Ritual Sites are one of the new types of content players can do in Patch 12.0.5. They can be pretty easy to do early on, but you are able to unlock challenges to increase difficulty and rewards. Learn how to do so in this post!
What Are Ritual Site Challenges?
Ritual Site challenges are affixes you can add to customize your experience in Ritual Sites. Challenges add an element of difficulty to your Ritual Site, but they’re not only drawbacks – They also increase the amount of Spoils you get from tasks in the instance, and directly result in more rewards from the completion chest of the Ritual Site.
Higher tiers of Ritual Sites have a minimum number of challenges required before you enter them:
- Tier 3 requires at least 1 Challenge active.
- Tier 4 requires at least 2 Challenges active.
- Tier 5 requires at least 4 Challenges active.
Besides that, you can add as many challenges as you want to increase difficulty and rewards!
Ritual Site Challenges List
Here’s how to obtain every Challenge from a Ritual Site. Most of them require clears on higher tiers, but some of them have quests that are started inside the Ritual Site itself.
| Challenge Name | Affix | How to Unlock |
| Tendrils | Tendrils will occasionally spawn on your feet. Move to dodge them. Spoils increased by 10%. | Loot from the completion chest of any Ritual Site. |
| Tainted Corpses | Killing enemies in Ritual Sites will spawn a pool of taint on their corpse. These deal damage if you step on them. Spoils increased by 10%. | Locate a Tainted Bone Pile inside a Tier 2 or higher Ritual Site to loot a Tainted Sample. In Daggerspine Point, the Tainted Bone Pile is on the Southeast corner of the Ritual Site, East of the Mirebound Wraith NPC objective. |
| Malevolent Boons | Obelisks spawned in sites empower nearby enemies. These can be destroyed. Spoils increased by 20%. | After completing a Tier 2 or higher Ritual Site, Lady Darkglen in Silvermoon offers the quest Dark Obelisk Investigation. Complete this quest by walking near 5 Obelisks in a Ritual Site. |
| Reinforced | More enemies will spawn throughout the Ritual Site. Spoils increased by 15%. | After completing a Tier 2 or higher Ritual Site, Ranger Captain Lilatha in Silvermoon offers the quest Thin Their Ranks. Complete this quest by killing enemies in Ritual Sites. |
| Patrols | Elite mobs will patrol throughout the Ritual Site. These show up on your minimap and do not drop anything, so it is best to avoid them. Spoils increased by 15%. | In a Tier 3 or higher Ritual Site, procure a treasure on the ground to start the quest Misappropriated Treasures. Complete this quest by locating another three treasures throughout the Ritual Site. |
| Manifestations | A spírit will occasionally spawn next to you and channel a lethal spell cast. Any CC stops it. Spoils increased by 15%. | After completing a Tier 3 or higher Ritual Site, Ranger Captain Lilatha in Silvermoon offers the quest Manifested Density. Complete this quest by completing a Ritual Site. |
| Embers | Select enemies will receive a damage and health buff, indicated by a void orb above their head. Spoils increased by 25%. | Loot enemies in a Tier 4 or higher Ritual Site to find an  Ember of Power, which starts the quest Questionable Power.Complete this quest by looting an additional 7 Embers of Power from enemies in the Ritual Site. |
| Magical Alarm Bells | Every 25 kills in a Ritual Site, a portal will open, spawning more enemies. There will be a counter on the top of your screen telling how many are left. Spoils increased by 13%. | After completing a Tier 4 or higher Ritual Site, Lady Darkglen in Silvermoon offers the quest Raising Magical Alarms. Complete this quest by channeling Darkglen’s device in select spots in a Ritual Site. |
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