Genesis Tree in Path of Exile 3.27 is a powerful mechanic that allows you to select specific item categories and modifier combinations. It reliably generates items with Fractured affix. It's similar to, but not entirely like, crafting, allowing you to easily acquire craftable gear.
While it looks somewhat like the Atlas Tree, the actual operation is quite different. If you master this mechanic, crafting both currency and gears will be much easier.
How To Unlock Passives?
First, you need to obtain Graftblood by completing breach encounters. Then, you can use Graftblood to progress in the passive trees of Genesis Tree. Additionally, completing breaches will also yield green quest items, which directly unlock additional nodes.
Graftblood And Wombgifts
During unstable breaches, Graftblood and Wombgifts provide the highest yield per unit of time, while Hive Fortress also offers good returns but is more time-consuming.
Graftblood
Graftblood is stored in Grafts, and its capacity is determined by the combined capacity of the two Grafts you equip. However, you can increase Graftblood capacity through specific modifiers and quality bonuses on Grafts. Quality is randomized by a node on the passive skill tree.
Note that Graftblood is untradeable, so Grafts modifiers that increase its yield are very useful. Also, you don't need to worry too much about capacity, and your focus should be on upgrading Grafts to improve capacity and modifier quality.
Wombgifts
Wombgifts are actual items added to the crafting tree, specifying the type of item you want to create. They fall into the following categories:
- Provisioning Wombgift: Grows into equipment.
- Lavish Wombgift: Grows into currency.
- Ancient Wombgift: Grows into unique items.
- Growing Wombgift: Grows into Graft items.
- Mysterious Wombgift: Produces hybrid items, including maps, quality gems, and stacked decks. Other types of Wombgifts can also be produced after selecting Parthenogenesis notable node.
Wombgifts can be traded asynchronously to focus on crafting specific types. You can bias the drop type of Wombgifts by using affixes on Grafts.
Genesis Tree Branches
Genesis Tree is mainly divided into several areas, corresponding to Wombgift types. You can use talent points to make it produce the corresponding items. Genesis Tree talent tree can be reset at will without consuming any items.
Graft Item Womb
Graft item wombs produce Grafts. You can use nodes to bias the drop of Grafts type you want. If you need Grafts from two types, you can assign the corresponding two Notable nodes to make the drop roughly even. If you need three or all types, don't assign any Notable nodes.
Other nodes are used to obtain more and better Grafts and the currency for crafting affixes. You can add additional affixes to Grafts using Transmutation Orbs, Augmentation Orbs, Alteration Orbs, Regal Orbs, and Exalted Orbs.
Current Item Womb
Currency Item Womb obviously produces currency, and its talent node strategy is relatively fixed:
- Fertile Genesis
- Prodigal Offspring
- Wild Growth
These three nodes provide more and better currency, with a chance to drop full stacks of POE currency. Reflexive Contractions node is also an option, which can be used to gamble on Pioneer-related items. But remember not to choose Encrusted Fruit, as it may replace valuable currency with a large amount of gold.
Additionally, Foulborn Currency Chance node at the top of the tree can convert regular currency into Foulborn Currency. However, if you need more currency for trading with other players, you can avoid this node and choose other nodes at the top of the tree.
Unique Item Womb
Unique Item Womb produces unique items. It allows you to specify item categories and attributes, and even improve sockets, increasing or decreasing the chance of an item becoming Foulborn.
One of the affixes in Foulborn uniques will be replaced. Although the effect is random, some are very powerful, and you can try your luck.
When you have a clear goal, specify the category and attributes, reduce unwanted attributes, and select the socket and quality nodes. Unstable Growth can randomly grant more than 20% quality, which is very useful for items like chest armor.
Mysterious Item Womb
Mysterious Item Wombs produce hybrid items, such as special boss maps, scarabs, Hivebrain Gland, Stacked Deck, etc. However, after selecting Parthenogenesis, they can also produce other Wombgifts.
The passive tree for Mysterious Item Wombs isn't very large, but Parthenogenesis is a key node because high-item-level Wombgifts are generally more valuable than other items in the hybrid item tree. You can specialize in one type of Wombgift, but currently the differences between the various Wombgift types are not significant.
Equipment Item Womb
Equipment Item Womb has the largest tree. When you select an item category, you can use the upper half of the tree to reduce the chance of unwanted affixes. Using the lower half of the tree, you can increase the chance of desired affixes and add additional bonuses such as quality, sockets, connections, and fracturing. Here are the important nodes:
Solid Cysts
Gives a 33% chance to make an affix Fractured (locked, immutable). This is an excellent starting point for advanced crafting, and Fractured items can be valuable in themselves.
Severing
Removes the lowest item level affix from an item. When used with Fractured, it increases the average quality of Fractured affixes and frees up space for bench crafting. However, it may remove lower item level affixes you want, so use with caution.
Modifier Tier Rating
This type of node depends on the type of item you are crafting. It increases the minimum affix value, making it easier to obtain higher-tier affixes.
Divine Rolls
This node works similarly to PoE Divine Orbs, allowing items to roll better values, but it has no effect on the affixes that cannot be divined.
Additionally, the passive tree contains nodes that increase item level. If you use item level 83 Wombgifts in conjunction with these nodes, you can produce item level 86 gear. These nodes are very helpful if you need high-level gear.
You don't actually need a fixed optimal Genesis Tree; instead, you should configure your Genesis Tree based on your gear needs. Choose nodes based on the base stats and required affixes of the gear you want to upgrade. Besides using it yourself, you can also monitor market trends and craft rare gear for popular builds to farm currency.
