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Path of Exile 2 - Are Simulacrums Worth Doing?

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Hey everyone and welcome to another loot

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video. Today we have loot from 30

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simulacrims. I only wanted to do 30 just

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for like a small tasting of what we can

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get for like the average simulacum. And

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as is tradition, we will be running the

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last one together. I already have the

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portal open, so I think we can just get

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right into this. Now, real quick, I am

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on Doriani. We have unlimited revives

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here, so we don't need this node, but I

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am using the increased effectiveness per

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explicit modifier on the map. I do have

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a radiation for plus one level. And then

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I do have a small increase to either the

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prefix or suffix modifiers when opening

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maps. And in order to open a simulacum

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in a map, you need a fogcoed area. And

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you just do maps to slowly increase the

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deliriousness in this like fogcoed area.

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You need it to be at least 100%. And

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then you can rightclick a simulacum in

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your inventory, leftclick the map, and

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that will spawn one of these mirrors.

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And that's how you run these simulacums.

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And how to get this fog covered area,

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you need to run three delirium tablets

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in just any map. And when you complete a

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map, you have a chance to spawn a grand

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mirror somewhere else. And this is what

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that would look like. We have a grand

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mirror on this node. So if you run a map

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say like over here with three tablets,

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three delirium tablets, that is how you

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would spawn a grand mirror somewhere

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else. You would path over to that. And

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then when you complete this map, you can

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actually direct the fog wherever you

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almost wherever you want. So I just put

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my fog over here. And with the tutorial

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out of the way, I think we can get into

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this. We're not going to do the entire

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thing. We're just going to do probably

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the first wave and the last wave. Give

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you a little showcase. Now, for this

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build, it isn't too difficult. I'm just

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going to put down two totems,

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wait for the enemies to spawn, and then

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we can just kind of like left click a

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little bit,

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and then I just kind of like run around

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in circles collecting my life and mana

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remnants

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while periodically placing down my spell

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totems so they don't despawn.

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because it is very easy to get

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overwhelmed in simulacums

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if like 40 enemies spawn and just start

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punching you in the face.

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And that's wave one. Now, something I do

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want to mention, we have these mirror

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reflection things. I usually take two

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escalating threats just so we can get a

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couple more modifiers. And then I will

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just stack unique enemies. I don't think

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there's a correct way to do this or a

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wrong way to do this, but this is my

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selection. So, I'm going to get my

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modifiers first

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and then I will get my unique enemies. I

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think you have about a 20% chance to not

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like break the other mirrors when

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selecting one. So, if you are able to

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select the escalating threats and the

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other two don't break, I would then take

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the extra unique enemy and then if the

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last mirror doesn't break, then I will

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take the extra packs. But that is

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usually my selection. Okay, so we have

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my second selection over here. So again,

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I want two escalating threats and they

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both broke again. unfortunate.

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Loot isn't looking too good right now,

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but now we can start getting some unique

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enemies up in here. And we get another

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selection. So again, I'm just going to

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stack more modifiers. And then the pack

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size one broke.

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All right, I think we have one more wave

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to do.

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two potent liquid contempts. I feel like

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that's a pretty good drop. Hopefully I

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don't die on the final wave.

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That would be uh a little sad. My XP

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just keep dodge rolling around.

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Again, it is pretty easy to get

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overwhelmed here, so don't uh take this

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area for granted.

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Come on. Big drop. Wait a minute. Is

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there Oh, no. Okay, I think we're done.

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Loot time.

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A diver. That's not bad. We take those.

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We are guaranteed a Raven's Reflection.

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We even got an exceptional hood. This

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place does kind of spit out

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exceptionals, so we'll take this. I have

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not been keeping track of the trash

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uniques. I usually do, but not this

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time. And now I think we can take a look

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at the loot. So first I have been

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keeping track of all of my emotion drops

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in my delirium stash tab. So in here we

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have 36 Raven's reflections. So that's

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not too bad. However, all of the other

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emotions are kind of not so good. So

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we're maybe looking at seven divines in

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here. mainly because I just got two more

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potent liquid contempts. Without that

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drop, I think the total value for

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everything else in here for all the

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emotions would be maybe five divines.

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But now we have two tabs. Voices

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question mark. This is where you get the

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voices sapphire. 1,200

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divines unidentified. Wait for it. We

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did not get one. Unless we have another

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tab over here. And I do have a clip that

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I want to show you. But before we get in

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there, we can add to this a little bit

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more loot. Another stack of divines. We

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can see just how many exalts simulacrims

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were spitting out. We have a couple

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graders. We have one perfect. We have a

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couple greater chaos. Again, I wasn't

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keeping track of all of the trash

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uniques. All of these are one X. We

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don't care about these. But I do have

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four megalomaniac diamonds. And these

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are just nearly impossible to price

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check. If I tried price checking any of

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these, we're just not going to see any

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on the market. So, I don't think any of

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the combinations I got are any good.

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Immunity to bleeding.

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Increased cold damage, probably not.

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Attack damage after shape-shifting with

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armor, maybe. So, just nothing here is

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really looking too good. Even this

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triple one with increased armor. War

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cries. Wait a minute. And then curse.

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So, just not a whole lot of synergy

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here, unfortunately. We do have one

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unique struggle scream amulet. I have no

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idea what these do. Oh, yeah. You can

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have additional instilled modifiers.

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Does this roll in like a range, I

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wonder? Or is it just always three? It

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might just always be three. So, I don't

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think there's any value here. Yeah, two

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exalts uncorrupted. But we only got one

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of these. And then we just have some

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belts, a couple twilight relic keys. I

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guess we can crack these open. and one

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semideent unique item drop. Now, what do

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we have in this tab again? I have a clip

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that I want to show you. All right, so I

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think I'm on wave two. We get the loot

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explosion and there it is. A heavy belt

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and it's a waste gate. Yeah, there's

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actually nothing in this tab. No voices,

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no head hunter, nothing. So, that's a

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little unfortunate. But now we can take

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a look at the input cost. So I bought my

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simulacrims a long time ago. They were

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three divines each and now I think

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they're like 2.7 so they haven't gone

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down too much but the input was about 90

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divines and one of my maps actually

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glitched. I think they fixed it but the

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the worm enemy the woodworm thing bosses

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would sometimes spawn inside of its body

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and just glitch the entire simulacum.

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So, I actually lost a map. So, my my

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investment was 31 simulacrims or 93

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divs. And now we can start plugging what

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we got into the loot. And if we just

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look at the value of things, it's really

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not looking good so far. But maybe we'll

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make a miracle happen. Now, we got 459

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exalts, and that is just barely a

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divine. We got 11 greater exalts though

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and one big perfect. You know what?

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That's not a bad start. We got almost 70

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chaos orbs and five greater chaos. The

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chance orbs, those don't really matter

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too too much, but I guess we will

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include them. We got six of those. About

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1/10enth of a divine. Not bad. Every

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little bit helps. We got four orbs of

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anulment and 31 divines. But

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unfortunately, we have all of these

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uniques. So, zero zero zero zero value

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for all of these. Again, I wasn't

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keeping track of exactly how many of

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each of these I got. I'm sure, you know,

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with the right corruption or the right,

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you know, roll or something, one of

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these might maybe have had a one in 500

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chance of being like a divine or two,

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but I just I just let him go. Deal with

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it. And then we got again one struggle

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scream zero value. We got three melting

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maelstroms. I was keeping track of

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these. I missed the OG ones. One click

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restores all your mana. 0.1 the glory

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days, but now they're just kind of

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garbage. So I got three of them.

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Anyways, the megalomaniacs, I don't

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think there's any value. I mean, maybe

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let's let's price check this one. Which

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one is the? We don't need master of

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hex's, so we can get rid of this. What

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about the damage and the war cry? It

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doesn't exist on the market. Oh, wait.

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Identified any. There's one listed 9

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days ago for 10. Probably no value.

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Maybe five. And even then, I don't think

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that would sell. And then I already

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mentioned earlier that the total value

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of the emotions we got, I mean, that's

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maybe five divines. We did just get two

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more semidecent ones. So maybe we can up

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this to seven. But I probably won't even

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waste my time selling these honestly.

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And then we have the Raven's

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Reflections. And these will save us

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because they are a little over two

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divines each. We got 36 of these. We are

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guaranteed to get at least one. And then

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I got six maps that dropped two. So for

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me, I was getting a double drop every

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five maps. And if we plug this in here,

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I mean, 40 divines profit. Not even

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because I probably wouldn't even waste

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my time selling these emotions. It's not

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looking good. I have returned. I was

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selling some of the ravens reflections

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and my price was incorrect. They're not

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2.2 divines each. It's 2.2 Raven's

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reflections for a divine. So, that is

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actually about 0.5.

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and we lost currency doing this. So,

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with this new information dropping, I

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highly recommend you stay away from

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simulacrims unless you're just going to

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grind out 200 of them hoping that you

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get the voices to drop because it's not

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looking good. Now, of course, a voices

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sapphire unidentified I believe is at

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least 1,200 divines. So, if we had

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gotten one of these, it would have been

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looking pretty good. And we can see a

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voices identified goes for 500 divines,

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but these only have two sockets

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unidentified. They are almost 1300

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divines now. So if you identify one of

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these, that could be an 800 divine

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scroll of wisdom. So identify these at

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your own risk. And something else you

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should keep in mind is these are also

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weighted to roll two sockets more often.

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So, we can see there's almost 200 on the

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market, but if we filter out the two

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socket ones, three sockets, there's only

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probably like 25 of these on the market,

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you could potentially make a lot of

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currency doing it, but you have a 80%

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chance of just losing 800 divines. So,

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again, you know, do that at your own

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risk. And of course, if you hit the

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jackpot, again, we can just like look at

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the waiting. These are very, very rare.

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Maybe one in 15, maybe one in 10, maybe

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one in 20 for each like voices you

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identify. And these could be like six

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mirrors, but again, at least 80% chance

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to lose 800 divines with that scroll of

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wisdom if you identify. So just keep

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that in mind. Now, I would say don't go

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into simulacrim farming expecting to get

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one of these. I would say the chance to

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obtain this is probably around one in a

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100, maybe one in 150. It's going to

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take you about sixish minutes to get

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through each run. And of course, you

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still have to like set up each area. You

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have to do the maps to get the grand

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mirrors. So, there is a little bit of

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setup. There is a little bit of input

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cost as well. So, again, I'd recommend

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not going into simulacrims trying to get

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the chase drop because it could be one

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in 200. You could do 300 runs and get

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one. Like, you could get unlucky. You

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could do 300 runs and get nothing. So,

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just please keep that in mind. I don't

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think I'm going to do any more

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simulacrims. I just wanted to do a

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handful of these. Just loot from 30. Get

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a small tasting for what can drop. And I

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think that is going to be it for me. I

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think I can stop here. And I mean, it's

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not over yet. We do have a couple belts.

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So before we sign off, I think we can

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use just a couple of these.

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Come on, we are overdue for a big money

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drop,

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please.

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And head hunter. Maybe next time. And we

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also have the guiding palm of the heart.

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Uncorrupted. These are four div for a 1

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in 100ish

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chance to hit a palm of the dreamer. You

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know what? Holy even quality this one.

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And

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we lost. So we also have a breach tablet

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and five additional rares with 18%

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reduced pack size. That might be a

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couple exults. I guess we can also

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before we go identify these three

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Twilight Requory keys. Maybe we can

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squeeze a head hunter out of one of

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these. All right, first key. Come on.

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Aventor's gamble. Wait a minute. We can

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identify that. I'm not greedy. Just 35%

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in each resistance. That would make me

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pretty happy. All right, key number two.

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Let's see what we can get.

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That's not going to do it. And one final

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key. All right, let's see what we can

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get.

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A widow hail. Wait a minute. If that's

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like 240 plus%, we can evolve that.

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Let's just quickly identify this. That's

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not going to do it. What do we have over

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here? 240. Wait a minute. I don't

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usually quality these. The physical

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damage, that's not really doing a whole

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lot, but that's not going to do it. And

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with that, I think we are just about

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done for today. So as always everyone

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take

Interactive Summary

This video details the creator's experiment running 30 Simulacrums in Path of Exile to evaluate their profitability. After explaining the setup process and showing gameplay, the creator analyzes the loot, revealing that without rare "Voices" jewels, the endeavor resulted in a net loss. The video concludes with a warning against farming Simulacrums purely for profit, highlighting the high cost and rarity of chase items, followed by a few final gambles with leftover currency.

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