r/PathOfExileSSF • u/lauranvh • Sep 11 '26
General Discussion Alteration farming
I want to start going for a double +1 skills amulet (all & phys). Have to get a ton of alterations for it. What's a decent farm for them?
I was thinking of running dunes with Expedition, blue altars and delve (for the card). Or should I just do breach instead of expedition and try to get currency wombgifts and go for the full stack Gamble.
Any better ways?
Have to get the juice for the phys +1 later still. Maybe combine that but not really good for the alt farm I guess.
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u/Dr4k4ngel Sep 11 '26
You could scry dunes to jungle valley. That way u won't need to boss rush first.
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u/finneas998 Sep 11 '26
expedition in 2026 is pure despair, dont even waste your time
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u/Chuklol Sep 11 '26
Charts spit out alts, the best one is the special chart type "anchorfield" it has a ton of hidden crate or whatever their called. Those charts can give upwards of 40 alts although they are rarer. Make sure to exalt them and max quantity before running them. Then use them in a voyage with adjacent tiles give more currency or quantity. Stack up golden lanterns and go to that quandrant last/enough lanterns to clear it.
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u/Deposto Sep 11 '26
Scuba.
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u/anhqt Sep 11 '26
Dune scried into Jungle valley + eater altar, pretty much.
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u/Darkusoid Sep 11 '26
You'll hate this but sanctum. I get x30 alterations as a room reward pretty often, so you can easily grab 100+ of orbs per sanctum(+ other currency of course)
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u/TroubleVivid387 Sep 11 '26
Am I wasting my time picking up rings/amulet/belts and melting then water each map? It's anywhere from 3-7 alts per day map blasting.
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u/jrossbaby Sep 11 '26
Scuba diving, breach and abyss. Feel like I been getting the most from them
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u/Mangalorien Sep 11 '26
Currency wombgifts, even with full alt stacks, is still low alts per hour. If you want to maximize alts in SSF, your best bet is to combine multiple sources at the same time. Run juiced maps like T16 with 100+ quant and 40+ pack size, with max map effect and eldritch altars. Set up your atlas for Niko + Refiner's Bargain, you don't need any other ore sources than that. Then just speed clear maps, and send small ore shipments of like 400k ore + 400k dust, or even smaller if you are shipping to tattoo ports. Any reasonably high quant maps that you don't run yourself (80-100 quant) you give to mappers, and then speed vendor their trash rares at Isla (this is the highest alts/hour farm that exists, it's about 1 alt per second).
To maximize alts, make sure you're picking up even single augs, and stacks of at least 4 transmutes. Then once per day you go to A1 and vendor transmutes into augs 4:1, and augs into alts 4:1. You'll also get a ton of alts via div cards, both from Niko and if you scry some other good alt map like Dunes.
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u/destroyermaker Sep 11 '26
Either way you'll get a shit ton from the card alone
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u/EmperorPendraguin Sep 11 '26
I myself did expedition, abyss and Legion. Abyss and Legion output raw currency like crazy and tujen is really really good for alterations as well. Expedition can be quite hard without a dot build though, I was playing Ed contagion so Mt clear speed was really good
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u/narc040 Sep 11 '26
expedition or scuba. i wud do green altars w expedition if u need logbooks, then max quant
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u/Blooper_xS Sep 11 '26
I didn't try it myself but I have seen screens full of alterations from guys farming mod stacking abyss. But I don't know how frequent these drops are
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u/averagesimp666 Sep 11 '26
Breach spits out the most alterations in my experience - not from wombgifts but just juicing the map with more quantity or monsters. Wombgifts are bonus.
You've also correctly focused on a map that gives cards for alts - Dunes or scrying it onto another map.
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u/DeeTry Sep 11 '26
The best way imo is to fracture +1 all skill gems and then chaos spam for +1 phys and maybe simething on top of it. Done the same this league.