How to craft a
Time-Lost Sapphire
for Varashta minions

Start with the jewel your tree needs

This target suits minion critical builds using Time-Lost jewels. Disciple of Varashta is a natural fit: Baryanic Leylines increases the radius of non-unique Time-Lost jewels by 40%. Check which allocated passives your intended socket reaches before spending.

These bonuses come through passive skills in radius, not simply from equipping the jewel. Damage applies through small passives; critical bonuses and speed apply through notables. Very Large is useful when the extra radius reaches passives your build actually allocates; a bigger circle alone does not make the jewel better for your tree.

The first four modifiers form the core. Here, “five useful mods” means adding minion attack and cast speed. An unrelated extra modifier also occupies a fifth slot, but is a different result. A fracture helps with crafting; it is not required on the finished jewel.

The five-mod route: rare mods first

The critical suffixes are the difficult hits: fracture critical hit chance, then roll critical damage with Chaos Orbs while retries are cheap. Leave the more common minion speed suffix for expensive desecration. This is the route illustrated by the recorded attempt below.

1. Secure the critical hit chance fracture

Start with a modifiable Rare Time-Lost Sapphire, not an ordinary Sapphire. Roll minion critical hit chance and try to fracture it, or buy a base with that fracture already present. Include failed fractures when comparing the two options: the first attempt shown below locks the wrong mod and has to restart.

A fractured modifier cannot be removed by the later rolls used here. That protection is why you spend it on a rare useful mod. An unwanted fracture remains protected too, so check the fracture itself when buying a base, not just whether critical chance appears somewhere on the item.

2. Roll critical damage with Chaos Orbs

Keep the fractured critical hit chance and roll for minion Critical Damage Bonus. The fracture survives these rolls. Secure both critical suffixes before paying for the finishing steps. Chaos can replace other work on the jewel, so an early damage prefix or radius roll is not something this stage promises to preserve. The checkpoint you want before moving on is the pair of critical suffixes.

3. Make room for the third suffix

A normal Rare jewel has two prefix and two suffix slots. Use Ancient Potent Liquid Contempt to obtain the prefix +1 Suffix Modifier allowed. Contempt can produce the other capacity effect instead, so check that you have room for a third suffix before continuing.

The capacity modifier is temporary: it makes room to add speed, but is not one of the finished jewel’s two target prefixes. Keep it until all three suffixes are present; the next stage still needs that extra slot.

4. Desecrate for minion attack and cast speed

Add and reveal a desecrated suffix, aiming for Minions have (1–2)% increased Attack and Cast Speed. The choice on reveal gives you more control, but does not guarantee speed. Budget for failed reveals and removing unwanted mods before trying again.

The recorded route uses Omen of Light + Orb of Annulment to remove the unwanted desecrated modifier while preserving the critical suffixes. It takes eleven reveals to find speed.

5. Finish minion damage and Very Large radius

With all three suffixes present, finish the two desired prefixes. Ancient Potent Liquid Melancholy supplies Very Large radius by replacing a modifier. Ordinary Large or Medium radius does not complete the target.

Melancholy cannot be used while a Medium, Large or Very Large radius modifier is already present. Remove or reroll that modifier first. In the recorded attempt, Melancholy replaces the capacity prefix while the three suffixes remain. Further Chaos rolling loses Very Large and later clears the replacement radius. By step 331, the prefixes are minion damage and cold penetration; Melancholy replaces penetration with Very Large. Prefix work can undo an earlier success.

This is observed behaviour for the setup above, not a general rule for every jewel or currency. Check it again after a patch before relying on it.

The four-mod alternative

If you only want the core, secure the two critical suffixes and Very Large radius, then leave minion damage for desecration. You do not need the third suffix or its capacity prefix. This is a separate route; the detailed attempt below follows the speed version.

A failed reveal raises a cleanup choice: use Omen of Light + Annul to remove the unwanted desecrated mod, or risk a plain annul and roll a lost useful suffix again with Chaos Orbs. When the unwanted mod and that suffix are the only eligible removals, it is a 50/50; four total modifiers alone do not make it a coin flip.

Compare the omen's price with the expected cost of replacing the suffix. An expensive omen and cheap recovery can favour the risk; an expensive recovery can favour protection.

Is the speed upgrade worth it?

These are the lowest asking prices of matching listings in Forbidden Rites, manually checked on 15 September 2026. Every row includes all four core modifiers:

The speed version was listed for 120d more than the clean four-mod jewel. That is the potential value of the upgrade, before further crafting costs. These are separate sellers' asks, not a rule that adding a modifier increases value: a jewel with an unrelated extra prefix can be listed below a clean four-mod one.

The linked Advisor target accepts both the four-mod core and the speed upgrade. It can recommend stopping at four when the extra expected cost is not justified by the prices you enter.

A recorded attempt, including the misses

This five-mod attempt takes 331 crafting actions across multiple starts. It shows failed fractures, the capacity modifier, failed reveals and the final prefix work. It is one simulated attempt, not a 331-step recipe to copy.

Expand a checkpoint for the before/after items. Removed modifiers are struck through; additions are highlighted. Gaps between checkpoint numbers contain other actions. Spending follows the assumptions in What does it cost?

What does it cost?

The settings use Forbidden Rites currency rates from 15 September 2026 and a 0.05d charge per crafting action to value your effort. Spending below includes that charge.

The predicted remaining cost was 202.81d; 1,000 simulations averaged 202.75d, with all attempts reaching an accepted finish. The percentiles above show how much individual attempts varied.

These are four consecutive saved attempts, all ending with speed valued at 250d:

Two cost more than the jewel's listed value. The most expensive of the 1,000 simulations cost 1,138.70d. That observed maximum is not a spending cap, and simulated results do not guarantee your outcome.

Let the Advisor redo the arithmetic

Currency, omen and item prices change the cheapest route. The linked target is ready with all four core modifiers and the optional speed finish:

1. Select your league and paste your jewel. Check the recognised modifiers and the action charge.
2. Verify prices on trade. Update the starting base cost, including preparation, and follow the target links to check comparable finished jewels and their numeric rolls. Enter a price for every finish you would accept; listings are asking prices, not confirmed sales.
3. Read the updated cost and next action. The Advisor uses those prices and the available currency rates to compare stopping with continuing from your item.