All Path of Exile 2 Guides

221 editor-curated guides with ratings, pro tips, and checklists.

Act 2

Act Two is Path of Exile 2's second storyline act, taking place in the deserts and ruins of the Vastiri Plains. In this act, the exile assists a Maraketh cara

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Bosses & Endgame

Arbiter of Ash Pinnacle Boss Guide

The Arbiter of Ash the pinnacle boss of The Burning Monolith. The regular version of this encounter can be accessed by bringing three Crisis Fragments to the

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Builds & Skills

Count Geonor

Count Geonor is a unique monster located in Ogham Manor. He is the final boss of Act 1. Defeating him is necessary to complete The Mad Wolf of Ogham.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Character class

Path of Exile 2 uses three main attributes - strength, dexterity, and intelligence - and its twelve playable character classes (or simply classes) are each as

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Builds & Skills

Charge

Charges are counters that are represented as glowing orbs around an entity. They are not buffs.

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Campaign & Acts

League

A league is a category of game mode within Path of Exile 2 that effectively splits players and economies based on different preferences and difficulties. A ch

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Items & Uniques

Simulacrum

The Simulacrum is a map that can be accessed via Delirium encounters.

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Campaign & Acts

League

A league is a category of game mode within Path of Exile 2 that effectively splits players and economies based on different preferences and difficulties. A ch

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Builds & Skills

Mawdun Mine

Mawdun Mine is an area in Act 2. This area has a waypoint and is connected to Mawdun Quarry.

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Items & Uniques

Modifier & Affix Database Reference

Modifiers are properties that can be added and randomized on items in Path of Exile 2, giving them stats, skills, and functionality. These properties provide

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Campaign & Acts

PoE2 overview for PoE1 players

This guide provides an overview of Path of Exile 2, as well as new features and changes from the first Path of Exile.

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Crafting & Currency

Trade & Currency Price Reference

Trade is the exchanging of items (mainly equipment and currency items) between players and other players or NPC vendors. This allows, for example, players in

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Builds & Skills

Passive Skill Tree

The Passive Skill Tree is a vast, interconnected web of passive skill in Path of Exile 2 that allows players to customize their character's attributes and pow

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Crafting & Currency

Expedition & Map Farming Guide

Expedition is a type of encounter. An Expedition encounter will task the player with placing a chain of explosives over a Kalguuran burial site to unearth los

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Items & Uniques

Shield

A shield is an item class of off-hand equipment that counts as both armour and off-hand equipment. They provide base defences based on their attribute alignme

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Bosses & Endgame

Shrines, Altars & Trial Mechanics Guide

Shrines (also known as Precursor Artifacts) are a type of encounter. Shrines empower monsters within its presence with Shrine buffs or Shrine effects. Defeati

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Crafting & Currency

Safe Trading Guide

Trade is the exchanging of items (mainly equipment and currency items) between players and other players or NPC vendors. This allows, for example, players in

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Classes & Ascendancies

Warrior

The Warrior is a strength-oriented class that specializes in mace and shield skills.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Witch

The Witch is an intelligence-oriented class that specializes in minion and occult spells.

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Items & Uniques

Armour

Armour is a defence that provides damage reduction to incoming physical damage from hits. The % of damage reduced depends on the size of the incoming hit rela

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Classes & Ascendancies

Druid

The Druid is a strength/intelligence-oriented class that specializes in shapeshifting and nature spells.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Duelist

The Duelist is a strength/dexterity-oriented class that specializes in melee skills.

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Items & Uniques

Jewel

Jewels are items that can be placed into allocated Jewel Sockets in the Passive Skill Tree, and can be removed or replaced at no cost. They can grant various

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Classes & Ascendancies

Mercenary

The Mercenary is a strength/dexterity-oriented class that specializes in crossbow and grenade skills.

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Crafting & Currency

Quality

Quality is a stat that improves the signature stats of an Equipment or adds additional bonuses to Skill Gems. Each item type has a Currency Item associated wi

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Bosses & Endgame

Trial of the Sekhemas

The Trial of the Sekhemas is one of three Ascension Trials, first accessible in Act 2. It is a randomized gauntlet of rooms filled with monsters, traps, and b

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Builds & Skills

Atziri's Splendour

Atziri's Splendour is a unique Sacrificial RegaliaSacrificial RegaliaArmour: 273Evasion: 248Energy Shield: 76Movement Speed: -3.0%Requires Level 65, 72 Str, 7

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Builds & Skills

Ailment

Ailments are a type of debuff associated with specific damage types. Damaging ailments damage over time.

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Bosses & Endgame

The Arbiter of Ash

The Arbiter of Ash the pinnacle boss of The Burning Monolith. The regular version of this encounter can be accessed by bringing three Crisis Fragments to the

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Bosses & Endgame

Endgame & Map Progression Guide

Endgame in Path of Exile 2 is the epilogue of the storyline's acts, which currently takes place within The Ziggurat Refuge. Here, players are introduced to th

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Crafting & Currency

Reforging Bench

A Reforging Bench is a crafting bench that allows three items of the same base type to be destroyed, creating a new item with similar properties. This process

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Items & Uniques

Staff

Staff is an item class of two-handed weapons that require intelligence to equip. They have no local attack stats, and instead roll modifiers for spells. Stave

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Builds & Skills

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Deadeye Passive Skills Reference

Deadeye is an Ascendancy class for the Ranger.

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Crafting & Currency

Reforging Bench

A Reforging Bench is a crafting bench that allows three items of the same base type to be destroyed, creating a new item with similar properties. This process

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Crafting & Currency

Itemisation & Affix Guide

The Simulacrum is a map that can be accessed via Delirium encounters.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Huntress

The Huntress is a dexterity-oriented class that specializes in agility and spear skills.

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Items & Uniques

Rarity

All monsters, strongboxes and most items can have one of four different rarities. The common rarity is normal, followed by magic, rare and unique. Some items

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Builds & Skills

Buff

A buff is a status effect that applies a beneficial bonus on the entity. This could be produced by a skill or by interacting with certain mechanics such as sh

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Builds & Skills

Trap

Trap is an item class of two-handed ranged weapons that requires dexterity and intelligence to equip. The trap weapon grants a skill instead of a default atta

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Items & Uniques

Wand

Wand is an item class of one-handed weapons that require intelligence to equip. They have no local attack stats, and instead roll modifiers for spells. Wands

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Builds & Skills

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Titan Ascendancy Leveling Guide

Titan is an Ascendancy class for the Warrior.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Character Creation Guide

Path of Exile 2 uses three main attributes - strength, dexterity, and intelligence - and its twelve playable character classes (or simply classes) are each as

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Campaign & Acts

Act 1–4 Campaign Leveling Guide

This guide helps you complete the Acts in the fastest way possible, by only including essential quests and zones.

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Crafting & Currency

Trading Guide for Beginners

Trade is the exchanging of items (mainly equipment and currency items) between players and other players or NPC vendors. This allows, for example, players in

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Resistance

Resistance is a form of damage reduction that reduces damage of a particular type by a percentage. Players and enemies all have a resistance stat to each of F

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Crafting & Currency

Season 0.5 Exclusive Items, Runes & Currency

Runes of Aldur league is an Early Access temporary league. It launched on May 29, 2026 as part of Path of Exile 2: Return of the Ancients expansion in version

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Builds & Skills

Gem

Gems are a type of item that either grants a skill (skill gem) or modifies a skill (support gem) when placed into a gem socket.

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Campaign & Acts

Act 3

Act Three is Path of Exile 2's third storyline act, taking place in the present and past of Utzaal, the drowned Vaal city. The player must search for someone

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Items & Uniques

Amulet

Amulet is an item class of jewellery.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Ascendancy class

Ascendancy classes, or simply "ascendancies," are subclasses that allow players to further refine their character's class by making use of special abilities,

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Bosses & Endgame

Campaign Boss Reference

Count Geonor is a unique monster located in Ogham Manor. He is the final boss of Act 1. Defeating him is necessary to complete The Mad Wolf of Ogham.

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Builds & Skills

Endgame Builds by Cost Tier — Budget to Mirror

Deadeye is an Ascendancy class for the Ranger.

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Items & Uniques

Flail

Flail is an item class of one-handed martial melee weapons that require strength and intelligence to equip.

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Builds & Skills

Life

Life (also named Health or Hit Points) is the main health source of a character or monster and it decreases when receiving damage; when it reaches 0% the enti

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Classes & Ascendancies

Pathfinder

Pathfinder is an Ascendancy class for the Ranger.

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Items & Uniques

Sceptre

Sceptre is an item class of one-handed weapons that require strength and intelligence to equip. They have no local attack stats, and instead roll modifiers th

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Builds & Skills

Spirit

Spirit is a resource that can be reserved to activate persistent buffs, summon permanent minions, and enable trigger meta gems. Characters have no spirit by d

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Bosses & Endgame

Tavakai Boss Guide — Act 4

Tavakai, the Chieftain is a unique monster located in Heart of the Tribe. He is the final boss of Act 4. Defeating him is necessary to complete The Search.

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Crafting & Currency

Trading & Crafting Complete Reference

Trade is the exchanging of items (mainly equipment and currency items) between players and other players or NPC vendors. This allows, for example, players in

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Items & Uniques

Unique Item Drop Locations & Sources

A unique item is an item with a unique rarity, with a distinct and specific name, different artwork from the base item, and a predetermined list of modifiers.

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Campaign & Acts

Act 4

Act Four is Path of Exile 2's fourth storyline act, taking place in the Karui archipelago of Ngamakanui. The player must search for three parts of the precurs

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Classes & Ascendancies

Amazon

Amazon is an Ascendancy class for the Huntress.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Ascension trials

The Ascension Trials are sets of major challenges designed to test players at key levels of character progression allowing them to unlock an ascendancy class

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Bosses & Endgame

Delirium

Delirium is a type of map encounter. Upon approaching a Delirium mirror, the entire zone becomes covered in a grey fog that summons monsters and empowers them

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Bosses & Endgame

Endgame

Endgame in Path of Exile 2 is the epilogue of the storyline's acts, which currently takes place within The Ziggurat Refuge. Here, players are introduced to th

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Energy Shield

Energy Shield (abbreviated as ES) is one of the three core defences that can be found on equipment. It is associated with intelligence and acts as an addition

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Builds & Skills

Fire

Fire damage is one of the five damage types, and one of the three types of elemental damage. It can be mitigated by fire resistance.

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Items & Uniques

Item Bases Complete Reference

Weapons are a category of equipment that are equipped to deal damage with attacks or provide various modifiers that modify a character's damage.

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Builds & Skills

Boots, Armour & Movement Guide

Armour is a defence that provides damage reduction to incoming physical damage from hits. The % of damage reduced depends on the size of the incoming hit rela

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Builds & Skills

Passive Skill Tree

The Passive Skill Tree is a vast, interconnected web of passive skill in Path of Exile 2 that allows players to customize their character's attributes and pow

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Crafting & Currency

Spear

Spear is an item class of one-handed martial melee weapons that require dexterity and strength to equip.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Templar

The Templar is a strength/intelligence-oriented class that specializes in ? skills.

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Campaign & Acts

Trial of the Ancestors

Trial of the Ancestors is an area in Act 4. This area has a waypoint and is connected to Halls of the Dead.

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Builds & Skills

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Deadeye Ascendancy Guide

Deadeye is an Ascendancy class for the Ranger.

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Builds & Skills

Uncut Support Gem

An Uncut Support Gem is a currency item that can be used to engrave a support gem. It is a type of uncut gem.

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Items & Uniques

Unique item

A unique item is an item with a unique rarity, with a distinct and specific name, different artwork from the base item, and a predetermined list of modifiers.

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Items & Uniques

Weapon

Weapons are a category of equipment that are equipped to deal damage with attacks or provide various modifiers that modify a character's damage.

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Campaign & Acts

Act 1

Act One is Path of Exile 2's first storyline act, taking place in the region of Ogham. In this act, the exile washes up on the riverbank after escaping a deat

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Bosses & Endgame

Ritual

Rituals are a type of encounter. Rituals are mysterious sacrificial sites built by the The King in the Mists.

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Builds & Skills

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League Start Build Picks — Community Wiki Reference

Path of Exile 2 uses three main attributes - strength, dexterity, and intelligence - and its twelve playable character classes (or simply classes) are each as

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Builds & Skills

Block

Block is a type of damage mitigation that typically negates all hit damage. Block is primarily obtained from shields. Shields can also provide an active guara

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Builds & Skills

Buff

A buff is a status effect that applies a beneficial bonus on the entity. This could be produced by a skill or by interacting with certain mechanics such as sh

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Campaign & Acts

Fast Campaign Route — Acts Quick Guide

This guide helps you complete the Acts in the fastest way possible, by only including essential quests and zones.

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Bosses & Endgame

Doryani Boss Guide — Act 3

Doryani, Royal Thaumaturge is a unique monster located in the Black Chambers at the Testing Pit. He is the final boss of Act 3. Defeating him is necessary to

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Builds & Skills

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Lich Passive Skills Reference

Lich is an Ascendancy class for the Witch.

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Evasion

Evasion is one of the three core defences that can be found on equipment. It is associated with dexterity and provides an entropy-based system of damage avoid

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Builds & Skills

Gemcutting

Gemcutting is a mechanic involving the creation of skill gems and support gems by using uncut gems. This process is also referred to as engraving. An addition

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Builds & Skills

Melee

Melee generally refers to one of two things:

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Bosses & Endgame

Monster

Monsters are the primary enemies encountered by the player. Killed monsters may grant experience and drop items and gold. Monsters can belong to four rarity t

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Crafting & Currency

Currency Guide — What to Pick Up & Sell

A currency item is an item that can be used to achieve an effect, usually crafting on an item or paying a vendor.

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Builds & Skills

Projectile

Projectiles are entities created by attack and spells that move along a trajectory and can hit other entities. They typically travel in a straight line from p

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Items & Uniques

Quiver

Quiver is an item class of off-hand equipment that can only be equipped together with a bow.

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Bosses & Endgame

Rogue exile

Rogue exiles are a special type of monsters. Wandering around Wraeclast, these hostile exiles seek out a fight to the death. Rogue exiles start appearing in A

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Crafting & Currency

Season & League Currency Complete Reference

A currency item is an item that can be used to achieve an effect, usually crafting on an item or paying a vendor.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Shadow

The Shadow is a dexterity/intelligence-oriented class that specializes in ? skills. On the official PoE2 website, The Shadow is called The Assassin in tooltip

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Builds & Skills

Passive Skill Tree

The Passive Skill Tree is a vast, interconnected web of passive skill in Path of Exile 2 that allows players to customize their character's attributes and pow

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Builds & Skills

Totem

Totems are structures that possess certain effects, from the ability to cast spells to summoning entities that physically attack nearby enemies. Friendly Tote

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Bosses & Endgame

Trial of the Sekhemas (Sanctum) Complete Guide

The Trial of the Sekhemas is one of three Ascension Trials, first accessible in Act 2. It is a randomized gauntlet of rooms filled with monsters, traps, and b

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Crafting & Currency

Crafting vs Buying Gear

Crafting is a mechanic in Path of Exile 2 that involves using currency or certain game mechanics to modify the inherit stats and modifiers of items. Almost al

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Bosses & Endgame

Count Geonor Boss Guide — Act 1

Count Geonor is a unique monster located in Ogham Manor. He is the final boss of Act 1. Defeating him is necessary to complete The Mad Wolf of Ogham.

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Builds & Skills

Cold

Cold damage is one of the five damage types, and one of the three types of elemental damage. It can be mitigated by cold resistance. Cold damage can inflict c

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Bosses & Endgame

The Devourer

The Devourer is a unique devourer located in the Mud Burrow at the Vile Nest.

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Campaign & Acts

Early Access

Early Access refers to the period of Path of Exile 2 between the first release of the game for public download on December 6, 2024, to the official release of

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Crafting & Currency

Modifier

Modifiers are properties that can be added and randomized on items in Path of Exile 2, giving them stats, skills, and functionality. These properties provide

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Builds & Skills

Gem

Gems are a type of item that either grants a skill (skill gem) or modifies a skill (support gem) when placed into a gem socket.

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Campaign & Acts

Grinding Gear Games

Grinding Gear Games (GGG) is video game developer based on Auckland, New Zealand. The company was founded on November 2006 by Chris Wilson, Jonathan Rogers, a

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Builds & Skills

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Witch Class & Skills Leveling Guide

The Witch is an intelligence-oriented class that specializes in minion and occult spells.

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Bosses & Endgame

Map

Maps are endgame areas generated by using a waystone on a specific map node on the Atlas. Maps contain randomized monsters and layouts but use a fixed tileset

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Classes & Ascendancies

Martial Artist

Martial Artist is an Ascendancy class for the Monk.

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Builds & Skills

Minion

Minions are allies summoned or raised by the player's skills, effects, or buffs. Minions do not benefit from modifiers to stats that affect the player charact

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Classes & Ascendancies

Monk

The Monk is a dexterity/intelligence-oriented class that specializes in unarmed and quarterstaff skills.

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Campaign & Acts

Path of Exile 2

Path of Exile 2 (also known as PoE2) is a sequel to Path of Exile, and is developed by Grinding Gear Games.. It is currently in Early Access.

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Items & Uniques

Quarterstaff

Quarterstaff is an item class of two-handed martial melee weapons that require dexterity and intelligence to equip.

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Bosses & Endgame

Ritual

Rituals are a type of encounter. Rituals are mysterious sacrificial sites built by the The King in the Mists.

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Crafting & Currency

Expedition (Grave Explosion) Mechanic Guide — Pitfalls

Expedition is a type of encounter. An Expedition encounter will task the player with placing a chain of explosives over a Kalguuran burial site to unearth los

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Crafting & Currency

Rune Forging & Reforging Bench Guide

A Reforging Bench is a crafting bench that allows three items of the same base type to be destroyed, creating a new item with similar properties. This process

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Classes & Ascendancies

Sorceress

The Sorceress is an intelligence-oriented class that specializes in elemental spells.

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Builds & Skills

Uncut Skill Gem

An Uncut Skill Gem is a currency item that can be used to engrave a skill gem or level up an existing skill gem to the level of the Uncut Skill Gem. It is a t

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Builds & Skills

Uncut Spirit Gem

An Uncut Spirit Gem is a currency item. It is a type of uncut gem that can be used to engrave a persistent buff skill. It is a type of uncut gem.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Acolyte of Chayula

Acolyte of Chayula is an Ascendancy class for the Monk.

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Builds & Skills

Gem

Gems are a type of item that either grants a skill (skill gem) or modifies a skill (support gem) when placed into a gem socket.

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Builds & Skills

Attribute

Strength, dexterity, and intelligence are attributes. Attributes are often requirements of gems and equipment. Characters gain inherent bonuses from attribute

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Builds & Skills

Balance Patch Summary — Skill Nerfs & Buffs (0.5)

Path of Exile 2 (also known as PoE2) is a sequel to Path of Exile, and is developed by Grinding Gear Games.. It is currently in Early Access.

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Bosses & Endgame

The Bloated Miller

The Bloated Miller is a unique monster located in the Riverbank.

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Builds & Skills

Critical hit

A critical hit, or simply crit, is a property of hits that gains a damage multiplier based on its critical damage bonus. Additionally, critical hits can often

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Builds & Skills

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Lich Ascendancy Starter Guide

Lich is an Ascendancy class for the Witch.

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Crafting & Currency

Essence

Essences are a type of currency item. They are dropped by essence encounters. Essences will add a guaranteed modifier to an item.

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Crafting & Currency

Isle of Kin

Isle of Kin is an area in Act 4. This area has a waypoint and is connected to Kingsmarch and Volcanic Warrens.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Gemling Legionnaire

Gemling Legionnaire is an Ascendancy class for the Mercenary.

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Bosses & Endgame

Map Modifiers Complete Reference

Maps are endgame areas generated by using a waystone on a specific map node on the Atlas. Maps contain randomized monsters and layouts but use a fixed tileset

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Bosses & Endgame

Monster Mechanics, Rarity & Modifiers Guide

Monsters are the primary enemies encountered by the player. Killed monsters may grant experience and drop items and gold. Monsters can belong to four rarity t

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Campaign & Acts

Resistance & Flask Setup Guide

Resistance is a form of damage reduction that reduces damage of a particular type by a percentage. Players and enemies all have a resistance stat to each of F

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Builds & Skills

Passive Skill Tree

The Passive Skill Tree is a vast, interconnected web of passive skill in Path of Exile 2 that allows players to customize their character's attributes and pow

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Builds & Skills

Physical

Physical damage is one of the five damage types. Most martial weapons deal physical damage. Physical damage from hits is mitigated by armour and other sources

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Builds & Skills

How to Cap Resistances Before Maps

Resistance is a form of damage reduction that reduces damage of a particular type by a percentage. Players and enemies all have a resistance stat to each of F

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Items & Uniques

Ring

Ring is an item class of jewellery. A character can have two rings equipped at a time. A third ring can be equipped if the Ritualist passive Unfurled Finger i

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Classes & Ascendancies

Ritualist

Ritualist is an Ascendancy class for the Huntress.

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Bosses & Endgame

The Devourer Boss Guide

The Devourer is a unique devourer located in the Mud Burrow at the Vile Nest.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Warbringer

Warbringer is an Ascendancy class for the Warrior.

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Bosses & Endgame

Waystone

Waystones are items that can be activated in the Map Device to access maps on the Atlas.

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Campaign & Acts

Acts quick guide

This guide helps you complete the Acts in the fastest way possible, by only including essential quests and zones.

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Bosses & Endgame

Boss Quick Reference — Wiki Mechanics

Count Geonor is a unique monster located in Ogham Manor. He is the final boss of Act 1. Defeating him is necessary to complete The Mad Wolf of Ogham.

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Bosses & Endgame

Breach

Breach is a type of map encounter. Breaches are tears in reality that summon Hiveborn monsters from another dimension.

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Crafting & Currency

Crafting

Crafting is a mechanic in Path of Exile 2 that involves using currency or certain game mechanics to modify the inherit stats and modifiers of items. Almost al

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Builds & Skills

Curse

Curses are Debuffs that apply a certain downside on the recipient, weakening them. By default, the player can apply a maximum of one Curse on an enemy, which

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Builds & Skills

Debuff

Debuffs are negative effects that deal damage or penalise an entity's stats, either for a set duration or when a condition is met. Unless otherwise stated, de

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Bosses & Endgame

Expedition

Expedition is a type of encounter. An Expedition encounter will task the player with placing a chain of explosives over a Kalguuran burial site to unearth los

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Items & Uniques

Focus

A focus (plural foci) is an item class of intelligence-aligned off-hand equipment that provides energy shield and can roll caster modifiers. Foci are not cons

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Builds & Skills

Herald

Herald is a gem tag for persistent buff skills which grant an effect on killing enemies.

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Campaign & Acts

Hideout

Hideouts are special town-like areas that act as a player's personal hub in the Endgame. NPCs can be invited to your hideout to perform the same functions the

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Campaign & Acts

Interlude

Interlude is a temporary act. The player and The Hooded One seek out allies to recruit before heading to Oriath and wage war against the Twilight Order.

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Bosses & Endgame

Jamanra Boss Guide — Act 2

Jamanra, the Risen King is a unique monster located in the Halani Gates.

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Builds & Skills

Lightning

Lightning damage is one of the five damage types, and one of the three types of elemental damage. It can be mitigated by lightning resistance. Lightning damag

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Campaign & Acts

Quest

The story of Path of Exile 2 progresses through a series of quests, currently spanning six acts. In order to progress the story and reach other acts, the resp

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Classes & Ascendancies

Ranger

The Ranger is a dexterity-oriented class that specializes in agility and bow skills.

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Bosses & Endgame

Atlas & Map Mod Danger Guide

Rituals are a type of encounter. Rituals are mysterious sacrificial sites built by the The King in the Mists.

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Bosses & Endgame

Shrine

Shrines (also known as Precursor Artifacts) are a type of encounter. Shrines empower monsters within its presence with Shrine buffs or Shrine effects. Defeati

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Builds & Skills

Gem

Gems are a type of item that either grants a skill (skill gem) or modifies a skill (support gem) when placed into a gem socket.

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Builds & Skills

Gem

Gems are a type of item that either grants a skill (skill gem) or modifies a skill (support gem) when placed into a gem socket.

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Campaign & Acts

SSF & Hardcore Leveling Guide

A league is a category of game mode within Path of Exile 2 that effectively splits players and economies based on different preferences and difficulties. A ch

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Items & Uniques

Strongbox

Strongboxes are an encounter found in both the campaign and endgame. Strongboxes are a type of chest that can have modifiers. These chests may be crafted upon

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Classes & Ascendancies

Titan

Titan is an Ascendancy class for the Warrior.

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Crafting & Currency

Trading

Trade is the exchanging of items (mainly equipment and currency items) between players and other players or NPC vendors. This allows, for example, players in

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Builds & Skills

Trigger

Trigger is a skill behavior that causes a skill's effect to occur during certain conditions, instantly without the need of manually casting socketed skills.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Blood Mage

Blood Mage is an Ascendancy class for the Witch.

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Items & Uniques

Bow

Bow is an item class of two-handed martial ranged weapons that require strength and dexterity to equip. Bows can be equipped together with a quiver.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Chronomancer

Chronomancer is an Ascendancy class for the Sorceress.

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Items & Uniques

Mace

Mace is an item class of martial melee weapons that require strength to equip. They come in one hand and two hand varieties, and are typically the slowest of

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Builds & Skills

Mana

Mana is a resource that can be used to pay for the costs of many skills. Mana cost is spent throughout the skill instead of on use; cancelling the skill or ge

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Classes & Ascendancies

Stormweaver

Stormweaver is an Ascendancy class for the Sorceress.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Witchhunter

Witchhunter is an Ascendancy class for the Mercenary.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Ascendancy Classes Overview

Ascendancy classes, or simply "ascendancies," are subclasses that allow players to further refine their character's class by making use of special abilities,

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Builds & Skills

Passive Skill Points Reference

The Passive Skill Tree is a vast, interconnected web of passive skill in Path of Exile 2 that allows players to customize their character's attributes and pow

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Items & Uniques

Belt

Belt is a type of accessory. All belts come with an implicit modifier that grants additional charm slots. Belts are not classified as jewellery and cannot hav

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Items & Uniques

Claw

Claws are a scrapped weapon type.

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Crafting & Currency

Currency item

A currency item is an item that can be used to achieve an effect, usually crafting on an item or paying a vendor.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Lich

Lich is an Ascendancy class for the Witch.

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Bosses & Endgame

Precursor Tower

Precursor Tower is a map location on the Atlas and a type of tower. They can be found along the walls of a Precursor Fortress. Precursor Towers can be any bio

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Classes & Ascendancies

Shaman

Shaman is an Ascendancy class for the Druid.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Spirit Walker

Spirit Walker is an Ascendancy class for the Huntress.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Tactician

Tactician is an Ascendancy class for the Mercenary.

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Campaign & Acts

Town

A Town is an area found in each Act that serves as a central hub for completing quests, purchasing or selling items to vendors, interacting with NPCs, or acce

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Items & Uniques

Charm

Charm is an item class of trinkets that function somewhat similarly to utility flasks from the first Path of Exile. Charms gain charges from killing monsters

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Crafting & Currency

Crafting

Crafting is a mechanic in Path of Exile 2 that involves using currency or certain game mechanics to modify the inherit stats and modifiers of items. Almost al

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Builds & Skills

Damage

Damage is the process by which a player or monster's life or energy shield is reduced.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Infernalist

Infernalist is an Ascendancy class for the Witch.

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Campaign & Acts

PoE2 Tips for New Players

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Campaign & Acts

PoE2 Overview for PoE1 Players

This guide provides an overview of Path of Exile 2, as well as new features and changes from the first Path of Exile.

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Builds & Skills

Resistance Threshold Reference

Resistance is a form of damage reduction that reduces damage of a particular type by a percentage. Players and enemies all have a resistance stat to each of F

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Classes & Ascendancies

Abyssal Lich

Abyssal Lich is an alternate ascendancy class for the Witch.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Smith of Kitava

Smith of Kitava is an Ascendancy class for the Warrior.

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Items & Uniques

Sword

Sword is an item class of martial melee weapons that require strength and dexterity to equip. They come in one hand and two hand varieties.

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Campaign & Acts

Waypoint

Waypoints can be found in most areas and towns in Wraeclast and serve as a method of saving your progression through the campaign. They permit fast-travel thr

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Builds & Skills

Aura

Auras are skills that apply buffs to Allies within a radius, or debuffs to enemies within your Presence radius.

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Items & Uniques

Axe

Axe is an item class of martial melee weapons that require strength and dexterity to equip. They come in one hand and two hand varieties.

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Items & Uniques

Crossbow

Crossbow is an item class of two-handed martial ranged weapons that require strength and dexterity to equip. While it shares some similarities to a bow, cross

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Items & Uniques

Dagger

Dagger is an item class of one-handed martial melee weapons that require dexterity and intelligence to equip. Daggers inherently have a high base critical str

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Classes & Ascendancies

Deadeye

Deadeye is an Ascendancy class for the Ranger.

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Items & Uniques

Flask

A flask is a item which are used to recover life and mana. Each use of a flask requires a certain amount of flask charges to be expended. Modifiers on flasks

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Builds & Skills

Chaos

Chaos damage is one of the five damage types. It can be mitigated by chaos resistance. Chaos damage has the effect of removing twice as much energy shield whe

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Classes & Ascendancies

Disciple of Varashta

Disciple of Varashta is an Ascendancy class for the Sorceress.

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Classes & Ascendancies

Invoker

Invoker is an Ascendancy class for the Monk.

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Bosses & Endgame

The King in the Mists

The King in the Mists is a boss from the Ritual map mechanic. He is found in the Crux of Nothingness, accessible by locating it on the Atlas using An Audience

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Classes & Ascendancies

Marauder

The Marauder is a strength-oriented class that specializes in melee skills.

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Items & Uniques

Modifier

Modifiers are properties that can be added and randomized on items in Path of Exile 2, giving them stats, skills, and functionality. These properties provide

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Crafting & Currency

Omen

Omens are a type of currency items. Activating an omen will guarantee a specified outcome when its condition is met, such as a guaranteed crafting outcome or

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Classes & Ascendancies

Oracle

Oracle is an Ascendancy class for the Druid.

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Bosses & Endgame

Precursor tablet

Precursor tablets (or just Tablets) are items that add additional map mechanic encounters to maps. They can be placed in the Map Device along with the wayston

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Classes & Ascendancies

Ascendancy Trials Guide

Ascendancy classes, or simply "ascendancies," are subclasses that allow players to further refine their character's class by making use of special abilities,

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Crafting & Currency

Currency — Save vs Spend Guide

A currency item is an item that can be used to achieve an effect, usually crafting on an item or paying a vendor.

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Bosses & Endgame

King in the Mists Pinnacle Boss Guide

The King in the Mists is a boss from the Ritual map mechanic. He is found in the Crux of Nothingness, accessible by locating it on the Atlas using An Audience

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Builds & Skills

Sockets, Links & Gem Setup

Meta skills are those that allow you to socket other active skills as support gems. Meta gems are often used to trigger active skills or change its functional

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Campaign & Acts

Book of Specialisation

Books of Specialisation are quest items that grants two Weapon Set Passive Skill points when used.

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Crafting & Currency

Enchantment & Corruption Crafting Guide

Modifiers are properties that can be added and randomized on items in Path of Exile 2, giving them stats, skills, and functionality. These properties provide

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Crafting & Currency

Early Access & League Updates

Early Access refers to the period of Path of Exile 2 between the first release of the game for public download on December 6, 2024, to the official release of

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Crafting & Currency

Runes of Aldur league

Runes of Aldur league is an Early Access temporary league. It launched on May 29, 2026 as part of Path of Exile 2: Return of the Ancients expansion in version

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Campaign & Acts

PoE2 tips

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Builds & Skills

Hit

A hit is when damage is dealt instantaneously, as opposed to damage over time. Many effects or defensive layers only apply on hit so do not apply to skills wh

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Bosses & Endgame

Citadel

Citadel refers to a set of three maps:

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Builds & Skills

Ranged

Ranged refers to a skill or attack, that is normally performed with a martial weapon, where your character can be any viewable distance from the target enemy.

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