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Azmerian Wisps are a special type of encounter that appeared in the game after the 0.2.0 patch update. They are the embodiment of the animal guardians in the game. They look like a beam of light and you will find them during the campaign and endgame.

The game does not provide detailed information on how Azmerian Wisps work or what rewards they bring. If you are interested, please see the content below.

What Are Azmerian Wisps?

Azmerian Wisps, or Azmeri Spirits, are unselectable creatures that first appeared in The Grelwood. They are divided into four types according to the different light they emit: Wild, Vivid, Primal, and Sacred.

The mechanics of Azmerian Wisps will only be unlocked after players complete The Hunt Begins quest in The Grelwood.

You will encounter 11 types of Azmerian Wisps in total:

Wilds

• Spirit of the Bear
• Spirit of the Boar
• Spirit of the Ox

Vivid

• Spirit of the Cat
• Spirit of the Stag
• Spirit of the Wolf

Primal

• Spirit of the Owl
• Spirit of the Primate
• Spirit of the Serpent

Sacred

• Wisp of the Spring Hare
• Spirit of the Fox

Among all Azmerian Wisps, you need to pay special attention to the two Sacred Wisps. They are very rare, and their effects are also unique.

Monsters affected by Wisp of the Spring Hare gain the following buffs:

• 20% increased movement speed
• 30% increased damage
• 20% increased attack and cast speed
• 60% increased resilience
• Chance to revive monsters when they die
• Monsters gain additional mental influence over time

Monsters possessed by Wisp of the Spring Hare gain the following buffs:

• 20% increased movement speed
• 30% increased damage
• 20% increased attack and cast speed
• 60% increased resilience
• This monster drops items that are 200% more rare
• Monsters gain random Rabbit buffs

Monsters affected by Spirit of the Fox gain the following buffs:

• 20% increased movement speed
• 30% increased damage
• 20% increased attack and cast speed
• 60% increased resilience
• Turn normal monsters into random magic monsters
• Turn magic monsters into random rare monsters

Monsters possessed by Spirit of the Fox gain the following buffs:

• Increases movement speed by 20%
• Increases damage by 30%
• Increases attack and casting speed by 20%
• Increases toughness by 60%
• Increases the rarity of items dropped by this monster by 200%
• Transforms rare monsters into random unique map bosses

Monsters possessed and affected by these two Azmerian Wisps become very powerful, but also drop rarer POE 2 currency and equipment.

Mechanism Of Azmerian Wisps

When you find an Azmerian Wisps on the map, you can follow it. Azmerian Wisps will speed up or slow down based on your speed, but will always keep a distance from you. Azmerian Wisps have a fixed path forward. If you leave this path for too long, they will disappear from the map.

The end of this path is a unique monster or a rare monster. After you reach the end, Azmerian Wisps will be attached to the monster and provide buffs to the monster. Each Azmerian Wisps provides different buffs.

Monsters along the route will also be affected by the buffs of Azmerian Wisps, and after you defeat all monsters affected by Azmerian Wisps, defeat the monsters that are possessed by Azmerian Wisps to maximize your rewards.

Rewards From Azmerian Wisps

After defeating a monster possessed by an Azmerian Wisps, besides the regular rewards such as currency, it will also drop a special rune, Talismans. There is one Talisman for each Azmerian Wisps.

Talismans can also be equipped into equipment slots to provide buffs to the player, but each Talisman can only be equipped on specific equipment. For example, Ox Talisman can only be equipped with boots and cannot be embedded in Body Armors.

There are 11 Talismans in the game, and their equippable parts and effects are as follows:

• Serpent Talisman (Gloves): Increased Curse Magnitudes increased by 5%
• Wolf Talisman (Gloves): Increased bleeding by 10%
• Boar Talisman (Gloves): Gain 1 Rage when you melee attack
• Primate Talisman (Helmets): Increased the maximum health of minions by 12%
• Stag Talisman (Helmets): Increased exposure effect by 8%
• Bear Talisman (Helmets): Increased area of effect by 8%
• Fox Talisman (Body Armors): All skill quality +2%
• Rabbit Talisman (Body Armors): Increased item rarity by 8%
• Cat Talisman (Boots): Reduced damage to your Critical Damage Bonus by 15%
• Owl Talisman (Boots): Increased cooldown recovery rate 5%
• Ox Talisman (Boots): Increases the range of Presence Area by 20%

Note that once Talismans are slotted, they cannot be removed. If you would like to slot a Talisman into your gear, you can buy POE 2 Currency and trade it with other players who do not use Talismans.

How To Find Azmerian Wisps?

Azmerian Wisps appear randomly, but there are some things you can do to increase your chances of encountering them.

• Azmeri Ranges: A rare map type that only appears in the endgame map. Multiple Azmerian Wisps can appear in this map.
• Atlas Tree Passives: Some nodes in Atlas tree can increase your chances of encountering Azmerian Wisps in the endgame map.
• Precursor Tablets: Modifiers for Precursor Tablets can increase the spawn rate of Azmerian Wisps in the map.

That’s about all the information about Azmerian Wisps. While they may seem like a treasure chest that brings a lot of currency and items to players, they can also provide powerful buffs to monsters, so be prepared to find them.

When playing POE series, I believe you can never don’t want to have too much loot! Because the currency, gear and items contained in it can help your character grow smoothly until it is powerful enough to deal with enemies of all levels. To do this, the game must set up enough battles as a source of loot.

Based on the first game, although Path of Exile 2 early access has done a good job in the loot pool overall, there is still a problem with the low drop rate of some special items. Fortunately, the game will bring a series of new content in POE 2 0.2.0 patch Dawn Of The Hunt released on April 4, including Rogue Exiles and Azmerian Wisps that can provide you with more loot!

Rogue Exiles

After entering the endgame stage, you will encounter various random events and enemies in the map, and Rogue Exiles is one of them. Although they are game NPCs, the name indicates that they are essentially the same group as you, the exile, and you have the same skills and moves.

During the battle, Rogue Exiles can avoid your attacks through dodge rolls, smart pathfinding, smart aiming, and more dynamic gameplay, and can even equip and use some items you may also have. What’s more amazing is that each Rogue Exile belongs to a specific class, for example, a Rogue Exile holding a hammer can use Warrior class skills to attack you.

However, it is precisely because of this special and interesting new mechanism that your battle with Rogue Exiles is in PVE form, but the experience will be closer to PVP mode, which is definitely a thorough innovation for POE series of games.

How To Find Rogue Exiles?

It is expected that in Dawn Of The Hunt, Rogue Exiles will not be set in a specific map, but randomly scattered on various endgame maps. To find them, you need to fully explore Atlas of Worlds - it is the core of POE 2 endgame, where you can select maps, place Waystones, and plan routes to difficult boss encounters.

It is worth noting that when you explore Atlas map, there are some landmarks that can speed up your exploration progress or increase the difficulty of the map to increase the rewards available. It is expected that they may also play a similar role in your Rogue Exiles farming. These landmarks are:

• Realmgate
• Lost Towers
• Hideouts
• Burning Monolith
• Citadels

However, when you increase the challenge difficulty of the map through a certain landmark, you’d better buy POE 2 Currency to bring more positive modifier effects to your weapons and gear, otherwise you may not be able to resist the stronger Rogue Exiles.

What Rewards Can You Get For Defeating Rogue Exiles?

Each Rogue Exile has a special piece of gear. After entering Atlas map, you can hover over Rogue Exiles to highlight the description of Rogue Exile and the gear they hold. You can then carry out targeted gear farming as needed.

Azmerian Wisps

As a new species that will appear in Wraeclast, Azmerian Wisps are more like a special buff for inherent POE 2 enemies than an enemy. You will start to encounter them in Grelwood after entering Act 1. When you approach them, these Wisps that look like glowing balls will flee, and all monsters that come into contact with it on the way will be injected with special effects and become more powerful.

The tricky thing is that Wisps will also find more rare or unique monsters on their own, giving them powerful new abilities. The buffs the enemy gets depend on the type of Wisps that possess it. Path of Exile 2 Dawn Of The Hunt is expected to bring 4 Azmerian Wisps, and they and their effects are as follows:

• Bear: When this Wisp is attached to an enemy, it increases the enemy’s health and the stun effect it can cause. In addition, it will periodically summon a phantom bear to damage you by slamming the ground.
• Winter Owl: Winter Owl can enhance the host’s cold damage output and provide it with an energy shield, and summon a tornado that can protect the host, and a wind vortex when the host dies - they will destroy everything in range.
• Wild Cat: All monsters affected by Wild Cat will deal with more critical hits to you and increase the dodge rate they have. It also summons Feline Spirits to suppress you.
• Cunning Fox: This fox can convert the host to the next rarity level, such as converting normal to magic, magic to rare, and rare to boss, making it more powerful.

Interestingly, you can also modify the behavior and skills of Azmerian Wisps in the game through Atlas Tree and Tablets to make their behavior more in line with your combat habits. Considering that the in-game economy will be reset after Dawn Of The Hunt goes online, if you accidentally adjust Azmerian Wisps to be more difficult, it is recommended that you complete other tasks in time to gain more currency to strengthen your character.

Rewards From Azmerian Wisps

If you can defeat enemies possessed by Azmerian Wisps, you will be able to obtain special amulets that can be inserted into specific items with slots, thereby expanding the possibilities of POE 2 builds you can use.

The above is the specific information we brought to you about the two new mechanisms that will be released in patch 0.2.0. I hope they can help you!