Farming efficiency and build cost

I have read a lot of guide recently that say "Cheap build".
Unfortunately, a lot of those coast about 400 chaos for the gear wich for me is A LOT!

So i tried to find better way to farm currency since at my pace i will never be able to farm the amount needed for thoses build!

My best atm is around 15 chaos/hr if i farm the ossuary picking RBG gear and currency.
i can also farm map easily until about t6 but i find that its a little less currency since i lose a lot of time with the maps and selling stuff.

Question #1

How many chaos/hr you guys make!? Is it normal to do 10-=15 chaos/hr or people farm more like 50-100?

Question #2

Is 500 chaos really a budget build?

Question #3

Any suggestion for a 100 chaos build that can farm higher map?

Essence Drain can probably do all maps easily on a 100c budget.

i normally make builds which cost me tops 50c xD they can't do all content but atleast t10 easy

One thing people don't realize is that player skill is important in this game... probably as much as equipment is. You don't just make it to end game mapping on your first few characters. As you learn to avoid damage, you'll find that you don't need these 500+ builds to finish the game, and you'll also find that 500c isn't all that much currency to farm.

Take the time to play the game. Learn the fights. Don't expect items to play the game for you.

I totally agree on that one, skill and understanding of the mechanic is huge in this game!
I'm back to the game from 2 years break and i feel like a noob again. I'm still following popular guides because it's the safe way to go for now.

I'm playing a block gladiator this league and my only big purchase was Doryani Sceptre.to finish it I'll need a few good rolls on belts/rings but it can do up to t8 no issues yet. I do avoid the -block mod

The catch-22 here is that if you don't have the skills developed, using top of the line gear will keep you from developing them.

1# Less then 5c/h here :)

2# no

3# dual totem builds aren't expensive if you don't min/max and are fine with mostly rare items.

BUT ... a good rare / uniqe 6-link body will make ANY build expensive if you want to buy it!

Most builds start to work with less then 50c, will shine with 2 exe and skyrock after 10 exe.

I'm sure there's a ton of builds out there.

My league starter was Engineering Eternity's Sunder Stun build:
https://youtu.be/GRKLks6sq8Q

You can view my 92 Berzerker's gear (TheTwoTime). The build was pretty cheap. you can always start low and buy into better rolled rares. The only unique you would really want is:


It's not mentioned in the guide, but the perseverance belt is also an amazing unique for the build. I farm T15 Abyss maps with little issue. You stun most things so not much can harm you. Phys reflect maps can't be run.


I don't measure chaos/hr. So far I've found 2 Taste of Hates, The baron and Tukohama's Fortress. I've also crafted Steel rings with 3 T1 rolls. What I find on an hourly basis will never compare to the big ticket drops/crafts I've come across. For what it's worth, I've only found 1 ex and 1 divine orb this league. I just play the game. If you get something huge; great. If not; don't let it discourage you.

We're 3 weeks into the league and on average i make around

250-300 chaos a day while playing for around 5 hours/day in SC.
If this was HC i would probably make around 500ish since it's usually a lot easier to sell rares while in SC prices for rare items are fk'ed up since almost none cares about dying.

However about 80% of the chaos i get per day are going to be invested in gear for future builds and/or map rolls.

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The first thing i do at the beginning of a league is to simply create one of the braindead farm builds to get my currency to a decent level before playing another character.

This time i went with DP Totems, obviously a complete joke and even easier to play than pizza totems. All i had was a 5L Carcass with shitty rares and i could just faceroll any T13-15 map with almost every map roll.

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Anyway no matter how far into the league i consider every build below 500c a cheap build/league starter.

Then again might aswell play Dual Totem since it's the least skill/gear dependent build.