Altar of Rites - location and how to use - Patch 2.7.5
Season 28Altar of Rites is a new structure in Act 1 introduced in season 28. It is simillar to paragon points mechanics. You can unlock seals in any order starting form A as long as you go down or sideways (can't go up). So from A you can go to B or C and similarly from R you can go to U,V or S. Cost of every next seal increases, but also power they give is better. At the end there are 3 potion powers that being activated on every potion usage. If you collect all the seals you unlock AD and get extra random primal when primal item drops.
Altar Seal and Legendary Potion Powers
| Seal | Name | Power | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Gateway | Your Kill Streak timer duration and reward bonus are doubled. | Each places their hand on the altar and speaks a vow. |
| B | Mirror | Pools of Reflection last for the entire Season and are not removed by death. | Blood and light leave the fingertips of each, pooling in the basin. |
| C | Anointed | Items have no level requirement. | Shadows swirl in between themixture, forming an unwavering pattern. |
| D | Force | +200 Damage | The blood catches fire. |
| E | Shadow | +25% Missile Damage Reduction | Ash and smoke descand and fill the basin. |
| F | Exodus | +25% Movement Speed (Uncapped) | The white brilliance dims to scarlet. |
| G | Command | Increase damage against elites by 15%. | Black dust coalesces with the continued stream of offerings, becoming clay that cures gray. |
| H | Blood | Picking up Health Globes grants a shield for 5% of your maximum health for 7 seconds. Max stacks 5. | Thick tendrils extend toward each offered hand and encase them in pallid flesh. |
| I | Numb | +25% Melee Damage Reduction. | The hand that offered blood eagerly awaits the approching mass with clawed fingers outstretched. |
| J | Nature | Increases your highest elemental skill damage bonus by 10%. | They exert the clay into an infantile shape after their own image. |
| K | Prowess | Increase damage against elites by 20%. | The hand that offered light attempts to recoil in horror but cannot withdraw. |
| L | Tenacity | +20% Damage | Probing tentacles quickly recoil from the hand as they brush against its bent barbs. |
| M | Stillness | Double the amount of Death's Breaths that drop. | Delicately, the talon flatterns itself in the crevasse formed by the encompassing mass. |
| N | Vigor | Critical hits grant resource: Mana: 15, Hatred: 5, Wrath: 5, Arcane Power: 3, Fury: 3, Spirit: 5, Essence: 5. | Breath to take in and expel both odors foul and pleasant. |
| O | Bountiful | Double the amount of Bounty Caches that drop from completing bounties. | Hunger to taste the bitter and sweet. |
| P | Reach | Progress orbs from Nephalem and Greater Rifts are automatically picked up within 60 yards. | In defiance, the gauntlet grips the encompassing clay and presses in its will. |
| Q | Reverence | Reduces the damage taken from elites by 25%. | As the grip loosens, a vessel forms around a spire pressed out of fear. |
| R | Malice | +30% Damage | The clawed hand's subtle lure invites the clay to return. |
| S | Omen | Gain immunity to crowd-controlling effects. | Vision to chart the lights amid the shadow. |
| T | Revelation | Gain passability. | Light collects in the void surrounding the spire offering a still reflection. |
| U | Carrion | Pets pick up Death's Breath. | Blood mingles into gashes left in the clay as it weaves past protruding thorns on the hand. |
| V | Reaper | Elite packs drop one additional progress orb. | A serpentine umbilical wreathes the wrist and nurtures the amalgam. |
| W | Roar | Increase damage done to Bosses by 25%. | Ears that hear songs of sorrow and glory. |
| X | Husk | Pets pick up and salvage common, magic, and rare items. | Skin to strike in pain and caress with pleasure. |
| Y | Elegance | Increase your chance to Dodge by 15%. | The vessel's shape begins to change, finding the space between the rigid armor. |
| Z | Pattern | Double the chance to find a legendary item purchased from Kadala. | Fingers restrict the shifting clay and support the light-filled void. |
| Potion AA | Mother | When you drink your health potion, you manifest one of three runic circles on the ground that grant increased damage, increased cooldown reduction, or increased resource cost reduction. | As the lifestream passes through, the cord recoils and severs itself. |
| Potion AB | Mortal | When you drink your health potion, all enemies within 25 yards deal 25% less damage. | Each a gift and a curse to forever reign over the Eternal Conflict until its end. |
| Potion AC | Father | When you drink your health potion, gain a random shrine or the Dimensional Power pylon effect. | In isolation, the spire stands witness to the petrified atructure that sustain its form. |
| AD | Sealed | When a primal item drops, a second random primal item drops as well. | Cryptic images of offerings flutter elusively across your mind, beckoning you to run your fingers along the seals' edges. |
Costs to Unlock Altar Seal or Legendary Potion Power
| # | Cost | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 Reusable Parts | salvage follower gear |
| 2 | 1 Flawless Diamond (or greater), 15 Arcane Dust, 20 Resuable Parts | drops at lvl 15+ (try boss chests) |
| 3 | 1 Greater Rift Key, 10 Death's Breaths | nephalem rift |
| 4 | Any Class Specific Set Helm | make one / find one / Haedrig's Gift |
| 5 | 20 Forgotten Souls, 10 Khanduran Runes, 10 Caldeum Nightshade, 10 Arreat War Tapestry, 10 Corrupted Angel Flesh, 10 Westmarch Holy Water | bounties |
| 6 | 1 Leoric's Regret, 1 Vial of Putridness, 1 Idol of Terror, 1 Heart of Fright | ubers |
| 7 | Reaper's Wraps | recipe drops from Malthael |
| 8 | 30 Forgotten Souls | farm and salvage legendary items |
| 9 | 1,100 Bloodshards | GR 60+ |
| 10 | 1 Flawless Royal Ruby, 20 Death's Breaths, Ring of Royal Grandeur | act 1 bounties |
| 11 | 1 Flawless Royal Emerald, 30 Khanduran Runes, 30 Caldeum Nightshade, 30 Arreat War Tapestry, 30 Corrupted Angel Flesh, 30 Westmarch Holy Water | bounties |
| 12 | 20 Greater Rift Keys, 1 Ramaladni's Gift | nephalem rifts |
| 13 | 1,300 Bloodshards | GR 80+ |
| 14 | Petrified Scream | random drop,farm GR |
| 15 | Challenge Rift Cache | weekly challenge rift |
| 16 | 250 Forgotten Souls | farm and salvage legendary items |
| 17 | 1,400 Bloodshards | GR 90+ |
| 18 | Ancient Hellfire Amulet | recipe from Squirt in act 2 |
| 19 | Four Tome of Set Dungeon Pages from your class. | set dungeons |
| 20 | Ancient Puzzle Ring, 50 Khanduran Runes, 50 Caldeum Nightshade, 50 Arreat War Tapestry, 50 Corrupted Angel Flesh, 50 Westmarch Holy Water | bounties |
| 21 | 500 Death's Breaths, 300 Forgotten Souls | farm and salvage legendary items |
| 22 | 1,500 Bloodshards | GR 100+ |
| 23 | Whisper of Atonement Rank 125 | Echoing Nightmare |
| 24 | Any Augmented Weapon | Kanai's Cube recipe |
| 25 | Staff of Herding | recipe is random drop from Izual + 50,000 gold + Black Mushroom: Act 1 (Cathedral Level 1) + Leoric's Shinbone: Act 1 (Leoric's Manor - Fireplace in the entry hall) + Wirt's Bell: Act 2 - (Squirt the Peddler for 100,000 gold) + Liquid Rainbow: Act 2 - (Dahlgur Oasis - Mysterious Cave) + Gibbering Gemstone: Act 3 - (Fields of Slaughter - Caverns of Frost) |
| 26 | 1,600 Bloodshards | GR 110+ |
| Potion 1 | 55 Primordial Ashes | salvage primals |
| Potion 2 | 110 Primordial Ashes | salvage primals |
| Potion 3 | 165 Primordial Ashes | salvage primals |
Primordial Ashes are new material in season 28 obtained by salvaging primal items in blacksmith (every primal gets you 55 Primordial Ashes). Season 28 also introduces new recipe for Kanai's Cube that lets you craft primal item for 100 Primordial Ashes - you can wear only one of such item at the time.
Curiosity of Lorath Nahr - "I found something disturbing within Kanai's Cube. Everything i thought I knew about our history is, at best, uncertain." - From the journal of Lorath Nahr.