Circle of Fortune is an Item Faction that grants powerful benefits towards finding more and better items. You’ll be able to align with the Circle of Fortune for the first time during Chapter 9. Unlike the Merchant's Guild, items found while aligned with Circle of Fortune will always be untradable (they can still be gifted) and if found from Prophecies or through Rank rewards, will also be bound to Circle of Fortune, making it impossible to equip them if aligned with the Merchant’s Guild.

When aligning with the Circle of Fortune for the first time, you’ll start at rank 1. As you gain Reputation from gaining experience or spending Favor at the Faction's representative, you'll gain higher ranks which yields greater beneftits from the Faction. For more details on the benefits from ranks gained while aligned with Circle of Fortune, you can open the Factions panel (bound to Y by default).

The Observatory is a town area where players aligned with Circle of Fortune are able to seek out Prophecies from Telescopes for Favor. Prophecies cause certain items to drop when completing a specific event, like slaying the boss of a specific Dungeon.

Different Prophecies gain charges at a different rate, and the required Favor is shown on the Prophecy.

The Observatory also contains a Faction representative. You can spend Favor to purchase equippable items and to unlock Lenses to further improve your Prophecies. Lenses do not cost anything to unlock, but can require you to reach higher Ranks within the Faction to unlock.

Lenses allow you to customize your Prophecies. For example, a Lens of Tyranny allows you to consume your Favor to significantly speed up charging the selected Prophecy, while Lens of Charity makes all other Prophecies charge up faster.