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The original was posted on /r/pathofexile by /u/daypxl on 2024-10-18 21:45:22+00:00.
For this project, I set out to drop my own Purity of Fire variant of Sublime Vision while also gathering a bit of data along the way. I ran these sets over the course of two weeks, setting up buy orders of 500 fragments at a time.
TL;DR: Uber Shaper is very much worth running at current fragment prices (25-35c ea.) if you are willing to do many runs (100+), can complete a run in 3 minutes or less (ideally), and sell the jewel unidentified. It is a hefty investment, but you can expect great returns with average luck. Bear in mind that dry streaks are possible, and with the fight being as unenjoyable as it is for most people, this could kill your motivation. You will also need another strategy on the side for gold income if you want to incorporate shipments into this farm.
Investment: 968 divine
Total Profit: 2898.2 divine (~2.9 divine per run)
See below for a more detailed breakdown.
Investment:
5000 fragments @ 30c each: approximately 968 divine. Do note that if you decide to buy the fragments with divines instead of chaos, you will be paying a premium. Never buy them from available trades unless you can snipe them at a desirable price.
Loot breakdown:
| Item | Amount Dropped | Drop rate |
|---|---|---|
| Sublime Vision | 24 | 2.4% |
| Orb of Dominance | 34 | 3.4% |
| Cosmic Reliquary Key | 7 | 0.7% |
| Echoes of Creation | 448 | 44.8% |
| The Tides of Time | 369 | 36.9% |
| Entropic Devastation | 181 | 18.1% |
| Starforge | 2 | 0.2% |
Value of Drops:
At the time of this post, an unidentified Sublime Vision is selling for at least 125 divine. If I sold every jewel unidentified, I would have made 2032 divine profit from the jewels alone. However, I identified every jewel that dropped and ended up making much less overall. Here is what I got, in order from most to least valuable:
Purity of Fire: 1 (1440+ divine)
Zealotry: 3 (50 divine each)
Pride: 2 (18 divine each)
Purity of Ice: 2 (15 divine each)
Determination: 4 (10 divine each)
Haste: 1 (7 divine)
Discipline: 1 (5 divine)
Wrath: 1 (5 divine)
Precision: 1 (3 divine)
Purity of Elements: 3 (2 divine each)
Clarity: 2 (2 divine each)
Vitality: 2 (2 divine each)
Anger: 1 (2 divine)
Bear in mind that these prices regularly fluctuate and less popular variants will continue to drop in value as the league progresses.
Other Unique Equipment
All unique equipment was disenchanted at 20% quality aside from the following:
Echoes of Creation with 15% more damage per warcry roll: 60 chaos
Echoes of Creation with 15%/15% on both of its unique modifiers: 1-2 divine (also sold one with a perfect life roll for 16 divine, people love perfect rolls so keep an eye out)
The Tides of Time with “Utility Flasks gain 3 Charges”: 0.9 divine
The Tides of Time with “Utility Flasks gain 3 Charges” and “Life Flasks gain 2 Charges”: 1 divine
The Tides of Time with “Utility Flasks gain 3 Charges” and “Life Flasks gain 3 Charges”: 4 divine
Entropic Devastation with 50% impale effect: 1-2 divine
Starforge: 8 divine, possibly more depending on rolls
I did not keep track of these sales so this will not be included in the final profit calculations.
If your farmers are maxed out, it is always worth disenchanting the uniques over selling them. During the two weeks I was farming this boss, I was able to send out 4 maxed crop shipments each with equal parts crops and dust. Some believe that crop quotas matter for these shipments, but I do not and instead subtracted the bonus value given by them to save some crops for each of my shipments. These 4 shipments brought back 32 divine, 10 sacred orbs and 9 mirror shards, for a total of ~413 divine, not including the handful of nice tattoos and other currencies I got. For comparison, selling all of the uniques would have net me around 272 divine instead. It is also worth noting that the total dust value of all the uniques I dropped comes in at 171,160,995. The shipments cost me a little under 100,000,000 dust. As long as you average a single mirror shard per shipment, you will be making more than you would if you sold the items instead.
Since I supplemented my Uber Shaper farm with titanic exiles in order to make these shipments possible, I will not be including these in the final profit calculations either.
Uber Elder Fragments
Uber Shaper is guaranteed to drop one Uber Elder fragment every run. I sold these at a rate of 0.4 divine per fragment, for a total of 400 divine.
Orbs of Dominance
The 34 orbs I dropped sold for 4.5 divine each, for a total of 153 divine.
Cosmic Reliquary Keys
These keys are worth around 6 divine each, for a total of 42 divine. However, I instead opened them and did not get anything noteworthy.
Unique Equipment
Uber Shaper is guaranteed to drop one of the following unique items. Here is the total minimum value of the uniques I acquired:
Echoes of Creation: 448 @ 15c each = 6720c (~43.3 divine)
The Tides of Time: 369 @ 40c each = 14760c (~95.2 divine)
Entropic Devastation: 181 @ 100c each = 18100c (~116.7 divine)
Starforge: 2 @ 8 divine each = 16 divine
Total: 271.2 divine
Note: estimated divine value based on the assumption that 1 divine = 155c
Profit
The following is the total profit I would have achieved without identifying the jewels or opening the keys:
Sublime Vision: 3000 divine
Unique Equipment: 271.2 divine
Fragments: 400 divine
Orbs: 153 divine
Cosmic Reliquary Keys: 42 divine
Total: 3866.2 divine
Investment: 968 divine
Total Profit: 2898.2 divine (~2.9 divine per run)
Here is my total profit if I were to sell all of the jewels I identified and included the shipments I incorporated into my strategy:
Sublime Vision: 1732 divine
Shipments: 413 divine
Fragments: 400 divine
Orbs: 153 divine
Total: 2698 divine
Investment: 968 divine
Total Profit: 1730 divine (1.73 divine per run)
Do note that these calculations do not include tattoos, well-rolled unique sales or other miscellaneous currency.
Notes
Other notes that may or may not be of interest:
- the drop rates as listed on the official Path of Exile wiki, for comparison.
- My longest dry streak was 153 kills.
- In my luckiest session I dropped 5 Sublime Vision jewels. Without the lucky streaks, my net profit would be considerably worse.
- I did not drop my first Starforge until the 769th kill.
- I dropped two Sublime Vision jewels within the first 100 kills. After that, I began tracking exactly which kills I dropped the jewel on. They are as follows (along with the number of kills since the previous drop):
- 11
- 61 (+50)
- 103 (+42)
- 256 (+153)
- 285 (+29)
- 291 (+6)
- 333 (+42)
- 340 (+7)
- 426 (+86)
- 524 (+98)
- 549 (+25)
- 553 (+4)
- 565 (+12)
- 610 (+45)
- 659 (+49)
- 664 (+5)
- 668 (+4)
- 733 (+65)
- 736 (+3)
- 765 (+29)
- 836 (+71)
- 866 (+30)
- It took me 21 jewels to obtain the Purity of Fire variant (this is excluding 2 Sublime Vision jewels I dropped from some stray Uber Uber Elder kills, so technically 23)
- I’m still sane… probably.
Conclusion
Farming Uber Shaper is incredibly lucrative. Why? I imagine part of the reason is because most would agree that the fight is a chore, and as a result the fragments are very cheap. Others are wary of the drop rate of Sublime Vision, as it is the main source of profit for this farm. I personally wouldn’t recommend this farm unless you have a good build that can run it efficiently (ideally ≤3min per run). Getting used to each of the layouts of his intermission phase is key to trimming down wasted time. Here is an example run I recorded yesterday while finishing up the final runs for this post:
You have to be in it for the long haul if you want to realize considerable profits. It is entirely possible that you buy 500 fragments and do not get a single jewel in those runs. You have been warned.
This is my first time creating a post of this magnitude, so I do apologize if it is difficult to read or digest. Feel free to point out any mistakes I made as well. Stay sane, Exiles.