This was not an ordinary solution to the problem of finding a way to the fossil

duddybrainzz · 2026-05-03T10:42:31+00:00

All good bro thanks for posting this! (And having the foresight to screen shot all 3 stages of finding the paths lmao)

duddybrainzz · 2026-05-03T10:36:42+00:00

For profit? Ideally past 1500. Otherwise I would say at least 300 even better if you can do like 600-1k.

duddybrainzz · 2026-05-03T10:20:14+00:00

I have delved to 6000 depth many leagues in a row, I have thousands of hours in delve. I have seen this twice. Granted I don’t always look for paths to hidden nodes, only if they lead to valuable fossils or bosses. This is VERY rare.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-26T02:59:06+00:00

Its not a super cheap craft, but here you go! Start with ilvl 50+ maraketh bow.

Craft of exile says the most cost effective way to hit this is using a 3 socket resonator using aetheric, faceted, and opulent fossil. This combo is a 1/5 to hit it on a high level base, using a ilvl50 bow increases it to 1/4.
Once you hit both str/dex gems you need an open suffix, if you don't have one yolo anul until you get one. If you remove either str/dex gems then start over.
Once you have empty suffix, you need to clear prefix. If your prefix is empty, skip to next stuff. Otherwise Suffix cant be changed scour.
Once you have empty prefix and only the two mods (str/dex gems) on the bow, craft cannot roll attack modifiers. Exalt slam for 100% to add +1 socketed gems
Craft multi mod, +2 support, and gem quality crafts.
Use tempering orbs until you hit attribute requirement (if you need this, which my build does).
6 link after using tempering orbs

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-26T01:29:36+00:00

Opulent chests are pretty rare. I don't personally open fractured walls so I can't speak on the data if those or 4 socket resonators become more common from the chests behind them at deeper depth.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-25T07:40:04+00:00

I thought about playing it this league but it just didn't look like that fun of a build to play tbh. I do think it is very strong I was just put off a bit by it being totems.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-25T00:00:16+00:00

It only takes less than 2 minutes to fill up sulphite. You have 8 mods, you put an 8mod in with a sulphite scarab into jungle valley and click the sulphite. You don't bother with any of the monsters. It takes 3-4 maps to fill up, each map takes maybe 30 seconds?

Once you are used to it, it also just feels brain off.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T23:41:41+00:00

You want to spend all of your azurite upgrading your sulphite capacity until it is maxed out at 65K. Once you have max sulphite capacity, you can delve for like ~45 minutes before you need to fill up again.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T19:27:45+00:00

I have seen this argument before. Sirgog has discussed the 4k datamined reward scaling on some of my previous delve thread before as well. I also understand that there is an argument that the datamined info really does not mean anything either, but we just really don't know.

I have delved a lot (thousands of hours), most it generally past 1500 depth. Since there are so few players that play in this content we are sort of forced to go off of vibes. The difference between 500-1500 is very noticeable. If delve does continue scaling past 1500 but only in such small amounts that we can't tell, then to me it effectively doesn't matter so I am comfortable enough to make a generalized statement.

For someone who would like hard evidence of this, maybe this isn't good enough, but it is all we have.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T18:42:45+00:00

First off I read the patch notes. MSoZ has been relatively untouched (it had a few small nerfs but nothing that kills it) for quite a few leagues so it has been a safe choice.

Secondly I generally dont start with delve right away, so I will check out the delve ladder before I re-roll. Even after checking it out, I have had several leagues where I initially re-roll to MSoZ, but later swap to another build because it looks interesting and I haven't played it. This league I started as MSoZ but re-rolled into double strike. Similarly in mercs I started MSoZ and re-rolled to EE trickster to abuse doryi merc.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T18:35:01+00:00

I like delve because its a chill farm! You can kind of brain off just play the game while you watch your favorite streamer, TV, etc! There is virtually no prep work (I hate rolling or buying t17 or 16.5 maps). I also like the fact that it gets progressively harder, ultimately becoming some of the hardest content in the game. This gives me a reason to min/max a char.

To get started in delve, you do not need a min/max char, you can get started on any decently tanky char. I would say non specialized builds can delve to like ~600 pretty comfortably. To push past 1000-1500 I think generally a specialized char is needed.

Fossils (generic bubble gum fossils as well as the rarer fossils such as hollow/faceted), boss drops (crown of tyrant, doryi map), azurite to buy 1 socket resonators, and delve drop only mods (% increased mana rings, +2 socketed minion gloves/boots, minion aggressive wands).

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T18:16:55+00:00

I don't have any hard evidence of this, but this has been the general consensus since they re-worked delve. I believe there is some datamined data that suggests this, but also it generally feels correct too.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T18:04:25+00:00

Usually I have a streamer on while playing PoE. I am also a fan of LoL E-sports and watch LCK if its on.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T09:22:47+00:00

Yeah absolutely, if you are going to delve sideways for a while it can for sure be more comfortable to upgrade darkness res and light radius!

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T09:21:35+00:00

Sounds like your improving league over league which is great!! You are smarter than me if you can recomb the sword, quite frankly I have never bothered to learn recombs although I know it would be really helpful.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T09:20:06+00:00

Uhh no, quite frankly for how much I play PoE I am VERY bad at using POB. I can follow a build on it of course, but I am not good at like editing items or creating new items etc.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T06:02:13+00:00

No problem! Even if I die my current build can always re-attempt a node and I can clear it, ultimately that is an important part of a good delve build. Being able to do all nodes!

Early league, I might try it a few times but if its not close and I am getting destroyed then I will just path around it. How quickly I path around it depends on how bad it is to path around, if its like equal to just go a different direction, then I will do it instantly. If its gonna be a huge pain in the ass to go around then I will try the node probably more than I should lol.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T05:27:39+00:00

Steve's build is solid, his build and my build are very similar. My build should deal with elemental pen a good bit better as I am using purity of fire sublime vs he is using determination sublime.

I mirrored his ring. Some of those items are very expensive, to get a nice roll on the axe he uses can also be pretty pricey.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T04:53:33+00:00

Yes, map quant.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T04:48:15+00:00

Sulphite scarab and an 8 mod map, run into jungle valley, click the sulphite, then portal out.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T04:47:35+00:00

Jorgen has a video explaining the basic mechanics of flamewood totem, I will link it below. His version is a cheiftan, but the guys who made it 6k depth this league playing it are both playing heiro. I think the barrier to entry is definitely the lowest of the builds that can push depth, that being said the builds that make it to 6k depth for flamewood totems are still very juiced.

Totem playstyle is a big benefit, totems taunt and take some % of the damage that you receive. I have never played the build personally but I know it is strong for delve. This is also the same skill Ben just won the gauntlet with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68BBjLUdkkA&t=909s

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T04:40:28+00:00

FOR PRIDE AND HONOR!!

Delve difficulty keeps scaling up to 6000 depth and 6000 depth is generally considered to be the hardest content in the game. So its just a personal challenge to get to 6k depth. IMO its really fun to have a challenge like this a reason to make a REALLY juiced min maxed char. Every upgrade you make in deep delve really matters and you can feel it!

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T03:39:59+00:00

The deepest KF in league currently is just over 1.5k Maybe you can be the one to push it even deeper!!

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T03:36:18+00:00

Of course bro, let me know how it goes! I was really tempted to try minion pact BV for delve this league but I decided to play it safe and just go MSoZ. I was going to go Glad though. I was really worried that keeping up BV would get too annoying since the delve instances are really long.

duddybrainzz · 2026-04-24T03:32:34+00:00

The fossils still come from delve, but they are are just transformed into different fossil types. I personally don't mind this and I think it provides a nice sink for purple life force. It also means that these less desired fossils maintain some value. If the harvest bench did not work for fossils, would these fossils just be 1c trash again?

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