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Nearly a month after the release of Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.3.0: The Third Edict, the first patch is finally here. Officials announced their change plan on September 25th, and Patch 0.3.1 is expected to be released between September 29th and October 5th.

The primary focus of these changes is the endgame, and it‘s Based on player feedback. The developers have streamlined the endgame to reduce negative user experiences while maintaining benefits. Let's take a look at the specific changes in this update.

Tablets And Towers

Since players don't like the idea of ​​finding Towers on the map to enhance it, especially finding multiple overlapping Towers for optimal benefits, we've made some optimizations to this area.

Precursor Tablets will no longer rely on Towers on the map, but will be used directly in Map Device. Each time you use a Precursor Tablet, its use count decreases, and when it reaches 0, it will be destroyed.

You can use up to three tablets on a single map, but the number of available slots depends on the number of affixes in the map. A six-affix map will have all three slots open. This obviously isn't as good as stacking multiple tablets together, but we've made some adjustments to compensate for this.

To compensate for the lower stacking limit, the effects of modifiers on tablets have been increased by approximately 2-3 times, and some new affixes (such as extra shrines and strongboxes) have been added.

To compensate for the lower content limit per map, the effects of affixes on tablets have been significantly increased by 2-3 times. Here are some clear examples:

• Collector: Item rarity increased from 7-10% to 10-30%.
• Teeming: The number of magic monsters increased from 15-25% to 25-70%.
• Of Strongboxes: The chance of containing a strongbox increased from 30-50% to 50-100%.

Tablets will also receive several new affixes:

• Of the Devoted: Contains an additional Shrine on the map.
• Of the Antiquarian: Contains an additional Strongbox on the map.
• Crystallized: Contains an additional Essence on the map.
• Exiled: Contains an additional Rogue Exile on the map.
• Azmeri: Contains an additional Azmeri Spirit on the map.
• Summoner: Contains an additional Summoning Circle on the map.
• of the Summoning: Contains a 25-50% chance of a Summoning Circle in the map.

While their role has been reduced, Towers still exist, primarily for unlocking Atlas vision and rewarding a Precursor Tablet.

Maps And Bosses

The fact that only some maps had bosses, while others required clearing all rare monsters, made the map farming experience less enjoyable. Clearing rare monsters in particular became a monotonous task of following minimap icons. We've made adjustments to address this issue.

Bosses

After patch 0.3.1, all Endgame maps will contain a map boss. Players only need to defeat the map boss to complete the map, eliminating the need to clear rare monsters. You can freely choose how many small monsters to clear.

As for map icons that previously indicated a boss, patch 0.3.1 now indicates that the boss in that map will be more challenging and offer greater rewards.

Map Randomness

To increase fun and earn more PoE 2 Currency, each map will automatically have one to three random extra items (Breach, Expedition, Ritual, Delirium, etc.) added to it upon generation.

Previously, these random items displayed icons on the map. However, starting with patch 0.3.1, these icons will be removed from Atlas. All non-player-added items will be randomly generated, while the system will avoid duplication with player-added items. If you add a Ritual activity to a map, additional items will be randomly generated.

Map Size And Monster Density

To reduce the farming time per map, we've adjusted the map size and monster density. In Tier 1 maps, the number of monsters and monster hordes has been reduced by 30%. As the map level increases, the number of monsters will gradually increase, returning to current levels by Tier 15.

Open maps will have slightly lower monster density than enclosed indoor maps to prevent overwhelmed monsters in open areas.

Fifteen maps will be reduced in size:

• Augury
• Bastille
• Blooming Field
• Channel
• Epitaph
• Fortress
• Grimhaven
• Hidden Grotto
• Oasis
• Penitentiary
• Rupture
• Savannah
• Slick
• Vaal City
• Wetlands

Other Miscellaneous Changes

Due to the introduction of tiered currency, the value of PoE 2 Orb of Alchemy PoE 2 decreased. It can now be used on magic items, upgrading them to rare and rerolling four affixes. This function is somewhat similar to a hybrid of Chao Orbs and Orbs of Alchemy.

To accommodate these changes, Atlas talent tree has been adjusted to accommodate the relevant talent nodes, but the goal is to keep the benefits largely unchanged.

Summary

Overall, most of the changes are excellent and meet player expectations. Officially stated, it's intended to pave the way for 0.4.0, and while these changes will clearly make the next season even better, it also makes PoE 2 feel more and more like PoE 1 Plus.

The changes to reduce monster density in Tier 1 through Tier 14 maps are clearly intended to help struggling new players, while this is bad news for players who are fully geared up, making farming low-level maps less rewarding and less fun. This may be the only controversial aspect of this change.

With the influx of new players entering Path of Exile 2, patch 0.3.0 aims to further simplify and reduce the difficulty of the endgame to help new players adapt. However, with the extremely demanding POE 2, building a polished build still requires considerable effort for new players.

Good gear can significantly improve the endgame experience and increase farming speed, creating a positive feedback loop. If you want to farm more efficiently in the endgame, you can buy PoE 2 Currency on IGGM.com and obtain the gear you need most.

Nearly a month after the release of Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.3.0, The Third Edict, Path of Exile 2 plans to participate in Tokyo Game Show 2025 (TGS 2025) from September 25th to 28th to further promote the game and the update.

Path of Exile 2 will not only showcase and promote the game, but will also host a Boss Rush Event for attendees. The better your performance, the higher your chances of winning exclusive merchandise!

So how will you play this event, and what other exciting activities will Path of Exile 2 bring to the show? We'll explain.

POE 2 In Tokyo Game Show 2025

First and foremost, Tokyo Game Show, or TGS for short, is a classic, world-renowned video game convention, first held in 1996. The show was held twice annually from 1996 to 2002, and has been held once annually in September since then.

The show typically lasts four days, with the first two days open to industry professionals and the last two days open to the public. TGS primarily showcases Japanese games, but international video game developers also participate.

This year's Tokyo Game Show will take place from September 25-28, 2025, at Makuhari Messe, and Path of Exile 2 will be located in Hall 2 Booth S03. The game is expected to use the show to showcase additional post-patch 0.3.0 content.

In addition to promoting the game and hosting a Boss Rush Event (more on this later), Path of Exile 2 will also be hosting social media abilities during TGS 2025.

For example, you can take a selfie in Vaal Orb photo booth, set it as your profile picture, and post it on social media with the hashtag "#PoE2TGS" for a chance to win an exclusive key-cap or badge set.

How To Participate In Boss Rush Event?

Path of Exile 2 booth will host this event during the show, and anyone interested can participate (though there may be a wait due to crowds).

Boss Rush Event features 15 powerful bosses from various Path of Exile 2 acts, one after another. Your challenge is to defeat as many of them as possible within a 20-minute time limit.

A live leaderboard will be displayed above the booth throughout the event. The more bosses you kill and the less time you consume on the event, the higher your ranking will be.

Not only will you enjoy the glory of being a top player, but you'll also receive exclusive game merchandise, with the number of prizes depending on how many bosses you defeat. Even if you just watch, you'll have a chance to draw a prize!

To participate in Boss Rush Event, you'll need to choose one of seven pre-selected characters (one for each class) to enter the game. The bosses will then appear one by one.

It's worth noting that before attacking the boss, you'll need to defeat several groups of monsters ahead of them to test your skill. After that, you can unleash your attacks on the boss until it's defeated.

Defeating the current boss will open the portal to the next arena, and the level of all subsequent bosses will increase. Furthermore, many of the 15 bosses are from the recent The Third Edict update. So it's difficult to defeat them all if you haven't started playing in the new league yet.

While participating in this event won't bring rewards to your game account, it will be fun and exciting, allowing you to hone your game skills. This will give you the opportunity to earn more POE 2 currency later in-game.

How To Prepare For This Event?

If you're confident in your abilities and want to test your skills in Boss Rush Event at this expo, it's recommended that you practice playing the game beforehand, or at least learn more about the bosses you might encounter.

The specific 15 bosses that will appear in Boss Rush Event are still unknown, but most will be from the newly added Act 4. If you've been playing PoE 2, you're likely already familiar with the bosses from Acts 1-3.

Act 4's new bosses include:

• The Prisoner
• Scourge of the Skies
• Great White One
• Diamora, Song of Death
• Captain Hartlin
• Blind Beast
• Krutog
• Yama the White
• Torvian
• Benedictus
• Tavakai, the Chieftain

As for the bosses from Acts 1-3 that may appear in Boss Rush Event, it's expected that a selection of the following will be chosen as your opponents. If you're not familiar with all the boss mechanics, prioritize the more difficult or well-known ones.

Act 1:

• The Bloated Miller
• Beira of the Rotten Pack
• The Devourer
• The Rust King
• The Bramblehast
• Asia Praetor Consort
• Draven Eternal Praetor
• Lachlann of Endless Lament
• The Executioner
• The Crowbell
• Candlemass the Living Rite
• The King in the Mists
• Count Geonor
• The Rotten Druid

Act 2:

• Rathbreaker
• Balbala the Traitor
• L'im the Impaler
• Jamanra the Risen King
• Tor Gul the Defiler
• Deathlord of Blackrib Pit & Ekbab Ancient Steed
• Rudja Dread Engineer
• Zalmarath the Colossus
• Constrictor Queen Kabala

Act 3:

• Rootdredge
• Mighty Silverfist
• Blackjaw the Remnant
• Xyclucian, the Chimera
• Zicoatl, Warden of the Core
• Ignagduk, the Bog Witch
• Mektul, the Forgemaster
• Queen of Filth
• Ketzuli, High Priest of the Sun
• Doryani

In fact, Path of Exile 2 has previously held Boss Rush Events and similar offline challenges at other trade shows, so you can also learn more and prepare by searching and watching videos of past events.

That's all for this introduction. TGS 2025 is just around the corner. If you've already arrived in the host city, be sure to prepare for the upcoming Boss Rush Event! We look forward to your success and the prizes!

As one of the key main classes in PoE 2, Witch is an intelligence-based class focused on summoning minions and using dark magic to kill enemies. Its reliable damage output and low difficulty of mastering make it ideal for beginners.

Of course, just because it's easy to master doesn't mean you can easily tackle more advanced Path of Exile 2 content by playing as a Witch, especially since the release of patch 0.3.0, when the game's mechanics became richer and more complex.

With this in mind, this article will introduce a Bleed Witch build crafting guide that will help you complete most of Rise of the Abyssal league content and successfully enter the endgame.

Bleed Witch Build Crafting Overview

While Lightning Spear is a skill more suited to Amazons, this build also allows you to deal bleed damage to enemies and create more explosions with Lightning Spear.

In addition, you'll want to utilize Armor Break mechanic to increase enemy damage in subsequent encounters. To achieve this, you can either use Armor Break skill directly (if you have it) or add specific support gems, such as:

• Splinter: Breaks enemy armor by linking it to an attack skill.
• Corrosion: Reduces the effectiveness of enemy armor through poison or gas effects.
• Armor Explosion: Deals damage in an area when an enemy's armor is completely destroyed.

Building on this, you can make Lightning Spear even more powerful, inflicting a more intense bleed effect. For boss encounters, you can utilize Curse and Rake debuffs and Blood Hunt skill to completely decimate the enemy.

In addition, if you plan to use this build, it's best to choose Blood Mage as Ascendancy class. This will unlock Blood Barbs skill, which deals Aggravated bleed to cursed targets and also grants bleeding magnitude with elemental damage.

Note that as you progress, this build will require you to continually acquire new gems and replace old skills with new ones. If you can't unlock new skills quickly, consuming specific PoE 2 currency to enhance gear is another option.

Step 1: Become A Witch (And Blood Mage)

As we've explained, you must first become a Witch and then select Blood Mage after unlocking Ascendancy class mechanic before you can begin crafting this build.

When you arrive in the major zone Clearfell in Act 1, find Renly and obtain a spear from him. After that, unlock Explosive Spear, Contagion, and Frost Bomb skills and equip them.

How To Utilize Related Skills?

After unlocking the necessary skills, first throw your spear forward at an enemy, then cast Contagion to cause it to explode, spreading the debuff to the remaining enemies and killing them. If you use Frost Bomb against a boss, you'll gain additional elemental exposure.

By continuously casting the skills in this order, Explosive Spear, Frost Bomb, and Contagion, you can continuously control enemies and cause them to take damage. To achieve this, you'll need to consistently cast Explosive Spear and Contagion.

After casting Explosive Spear twice, the first spear will explode with the second, and Contagion will spread again, destroying enemies until you defeat the boss, The Rust King.

This will unlock your first Tier 3 gem, allowing you to equip Lightning Spear, replacing Explosive Spear in your rotation to deal lightning and fire damage.

How To Choose The Offhand Weapon?

Until the end of Act 3, your ideal offhand gear is Rattling Scepter, which grants you bonus Spirit. However, unlocking Herald of Thunder buff will be even better.

This skill ensures that after killing a stunned enemy, your Lightning Spear will always stun them, dealing bonus damage. As you progress, don't hesitate to choose Storm Lance when you unlock your first Tier 5 gem.

Fire three Storm Lance spells at the ground followed by an Explosive Spear to create a massive explosion for massive damage. Also, don't forget to utilize Elemental Armorman and the support gem Living Lightning.

How To Choose Passives?

In early-game combat, you need to absorb all the damage from enemy attacks while also dealing extra damage to them. Adding the necessary passives for bonus attack damage is crucial.

When you use Lightning Spear to quickly pierce through a group of enemies and apply bleeds, rare monsters will accumulate some bleed. You can use Blood Hunt to blast them, managing critical and inevitable critical to allow the bleed to deal true damage.

Note that from this point on, Frost Bomb will be replaced by Elemental Weakness, which requires a strong reveal effect and a longer duration. Therefore, your passive should further increase your attack damage against full-health enemies.

To this end, it's best to give Lightning Spear a larger blade on the first attack to deal more damage against rare and unique enemies and gain a significant attack damage bonus.

To achieve this, you'll need to maximize attack damage, creating a consistent damage output, and then gradually increase the bleeding effect - since all elemental damage is a bleeding magnitude.

While this guide is designed to help you utilize this build through the early stages of Patch 0.3.0, you can still choose this build after Act 3 and even the endgame, provided you've upgraded it to further enhance it.

We hope this guide is helpful as you play Path of Exile 2. We wish you all the best during your time in Rise of the Abyssal League!

POE 2 Patch 0.3.0 has begun, and besides returning veteran players, this update has also attracted a number of new players. A new league means a new economy. Before the season begins, besides finding the right builds, another important step is to farm PoE 2 currency.

POE 2 offers a wide variety of currencies, but their drop rates are low, so consistently farming a single currency requires a certain investment. Because of the changes in Patch 0.3.0, we recommend choosing Essence as it's currently in high demand, relatively easy to farm, and relatively low in investment.

What Is Essence?

Essence is a currency that adds specific prefixes or suffixes to your weapons or equipment. It comes in four different qualities:

• Lesser: Only worth using in story mode
• Normal: partially worth using
• Greater: Primarily used in the endgame

The above three essences are used on magic items to transform them into rare items and add a guaranteed affix.

• Perfect: Replaces a random affix on a rare item with the guaranteed affix of the perfect essence

Essence Value

Path of Exile 2 market is dynamic, and it's not the case that higher-quality Essences are equal to more PoE 2 Divine Orbs or Exalted Orbs (although this is generally accepted).

The value of Essences is determined by current market demand and factors like Divine Orbs inflation. Therefore, Essences obviously don't maintain a fixed value. Therefore, the following will show which Essences are worth farming and which nobody care. Note that this is only a guide, as the currency market fluctuates rapidly. It's best to check which Essences are currently in high demand before farming.

Low-Value Essences

• Greater Battle
• Greater Infinite
• Greater Mind
• Greater Body
• Greater Flame
• Greater Ice
• Greater Sorcery
• Greater Enhancement
• Greater Command
• Greater Seeking
• Greater Alacrity
• Greater Electricity
• Perfect Grounding
• Perfect Alacrity
• Perfect Infinite
• Essence of the Abyss
• Essence of Insanity
• Perfect Body
• Perfect Flame
• Perfect Insulation
• Perfect Ice
• Perfect Thawing
• Perfect Mind
• Perfect Enhancement
• Perfect Seeking

Medium Value Essences

• Greater Insulation
• Greater Thawing
• Greater Grounding
• Greater Abrasion
• Essence of Delirium
• Perfect Ruin
• Perfect Command
• Perfect Opulence
• Perfect Abrasion
• Perfect Electricity

High Value Essences

• Greater Haste
• Greater Ruin Greater Opulence
• Perfect Sorcery
• Perfect Haste
• Perfect Battle
• Essence of Horror
• Essence of Hysteria

Farming Strategy

This strategy relies on gambling with Vaal Orbs, upgrading or converting low-value Essences into higher-value Essences. To earn PoE 2 Divine Orbs this way, you'll need to farm Essence monsters and also prepare a number of Vaal Orbs.

A Vaal Orb can perform one of 5 effects on a group of Essences:

• No effect: Waste a Vaal Orb.
• Add a random Essence.
• Re-roll all Essences (changing types within the same level).
• Increase the quality of Essences or convert Perfect Essences into Corrupted Essences.
• Instantly release Essence Monsters.

As long as Essence you see isn't one of the top-tier, valuable Essences like Perfect Essence of Battle, it's worth a gamble with a Vaal Orb.

For low-value Essences, it's definitely worth the gamble; even if you lose, it won't be too much, and if it improves, you win a lot. For mid-value Essences, you can either gamble or keep it for your own use.

High-value Perfect Essences can also be gambled with a Vaal Orb, as there's a chance they can be transformed into a more valuable Corrupted Essence.

If you encounter a group of multiple high-value Essences, it's best not to gamble; simply take the money and walk away, and using a Vaal Orb might result in a loss.

If you encounter a group of multiple low-value Perfect Essences, absolutely use a Vaal Orb, as the potential reward from upgrading to a Corrupted Essence is extremely high, potentially earning you several Divine Orbs.

Processing Essences

For low-value Essences with absolutely no market demand, you can use the in-game 3:1 exchange feature to exchange three low-level Essences of the same type for one random higher-level Essence. This is inherently a gamble, and there's a chance you'll get something more valuable.

Atlas Talent Tree

The core talent in Atlas talent tree is Crystal Realm, which grants the area containing the map boss an additional Essence.

Other talent nodes that increase the chance of Essence appearing are useful, but don't need to be maxed out past 100%. Universal talent nodes that grant random bonuses may also contain Essence and are worth considering.

You can also use additional Essence-enhancing Tablets, which are worth around 50 PoE 2 Exalted Orbs, which is a negligible amount compared to the currency earned.

The rarity and number of maps do not affect the amount of Essence, but do affect the quantity and quality of other items dropped by Essence monsters after killing them.

While this has no effect on Essence itself, it's still recommended to run maps with more affixes, as the bosses themselves will drop more valuable rare items, which can help cover the consume of the map and increase overall returns.

This is a rough guide to farming Essence. Some players might consider gambling with Vaal orbs risky, but this game is full of gambling. Furthermore, this method is relatively easy to implement, allowing you to integrate it into other gameplay strategies like Breach and Delirium, rather than focusing solely on farming Essence.

With the release of patch 0.3.0, The Third Edict, on August 29th, Path of Exile 2 has added a host of new content, enriching gameplay while also providing you with more farmable resources and corresponding farming methods.

To quickly advance your character in the new leagues, you'll need to take advantage of these new items and mechanics to earn more POE 2 currency to enhance your character and gear.

One of the most noteworthy items is Desecrated items. These items can enhance your gear or Waystones in unique ways, but for them to work, you must first visit Well of Souls.

This article explains the specific relationship between these two items and other related information.

What Are Desecrated Items?

These items, newly introduced by The Third Edict, provide powerful new modifiers for your gear or enhance Waystones, giving you additional benefits while exploring the map and other league content during the new leagues.

How To Get This Item?

Desecrated items are obtained in two steps. First, you need to farm Abyssal Fissures to obtain Abyssal Currencies, which typically take the form of bones from various Abyssal enemies.

Next, you need to apply this special currency to your regular rare items, converting them into Desecrated items to obtain a hidden modifier. The currently available currencies and their functions are:

• Gnawed Jawbone: Desecrates a Rare Weapon or Quiver
• Preserved Jawbone: Desecrates a Rare Weapon or Quiver
• Ancient Jawbone: Desecrates a Rare Weapon or Quiver
• Gnawed Rib: Desecrates a Rare Armor
• Preserved Rib: Desecrates a Rare Armor
• Ancient Rib: Desecrates a Rare Armor
• Gnawed Collarbone: Desecrates a Rare Amulet, Ring or Belt
• Preserved Collarbone: Desecrates a Rare Amulet, Ring or Belt
• Ancient Collarbone: Desecrates a Rare Amulet, Ring or Belt
• Preserved Cranium: Desecrates a Rare Jewel
• Preserved Vertebrae: Desecrates a Rare Waystone

Note that this newly added modifier is initially inactive. You must visit Well of Souls, infuse acquired bones into gear or Waystones, and then reveal them through Well of Souls to activate the modifier's effect.

While Abyssal Currencies offer a limited variety of options, they uniquely reduce the randomness of re-rolling modifiers for gear, allowing you to more directly enhance your gear without consuming additional base currency.

How To Find Well Of Souls?

After creating your Rise of the Abyssal League character, you'll need to complete Act 1 in the main campaign, then progress to recreating Horn of the Vastiri as you explore Act 2.

Next, continue on to Mastodon Badlands and strive to find Lightless Passage. To do this, carefully explore the edges of the map and locate a hidden, downward-sloping path, typically located in the southwest of the area.

When you see a distinctive archway marked by a giant tusk, you can pass through it and enter the dark path leading to Lightless Passage, where you'll enter a dungeon.

This dungeon is extremely dangerous, with countless monster hordes and dangerous, rare enemies lurking in the darkness. While clearing all monsters will yield currency and other resource drops, remember that your goal is to find Well of Souls.

So don't get hung up on it; simply keep pushing forward, protecting yourself, until you see the entrance to Well of Souls.

After completing your initial exploration, the waypoints in this area will be permanently unlocked, allowing you to easily travel back and forth to Well of Souls via the map.

What Should You Do After Entering Here?

Once you enter Well of Souls, you'll encounter Lurking Creature. Interacting with it will trigger a story involving a character called The Hooded One, who will help you understand Lurking Creature's language and communicate with it.

Completing this interaction grants you permanent access to Well of Souls' features. It will then become a dedicated crafting station, similar to a hideout, allowing you to quickly access it when you need to modify new gear.

What Does Well Of Souls Do?

Here, you can reveal and apply Desecrated modifiers, earned through Abyssal Currency, to rare gear.

These modifiers are initially hidden on the item in unreadable green text. Placing an item in a Well of Souls container will trigger a ritual offering three different modifier options, which you can choose from.

Note that once you select and confirm a modifier, Abyssal Currency can no longer be used on that item, making the buffs granted to the gear permanent and unchangeable.

Selecting a modifier allows you to add general modifiers to gear, allowing you to upgrade faster through combat and making it easier to acquire gear with specific stat rolls.

Adding modifiers to Waystones, on the other hand, allows you to infuse new Waystones with new modifiers in the endgame, increasing the challenge level and earning more rewards.

In short, Desecrated items are new items that enhance your gear in Rise of the Abyssal League. To function, they must be activated and selected through a ritual in Well of Souls.

That concludes our introduction. We hope this helps you become stronger in Patch 0.3.0! We wish you the best of luck in your League adventures!

After nearly five months, Path of Exile 2 finally received another major update. While no new classes were added this time, the story has finally advanced to Act 4.

As one of the highlights of 0.3.0, it is undoubted that players are very excited about it. So, what is the main story of Act 4, and how does it compare to the previous three acts?

Act 4 Plot

The story of Path of Exile 2 takes place 20 years after the events of the original game, but the protagonists are completely different.

In the first three acts, you are an exile sentenced to death by Count, but luckily escape (this is the screen where you choose your class). Investigating Seed of Corruption, you eventually battle Count, discovering that he has been bewitched by Oriana. However, she has already escaped with The Beast. (Act 1)

Tracing Oriana's footsteps, you arrive in Vastiri Desert and defeat her resurrected champion, who harnesses the power of the beast, but she escapes once again. (Act 2)

In the ruins of Utzaal Jungle, you encounter the people of Kingsmarch and gain access to the lore of Vaal Empire. After defeating the final boss, Doryani, a brilliant inventor from Vaal Empire, he finally agrees to help you assemble a weapon to fight The Beast. (Act 3)

Act 4 picks up where Act 3 left off, as you continue your hunt for Oriana and The Beast. In addition to The Hooded One, Doryani will also join you on your journey to find The Third Edict, an ancient weapon powerful enough to defeat The Beast.

This legendary relic is said to have shattered long ago, its fragments scattered across Ngamakanui Archipelago. You'll need to charter a boat from Kingsmarch to reach this area.

New Areas

Unlike the linear storyline of the first three acts, Act 4 is a semi-open world, allowing you to explore any of the areas you choose. The following areas are related to Act 4:

• Kingsmarch (Town)
• Kedge Bay, Journey's End
• Ngatoto Island, Hinekora's Passage
• Shrike Island
• Singing Caverns
• Shiplash Seastead
• The Enclave of the Twilight Order
• Isle of Decay
• Ngakanu
• Precursor Forge - Precursor Ruins
• Twilight Enclave
• Shrike Island: Monster Level 46 (Boss, Scourge of the Skies)
• Journey's End: Monster Level 45 (Boss, Captain Hartlin)
• Ngatoto Island: Monster Level 45 (Boss, Diamora, Song of Death)
• Isle of Kin: Monster Level 45 (Boss, Krutog, the Lord of Kin)
• Izaro's Prison (Eternal Prison): Monster Level 45 (Boss, The Prisoner)
  

If you're not leveling high enough, you can level in these areas, but don't try to farm currency there. This time is wasted until you reach the endgame, so don't waste too much time there.

New Bosses

In addition to defeating 100 new monsters in Act 4, you'll also face 12 new bosses. It's currently unknown which boss will be the final one, but it's likely that the final boss in Act 4 will depend on the path you choose. Defeating these bosses will reward you with equipment and some PoE 2 currency. Here are some of the bosses in Act 4:

• Krutog, Lord of Kin (Giant Goblin Boss)
• The Blind Beast
• Yama the White
• Captain Hartlin
• The Prisoner
• Diamora, Song of Death
• Scourge of the Skies
• Hoko, of the Tukohoma Tribe

Krutog, Lord Of Kin

Krutog, Lord of Kin is an unstunnable boss with high resistance to physical damage. It consumes Sulphite in the area and vomits it towards you. This skill is an AoE ability, dealing Chaos damage if hit. It also uses attacks like Trample and Projectiles, but its movement speed is moderate, making it easily kited by classes like Huntresses and Rangers.

Captain Hartlin

Captain Hartlin is an undead boss with high physical and cold resistance. It deals physical and fire damage primarily. Besides its ability to use projectiles like mortars, its summoned ghost crew members can also fire beams at you.

Its movement speed is very slow, making it easier for agile classes to deal with it, but be wary of its various ranged attacks. Furthermore, many of its skills convert physical damage into fire damage, so be sure to increase your fire resistance.

Diamora, Song Of Death

Diamora, Song of Death is a demon boss with a movement speed similar to Krutog, Lord of Kin. It has high cold resistance but is weak to lightning. It is a spellcaster dealing primarily cold damage. Aside from being careful with her AoE abilities and increasing your cold resistance, this boss is quite easy to defeat.

Scourge Of The Skies

Scourge of the Skies is a beastly boss that can fly and doesn't have any particularly strong resistances. Besides approaching and attacking you, its primary attack is to summon minions. Therefore, having an AoE ability that can quickly clear monster builds makes it much easier to deal with them.

As for main bosses, they're not particularly difficult and can be defeated with the right gear and level. If you're repeatedly defeated, you can increase your level or use PoE 2 currency to rebuild your gear might be a better option.

This is a general overview of Path of Exile 2 Act 4. I hope this information will help you more easily complete Act 4 and reach the endgame.

Unbelievably, there are less than five days left until the release of Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.3.0: The Third Edict! In the August 20th livestream and the subsequent patch notes, the development team unveiled a wealth of new content!

Of course, much of this content is based on updates and optimizations to existing mechanics, which you can fully experience through gameplay after the patch and Rise of the Abyssal League launch.

However, for some of the new features, we recommend familiarizing yourself with them before 0.3.0's official release so you can quickly adapt to the new league and avoid wasting extra time learning the mechanics.

Below, we'll highlight a few of these new features so you can dominate 0.3.0 after August 29th!

Act 4 & The Interludes

In terms of the game's story, Path of Exile 2 0.3.0 follows Acts 1-3 with the introduction of Act 4. By introducing Polynesian-style Ngamakunui Archipelago, you can explore further story lines and gain more opportunities to farm POE 2 currency through new locations and bosses.

The archipelago consists of eight islands, but you can visit them in any order, adventuring while searching for ways to stop the corruption threatening Wraeclast and completing the main questline of Act 4.

Notably, in addition to Act 4, the game also introduces a new mechanic called The Interludes. Previously, if you wanted to access Path of Exile 2 endgame, you had to complete the first three acts and then play through them again on Cruel difficulty.

But now, The Interludes replaces this old system with new, less repetitive side quests, allowing you to earn additional loot and XP while experiencing Path of Exile 2 like never before.

The Interludes are expected to feature three temporary acts, including 19 new areas and nine new bosses, each representing a different storyline:

• Interlude I: Return to Ogham as in Act I and assist Renly.
• Interlude II: Travel to Vastiri Desert to find Asala.
• Interlude III: Join Doryani in their search for the missing Vaal descendants.

However, both The Interludes itself and some of the related bosses added to the endgame will be removed after Act 5 officially launches to prevent irregularities in the game's act mechanics.

Available Sprint Ability

In combat, besides attacking skills that deal damage and defensive skills that can block critical enemy attacks, timely and reliable dodges are also crucial. For this reason, Patch 0.3.0 adds a sprint ability to all characters.

This ability allows you to enter a sprint state by continuing to hold the dodge button after completing a dodge roll, significantly increasing your movement speed. But using other skills while sprinting will automatically cause you to exit the sprint state.

Note that taking damage while in this state will temporarily stun you, making you more vulnerable to enemy attacks. Therefore, if you want to escape enemy pursuit by sprinting, you must carefully time and sprint in the right direction.

Because this ability requires some skill, it's not recommended for new players of POE 2 to use it in the early game frequently. Not only could it lead to unnecessary damage, but frequent dodging could prevent you from farming necessary resources.

Of course, if you're truly in mortal danger, sprinting can still keep you safe by allowing you to retreat as needed. In short, overuse is never a good idea.

Rise Of The Abyssal League

Rise of the Abyssal, the new league that launched with patch 0.3.0 The Third Edict is a more formalized version of POE 2's first full league and a sequel to the league in the original game.

During Rise of the Abyssal, you'll occasionally encounter strange rifts that spawn a steady stream of monsters. You must eliminate these enemies quickly to resolve crises and obtain loot.

Providing More Ways To Enhance Your Character

If you want to enhance your character in Path of Exile 2, there are numerous ways. In other words, besides leveling up, the primary factor that determines your combat effectiveness is your build, and build crafting is closely related to a variety of items and mechanics.

Based on unresolved issues in Dawn of the Hunt and the pointless skill nerfs that left you dissatisfied, 0.3.0 primarily changes class skills and support gem mechanics.

Regarding skill gems, POE 2 is expected to balance the power differences between major skills, ensuring you have more powerful options while minimizing the homogenization of build crafting.

As for support gems, previously you could only insert one support gem per skill, but now you can place them in any number of skills, further expanding the diversity and options of crafting builds.

In addition, patch 0.3.0 introduces a new type of support gem, Lineage Supports, consisting of approximately 40 gems in total. These are extremely rare and can only be obtained by farming specific bosses.

Overall, The Third Edict builds on the strengths of the previous patch, not only adding new content to enhance the game's richness but also resolving some long-standing player complaints.

We hope the information we have provided here will be helpful in your experience with the new POE 2 patch! We wish you a pleasant journey through 0.3.0!

With the August 29th release of Patch 0.3.0 drawing near, Path of Exile 2 recently released a special teaser image, sparking speculation among players, despite not receiving a formal trailer.

At first glance, the image appears to consist primarily of incomprehensible symbols, with a portion circled and accompanied by a still-cryptic annotation.

While most players remain clueless, the prevailing theory is that this may foreshadow Act 4 and more, which will appear in Patch 0.3.0.

So, what exactly can be learned from this image, and does it indicate that Patch 0.3.0 will deliver satisfactory results? We'll explain.

What Does This Image Depict?

While the notes shown in the image mostly contain strange symbols, they're actually a special kind of text, and further clues to the puzzles may not be revealed until a more official update is released for Path of Exile 2.

But if you're a veteran of Path of Exile series, you might already have your own theories based on speculation from the community, the annotations in the image, and your own vague impression of these symbols from Path of Exile.

Speculations About The Teaser Image

First, it's important to understand that, as an early access release, only Acts 1-3 are currently available in Path of Exile 2. Therefore, among all the predictions about the content of Patch 0.3.0, Acts 4-6 is a popular possibility.

Based on this, as the first official Patch 0.3.0 preview, this image foreshadows at least some of the plot of Act 4. In fact, the mysterious symbols in the image look strikingly similar to Kalguur Runes.

Furthermore, portions of Path of Exile 2 art book suggest that Act 4 will probably take place in Karui Archipelago and Kalguuran town of Kingsmarch. These two factors combined lend credence to the speculation surrounding the release of new acts.

Another speculation regarding the new content in the image is that it involves a new class. Some players believe the first row of symbols in the image represents the word Druid, which is the most possible new class to be released in POE 2 patch 0.3.0.

Overall, both of these speculations are based on existing information about 0.3.0 and the meaning of the image's symbols, making them highly reliable. Of course, further details and accuracy will depend on future official announcements.

What Will This Mean If The Speculations Come True?

If patch 0.3.0 does indeed bring Acts 4-6 (or at least Act 4) and Druid, it would further enhance the playability of Path of Exile 2. You would be able to explore the new acts and learn more about the game's story.

In addition, you'll gain more opportunities and ways to earn POE 2 currency through quests offered by new acts, and new Druid skills. The currency can then be used to strengthen yourself and accelerate your access to the new endgame content introduced in patch 0.3.0.

What Are Players Looking Forward To In The New Patch?

Because POE 2 is still in early access compared to POE 1, it's inevitable that it has some shortcomings. These can only be addressed through continuous updates until it reaches the level of a "full-fledged" ARPG.

Based on feedback from POE 2 player community, you'll find several known issues that everyone is eager to see addressed or resolved. We'll discuss each one below.

Maintaining Balance

While most aspects of the game require balance, this requirement often applies to classes and skills. For example, when Dawn of the Hunt first launched, you might have felt that the new Huntress class was overpowered.

On the other hand, since skills in Path of Exile series are acquired through equipping gems, it's easy for individual gems to be exceptionally powerful.

Therefore, if these two issues remain unresolved, not only will the player experience for different classes and skills in POE 2 be unbalanced, but it will also lead to a tendency for most players to utilize the same combat setup, resulting in a homogenized experience.

More Useful And Interesting Endgame Content

As a hardcore ARPG, Path of Exile 2's core is undoubtedly its challenging endgame. However, since its early access launch, the endgame has consistently suffered from issues such as slow pacing, a lack of interesting content, and excessive & pointless restrictions.

Therefore, if POE 2 is to further improve the game with patch 0.3.0, it should focus on adding more useful and interesting gameplay to the endgame, rather than simply cramming a bunch of inexplicable features into the game and labeling it "new" and thinking everything is fine.

Adding The Auction House

Currently, available POE 2 trading methods include trading directly with other players or through the official trading platform. While both are excellent, the game truly needs an auction house!

In any MMORPG, the auction house isn't just a trading venue, it's also the perfect place for socializing and keeping up-to-date on the market conditions for various items.

Furthermore, it would be ideal to add an automated offline trading mechanism to the auction house - a major shortcoming of existing trading methods.

This mechanism could help players with urgent trading needs obtain their desired items immediately, and it could also help sellers who are offline clear their inventory. Why not? While both parties can communicate more details online, sometimes this isn't necessary.

While you may hope that Path of Exile 2 will continue to improve your experience, remember that it's still a work-in-progress. So, as long as its basic performance is satisfactory, you should give it enough time to mature.

That's our introduction to the new teaser image, along with our speculation on what Patch 0.3.0 might offer. Thank you for reading.

Since the release of Path of Exile 2 in Early Access, speculation about the future development and updates of the game has never stopped. Although some content is still under development, the developers have not let down the expectations of players, and plan to release major content updates every four months or so, just like the original game.

A recent post by the developers responded to the upcoming patch 0.3.0, which will be released on August 29, and will introduce a new league with new mechanics, and may even be introduced to the main game.

Although this date is a little later than we expected, as a major league update, the game team does have too much content to prepare, and they must also solve some basic performance and server issues to avoid the poor connection problems that appeared in POE 3.26, which affects the player’s gaming experience.

Although more details about POE 2 0.3.0 patch will not be released until a week before the release, this does not prevent us from speculating on the changes that may be included in this update. After all, these terrible problems have been complained about in the player community for too long!

Possible Introduction Of New Classes

As the most anticipated new class in POE 2 0.2.0 patch, Huntress has been the focus, but in fact, the developers originally expected to add more than just this class, Druid is also among them.

However, we did not see Druid in Dawn of the Hunt league, and the developers responded that they were not ready yet. However, considering that it has been three months since POE 2 0.2.0, and POE 3.26 is gradually stabilizing, it is time to add new content to the next major league.

Although it is not realistic to add the same amount of content as in the previous league in 0.3.0, adding a brand new class is completely worth it in order to balance the existing class system.

Checkpoint Teleportation

In addition, map size has always been a problem that players have complained about. Maps in POE 2 are much larger than in the original game. Some players have reported that it can take up to an hour to clear a map because the increased map size makes it difficult to navigate and find exits.

Although the map shows the location of rare enemies, if there is no checkpoint nearby, you need to walk back, which is not only tedious but also very time-consuming. As a result, many players will choose to use movement speed boots and skills to more efficiently traverse large maps in the later stages. However, in the early stages of the league, when POE 2 currency is scarce and equipment is mediocre, we can only rely on walking.

Therefore, implementing teleportation between checkpoints in patch 0.3.0 is the key to alleviating some backtracking and navigation issues.

Skill Balance

Balance is an unavoidable topic in almost every patch update, and patch 0.3.0 is no exception.

Lightning Spear is the mainstream build in Dawn of the Hunt league because it not only has excellent single target damage, allowing you to deal with almost any boss, but also has a very fast map clearing speed, which is what players urgently need. That’s why nearly half of the builds in the 0.2.0 league are built around this skill.

Although this does give you a good gaming experience, imagine that when you enter the endgame, your teammates and opponents all use the same build as you, then what’s the point?

Therefore, even if no more skills are added in the 0.3.0 patch, balancing the existing skills is the key to ensuring the endgame experience. This can provide players with more possibilities for build selection and allow them to better utilize all equipment.

Simplify The Campaign

Another pain point in Path of Exile 2 is the repetitiveness and poor pacing of the campaign. Although the campaign’s graphics are exciting and gorgeous, the repetitive plot still affects the player’s gaming experience, especially when repeatedly farming.

In addition, the lack of important rewards or meaningful choices in the campaign, coupled with the focus on efficient clearance experience rather than combat, all exacerbates this feeling. Although the developers are working hard to improve, including adding more random generation and side quests, some players are still worried about having to replay the campaign every season or every new character.

For this reason, the developers must try to simplify the overall campaign process and actively speed up the early game to provide a smoother gaming experience, otherwise they will get bored with it more and more.

Add New Endgame Activities

Whether it is because of time rush or deliberate, POE 2 Dawn of the Hunt did not bring us much endgame content, more of which is still the continuation of the original Heist or the revised Immortal Syndicate. So basically, apart from Azmerian Wisps, there are no new challenges in the endgame.

Therefore, in order to attract more players to return to Wraeclast, it is necessary to add new events and surprises to make the endgame map more distinctive. In addition, the 0.3.0 patch is likely to solve the problem of poor loot quality of Pinnacle Boss by improving the number of loot drops or adding new unique items.

That’s it. Although the time of this patch update is slightly delayed, it is also to ensure that the studio can cram more content into it, so even if the current update does not meet expectations, it will not be unplayable.

In any case, we still have to look forward to the developer's live broadcast a week before the official release for more content. Perhaps this is an important step in changing POE 2. Let us wait and see!

Among all the new content brought by POE 2 Dawn of the Hunt, in addition to the new basic class Huntress, there are 5 new Ascendancy classes, and 2 of them belong to Huntress, namely Amazon and Ritualist.

Although they belong to the same Huntress, they are not only different in combat style, but also slightly higher in usage rate than Ritualist because Amazon is stronger. However, this does not mean that Ritualist is not worth utilizing. In fact, the right builds can make it invincible in POE 2 endgame.

Based on this, we will tell you how to complete most of the game content through Bleed Ritualist Build based on the introduction of this Ascendancy class.

Introduction To Ritualist

As shown in the game trailer and other related pictures, just from the appearance you will feel that Ritualist definitely has that kind of dark and terrible power. In fact, she uses the powers of animal sacrifices and plagues to show her control of life and energy.

In combat, Ritualist can cast blood magic spells to damage enemies and drain their health. Specific exclusive abilities include:

• As the Whispers Demand: Reduces 20% of its maximum health through sacrifice to gain a random monster modifier (only one can be obtained at a time).
• Mind Phylacteries: consumes 25% of maximum mana to trigger insufficiently charged charms.
• Corrupted Lifeforce: Gain the skill Blood Boil.
• As the Whispers Ask: Gain the skill Ritual Sacrifice.
• Intricate Sigils: +1 charm slot, +20% charm charges.
• Unfurled Finger: +1 ring slot.
• Mystic Attunement: Bonus +25% after equipping Rings and Amulets.

Overall, the strengths of this Ascendancy class are mainly in damage output and reliable survivability, but it is also more dependent on the role of gear. So if you choose to play Ritualist, it is best to buy POE 2 currency to increase the rarity of your equipment or get more modifiers.

Bleed Ritualist Build

Before entering Act 2 and unlocking Ascendancy class mechanism, you can only play Huntress in POE 2 in the most basic way. Under this premise, the main operation to cause damage to the enemy is to press Parry to get Frenzy charges, which is a thankless way.

So you can play Huntress with bleed type builds at the beginning, so that after unlocking Ritualist, you can combine the two to create a Bleed Ritualist Build, thereby improving the efficiency of clearing monsters and killing bosses.

It is worth mentioning that Huntress itself is relatively fragile in the early stage of the game, but bleed type builds can solve the enemy before you are hurt by extremely fast attack speed, circumventing this defect from another angle.

In this way, you can easily complete the main content of Act 1 and Act 2 through bleed builds, and utilize the new build brought by Ritualist to smoothly enter the endgame and Cruel mode, and finally complete the game.

Bleed Ritualist Build In Endgame

As you know, almost all character builds available in ARPG are centered on active skills, and are crafted with passive skills, gear and other items that can enhance active skills and class characteristics.

For Path of Exile 2 Bleed Ritualist Build, first you need to gradually unlock more skill gems and support gems that can be matched with them through adventures in the first three acts, and as the build is improved and upgraded, you can equip them more selectively to make the build more concise and refined.

After you unlock Ritualist, you need to unlock those Ascendancy nodes in Ascendancy system that can play the class skills or abilities to further enhance Bleed Ritualist Build.

Of course, the choice of passive skills is also important. For this build, those passives that can increase your agility, evasion rating and attack speed are all good. Finally, when you get to the endgame, your Bleed Ritualist Build should include the following:

Skill Gems

• Spearfield
• Rapid Assault
• Herald of Blood
• Bloodhound’s Mark
• Blood Boil

Support Gems

• Comorbidity
• Rearm
• Close Combat
• Concentrated Effect
• Heavy Swing
• Heft
• Bursting Plague
• Reach
• Magnified Effect

Key Passives

• Blur
• Primal Instinct
• Escape Velocity
• Lasting Toxins
• Fast Acting Toxins
• Deterioration
• Blood Letting
• Cruel Methods

Gear And Weapons

• Armor with good resistance and high evasion rating
• Spear with high physical damage
• Ring with mana and health regeneration

Utilize Tips For This Build

The way you start to damage enemies with this build in early game is casting Rake, then combined it with Herald of Blood is triggered to make some enemies explode after killing them, damaging other enemies in a wider range.

After unlocking Rapid Assault skill, you can use it as your main damage skill, and use it with Spearfield and Thunderous Leap to attack higher-level enemies and bosses. As long as the build elements are properly coordinated, you will definitely win!

That’s all the information about Bleed Ritualist Build. Although we directly tell you what the final form of this build is, you will still encounter difficulties in the process of crafting it, and you must overcome them on your own!

Finally, I need to remind you that if you are a fan of the entire Path of Exile series, then remember to watch POE 3.26 league’s live broadcast of the press conference (or the live playback)! More new content is waiting for you to learn!