2┃new-player-in-campaign-help

[foggy birch]

ur not invited there

😄

[weak forge]

😦

[foggy birch]

i hate that system

with the topics

discord needs to delete that asap

[tiny shale]

how come when i put a amulet with spirit on my spirit doesnt go up?

[clever geode]

u a monk?

[tiny shale]

yea

[clever geode]

read your ascend passive

[tiny shale]

TYSM! lol

feel dumb, appreciate it

[cold cargo]

anyone wanna run count geonor till mad wolf, im hard stuck in the map due to small space i cant kill anything

[clever geode]

#2┃looking-for-group

[cold cargo]

o ty

[weak forge]

I'm feeling hopeless tbh my go to helpers are offline
I can't sleep properly
And I'm feeling like I am truly stuck

[clever geode]

?

[weak forge]

@clever geode

[storm patio]

do resistnces affect the shield?

[foggy birch]

early game monk aint easy

if u dont do enough dmg,search for a good weapon on the market,thats gonna carry u trhough all the acts

[weak forge]

Wdym by a market ? Like the NPC ?

[foggy birch]

trading website

[stark mauve]

lol I tried to trade and when I put the item in the box it wouldn't let me accept the trade

[alpine pawn]

Is the Orb of Chance even worth attempting to use? 🤔

[weak forge]

I see
It doesn't accept real money right ? I just can't do real money trades

😦

[flint plume]

Did you mouse over their item? You have to mouse over everything in their part of the trade window to accept the trade (it's to make it harder to get scammed)

[weak forge]

How to see the marketplace ? What's the website

[flint plume]

Real money trades are strictly banned in PoE and frowned upon by the community

[foggy birch]

uhh,no u use ingame currency

[clever geode]

offical trade site

[flint plume]

pathofexile2.com/trade or poe2.sale

[weak forge]

That's good to know because I really hate that concept

[stark mauve]

So i have to put my mouse over their item? then it will let me accept the trade?

[weak forge]

Thanks I will try to find something I am able to use for now. I just am confused what the hell to do

[flint plume]

Yeah, buying or selling things for real money gets your account banned and no one will have sympathy.

[flint plume]

Yes. The idea is they want you to make sure that the item they put in is correct. There are some scams where people try to trick you by putting the wrong thing in and hitting accept.

[stark mauve]

dang I thought i was stupid or something

[weak forge]

That's good to know because I just felt a bit scared.

[flint plume]

Yeah, devs and playerbase are strongly against pay to win. Stash tabs are arguably a little pay to win but you don't have to spend a lot of money to basically be set for life on stash space, and there's no other way to spend money that affects gameplay at all without getting your account banned.

[weak harness]

in the trade site is there a way to search for a stat and include it as a mod/implicit/rune?

[weak forge]

Yeah I mean I just was scared when I heard about marketplace

[foggy birch]

🤣

why are u scared

like u saw a ghost or something

[flint plume]

Yes, but it's a separate thing. You have to specifically search for the implicit version. If you want to just search for the stat anywhere, you have to set something up using count or weighted sum. PoE1 trade site has some features that help with that that aren't in PoE2 trade site yet.

[flint plume]

I'm guessing Diablo 3 launch flashbacks

[weak harness]

yea im using the weighted sum for now, was hoping theres an easier way

how does count work would it be better u think?

[flint plume]

Not yet, unfortunately. PoE1 trade site has "pseudo" mods that add up the total amount of a stat no matter where they come from (and that can include taking into account things like life gained from strength for the pseudo strength mod) but they're not in PoE2 yet.

[flint plume]

Count is how many of the things you want to see. I think weighted sum is usually better but sometimes count is nice.

[vivid valley]

aww man I have to kill balbala again

[clever geode]

this means if i do 100 damage i gain 40 as chaos?

[haughty niche]

ye

i believe "Gain as extra" is at the end of the damage calc? forget

[clever geode]

and if i got +% chaos dmg i get more dmg?

[haughty niche]

i dont think so

[clever geode]

so it's flat increase

[haughty niche]

i wouldn't call it flat

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/getting-started/damage-scaling#scaling-your-damage-header

seems im wrong

Gained Damage: "Gain #% of Damage as X Damage" modifiers grant a percentage of your base damage as extra damage. Gained damage is additive with other sources of Gained Damage but multiplicative with the rest of your damage scaling. Keep in mind as it adds Base Damage (meaning before any damage multipliers) only modifiers of the new damage type apply to it.

[clever geode]

ah

it adds the base dmg

[haughty niche]

I was under the assumption it was using your total damage and not scaling.
But it uses your base, then scales with the result damage type (so chaos in this case).

[crude nacelle]

how do I level outside of cruel

[clever geode]

map

[weak harness]

why is the energy shield at the top and bottom different?

[clever geode]

waystones

[clever geode]

which 2?

1 is % 1 is flat

[weak harness]

it says 156 at the top and 187 at the bottom

[feral stratus]

can anybody explain this to me?

[mental needle]

If your chest piece has 100 evasion it will give you 200 if you have that node.

[feral stratus]

ohhh, ok thanks

[clever geode]

it's the quality
means it's max is at 187 while it's at 156 now

if u give it 20% quality then it will become 187

[vivid cedar]

how do i unbug traitors passage :D?

[weak harness]

oh ty

[clever geode]

cruel? u ignore it

[vivid cedar]

wym ignore D:

[weak forge]

When am I able to use the marketplace ?

😦

[clever geode]

poe offical site

[weak forge]

I am unable to use the feature apparently when I tried to click on the direct whisper button

@haughty niche can you help me. I don't know if I am able to use the marketplace at my current stage ? Idk if marketplace here requires some progression because I am struggling to progress in the game because I'm feeling stuck 😦

[haughty niche]

act 1 cruel is where you unlock currency exchange

[robust crag]

This is my first socketed gear do I salvage something like this or keep it?

[weak forge]

Ngl I don't know what to do then. I'm feeling like I'm stuck now with my current stuff .

I'll be sleeping soon but I'm worried as I'm feeling something Is missing or I'm going all over the place

[vivid cedar]

where do i get jinn barya for trial that will give me points cuz i got only ones tht dont give u

still at only 4 points in the endgame...

and inscribed ultimatum

[weak harness]

what do you mean?

why would you not be able to use it?

[zealous osprey]

Note that level of area also roughly dictates which level they'll drop at

[vivid cedar]

ye but they drop only normals that dont give me ascension points

is there special place on the map?

[zealous osprey]

Overall, not that great... So you can salvage it
I mean you can keep it for levelling alts, but also gamble for better items during that run
It's up to you, but I see no point keeping it

[mental needle]

No, they're just random drops, they will only drop in 60+ zones like that says.

[zealous osprey]

The floors/trials and are level need to match to above pic

Any mob can drop it

You're just dropping ones which are too low level to have enough floors/trials to give you points

[storm patio]

which item has a chance to become hand of wisdom with chance orb

[mental needle]

I believe you also need to finish the campaign before completing one of them will give you ascendancy points.

[weak forge]

It said I am not capable of using the feature or something like that. I was trying to get a crescent quarterstaff with lightning stuff

[zealous osprey]

I think base item is furtive wraps

Or something like that

[weak harness]

thats weird, are you on console or something? maybe its not a thing on console?

[vivid cedar]

nah i got this ones from higher

[weak forge]

It's just I'm feeling like I am helpless tbh. Just getting overwhelmed by the first hordes of keth, badlands

[weak forge]

I was using the website someone sent here

Like poe2.sale or something

It's just I am feeling confused and stuck

[median eagle]

Dumb question does this work with spells that chill since chill slows.? Surly not right? rright?

[vivid cedar]

what act u at? and u following any build

[zealous osprey]

pathofexile.com/trade2

[weak harness]

yes but do you play poe on pc? i dont know why you wouldnt be able to whisper

[foggy birch]

im crying

ahahaha

this guy is lost

[weak forge]

I'm at act2. The mission to rebuild the horn

[weak forge]

@haughty niche

[vivid cedar]

what class?

[weak forge]

I play on my steam deck.

[weak forge]

Monk. #2┃new-player-in-campaign-help message

[foggy birch]

xcuze me?

[weak harness]

okay well if u are logged into the game and the site u should be able to use the whisper

[vivid cedar]

im playing ice strike and its easiest shit ever tbf

[weak forge]

That's the issue like I was in the gamr and tried to whisper but I got a pop up saying that I can't use the feature

[zealous osprey]

@weak forge I'm playing the same build as you and only recently switched to storm wave

What's the exact issue you're facing?

Low damage, or survivability?

[weak harness]

is there a way to search for items without any runes on the trade site

[weak forge]

Survivability tbh. Like I am confusing Myself between staggering palm and killing palm and siphoning strike and just randomly button mash

Also the Tempest strike is good but I just get swarmed in the end. I get CCed into not being able to use falling thunder

[tiny shale]

is this good?

[zealous osprey]

Can you send me a pic of your gem setup

[vivid cedar]

id say yes 🙂

[zealous osprey]

Asking cuz I used neither staggering palm, nor siphoning strike

But I was still deleting everything around the same level

[weak harness]

theres no +skill so idk

[weak forge]

I'll share Tomorrow but basically I'm using a console controls

But yeah I will share Tomorrow

[meager egret]

I kill the King of the Mist, but didnt get the 30 spirit
Anyone knows why??

[zealous osprey]

Cruel or normal?

[meager egret]

Normal

[zealous osprey]

He didn't drop a green item?

[meager egret]

No

[weak harness]

I only used staggering palm on bosses, other than this I just tempest flurry and bell and it melts everything tbh

[meager egret]

I kill him tricentenario already

Twice**

[weak harness]

tricentenario

[zealous osprey]

[meager egret]

Yeaj sorry auto correct

I speak spanish so xD

[zealous osprey]

But, it is weird if you've not got the spirit bonus already and he didn't drop the item

Only things I can suggest are:

1. Talk to Finn to start his quest before making another kill (shouldn't really affect drop, but you never know)
2. Else, a ticket it is

[fading carbon]

Is anyone able to help me with dreadnought boss, she's kicking my shit in her second phase

[meager egret]

Yeah Finn doest get any more dialogue i finish his quest and everything

[weak harness]

normal? i can

[median eagle]

Which is better +57% spell damage or + 36% spell damage and +1 level to spells

[fading carbon]

Yeah normal

[weak harness]

dm me ign

[zealous osprey]

Approx the same, try equipping both to see the diff in numbers in gems menu

Each level is around 15% I believe

[median eagle]

how do I See the numbers?

[weak harness]

it depends how much dmg he has from passive tho no?

I feel like +1 is bigger than 15% but idk

[weak harness]

click g and theres dps

[shut sage]

speaking of king in the mists, would anyone like to help a fellow out in icing him ?

[mental needle]

it's 15% baseline, which then gets scaled by everything, I would wager the +levels is better unless it's super low level

[weak forge]

While I can't send a pic I can explain in terms of button layout

Left bumper - tempest bell
Left d-pad - healing potion
Right d-pad - mana potion
Button A - siphoning strike
Button B - dodge roll
Button X - tempest strike
Button Y - wind blast
Right bumper - killing palm
Right trigger - falling thunder

[fading carbon]

Sent

[vivid cedar]

@weak forge btw we can create party to go trough some area if u struggle

[median eagle]

apparently the +1 is better

[timber cave]

normally the latter but that reminder that a higher level also comes with increased manacost

[weak harness]

by how much just curious

[zealous osprey]

Well, you have a few extra damage/attack skills you don't seem to need

[median eagle]

32 DPS

[zealous osprey]

Plus, if you're running pure lightning, then using herald of thunder aura should help

I didn't see any auras you're running, so you should have the entire 30/30 spirit for use

[weak forge]

How to get that

[zealous osprey]

Uncut spirit gem

[vivid valley]

damn why didn't anyone tell me killing balbala in cruel gives you nothing :(

[zealous osprey]

You didn't ask

[weak forge]

I see I should check that out because I have it stashed

[median eagle]

You know whats ridiilcous I am level 21 and STILL havent found something better yet

[vivid valley]

lol

[vivid cedar]

xD

[mental needle]

Killing Balbala in cruel gives you nothing.

[timber cave]

killing balbala in cruel gives you nothing

[median eagle]

Still havent found something better yet lol

[vivid valley]

gee thanks!

[vivid valley]

gee thanks!

[mental needle]

np, just being helpful

[vivid valley]

one of the most annoying fights I can recall...

[median eagle]

gee thanks!

[vivid valley]

anyway she's dead again

[zealous osprey]

See... You basically need the following combos

Falling Thunder + Killing Palm -> Charge generation and consumption
Tempest Flurry + Tempest Bell -> Melty single target DPS

[weak forge]

I'll be honest I have to check it all tomorrow

I'll be sleeping soon @zealous osprey

But I'm thankful you helped sort things out

[zealous osprey]

Getting attack speed will feel good

[zealous osprey]

Other than this, use auras, you don't really need any more attack skills

Too many attack skills aren't always good (mostly never good, kek)

[median eagle]

Explain to me how a level 3 staff got a better rolle then standard level 20 gear lol

[timber cave]

mostly rng, afterall a level 20 staff can still roll badly

[weak forge]

Last time I tried to engrave a spirit gem I was told I didn't have spirit

But now that I killed the mist king things might have changed

[timber cave]

a sharp wooden stick is better than a blunt metal stick

[median eagle]

is the roll on the level 3 staff really that good?

[zealous osprey]

If I'm on tmrw when you're there I'll help you sort out your supports and tree a but too

[timber cave]

more likely that the roll on the level 20 staff is bad

[vivid cedar]

btw how do i get back after completing story soo i give that npc treasures

[zealous osprey]

Won't say much on gear since you should already know about that

[weak forge]

Thanks a lot I am looking forward for it.

[vivid cedar]

cant even drop it or destroy

[median eagle]

its actully not but I got that +1 level roll on the level 3 one

[weak forge]

Ngl I am new to this genre tbh . I just am using my knowledge from other games to make do 😦

[zealous osprey]

I'll mention about this too then XD

[vivid cedar]

anyone?

[median eagle]

in comparasion thisis the level 20 one

[zealous osprey]

Sadly no (I don't know)

[weak forge]

Thanks I hope to see you tomorrow
Goodnight

[vivid cedar]

rip

[median eagle]

the level 3 is 37% but +1 level and gives better DPS

shrug

[timber cave]

yeah but you could later on potentially get a +1 level with 57% then it becomes objectively better

[mental needle]

You should try an orb of augmentation

[zealous osprey]

Aug + Regal (if the aug mod is good)
But don't slam exalts

[timber cave]

higher level gear only means higher potential

[median eagle]

could yes will? probably not lol

[zealous osprey]

[timber cave]

such is rng

[zealous osprey]

I RNGed a beast which carried me from A2 to maps

[mental needle]

Just waypoint to the ziggurat encampment

[zealous osprey]

A freaking lvl 20-25 staff

[vivid cedar]

it says (past)

[foggy birch]

brother is sooo lost

poe2 sale he said

[smoky orbit]

Anybody want to join Fresh Act 3 on normal ?

[median eagle]

you know how you said dont slam exalts well uh I did a bad thing and got rewarded

[foggy birch]

these console players a diff breed

[mental needle]

You tp there then go through the portal to the encampment

[dull skiff]

how do you mke more gold? need it for respec

[median eagle]

OH MY LORD

[zealous osprey]

I mean I had a staff with just +3 to cold spells
Slammed the shit out of it to add 80% spell damage and 50% cold damage
Which carried me till late algame

But RNG

Wouldn't recommend

Ex can directly buy you good shit from trade rn

[timber cave]

wouldnt recommend slaming exalts until you finish campaign unless you know what you're doing

[median eagle]

UHHHH guys

[vivid cedar]

just selling rares 😛

[foggy birch]

get rare drops bonuses in ur gear

[zealous osprey]

I see a lot of ex wasted, LMAO

[dull skiff]

so theres no other way

😦

[median eagle]

thats not exactly wasted not like I actully use freezing shards

I use scatter + arcane for 9 frostbolt spam

[zealous osprey]

I know, talking about auxillary mods

[timber cave]

its ok enjoy new player experience

[zealous osprey]

Considering you spent 3 ex here

[vivid cedar]

i mean and picking gold. not sure where u are in campaign but i just finished it and i have 100k

[zealous osprey]

Could've bought something far better on trade

But it's aight

[dull skiff]

currently in act 3

[median eagle]

uhh ssf?

[zealous osprey]

That's a lot of context, good stuff then XD

[vivid cedar]

we cant drop gold right xD?

[timber cave]

nope, can't drop gold

[vivid cedar]

rip

[dull skiff]

yeah that sucks. i just thought there are other ways lol, respec-ing is expensive af

[vivid cedar]

best of luck D:

[timber cave]

yeah best to just vendor as much rares as possible

[hoary bison]

Guys im right before Act 1 boss, tried to boast up my weapon but then got this form loot… which one is better?

[outer turtle]

does merc not start with a weapon ???

[dull skiff]

okay then, question, does Critical chance scale with spells or do i have to pick the one with "critical chance FOR spells"

[mental needle]

Still rocking this bad boy in act 1 cruel on my ssf sorc alt XD

[median eagle]

second the + 2 is to good

[timber cave]

generic critical strike chance and for spells both work

[dull skiff]

aight thanks fam

[timber cave]

do note that its calculated based off a formula of your base chance to crit with said spell * increased critical strike chance

[hoary bison]

The +2 level? Even though the first one has higher DPS technically?

[mental needle]

levels are dps

[scenic salmon]

What

[median eagle]

not likely to press G and compare DPS I could be wrong

usally the +2 would be better

Never Punished? LOL

im a ice sorc so

[hoary bison]

Okay thanks!

[green timber]

someone can help me beat the Crack boss?i have the ticket

[outer turtle]

i started a merc at riverbank, but i didnt get a starting weapon

shouldnt i get a crossbow or something ?

[scenic salmon]

Yes you should

[inland sentinel]

Kill the zombie

[mental needle]

Did you talk to the NPC?

[outer turtle]

killed zombie,

weird

[inland sentinel]

Press z

[scenic salmon]

Press Z?

[outer turtle]

tried... nothing turned ooff filter too

[sterile thistle]

im an invoker monk. which one should i choose?

[vivid cedar]

doubit it matters

[mental needle]

just make a new one, or barefist the bloated miller for the lols

[lusty hinge]

Any chance you swapped weapon sets?

[outer turtle]

tried, had a bad time.. lol.. took ages

nop.. didnt drop anything after stab the zombie

[scenic salmon]

There are enemies around the beach do they not drop anything either?

[outer turtle]

barefisting ol mate was fun..

[outer turtle]

killed all the zombies.. and opend taht 1 chest twice,

got 2 skills that i cant use, because dont have a xbow

[vagrant tinsel]

just make a new character

[outer turtle]

deleted and restarted.. 3 rd time.. got a xbow to drop

weird..

had filter off

maybe it just didnt want me to reroll merc

[scenic salmon]

Damm what a headache, I would have just eliminated the character and restarted

[mental needle]

Early access moment

[vagrant tinsel]

maybe verify game files ik my game was glitchy till i did that

[weak harness]

is there a way to search for items without any runes on the trade site

[scenic salmon]

Yes

[outer turtle]

i tried to do taht to fix the game crash issues.. (didnt help)

[weak harness]

show me the ways

[vagrant tinsel]

idk then i would talk to support then sounds like more than just an issue

[zenith lotus]

Game's not letting me select any new passives. It says there are requirements, but not what they are. I'm stuck. :D

[outer turtle]

yea, probs just EA issues... happend after latest nvidia driver update, probably can fix by roll back drivers, but lazy..

[scenic salmon]

I don't remember exactly where right now
Open all the menus CTRL F rune should work

[lusty hinge]

Oh boy oh lord oh brother in crisp why did you assign them as weapon set skillpoints

[weak harness]

i saw this but either i use it wrong or it does not work lol

[mental needle]

Uh oh

[delicate pecan]

So Ive been seeing people use two of the same skill in the skill area - Do you have to put attack gems on the skill you are pressing and support gems on the skill you arent? Or is having two of the same skill useless?

[zenith lotus]

Because the game gave me no reason not to :'3 but i suspected that'd be the problem :'D
I had no reason to use the swap, so I figured it'd be no issue going forward. Guess the design could've been better.

[scenic salmon]

Why
Tell me more

[timber cave]

in poe 2 its entirely useless unless gemling maybe

[lusty hinge]

And now we have the problem 😏

[weak harness]

i just tried a few things and i dont get results
it seems like it searches for an empty slot? i just want no slots OR empty slots

[scenic salmon]

Can you not put 3 bells or 3 emergency reloadss

[mental needle]

What do you mean? Like two tempest bells?

[vagrant tinsel]

not useless some builds (like ranger) uses them but u need to know what ur doing

[lusty hinge]

Weapon set stuff is more for branching off a main path, for different weapon sets to kind of juice out more skillpoints for the build

[zenith lotus]

Yeah I'm gonna blame GGG for it. There ought to be a way at least to see which points on the tree are weapon ones, so I can refund those and get my dumb arse outta this issue but so far not as I can tell. So I blame GGG for allowing this kind of mistake to be made 😏

[delicate pecan]

@mental needle yes

or 2 falling thunder

[scenic salmon]

Interesting, is the rune modifier in the enchantment slot?
Maybe you could search it like thag

[lusty hinge]

They are different color, golden is the regular main one, redish and greenish are weapon sets

[mental needle]

Yes you can use multiple of the same active skill, you will just need separate supports and keybinds for them.

[vagrant tinsel]

for the bell u need some sort of stacks idk don't play monk but reload sounds like a good idea might try it

[vivid cedar]

omg i failed trial

[delicate pecan]

Do the support gems on the second work for the first one when its used?

[zenith lotus]

Cheers, see that now. It's a merry christmas and I'm visually disadvantaged. Thank you.

[lusty hinge]

So on your ss the most top left is where your main left off

[scenic salmon]

Bell is goated what do you mean use 20

[vagrant tinsel]

no

[vagrant tinsel]

ye but u can't just spam it

[mental needle]

multibell is just for single target

but it's busted lmao

[elfin tangle]

how many HP and energy should should I have as a 17 Witch?

I've got 170 and 440 and have just been told it's too low

[clever geode]

seems ok?

[scenic salmon]

316 exactly and 237 e shield

[elfin tangle]

Bortles

[scenic salmon]

Wait that's the quantities for making cake

Nvm

[elfin tangle]

HOney I've already got the cake

[mental needle]

Yeah those are fine defenses

[foggy birch]

share it

[mental needle]

If you're about to fight act 1 boss a cold resist charm is good if you have one

[scenic salmon]

bonk

[lusty hinge]

You can't have the cake and it it too

[obsidian plover]

bro i hate colossus

my fire build warrior ain'

t doing shi

[crude cairn]

hello , can someone help me understand the spell pls

[lusty hinge]

Well I do believe in you
Is he weak to fire dmg btw?

[mental needle]

Pretty sure the big boy is resistant to fire and phys

[obsidian plover]

i don't think he's weak to fire dmg

[scenic salmon]

Sure don't ask to ask
Throw the question

[lusty hinge]

Sure if you share what the spell is

[obsidian plover]

im also falling out of boudns when im hugging he's chest

lmao

[foggy birch]

suree the squad is hyped for ur questiion

[meager egret]

Where i can get skill gem V in act 1 after the executioner??

[lusty hinge]

That is unfortunate

[crude cairn]

im learning from scratch and im building semi elemental and necromancer

i just learn the spell raging fire

how come i dont have fire minions

[scenic salmon]

Raging spirits yes?

[vivid cedar]

rare monsters cant spawn if i use reswapn at checkpoint?

[crude cairn]

yes ma'am

[scenic salmon]

Read

[crude cairn]

how does this spell work

[scenic salmon]

read

[foggy birch]

read

u fucking

[lusty hinge]

So it says that you neeed to use fire spells to summon those fire minions when the skill is active

[crude cairn]

when my flame wall is active there arent any fire minions

[mental needle]

Right click to activate it

It's a spirit skill, you must reserve the spirit with it.

[lusty hinge]

Can, but respawn is a different topic. Some stop respawning since people abused it

[obsidian plover]

colossus' armor is the real problem, im breaking it three hits but it goes back up in a few lol

also why doesnt he have a hit box on the chest 😦

[vivid cedar]

dang trying to get tokens for trials and rare look like the best drop ratre

[lusty hinge]

Should be exactly 12 seconds

[bitter bramble]

is it possible to use the same weapon in two weapon sets?

[rigid bridge]

did you respec recently? sometimes the respc glitches. Change zones or relog. (if the respec didn't go through, they won't actully charge you gold, at least.)

[hardy sun]

He sucks fighting as melee, bouncing around everywhere

[lusty hinge]

Just progress naturally, third ascendancy is lvl 60+ anyway unless you want to farm trials for loot or .. You actually like the mechanic or smth

[weak harness]

can I add rune to belt?

[vivid cedar]

nah i somehow didnt get token idk how and now im trying to get it at lvl70

for both trials

[lusty hinge]

It's not as bad, but definitely can take some time

[bitter bramble]

is it possible to use the same weapon in two weapon sets?

[lusty hinge]

Uhm, the quest ones? They have a set drop, 1 from balbala, 2 from chimera

[crude cairn]

how do i increase my spirit reserve

[mental needle]

Sceptres

[clever geode]

amulet body armor

[lusty hinge]

No, unless you manage to drop mirrored (not sure if that lockbox has it) or craft identical xD

[crude cairn]

ty

[lusty hinge]

Also unique ring and shield

[bitter bramble]

is that intended, since it's a bit awkward to have to acquire two of the same weapon just so i can toggle some passives

[crude cairn]

should i just straight up buy scepters from Una?

[lusty hinge]

They don't have to be the same

[vivid cedar]

i didnt get it from balbala and i killed her like 3 times

i think map is bugged and idk wht to do

tried to remake the instance 2 times

[hardy sun]

Campaign nets 100, rest is from gear or build type perks

[bitter bramble]

but then the second set of passives will have different stats than the first?

[lusty hinge]

You sure you didn't stash it and forgor? Maybe some weird lootfilters? I mean some people claimed that they didn't get them, but later turned out they did

[mortal viper]

ok, how am I supposed to find the sideboss in here?

[lusty hinge]

Isn't that the whole point though?

[timber cave]

hover over the icon, it tells you which area its in

[bitter bramble]

as in, the only reason i want to do this is since I don't have enough spirit to keep them all on at the same time

[lusty hinge]

If your weapon swap has entirely different skills setup or element

[mortal viper]

oh I see

it's a separate area entirely

it just looks connected on the map

well that sucks

[lusty hinge]

I don't think I entirely understand what you're trying to do

[bitter bramble]

i want to use herald passives to map clear, but then disable them for bossing for other passives

[timber cave]

you'd need a different weapon then, alternatively just disable your herald and activate your other spirit skills before a boss

[tepid lichen]

Anyone able to kill jamanra for me ?

[timber cave]

that's what most of us do since having a 2nd equally good weapon can cost quite a bit in endgame

[bitter bramble]

unfortunate, wish there was a way you can just do it in one button

[crude cairn]

so i can only active 1 spirit skill ?

[lusty hinge]

sure, send me your ign

[obsidian plover]

hahahah fk this little twerps he summon

[timber cave]

you can active more when you get more spirit, which you do in later acts and with better gear later on

[lusty hinge]

yup he does, so that you may replenish your flask

[foggy birch]

yup he hoes

[wide condor]

whats max uncut

19?

[lusty hinge]

20

but not sure how they drop

[vivid cedar]

having this farmed

[crude cairn]

this scepter is 130 spirits but how come i only have 30 in my pool

[vivid cedar]

checked all stashes

[mental needle]

It's not equipped

[crude cairn]

ohhhhhhhhhh

[mental needle]

things in your other weapon set don't give you stats

[timber cave]

as in you havent done for your first ascendancy?

1st one's in act 2, 2nd's in act 3

[vivid cedar]

first ascendancy u mean normal mode?

[timber cave]

yes

[vivid cedar]

i got 4 points

[timber cave]

3rd is a 3 floor sanctum or 10 floor chaos (i think)

[lusty hinge]

you sure quest ones aren't hiding somewhere in there?

[mental needle]

Have you completed the campaign? @vivid cedar

[timber cave]

there's no quest item

its just those tokens

and you use up the token if you fail so make sure you're well prepped

dont worry about failing tho, took me like 5 attempts in 3 floor sanctum

[lusty plume]

i am stuck at act 1 boss and feel very weak to it. i would like to change my build, how can i farm gems in act 1 areas?

[lusty hinge]

well this is very odd, check the one's you have then, will they give you your points (they should if you don't have 1 and 2 ascendancy yet) or not maybe they're not high enough

[mental needle]

if you haven't finished the campaign even a key of the correct level will not let you ascend.

[lusty hinge]

bro, you said you didn't get any

[vivid cedar]

ye is says that i wont get ascension points

[vivid cedar]

yes im on tier 2 maps

[lusty hinge]

and you have them both cleared

[timber cave]

they say they already have 4 points

[lusty hinge]

wtf

[mental needle]

and you have a barya that is level 60+?

[timber cave]

so they just need to do a 3 floor sanctum next

[lusty hinge]

yeah lvl 60+ with 3 trials

[vivid cedar]

no ultimatum is 60+

[lusty hinge]

ultimatum is lvl 75+

[timber cave]

^

or that

[obsidian rapids]

Do I get more ascendancy points in Act3? I just finished my first quest in act2 and selected my Ascendancy and allocated the first 2 points.

[lusty hinge]

yes you do

[mental needle]

yeah you need a 3 floor barya or 10 room ultimatum. They will drop, just keep progressing your atlas.

[lusty hinge]

trial of chaos it will be

[timber cave]

you get a trial of chaos that you can attempt multiple times in act 3

[vivid cedar]

not sure wht to do xD

[lusty hinge]

just play normally, at your lvl

[vivid cedar]

soo highest campaign map or go to maps and hoping i get them there?

[timber cave]

maps

[lusty hinge]

these are random loot drops mainly

[lusty hinge]

yeah just progress your atlas quest and you'll get them eventually

[lusty plume]

should i go back anad redo some of the older bosses?

[lusty hinge]

you can but idr if they drop their specific drops the second and further time, so it will be rng still, but you can grind any zone you can clear comfortably by resetting it and you'll probably get some (reset the zone by ctrl+clicking on entrance or teleport to open up a reset instance UI)

[vivid cedar]

ok tnx for help 🙂

[chilly geyser]

HEy all why do i have a 20% resist penalty when i arrived at act 3?

[lusty hinge]

you get res penalties by completing acts, so you need to keep working on them resistances

[mental needle]

You lose 10% resist per act

[lusty hinge]

and in the endgame you'll get 10% xp loss upon death

[chilly geyser]

Thanks

[vivid valley]

resistance penetration is kinda crap, from what I read on reddit many bosses don't have any resistance, and penetration lowers it to zero minimum, so it does nothing a lot of the time

[mental needle]

penetration is very good, it can't go negative, but it's still powerful

[foggy birch]

reddit poe 2 act 2 andies

commenting

[rigid kestrel]

god dam i hope they fix this crashing garbage soon

[vivid cedar]

havent got crashing except fps drop when teleporting

[rigid kestrel]

lucky you there isnt to manyt that dont have tons i crash 30+ times a day since launch

i cant even load into act 3 camp on an alt

[vivid valley]

how so? I just said most enemies don't have any resistance so it does nothing

[timber cave]

make a forum thread with your specs and logs so they have stuff to refer to fixing optimisations

[kind tartan]

oh so it's different than 1? it's so good in 1

[vivid valley]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1hgg1ew/boss_elemental_resistances_vary_a_lot/

yeah it's crap in 2

it was great in 1

[kind tartan]

in 1 it could go negative ye

[vivid valley]

yeah I remember it was a great boon

[vivid cedar]

my condolences

[robust crag]

Should I put cold snap in cast on freeze would that mean enemies I freeze will automatically be cold snapped?

[timber cave]

not exactly, the way it works is that everytime you freeze it'll generate energy, and when it hits the required to cast it'll cast coldsnap

[robust crag]

Then I probably wouldn't want cold snap in there then I need to pop that on important enemies right? What spells good for that on a frost sorcerer

[timber cave]

uh, people used to use it as an alternative way to cast their main spell, but that got nerfed in one of the earlier balance patches because people were casting comet every 0.5 seconds

but otherwise something like frostbomb would be good, just not worth the spirit reservation though (yes its a spirit skill)

[robust crag]

Yeah ik I just got it thought it'd be good so keep arctic armor for now?

[mental needle]

Interesting, looks still useful against some pinnacle content, but it is strange some of them have literally 0.

[lusty hinge]

Not sure where you find these enemies that have nothing

[chilly geyser]

can i go back to act 2 and pick up some side quest i arrived at act 3 maybe 1 or 2 levels early

[timber cave]

yeah, and there's a lot of other spirit skills that give straight up buffs too later on

[wintry abyss]

is the "dps" super accurate should i follow that number to a T or

[timber cave]

ok as a reference, but not to a T

[robust crag]

I don't know exactly what I'm doing rn I'm stacking cold spells and energy shield buffing those in skill tree it's been working frost wall honestly made my life way easier recently tho

[wintry abyss]

for context, was using staff (im also just getting to like midgame im level 57) so my dps was 1600, 2000 wiht mana tempest

[timber cave]

if its working then just keep progressing 🙂

[wintry abyss]

but swapped to that bow and quiver for pierce and that original 1600 num is now at 930

but i geniunely cannot tell if stuff is dying slower or faster

[timber cave]

yeah but if the pierce helps your clear then the pierce could be better

[robust crag]

Yeah I've been clearing no problem and I got cast on freeze and 8 skill points was thinking about powering up but this set up is working in act 3 rn

[wintry abyss]

like i have a pretty dang good lightining staff i was using before

[timber cave]

when i was in acts i just messed aroun and tried different stuff, just make sure to keep what's working so you can resocket back to them

[robust gulch]

why I cannot open the Atlas Skill Tree? Clicking on it or even going to Doryani to Refund Atlas Skill points doesn't open it up....

[wintry abyss]

compared to the bow but the endgame builds use this bow i got for the pierce and projectile speed but its less "less" dps

[vivid valley]

see the link I found

[robust crag]

Cool ty

[vivid valley]

very weird

[lusty hinge]

Yeah it says bosses, are bosses the only thing you're fighting in this game?

[mental needle]

I mean... Kinda

They're the real DPS check, if you're struggling with trash you won't be killing bosses really

[hearty kite]

can anyone help me with the sekhema trail?

[meager pasture]

Any advice on the final boss of act 2? Idk if survivability or dps is holding me back but I've been stuck for an embarrassingly long time lol

[vivid valley]

and regular enemies have less resistance than bosses normally...

[lusty hinge]

You can clearily see the difference when lowering res and I didn't say anything about struggling

[mental needle]

lowering res and pen aren't the same thing.

res reduction can go negative, which is a relevant distinction if things have 0 resist.

[wintry abyss]

anyone know where i can get "soul core of xopecs"? i need 2

[lusty hinge]

Rares often have very solid resistance and some map rolld have that +40% saying that res debuff is useless is just bs

[mental needle]

Not useless, but worse than one would expect

[elfin pendant]

what do you guys do with t1 t2 maps if you're already on t6

[wintry abyss]

reforge

[vivid valley]

did not say useless

[lusty hinge]

Pen, lower res, exposure, true

[vivid valley]

just it's nothing like it was in poe1

[elfin pendant]

its gonna take forever to forge t1 to t6

[timber cave]

nothing, i stop picking them up

[lusty hinge]

Well we're not playing poe1 aren't we?

[safe lance]

I am trying 100% honor res for fun but still taking damage. I am too lazy to check on PC but the tooltip on PS5 says max honor is capped at 75% and cannot be higher than 90%. Is this a typo and meant to say honor resistance?

[lusty hinge]

and in poe2 it does indeed matter, unless you're stat stacking to infinity and blowing everything with 1 skill in sub second of course

[terse yoke]

what does this mean? it takes my mana ??

[wintry abyss]

gives

[terse yoke]

so it takes away physical damage then?

[wintry abyss]

no.

[timber cave]

no, you regenerate 4.49% of your physical attack damage as mana

[wintry abyss]

4.49% of ur phys dmg is then given as mana

[timber cave]

eg if you hit something for 100 physical damage

you get 4.49 mana over time

[terse yoke]

hmm i think i get it ty

[wintry abyss]

anyone knwo where i can get soul core of xopecs?

[elfin pendant]

do you think gold ones are worth doing

[vivid valley]

well yeah but I'm just pointing out it's not a global dmg increase, and has a ceiling to its effect

[elfin pendant]

market or chaos trial

[meager pasture]

Any advice on the final boss of act 2? Idk if survivability or dps is holding me back but I've been stuck for an embarrassingly long time lol(also open to help atp if that'd be easier)

[wintry abyss]

chaos trial is act 3 right?

[safe lance]

yes

[wintry abyss]

does it matter if i do it in act 6 for the xopecs or nah

[safe lance]

no, you can farm them as much as you want, especially the ones that dont tive ascendancy poitns

[outer cosmos]

So I finished a trial and the game crashed when I was choosing ascendency, game crash when I logged back in I'm back at the entrance and I've lost all five of my honor resist relics

Are they going to be somewhere at the end of the trial if I run it again or what happened

[safe lance]

what build are you playing? Just dodge roll and attack stay melee range phase 1 (that attack is easier to dodge), hide behind npc during storm, then phase 2 was doable as range.

[safe lance]

the trial progress should have been saved and the relics are socketed in altar.

[meager pasture]

A grenadier merc, it honestly might be trash but it's gotten me this far

[terse yoke]

what are the requirements to keep going ?it doesnt say

[outer cosmos]

Yeah no they're not in the altar I'm at the entrance and I can open it up, is there another altar at the end of the trial

[lusty hinge]

one can argue though that it is much more useful during the acts and has a bit less use while mapping, but still, having it is better than not

[mental needle]

More ascendancy points.

[safe lance]

oh wait you were choosing ascendancy? Can you just go to passive tree and see if you ahve the points? Sometimes it doenst even show the points but you can still select.

[terse yoke]

only way to get them are from the trial thingy right?

[outer cosmos]

I'm not so much worried about the ascendancy as I am about the honor relics it took me hours to collect and the quest item that's gone now

I guess I can just run it with a regular old trial item?

[mental needle]

Yes, up to eight points, there will be another quest for your 3rd and 4th points in act 3.

[safe lance]

just pop in a random barya and it will bring up socketed relics, that is the only way to see relics on PS5 iirc.

[outer cosmos]

Thanks I will try that

[timber cave]

you can get the quest item back from the npc next to the alter if you're talking about act 2 / 3

but if you finished the trial and got your ascendancy then there wont be the quest item

the relics will be there with any other trials so its fine

[outer cosmos]

Yeah I used to play on PC and console is definitely an uhm experience

[safe lance]

I still dont know how to see list of boons and afflictions on PS5. It is supposed to be L3 + dpad up but doesnt work.

[timber cave]

yeah i saw some console questions and it looks so bizzare to me

[outer cosmos]

Hit start and then hit right stick for HUD elements

R3 I mean then you can just move over the boons and fuckeries and see what they are

[safe lance]

start as in the big menu in dualsense controller?

[outer cosmos]

Like the menu with microtransactions and exit game etc

[safe lance]

kk will see

TIl, thank you!!

[vivid valley]

Sure, it just might be better speccing in other directions if it's out of the way on your passive tree

[outer cosmos]

Yeah man it was driving me crazy too

[safe lance]

I ragequit a sanctum run because I didnt know this. It stopped showing the popup when you gain random boons/afflictions

only seems to work on certain baryas

[timber fjord]

made it to level 30 ssf hc

going to grind for some items before i move to act 2 boss any good places?

[safe lance]

sry I missed this but what I said, if you are trying to play it in ranged in phase 1 then it might be rough.

[tardy dock]

Does this all work for qstaff?

[outer cosmos]

Another console trick is you can flick the right stick to toggle between the items you can pick up if you can't seem to get one targeted

[safe lance]

Idk but I tried the rituals in freythorn to see if I get any good ritual rewards. The bosses could also be fine to repeat farm to see if you get any uniques.

[mental needle]

Lost City is pretty good density

[outer cosmos]

How are you asking that when your name is farmageddon

[safe lance]

oh wait act 2 boss sorry

[timber fjord]

that looks like a good node

[safe lance]

The scarab is definitely the farm

*ninth treasure of keth

I misread as act 1 and heading to act 2

[tardy dock]

Yeah but it specifies "staff" then "quarterstaves" just want to know if it helps qstaff

[mental needle]

Scarab farming got killed

[safe lance]

really? what changed?

[mental needle]

You can still do it, but you need a fresh instance, you can't just respawn checkpoint.

[outer cosmos]

No one staff is as powerful as four quarter staffs if I did the math right

[timber fjord]

i actually need to rush this area

[safe lance]

oh sure, just go to checkpoint near the waypoint and reset instance?

[scenic salmon]

Farming the boss of that zone is good
The boss after scarab you can hit him before you actually start the fight

[safe lance]

https://tenor.com/view/3section-stall-sanjiegun-sansetsukon-shuriken-miasma-martial-arts-gif-26609593

3/4 staff ^

[slim fable]

ok i've just found out that my characters questline seems to be bugged, ive completed all the way to cruel act 1, but in my regular act 1 map, the "Mad wolf of ogham" quest isnt complete, people online say it makes it impossible to start endgame with this bug

[safe lance]

Try #2┃looking-for-group , this is just for Q&A

[slim fable]

i havent been able to find out a fix, am i just bricked?

[timber fjord]

my build uses this where do i start getting charges? what level?

[hoary pelican]

thanks for the info

[mental needle]

How recent are these threads you're reading?

[safe lance]

there are skills that grant charges, you can go search for skill gems/skills in poe2db.tw to see what skills those are. And idk if monk might have other means to generate charges.

[fervent plover]

is shavronnes belt bugged or am i using it wrong lol cus im not gaining ES from potions

[mental needle]

Because they fixed the bug that crashes you when trying to enter a map via the ziggurat map device.

[languid gale]

how do i contact a mod

[safe lance]

cant you just go to act 1 and kill him btw?

[slim fable]

the threads are old, but the comments are still new

[timber cave]

most monk builds use combat frenzy with this

[safe lance]

check the bot in the top right (users list) and DM it

[slim fable]

the part thats bugged is after you kill him and talk to the hooded one in the camp

[mental needle]

So the issue is you can't go to act 2 cruel from act 1 cruel?

[slim fable]

no im doing fine rn

[safe lance]

hmm ok sounds weird for sure. If it were me I'd just keep progressing, if it is a bug GGG would fix after the holidays.

[slim fable]

but people say it makes you not be able to progress past act 3 cruel

[tardy dock]

Idk why i can't find any info on this wish someone would tell me if this node works for monk the wording is murky

[fervent plover]

99% sure shavronnes belt needs to be fixed lol just bought it to fix my issue with dying when i get freeze stun locked to by me enough time to hit back

doesnt even work

so now im have to find a way to get around that without the easy belt fix

[rugged panther]

can anyone help me with Biera?

[lusty hinge]

which node? just start the question with providing the stuff you need an answer for

[brittle crown]

it says on map that "the hooded one" is in city, but he isnt, is it a bug?

[wraith drum]

is Blood Mage or Infernalist better for minion builds?

[lusty hinge]

he's right there
did you get the stuff to heal him?

[mental needle]

It works, the first is with it specced, the second is with it unspecced.

[lusty hinge]

infernalist currently

[brittle crown]

oh i think not, do you is it after cementary?

[lusty hinge]

yes, the ring

2 tombs and the gate guy

[grave crystal]

i created a ranger and ive been having a lot of fun

[safe lance]

does the "monsters take X increased damage" mod apply to bosses too?

[rough lintel]

are cast on ignite/freeze/shock still viable?

[mental needle]

No

There is a mod specifically for bosses

[meager galleon]

it should

bosses are still mosnters

[safe lance]

I did see the boss mod, but just sorting stuff and trying to decide

[meager galleon]

its just that the boss specific mods dont apply to monsters

boss is subgroup of monster

[safe lance]

Also reg. earlier tooltip, it is indeed honor resistance. Sounds like a bug. Seems to cap at 75%

#2┃new-player-in-campaign-help message this

[mental needle]

Bosses are monsters, but the sanctum relics are specific as far as I can tell and the distinction actually matters.

[meager galleon]

hmm, you might be right, dont have detailed info about sanctum behavior

[safe lance]

The font size is really small but are all relics mods showing as T1?

I am currently on TV and its impossible to read that text

[mental needle]

It's counterintuitive to the rest of the game, but based on my few dozen lvl 80 sanctum runs it ONLY works on bosses, and monsters only works on monsters. I haven't checked to see if monsters works on rares since that seems kinda... unimportant, lol.

but there is a rare specific mod, which is strange

[tardy dock]

I posted a photo

[meager galleon]

all the relic mods say U in the tier

[safe lance]

ah ok, ty, I couldn't read that letter, when clicked on it just expands the mod name "of the X"

[timber cave]

it works, its just worded like that because the buildup is specific to quarterstaves

its also not a great node in general though

[lusty hinge]

and what's not clear about this node to you?

[safe lance]

oops wrong reply but I wanted to ask where rare/unique relics drop @mental needle

only in floor 4 maybe?

[mental needle]

There are no rare relics, you can only get 2 modifiers per relic. Unique relics are dropped by the final boss and him only.

[safe lance]

ah you meant rare monsters nvm

[mental needle]

Yeah I was talking about the rare monster damage mod, which exists

[tardy dock]

In game it doesn't really explain if there's a difference between staff and quarter staff and it specifies staff and quarter staff. Since both are weapons in game i wasn't sure if a qstaff is a staff. Since a staff isn't a quarter staff. And the game doesn't provide a tool tip in the menu to explain

[mental needle]

IT verifiably works, it increased my ES and evasion. I posted pics above.

[stone sparrow]

God.... the game crashing evertime you enter a juiced map is so annoying.

[tardy dock]

Thanks I just wanted to be sure it wasn't clear in game!

[lusty hinge]

quarterstaff is quarterstaff and staff is staff, but it works in this case which is most likely just a typo

[outer cosmos]

I mean Occam's razor if all the other mods are for quarter staffs

[timber cave]

might be a typo too

[lusty hinge]

you're getting it mostly for other bonuses anyway

[timber cave]

afterall staves dont travel that far there anyway

[maiden summit]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[timber cave]

honestly, doesnt really matter lol, but life

[mental needle]

the defense bonus is really nice since it's hybrid, works on everything.

[chilly geyser]

hey all about what level should i be when starting act 3?

[zealous osprey]

Close to area level

35ish maybe

[chilly geyser]

ok thanks

[tardy dock]

Yeah that's what I wanted it for. It seemed like i was feeling more survivable but wanted to be sure i was actually seeing a benefit from it.

[clever nexus]

I have done the 2 trials in act2 and 3 and am now in act 2 cruel, how do I do the next trial for points?

[clever nexus]

I found a level 56 stone, used it, did the trial and there was no ascendancy point thing

[zealous osprey]

Need 60+

Refer to the pic

[mental needle]

You must complete the campaign, and then run a 3 floor (lvl 60+) Djinn Barya, or a 10 room (lvl 75+) ultimatum.

[clever nexus]

ahhhh, thank you!

[haughty pewter]

anyone able to help me out with a3 boss normal?

[mental needle]

The item itself will tell you if it will grant ascendancy points.

[safe lance]

for most people the level 60+ barya's dont drop in campaign and usually drop in early maps.

The level 60-65 baryas seem to be rare and trading for a lot.

[timber cave]

i should check if i have any remaining

[mental needle]

I don't think their droprate is low, they're just the easiest to run, but no one farms a level 60 zone for them

[craggy gyro]

Is it worth buying a pet? I play the game for fun and honestly it looks like a nice cosmetic but I haven’t found “reviews” about them, are they nice?

[timber cave]

purely cosmetic, purely preference

[vivid valley]

I find them annoying, want to kill them half the time

at least in d4 they picked up currency for you

[mental needle]

You can preview them in the shop, but just keep in mind you'll be viewing them in top-down view.

[timber cave]

dw, goblin troupe is on its way

[mental needle]

I miss my tumbleweed pet 😔

[clear monolith]

Guys I failed Trial 3 some time ago (The honor one) for points 5 and 6. I have not hadf another key drop in 10+ levels. What am I doing wrong? I am lvl 72

[vivid valley]

You can usually do the trial immediately again

[mental needle]

Nothing, just unlucky. You can buy another if you really want.

[vivid valley]

not sure if trial 3 is different in that way?

[mental needle]

That's only the quest ones.

[vivid valley]

oooh IC

[clear monolith]

where do i buy it from trade2?

[safe lance]

yeah

[clear monolith]

fml I am as poor as it gets haha

[safe lance]

or you can take that atlas node "local knowledge" and do forest maps

I dont trade a lot either, I finally got one today and did my 3rd ascedancy at level 77

[clear monolith]

gocha, how much is it? more than 1ex?

[mental needle]

1 ex

[clear monolith]

im super unlucky as it seems, cant even find a hideout yet lmao

[halcyon field]

im still scared to run it at level 80

[timber fjord]

i found them thanks

[vagrant tinsel]

u get the hideout when u finish the acts

[clear monolith]

i failed it due to a crash sadly they gotta fix it its so sannoinyg to switch multi tghread on and off and when you forget - restart PC

dont I have to get it on maps?

I havent seen a hideout yet

[vagrant tinsel]

it's right at the start

[halcyon field]

nah thats just the refuge

its not the hideout

[mental needle]

Unless you have the dreadnought or something from the supporter pack you have to get your first one from the atlas

[halcyon field]

pretty much same thing but is a lot more bothersome to get back to it if you TP'ed elsewhere to trade on a different server

[mental needle]

but it should be close to your starting point, I thought it was guaranteed?

[clear monolith]

I looked through it, I do not have a ideout close to the start and I am 20 maps deep still havent seen it

[craggy gyro]

what's the max lvl?

[halcyon field]

and u cant edit where all the npcs and stash is

[mental needle]

100

[clear monolith]

just uncluky

[craggy gyro]

nice, i will be able to activate so much more nodes !

i thought it stopped at like 80

[mental needle]

it gets really really slow

[clear monolith]

I keep getting keys that do not grant ascendancy points, I have like 20 of em. Are they worth anything?

[mental needle]

there are people playing 18 hours a day and no one is level 100 yet. I would plan your primary tree for 85-90ish and even that might be generous.

and you get 24 extra points from the campaign

[craggy gyro]

ok good to know thanks

[halcyon field]

how are people solving mana problems

I feel like I have to mana pot every like 5 seonds

[mental needle]

What are you playing and at what level?

[halcyon field]

level 80 invoker monk playing pure fire caster lmfao

I know its completely not really viable

[mental needle]

well you're level 80, so I guess it somewhat works, haha.

do you have +skill levels? If so, how many.

Those eat a ton of mana

[halcyon field]

yep

i put down a flame wall and solar orb and i have to pot immediately

[mental needle]

Yeah, +6 will do it. For mapping a jewel with mana on kill or two will do ya' good. For bossing you just need more mana/mana regen from the tree/gear. A flask that passively gains charges per second is also nice for bossing.

[halcyon field]

my gloves give 28 mana and another ring gives 24 mana on kill

[timber cave]

hover over your skill and see how much is its manacost

[silver kindle]

how do activate the troubled camps in act 3?

[mental needle]

Remember that some supports have a mana multiplier, so for a skill like solar orb or flame wall that is more supportive in nature you may want to take those off.

[halcyon field]

does it take into account support gem +% costs

[clear monolith]

how do you filter keys for trials that give ascendancy?

[halcyon field]

I feel like it doesnt

[halcyon field]

I think they have to be a certain level

[timber cave]

the tooltip tells you the accurate manacost

but remember that that's like per cast, and you're probably casting multiple times per pack or something

[halcyon field]

Yea I mean i can still manage lol but was thinking if there was some item that endgame ppl are running

[mental needle]

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Standard/JJXXp0vil Top left of the search window you can specify item level ranges. Below item category and rarity.

Just more Int/flat mana and a node or two on the tree.

[timber cave]

most actually run inspiration in their main skill 6 link

cause damage has been fine

[mental needle]

yeah inspiration is good too

[timber cave]

im running it in my mainskill 5 link cause my dps is fine

[halcyon field]

this my tree rn

[clear monolith]

Yes but how do I know they grant or do not grant ascendancy? Cuz I have like 20 that do not and here it doesnt say

[halcyon field]

Level 60+ for djinn for 3rd ascendancy I think

[halcyon field]

But until you're like Level 75+ or unless ur like following some meta build I wouldnt do it

[clear monolith]

I have several djinn and they are DO NOT grant acendancy - jesus why is it so complex lmao 😄

[scarlet sorrel]

is melee monk viable at all?

[halcyon field]

again the level has to be 60+ u can filter that on trade

[clear monolith]

I did it at like 62 or 3 and I crashed at 1hp on the boss, it was super easy

[timber cave]

both icestrike and tempest flurry monks are very strong

[halcyon field]

level of the djinn coin, not ur current level

[clear monolith]

but i havent gotten another drop which is kinda dumb

[halcyon field]

has to be 60+

[clear monolith]

yeah I ahve like 10 over lvl 60

that do not grant ascendancy

[halcyon field]

huh

[timber cave]

make sure its 3 floor

[scarlet sorrel]

what defenses to use?

[timber cave]

most go hybrid (life + es)

i personally went ci cause i hate chaos damage

but hybrid is way easier to gear

[halcyon field]

I thouight the ONLY viable monk builds were melee

I'm runnign mage monk fire only and its like playing on hard mode hahaha

[timber cave]

nah you can play caster

[halcyon field]

oh like eye of winter builds?

[timber cave]

yea

[scenic salmon]

That and other lies the government wants you to believe

[mental needle]

level 60+ should do it. Could you screenshot you hovering over one of those Barya's for me? It may just be a visual bug.

[timber cave]

any spell builds

[scarlet sorrel]

not evasion? i always see people say evasion but it seems weird to me to try to rely on a chance of getting hit or not

[halcyon field]

I'm only running evasion

[timber cave]

evasion is a secondary defensive layer, you tendto get some as the nodes around monk also gives you es based on evasion

[scarlet sorrel]

i always only see ranged monk builds and it makes me sad, like why play monk then

[halcyon field]

but have the node that ives u armour based on evasion, but deducts 40% of ur evasion

[timber cave]

the "ranged" you see is probably charged staff, which shoots projectiles out when you activate it, but is primarily melee

[mental needle]

A true avatar uses all the tools available to them 😎

[scarlet sorrel]

okay that makes, but mostly want to stack energy shield?

[halcyon field]

yeah most stack energy shield to go chaos innoculation

[timber cave]

its because es is overtuned atm, so most are going hybrid or ci

[halcyon field]

and grim feast doubles ur energy shield

[scenic salmon]

A true avatar use no weapon only his hands

[scarlet sorrel]

its not people using all tools available to them, its only using ranged because melee is worse lol

[timber cave]

hybrid is way easier to gear

[halcyon field]

is it? I feel like all the popular builds i see use melee

[timber cave]

both icestrike and tempest flurry are basically the best melee skills in the game

[mental needle]

the good monk builds are melee. Charged staff just makes it ranged in tempest flurry/storm wave's case

[timber cave]

it doesnt even make it ranged, it just looks ranged

[scarlet sorrel]

oposite for me but I'm glad you guys are saying melee is viable because being forced to used mostly ranged kinda turns me off of playing monk

[halcyon field]

ya

[timber cave]

no one's attacking in place to use the projectiles only

[mental needle]

I mean it doesn't make the tags ranged obv, I just mean the playstyle is at quite a safe range

[clear monolith]

lol just as I was saying I was poor, bam first Divine 😄

[timber cave]

i mean, the playstyle is kill enemies before they kill you, so basically melee

[mental needle]

xd

[timber fjord]

im just farming bone pit bosses till i get some upgrades till i do act 2 boss need a new chest piece for sure, maybe shrines better?

[reef stirrup]

hello does someone have spirit gems?

[halcyon field]

bro I havent had my first divine yet... what tier maps are u runnign and what MF rating do u have

[clear monolith]

it was on waystone 4, quite low Id have to say

just inclredible luck id say after not seeing an exalt for 10 levels

[halcyon field]

damn no exalts for 10 levels? are you trading?

I get people buying random skill gems from me all the time for 1 exalt

i prob sold 50+

[clear monolith]

I was pre-maps during campaign, I had a lot, now I am poor af

[halcyon field]

make sure u pick up base shit as well, i sold like 4 stellar amulet bases for like 10 exalts each

and sapphire rings for 5 ex

[craggy gyro]

is it normal a single hit kills me from bosses in act 3 cruel ?

[clear monolith]

I see, I need NeverSink - can I link here to ask if thats the right place to download it from/

[mental needle]

white stellar amulets are 10 ex?

[reef stirrup]

by any chance do you have some spirit gems?

[mental needle]

bro thank god I'm ssf, what the hell is going on in trade lmao

[halcyon field]

they are chancing it i htink for the unique

[halcyon field]

what level

[reef stirrup]

any

[timber cave]

https://github.com/NeverSinkDev/NeverSink-PoE2litefilter

[reef stirrup]

lvl 13 n above maybe?

[half meadow]

is this just straight up permanent???

[sonic flower]

yes

[reef stirrup]

yes

[half meadow]

oh my hell yes

[timber cave]

eat it

[round galleon]

Anyone playing Ranger?

[half meadow]

im boutta itadori this thing

[mental needle]

Yeah you get one from every act, cold res in act 1 lightning in act 2, fire in act 3

[round galleon]

In act 2 need some guidance on how to increase damage I am at act 2 and my thing isn't hitting the same

[mental needle]

act 1 also has a sideboss that gives hp

[clear monolith]

should I trade 1 dev for 85 ex so I can trade ? or keep it

[halcyon field]

lol i would trade

[reef stirrup]

keep it its gonna rise more

[night pike]

--

[halcyon field]

I think mid jan it will def balance out

divs I recokn arent intended to be that rare

[timber cave]

trade if you're playing actively

especially if you're looking to get better gear

if you're not trying to get anything then just leave it and convert when you need

[clear monolith]

ill keep it till I hit a brick wall as my most expensive item is like 3-4 ex but still dont die after i fixed my build

[timber cave]

yeah

better to just keep palying til you need an upgrade then you can go for a bigger upgrade with more

instead of having to cycle through changing your gear multiple times

[clear monolith]

thank you for explaining!

[half meadow]

@mental needle i think i missed the one in act 1

know the location of it by chance?

[scarlet sorrel]

do monk players use the basic quarter staff attack or is it just not really worth it?

[mental needle]

Ogham manor, you can't see it on the map unless you go to the underground layer. Candlemass

[rugged tangle]

most builds I've seen nobody really uses but really depends on what you want to do... still useful if you only need for building combo for bell

[timber cave]

we use it until lvl 15 because pre lvl 15 your other skills are just ok

[mental needle]

The basic attack is good until you get ice strike tbh, that's what I used it for.

[timber cave]

glacial cascade is alright but that's about it

[mental needle]

I really wanted to use frozen locus, but it was so awkward

[half meadow]

nvm i do have the cold lol

[mental needle]

oh the cold res is in clearfell, candlemass is the HP

the ice witch is clearfell is cold res

[half meadow]

yeah i have 10 on fire, cold and lightning rn

well not total actually i need to check lightning

i know have cold and fire

[scarlet sorrel]

thanks for the answers. is there a good lootfilter worth using rn or it the state of gear in the game making a loot filter still not really worth?

[mental needle]

Lightning res is spires of deshar

Loot filter is a necessity later on, ngl

[half meadow]

this is one quest i just could never find while in act 1 i have no idea where it is

[mental needle]

You don't really need it for campaign though

[unkempt anchor]

Hi i would like to check why can't u equip Cultist Greathammer with Giant Blood activated (Triple the attribute of equipment requirement (For this case its str requirement is 52 and if triples it attribute would be 156 (I am currently at 160)

[scarlet sorrel]

any good ones right now?

[shut sage]

In a random hut somewhere u just gotta find it

[half meadow]

oh no wonder

[mental needle]

Is your current weapon that is equipped granting you strength?

[unkempt anchor]

never mind i just saw short of 1 strength

[slim fable]

should do it, it gives you access to a good tool

[mental needle]

Neversink has one, but it doesn't filter much. I've been using this one https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1hjwiht/ments_final_loot_filter_release_for_path_of_exile/ With a few of my own adjustments.

[ripe marlin]

How do u get bots to leave

[mental needle]

Yeah you should absolutely do the renly quest, it lets you dismantle items for armour scraps/whetstones/ artificers orbs

[half meadow]

found it

thats huuuuuuuge

[ripe marlin]

……

[scarlet sorrel]

okay thanks. does that take into consideration what class you are playing?

[mental needle]

No

It will show you good bases of all types, not just ones you're using.

[scarlet sorrel]

okay thanks!

[half meadow]

also never found this quest in act 2 either

[mental needle]

That's also a permanent buff

[half meadow]

any hints lmaoo

[mental needle]

you need to drop a relic in the bone pits and keth and then put them in an altar in the valley of titans

[rugged tangle]

it requires you to get 2 different idols from different maps in act 2 and then place them on an altar and select 1 of 2 permanent buffs

[mental needle]

Did you do the sacrificial heart in act 3?

[rugged tangle]

the idols are random drops from mobs

[half meadow]

no not yet i think

[halcyon field]

do all the side quests they matter a lot late game

[half meadow]

i have both of them

so i just go to the valley of titans right

[halcyon field]

just tp to titan valley and its next to u

[rugged tangle]

the altar is in valley of titans I believe

[halcyon field]

its next to the tp point

[mental needle]

yeah it's right at the waypoint in valley of titans

[stable kiln]

I've been full clearing every map in the campaign, at least my first time though xd

[halcyon field]

the buff isnt that great but every bit matters

[mental needle]

ur telling me you just had those things all the way to act 1 cruel 😭

[rugged tangle]

if you have the waypoint there its right next to it up some stairs

[halcyon field]

same lmao

OCD

OCD > efficiency

[half meadow]

ima go with the flask buff here

but is there any reason for the charm one?

[haughty niche]

you can change it at any time

[half meadow]

ohhhh

awesome

[mental needle]

Better charm uptime, but yeah you can change this one

[rugged tangle]

personal preference, charges I prefer but I have high mana regen and dont use flask much lol

[mental needle]

the charm one is good for way later if you have 3 charm slots

[half meadow]

my mana is horrendous rn

[slim fable]

you can get more than 1 charm slot?

[halcyon field]

for delirium distillations, is it just random with rarer distillations just being rarer or does it get potentially more chance if you manage to get like as much kills as possible

[stable kiln]

I'm in the middle of that quest right now, amazing to know that you can change it's later

[mental needle]

You can get 3, +charm slots is an affix on belts.

[half meadow]

is that workbench thing only in the act 2 village?

[stable kiln]

fairly certain higher level belts is what does it

[halcyon field]

its a specific affix

u can buy them for like 1 ex

on trading

[mental needle]

It will be in every town and in your hideout.

[halcyon field]

its very useful lol

[brittle crown]

Hi there , i created accidently triple times the same offer in currency Exchange, so I lost this Gold? Or there is a way I can take it back?

[golden island]

Would there be an issue if I leave the wounded man in the riverbanks alive? Maybe he will be saved if I don't talk to him

On the other hand, would he be dropping good loot?

Guess he dies, fate cannot be changed

[jolly musk]

what are peoples opinions on the lab rn? im on my first character and tried to do it and it felt brutally difficult