	Omen of Resurgence, Omen of Greater Exaltation, Omen of Refreshment
180	520	Orb of Transmutation, Orb of Augmentation, Magic equipment, Omen of Dextral Alchemy, Omen of Sinistral Alchemy, Omen of Dextral Coronation, Omen of Sinistral Coronation, Tier 5 Unique items
270	780	Exalted Orb, Regal Orb, Magic Waystones, Rare equipment, Uncut Gem, Omen of Dextral Exaltation, Omen of Sinistral Exaltation, Omen of Corruption, Omen of Amelioration, Tier 4 Unique items
900	2600	Vaal Orb, Chaos Orb, Orb of Alchemy, Rare Waystones, Tier 3 Unique items
1800	5200	Orb of Chance, Orb of Annulment, Divine Orb, An Audience with the King, Omen of Whittling, Omen of Greater Annulment, Tier 2 Unique items
13000	30000	Omen of Dextral Erasure, Omen of Sinistral Erasure, Omen of Dextral Annulment, Omen of Sinistral Annulment, Tier 1 Unique items, Tier 0 Unique items

Ritual variations

All Ritual altars in an area share the same Ritual variation. They can create environmental hazards or provide buffs or debuffs.

Type	Image	Affixes
Sapping		Clouds of Elemental Disturbance slow you, lower your Elemental Resistances and enhance Monster Resistances Purple clouds inflict Elemental Weakness (-30% elemental resistances) and Hinder (30% movement speed slow) on players while standing on them, and +30% elemental resistances to monsters standing on them.

Related items

Item	Stats	Drop level
An Audience with the King	—	—
Ritual Precursor Tablet	(10-20) Maps in Range contain Ritual Altars	65

Unique items

The following unique items are obtained only from The King in the Mists.

Item	Base item		Stats
From Nothing	Diamond	1	Passives in Radius of <Keystone> can be Allocated without being connected to your treeCorrupted
Pragmatism	Explorer Armour	33	(200-300)% increased Armour and Evasion +(10-20)% to all Elemental Resistances -17% to Chaos Resistance Charms use no Charges
Beetlebite	Velour Shoes	52	(20–30)% increased Movement Speed (60–120)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield Aggravate Bleeding on Enemies when they Enter your Presence 100% increased Thorns damage
Ingenuity	Utility Belt	55	20% of Flask Recovery applied Instantly Charm Slots: 1+(40-80)% increased bonuses gained from Equipped Rings
The Burden of Shadows	Chiming Staff	82	Grants Skill: Level (18-19) Sigil of Power(20-30)% increased Cast Speed Skill Mana Costs Converted to Life Costs Skills gain 1% of Damage as Chaos Damage per 3 Life Cost

Omens

Main page: Omen

Omens are an exclusive reward from ritual altars.

Version history

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Version	Changes
0.1.1	Chaos Pustules in Ritual encounters have had their visuals improved. Increased the chance for Omens to appear as Ritual Rewards.
0.1.0f	Fixed a bug where Ritual Altars could sometimes fail to activate.
0.1.0e	(Hotfix 7) Fixed a visual bug with item deferral cost in Ritual.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.