Summary
Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.5 has unveiled a build that redefines endgame farming—the Immortal Simulacrum AFK Ritualist. This build leverages Atziri's Rule and the Mirror of Refraction skill to create an infinite projectile loop capable of melting 1 billion HP bosses while requiringaWhether you're farming Simulacrum for Voices or clearing all endgame content, this build generates massive POE2 Currency passively while you AFK.
Core Mechanics
The Infinite Projectile Loop
The build's power comes from a technical interaction between two weapon sets that exploits snapshotting mechanics.
Weapon Set One uses a bow and quiver setup maximizing projectile damage, pierce chance, and critical strike chance. You cast a single Force Spout while in this set, snapshotting all damage bonuses from this configuration.
Weapon Set Two utilizes Atziri's Rule, a unique staff that grants the Mirror of Refraction skill. This creates mirrors in your presence that persist even after weapon swapping. When your snapshotted projectiles hit these mirrors, they shatter and replicate 7 times per mirror hit, creating an exponential chain reaction.
When the chain reaches critical mass, projectile animations disappear entirely—a visual indicator that infinite scaling has begun. In confined spaces like Simulacrum arenas, bounces happen faster, delivering devastating damage.
Snapshotting Explained
Snapshotting is the key mechanic. Cast Force Spout in Set One with all damage bonuses active. Weapon swap to Set Two, and the original projectile retains those bonuses while bouncing off mirrors. This means you benefit from offensive nodes on one weapon set and mirror-creation mechanics on the other simultaneously.
Defensive Core
The build achieves near-immortality through stacking life, energy shield, and mana recoup. By collecting damage-taken-recoup modifiers across gear, you recover over 100% of damage taken across all three resource pools.
Key defensive layers:
Damage Taken Bypasses Energy Shield: Forces damage to hit life, enabling recoup mechanics
Damage Taken from Mana Before Life: Splits incoming damage across multiple pools
Oak Charm: Provides 20% damage reduction with elemental threshold boost
Mageblood flask setup with Bismuth, Gold, and Quicksilver flasks
Unique Chest Piece: Damage recouped as life, mana, and energy shield simultaneously
The result? You can AFK in fire, poison ground, or face-tank boss attacks without dying.
Essential Gear
Core Uniques
Atziri's Rule is mandatory. Prioritize quality 20 and level 20. The staff provides:
Mirror of Refraction skill
+3-5 to Corrupted Spell Skill Gems
Damage conversion bonuses
Additional sockets help but aren't essential for the loop
Mageblood enables a powerful flask setup. The Gold Flask pushes item rarity over 276%, dramatically improving farming efficiency. Target a 40% roll with duplicate effects.
Helmet requirements:
Damage taken from mana before life
Damage taken bypasses energy shield
Maximum life as extra maximum ES
Cooldown recovery socket (Soul Core)
Chest Piece must provide:
19-20% damage taken recouped as life
Damage taken recouped as energy shield
Three sockets minimum
The Prism of Belief for Force Spout scales damage significantly. +3 is optimal for maximum effect; +2 works as a budget alternative.
Heart of the Diamond: Requires skill effect duration and cooldown recovery for optimal mirror uptime.
Weapon Setup
Set One (Force Spout):
Bow with 250-300% increased damage
Quiver with 63%+ projectile breakpoint
Focus on projectile damage, pierce chance, critical chance, critical damage
Set Two (Mirror Creation):
Atziri's Rule (quality 20, level 20 minimum)
Stack cooldown recovery to reduce mirror cooldown from 2s to ~0.8s
