The PoE 2 market's a mess, but that's exactly why I've been shopping the stuff most people ignore. While the crowd farms the same "safe" maps and moans about inflation, I'm watching one niche stay weirdly underplayed: Incursion temples built for Double Corrupts. If you've got a little bankroll—or you're willing to buy Divine Orb to skip the slow crawl—you can turn that chaos into a steady stream of high-ticket flips.

Why Double Corrupts Still Matter

The new gem setup made basic links less of a flex, sure. But the real pain moved to the top end. Level 21 gems, 23 quality, and Vaal outcomes that actually fit a build. That's where people start throwing Divines at the problem. Double Corrupts are basically a slot machine that pays out in premium items, and the trade board proves it every day. A decent base that nobody would look twice at can become a "message me fast" listing after one good hit. Two good hits and you're suddenly pricing like a villain.

Rooms Are Nice, Paths Are Everything

Lots of players tunnel on getting a T3 Corruption room and forget the boring part: you need a working route. If you break the chain to the Omnitect, you didn't build a temple—you built a dead end. And that boss isn't optional if you care about long-term value. The splinters and drops tied to that fight are part of the whole loop, especially if you're feeding endgame crafts. So every decision is a trade: push tier, keep access, don't brick the run.

Atlas Setup and Running It Fast

Your Atlas points do heavy lifting here. Time Dilation buys you breathing room when the layout turns into spaghetti, and you'll feel it right away. Contested Development is the bigger swing, though. It speeds up swapping and upgrading rooms so you're not wasting map after map hoping for one decent roll. My rhythm changed once I leaned into it: fewer "nothing happened" sessions, more temples that are actually worth selling or running. And when you're in the map, treat mobs like fuel, not a checklist. Check the Incursion layout, sprint to the Architect, make the call, leave.

Managing Variance Without Losing Your Head

This whole thing is high variance and it will test your mood. You'll brick items that looked perfect on paper. You'll get a run where the rooms line up and the corrupts don't. That's normal. The trick is to keep your process tight: buy smart bases, don't chase every gamble, and sell the "pretty good" hits instead of holding out forever. If you're short on startup cash for scarabs and bases, that's where services like U4GM can help people jump into the strategy quicker with currency and item support, so the time you spend is actually on temples, not scraping.