Megalomanic Jewel: A List Of All The Cheap & Powerful Nodes Under 5 Div
The Megalomaniac jewel is a goldmine, giving you up to 2-3 extra passive skills that you don't have to path to. But with over 1,500+ nodes, many players avoid this jewel out of sheer analysis paralysis.
If you know what you’re looking for, this jewel can unlock powerful passives for just 1-5 Divination Orbs, save you passive points and boost a ton of stats without needing to rework your entire tree.
I've spent some time going through every node, and compiled the best budget ones to get.
[[What NOT to Do: Avoid Overpriced Nodes]]
Unless your stash tab is named "Elon Maps", do not waste your Megalomaniac jewel on overpriced nodes. Some of the worst offenders include:
- Spaghettification (30D)
- Wild Storm (30D)
- Falcon Technique (35D)
- Lightning Rod (35D)
- Subterfuge Mask (40D)
While these are awesome nodes, save your divines and anoint your amulet with it instead to get it much cheaper! Just note that you can only use one Megalomaniac jewel.
[[Best Ways to Use the Megalomaniac Jewel]]
1. Passive Skill Point Savings
For energy shield and projectile builds, certain nodes like Spectral Ward and Kite Runner are a pain to path to. The same goes for Calibration, which often feels out of reach. But with Megalomaniac, you can skip unnecessary travel nodes and save at least 4+ passive points while still getting the key bonuses.
So add this parameter in the trade search filter "allocates NODE NAME" for any of the below and enjoy a quick bump. You may even find some bargains at 100-200 EX but the cheaper ones often have a dead stat.
Price Range: 1-4 Div.
Spectral Ward (Save 4 skill points)
+1 to Maximum Energy Shield per 12 Evasion Rating on Equipped Body Armour
Kite Runner (Save 4 skill points)
・3% increased Movement Speed
・15% increased Projectile Speed
・15% increased Projectile Damage
Calibration (Save 4 skill points)
・30% increased maximum Energy Shield
・4% increased maximum Mana
2. Grab Powerful Nodes Cheap
Some incredibly strong passives are normally out of reach, but Megalomaniac makes them affordable and accessible. Here are some of the very best nodes that have good stats + abilities.
Price Range: 1-3 Div.
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[[Mixed Stats]]
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Flow Like Water
・+5 to Dexterity and Intelligence
・8% increased Attack and Cast Speed
Relentless Vindicator
・5 to Strength and Intelligence
・10% increased Damage
・10% increased Critical hit Chance
Step Like Mist
・+5 to Dexterity and Intelligence
・4% increased Movement Speed
・15% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
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[[STR Stats]]
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Tempered Mind
・+10 to Strength
・20% increased Critical Damage Bonus
・20% increased Physical Damage
Colossal Weapon
・+10 to Strength
・15% increased Area of Effect for Attacks
Heartbreaking
・+10 to Strength
・35% increased Critical Damage Bonus
Forcewave
・+10 to Strength
・10% increased Stun Buildup
・16% increased Melee Damage
Stylebender
・+10 to Strength
・Break 30% increased Armour on enemies affected by Ailments
・25% increased Physical Damage
Tenfold Attacks
・+10 to Strength
・4% increased Attack Speed
・6% increased Attack Speed if you've been Hit Recently
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[[DEX Stats]]
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Viciousness
・+10 to Dexterity
・8% increased Melee Attack Speed
Surging Currents
・+10 to Dexterity
・Damage Penetrates 15% Lightning Resistance
True Strike
・+10 to Dexterity
・20% increased Critical Hit Chance
Honed Instincts
・+10 to Dexterity
・8% increased Projectile Speed
・8% increased Attack Speed
Blur
・+10 to Dexterity
・4% increased Movement Speed
・20% increased Evasion Rating
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[[INT Stats]]
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Mental Alacrity
・+10 to Intelligence
・5% increased Cast Speed
・15% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
Heartstopping
・+10 to Intelligence
・25% increased Critical Hit Chance
Immortal Infamy
・+10 to Intelligence
・10% increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate
・Recover 2% of Life on Kill
Raw power
・+10 to Intelligence
・20% Increased Spell Damage
Pure Energy
・+10 to Intelligence
・30% Increased maximum Energy Shield
For the Jugular
・+10 to Intelligence
・30% increased Critical Damage Bonus
3. Stat Stackers Enjoyers Rejoice
These jewels provide huge stat bonuses too. If you're a monk, the Heavy Weaponary node would be inaccessible, but it has a cool +15 STR and +15% melee damage for just 1D which you can now get.
Assuming you already pathed your way to Polymathy (25D) + Jack of all trades (25D) and anointed your amulet with Spaghettification (30D, 7% all stats).
Here are some juicy minimum +15 total stats to grab for cheap.
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[[Mixed Stats]]
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Austerity Measures
・+5 to all Attributes
・Gain 20% of maximum Energy Shield as additional Stun Threshold
Versatile Arms
・+10 to Strength and Dexterity
・6% increased Attack Speed with One Handed Melee Weapons
・15% increased Accuracy Rating with One Handed Melee Weapons
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[[STR Stats]]
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Hulking Smash
・+15 to Strength
・30% increased Stun Buildup
Heavy Weaponry
・+15 to Strength
・15% increased Melee Damage
・15% increased Stun Buildup with Melee Damage
Blade Catcher
・+15 to Strength
・Defend with 200% of Armour against Critical Hits
Beef
+25 to Strength
Titanic
・5% increased Strength
・30% increased Stun Buildup
・30% increased Stun Threshold
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[[DEX Stats]]
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Reaving
+15 to Dexterity
・8% increased Attack Speed with One Handed Weapons
Proficiency
+25 to Dexterity
Martial Artistry
・+25 to Dexterity
・25% increased Accuracy Rating with Quarterstaves
・25% increased Critical Damage Bonus with Quarterstaves
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[[INT Stats]]
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Lucidity
・+15 to Intelligence
・% of Damage is taken from Mana before Life
Ingenuity
+25 to Intelligence
I did not include Blurred Motion (+5% Dex) or Insightfulness (+6% Int) as they start at 20D+, while everything else in this list is mostly 1-5D.
Final Thoughts
The Megalomaniac jewel is one of the best ways to customise your build cheaply, as long as you know what to avoid and where to invest. Hopefully, this guide helps you make the most of it!
Let me know what nodes you’re using or if I missed any great budget picks!
Comments
Jesus, one sec, let me fix the table.
Updated: Fixed!
I acutally had the market price etc for each item in a nicely collated excel table - but I can't figure out Reddit formatting!
Anyway, I've not seen a post on the recommended Megalomaniac stats to hunt for, so I hope the research I've done helps somebody who was in a similar spot as me.
Great info, thanks a lot :)
And there goes the under 5d price!
Good info tho'
Wow, this is amazing! Great work, thank you very much from someone who is easily overwhelmed by the options 😅
This is super helpful, thanks for posting. I had no idea this even existed and this could be a big upgrade for my ice strike monk
You sir, are a hero.
./Remind me
Appreciate that effort, thank you, I totally forgot about megalomanic jewel! Improved my build for 3d immediately
As a sim dweller, I'll use this to help myself price my jewels.
Great!!!!
Is there any megalomaniac that’s good for minions, or do you just want a rare that has minion damage on it?
Nice post op very informative and helpful!
Thanks for that ! Amazing post !
Meanwhile, everyone reading this and upping their prices like goblins.
What a wonderful post. I hate and love these kind of posts. I love them for the useful information. I hate them because now others will have this information!
I appreciate you
Great and helpful post OP!
Cool ty
The thing is a nice 5-10 div jewel can be arround 5-10k dps (eg. 12%quiver stats, projectile damage and crit damage) so you Ready Need to trink of Those and extra 4 passive Points can give you the same Benfit.
This is just from a dps Perspektive… gering Build enabling notables by This which would ne otherwise out of reach is something Else
There is one more category: Mostly useless notables that are in range of your Darkness jewel so they give you stat scaling from the bonuses rather than the notable itself.
Went from 128k to 136k spark tooltip dps for a 1 div purchase. Great post.
Can you path from the new node you acquire?
What Stat would you recommend searching for an Ice Strike Monk Build ?
This the new list of what to flip? Beautiful!
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Great advice!
Thank you so much! Easily one of the most useful posts!
Niceeee
I can very much recommend "life leech overflows" for any bloodmage enjoyer
In general any life leech node is pretty good for you
The instant we get our map tab I’m naming it”Elons’s Maps”.
as a newbie thanks brother, i was always scared to use unique jewels
Thank you 👌
Now the secret is out. Whatever is not listed will remain under 5D. lol 😂
Wow I didn’t realize how much the prices dropped since these became searchable. People were listing wild storm/pure power/lightning rod jewels for like 100+ div lol.
I use a branching bolts/ether flow megalomaniac which is nothing super amazing but really nice QoL
I would also add Icebreaker, Conservative Casting and Mental Toughness for casters which give a ton of value.
I got a combined Conservatie Casting/Icebreaker for 8div which was an absolute joke for the value it gives me (Ball lightning/Lightning Wrap Stormweaver, and I assume also applies to all the Spark builds out there)
i have no idea what you're saying
So how do you search for these with the trade filters? I tried typing "allocates xxx" to the search bar for a few different nodes but nothing came up.
Which would best benefit an ice strike monk?
Aq
Are any of these nodes any stronger than a regular rare jewel? My sapphires can give like 40% damage for half the price of this diamond.
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For all the broke stackers out there, you can find a jewel with something more relevant along with Finesse or Unexpected Finesse (adds to accuracy, which combos with Falcon Dive) for dirt cheap.
Lol made them instantly expensive good job
Also wanna add Prism Guard as a nice one to look for. +1 max ele res/+5 all res
For stormweavers, I spent a while building this search. Good luck! ;)
Might want to add that you can only slotted one Megalomaniac jewel per character. Some newbie may try to buy two different jewels, only to find out the hard way.
In a month I'll buy all the low priced jewels and then make a reddit 'guide' about them to bump up the prices to 11 div
Ironically, because of this post, those once-cheap Megas will now be expensive. Get them before they rocket. Or not. I'm not your mom.
Really usefull post ! Thanks for that.
Thank you for your time and research!