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Diablo 4 announced at 2025 TGA that Paladin class would be launched in season 11, which brought surprises to players, and Path of Exile 2 patch 0.4.0 was not to be outdone either. In addition to the previously announced new class Druid, the official also announced a new Ascendancy class, Disciple of Varashta, without any warning.

Disciple of Varashta is a Sorceress Ascendancy class. Its gameplay is mainly summoning, and it may be the strongest summoning Ascendancy currently. It has many ways to play, and today we will mainly introduce the gameplay based on Sand Djinn.

Disciple Of Varashta Overview

Disciple of Varashta has three main summons that you can manipulate to cast spells. They are very powerful, but they play differently from a traditional summoning build, and it is more like a spellcaster build.

• Ruzhan, the Blazing Sword: A pure output Djinn that can burst out with powerful damage.
• Kelari, the Tainted Sands: It can not only release spells to cause damage, but also apply a shield to the character.
• Navira, the Last Mirage: A support-oriented Djinn that provides health regeneration and freezes enemies.

Players can choose which Djinn to fight together and order them to use specific skills. Each Ascension talent point grants a Command Skill.

Djinn are invulnerable. Even if all the player's other summoned army dies, the monsters alone can easily clear the map and kill the boss.

You need to increase the damage by stacking summon damage, command skill-related talents, critical strikes, and support gems (Support Gems). All skills of each monster share the same set of auxiliary gem links, and universal damage support gems work well.

Sand Djinn Disciple Of Varashta Build

Advantages And Disadvantages

This build not only has powerful burst damage, but also has a huge energy shield pool. Its ability to regenerate energy shield builds is unparalleled, energy shield regeneration activates extremely quickly, and the farming map experience is smooth and enjoyable.

However, if you pursue maximum damage, Boss battles require frequent button presses, high-intensity operations, and no particularly fast movement methods.

Djinn Select

This build mainly uses Flame Djinn and Sand Djinn to fight together to cause extremely high damage. Additional skill slots for each monster are unlocked at character levels 40, 65, and 90.

Kelari, The Tainted Sands

Its base can cause physical damage, has a high base critical hit rate and additional critical hit damage bonus, and can apply multi-layer critical hit vulnerability effect.

Kelari's Brutality

Djinn throws a row of blades at the cursor, which explodes after a short delay. Store 2 times of use. Both clear map and single target damage are good. It is recommended that you use it before bursting into a combo to apply the critical vulnerability debuff.

Kelari's Deception

Creates an area-of-effect explosion at the cursor, leaving a short-lived clone behind. Store 3 times of use. Continuous use will cause 50% more damage each time, and each surviving clone will copy the explosion effect. Casting 3 times in a row can produce up to 5 explosions. This is one of the most damaging skills in the build and can significantly reduce the boss's health.

Ruzhan, The Blazing Sword

Whenever the player uses a damaging skill, Ruzhan will automatically attack near the cursor, causing moderate damage and applying a basic Exposure effect.

Ruzhan's Brand

The brand is attached to the enemy. Up to 3 of them can exist at the same time and can be stacked on the same target. They will automatically explode after 3 seconds. The damage is acceptable but the priority is low. It is only recommended for players who like extreme active play. It can be cast three times quickly between skills to supplement the damage or clear out dense monster groups.

Ruzhan's Trap

Throws a sword at the cursor, then generates 8 randomly located runes on the ground. If an enemy steps on the rune, a static flame whirlwind will rise that lasts for 4 seconds. The damage of multiple cyclones can be stacked. By casting it close to a wall or in an enclosed area, you can narrow the rune generation area and make the whirlwind more concentrated. This is an excellent map-clearing skill and the single-target damage is also good.

Skill Gems And Gear

• Ruzhan, the Blazing Sword: Bidding II, Muster, Long Fuse II, Hulking Minions. Magnified Area II.
• Kelari, the Tainted Sands: Bidding II, Brutality III, Muster, Hulking Minions, Heft.
• Skeletal Reaver: Fire Attunement, Muster, Feeding Frenzy II, Heft, Immolate.
• Skeletal Storm Mage: Shock, Overcharge, Muster, Feeding Frenzy II, Rapid Casting II.
• Skeletal Sniper: Fire Attunement, Muster, Feeding Frenzy II, Heft, Immolate.
• Skeletal Frost Mage: Rapid Casting II, Muster, Minion Mastery, Multishot II, Projectile Acceleration III.
• Skeletal Arsonist: Fire Attunement, Muster, Multishot II, Feeding Frenzy II, Heft.
• Skeletal Cleric: Meat Shield II, Last Gasp, Rapid Casting II, Minion Mastery.
• Skeletal Brute: Muster, Fire Attunement, Feeding Frenzy II, Heft, Immolate.
• Elemental Weakness: Heightened Curse, Efficiency II, Focused Curse, Magnified Area II, Rapid Casting II.
• Frost Bomb: Potent Exposure, Overabundance I, Spell Echo, Cooldown Recovery II, Short Fuse II.
• Skeletal Warriors: Culling Strike II, Hulking Minions, Muster, Fire Attunement.

Since Ascendancy cannot be performed until the second act, you still need to upgrade in the normal way in the early stage. After obtaining Disciple of Varashta class, the talent tree requires more options to increase the life of the summoned object.

There are no special requirements for equipment. You can even choose all rare equipment, as long as their affixes include increasing the damage of the summons or the level of the summons. However, you can prepare a set of weapons with talent gems that increase the minion area of effect to obtain a larger clearing range. Djinn are very powerful on their own, but the more POE 2 currency you invest in them, the more damage they do.

How To Farm The Map?

Ruzhan's Trap, keep moving and let the enemy trigger the rune. Even if there may be fish that slip through the net, your army of summons will clean them up.

In the boss battle, the exposure effects of Elemental Weakness and Frost Bomb are maintained. If Kelari's Deception has 3 charges, cast it three times in a row to cause a huge burst. Ruzhan's Trap and Kelari's Brutality are both served after cooling.

If you have a lot of Spirit, you can use it to summon Skeletal Reavers and occasionally press Enrage to get a damage boost.

This is just one way to play Disciple of Varashta. You can also play it without playing a pure summoning build and combine it with other spells, as long as they give you a comfortable experience in the campaign.

Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.4.0 introduces the new Druid class, which features three transformation forms, each with its own unique skills and combat style. You can switch between these forms at any time during combat.

Of these three forms, the bear form excels at utilizing Rage resource to increase damage output and create synergistic effects between multiple skills. This form also possesses tank-like characteristics, allowing it to withstand damage.

Based on this, we will introduce a build that focuses on transforming into a bear and creating fissures to damage enemies in combat - Raging Fissure Bear Build.

Raging Fissure Bear Build Overview

The bear form of Druid is characterized by its slow speed but extremely high defense and survivability, making it suitable for melee combat. Although it's not as fast as the wolf or wyvern forms, with the right build, it can clear groups of enemies with AoE damage.

For example, Raging Fissure Bear Build is crafted based on one of the key bear form skills, Fury of the Mountain.

Fissure Warrior playstyle has always been quite powerful in PoE 2, but now the bear form combined with this skill can achieve similar, or even better, results.

This skill unlocks at Tier 5 and requires equipping Animal Talismans. You will transform into a bear and repeatedly pound the ground to create lava fissures.

These fissures convert 80 physical damage into fire damage, granting 3 Rage for each enemy hit and creating another fissure, with a maximum of 12 fissures active simultaneously.

Due to the accumulation of Rage, this makes your attacks much more powerful than normal attacks in bear form, as the multiple fissures allow you to create three branching fissures with each ground pound, and Rage generated by the fissures triggers totems.

Other Bear Form Skills

While Fury of the Mountain is the foundation, it needs to be used in conjunction with other bear form skills to meet your damage output needs. These mainly include:

• Maul: As the main attack method in bear form, it performs a powerful sweeping attack, accumulating Rage with each enemy hit.
• Furious Slam: Creates a shockwave by slamming the ground, and can consume Rage to increase the shockwave's power, leaving behind jagged ground. This ground can interact with other skills to deal additional damage.
• Rampage: This skill guides you forward, continuously slamming the ground, suitable for clearing groups of enemies and for quick movement. Consuming Rage can also extend its duration.
• Ferocious Roar: As a Warcry skill, it instantly generates Rage when there are enemies nearby and empowers subsequent attacks to break through enemy armor. It can also be triggered in human form by equipping a supporting gem.
• Walking Calamity: As the ultimate skill in bear form, it triggers when your Rage reaches its maximum, summoning a meteor shower that deals fire damage to enemies and restores Rage over its duration.

Overall, Raging Fissure Bear Build relies on slam and fissure damage. Therefore, in each battle, you should use Fury of the Mountain at least once or twice, then sequentially cast Maul and Furious Slam as a combo.

Properly Combining Human Form Skills

After transforming into a bear, you can still use your human form Druid skills, and they are an important part of crafting any Druid build. For Raging Fissure Bear Build, the essential human skill is Volcano.

The skill's damage itself isn't impressive, but after using Fury of the Mountain or Rampage, Volcano can help accumulate damage and ignite enemies, making them more susceptible to your sustained damage.

More importantly, if you later unlock Invigorating Hate passive node, it transforms Volcano into a healing skill, restoring your health by consuming Rage, 1% for every point of Rage consumed.

Considering that you will constantly accumulate Rage, either actively or passively, while using this build, this passive node will significantly enhance your survivability and self-healing capabilities as a bear, allowing you to survive even in boss battles.

How To Choose Your Ascendancy Class?

Druid has two Ascendancy Classes: Shaman and Oracle. Here, we recommend unlocking the former, because Shaman has two passive abilities that are very important for accumulating and using Rage: Druidic Champion and Furious Wellspring.

As we've emphasized multiple times in the previous sections, Raging Fissure Bear Build is a build that relies on Rage. Druidic Champion can increase your spell damage by accumulating Rage, and Furious Wellspring helps restore the consumed Rage.

It's worth noting that to fully utilize the advantage of increased spell damage, we recommend equipping Tornado skill gem.

This skill creates a tornado that continuously damages surrounding enemies. You can also utilize projectiles to collide with the tornado as it moves forward to deal even more damage.

If the tornado covers elemental ground, it will absorb nearby debuffs for 4 seconds and apply that effect to enemies within the tornado. This is also expected to work very well in conjunction with the wyvern form.

How To Choose Gear?

Since the skill switching and usage suggestions are already quite complex and comprehensive, this build doesn't have very high gear requirements, especially in the early stages of the league.

Of course, if you have the time to farm rarer gear, or any PoE 2 currency that allows you to modify gear affixes, we recommend choosing gear according to the following guidelines:

• Weapons: Prioritize Talismans with fixed damage and attack speed bonuses.
• Armor: While striving to stack defensive attributes, also consider your elemental weaknesses. Having energy shields would be even better.
• Other: Anything that increases damage output or elemental resistance is good.

That's all the information about Raging Fissure Bear Build that we have for you today. If the bear form is your preferred playstyle, then why not try Raging Fissure Bear Build using our guide? You're sure to gain something from it!

Path of Exile 2's class and skill combinations are incredibly complex, resulting in numerous playstyles. Unfortunately, summoner builds have consistently lacked a place among the top-tier builds.

While it's unclear whether the new Druid class can change this, each league has a dedicated group of players researching minion builds. Below, we'll examine the performance of minion builds in Patch 0.3.0 and the adjustments in Patch 0.4.0 to see which ones will perform best in Fate of the Vaal league.

Tier S

Spectre Builds

Since skills in Path of Exile 2 aren't tied to classes, you can choose either Spectre Infernalist build or Spectre Shaman build.

Of all summoning skills, Spectre performed best in Patch 0.3.0, allowing you to enslave Spectres to fight for you. The strongest Spectre was Frozen Mandibles. Unfortunately, it was removed in Patch 0.4. As compensation, the developers stated they will buff some summon variants.

Therefore, as long as Spectre builds aren't significantly nerfed, you can use Powered Zealot Spectre to clear monsters and single enemies, or Death Knight Spectres to deal with single enemies.

Ascendancy Recommends

If you're only focusing on the early game, Spectre Shaman has a greater advantage because its Sacred Flow talent can provide a large amount of Spirit by sacrificing charm slots. Thanks to the changes in Act 2 quest Valley of Titans, Shaman can obtain a belt that grants +2 charm slots at lower levels, allowing for a large amount of Spirit early on.

Later in the game, you can respec to Oracle, as Oracle talent tree contains many summon-related nodes, providing strong late-game defense or damage.

Alternatively, you can choose the classic Infernalist build from patch 0.3.0, or Ritualist and Lich using Evergrasping Ring. Shaman and Infernalist may perform similarly with a moderate PoE 2 currency investment, but Lich and Oracle are likely the strongest with top-tier gear.

Tame Beast Builds

This build requires you to control Tamed Beast by switching weapons and using Infernal Legion auxiliary gem to deal area-of-effect fire damage.

Patch 0.4.0 did not significantly nerf its damage, and while the reduction in high-density maps may diminish its value for clearing, Tamed Beast builds remain consistently strong in single-target damage and overall performance, its strength proportional to your PoE 2 currency investment.

Ascendancy Recommends

The energy shield nerf in patch 0.4.0 may make Titan Tamed Beast better, but you can also choose to start as Shaman and transition to Oracle later, again due to the summon life and defense nodes included in the talents, and the higher your summons‘ HP, the higher their damage.

Tier A

Skeleton Archer Ritualist Build

This build requires Ritualist to equip Evergrasping Rings, granting summons additional Chaos that also affects enemies within range. It typically requires Chaos Inoculation to mitigate the additional Chaos damage taken.

This build performs exceptionally well with high investment, but it's not a comfortable early-game choice. Upgrading with summons is not recommended without transitional gear; other skills are usually needed for early game progression, followed by a gear swap to reach full potential later.

In Patch 0.4.0, any summoner build relying heavily on Spirits was affected by reduced reservation efficiency and weakened Relics. However, this build, primarily reliant on the ring's damage boost, was relatively less affected.

Tier B

Skeletal Reaver Builds

Skeletal Reavers gain attack speed and damage by stacking rage. Patch 0.4.0 fixed this skill's description; now, its attack speed bonus only applies when they are enrage-enhanced.

The challenge was ensuring Skeletal Reavers survived after enrage was active. Tecrod's Revenge support gem enhancement solved this problem. It allows summons to survive longer after their health reaches 0, increasing this time from 10 seconds to 20 seconds. Dialla's Desire support gem can improve skill quality, further increasing rage effects, which might potentially lead to higher damage.

Ascendancy Recommends

This skill gem can be used by Titans, Ritualists, Shamans, and Liches, but its effectiveness depends on which class allows Skeletal Reavers to stack rage more efficiently.

Unearth Raise Zombie Builds

This build primarily relies on summoned enhanced zombies that consume Power Charge. Its damage bonus has changed from a fixed 100% to a dynamic value that scales with skill level, meaning high-level zombies have significant damage potential.

You can use Unearth to quickly generate summons for clearing maps. When single-target damage is needed, summon 10-12 enhanced zombies for burst damage. This build is completely unaffected by the reduction in reservation efficiency, but it heavily relies on Power Charge.

The best method is to use new Lineage support gems, which generate one Power Charge every 4 seconds. Additionally, Profane Ritual can consume corpses to generate critical strike orbs.

Sacrifice aura can treat permanently resurrectable summons as corpses, consume them with Profane Ritual, and then resurrect them with Skeletal Cleric, allowing you to continuously generate Power Charge.

Ascendancy Recommends

For this build, Ritualist is the best ascendancy choice because it doesn't rely on a lot of spirit and benefits from Evergrasping Rings and Uul-Netol's Embrace. The problem with this build is that it's relatively cumbersome to operate, and the summoned creatures are temporary and cannot exist indefinitely. Furthermore, using Raise Zombie is very mana-intensive, so you need to be mindful of your resource consumption.

The above minion builds are just basic concepts. You can research how to increase minion damage in new leagues, and perhaps you can even create a stronger build.

Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.4.0, Fate of the Vaal League, will launch on December 12th. To get ahead of the new league's content, you'll naturally need to create a new character and complete the campaign.

The entire campaign is essentially just a transition, and many players are eager to reach the endgame content. Below are some tips for quickly completing the campaign, allowing you to start farming faster.

Character Pick

If you start with a melee class but find it difficult at lower levels, you can create a Ranger character, defeat the first boss, and obtain a bow, quiver, and starting skill gems.

Store these items in Stash Tab, then switch back to your main character to retrieve and use them. This will make your start much smoother.

Initial Area Tips

After rescuing the wounded man and obtaining the class weapon, you can immediately pause the game and respawn at a checkpoint. This will reset the current area, but the weapon will re-drop, allowing for duplication. For example, if you are playing as a Warrior, you will immediately have two weapons.

In the initial area, do not try to kill all monsters. Run as fast as possible, ignoring lone enemies to save time.

Reach the checkpoint where Large Chest is located, open the chest to obtain a skill gem, but do not equip it. Respawn at the checkpoint again, return to the chest, and the skill gem will refresh. You can repeat this process to obtain multiple skill gems, equipping them when needed, and excess skill gems can be sold for gold.

How To Obtain Equipment?

After reaching Clearfell Encampment, you can find merchants to trade and change your equipment.

• Una: Sells Magical Items, Flasks, and Scrolls of Wisdom.
• Finn: Sells Physical Class Gear.

You can type "i" in the search box to quickly filter items. Maximum Life is the most important survival attribute during the campaign. Use double quotes for exact matching. For example, typing "m li" will filter only gear with the "maximum life" affix.

It is recommended to filter gear for Quality Items, bonus damage, increased physical damage, movement speed, and maximum life.

You can sell skill gems obtained through duplication here to exchange for a good set of magical gear at the shop to increase your health.

Leveling Tips

POE 2 has an experience gain penalty system based on the difference between player and enemy levels.

• Before level 40: The range of experience gained is ±4 levels.
• After level 40: The experience gain range is ±6 levels.

This means that grinding in low-level areas is inefficient. You should move to areas matching your level (or slightly higher) as quickly as possible to gain more experience. Efficiency is important, but getting stuck is usually due to insufficient damage, so choosing the right skills is crucial.

Contagion is suitable for any class in the early game, and it's very effective, at least in the first 10 levels or the first chapter. It's a curse skill, and i an enemy dies while affected, the curse spreads to nearby enemies, dealing additional damage, which greatly increases your efficiency in clearing regular monsters.

Quests

Many quests in the campaign have different rewards, but completing them all would be quite time-consuming, so you need to complete them selectively.

Quests like Mud Burrow reward a support gem, while quests like Abandoned Stash in Mysterious Campsite reward an uncut skill gem. You can skip these if you don't need them.

The skull icons marked with a cross on the map are mandatory to complete, as they reward permanent stats.

How To Improve Your Character?

If you feel you're struggling or your gear is lacking, repeatedly farm the bosses you can defeat, because bosses and elite enemies have a higher drop rate for better equipment. After several resets, you're likely to obtain powerful rare gear, which greatly boosts your early-game combat power.

You can create a new instance of a zone at the zone entrance using Shift+click or Ctrl+click. All monsters and bosses will spawn in the new instance. To avoid looting junk, it's recommended to set up or download a loot filter to only display valuable items.

Passive Tree

Path of Exile 2's talent tree is very complex. If you're unsure how to allocate your talent points, remember to only choose talents that increase damage before level 80.

Starting from your character's starting point, proceed along the main road formed by attribute points. Prioritize the nearest talent cluster that provides damage bonuses. On the way to the next damage talent cluster, max out all damage nodes along the way, skipping nodes that don't directly provide damage.

Before entering high-tier maps, you can completely ignore pure defensive nodes like armor and evasion, unless they also provide damage.

Item And Currency Management

In story chapters, weapon base stats see significant improvements around levels 11 and 28. Later in a chapter, even if you obtain a low-tier base weapon with good affixes, it's not recommended to invest in PoE 2 currency, as you'll quickly find bases with much higher base damage.

Magic items are usually more valuable when sold after being identified with a Scroll of Wisdom than when unidentified. Rare items should be disenchanted into Regal Shards at NPCs for crafting Regal Orbs. Only consider selling them if you already have enough Regal Orbs.

If you have equipment with sockets, you can disenchant it at the salvaging bench to obtain Artificer's Shard. This can be combined with Artificer's Orb, used to add rune sockets to equipment. When you feel the pace of combat slowing down and the pressure of survival increasing, it's time to invest in upgrading your equipment.

These are the basic tips for completing the campaign in patch 0.4.0. You can also use a leveling build to increase your speed.

Path of Exile 2 0.4.0 patch The Last of the Druids will arrive in December 12th, and the new class has undoubtedly excited many players. However, even with the new class, many players still prefer to stay in Path of Exile 1 leagues.

This is not only because Path of Exile 2 lacks a complete storyline, but also because its endgame content is still not good enough. This is evident in the fact that the official league updates consistently adjust the endgame content.

Many players hope that patch 0.4.0 will continue to improve Atlas tree, replicating some of the strengths of Path of Exile 1, but they don't want Path of Exile 2 to completely copy it, and they want it to have its own unique features to avoid the two games becoming identical.

Characteristics Of PoE 2 Atlas Tree

Path of Exile 2 consists of a main tree and multiple independent League mechanic trees, and the main tree provides general bonuses such as map quantity, item rarity, Precursor Tablets, and pack size, as well as non-league mechanics like shrines, strongboxes, essences, and rogue exiles. Players unlock points by completing nexus of corruptions.

The league mechanic trees, on the other hand, provide bonuses for specific league mechanics, such as Breach, Expedition, Delirium, and Ritual, each with its own points.

The advantage of this is that you don't have to really specialize in anything. You can max out all mechanics simultaneously without respecning, which is very beginner-friendly.

If you want to play Delirium today and Expedition tomorrow, you can directly access the full benefits of the mechanic, which is very convenient. Even if you randomly encounter any league mechanic on the map, you'll still get decent rewards and won't feel like you're wasting your time.

Characteristics Of PoE 1 Atlas Tree

Path of Exile 1 Atlas tree is a large and complex unified tree, with the main tree content and league mechanic nodes all on the same tree.

This also allows players to focus extremely highly on a specific farming strategy. For example, if a player likes Ritual, they can invest almost all their points into related nodes, significantly increasing its rewards and ensuring its appearance on every map, and the same applies to other playstyles. PoE 1 Atlas tree provides players with a highly customized experience,

but this large Atlas tree is obviously somewhat bloated and complex. For new or casual players, they need to take a lot of time studying the effects of each branch and may not even be able to find a truly effective path.

On the other hand, if a player's tree doesn't incorporate a particular mechanic, such as Delirium or Expedition, then when players randomly encounter these mechanics on the map, they'll likely ignore them since these mechanics rarely drop valuable currency or items, leading players to focus solely on their preferred gameplay.

How To Improve PoE 2 Atlas Tree?

The direction for improving Path of Exile 2 Atlas tree doesn't need to be as extreme as in Path of Exile 1, but the current system needs more depth and player agency.

Enhancing Node Influence

Currently, nodes in the main Atlas tree, especially non-core ones like Rogue Exiles and Essences, have too weak an influence. Even if they're reset, players might not notice, so everyone ends up choosing the same allocations, such as increasing map quantity, item rarity, and the drop rate of Precursor Tablets, because other options are not worthwhile.

The developers could enhance the effectiveness of these peripheral nodes, making them valuable and attractive enough to foster diverse point allocation strategies.

Balancing Node Value

Currently, item rarity has a significant impact on PoE 2 currency drops, making related nodes essential.

If the developers adjust the mechanics so that item rarity no longer affects currency drops, players will be more inclined to allocate more points to mechanics like shrines or strongboxes based on their preferred strategies.

However, players will undoubtedly complain about the disappearance of currency rarity nodes. A recommended solution is to distribute these nodes at the top of various mechanisms, guiding players to choose their preferred league mechanisms.

Increasing Node Customization Depth

Path of Exile 2's separate League mechanic trees are clear and easy to understand, and this structure can remain unchanged.

However, existing nodes can be enhanced to make each node within a mechanic tree more interesting and powerful, with a greater focus on supporting specific farming strategies.

Universal skill points can also be introduced, allowing players to gain a small number of points on top of their existing fixed points, which can be freely allocated to any League mechanic tree.

This way, if a player decides to focus on Ritual this league, they can invest these universal points into Ritual tree to maximize its benefits, achieving an effect similar to Path of Exile 1, but without depriving other mechanics of their baseline benefits.

Overall, Path of Exile 2 Atlas tree is still somewhat rudimentary. Patch 0.4.0 can make Atlas tree more impactful and give players more player agency, allowing them to play the game in many different, equally effective ways, rather than everyone following a single meta choice.

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 a key component of Patch 0.3.0, Act 4, newly added to Path of Exile 2, introduces a new story, quests, and rewards based on a new area. You'll need to fully explore Ngamakanui archipelago, learn about it, and claim all the loot.

Act 4 features four side quests, each with a new boss. Completing them not only grants you weapon parts needed to achieve the final mission objective, but also rewards you with POE 2 currency to upgrade your gear, accelerating your progress into the endgame.

This article will explain the key steps for completing these four side quests, helping you tackle them more efficiently and effectively.

1. Hostile Takeover

This quest is crucial because, in addition to the basic rewards, completing it unlocks Shoreline Hideout and the automated trading system. Key NPC Ange will also permanently manage your trades. Below are the steps to complete this quest.

• Step 1. Enter the game and reach Kingsmarch.
• Step 2. Find NPC Ange at the dock.
• Step 3. Travel by boat to Whakapanu Island.
• Step 4. Find the boss Diamora, the Song of Death, in Singing Caverns and defeat her.
• Step 5. Return to Kingsmarch and interact with Ange to gain the relevant permissions.

2. Tribal Medicine

Continue to travel to Ngakanu Island and visit NPC Kaimana to receive the quest. It's worth noting that the final requirement of this quest is to defeat Great White One boss on Whakapanu Island to obtain its shark fin, so you can also reach there first to start the fight.

This boss is located near the shoreline of Shark Pit. It will jump out of the water and bite you with its jaws, dealing bleeding damage. It can also move freely on the beach. The best way to deal with it is to equip skills and gear that deal lightning damage.

After killing the boss, you'll automatically receive a Shark Fin. Bring it to Kaimana, who can then use it to heal Blood Plague. Kaimana will then offer three uncut gems, you can choose one as the reward, and we generally recommend choosing the rarer Spirit Gem.

3. Forgotten Bounty

While exploring Kedge Bay to complete the main quest, Dark Mists, you may stumble upon a Torn Map Piece, which will immediately activate Forgotten Bounty.

This side quest requires you to collect four Torn Map Pieces, located in various locations throughout the archipelago:

• 1. While exploring Kedge Bay, you'll find the first piece (which also triggers the quest) in Dead Man's chest in the first zone.
• 2. Travel to Whakapanu Island and find a petrified pirate holding the second map piece.
• 3. Explore all the caves on Shrike Island; one of them is filled with corpses, and the third fragment is hidden inside.
• 4. Journey deep into the optional island, Isle of Kin, to find the fourth fragment.

Once you've obtained all the fragments, bring them to Makoru to unlock Plunder's Point, a new location marked on the map. Continue there and find some dynamite and a detonator on the island. Then, interact with Dannig to learn the dynamite's purpose.

Next, follow the map's instructions to place the dynamite, which will then explode to reveal hidden treasure as a reward! To maximize the amount of loot, it's recommended to center the dynamite near the detonator and space it out appropriately to cover all loot nodes.

4. Trial Of The Ancestors

Find Matiki on Isle of Kin. He'll convince Makoru to lead you to Eye of Hinekora. After arriving there and disembarking, you'll find Matiki again in a passageway.

He and Navali, a representative of Hinekora, will ask you to look into a nearby bowl. Hinekora's power will then separate your soul from your body. You'll then need to complete three trials to prove your worthiness.

• Kaom's Test: You'll battle enemies in a fire-filled environment.
• Maata's Test: You'll encounter a shaman who fires a barrage of poisonous shards at you.
• Rakiata's Test: You'll encounter a warrior who summons waves of water to attack you during combat.

After completing the test, continue your journey to Halls of the Dead. You'll find a map pointing to the location of the ancestral warriors and treasure. You'll need to follow the instructions to find the final boss in a secret chamber.

Before that, however, you'll need to complete three more trials. Crucially, these trials grant you tattoos that provide combat bonuses.

• Ngamahu's Test: Offers tattoos that grant +5 strength or +5% fire resistance.
• Tasalio's Test: Offers tattoos that grant +5 intelligence or +5% cold resistance.
• Tawhoa's Test: Offers tattoos that grant +5 dexterity or +5% lightning resistance.

Reaching the end of the hall will lead you to Navali, whose pet is the final boss, Yama, the White. This boss deals chaos damage with volleys and area-of-effect attacks, requiring you to dodge them by jumping behind obstacles.

After completing the battle, Navali will reward you with a tattoo that grants 2 weapon set skill points.

These are the main steps for completing all four side quests. However, you should pay special attention to the boss battles within each quest, as they are the most challenging parts of the quest. Defeating them will easily net you rewards!

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!

While farming is the primary way to earn loot in PoE 2, you can also trade with others to more quickly obtain those drops you've always eluded, or to sell any excess items you've acquired.

Before the release of Patch 0.3.0, the trading system in Path of Exile 2 performed its basic functions, and the actual experience was limited by its lack of automatic functionality. Thankfully, this patch has updated this.

As a result, you can now more easily and conveniently sell excess items in The Third Edict using Auto-Trade system to earn PoE 2 currency. However, the system isn't activated immediately; it requires completing a series of prerequisite quests.

This time we will explain how to complete these quests, specifically defeating the crucial boss, Diamora.

Enter Act 4 And Find Ange

Ange is the key NPC for unlocking Auto-Trade system and receiving the corresponding quests, but you can only find her after entering Act 4. The steps are as follows:

• 1. Enter Act 4 and go to the central hub, Kingsmarch.
• 2. Find the well near Rog's shop.
• 3. Find Ange and interact with her to receive Hostile Takeover quest.

Travel To Whakapanu Island

The key to Hostile Takeover quest is defeating the boss, Diamora, the Song of Death, located in Singing Caverns, an area of Whakapanu Islands.

To reach this location, you must first complete Ship Charter quest in the main storyline. This quest requires you to find Makoru, who will help you obtain the ship needed to sail.

When you first arrive on the island, you'll encounter some monsters around level 46-48. You'll need to defeat them while exploring the island to find the boss, as the map is always random. It's generally easier to find in the northwest of the archipelago.

Defeat Diamora, The Song Of Death

As a key boss in Act 4, Diamora's attacks are mostly cold-damaging, so you'll need to equip gear with cold resistance. Furthermore, your resistance will decrease over time during the fight, so it's safe to aim for at least 30% or 40% resistance.

To achieve this, it's recommended to consume currency on a Sapphire Ring for cold resistance and add the corresponding runes and gems to your armor. This will increase your cold resistance to around 60%.

Phase 1

This boss fight consists of three phases. In the first minute or two of Phase 1, Diamora won't attack much, so you can focus on dealing as much damage as possible by avoiding her summoned tornadoes and dodging her arm thrusts.

Then the boss will slide off the edge of the map and periodically jump out of the arena. During this time, a tornado wall will form behind her, so be sure to avoid it.

Phase 2

When the boss's health reaches approximately three-quarters, she will enter the center of the arena, triggering Phase 2. During this phase, she will create a wide-area gaze effect, which you must avoid by avoiding Diamora.

During this phase, the boss herself will not directly damage you, but she will summon minions. These minions deal significant additional damage, which stacks over time.

In addition, during Phase 2, the statues at the edge of the arena will begin creating a Petrifying Gaze effect, which will root you in place. You must avoid them.

Phase 3

After the gaze ends, Diamora returns to her regular combat mode and Phase 3 begins. The key to this phase is to kill the boss quickly, otherwise she may activate her gaze again.

During this phase, the boss will summon multiple bubbles that move around the arena. Do not stand in or touch them, as this will inflict Drowning debuff. If you receive three Drowning debuffs, you will die instantly.

So, you'll need to keep attacking Diamora while dodging bubbles until you finally kill her.

Return To Ange To Unlock Shoreline Hideout

After defeating Diamora, the Song of Death, you can teleport back to Kingsmarch and interact with Ange again. She will grant you access to Shoreline Hideout.

Not only can you rest here, but Ange will also serve as your trade manager. You can sell items, and Ange will handle the transaction for you while you're offline.

How Do You Set Up Automatic Trading?

To enable Ange to work automatically, first obtain a merchant tab from the micro-transaction shop, or convert an existing premium tab to obtain one.

Once you've done that, place the items you want to sell into the tab, and Ange will handle the transaction for you while you're offline or completing quests.

Overall, unlocking this system isn't difficult. The only slightly tricky part is Diamora, the Song of Death boss fight. However, with the appropriate gear and a good understanding of her combat patterns, it's easily manageable.

The above is PoE 2 guide provided for you this time. I hope it will be helpful for you to play the game! Have fun!