Abyss
The Abyss farming strategy is a low investment farming method that produces an enormous amount of Currency, Scarabs and Divination Cards. The Abyss Scarab of Edifice causes your Abysses to spawn Hoards as they branch out, these Hoards inherit the multipliers from your map modifiers such as "more Scarabs/Currency".
WARNING: You need access to a "Caster Mastery" on your character passive tree to efficiently run this strategy. The mastery provides, "25% chance to open nearby Chests when you Cast a Spell."
Set-Up
When setting up to run this strategy, it is recommended that you purchase enough materials to complete a sizable batch of maps. Failing to do this makes selling your drops far more difficult, as you frequently need to interrupt farming to trade for additional supplies.
Map Choice
- Tier 16 Canyon Map with Originator Influence
- Canyon is a natural Tier 16 on the Atlas, meaning you can use an Orb of Horizons on any other Tier 16 map with Originator influence and transform it into a Canyon.
- This is only relevant if you are not running 8-Modifier Maps.
- Before beginning the Abyss farm, find a Nameless Seer in a Basilica Map and scry the divination cards into Canyon.
- If you're not running 8-Modifier Maps, roll your maps for 100%+ more Scarabs.
- Canyon is a natural Tier 16 on the Atlas, meaning you can use an Orb of Horizons on any other Tier 16 map with Originator influence and transform it into a Canyon.
Map Device
- Kirac Modifier - Abyss
- Eldritch Influence - Eater of Worlds
- The choice of Eldritch Influence is up to your discretion with this strategy; neither is essential.
Fragments
Use the following Scarabs;
- Abyss Scarab of Edifice
- 2x Abyss Scarab
- 2x Cartography Scarab of Risk
- Replace the Risk scarabs if your build cannot run them:
- Horned Scarab of Nemeses
- Influencing Scarab of Hordes
Atlas Passive Tree
Gameplay
- Rush through the map and avoid stepping on any Abyss until you have spawned all Eldritch Altars and defeated the Map Boss.
- Prioritize any modifiers that duplicate Currency or Scarabs on the Altars.
- Go back though an complete all of the Abysses.
- Try not to open multiple at the same time unless you have a very fast build, as they can spread in completely different directions resulting in you bricking one of them.
Loot Breakdown
Here are the primary drops to sell with the Map Farming Strategy. If you're having trouble selling your loot, refer to our Currency Exchange Guide for tips on efficient selling.
There is very little exclusive loot that drops from this strategy, it is almost all:
- Scarabs: Ambush Scarab of Containment, Ultimatum Scarab of Catalysing
- Currency: Divine Orb, Hinekora's Lock
- Divination Cards: Seven Years Bad Luck, Damnation, The Enlightened
FAQ
The Nameless Seer has a chance to spawn in any Tier 16 after clearing the majority of the map. The exact spawn rate is unknown.
When you encounter him, he offers 2 options, which can both be selected:
- Choose one of the Unique Items from his inventory to keep for yourself.
- Scry the Divination Cards from the Map you are currently in, into another Map.
What this means, is that you must run Basilica Maps until you encounter a Nameless Seer. Once you do, select the Scry option and click on Canyon. Now, all the Divination Cards that drop in Basilica now also drop in Canyon.
NOTE: The Basilica boss has many phases and takes an annoying amount of time to defeat. As it is not essential to spawn the Nameless Seer, skip it to speed up the process.
When a map is corrupted there is a chance that it is completely rerolled with 8 new modifiers. This is huge for endgame farming as each modifier on the map is responsible for the corresponding amount of Quantity, Rarity and Pack Size. In the case of Originator Maps or Tier 17 maps, it is also tied to the more Scarabs, Currency and Map modifiers.
You can farm these yourself using the Map Farming Strategy. This strategy uses the Cartography Scarab of Corruption to make every map dropped become an 8-Modifier Map.
Alternatively, you can buy them in Bulk from other players using PoExchange. Provide the person you are buying them from with your "Regex" so they can eliminate any maps with modifiers you do not want.
Credits
Written by Milkybk_.
Reviewed by Tenkiei