Altar of Sacrifice PoE

Sacrifice a unique item for another unique item

League mechanics: Incursion. While in an incursion, the player can open passages and kill architects to change or upgrade the room, which affects the Temple's layout in the future. After 11 incursions, the Temple in present time can be raided for loot and special altars which modify items.

Crafting Bench Tier Incursion room Sacrifice
Table of Sacrifice Tier 1 Sacrificial Chamber(Search)
  • Allows you to sacrifice a unique item. Ahuana drops an additional random Unique Item.
Table of Sacrifice Tier 2 Hall of Offerings(Search)
  • Sacrifice a unique item for another random unique item. The same item class unique can be obtained.
Altar of Sacrifice Tier 3 Apex of Ascension(Search)
  • Change a unique item into another. You will gain a unique item of the same item class as the one sacrificed.
  • Transforms unique items found exclusively in the Temple of Atzoatl.

PoE 3.20: Ancient Orbs and the Altar of Sacrifice in the Temple of Atzoatl can no longer be used on Unique Jewels, Flasks or Maps.

Vials are currency items used to upgrade certain unique items to their more powerful versions. They are used by placing one in the Altar of Sacrifice in Apex of Ascension (a level 3 room that upgraded from Sacrificial Chamber and Hall of Offerings) along with the required unique item. Vials can only be obtained from The Vaal Omnitect.

Vial Original item Upgraded item
Vial of Awakening Apep's Slumber Apep's Supremacy
Vial of Consequence Coward's Chains Coward's Legacy
Vial of Dominance Architect's Hand Slavedriver's Hand
Vial of Fate Story of the Vaal Fate of the Vaal
Vial of Summoning Mask of the Spirit Drinker Mask of the Stitched Demon
Vial of the Ritual Dance of the Offered Omeyocan
Vial of Transcendence Tempered Flesh Transcendent Flesh
Tempered Spirit Transcendent Spirit
Tempered Mind Transcendent Mind
Vial of Sacrifice Sacrificial Heart Zerphi's Heart
Vial of the Ghost Soul Catcher Soul Ripper

Corrupted unique items can be used on the altar for a random non-corrupted unique item.

Exmaple: Vial of Summoning + Mask of the Spirit Drinker = Mask of the Stitched Demon

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Altar of Sacrifice PoE Best Items

Altar of Sacrifice (level 3 room) can be found in Apex of Ascension (level 3). It allows you to sacrifice a unique item for another random unique item of the same item class, including items not ordinarily obtainable.

Headhunter is one of the best items. The price of Headhunter is about 85 Exalted Orbs. You can sacrifice the following items for getting a Headhunter.

Item Lvl. Note
Wurm's Molt 8  
Immortal Flesh 50  
Umbilicus Immortalis 30  
Cyclopean Coil 68  
Gluttony 8  
Hyperboreus 53  
Leash of Oblation 49  
Bear's Girdle 68 The price is about 2 Exalted Orbs. Using it has risks.
Pyroshock Clasp 43  
Replica Headhunter 40 The price is about 10 Exalted Orbs and not recommend to use.

Table of Sacrifice - Path of Exile

Table of Sacrifice (level 1 & 2 rooms) can be found in Sacrificial Chamber (level 1 room), Hall of Offerings (level 2).

  • Sacrificial Chamber is a level 1 incursion room, it can be upgraded to Hall of Offerings. The room contains a Table of Sacrifice which allows you to sacrifice a unique item.
  • Hall of Offerings is a tier 2 incursion room. It upgrades from Sacrificial Chamber and to Apex of Ascension. The room contains an Table of Sacrifice which allows the player to sacrifice a unique item for another random unique item of the same item class.

Table of Sacrifice

Example: Vial of Sacrifice

Vial of Sacrifice is a vial currency item that can be used to upgrade Sacrificial Heart Sacrificial Heart to Zerphi’s Heart Zerphi’s Heart.

Outcome Amount Vial of Sacrifice Vial of Sacrifice Ingredient General Notes
Zerphi’s Heart Zerphi’s Heart 1 Sacrificial Heart Sacrificial Heart Upgraded via the Altar of Sacrifice found in the Temple of Atzoatl’s Apex of Ascension room
1 Vial of Sacrifice Vial of Sacrifice

Vial of Sacrifice

How to use Vial of Sacrifice?

Sacrifice this item on the Altar of Sacrifice along with Sacrificial Heart Sacrificial Heart to transform it.

A Vial is a currency item used to upgrade unique items. It is used by placing it in the Altar of Sacrifice in a Level 3 Sacrificial Chamber (Apex of Ascension) with the required unique item.

Apex of Ascension

Apex of Ascension is one of the rooms in the ancient Vaal Temple of Atzoatl that can be obtained by upgrading the Hall of Offerings.

The room contains an Altar of Sacrifice which provides the player with one of two different functions:

  • Sacrifice a unique item for another random unique item of the same item class, including items not ordinarily obtainable.
  • Transforms unique items found exclusively in the Temple of Atzoatl.

The altar may only be used once per temple.

Apex of Ascension

How to get Vial of Sacrifice?

Slain monster in The Vaal Omnitect

It can only be obtained from The Vaal Omnitect. The Vaal Omnitect is the final boss of The Temple of Atzoatl.

The Temple of Atzoatl

The endboss of the temple is the Vaal Omnitect. It is located in the top chamber, the final temple room.

This room is accessible if you create a route to it during the incursions. You can create a route by killing the mobs until they drop a Stone of Passage, then going to the door you want to open with the Stone of Passage and and opening it. Alternatively, if you have access to the Explosives Room or a higher tier version during the temple instance, you can use the charges found inside it to open a path to the central chamber.

The Vaal Omnitect drops exclusive unique items and corrupted Rare items with an Incursion mod.

The Vaal Omnitect Drops

The Omnitect drops corrupted and rare items with an Incursion mod, as well as a unique item or vial.

Unique items Vials
Sacrificial Heart Sacrificial Heart Vial of Awakening Vial of Awakening
String of Servitude String of Servitude Vial of Consequence Vial of Consequence
Soul Catcher Soul Catcher Vial of Dominance Vial of Dominance
Tempered Flesh Tempered Flesh Vial of Fate Vial of Fate
Tempered Spirit Tempered Spirit Vial of Sacrifice Vial of Sacrifice
Tempered Mind Tempered Mind Vial of Summoning Vial of Summoning
Vial of the Ghost Vial of the Ghost
Vial of the Ritual Vial of the Ritual
Vial of Transcendence Vial of Transcendence

Vial of Sacrifice Drop Rate

The drop level of Vial of Sacrifice Vial of Sacrifice is 68. I think the drop rate of Vial of Sacrifice Vial of Sacrifice is random. The Vial of Sacrifice Vial of Sacrifice seems to be very rare or only from high level temples.

Trade currency for it

You can exchange currency items with other players as well. The price of Vial of Sacrifice Vial of Sacrifice is an Exalted Orb Exalted Orb.

Vial of Sacrifice Price

Vial of Sacrifice Price

Vial of Sacrifice Acquisition

Drop level 68
Sell Price: 1x Scroll Fragment Scroll Fragment
Item class: Stackable Currency
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Currency/CurrencyIncursionVialBossAmulet

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