Path of Exile 2: Ultimate Guide for Dominating Gameplay

This comprehensive guide to Path of Exile 2, a standalone sequel to the original Path of Exile, covers everything from beginner tips to advanced endgame strategies. Released into Early Access on December 6th, 2024, PoE 2 boasts overhauled mechanics within a traditional ARPG framework. This guide hub, constantly updated, provides in-depth coverage of all aspects of the game.

Getting Started & PoE 2 Beginner Tips: This section offers crucial information for new players, covering essential game knowledge, optimization tips, and setup guidance. Topics include:

• Game Information: Answers to frequently asked questions, details on supporter packs, league switching, point acquisition, stash tab recommendations, estimated playtime, improvements over the original, max level, leveling milestones, level scaling, and claiming Twitch drops.
• Controls & Settings: Optimizing PC settings, combat controls (dodging, blocking, weapon changes), skill binding, movement input customization, chat linking and hiding, and crossplay enable/disable.
• Beginner Tips: Ten essential beginner tips, wisdom scroll acquisition, loot management, best beginner classes, fast gold farming, playing with friends, and initial gold spending strategies.

PoE 2 Game Mechanics & Systems: Navigate the complexities of PoE 2's mechanics with these guides:

• Character Stats & Skill Points: Understanding character attributes, passive skill point acquisition and respeccing, using the passive skill filter, weapon set points, spirit resource management, increasing spirit and movement speed, maximizing mana, energy shield mechanics, accuracy, and resistance upgrades.
• Gameplay Mechanics: Fast travel, free item identification, trading, ailment explanations, instance details, stunning enemies, skill aiming, armor break, crowd control effects, guild creation and joining, arcane surge, power charges, death penalty, and Herald of Ice and Thunder mechanics.
• Skills, Gems, Jewels, & Runes: Equipping and obtaining support gems, rune usage, jewel sockets, acquiring uncut spirit gems, and obtaining raging spirits.

Classes, Ascendancies, & Builds: Master the class system and build your perfect character:

• PoE 2 Class Guides: Rankings of best classes, best solo class, mercenary ammo swapping, minion summoning, aftershock, and rage mechanics.
• Ascendancies: Complete list of class ascendancies and nodes, and unlocking ascension classes.
• PoE 2 Build Guides: Leveling build guides for Monk, Tempest Flurry Invoker, Mercenary, Sorceress, Rolling Slam Warrior, Warrior, and Witch.

PoE 2 Currencies & Gear: Upgrade your gear and master the currency system:

• Upgrades & Improvements: Upgrading item rarity, potion upgrades and refills, adding sockets, upgrading armor and weapon quality, and rerolling gear modifiers.
• PoE 2 Currencies: All currency items and effects, unlocking and using the salvage bench, currency exchange, current exchange rate information, unlocking and using the reforging bench, obtaining Orbs of Chance and Divine Orbs, and obtaining Greater Jeweler's Orbs.
• Gear & Equipment: Early gear farming, obtaining uniques, charm system, charm equipping and upgrading, stellar amulets, obtaining Ingenuity Utility Belt, and obtaining Hand of Wisdom and Action.

Quest & Boss Walkthroughs: Complete walkthroughs for all quests and bosses:

• All Main Quests and Acts: Complete list of main quests and acts.
• All Permanent Bonuses from the Campaign: A list of all permanent bonuses.
• Act One, Act Two, and Act Three: Detailed walkthroughs for each act, including boss strategies and quest solutions.

PoE 2 Endgame Guides: Conquer the endgame with these advanced strategies:

• Endgame Tips & Mechanics: Unlocking Cruel difficulty and endgame, advanced endgame tips, waystone acquisition and upgrading, waystone sustain during mapping, optimal Atlas skill tree setup, hideout unlocking, and finding more citadels.
• Endgame Features & Leagues: Atlas of Worlds guide, Realmgate, Breach, Delirium, Ritual, Expedition, Burning Monolith, Trial of Chaos, and Trial of the Sekhemas guides.

Advanced PoE 2 Tips & Other Guides: Maximize your PoE 2 experience:

• Advanced PoE 2 Guides: Fast XP farming, loot filter usage, obtaining console loot filters, Sidekick features and installation, FilterBlade usage, avoiding merchant scams, and obtaining more character slots.