Help Panel - Path of Exile 2
Flasks
They may not be as flashy as a powerful weapon or armour item, but flasks in Path of Exile will literally mean the difference between life and death.
Rarity Tiers
Items, monsters, strongboxes, and later even maps, can all have different rarities. Something's rarity determines what properties it has. Generally, something that is 'magic' is stronger than something that is 'normal', and something that is 'rare' is stronger than something that is 'magic'. This is achieved through random modifiers, or 'mods'.
Harbingers
In your travels you may come across mysterious entities with names in a language you don't recognise - Harbingers from an unknown realm. These Harbingers can create and command monsters from the area, and empower them with their own abilities. You can't directly harm the Harbingers yourself, but defeating a Harbinger's monster allies hurts the Harbinger as well. Successfully defeating a Harbinger earns you currency shards of both existing currency types and currency types exclusively available from these
Helpful Tips and Tricks
There are many little tips and tricks that you will naturally pick up as you play Path of Exile, but here's a few that will make life in Wraeclast easier.
Jewels
Jewels are items that have mods just like your weapons and armour. However, instead of being equipped, they are socketed in the passive skill tree. Jewels only work when they're socketed in a jewel socket that has been allocated with a passive point. If they are in an unallocated socket, the jewel won't do anything.
Auras and Heralds
Auras are skills that persistently affect things around you. Most auras, such as 'Hatred', affect you and your nearby allies and party members. They usually grant some sort of benefit, but reserve a portion of your mana for as long as you keep them activated.
The Forsaken Masters
Throughout your journeys you will encounter other exiles. The Forsaken Masters are a set of such exiles who, when found, will offer you a quest for the area you're in. Each Master has a different style of quest, and within those quests there are many randomised features, so although you might have a general idea of what your task may be, the specifics may vary greatly. Be prepared! If you succeed in helping one of these Masters, they will gain experience and eventually level up. Whenever a master levels
Vendor Recipes
You may have noticed that sometimes when you sell some items to an NPC you get something unexpected. You may have encountered a 'vendor recipe'! Items with certain properties, or specific combinations of items, can be sold together to fulfil a recipe. Listed below are a few useful examples:
The Labyrinth
The Labyrinth is a dungeon unlike any other in Path of Exile. It is filled with perilous traps, valuable secrets, tricky puzzles, and objectives that may require you to do things across several areas. To gain access to the Labyrinth, you must complete the six prerequisite trials that are scattered across the first three acts. A portal to the Aspirants' Plaza will then appear in the centre of the Sarn Encampment, and it is in the Aspirants' Plaza that all versions of the Labyrinth can be reached.
Ascendancy Classes
Although any class in Path of Exile can eventually reach any passive skill on the passive skill tree, each class has their own distinct set of Ascendancy classes. A Witch can, for example, eventually become an Elementalist, but a Templar cannot. You can unlock your Ascendancy class by completing the Labyrinth and using the Altar of Ascendancy in the final room. Higher-tier Labyrinths then grant two more Ascendancy points when you reach the Altar of Ascendancy, for a total of 8 points.
Standard, Hardcore and Solo Self-Found
The two primary modes for playing Path of Exile are Standard and Hardcore. In Standard, if your character dies, you respawn at a nearby checkpoint and have the opportunity to try again. At higher levels you will start to lose a portion of your experience when you die. Don't worry, you can't go down in level from dying too much. In Hardcore, however, one death means you're out. Characters that die in Hardcore are sent to Standard, along with any items they were ca
Challenge Leagues
Path of Exile launches new temporary challenge leagues several times a year. These temporary leagues always have some twist or new gameplay mechanic that changes how you play, and a fresh economy. Everyone starts with nothing in their stash or on their character, other than a few flasks and scrolls. These leagues usually last about three months.
Divination Cards
Divination cards are items found throughout Path of Exile that can be turned in for a reward. Different divination cards reward you with different things, including currency, specific item basetypes, other divination cards, and even unique items that can't normally be found. There are even some items that can only be obtained by collecting the right cards. Every divination card was designed with the help of our supporters, though the rarity and drop locations were determined by Pa
Microtransactions and the Shop
Path of Exile is completely free to play. You can't buy items, experience boosts, or anything that provides power, and you can do every bit of content without ever spending a cent. That said, we greatly appreciate our supporters as they allow us to continue to develop the game we love.
The Pantheon
The Pantheon lets you selectively enhance your character for the dangers that lay ahead. By defeating any of the major or minor gods in Part 2, your character gains access to that god's Pantheon power. You can have one major and one minor Pantheon power active at any given time. Each Pantheon power only enhances a narrow aspect of your character's survivability, so carefully consider what you are likely to soon face, and select a power that'll best help you. You can only change which Pantheon powers a
Mapping and the Atlas
Although the main storyline ends at Act 10, hundreds (if not thousands!) of hours of fun still lay ahead, by way of a special kind of item called maps.
Player VS Player
Path of Exile features several player-versus-player (or PvP) modes. At the top of the Sarn Encampment is an entrance to Sarn Arena, an area for open, unstructured player-slaying. Want something more structured? You can duel individual players, or form a team and fight as a group. Path of Exile also supports a Capture the Flag game mode. There are two main PvP brackets -- Open PvP, which has no limits on player level, and Low Level Dueling (LLD) which is limited to players of level 28 or below. Leo
Customer Support
Path of Exile's customer support team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you experience abuse or harassment while playing Path of Exile, you can report the abusive players by right-clicking their name in the chat window, and the support team will investigate the issue. If you have a question or problem, try searching the Path of Exile forums to see if someone else has had a similar experience that has been resolved before you contact support. If you cannot find a resolution to the problem you
Your Hideout
Once you have rescued Helena from the Chamber of Sins in Act 2, she will offer you a quest to claim and populate a Hideout. Your Hideout is your own private space, and is shared by all of the characters on your account, regardless of league (though access to certain things within your Hideout is still restricted by league). It comes with a stash, a guild stash if you're in a guild, a waypoint, and a crafting bench. The crafting bench comes with several basic recipes by default, but many more can be unlo
Abyss
Throughout the latter half of Path of Exile, you will find fissures (called Abysses) which open as you approach them, and monsters will spill out from below. You can pursue these cracks as they form, and they will lead to difficult encounters with great rewards.
Bestiary
Einhar Frey, first found in Act 2, wants your help capturing beasts to place in his Menagerie. Einhar only wants beasts he feels are "worthy" of the First Ones, so he will only appear when there are beasts with Bestiary mods in the area. These are easily identified by their yellow or red icons on the minimap. For Einhar to capture a beast, you must first weaken it through combat.
Strongboxes
Special chests, called Strongboxes, can be found throughout Path of Exile. Unlike ordinary chests, Strongboxes are protected by monsters that must be defeated before the Strongbox will relinquish its treasures. Although Strongboxes are not technically items, they do share some special traits in common with many of Path of Exile's items. Specifically, Strongboxes have mods and, like items, these mods can be changed with the use of currency. There are several different kinds of Strongbox to find, each
Essences
You may encounter large blue crystals throughout the world that have imprisoned several monsters. By activating the central crystal you can free the monster within, but beware: that monster has been empowered by an Essence, and will be significantly tougher to kill than usual. If you manage to defeat the monster within, you can claim the essence for yourself. Essences are a special type of currency item that can typically only be found by defeating these trapped monsters. Unlike ordinary currency items,
Incursions
Once you have reached Act 7, you may encounter Alva Valai. Alva is trying to find the location of the lost treasure temple of Atzoatl using ancient Waystones that begin appearing from the Causeway onwards. With her help, you will travel back in time two thousand years, to the Temple of Atzoatl during its construction. During this time, you can help influence the temple's construction, so that when you eventually find it, it is filled with glorious treasure. You'll only have a limited amount of time durin
Sulphite and Delves
Once you have broken the seal in Highgate and gained access to the mines below, you will begin to encounter veins of Voltaxic Sulphite throughout the world. When you interact with these Voltaxic Sulphite veins, a character called Niko will appear to mine it out of the ground for you. Niko operates a mine that was previously abandoned by the Eternal Empire, and wants your help obtaining enough Sulphite to help illuminate the mine. Once you have some Sulphite, you can visit his mine. There are three point
Atlas Objectives
When viewing your Atlas you may notice that some maps have large symbols around them. These are Atlas Objectives. Each objective signifies that opening and entering that map will guarantee an encounter with one of the masters. Each symbol represents the presence of a specific master:
Veiled Items
Once you have met Jun Ortoi, you will begin encountering the Immortal Syndicate. If you manage to defeat an Immortal Syndicate member, they may drop a Veiled Item. Veiled Items are special rare items with Veiled Modifiers - modifiers masked by ancient magic that only Jun Ortoi can reveal. When Jun unveils the modifier, you'll be presented with three different options for what that modifier will ultimately be. Not only are many of these modifiers very powerful, but unveiling them allows you to craft those
Chat and the Social Panel
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Stats and Mods I: How Are They Calculated?
Your Path of Exile character is primarily built from a combination of passive skills, skill gems, and items. Both the passive tree and the items can seem overwhelming at first, so in this tutorial we will cover some of the basics.
Stats and Mods II: What to Look Out For
Character builds in Path of Exile are extremely varied, and which items and passives are important to a character is highly dependent on what that character is trying to achieve, but there are some things almost everyone should look out for.
Your Stash
While out in the wilds of Wraeclast, you might've run out of bag space and found that you couldn't pick anything else up. Luckily, every Town and Hideout in Path of Exile comes with a stash. The items you put in your stash can be accessed wherever a stash can be found. You'll find the same items you stashed in Lioneye's Watch waiting for you at the Forest Encampment, your Hideout, and anywhere else with a stash.
Waypoints and the World Panel
Wraeclast is pretty big, and is full of places you'll want to visit and revisit. To help you get around, the land is dotted with 'Waypoints' which let you quickly travel to destinations you have previously visited. To use a waypoint, activate it and select where you would like to travel. You can only travel to waypoints you've activated previously, so it is always worth activating new waypoints when you come across them.
Ailments
Monsters throughout Wraeclast won't just hurt you -- they can also inflict Ailments. Fortunately, you can too.
Prophecies
Prophecies are similar to the quests that characters like Tarkleigh send you on, however they are less structured, less predictable, and can only be acquired from Navali in exchange for a silver coin. Prophecies can do a broad range of things. Some can guarantee that certain items will drop from specific monsters. Some add new monsters to areas, some drastically change the look of certain areas, and some grant avenues to new or upgraded unique items.
Crafting and Currency Orbs
You can modify a vast number of objects in Path of Exile using the various orbs, scrolls, essences, whetstones and other stacking consumables. Collectively these items are referred to as "Currency", as they are also used to trade and barter with both NPCs and other players. At higher levels you might find currencies that other players value highly. The Orb of Transmutation, Orb of Alteration and Orb of Augmentation are great items to carry and use during your journey. They can be used to upgrade normal