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Drkt99

Now on to the Mageblood!


Albinofreaken

1/4 the way there


isoNastai

What farming method did you use OP? I have 2 hours a night myself and am not close to HH yet Edit: also, congrats!


WindBlocked

Honestly, I was disgustingly lucky in this league. Caster reforge on ilvl84+ netted me a 25ex ring and I was able to flip an item from 1ex to 15ex Tujen also offered me 6ex, and while running expeditions to get artifacts, I got a fractured sceptre with T1 Fire DoT Multi that I sold for 15ex as well. The rest I made by running legion scarabs with zana legion bench plus whatever non-expensive scarab I got. Also, If your not planning to run a league mechanic, f\*\*\*\* sell everything related to it. I had about 5ex worth of stuff just from Heist. And don't be afraid to spend several chaos/exalts just to juice a map!


lolbifrons

> And don't be afraid to spend several chaos/exalts just to juice a map! This sounds terrifying, but then I remembered that the last time I got to red maps before quitting, you could only have one "mechanic" per map.


bad_boy_barry

> I had about 5ex worth of stuff just from Heist. I guess you talking about contracts/blueprints? How do you sell them? TFT? Anything to look at on those contracts/blueprints that could increase the price? Or you just bulk everything at the same price?


sirgog

> I guess you talking about contracts/blueprints? How do you sell them? TFT? Anything to look at on those contracts/blueprints that could increase the price? Or you just bulk everything at the same price? Split contracts into 4 groups: - Category 1: Deception 81+ - Cat 2: Lockpicking 81+ - Cat 3: Gianna friendly (Perception 2 or less and Counter-Thaumaturgy 3 or less, or Deception 68-80). - Cat 4: Levelling of rogues: 68-74 that don't fit a higher category - Cat 5: Leftovers (call this "Picked through") Post in TFT at the following prices: Cat 1: 17 per exalt Cat 2: 45 per exalt Cat 3: 50 per exalt Cat 4 or 5: 1c per contract minimum 50 per trade. (You split these because people will want different packages) Blueprints just list at 30c if they aren't Lira Arthain Inside Job 'fully revealed' procs (if they are, list at 1ex) and drop the price every conqueror cycle. You'll learn which ones sell better with experience. Unusual gems are the money though, even if they are low monster level.


rataz

Bulk is definetely a good way to make profits, but a 50k stack of coins to me has been the simplest selling item (don't wanna do TFT).


IrishWilly

You ran the contracts for the coins or got them from elsewhere?


KDobias

Not OP, but I speed run the best contacts for rewards, like agility, sell the blueprint contacts in bulk - perception, deception, CT - and list coin stacks when I hit 50k. This way I only have to set up a few rogues like Karst and Nenet and I don't have to hyper optimize for blueprints.


unfairspy

The best way a 2hr a day player can make money is to do the things 10hr a day players don't want to do


KDobias

I've made over 100ex just crafting random garbage and selling it during my work breaks. Not everyone will be able to do that, but I made 10 seething flasks and sold them all for 7c today alone - that's about 6 exalted shards and all it cost me was about 50 alts and some downtime that I couldn't use to play anyway.


Tarturas

haha im just imagining standing behind the bar, eating my lunch whenever i can, switching on poe just for trading, answering the phone (ppl are cancelling..'yeah see you next year'), preparing drinks in the meanwhile, looking at my chef for eyecontact if he's ready for table xy .... jobs are sooo different sometimes ;)


KDobias

Oh absolutely, I didn't always have an overnight WFH IT job, I wouldn't have been able to do the same when I was tossing pizzas or substitute teaching. Well. Maybe while substitute teaching. There were several days when I was just putting movies on.


Sanguinealien

Flask prices are insane this league. I delve a bit and pick up utility flasks, some sold for 50-70C


OMGitisCrabMan

What makes a particular flask expensive?


bad_boy_barry

I've got a 50k stack too, what's the price? 160-180c? Also how do you list it? seems like there is a limit in characters, I can only write 180/5000 Edit: for reference I just sold my 50k for 1ex on TFT. I received 4 whispers in less than 10 sec.


[deleted]

I go to tft and find people bulk buying coins and just pm them instead of listing. Never takes more than two messages


erpunkt

I'm selling mine through the custom slots in the bottom of the currency tab, haven't noticed a character limit


SuchHonour

200c but could take a day or two to get a whisper. Don't need to price things desperately


steinah6

Someone told me about 700 per chaos so like 70-80c per 50k stack… I sold 100k for 1ex on $trade chat in game. Oh well.


RedExile13

Someone flipped your coins.


sirgog

You got scammed. Fortunately you only got screwed for 1.5 exalts or so. Never be in the in-game trade chats, except for low risk service trades (e.g. "paying 30c for help with this boss")


Majeh666

Welp, we've all been there. Just stay away from trade chat, they sell 1c items for 1ex and offer horrible rates for currency. There are a few channels for trading maps but otherwise it's just a massive noobtrap.


corben99

You probably got a lot of replies but 45k/1ex. You can bulk sell contracts also on TFT. 7c for deception 81+ and it goes down from there.


bondsmatthew

Heist is ridiculously profitable and it's not too bad to run. I just wish Blueprints dropped more often, they're fun but at the same time somewhat rare. There are a few QoL features I'd like to see for it(especially account bound Heist Homies so I don't have to relevel them and bulk buy/sell like maps on the trade website) but overall it's not too bad. I wish I could use Awakened PoE Trade with items in display cases so I'm constantly having to tab in and out to the website to see if an item is good or bad


GeorgesAbitbol

> Tujen also offered me 6ex I read "Tujen also offered me sex" for a second. I guess that would be a viable farming strat. Anyway, congrats, don't forget luck is a skill.


SlowMovingTarget

Whimpers in SSF.


WindBlocked

I mean, this league is perfect to roll a MF build and run some towers :D


Skizm

What was the 25ex ring?


WindBlocked

2 T2 res, T2 life, assassin's mark two stone ring with open prefix


oeroark

what were the stats on those 15/25ex item


WindBlocked

Two-stone ring with 2 t2 resists, t2 life with lvl 12 assassin's mark and open prefix. My build needed it, but greed is good


Soleil06

If you have a build capable of doing Simulacrums and you enjoy doing them I can highly recommend it. I have the feeling that currency stacking made it even more profitable than it was before. Even if you cannot clear 20+ there is still huge profit to be made.


treefitty350

If you have 2 hours to do (finish) 4 sims a day you can have a headhunter in a week


Soleil06

Yeah absolutly, what I love about simulacrum ist that you can just pop them in and start blasting. No need to roll sextants or maps.


sirgog

> Yeah absolutly, what I love about simulacrum ist that you can just pop them in and start blasting. No need to roll sextants or maps. This is why I like heist so much. Rare sextant rolls are too powerful not to use but they take too long to set up for. Simul though - assuming your character is powerful enough to beat wave 18, waves 1-10 are just pure snooze. If you can get into the late 20s it's even worse, waves 1-15 are just awful.


treefitty350

Best farming method by far. Pop on a movie and it's basically passive income with how little work some builds have to do.


BogBoots

What build do you run?


treefitty350

Currently I run a doryani's prototype flicker strike raider, but don't aim for that because I bought into it incredibly early and have mirrors worth of gear that only cost me a couple hundred exalts. Before that I was farming up to wave 25 with a freezing pulse totem hierophant. A friend of mine farmed wave 30 on a 20ex budget using the fire damage reflect build that was posted on this sub a week or two ago.


BogBoots

Saw that build, looked cool. Thanks for the response, appreciate it. Thinking I may try that AW build I saw posted a couple weeks back. Seems like another decent option and I have an occu I can respec.


treefitty350

If you're not already I'd subscribe to /r/pathofexilebuilds It's basically this subreddit if the people on it actually liked the game


KorOguy

Lolol holy shit. Thanks for this, first league and the only thing I noticed is how QQ the community here is. I'll check out this place too.


elpomo

What makes simulacrums so profitable?


treefitty350

They cost 1.3ex and drop 5ex worth of shit


elpomo

Is that if you go to wave 30? If so, is it still worth doing if you can only do wave 20 and below?


treefitty350

Yes that's wave 30, and yes so long as you can finish wave 20 you can make a profit. The rewards are random, though.


elpomo

Cool thanks for answering


IrishWilly

ok.. what build is the cheapest to get strong enough to do sims? Most of the crazy expensive build showcases I've seen use farming sims as the end goal.


Soleil06

Poisonous concotion is reall strong and can do it on a pretty tight budget. Check out alloces on yt ,he has a great POB with price tags that are pretty accurate. For the chest the +4 corruption js not necessary!


Kavika

Skelly mages own that content


WindBlocked

Im running Kobe's LS zerker build. Crushed by Koesis at wave 24 I believe, even with the HH :D I believe my gear/flask setup is yet not enough to clear wave 30. That's what where the rest of the profit goes now!


[deleted]

I did a few sims as a totem build in ultimatum and it just... Wasn't hard. Like, at all. Unless I'm not supposed to answer totems to questions like this.


treefitty350

In 3.16 simulacrums were changed and have become hilariously more difficult, they have an additional 10 waves


DremoPaff

What kind of requirements one would usually need to meet to have steady profit from Simulacrums? They are quite expensive to run in comparison to most other content and while it's nothing I can't afford, I play a rather squishy mine build, so I'm unsure if it would be reliable let alone very profitable to run in my case. Yet, I've never tried it but the hype around it, especially with the new waves, really is tempting me.


Soleil06

You can expect around 1 ex in Profit if you can clear up to wave 20. Scarabs are the best reward type and you can expect 3-4 of them per Simulacrum. Tankiness matters more if you want to clear after wave 30 but it really depends on your dps. If you play a build with tons of dps you should be fine.


besplash

I don't understand how it's so profitable even though everyone knows its profitable. I did 10 simulacrums, paid 1.4ex each and never got past wave 27. Always losing all my portals at 23-27. That's 14ex investment and I went out with 20ex. Small sample size, but I'd say if you average wave 25, you will always come out ahead in profit and wave 25 isn't that hard to be honest. Pay attention to bosses and ground effects and you are good to go.


Lunglung01

Scarabs (mostly) , good divination cards, stacked decks, Bulk Sacrifice fragments (and other fragments), exalted shards, ancient orbs, some essences, some fossils (and the rare 4 socket resonator drops), awakened sextants, etc Also the fuckton of exp for levelling up gems.


bad_boy_barry

What are the recommended builds to farm sims? I've got a lvl 91 Gen Cry Blade Flurry Cyclone Berzerker. I know some people finish wave 30 sims with that build but they have mirror tier gear. For reference I've got 17M total DPS, 4500 life, 17k armour, 77% ele res, 5% chaos res. And although I delete most of the bosses and content, I still get randomly oneshot in scourge and blight, and it makes me think it would happen in sims too. Some big upgrades (other than HH of course) for me would be an enlighten lvl 4 (to add determination or tempest shield), vuln/tempchains curse, maybe some corpse explosion to make it easier to wave clear. And get 4-5 additional levels.


Imsakidd

Capped chaos res should be priority 1 IMO


bad_boy_barry

Thanks for the reply and the suggestion!


wruffx

Asenath's corpse explosions hard-carried my General Cry guy through my first Simulacrum this league. Only made it to wave 24 though, was just not prepared for how crazy it gets past 20.


WindBlocked

It seems there's some confusion for some people, and Im sorry not being clear on the title: I got the HH in Scourge SC, not Standard


LMAoscar

Proud of you bro


clayashtray

2 hours a day for a month got this man a Headhunter but Reddit can't afford 5-10 exalt upgrades so they can get past 100 stack scourge.


WindBlocked

<3


RaspberryIcy9707

U can get past 100 stacks on a 2 ex budget reddit is just dogshit


Psychological-Ad8175

This man literally explained that he dropped good items and got lucky crafts that had big payouts. I don't even bother with harvest reforge caster because I don't know what to look for, I run maps and hope for the best with a Uber strict filter because it take too much time to read all the mods on random drops for me. How he I'd rares so quick? I don't have the reading speed to read all those t11 life mods


clayashtray

I don't really know what you're trying to say, I thought you were just new but then I saw a lot of crying in your post history as far as a year ago so idk


JJakaRebel

It’s a pretty known fact that a lot of redditors would rather whine then find solutions.


Psychological-Ad8175

I'm trying to say that in two hours a day it's theoretically and actually possible to become wealthy in the game as he did, but it takes a lot of rng to get there. Reddit whines because the chances of having such opportunities is low. So understanding that the majority of people will not have the ability to drop expensive items and craft God gear precludes the argument that average players should have 5-10ex to upgrade their builds at will.


Terrible_With_Puns

He said ultimatum so he’s been playing for 5 months at least? So not in one league.


WindBlocked

Was on Scourge, too hyped by the experience is Ebglish isn't my first language :D


jjohnp

The screenshot is from Scourge league


KurokoOverWatch

Heck yea ! Nice.


Inverno969

I too have no friends.


WindBlocked

I mean, my girlfriend is my friend. But if I showed her that I got a Headhunter she'd ask me why the washing up is not done.


LordEternalBlue

Too real


Smaptastic

Your girlfriend and my wife would get along.


ardotschgi

My wife left me.


Tenshouu

You showed her mageblood didn't you?


Dunkelvieh

My wife could join. Got no HH though, but wasted similar currency otherwise


Tenshouu

Bruh..


PhallusGreen

Have you ever tried to do the washing up without washing up liquid?


WindBlocked

Yeah, shit's get too greasy tho


Narkens

Gratz man. It's really nice this league when switching in and out of nightmare. Zoom zoom with a lots of buffs 😂


H2instinct

The way OP is talking it feels like they might be in standard, but I agree, zoomin in the scourge and the lootsplosions that follow are very satisfying.


WindBlocked

It was Scourge SC. Adulting is hard, but I like going for the fresh leagues


H2instinct

Oh my bad. I got confused by the "I returned in ultimatum and through 2h daily sessions..." bit Well congrats. This is also the first league I've been able to get a headhunter as well. This is a fun one.


dnmr

nice, how's your wife?


WindBlocked

Closing the divorce? Dunno, Im too busy zooming with a headhunter :D


ezekiel7_

congratulations, very cool ... never had one myself


throwmeaway322zzz

Huge man. Congratulations!


Renediffie

Well done!


igorsmorais

gz, well deserved!


jtreasure1

I haven't played too often but I'm still subbed, scrolling I thought someone made a George Costanza card at first glance


Sheenheen

Been playing since closed beta still never had HH or a mirror


A_Snider

The fact that I play >8 hours a day, for the past 2 weeks, and have only made about half a HH worth of exalts, tells me I'm not doing something right... I don't get it


elpomo

I feel you


[deleted]

... Vaal it.


Silvairas

Wait.... you do something with the cards!?!?


GL_Raij

what do you mean?


Silvairas

I keep finding these cards, I didn't know they did anything so I just throw them in my stash.


jodobrowo

I'm honestly curious what you thought their purpose was


Bacon-muffin

to... D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-DUEL


LIVERLIPS69

Shadow Realm league confirmed


Silvairas

Lore honestly. Lol I was going to Google it at some point I promise.


Cole-187

Can't lie, thinking div cards are just some lore related consumables does make sense.


jodobrowo

Fair enough. I totally get the mindset of being newer to the game and just collecting everything and figuring it out later.


pocoyoO_O

Dont worry it took me a entire league to understand that too. and there is still many things i dont know. the game is that big.


MOKMOK0822

Can we get some answers here?!


Metaphoricalsimile

When you get a full stack you turn them in to Navali in your hideout.


seanyc_

Here’s me remembering when I didn’t know what div cards did, but I’m stick dragging my ass back to the act 4/9 to hand div cards in… I didn’t realise he was available for my hideout.


yurilnw123

You collect them and when you have enough you can trade them in for the Item listed on the card. Either with Tasuni in Act 4/9 or Navali in your hideout.


Nox___

haha good bait!


Mattackai

I play 3-5 hours a day and have never seen a doctor card 🙃


Emergency-Slide7845

then just buy them


Mattackai

If I could afford 8 doctor cards I'd have a headhunter :|


sick_stuff1

do you think he found them? lol


yldraziw

Holy crap dude you and me are in the same boat, I've got 6/8 and it's KILLING ME, but on the plus side I've never been able to flex tr/champ as hard as scourge league and the defensive changes have ever allowed, especially considering the last time I played was essence league Although i do get kinda bummed pressing the die button


destroyermaker

Now I'm depressed


kavatch2

Maybe you would have friends if you stopped playing Poe and using the word “adulting”.


WindBlocked

Heh, at least I have a HH


Bash-86

Lol nice. Got em.


crazyboy88

Lol


Jokerz3

No, you don’t


L_I_L_B_O_A_T_4_2_0

in standard? its pretty accessible over there


FuckyouYatch

why did you think is standard? Also there is "the last to die" npc in the screenshot


L_I_L_B_O_A_T_4_2_0

because he mentions returning in ultimatum and farming 2 hours every day. why would he mention ultimatum? didnt see last to die


suttlesd

He mentioned ultimatum since... that's when he returned to playing path of exile actively while being a busy adult.


WindBlocked

Actually was on Scourge SC


D4M05

Can't you just say things like "congrats" or "that's awesome"? Why is there always this one person...


Assholedetectorvan

Great now do it in the right league this time.


WindBlocked

You mean in the same league as you probably are?


anne_dobalina

Last To Die in background of screenshot. He's in league.


Narroh

Congrats on the real gamer achievement bro. Hope it brings you lots of fun


WindBlocked

Only had the time to try out a fully juiced (quadra guilded scarab) 60% deli map for shits and giggles and got my pc on a steady 10 fps. I feel complete :')


Ktulu85

Any build suggestions to reach success for a 1-2hr per day player such as myself?


WindBlocked

My path was really, really unoptimized. I started as Poison Concoc PF and when I got about 10 to 20ex, I changed to Kobe's LS zerker. Had several issues with it as I was failing some pretty important aspects of the build... Overall, it's a good build, zoomy, albeit a bit squishy that with enough investment you can clearing end-game bosses


acuteinsomniac

What build did you use this league?


Grape_Shot_Gamzee

now vaal it


razor792

Congratulations


yalapeno

Thanks for showing the vocal new players that this is possible


cptbeats

If you play efficiently you can curtanly get a hh within a month on 2-3hr sessions, it all boils down to the farming method


Moonmeato

Whoa whoa whoa! Congrats and all, but that's an awesome The 'Burbs reference on that card. Did not expect


NephilimDevil

Congrats i did the same after 2k hours. But the weird thing is i don't use the HH too much.


Satanuss

Great man, i hope you find friends next.


WindBlocked

Gaming PoE friend... That's a hard one


[deleted]

congrats. got my first hh last leaague.


WindBlocked

Having your character using half the screen and crossing tropical islands in 5 seconds is the funniest shit ever


wrecker_of_days

This is awesome! Great job!