A visual ExileCore overlay that scores Eldritch Altar options and makes the best choice immediately readable.
Extended fork of bruno105/AltarHelper.
Important
This is an independent, community-made project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Grinding Gear Games.
Altar Helper V2 is an expanded fork of the original AltarHelper by bruno105. The original plugin introduced the weighted Primordial Altar comparison that this version builds upon. Thanks to bruno105 and the original contributors, including the testing and modifier-configuration work credited upstream.
This fork adds a redesigned visual overlay and settings UI, target modes, veto rules, presets, alerts, unknown-mod inspection, parser hardening, documentation, and ExileCore 3.28 compatibility work.
- highlights the recommended altar option with a configurable frame and background;
- marks dangerous choices in red;
- displays a compact score, a
TAKEindicator, and the most important modifier; - distinguishes player, minion, and final-boss modifiers with colored dots;
- supports positive and negative veto thresholds;
- provides searchable weights, quick presets, sound alerts, and an unknown-mod inspector.
- Download or clone this repository into
Plugins/Source/AltarHelperV2inside your ExileCore directory. - Start ExileCore and wait for the plugin to compile.
- Open the ExileCore plugin menu, select
AltarHelperV2, and enable it. - Configure weights under Mods & Weights (V2) or apply one of the quick presets.
For a manual build, install the .NET 10 SDK and run:
dotnet build -p:exapiPackage="D:\path\to\ExileCore"The specified directory must contain ExileCore.dll and GameOffsets.dll.
| Signal | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Gold | Positive-veto choice; highest priority |
| Yellow | Recommended choice |
| Orange | Mixed upside and downside |
| Red | Avoid / negative veto |
| Green dot | Eldritch minions |
| Cyan dot | Player |
| Blue dot | Final map boss |
Press F7 by default to switch between Any, Minions + Player, and Boss + Player modes.
Warning
The bundled weights and alert rules are the maintainer's personal configuration. Review every configured value before playing: priorities depend on your build, risk tolerance, farming strategy, and the current league economy.
Weights are personal priorities, not live prices. A positive value rewards a modifier; a negative value penalizes it. The bundled defaults and presets are starting points and may become outdated as the economy changes. Set a positive veto threshold for rewards you never want to miss, and a negative veto threshold for modifiers your build cannot safely run.
Sound file names refer to files from ExileCore's Sounds directory. The plugin reads only the visible altar UI and stores settings locally; it does not send telemetry or make network requests.
- Plugin does not compile: confirm the folder is under
Plugins/Sourceand ExileCore is current. - No highlight appears: enable the plugin and assign non-zero weights or apply a preset.
- A modifier is not recognized: expand Unknown Mods, then use Find to locate and configure it.
- Sound does not play: confirm the
.wavfile exists in ExileCore'sSoundsdirectory. - Manual build cannot find dependencies: pass
-p:exapiPackage="..."as shown above.
Please include the ExileCore version, game version, Errors.txt, and a screenshot when reporting a bug.
The plugin reads both visible altar choices and normalizes changing numbers to # placeholders. It then looks up every modifier in the weights table:
option score = total upside weight - total downside weight + target bonus
The option with the highest positive effective score is highlighted. An option with a score of zero is not recommended. If both valid options have the same score, both are highlighted.
- A positive weight increases the value of a reward.
- A negative weight represents a dangerous or unwanted modifier.
0means the modifier has no influence on the decision.
The same number can be wrong for another character. Review all bundled values for your build and farming strategy.
A veto looks at the strongest single modifier instead of only the final sum:
- Positive Veto forces a sufficiently valuable choice to be treated as a priority. It takes precedence over a negative veto.
- Negative Veto marks a choice as dangerous when one downside reaches the configured threshold.
- A threshold of
0disables that veto.
Example: a Divine Orb reward can remain a priority even when the same option contains a moderate downside.
Press F7 or change Mode in settings:
- Any — scores every altar target.
- Minions + Player — scores modifiers affecting Eldritch minions or the player.
- Boss + Player — scores modifiers affecting the final map boss or the player.
Player modifiers are included in both specialized modes because they affect the character directly. Minion bonus weight and Boss bonus weight can further favor those target types.
- Gold: positive-veto priority.
- Yellow: recommended choice.
- Orange: recommended option containing both valued rewards and downsides.
- Red: dangerous option or negative veto.
All colors, frame thickness, and background opacity are configurable.
The dot identifies who receives the altar modifier:
- green — Eldritch minions;
- cyan — player;
- blue — final map boss.
Set Dot size to 0 to disable them.
- Alert enables a sound notification for that modifier.
- Clear contains the
Xbutton that removes the custom weight and returns the modifier to0. - A filled checkbox means the sound rule is enabled.
Positive modifier alerts use Sound — Positive. Downside alerts and dangerous choices use Sound — Negative. A negative warning takes priority so both sounds do not play simultaneously. Alert delay prevents the same warning from firing every frame.
- Show score overlay — shows the calculated net score next to each choice.
- Show top mod name — shows the highest-impact modifier explaining the score.
- Show TAKE arrow — labels the recommended option.
- Show background highlight — fills recommended or dangerous choices with a translucent color.
- Background highlight opacity — controls the fill strength.
Presets quickly assign a group of weights for a farming goal, such as Divine Orbs, Scarabs, or Eldritch Currency. Applying a preset does not clear unrelated configured weights. Preset values are only starting points and are not updated from live market prices.
This section lists altar text that was visible in game but could not be matched to the bundled modifier database. Use Find to search for the closest table entry. When reporting a missing modifier, include its complete raw text and the current game version.
No. ExileCore loads an existing local settings file when one is present. Bundled defaults apply to a new installation or after the plugin's saved settings are removed. Use Reset All Weights only when you intentionally want to clear configured weights.
No. It reads the visible altar interface, calculates a recommendation, and draws an overlay. The player still makes the selection.
The project targets net10.0-windows and x64. Contributions are welcome; see CONTRIBUTING.md. Release history is tracked in CHANGELOG.md.
The upstream repository does not currently declare an open-source license. This fork therefore does not grant an MIT license over the inherited code. Rights to the original code remain with its respective author(s); contributions to this fork remain with their respective author(s) unless separately licensed.