Ritual Sites Guide for Midnight 12.0.5

Ritual Sites Guide Quick Overview:

1. Ritual Sites is a new endgame customizable activity that can be played solo or in a party (through Group Finder)
2. It's actually a lot like Delves, an instanced activity that takes place in an open world instead of some mine or dungeon.
3. You can choose how difficult or easy the next run will be, and the rewards will scale accordingly.
4. Spoils is a score system that decides how many rewards you get at the end of a Ritual Sites run.
5. There’s gear, mounts, housing decor, and transmogs to be earned from this activity.

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What are Ritual Sites in Midnight 12.0.5

Let me start by giving you a simple picture of what this new activity is. Basically, Ritual Sites is a new customizable instanced activity that has difficulty tiers and modifiers that you can add. The more of these challenges you add to your run, the more rewards you will get in the end. That’s why you can often hear it being compared to delves. Another reason is that Ritual Sites count towards the World row of the Great Vault, much like Delves (and Prey), but unlike them, there are only two locations or two ritual sites available in this patch, with only one of them being active at any given week. Those locations are:

• Eversong Woods - Daggerspine Point (34.9 65.4)
• Zul’Aman - Speaker’s Rest or Broken Throne (29.7 78.2)

Each of the sites can have one or two scenarios that differ in terms of the objectives. You start the Ritual Site activity by interacting with an active Curious obelisk, which then opens the activity’s interface. That’s where you get to choose the difficulty tier, add challenges, and preview the rewards. In this activity, defeated enemies drop Spoils instead of regular loot. This thing acts sort of like your score - the more you have by the end, the more rewards you’ll get. But each death reduces the amount of Spoils. The rules for dying are simple:

1. First 2 deaths don’t reduce Spoils
2. 2+ deaths reduce the spoils by 5% each time until 50%.

At the end of the run, you get to loot the Ritual Chest that contains all kinds of rewards. More on that later. 

This seems to be the main new activity to farm if you want to catch up on the gear without having to farm M+ or raids, both of which are pretty hardcore and time-consuming. At least with Ritual Sites, you get to decide how difficult or easy it's going to be. Now, let me explain difficulty tiers and challenges.

Ritual Sites Objectives

The two Ritual Sites currently available in Patch 12.0.5 can feature different objective chains depending on the scenario you get. Here are the objectives tied to each known Ritual Site scenario.

Speaker's Rest

Speaker's Rest has a longer objective chain that builds toward a final showdown and then ends with a loot-focused cleanup step.

1. Corrupted Wildlife - Void obelisks are corrupting a creature they intend to unleash on the people of this land.
2. Void Reinforcements - Void reinforcements are spawning from portals.
3. Rituals in the Depths - The portals have stabilized, allowing access to the void forces' ritual chambers that were feeding the obelisks with power.
4. Face Off - Warlord Gurrtack is leading the Twilight's Blade forces behind this Ritual Site.
5. Research Trove - Search through the items and research that the research assistants have collected from the site.
6. Final Stage – Research Trove - Search through the items and research that the research assistants have collected from the site.

Broken Throne

Broken Throne is a shorter scenario focused on corruption, twisted creatures, and Faithbreaker Ger'lok's experiments.

1. Void Reversal - Through corruptive magic and draining old allies, Faithbreaker Ger'lok is paving a new path for him and the Twilight's Blade he leads.
2. Corrupted Beast - An unfortunate creature has been twisted and corrupted by void energies. It is a tragedy and must be put to rest.
3. Final Stage – Corruptor's End - Faithbreaker Ger'lok's new creature is not his only experiment. His most loyal followers have undergone similar profane rituals.

Daggerspine Point

Daggerspine Point centers on Lady Selen'vjar, her captains, and a void-powered creature summoned from the deep.

1. Ritual Roles - Lady Selen'vjar's captains are keeping the ritual grounds protected, while their other forces drain the essence from some wayward void creatures caught in Selen'vjar's grasp.
2. Beast From the Deep - Using the void magic stolen from the captured void creatures, Lady Selen'vjar is empowering a Mindbreaker from the deep.
3. Final Stage – Summoner's Fall - Lady Selen'vjar is furious at the interference in her ritual. Her Mindbreaker was going to be her vanguard, but she is more than happy to take care of interlopers herself.

Ritual Sites Difficulty Tiers Explained

There are 5 difficulty tiers. The tiers have a minimum required item level.

• Tier 1: ilvl 215
• Tier 2: ilvl 231
• Tier 3: ilvl 244
• Tier 4: ilvl ???
• Tier 5: ilvl ???

On top of that, you have to complete the previous tier in order to access the higher one, just like in Delves.

Starting from Tier 3, you have to pick 1 challenge. At Tier 4, you have to select at least 2 challenges, and at Tier 5, you have to select at least 4 challenges. Now, let me explain what those actually are.

Ritual Sites Challenges

There is a total of 8 challenges that you can pick from. These work similarly to M+ or Horrific Visions of N’zoth modifiers, acting as additional effects.

Challenge	Description	How to unlock	Spoils increase
Tendrils	You can be randomly rooted in place and take damage.	Found in Ritual Spoils.	10%
Manifestations	Periodically spawns spirits that must be dealt with.	Complete a Tier 3 Ritual Site, then speak with Ranger Captain Lilatha in Silvermoon City. The tier required reduces each week.	15%
Magical Alarm Bells	Spawns a group of enemies at the location where disruption happens, meaning where you complete your objectives.	Complete a Tier 4 Ritual Site, then speak with Lady Darkglen in Silvermoon City. The tier required reduces each week.	13%
Malevolent Boons	Spawns dark obelisks that buff your enemies, giving them various boons.	Complete a Tier 2 Ritual Site, then speak with Lady Darkglen in Silvermoon City. The tier required reduces each week.	20%
Tainted Corpses	Defeated enemies create a pool of magic that damages you, so you have to avoid it all the time.	Found in a Tainted Bone Pile inside a Ritual Site.	10%
Reinforced	The ritual sites will have more enemies.	Complete a Tier 2 Ritual Site, then speak with Ranger Captain Lilatha in Silvermoon City. The tier required reduces each week.	15%
Patrols	Adds roaming packs of enemies that patrol the area.	“Procure” unique treasures from within Tier 3 or higher Ritual Sites. The tier required reduces each week.	15%
Embers	Spawns embers of power that can be picked up by the enemies, which empower them and their leader.	Find Embers of Power from a Tier 4 Ritual Site. The tier required reduces each week.	25%

Challenges don’t just become available whenever you can select Tier 3; each has an unlock requirement. Luckily, each locked challenge has a description of how to unlock it once you hover your mouse over it. So, you don’t have to memorize any of this.

Obviously, you’re going to want to activate the most amount of challenges that give you the most amount of increased Spoils. Those being Embers, Malevolent Boons, and anything that gives you 15% more Spoils. That way, you’ll be getting the most out of Ritual Sites, although I don’t think something like this can be solo-ed.

 

 

Ritual Sites Renown Track

It’s time to start talking about what kinds of rewards you’ll be getting for all of your trouble dealing with Ritual Sites, and I think the best place to start is with the faction-style renown track. Just like any other faction in the game, you’ll be earning reputation for Ritual Sites, unlocking up to 8 levels, and the rewards tied to them. I’ve already covered the renown rewards in my Void Assaults guide, but it's worth going over them one more time.

• Renown 1: Ritual Magic - Reneration Orbs
• Renown 2: Ritual Treasures
• Renown 3: Ritual Decor
• Renown 4: Outlying Dangers + Ritual Magic - Orb Potency
• Renown 5: Shrines of Power + Additional Spoils
• Renown 6: Corrupted Menagerie + Ritual Magic - Orbs Aplenty
• Renown 7: Revered Treasures + Dark Obelisk + Shrines of Power II
• Renown 8: Corrupted Transport + Elite Dangers

In order to unlock the renown, you have to do the Ritual Interest quest from the Void Assaults questline that starts with the Ranger Captain’s Summons quest, which asks you to talk to Ranger Captain Lilatha (48.0, 49.6). Renown is earned by completing Ritual Sites and Void Assaults. Some items also provide a bonus to renown progression:

• Ritual Site Reports - this effectively gives you extra renown based on the amount of Spoils earned at the end of a run.
• Ritual Tablet Fragment - grants 500 Ritual Sites renown for disrupting the second Ritual Site of the week.
• Ritual Tablet - grants 750 Ritual Sites renown for disrupting the first Ritual Site of the week.

Ritual Sites Rewards

While Spoils is more like a score that you accumulate during the Ritual Sites run, there’s an actual currency that you get for completing it.

Ritual Sites and Void Assaults share the same currencies and most of the same vendor rewards in Patch 12.0.5. That means you are progressing toward the same general reward pool no matter which activity you spend more time in. Ritual Sites adds its own renown track, hidden collectibles, and a few activity-specific rewards on top of that shared structure.

Field Accolades and Dark Particles

The two main currencies tied to Ritual Sites are Field Accolades and Dark Particles. Field Accolades are the main reward currency and are earned from Ritual Sites, Void Assaults, and weekly quests tied to the system. Dark Particles also drop during Ritual Sites and can be traded in for more Field Accolades through Maren Silverwing in Silvermoon City. The exchange works through a Field Accolade Pouch, which costs 100 Dark Particles and gives 10 Field Accolades.

Here is the core currency and vendor overview:

Reward or Currency	What it does	Cost or source
Field Accolades	Main currency used for gear, cosmetics, mounts, pets, and decor	Earned from Ritual Sites, Void Assaults, and weekly quests
Dark Particles	Secondary currency used to buy more Field Accolades	Dropped by enemies in Ritual Sites
Field Accolade Pouch	Converts Dark Particles into Field Accolades	100 Dark Particles
Cache of Void-Touched Armaments	Contains a Champion-track item for your loot specialization	75 Field Accolades
Cache of Void-Touched Armaments	Contains a Hero-track item for your loot specialization	500 Field Accolades
Field Pouch	Contains Field Accolades, Gold, Voidlight Marl, and other rewards	Activity reward
Field Satchel	Contains Field Accolades, Gold, Voidlight Marl, and other rewards	Activity reward

Maren Silverwing at 48.2, 49.6 in Silvermoon City handles the main Field Accolades gear exchange. This is where you spend your currency on random Champion (ilvl 250–263) and Hero (ilvl 263–276) gear caches, and also where Dark Particles are turned into more Field Accolades. The Armaments caches are spec-appropriate, so they are much safer purchases than the cosmetic cache system tied to the Tier 2 recolors.

Armaments Caches & Transmogs

Triam Dawnsetter at 48.0, 49.2 sells the Void-Touched cosmetic recolors introduced in Patch 12.0.5. These are Void-themed purple recolors of the Tier 2 Reforged sets, along with Void-Touched weapon appearances inspired by Sunwell Plateau. These are purchased as caches, which means you are choosing a slot rather than a class-specific appearance.

Item	Cost in Field Accolades	Cost in Voidlight Marl
Cache of Void-Touched Weapons	10	200
Cache of Void-Touched Headgear	5	150
Cache of Void-Touched Shoulderwear	5	150
Cache of Void-Touched Cloaks	5	150
Cache of Void-Touched Chestpieces	5	150
Cache of Void-Touched Bracers	5	150
Cache of Void-Touched Gloves	5	150
Cache of Void-Touched Belts	5	150
Cache of Void-Touched Legwear	5	150
Cache of Void-Touched Boots	5	150

There is an important catch with these transmog caches. They are not class-specific, and the armor caches are Warbound, so the item you get may not match the class opening the cache. In practice, that means you can end up buying the same slot many times before finally getting the appearance you want. Druids have two chest appearances, and Paladins have two leg appearances, which makes those slots even more annoying to target.

Pets & Mounts

Once you start unlocking those renown rewards, Sergeant Vornin at 48.6, 50.6 becomes more relevant. He sells the pets and mounts tied to Ritual Sites progression and achievements.

Item	Type	Unlock	Cost
Void-Infused Mindbreaker Fry	Pet	Renown 6	1800 Field Accolades
Void-Touched Dragonhawk Egg	Pet	Renown 6	1800 Field Accolades
Void-Touched Hawkstrider	Mount	Renown 8	4500 Field Accolades
Unbound Manawyrm	Mount	Void Response Team and Ritual Site Disruptor	6000 Field Accolades

The Unbound Manawyrm is not purely a Ritual Sites reward, since it requires one achievement from Void Assaults and one from Ritual Sites. You need both Void Response Team and Ritual Site Disruptor before the mount becomes purchasable.

 

 

Housing Decor

Rae'ana at 47.6, 50.6 sells the housing decor tied to Ritual Sites renown. Most of these unlock at Renown 3, but Dark Obelisk is pushed back to Renown 7.

Decor	Unlock	Cost
Void Elf Scribe's Desk	Renown 3	250 Field Accolades
Void Elf Floating Desk	Renown 3	150 Field Accolades
Runic Parchment	Renown 3	150 Field Accolades
Void Flame Candle	Renown 3	150 Field Accolades
Void Inkwell	Renown 3	150 Field Accolades
Dark Obelisk	Renown 7	500 Field Accolades

Outside the vendors, Ritual Sites also includes several collectible rewards that come from hidden interactions, treasures, rare spoils, and site-specific actions inside the activity. These are easy to miss if you only focus on the end chest and renown grind.

Non-Vendor Mounts & Pets

Reward	Type	How to get it
Void-Corrupted Hex Eagle	Mount	Bring the Misplaced Ritual Candle to the Ritual Circle in Broken Throne on at least Tier 2
Witherbark Warbear Mother	Mount	Bring 5 Practically Pork to the meat piles in Broken Throne on at least Tier 2 to summon Angry Amani Warbear
Void-Touched Snapdragon	Mount	Click Washed Up Kelp in Daggerspine Point on at least Tier 2 for a chance to spawn it
Chubs	Pet	Bring 1 Practically Pork to the stealthed Lost Bear Cub in Broken Throne on at least Tier 2
Pattern: Rope Lynx Harness	Leatherworking Pattern	Found in Treasures and Rare Spoils
Broken Lynx Leash	Crafting Material	Bind on Pickup material needed to craft the Void-Corrupted Lynx mount

The Rope Lynx Harness pattern and Broken Lynx Leash matter because they are part of the crafting path for the Void-Corrupted Lynx mount.

Another thing worth noting is that Ritual Sites rewards do not all come from one source. Some come from the Ritual Chest at the end of a run, some are tied to quests, some are hidden in treasures inside the site, and others are locked behind renown or achievements. So even though the vendor list looks straightforward at first glance, there is more to the reward pool than just buying items with Field Accolades.

Ritual Sites also come with a large achievement pool. There are 48 achievements in total, split between general progression achievements and site-specific ones for Broken Throne and Daggerspine Point. These include basic completion achievements, challenge and expert challenge clears, renown progress, mastery goals, and neighborhood or rogue-style scenario objectives.

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