PoE2 Mana Ring Craft: Five Targets Cost 1,991 div
A PoE2 mana ring craft with five targets (maximum Mana % and maximum Mana T1 as prefixes; Cast Speed T2+, all Elemental Resistances T1 and Mana Regeneration Rate T1 as suffixes) costs about 1,991 Divine Orbs (div) per ring, and only 64% finish within a 2,000 div cap per run. Just loosening Resistances and Mana Regeneration to T2+ brings it down to 643 div with 95% finishing.
Zundamon
Three Gold Ring suffixes got down to 220 div per ring. Five targets should be double that at most, right?
Metan
That's what you'd think. The method is in Don't Hoard Your Misses. But when the engine crafted a mana setup, the cost jumped by an order of magnitude.
Zundamon
An order of magnitude?!
Metan
And only 64% finished within the cap.
The Ring and the Method
First, which ring we crafted and in what order.
Zundamon
What ring did you start from?
Metan
A Rare Gold Ring, Item Level 82. It has a Fractured Spell Mana Cost Efficiency T1 prefix.
Metan
That mod is Calculating, a mod from the Genesis Tree.
Zundamon
Does maximum Mana % come from a normal Exalted Orb?
Metan
No. It's "(4–6)% increased maximum Mana" from the Perfect Essence of the Mind. It isn't in the normal pool.
Zundamon
How do you aim for the suffixes?
Metan
The method is "annul misses at once." We aim for Cast Speed, then Resistances, then Mana Regeneration.
Metan
Each try uses 20 Catalysts (20% Quality) + Omen of Catalysing Exaltation + Omen of Dextral Exaltation + a Perfect Exalted Orb.
| Target | Catalyst used |
|---|---|
| Cast Speed | Skittering Catalyst |
| all Resistances | Tul's Catalyst |
| Mana mods (Mana Regeneration, maximum Mana) | Neural Catalyst |
Zundamon
When do the prefixes go in?
Metan
Once the suffixes are done, Omen of Sinistral Crystallisation + Perfect Essence of the Mind adds maximum Mana %.
Metan
Last, we aim for maximum Mana T1 with Neural Catalysts + Catalysing + Sinistral + Perfect. That's "essence after."
Zundamon
Didn't you try the other order?
Metan
We did. Adding the Essence right after fracturing is "essence first," and we compared the two.
Results: Five Targets Cost 1,991 div, 64% Finish
The engine ran 300 runs per method, each capped at 2,000 div.
| Method | Finished | Cost per ring | Average of finishers | Perfect Exalted Orbs | How it went |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essence after | 64.0% | 1,991 div | 865 div | 128 | Some runs hit the cap unfinished |
| Essence first | 33.3% | 4,942 div | 936 div | 143 | Most expensive, fewest finished |
| Essence after, Resistances and Mana Regen at T2+ | 95.3% | 643 div | 545 div | 84 | Cheapest. Almost every run finishes |
"Cost per ring" is everything spent, including runs that hit the cap unfinished, divided by the number finished.
Zundamon
Finishers averaged 865 div, but the cost per ring is 1,991 div!
Metan
That's because the unfinished runs' spending is divided by the finished count too. At 64% finished, that weighs a lot.
Essence first keeps losing maximum Mana %
Zundamon
Why does essence first cost 4,942 div?
Metan
With essence first, maximum Mana % is the only non-Fractured mod. A Chaos Orb would always remove it, so Chaos Orbs are off the table.
Metan
On top of that, every Annulment can take it out too. It was lost 67 times per run.
Zundamon
Re-adding the Essence 67 times...
The Weight Is Resistances T1 and Mana Regeneration T1
Starting from Fractured + maximum Mana %, we used Catalysts at 20% Quality + Omen of Catalysing Exaltation + the side Omen + a Perfect Exalted Orb and counted the hits over 20,000 tries on the engine.
| Target | Hit per try | How likely |
|---|---|---|
| Cast Speed T2+ | 24.77% | Most likely |
| all Resistances T1 | 7.13% | Under 10% (the hardest) |
| Mana Regeneration T1 | 9.81% | Under 10% |
| maximum Mana T1 | 11.81% | Just over 10% |
| all Resistances T2+ (loosened) | 14.47% | About double T1 only |
| Mana Regeneration T2+ (loosened) | 19.65% | About double T1 only |
Zundamon
Resistances T1 and Mana Regeneration T1 don't even reach 10%.
Metan
And misses get annulled. Those Annulments can hit targets already in place.
Zundamon
So the targets you landed vanish too...
Metan
Losing every target and restarting from Chaos Orbs happened 45 times per run.
Metan
It used 128 Perfect Exalted Orbs (about 2.9 div each). Re-adding Skittering Catalysts for Cast Speed cost another 228 div.
Zundamon
So what happens if you loosen them to T2+?
Metan
Both odds roughly double, and full restarts drop to 25. The cost falls to about a third.
Without Catalysts It Almost Never Finishes
We also tried dropping the Catalysts and the Catalysing Omen, aiming with a plain Omen of Dextral / Sinistral Exaltation.
Zundamon
Can you get by without Catalysts?
Metan
No. Whatever the Exalted Orb, it almost never finished within 2,000 div.
| Plain Exalted Orb | Finished | Cost per ring | What happens |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exalted Orb | 1.0% | about 200,000 div | Almost never finishes (most expensive) |
| Greater Exalted Orb | 10.0% | about 19,000 div | The best of the three, but few still finish |
| Perfect Exalted Orb | 8.3% | about 23,000 div | Pricier than Greater, under 10% finish |
Zundamon
Even the best one is 19,000 div!
Metan
A mana ring like this is built around Catalysts + the Catalysing Omen.
Not yet verified (2)
- The Catalysing Omen multiplier follows Craft of Exile's formula. It has not been compared with Craft of Exile or in-game results.
- The Perfect Essence of the Mind price is the server's value, which differs from poe2db's trade rate (its effect on cost is 0.1 to 2.6 div per run).
Zundamon
So how should I craft a mana ring?
Metan
Add the Essence after, and settle for T2+ on Resistances and Mana Regeneration. That was the cheapest.
In a five-target mana ring, Resistances T1 and Mana Regeneration T1 make up most of the cost. Loosen them to T2+ and aim with Catalysts + the Catalysing Omen.
Where the Numbers Come From
Show sources (3)
- The ExileDesk engine, 300 runs per method, capped at 2,000 div per run. Per-try odds: 20,000 tries on the engine.
- Market: the ExileDesk server (2026-10-20 16:00 UTC; 1 Divine Orb = 696.93 Exalted Orbs). The Perfect Essence of the Mind uses the server's value (26.5 Exalted Orbs), which differs from poe2db's trade rate, but its effect on cost is 0.1 to 2.6 div per run.
- The Catalysing Omen multiplier follows Craft of Exile's formula. Not compared with Craft of Exile or in-game results.
Try It Yourself
You can try the mana targets one craft at a time on a Gold Ring on the crafting bench.
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