Instead of trying to directly farm Red Rings through drops, the smarter approach is to Last Epoch gold farm Runes of Ascendance and convert ring bases into Red Rings yourself. On average, players can expect roughly one Red Ring every 330–350 Runes of Ascendance, with about three Red Rings per 1,000 runes over time.

This means the real objective isn't the ring-it's maximizing rune acquisition.

The Fastest Method: Using Circle of Fortune (Even as a Merchant)

This may sound counterintuitive, but the fastest way to make gold in the Merchant's Guild is temporarily leveraging Circle of Fortune.

Circle of Fortune provides access to powerful Prophecies, which Merchant's Guild players lack. While most Circle of Fortune items can't be traded, crafting materials like Runes of Ascendance are not faction-locked, making them the perfect loophole.

The optimal setup looks like this:

Level a character in Circle of Fortune to Rank 8 or 9

Farm large amounts of Favor

Roll Prophecies that reward 14 Runes of Ascendance

Use lenses that double rewards when possible

Focus only on prophecies with easy conditions

With the right setup, it's possible to earn 200–300 Runes of Ascendance in just one to two hours.

Once you've collected enough runes, switch back to your Merchant's Guild character and start ascending tradeable ring bases.

Efficient Favor Farming With Woven Echoes

To sustain this process, you need Favor-lots of it. The most efficient method uses a Woven Echo strategy built around:

False Temples (easy shrine-based echoes)

Lost Wood Folly, which spreads Memory Amber to the surrounding echoes

A Weaver Tree focused on:

Experience nodes

Rune rewards

Memory Amber generation

By arranging False Temples around a Lost Wood Folly and rotating efficiently, you can sustain your echo purchases indefinitely while farming massive Favor and Runes at the same time.

This method is fast, repeatable, and works even at relatively low corruption levels.

A Slower Alternative (No Faction Swapping)

If you don't want to switch factions, there is a Merchant's Guild–only option-, but it's slower.

This approach uses a Weaver Tree focused entirely on:

Rune rewards

Champion density

Pack size

Tomb completion

By running Cenotaph of Worlds and focusing on echoes that spawn tombs, you can generate steady Rune income. Tombs count as echo completions, which means more rewards from echo-based passives.

This method also produces Runes of Havoc, which are becoming increasingly valuable as the meta shifts toward multi-exalted endgame items.

Turning Red Rings Into Even More Gold

Once you have a Red Ring, the next step is simple: always gamble it with Nemesis.

Why? Because even a single LP dramatically increases its value, and the odds heavily favor gambling. Zero-LP Red Rings still sell well, and you'd need to buy Last Epoch gold fail many attempts before you're at a loss.