Ultimate Jungle Guide Route | OB9

The Most Optimal Jungle Start in Smite 2 (Patch OB9) – Advanced Guide

Smite 2’s Open Beta brings frequent balance changes, but as of patch OB9, there is a clear optimal jungle start that offers maximum efficiency and control. This guide will walk you through that route, suitable for advanced players but with helpful context for beginners as well. We’ll cover the jungle path, experience and gold values, and all jungle camps in detail.

🔄 Overview

While newer players can follow along, this guide assumes you already know the basics of jungling. If you’re looking for the fastest way to hit level 5 and secure early dominance, this route is for you.

📍 Starting Your Route

Start at the Blue Buff and give it to your Solo Laner. This is critical—if your solo laner doesn’t receive their blue buff while the enemy does, your lane is at a serious disadvantage. Some solo laners can solo the camp at level 1, but many can’t do it quickly enough, so your help matters.

Immediately after, go to the Red Buff, pulling it toward the Mid Lane so your teammate can pick it up quickly. The poison damage effect from red buff is more useful for your mid laner than you early on.

With your mid laner, clear the Cyclops Camp and prepare to contest the first Neutral Camp. Before engaging:

• Make sure you’re Level 2

• Have Sundering Arc equipped—it deals 200 true damage to monsters at level 1 and helps secure contested camps

If your mid doesn’t back you up and the enemy mid already pushed lane, it’s safer to rotate and clear the opposite neutral camp instead.

🔁 Mid Jungle Rotation

From here, your route should look like this:

1. Opposite Neutral Camp (Wraiths)

2. Cyclops Camp

3. Raptors near Duo Lane

4. Yellow Buff

5. Final Raptors Camp

6. Rotating Harpy (if timing aligns)

7. Scorpion Camp

8. Final Harpy Camp

9. Stacked Rotating Harpies

Doing this path efficiently gets you to Level 5 before most others hit 4, or even 3. If you lost a neutral camp or shared more XP than planned, you’ll still hit Level 5 with the rotating harpies.

🎯 First Gank Timing

At Level 5, it’s time to gank. Preferably, gank the Duo Lane—they’ll likely still be Level 3 while you have your ultimate. Teleport can help you reach quickly. After ganking, rotate back to Solo Lane for the respawned Blue Buff.

If Duo isn’t an option, gank Solo instead. Either way, ensure you’re at the Blue → Red → Neutral Buffs as they respawn in sequence.

🧠 Advanced Jungle Control

If you don’t have a gank opportunity, farm efficiently:

• Firebrand Camps (inside Fire Giant pit): Spawn at 3:00, 2-minute respawn. Give 142 XP and ~80 gold each. Drop Fire Giant Embers, granting +1 permanent Strength and Intelligence.

• Cyclops Camps on respawn

• Watch timers carefully and stay ahead

🧩 Jungle Camp Breakdown

Here’s a detailed overview of each jungle camp in Smite 2:

🎨 Color Buffs (Blue, Red, Yellow, Purple)

• Respawn: 3 minutes

• Solo XP: 144 XP

• Shared XP: 89 XP

• Solo Gold: ~100

• Shared Gold: ~50

• Scaling Buffs: Buffs get stronger the more your team kills that camp

  • Blue: Mana regen + cooldown reduction

  • Red: Poison damage

  • Yellow: Movement speed + healing on jungle kills

  • Purple: Strength & Intelligence + lifesteal

👻 Wraith Camp (Neutral)

• Respawn: 3 minutes

• Solo XP: 170 XP

• Shared XP: 85 XP

• Solo Gold: ~112

• Note: More valuable than neutral color buffs in XP/gold

👁 Cyclops Camp

• Respawn: 4 minutes

• Solo XP: 144 XP

• Shared XP: 89 XP

• Solo Gold: ~94

• Bonus: Drops a consumable ward

🦂 Scorpion Camp

• Respawn: 4 minutes

• Solo XP: 240 XP

• Solo Gold: ~114

• Bonus: Drops an Eye consumable revealing all enemies temporarily

🐦 Harpy Camp

• Respawn: 1.5 minutes

• XP: 120 total

• Gold: 43

• Bonus: Drops a Purple Orb — a scaling shield buff that reaches ~400 HP in late game

🔄 Rotating Harpies

• Spawn: 1:00, then every 1.5 minutes (fixed clock time, not kill-dependent)

• Solo XP: 58 XP

• Gold: 20

• Note: Crucial for staying ahead in level

🔥 Special Jungle Bosses

👑 Queen Naga (Spawns at 7:00)

• Global Gold: ~500

• Drops: Consumable that spawns 2 Naga Minions

• Difficulty: High — don’t solo her without help

💰 Gold Fury

• Global Gold: ~1,000

• Permanent Buffs:

  1. Movement speed leaving base

  2. Stronger minions near you

  3. More structure damage + defensive bonus near enemy towers

• After 3 kills: Becomes Ancient Fury, which temporarily disables all enemy towers and phoenixes

🔥 Fire Giant

• Global Gold: ~1,000

• Buff: Massive damage increase

• Drops: Dagger

  • Effect: Instantly lose 500 HP for a lifesteal buff

  • Low HP Activation: Grants invulnerability and full heal instead of death

💣 Pyromancer (Spawns at 11:00)

• Replaces: Neutral color buff mid-lane

• Global Gold

• Drops: Bomb

  • Use on structures for 1,000 true damage and attack speed debuff

  • Also usable on objectives like Fire Giant or Gold Fury

🎬 Final Thoughts

Follow this route and you’ll consistently reach Level 5 before your opponents, setting yourself up for early ganks, objective control, and a significant lead. Don’t forget: Smite 2’s jungle evolves fast, so stay updated each patch.

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