Path of Exile 2
Guides
Task-focused guides linked to the exact items, mechanics, outcome tables, and tools used in each step.- Step guides
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- Mechanic guides
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Endgame mechanic guides
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Abyss
Abyss is a fissure encounter found from Act 2 onward and in maps. Follow the moving fissure, defeat the monsters linked to it, close each pit, and claim the reward at the end of the chain.
Rules, progression, rewards, and sources
Breach
Open an Unstable Breach, keep it alive by killing Hiveborn, fill the progress bar to stabilise it, then clear the challenges that appear at the starting point.
Rules, progression, rewards, and sources
Delirium
Enter the Delirium Mirror, move with the fog toward the map boss, break the marked mirror shards, and finish the encounter before the fog overtakes you.
Rules, progression, rewards, and sources
Ritual
Complete Ritual Altars to earn Tribute, then spend it on Favours, reroll the offers, defer an expensive reward, or offer the remainder toward An Audience with the King.
Rules, progression, rewards, and sourcesAscendancy
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How to choose a class and Ascendancy
Compare all eight classes by starting attributes, passive-tree position, associated combat style, and all 23 current Ascendancy choices.
10 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-30
Trial of the Sekhemas guide
Enter with a Barya, protect Honour, choose a route through each floor, use Relics and Sacred Water, defeat the scheduled boss, and claim the eligible Ascendancy reward.
8 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-24
Trial of Chaos guide
Enter with an Inscribed Ultimatum, complete rooms while accumulating trial modifiers, defeat the scheduled bosses, and claim rewards or Ascendancy points from the completed tier.
8 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-24
How to become an Abyssal Lich
Start as a Witch who has already become a Lich, obtain Kulemak's Invitation, defeat the full-power Vessel of Kulemak, and embrace Abyssal power in the Black Cathedral.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-21
How to change Ascendancy
Complete a suitable Ascension Trial, refund every allocated Ascendancy point beside the Ascension device, and choose another regular Ascendancy for the same character class.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-21Challenges
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Atlas
5Delirium progression guide
Complete a moving-fog Delirium encounter, develop a Grand Mirror fog bank, create and finish a Simulacrum, then use Raven's Reflection to reach the Raven Trickster.
6 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-27
Rite of the Nameless guide
Unlock the five-map Ritual chain, choose its rewards, collect every effigy piece, and open the Bodach encounter at Caer Tarth.
4 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-24
Expedition guide
Plan an explosive chain, choose Runeshape rewards, clear Verisium Remnants, reveal ocean islands with Logbooks, and complete The Grand Expedition boss route.
9 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-24
How to unlock all Atlas Passive Tree points
Complete the Precursor Fortress for the main tree, then finish the Abyss, Breach, Delirium, Expedition, Temple, and Ritual questlines and their current boss routes.
11 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-24
How to Start Mapping and Sustain Waystones
Open the first Atlas map, choose safe Waystone modifiers, use Tablets in the current Map Device interface, sustain higher tiers, and reach the Precursor Fortress.
8 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-29Campaign
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All permanent quest rewards and skill points
Track every permanent campaign stat, reward choice, and Weapon Set Passive Skill Point source by act, with exact locations and links.
3 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-24
Experience and leveling guide
Choose content inside the full-experience level range, calculate the exact level multiplier, check XP to the next level, and avoid preventable endgame experience loss.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-26
How to Get a Hideout
Unlock Shoreline Hideout in Act 4, enter it from a waypoint or town, change the active layout, and claim the four additional Hideouts found on the Atlas.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28Items
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Unique Relic challenge runs
Choose a Zarokh reward, check the matching Unique Relic restriction, prepare the altar and Barya, then complete a four-floor Trial of the Sekhemas.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-30
How to get Runeseeker's Call
Obtain a Depleted Mana Rune from Uhtred, reach 10,000 current Mana, charge the Rune, and give the resulting Infused Mana Rune to Farrow.
6 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-24
How to Get Catalysts in PoE2
Collect Hiveblood and Lavish Wombgifts from Breaches, then grow the Wombgift in the Genesis Tree's Currency Womb for a chance to obtain Catalysts.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-29Crafting
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Rare item crafting
A practical order for choosing a base, controlling rarity and modifiers, checking odds, and deciding when an item is ready for corruption.
6 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-20
Anointments and Instilling guide
Find every current Instilling recipe, preserve the exact Liquid Emotion order, and add a Notable Passive Skill to an eligible item.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-24
How to Socket and Replace Runes
Add an Augment Socket, choose a target-specific Rune effect, replace an old Augment, and understand when an Orb of Extraction destroys the equipment.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28
How to Unlock and Use the Reforging Bench
Complete Treasures of Utzaal in Act 3, bring The Hammer of Kamasa to Oswald, then use the Reforging Bench without losing an important item, socket, or modifier.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-29
How Do Wombgifts Work? How to Use the Genesis Tree
Hiveblood is stored at the Genesis Tree. Unlock it with Ailith, then use Lavish Wombgifts for currency, Signet for rings, Ornate for amulets, Banded for belts, and Revelatory for Breachstones.
6 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-29Essences
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Corruption
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Runeshapes
1Cultivation
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Basics
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How to show items on the ground
Show item labels in PoE2 with Z or Alt, restore the Always Highlight setting, check controller bindings, and tell a hidden loot-filter item from a disabled label.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28
Path of Exile 2 item filter guide
Install a PoE2 loot filter on PC or console, choose strictness, understand Show, Hide, Continue, conditions and styles, reveal hidden drops, and test changes safely.
6 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28
Increased vs More, Reduced vs Less
Understand Increased vs More in PoE2, Reduced vs Less, additive and multiplicative stacking, local weapon modifiers, matching scope, and the exact calculation order.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28
Which Path of Exile 2 league should you choose?
Choose between Runes of Aldur, Standard, Hardcore, and Solo Self-Found, and understand why Return of the Ancients and Fate of the Vaal are not current league choices.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28
How to Use PoE2 Trade and Advanced Search Filters
Build precise item searches with AND, NOT, IF, COUNT, pseudo stats, Weighted Sum, and regex, then buy or sell through the correct PoE2 market.
14 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-29
How to Reset an Area Instance
Create a fresh campaign area with a new layout, monsters, and drops by opening the Instance Manager from a waypoint or area entrance.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28
How to Respec Passive Skills
Refund regular passive nodes for Gold, avoid disconnected paths, handle weapon-set allocations, and use Refund all Passives when the full cost is affordable.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28
How to Get More Charm Slots
Get a belt with the correct item level, complete Ancient Vows, use Hunter's Talisman or special Unique items, and understand why the current cap remains three Charms.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28
How to Identify Items
Identify one item with a Scroll of Wisdom, identify the full inventory for free with The Hooded One or Doryani, and understand when each method is available.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28
How to Use Uncut Gems
Engrave Skill, Support, and Spirit Gems, upgrade existing gems without choosing the wrong level, and fix common socket, compatibility, Attribute, and Spirit problems.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28
How to Get More Support Gem Sockets
Increase a Skill Gem from two to five Support sockets, understand item-granted and passive-granted skill breakpoints, and decide whether to risk corruption for a sixth socket.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28
How to Increase Skill Gem Quality
Use Gemcutter's Prisms efficiently, read the exact Quality effect for each Skill or Spirit Gem, and understand Advanced Thaumaturgy, temporary bonuses, and the 23% corruption cap.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28
Low, High, and Full Resource States
Understand Low Life, Low Mana, High, and Full thresholds in PoE2, including reservation, overflow, count-as modifiers, and effects that trigger only when a threshold is crossed.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28
How to Get More Spirit
Claim all 100 permanent campaign Spirit, compare equipment and passive sources, calculate reservation, and fix Persistent Skills that will not stay enabled.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28How to Use Weapon Sets
Equip two weapon sets, assign Skills for automatic swapping, allocate weapon-specific passives correctly, and avoid Spirit or requirement failures after a swap.
5 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-28How to survive Hits and damage over time
Identify whether incoming damage is a Hit or damage over time, then match it to Evasion, Block, Armour, Resistances, Energy Shield, or Deflection.
8 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-30Ailments, Buildup, Threshold, and Magnitude
Diagnose ailment application by separating chance, Buildup, threshold, Magnitude, duration, and stacking instead of treating them as one percentage.
8 steps | Reviewed 2026-07-30