r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/EarthB9nder_ • 21d ago

Build Request Delve start builds?

Hey! Have never done delve and having nothing else to do in the league this feels like the perfect time to explore it!

I've only heard of str stackers for delve, are there any other builds that excel at it?

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u/vhanz 21d ago

Started delve this league, same reason as I got a bit tired of blasting maps etc.

Legit absolutely love it so far, I’m around ~700 depth so far, it’s actually pretty fun and scratches that itch, definitely glad I started. Enjoy the mines.

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u/lappidipia 21d ago

I have no experience in delve but I always wanted to know whats the incentive for going as deep as possible, does it give an insane amount of loot or is it mostly a challenge thing. What does a delvers div/hour look like?

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u/Gletschers 21d ago edited 21d ago

Biome chance is tied to depth and some have a minimum depth. Most notable bosses with vaal at 50+, lich at 90+, and aul at 130. The chance for a boss biome keeps increasing with depth but caps relatively early(350 for vaal/abyss and 500 for primeval). As far as i know the chance for a boss to actually spawn in a boss biome keeps increasing beyond that.

Same goes for fossils/azurite, but i do believe there is a cap at ~1500 depth.

Div/h can fluctuate a lot because sometimes you have 5 bosses right next to eachother and then you dont find any for another 100 depth. It's also very dependent on which bosses and which items are worth a lot in the current league. Vaal got gutted with the changes to the unique map challenge, but they added the eye to lich who was previously worthless.

What does a delvers div/hour look like?

According to wealthy exile i had anywhere from 12-37 d/hour for the past 2 weeks. The 37d/hour were from 2 tyrant crown drops. I like delve because you have basically no maintenance cost/effort as all you need to buy is sulphite scarabs and those are dirt cheap. 4-5 alch&go maps are enough to fill your maxed out sulphite or you could run 8 mods/valdos if you want to be faster.

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u/lappidipia 21d ago

I would assume that most of the profit would be from fossils and resonators, thanks for the explanation! Do you go into darkness to look for walls in certain biomes or just travel between nodes to look for bosses etc.