Atlas and character progression
Build Ritual Vessels from Atlas map encounters
Use map Rituals to choose reward Favour, collect Ritual Splinters when offered, and capture monsters for a later Vessel encounter.
WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Build Ritual Vessels from Atlas map encounters
Atlas maps with Ritual Altars; use Favour for Splinters, capture a completed altar with an empty Ritual Vessel, then pair a Blood-filled Vessel with a map in your hideout Map Device.
Before you go
- Complete Act X and unlock Atlas maps and a personal Map Device.
- Be able to defeat the monsters summoned by Ritual Altars.
- Have Splinters to combine into a Vessel, or have an empty Vessel ready to capture an altar.
Farming steps
- Open an Atlas map containing a Ritual encounter and clear a safe route to its altar.
- Activate an altar and defeat the summoned monsters.
- Inspect the Favour menu; select Ritual Splinters if offered and useful for your goal.
- Collect Splinters over encounters; when you have 100, combine them into one Ritual Vessel.
- To capture instead, use an empty Ritual Vessel on a completed altar to store its monsters.
- Check the item: a captured encounter is a Blood-filled Vessel, distinct from an empty Ritual Vessel.
- Place the Blood-filled Vessel with a map in your personal Map Device to add its stored monsters to a later Ritual encounter.
- Run that map, defeat the added monsters, and collect the available Ritual rewards.
- Splinters are a Favour choice, not a guaranteed altar reward; check the offers each time.
- Before using the Map Device, verify whether the Vessel is empty or Blood-filled and prepare for the extra monsters.
Repeat, collect and use
Repeat map Rituals for further Favour choices and Splinters. Each 100 Splinters can form a Vessel; monster capture instead consumes an empty Vessel, and each Blood-filled Vessel is used with a map for a later encounter.
Common mistakes
- Expecting every altar to offer Splinters; choose only from the Favour rewards actually shown.
- Treating Splinter collection and monster capture as the same Vessel process; 100 Splinters combine into a Vessel, while capture requires an empty Vessel on a completed altar.
- Putting an empty Vessel in the Map Device expecting stored monsters; capture an altar first and confirm the item is Blood-filled.
When to stop or switch
Stop when you have assembled the Vessel or Splinter stock you wanted, or after using the captured encounter; switch to safer maps if its added pressure exceeds your build's capacity.
Sources & fact checks
What you can get here
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