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Path of Exile 2 Ritual: Passives, Tributes, Favours Guide

by Daniel May 02,2025

In Path of Exile 2, the Atlas map features four main endgame events: Breaches, Expeditions, Delirium, and Rituals. The Ritual event, inspired by the original Path of Exile's Ritual League, brings a thrilling challenge to the endgame. This guide will walk you through initiating Ritual events, understanding their mechanics, interacting with the Ritual Passive Skill Tree, facing the Pinnacle boss, and exploring the unique Tribute and Favour reward system.

PoE 2 Rituals & Altars, Explained

On the Atlas screen, map nodes with guaranteed endgame events are marked with specific icons. Nodes containing a Ritual Altar are identified by a red icon featuring a pentagram and a demonic horned face. To ensure a Ritual encounter, you can use a Ritual Precursor Tablet, which can be slotted into a completed Lost Tower.

Upon entering a map with a Ritual encounter, multiple Altars will appear across the map. Each map's Altars share a random modifier that introduces unique mechanics or enemies. For instance, one might unleash hordes of rats, while another could spawn waves of Blood that drain your Life.

When you approach an Altar, take a moment to review its Modifiers. Once ready, interact with the Altar to trigger a massive wave of enemies. The area around the Altar will darken, confining you to a specific zone where you must eliminate all enemies to complete the Ritual. Stepping into the shadows outside this zone will end the event without any rewards.

A map is considered complete once you've successfully finished all Rituals within it.

Ritual Pinnacle Boss: The King In the Mists

During a Ritual encounter, you might encounter a special reward called 'An Audience With The King'. This unique Currency item grants access to The Crux Of Nothingness, the domain of the Ritual Pinnacle Boss, the King in the Mists.

To challenge the King in the Mists, slot 'An Audience With The King' into your Realmgate on the Atlas map. The boss fight mirrors the mechanics of its campaign version, which you can practice in Act 1 on Cruel difficulty in the Freythorn zone.

Defeating the King in the Mists rewards you with 2x Ritual Passive Skill points and a chance to drop one of several exclusive PoE 2 Uniques, along with valuable Currencies and Omen items.

Ritual Passive Skill Tree

The Ritual Passive Skill Tree, accessible from the Atlas Passive Skill Tree screen, enhances the Ritual event by reducing Tribute requirements, boosting Ritual rewards, and increasing the drop rate of unique Currencies. To view your Ritual passives, open the Atlas Map, click the top-left button to access the Atlas Passive Skill Tree, and navigate to the bottom right section.

The Ritual Passive Skill Tree is marked by a red color with five prongs, featuring eight Notable nodes and eight nodes that ramp up the difficulty of the King in the Mists encounter. Each time you defeat the King in the Mists, you earn 2x Ritual Passive Skill points, necessitating an increase in the Pinnacle encounter's difficulty to unlock new Notable nodes.

Notable Delirium Passive	Effect	Requirements
Promised Devotion	Ritual Altar skills deal 25% increased Damage. Deferring Favours at Ritual Altars requires 50% less Tribute, and they appear 50% sooner	N/A
From The Mists	Rituals contain 2 extra packs of enemies	N/A
Reinvigorated Sacrifices	Every time a monster Revives in a Ritual it gains 20% Toughness and deals 10% more damage. Revived monsters no longer penalize Tribute.	From The Mists
Spreading Darkness	There are always 4x Ritual Altars in maps with a Ritual	N/A
Between Two Worlds	Rituals always contain a Wildwood Wisp, which increases Tribute earned	Spreading Darkness
Ominous Portents	Rituals spawn monster waves 25% faster, but Favours are 50% more likely to contain an Omen	N/A
He Approaches	Revived monsters in Rituals have a 20% chance to be Magic or Rare. Rituals have a 50% chance to contain An Audience With The King	Ominous Portents
Tempting Offers	You may re-roll Favours in a Ritual an extra time, and it costs 25% less Tribute to re-roll	N/A

For optimal progression, prioritize 'From The Mists', 'Spreading Darkness', and 'Ominous Portents' first. These nodes enhance your rewards without significant drawbacks. Next, aim for 'Tempting Offers' and 'He Approaches' to increase your chances of obtaining high-value Omens and 'An Audience With The King'.

PoE 2 Ritual Event Rewards

Tribute Is Used To Purchase Ritual Rewards

Completing a Ritual grants you Tribute, a temporary currency used to purchase randomized items known as Favours. Completing more Altars increases your Tribute and unlocks additional items in the reward screen, some of which are only accessible after completing a certain number of Rituals on the map.

Initially, Favours cost a few hundred Tribute and typically include Magic items or low-level Currencies. As you progress and complete more Rituals, higher-tier Currencies and Rare gear become available. 'An Audience With The King' can only be obtained through Favours.

Among the Ritual Favour rewards, you might find an Omen, a highly sought-after item that enhances the effects of other Currency items when held in your inventory. Omens are consumed upon activating their unique effects. For example, the Omen of Annulment can make Orbs of Annulment remove specific modifiers, while an Omen of Alchemy can add certain modifiers when using an Orb of Alchemy.

PoE 2 Omen Currencies are extremely valuable due to their ability to significantly improve crafting outcomes. If unsure about using one, consider trading it for other high-value currencies.

In addition to the Tribute and Favour system, enemies killed during Ritual Events can drop regular high-tier Currencies like Exalted Orbs and Vaal Orbs. Unlike the Simulacrum boss, the King in the Mists has a chance to drop Uniques upon defeat, selected from a pool exclusive to the Ritual event.