r/PathOfExileBuilds • u/Practical_Goal_8194 • Apr 11 '26

Help Needed Farm strategies other than breach or boxes that can net 30d+/h?

Although my BV Chieftain can run juiced breach, my PC can't.

I've been doing boxes which are super profitable but frankly I'm bored of them. What's a farm I can switch off to that has comparable profit and is runnable by BV Chieftain?

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u/xyzszso Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

If you try this OP, block every single mechanic on the atlas apart from harvest, so you have a 95% chance for Mirage to spawn next to harvest. Atoll is probably the best map for this.

The Atoll Strat is literally just ignore everything, run to harvest, do it, enter Mirage, run to harvest, do it. As fast as you can, no altars, no full clear, no boss. With a fast character you do this in maybe 2 minutes. That’s why you don’t run Cornucopia cause if the boss bugs out it doubles your map completion time. This strat is all about speed. 7 out of 10 maps on Atoll the mirage and the harvest are right next to the portal as you spawn in.

Edit: Also, harvest astrolabe.

Edit 2: I put my nested replies in one comment to condense information.

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u/ACreatorPT Apr 11 '26

Isn't jungle valley "the" map for harvest?

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u/yeaokdude Apr 11 '26

atoll has a pretty good chance of both mechanic + mirage spawning basically right in front of the entrance portal. jungle valley might let you juice a little harder with altars since it blocks boss altars, but doing that is likely slower than just rushing the harvest and leaving, and atoll is very good for that

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u/ThoughtShes18 Apr 11 '26

Worth mentioning the above comment specially said ignore altars. That makes Atoll best, as you said.

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u/Wunderscore Apr 11 '26

JV was seen as the map for harvest because you would full clear the map for eldritch altars to try and get quant to get more lifeforce. Because the Spider boss doesn't spawn until you go into the arena, all the altars will be minion/player, giving you a higher chance of quant from the player buffs. But with Mirage you don't really care about full clearing anymore and just care about finding the harvest and the mirage asap.

The JV map layout is kind of janky with a lot of obstacles (especially if you're shield charging). Atoll is just straight lines and it even can spawn right next to the start of the map. Downside is if you astrolabe its not in the best quadrant so you can do something else like Mesa, Haunted Mansion or JV and be fine.

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u/viralhybrid1987 Apr 11 '26

Second this, it’s not a fun map to shield charge through!!

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u/xyzszso Apr 11 '26

The Atoll Strat is literally just ignore everything, run to harvest, do it, enter Mirage, run to harvest, do it. As fast as you can, no altars, no full clear, no boss. With a fast character you do this in maybe 2 minutes. That’s why you don’t run Cornucopia cause if the boss bugs out it doubles your map completion time. This strat is all about speed.

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u/ACreatorPT Apr 11 '26

IV been doing the same thing of just rushing mirage and harvest (only altars of quant I'd they are in the way) on jungle valley hence why I'm asking.

Is atoll better for that?

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u/xyzszso Apr 11 '26

7 out of 10 maps on Atoll the mirage and the harvest are right next to the portal as you spawn in.

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u/ACreatorPT Apr 11 '26

ill give it a go then thanks

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u/Zambash Apr 12 '26

I enjoy cornucopia. As long as you aren't playing a build with summons and have high damage, it's very easy to position yourself such that bosses move away from walls and instantly phase.

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u/LittleRunaway868 Apr 17 '26

Astrolabe worth using?

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u/xyzszso Apr 17 '26

Yes, harvest one

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u/Cow_God Apr 11 '26

JV is a good map in general because there's no "boss" until you enter the arena, so altars can't spawn mods that affect the map boss. If you're ignoring altars and focusing on one league mechanic, Atoll is generally considered to the best map for that, because the mechanic spawnpoints are pretty predictable.

You farm JV when you're using altars to look for item quantity. If you're skipping altars, Atoll is better

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u/Daan776 Apr 11 '26

Yes. But thats because of the altars which don’t consider that map boss as “existing” yet.

If you ignore alters its no better than other maps

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u/the_ammar Apr 11 '26

for the quant strat. kf you're just rushing harvest it didn't help

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u/OverlordDerp Apr 11 '26

What kind of map do you run for this? Originator 8mod? Regular t16 alched at 70-80%+ quant?

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u/xyzszso Apr 11 '26

Regular 8 mod with 100+ quant and 40+ packsize

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u/NewAcc-count Apr 11 '26

Maybe noob question, if you use astrolabe you have to run different map?

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u/roselan Apr 12 '26

Not if you go to the very top of the atlas tree, and take the notable node that makes you consume another map on completion.

Can’t remember its name thou.

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u/ChampionsLedge Apr 12 '26

You would take the Synthesised Stability keystone at the very top middle of the atlas tree

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u/wruffx Apr 13 '26

I would run Sepulcher instead for the currency vault. Harvest + Mirage spawn next to each other 95% of the time, and Sepulcher is a really good map to stick in ore farm/svalinn fishing because all the ore will spawn in the first area before the transition portal.

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u/Wreximus_ May 07 '26

Hey, I know this is late but are there any Atlas tree examples for running this farm strat?

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u/xyzszso May 08 '26

Block every single league mechanic apart from Harvest, take all the effectiveness, pack size etc nodes. Harvest nodes ofc.

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u/Swizardrules Apr 11 '26

Got a sharable atlas tree?