This comprehensive guide to Path of Exile 2, a standalone sequel to the original Path of Exile, covers everything from beginner tips to advanced endgame strategies. Released into Early Access on December 6th, 2024, PoE 2 boasts revamped mechanics within a traditional ARPG framework. This guide, constantly updated, will help you navigate its complexities.
I. Getting Started & PoE 2 Beginner Tips:
This section provides essential foundational knowledge for new players, covering game information, controls, settings, and crucial early-game strategies.
- Game Information: Addresses frequently asked questions, details on supporter packs and rewards, league switching, point acquisition, optimal stash tab purchases, estimated playtime, key improvements over the first game, max level and leveling milestones, level scaling, and claiming Twitch drops.
- Controls & Settings: Optimizing PC settings, mastering dodging and blocking, weapon switching in combat, skill binding, movement input customization, linking items to chat, chat hiding, and crossplay enable/disable.
- Beginner Tips: Ten essential tips for new players, wisdom scroll acquisition, loot management, best beginner classes, rapid gold farming, playing with friends, and prioritizing gold spending.
II. PoE 2 Game Mechanics & Systems:
This section delves into the intricate mechanics that define PoE 2 gameplay.
- Character Stats & Skill Points: Understanding character attributes, acquiring and respeccing passive skill points, utilizing the passive skill filter, weapon set points, spirit resource management, increasing spirit and movement speed, maximizing mana, energy shield mechanics, accuracy, and resistance upgrades.
- Gameplay Mechanics: Fast travel, free item identification, trading, ailment explanations, instance understanding, stunning enemies, skill aiming, armor break, crowd control effects, guild creation and joining, arcane surge, power charges, death penalty, and herald mechanics.
- Skills, Gems, Jewels, & Runes: Equipping and acquiring support gems, rune usage, jewel sockets, obtaining uncut spirit gems, and acquiring raging spirits.
III. Classes, Ascendancies, & Builds:
This section focuses on character classes, ascendancy choices, and build guides.
- PoE 2 Class Guides: Rankings of best classes, best solo class, mercenary ammo swapping, minion summoning, aftershock, and rage mechanics.
- Ascendancies: Complete list of class ascendancies and nodes, and unlocking ascension classes.
- PoE 2 Build Guides: Leveling build guides for Monk, Tempest Flurry Invoker, Mercenary, Sorceress, Rolling Slam Warrior, and Witch.
IV. PoE 2 Currencies & Gear:
This section covers the currency system and gear progression.
- Upgrades & Improvements: Upgrading item rarity, potion upgrades and refills, adding sockets to gear, upgrading armor and weapon quality, and rerolling gear modifiers.
- PoE 2 Currencies: All currency items and effects, unlocking and using the salvage bench, currency exchange, currency exchange rate information, unlocking and using the reforging bench, obtaining Orbs of Chance and Divine Orbs, and acquiring Greater Jeweler's Orbs.
- Gear & Equipment: Early-game gear farming, obtaining unique items, charm system, charm equipping and upgrading, stellar amulets, obtaining Ingenuity Utility Belt, and obtaining Hand of Wisdom and Action.
V. Quest & Boss Walkthroughs:
This section provides detailed walkthroughs for quests and boss encounters across all three Acts currently available in Early Access.
- All Main Quests and Acts: Complete coverage of all main quests and permanent campaign bonuses.
- Act One: Locating the Devourer, Secrets in the Dark walkthrough, finding Renly's tools, finding Una's Lute, defeating Draven, and defeating Count Geonor.
- Act Two: Rathbreaker boss guide, Ancient Vows quest guide, defeating Balbala, defeating the King in the Mists, managing Golden Idols, Ascent to Power walkthrough, and Sisters of Garukhan guide.
- Act Three: Using the Sacrificial Heart, Treasures of Utzaal quest, finding and defeating Mighty Silverfist, managing mushrooms, and The Slithering Dead quest guide.
VI. PoE 2 Endgame Guides:
This section focuses on endgame mechanics and activities.
- Endgame Tips & Mechanics: Unlocking Cruel difficulty and the endgame, advanced endgame tips, obtaining and upgrading Waystones, sustaining Waystones while mapping, optimal Atlas skill tree setup, unlocking the hideout, and finding more citadels.
- Endgame Features & Leagues: Atlas of Worlds guide, Realmgate explanation, Breach guide, Delirium guide, Ritual guide, Expedition guide, Burning Monolith explanation, Trial of Chaos guide, and Trial of the Sekhemas guide.
VII. Advanced PoE 2 Tips & Other Guides:
This section provides advanced strategies and additional helpful information.
- Advanced PoE 2 Guides: Rapid XP acquisition, loot filter usage, obtaining console loot filters, Sidekick features and installation, FilterBlade usage, avoiding merchant traps (buying and selling), and acquiring more character slots.
This guide hub serves as a comprehensive resource for all your Path of Exile 2 needs. Remember to check back frequently for updates as new content is added.
