Path of Exile 2: Unveil the Ultimate Guide

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 in Early Access on December 6th, 2024, PoE 2 boasts revamped mechanics and a massive skill tree, making it both familiar and refreshingly new for ARPG veterans and newcomers alike. This guide will be continuously updated as new content is released.

I. Getting Started & PoE 2 Beginner Tips

This section provides essential information for new players, including:

• Game Information: Addresses frequently asked questions, details on supporter packs and rewards, league switching, obtaining points, optimal stash tab purchases, estimated playtime, key improvements over the original, max level and leveling milestones, level scaling, and claiming Twitch drops.
• Controls & Settings: Optimizing PC settings, mastering dodging and blocking, weapon switching, skill binding, movement input customization, linking items to chat, chat hiding, and crossplay enable/disable.
• Beginner Tips: Ten crucial tips for beginners, wisdom scroll acquisition, loot management, ranking the best beginner classes, fast gold farming techniques, playing with friends, and prioritizing gold spending.

II. PoE 2 Game Mechanics & Systems

Understanding PoE 2's intricate mechanics is key to success. This section covers:

• Character Stats & Skill Points: Explaining character attributes, acquiring passive skill points, respeccing passive skill points, utilizing the passive skill filter, understanding weapon set points and the Spirit resource, increasing Spirit and movement speed, maximizing mana, energy shield mechanics, accuracy, and prioritizing resistance upgrades.
• Gameplay Mechanics: Fast travel, free item identification, trading, ailments, instances, stunning enemies, skill aiming, armor break, crowd control effects, guild creation and joining, arcane surge, power charges, death penalty, and Herald of Ice and Thunder 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

Classes form the foundation of your build in PoE 2. This section includes:

• PoE 2 Class Guides: Rankings of the best classes, best solo class, mercenary ammo swapping, minion summoning, aftershock, and rage mechanics.
• Ascendancies: Comprehensive coverage of all 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, along with general Warrior and Witch leveling guides.

IV. PoE 2 Currencies & Gear

Gear and currency are crucial for progression. This section details:

• 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 and currency exchange, current exchange rates, unlocking and using the reforging bench, obtaining Orbs of Chance and Divine Orbs, and acquiring Greater Jeweler's Orbs.
• Gear & Equipment: Early gear farming strategies, acquiring unique items, the charm system, equipping and upgrading charms, stellar amulets, obtaining the Ingenuity Utility Belt, and acquiring the Hand of Wisdom and Action.

V. Quest & Boss Walkthroughs

This section provides detailed walkthroughs for:

• All Main Quests and Acts: Including permanent campaign bonuses.
• Act One: Locating the Devourer, Secrets in the Dark quest, finding Renly's tools, locating Una's Lute, defeating Draven and Count Geonor.
• Act Two: Rathbreaker boss strategies, Ancient Vows quest, defeating Balbala and the King in the Mists, utilizing golden idols, Ascent to Power walkthrough, and the Sisters of Garukhan guide.
• Act Three: Utilizing the Sacrificial Heart, Treasures of Utzaal quest, defeating Mighty Silverfist, mushroom usage, and The Slithering Dead quest guide.

VI. PoE 2 Endgame Guides

This section covers the endgame experience:

• Endgame Tips & Mechanics: Unlocking Cruel difficulty and the endgame, advanced endgame tips, acquiring and upgrading Waystones, sustaining Waystones while mapping, optimal Atlas skill tree setups, unlocking hideouts, and finding more citadels.
• Endgame Features & Leagues: The Atlas of Worlds guide, Realmgate, Breach, Delirium, Ritual, Expedition, Burning Monolith, Trial of Chaos, and Trial of the Sekhemas guides.

VII. Advanced PoE 2 Tips & Other Guides

This section offers advanced strategies and information for experienced players:

• Advanced PoE 2 Guides: Fast XP farming, loot filter usage, obtaining console loot filters, Sidekick features and installation, FilterBlade usage, avoiding merchant scams (buying and selling), and acquiring more character slots.