Forbidden Rites

What it costs to follow each tree

Scarce bases and Breach flats were sampled 2026-09-22 (1 Divine = 530.8 exalt = 7.88 chaos). Life, resist, and move-speed printers were sampled 2026-09-18 (1 Divine = 452.9 exalt = 8.47 chaos). Materials from poe.ninja Currency Exchange. Sell floors from official Trade2 Instant Buyout.

This is a stamp, not a live bot. Recheck Trade2 before you slam. Item trade asks for currency (Horror at 1 exalt, etc.) are not fillable — Instant Buyout returned 0 hits for every mat.

Currency Exchange on 2026-09-18 (filler printers)

Horror and Dextral Crystallisation were cheaper on 2026-09-22 (0.89 and 0.45 Divine). The jewel and fracture paths were still dead at those prices. Catalysts for the scarce-base path are on that card.

Greater Orb of Transmutation: 1 exalt
Greater Orb of Augmentation: 5.0 exalt
Greater Essence of Insulation: 3.7 exalt
Greater Essence of Thawing: 2.6 exalt
Greater Essence of Grounding: 1.9 exalt
Essence of Horror: 1.10 Divine
Essence of Hysteria: 1.78 Divine
Omen of Dextral Crystallisation: 0.47 Divine (~215 exalt)
Preserved Cranium: 18.49 Divine
Fracturing Orb: 8.67 Divine
Farrul's Rune of the Chase: 0.08 Divine (~36 exalt)

Each path

Flip a currency while the prices differ

Forbidden Rites sample · 2026-09-18 · 1 Divine = 452.9 exalt = 8.47 chaos

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No fixed currency. Compare the vendor or the exchange with trade, in the same unit, and flip one stack only while they differ. When the prices meet, stop.

Cost to follow the tree: —The cost is the stack you buy. The sale is the other side of that same currency, the same hour.

Batch magic items that already have two mods

Forbidden Rites sample · 2026-09-18 · 1 Divine = 452.9 exalt = 8.47 chaos

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No fixed slot. Search the finished item first. On day 2 a common mod can clear in divines. In Forbidden Rites on 18 Sep, 30% move speed and life/res jewellery were already a 1-exalt dump, so this gate would have halted those slots.

Cost to follow the tree: —Several magic bases that already have two useful mods, plus one essence and one fill each. A miss has to sell near the base or you vendor it.

Buy the fracture, then chaos the second mod

Forbidden Rites sample · 2026-09-18 · 1 Divine = 452.9 exalt = 8.47 chaos

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No fixed fracture. Buy someone else's locked mod only when the finished cluster clears that base plus the chaos. On 18 Sep a Fracturing Orb was 8.67 Divine, so fracturing your own item failed this gate.

Cost to follow the tree: —Fractured base + the currency to hit the second mod + one controlled slam. Re-price before a second omen.

Sell the scarce base

Forbidden Rites sample · 2026-09-22 · 1 Divine = 530.8 exalt = 7.88 chaos

Sell it — the base already clears

Sell the base. Absent whites Instant-Buyout from 23 chaos (~2.9 Divine). +2 spell skills list at 4–6 Divine, +3 at 7–10 Divine. Any Refined Breach Ring floors at 5 Divine (239 hits; whites had no Instant Buyout). A belt with +1 minion skills floors at 70 Divine (116 hits). Life, resists, 30% move speed, spirit, and rarity are not this craft.

Cost to follow the tree: 0.00 exaltListing a drop is free. Do not buy these to craft, and do not regal a white Absent to fish +3 — that spread is about 2 Divine on a +2 and you can miss.
Absent Amulet (cheapest Instant Buyouts were whites): p25 23 chaos · median 25 chaos · n=4 of 1000023, 24, 25, 28 chaos. Bare base, no mods required.

Currency Exchange: Refined Sibilant Catalyst 5.55 Divine · Refined Reaver Catalyst 3.97 Divine · Refined Necrotic Catalyst 1.19 Divine. Trade2 Instant Buyout for these orbs was empty — item-trade asks are not a fillable mat price.

Breach Ring: two flats, then list

Forbidden Rites sample · 2026-09-22 · 1 Divine = 530.8 exalt = 7.88 chaos

Sell it — the base already clears

Two added-damage flats are the Breach Ring that clears 1 exalt. A low pair Instant-Buyouts at 6–9 chaos (1,665 hits). A high pair's cheapest buyout is 6 Divine, then asks jump to 19, 30, 40, and 45 Divine (548 hits). Price the 6 Divine listing. One flat already costs about 5–10 chaos, and white Breach Rings had no Instant Buyout, so there is no craft to buy into.

Cost to follow the tree: 0.00 exaltDo not buy rings. The step from one flat to a low pair is about 1 chaos. Fracturing that ring costs 8.67 Divine for a product that already buyouts near 6.
Breach Ring, rarity + one added-damage flat: p25 5 chaos · median 10 chaos · n=10 of 9575–10 chaos. Already about the same as a low double-flat.
Breach Ring, two high added-damage flats: p25 6 Divine · median 19 Divine · n=10 of 548Floor 6 Divine (real high rolls), then 19 / 30 / 40 / 45. Not a tight cluster.

You already have an item

Forbidden Rites sample · 2026-09-18 · 1 Divine = 452.9 exalt = 8.47 chaos

Depends on the item you already have

No SKU to sample — this path is “search the item you already have.” That is still the only consistently +EV move in this sample.

Cost to follow the tree: 0.00 exaltListing is free. At most one controlled slam you already priced.

Batch rings: Transmute → Regal

Forbidden Rites sample · 2026-09-18 · 1 Divine = 452.9 exalt = 8.47 chaos

Only +EV on map drops, not bought bases

If you buy the tree (base + Transmute/Aug/Regal), you spend more than the 1-exalt dump. Only print if the rings dropped for free.

Cost to follow the tree: 7.0 exalt1× white Gold Ring (~1 exalt) + Transmute + Aug + Regal, per attempt. Hits still list at the 1-exalt cluster.
Normal Gold Ring: p25 1 exalt · median 2.2 exalt · n=10 of 18911 transmute / 1 alchemy / 1 exalt
Gold Ring life + dual-res (loose): p25 1 exalt · median 1 exalt · n=10 of 10000cheapest 10 are 1 exalt Instant Buyout

Currency Exchange: Orb of Transmutation 1 exalt · Orb of Augmentation 2.6 exalt · Regal Orb 2.1 exalt. Trade2 Instant Buyout for these orbs was empty — item-trade asks are not a fillable mat price.

Belts: life + dual resist essences

Forbidden Rites sample · 2026-09-18 · 1 Divine = 452.9 exalt = 8.47 chaos

Dead if you follow the tree with bought mats

Two Greater resist essences already cost ~6 exalt. Finished life+dual-res belts dump at 1 exalt. The tree’s first EV gate should halt.

Cost to follow the tree: 6.6 exaltRawhide Belt (~1 exalt) + Greater Insulation + Greater Grounding. Skip Heavy Belt whites — those were listed in Vaal, not cheap.
Normal Rawhide Belt: p25 1 exalt · median 1 exalt · n=10 of 80210/10 at 1 exalt
Heavy Belt dual-res (and life+dual-res): p25 1 exalt · median 1 exalt · n=10 of 57661 regal / 1 alchemy / 1 exalt dump

Currency Exchange: Greater Essence of Insulation 3.7 exalt · Greater Essence of Thawing 2.6 exalt · Greater Essence of Grounding 1.9 exalt. Trade2 Instant Buyout for these orbs was empty — item-trade asks are not a fillable mat price.

Boots: movement speed, then stop

Forbidden Rites sample · 2026-09-18 · 1 Divine = 452.9 exalt = 8.47 chaos

Only +EV on map drops, not bought bases

Real 30% MS Dragonscale Instant Buyouts sit at 1 exalt (5,796 hits). Buying whites + Greater Transmutes cannot beat that. Map-drop MS still lists.

Cost to follow the tree: 2.3 exalt1× Normal Dragonscale (~1 exalt) + Greater Transmute per attempt. CoE ~5% any-MS prefix — 30% is only one tier of that. 35% MS dumps at 5 exalt; ilvl 82 whites already cost more.
Normal Dragonscale Boots: p25 1 exalt · median 1 exalt · n=10 of 7219/10 at 1 exalt; ilvl 82 whites jump to ~12 exalt–1 chaos
Dragonscale 30% MS: p25 1 exalt · median 1 exalt · n=10 of 579610/10 cheapest Instant Buyouts are 1 exalt with real 30% MS

Currency Exchange: Greater Orb of Transmutation 1 exalt · Greater Orb of Augmentation 5.0 exalt · Essence of Hysteria 1.78 Divine. Trade2 Instant Buyout for these orbs was empty — item-trade asks are not a fillable mat price.

Rings: Greater essence dual resist + life

Forbidden Rites sample · 2026-09-18 · 1 Divine = 452.9 exalt = 8.47 chaos

Dead if you follow the tree with bought mats

Same math as belts: two Greater resist essences (~6 exalt) into a 1-exalt Gold Ring dump. Do not buy this printer.

Cost to follow the tree: 7.3 exaltGold Ring + two Greater resist essences. Optional life fill does not lift the cheap cluster.
Normal Gold Ring: p25 1 exalt · median 2.2 exalt · n=10 of 18911 transmute to 1 exalt
Gold Ring life + dual-res: p25 1 exalt · median 1 exalt · n=10 of 100001 exalt Instant Buyout; all-res implicit counts as “dual-res”

Amulet: spell damage + intelligence, sell the mid

Forbidden Rites sample · 2026-09-18 · 1 Divine = 452.9 exalt = 8.47 chaos

Only +EV on map drops, not bought bases

Spell damage + int Lapis Amulets dump at 1 exalt (2,664 hits). Buying a batch to Transmute/Regal is not +EV.

Cost to follow the tree: 7.4 exaltNormal Lapis (~1 transmute) + Transmute/Aug/Regal. Omens are extra and the 2-mod mid does not pay for them.
Normal Lapis Amulet: p25 1 exalt · median 1 exalt · n=10 of 13746/10 at 1 transmute, rest 1 regal
Lapis Amulet spell damage + intelligence: p25 1 exalt · median 1 exalt · n=10 of 26641 exalt cheap cluster

Currency Exchange: Orb of Transmutation 1 exalt · Orb of Augmentation 2.6 exalt · Regal Orb 2.1 exalt · Omen of Dextral Exaltation 6.1 exalt. Trade2 Instant Buyout for these orbs was empty — item-trade asks are not a fillable mat price.

Boots: 30% MS, then Horror (only if MS hit)

Forbidden Rites sample · 2026-09-18 · 1 Divine = 452.9 exalt = 8.47 chaos

Thin — p25 loses, median barely wins

The only path with a Divine-priced sell cluster. Horror + Dextral Crystallisation is 1.57 Divine; 30% MS + augment-effect p25 is 1 Divine / median 2 Divine (n=10 of 49). p25 loses, median barely wins — and only if the 30% MS pair was free.

Cost to follow the tree: 1.57 DivineEssence of Horror 1.10d + Omen of Dextral Crystallisation 0.47d. Optional 2× Farrul’s Chase +0.16d. Do not buy white 2-socket boots hoping to hit MS first — plain 30% MS is a 1-exalt dump, so the tree says skip Horror.
Dragonscale 2-socket (any non-unique): p25 6.3 exalt · median 15.0 exalt · n=10 of 8735–20 exalt, then 1 chaos
Dragonscale 30%+ MS + socketed augment effect: p25 1.00 Divine · median 2.00 Divine · n=10 of 49200 exalt, then 1–4 Divine

Currency Exchange: Essence of Horror 1.10 Divine · Omen of Dextral Crystallisation 0.47 Divine (~215 exalt) · Farrul's Rune of the Chase 0.08 Divine (~36 exalt). Trade2 Instant Buyout for these orbs was empty — item-trade asks are not a fillable mat price.

Emerald jewels: buy a 3-mod, desecrate one suffix

Forbidden Rites sample · 2026-09-18 · 1 Divine = 452.9 exalt = 8.47 chaos

Dead if you follow the tree with bought mats

Preserved Cranium is 18.49 Divine on Currency Exchange. Attack-crit Emeralds dump at 1–2 exalt. There is no 3-mod → 4-mod spread.

Cost to follow the tree: 18.50 DivineCX Preserved Cranium 18.49d + Dextral Necromancy ~0.003d + a 1-exalt Emerald. Trade2 item listings of Craniums at 1–5 exalt had zero Instant Buyout — those are not a fillable price.
Rare Emerald (any): p25 1 exalt · median 1 exalt · n=10 of 10000junk 3–4 mods at 1 exalt
Emerald with attack crit chance: p25 2.0 exalt · median 2.0 exalt · n=10 of 100001–2 exalt; not a 4-mod attack package

Currency Exchange: Preserved Cranium 18.49 Divine · Omen of Dextral Necromancy 1 exalt. Trade2 Instant Buyout for these orbs was empty — item-trade asks are not a fillable mat price.

Breach Ring: fracture a T1 flat, then stop or fill

Forbidden Rites sample · 2026-09-18 · 1 Divine = 452.9 exalt = 8.47 chaos

Dead if you follow the tree with bought mats

Fracturing Orb is 8.67 Divine (Trade2 item listings 9–12 Divine agree). Fractured Breach Rings with some added-ele line cluster at 1 Divine — often the wrong mod fractured. You cannot afford misses.

Cost to follow the tree: 9.26 DivineOne orb + a Breach Ring that already has added ele (~5 chaos in the loose sample). Hit rate is ~1/mod-count. Expected cost with four mods is ~35 Divine vs a 1 Divine cheap cluster.
Breach Ring (any non-unique): p25 0.59 Divine (~267 exalt) · median 0.59 Divine (~267 exalt) · n=10 of 10000mostly 5 chaos; not filtered to T1 flat
Fractured Breach Ring with added ele to attacks: p25 1.00 Divine · median 1.00 Divine · n=10 of 8961 Divine cheap cluster; several fractures are not the T1 flat

Currency Exchange: Fracturing Orb 8.67 Divine. Trade2 Instant Buyout for these orbs was empty — item-trade asks are not a fillable mat price.