PoE 3.25 Ultimatum Farming: Profitability and Strategy Insights

Ultimatum farming can yield significant profits, primarily from catalysts, but requires a strong build and understanding of mechanics.

### Testing the Ultimatum Strategy
The speaker has been running a test set of 100 maps for the Ultimatum, without using scarabs or catalysts. The main source of profit has been the catalysts, particularly the tainted, prismatic, and fertile types, which are currently selling well in bulk. The test run yielded a total of six divines, 17 exalted, and numerous unique items, with the speaker highlighting the potential for valuable leveling rings and the ability to corrupt unique items for additional profit.

### Unique Helmet Implicits and Currency Making Strategies
Unique helmets can retain their implicit mods when removed, allowing for powerful combinations. The current league's valuable items, like the Hate Forge and relics, have fluctuating prices and are not abundant. A successful currency-making strategy in the game requires a good build, mobile gameplay, and effective use of the ruin mechanic to mitigate damage.

### Maximizing Ultimatum Rewards in the Game
Ultimatum encounters provide grand rewards by stacking bonuses, making them cost-effective. The Scar of Dueling ensures a boss fight at the end, offering chances for valuable drops. Players can benefit from shrines on the Atlas passive tree, and the different encounter modes offer varying difficulties and rewards.

### Strategy for the Ultimatum Encounter
The downsides in the ultimatum encounter increase in difficulty, with a broken build making it easier to progress. The boss fight at the end of the 10 rounds is challenging, with the arena filled with dangerous effects. Key strategies include taking the right passive tree nodes, avoiding stone circles, and using shrines for extra power.

### Common UL Downsides in Gameplay
The UL downsides have different levels of severity, with common ones including Blistering Cold and Choking My Asma, which are relatively easy to manage. Raging Dead and Razor Dance pose a greater threat, dealing significant damage and applying harmful effects, making them crucial to avoid or limit their levels. Ruin and Stalking Ru offer slow, melee-based attacks, while Stormcaller Runes can cause explosive damage, requiring careful movement to avoid.

### The Challenges of the Limited Arena
The Limited Arena encounter is intense, with a smaller area and closer enemy placements, making it difficult to avoid damage. Key challenges include reduced recovery, crit strikes from monster hits, and a damaging ring of blood surrounding the altar. Despite the tough conditions, the investment in 100 maps resulted in a significant profit, with an average of 16.2 divines per hour.

### Evaluating the Tier 16 Strap Strategy
The Tier 16 strap offers good returns, but is heavily dependent on fluctuating Catalyst prices and has poor gold returns compared to other strategies. The strategy requires significant investment and is challenging, making it more suitable for endgame builds. The high investment approach using the Scarab buff for catalyzing rewards is not as effective as the low investment one, and the returns are mostly in the form of Catalysts, which may not sell well.

### Maximizing Profit from Catalysts: A Strategy
Using a 3 to 1 recipe with catalysts can help fill your inventory and maximize returns. The big money is in selling fertile and prismatic catalysts, while tainted catalysts also sell well. This strategy is effective for established builds and can yield significant profits, but the success depends on the catalyst market.

### Ultimatum: Low-Investment Strategy Analysis
* 💰  Ultimatum loot drops have been slightly buffed this league, but the real money comes from catalysts, particularly **Tainted, Prismatic, and Fertile Catalysts**, which can sell well in bulk.
* 📊  In a test of 100 maps, the player made a profit of **94.5 divines**, with an average of **16.2 divines per hour**, excluding the potential value of Hate Forge drops.
* 🏆  The strategy involves running Ultimatum encounters with specific Scarabs and map modifiers to **maximize Catalyst drops**, with a focus on **low investment and quick map completion**.
* 🛡️  The player's build is crucial, requiring **good damage, mobility, and defenses**, especially against Ruin mechanics, which can **end the encounter if stacked to 7**.
* 🔮  The strategy heavily relies on **Catalyst prices**, which can fluctuate, and has **relatively poor gold returns** compared to other strategies.
* 📈  The player recommends this Ultimatum strategy for **established builds**, not league starters, and highlights the importance of **testing and adapting to different encounter modifiers**.
* 🎲  The player also experimented with a high-investment strategy involving Catalyst crafting, but found it **less profitable** than the **low-investment approach**.
* 🧪  Overall, the player considers Ultimatum to be an **underrated mechanic** and plans to **continue using this strategy for a few more days**.

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