Ritual league

Twisted spires of flesh, blood and sinew now stand scattered across Wraeclast's landscape. Their origins and purposes unknown, they seemingly have a hunger for blood and death and are willing to richly reward those who can sate it.

The Ritual league was a challenge league. The PC version launched on January 15, 2021 (UTC) alongside the Echoes of the Atlas expansion. It ended on April 12, 2021 (UTC).

In this league, a Ritual Altar can be found in each zone. Interacting with the altar encloses the player into a ritual circle, and they must fight a wave of enemies. Rituals award Tribute which can be exchanged for items, including exclusive item bases.

League mechanic

A Bitter Ritual in progress with rotating icy beams displayed

Main page: Ritual

The Ritual league introduced the Ritual mechanic, which appears during the Acts and in Maps. Rituals allow players to activate Ritual Altars, slay enemies, and gain drops. It is one of the few mechanics in the game that allows players to select a drop of their choice. After activating the ritual altar you have to fight off a wave of enemies, who give you favor by defeating them; after the fight is over you can spend Tribute at the ritual altar and pick from a list of various pre-identified items that cost favor.

Items

These items are introduced to the Ritual leagues and are exclusive to Ritual league:

The following items are/were exclusive to Ritual crafting mechanics:

Challenges and rewards

Main page: List of ritual league challenges

The Ritual leagues include 40 optional challenges. Completing them awards the following microtransactions:

Challenges	Reward
12
19
22
24
25
28
31
34
36
37
40

When you complete 12 challenges, you will receive the Ritual Weapon Effect. When you reach 24 challenges, you will receive the Ritual Character Effect. At 36 challenge completed you'll receive the Ritualist's Hideout. These microtransactions are only obtainable in this league.

From the 19th challenge onwards and for every third challenge after that, you will receive pieces of the Ritual Totem Pole decoration to display in your hideout. The Totem Pole permanently showcases how many of the Ritual challenges you completed during the league.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.0	Introduced to the game.