Circle of Fortune grants a boost to the loot you find through the use of Prophecies, Lenses, and passive bonuses. Circle of Fortune is a great choice for any player that doesn't plan to use the Merchant's Guild Bazaar and wishes to amplify their own loot drops out in the world instead.
Joining Circle of Fortune
Joining the Circle of Fortune requires the player to reach the Upper District of Maj'Elka in Chapter 9 of the Campaign. Do this by progressing through the main story up to that point, or use a Temporal Sanctum Key and defeat Chronomancer Julra to open a shortcut straight to Chapter 9.
Here the player interacts with Zerrick, who gives a brief description of both Item Factions and directs the player to their base of operations. The Circle of Fortune can be found at the Observatory. Here you can speak to Galila the Faction Leader to join Circle of Fortune.
Earning Circle of Fortune Rank and Favor
Earning Faction Rank and Favor is necessary to get the most benefits out of the Circle of Fortune. Your Faction Rank unlocks powerful passive bonuses, as well as the ability to purchase different types of Lenses to customize your Prophecies. Favor is used to purchase these Prophecies for target farming items of a specific type as well as the Lenses used to modify them.
Earning Circle of Fortune Rank
Your Rank with the Circle of Fortune grows over time and determines what benefits you gain from the Faction. There are two ways to raise your Rank with the Circle of Fortune. First, by gaining experience through defeating enemies or completing quests. The second way to raise your Rank is by participating in Circle of Fortune's main mechanic, Prophecies.
Your Faction Rank is never lost or spent and is shared account-wide. Characters in different game modes such as Solo or Standard/Legacy have separate Faction Ranks.
Circle of Fortune has 10 total Ranks.
Earning Favor
Favor is the main currency you use when interacting with Circle of Fortune mechanics.
- Circle of Fortune: Use Favor to acquire Prophecies and Lenses.
- You can spend Favor at the Faction Leader Galila to gain Reputation.
Favor is earned by slaying monsters, with the amount earned varying with the experience the monster rewards. Favor is also earned by completing quests and Prophecies. As you get further into the game, you acquire more Favor.
Circle of Fortune Rank Rewards
As you gain Faction Rank with the Circle of Fortune a variety of bonuses open up to the player. The Circle of Fortune bonuses revolve around making certain loot types more likely, increasing drop quantity, and duplicating loot.
- Rank 1: (Enemy Item Drop Chance)
- Enemies have a 35% chance of dropping twice as many items.
- Rank 2: (Upgraded Rune of Ascendance)
- 45% chance for Runes of Ascendance to be preserved when used items that require at least Circle of Fortune Rank 1.
- Rank 3: (Idol Drop Chance)
- Whenever an Idol drops, there is a 25% chance for two more to drop at the same time.
- Rank 4: (Exalted Affix Chance)
- Affixes are 50% more likely to be Exalted.
- Rank 5: (Monolith Echo Reward Upgrade)
- 35% chance for double rewards from Monolith Echoes.
- Rank 6: (Legendary Potential Chance)
- Uniques are twice as likely to have Legendary Potential.
- Rank 7: (T7 Affix Chance)
- T7 Affixes are twice as common.
- Rank 8: (Rare to Exalted Chance)
- Items that would drop as Rare above level 44 have a 25% chance of becoming Exalted.
- Rank 9: (Full Set Drop Chance)
- When a Set item would drop, the whole set drops instead.
- Rank 10: (Prophecy Reward Upgrade)
- Items from Prophecies are duplicated.
Prophecies
The Prophecy system is a way for Circle of Fortune players to target specific drops by completing the objectives attached to those Prophecies. View your Prophecies in the Faction Window (Default Hotkey: "Y").
Purchasing Prophecies
In order to begin selecting a Prophecy the player must interact with one of the four Telescopes placed around the Observatory.
These Telescopes represent specific Regions.
- North: Arctus (Armor)
- East: Eos (Weapons and Off-hands)
- South: Mesembria (Jewelry)
- West: Dysis (Crafting Materials and Idols)
Each Telescope is associated with a cardinal direction, however any Telescope can be interacted with to access each cardinal direction's Lenses and Prophecy menu.
Once the Telescope has been interacted with, the player can choose one of four cardinal directions by clicking "N", "E", "S", or "W".
Each Constellation contains a certain number of Prophecies that are available to be purchased with Favor. The cost of the Prophecy varies depending on the rewards that are offered. Players can have a maximum of 48 active Prophecies.
The Prophecy Tooltip
Each Prophecy can be broken into three parts: Events, Conditions, and Rewards.
The Event shows what event needs to occur in order to obtain the Prophecy Reward.
The Condition shows any additional requirements that need to be met in order to obtain the Prophecy Reward. Conditions can be anything from being in Monolith, specific timelines in Monolith, being in a specific Dungeon, or at a certain Corruption level.
The Reward shows what is rewarded when the Event and Condition for a Prophecy are completed.
Lenses
Lenses are permanent items that can be slotted into Telescopes to customize the types of Prophecies which are offered. Each Telescope has space for three Lenses - these spaces open up at Circle of Fortune Rank 2, Rank 5, and Rank 9. Lenses are purchased from the Faction Leader. You can slot multiple of the same Lens into a Telescope for an additive effect.
Types of Lenses
There are two types of Lenses; Regional and Greater.
- Regional Lenses are specific to one of the four Telescopes. Example: An Eos Telescope Lens can only be added to the Eos Telescope.
- Greater Lenses can be slotted into any Telescope.
Unlocking Lenses
You unlock additional types of Lenses and more Lens Slots as you gain more Faction Rank.
- Rank 2: Unlock “Increased Chance of Specific Item Type Prophecy” Lenses for purchase, Unlock First Lens Slot
- Rank 3: Unlock “Block Activity Type” Lenses for purchase
- Rank 4: Unlock “Increased chance of specific Item Rarity Prophecy” Lenses for purchase
- Rank 5: Unlock “Block High Corruption (50+)” Lenses for purchase. Unlock Second Lens Slot
- Rank 7: Unlock Special Greater Lens “Prophecies cost 80% more Favor and have twice as many uses”
- Rank 8: Unlock Special Greater Lens “Prophecies cost 90% more Favor and have double rewards-type”
- Rank 9: Unlock Third Lens Slot
Summary
- Circle of Fortune manipulates item quantity and item rarity through Prophecies and passive bonuses.
- Join Circle of Fortune in Chapter 9 of the Campaign by speaking with Zerrick in the Upper District of Maj'Elka.
- Increase your Rank by spending Favor to unlock more bonuses.
- Favor can be spent to buy Prophecies and the Lenses used to modify them.
- Prophecies are used to target farm specific types of items by completing certain objectives
- Lenses modify what types of Prophecies you are offered.
Credits
Written by VisionGL.
Reviewed by McFluffin, Tenkiei.