Path of Exile 2: Comprehensive Guide for Success

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. Launched into Early Access on December 6th, 2024, PoE 2 offers a revamped ARPG experience with evolved mechanics and a massive skill tree. This guide hub, constantly updated, provides in-depth coverage of all aspects of the game.

Getting Started & PoE 2 Beginner Tips: Prepare for your journey with essential information, including max level, estimated playtime, microtransactions, and crucial beginner tips. Learn optimal PC settings, combat controls (dodging, weapon switching), and chat management.

• Game Information: Answers to frequently asked questions, details on supporter packs, league switching, point acquisition, stash tab recommendations, and more.
• Controls & Settings: Optimizing your PC settings, mastering combat mechanics, and customizing controls.
• Beginner Tips: Ten essential tips, guidance on scrolls of wisdom, loot management, class selection, gold farming, multiplayer, and initial gold spending.

PoE 2 Game Mechanics & Systems: Decipher the intricate mechanics of PoE 2, including character stats, core gameplay, and the new skill and socket systems.

• Character Stats & Skill Points: Understanding attributes, passive skill point acquisition and respeccing, the passive skill filter, weapon set points, spirit resource management, movement speed, mana, energy shields, accuracy, and resistance upgrades.
• Gameplay Mechanics: Fast travel, free item identification, trading, ailments, instances, stunning enemies, skill aiming, armor break, crowd control, guild creation, arcane surge, power charges, death penalty, and herald effects.
• Skills, Gems, Jewels, & Runes: Equipping and obtaining support gems, rune usage, jewel sockets, and uncut spirit gems.

Classes, Ascendancies, & Builds: Master the class system, ascendancies, and build crafting.

• PoE 2 Class Guides: Rankings of the best classes, solo class recommendations, 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 builds for Monk, Tempest Flurry Invoker, Mercenary, Sorceress, Rolling Slam Warrior, and Witch.

PoE 2 Currencies & Gear: Learn the crafting system, currency usage, and gear management.

• Upgrades & Improvements: Upgrading item rarity, potion management, socket addition, armor/weapon quality upgrades, and gear modifier rerolling.
• PoE 2 Currencies: All currency items and effects, using the salvage and currency exchange benches, current exchange rates, and the reforging bench. Also includes obtaining Orbs of Chance, Divine Orbs, and Greater Jeweler's Orbs.
• Gear & Equipment: Early game gear farming, unique item acquisition, charm system, charm equipping and upgrading, stellar amulets, and obtaining specific items like the Ingenuity Utility Belt and Hand of Wisdom and Action.

Quest & Boss Walkthroughs: Complete walkthroughs for all main quests and bosses across the three Acts (more to come with full release).

PoE 2 Endgame Guides: Conquer the endgame with tips on unlocking Cruel difficulty, Atlas system mastery, Waystones, and endgame activities.

• Endgame Tips & Mechanics: Unlocking Cruel difficulty, advanced endgame tips, Waystone acquisition and upgrades, Waystone sustain during mapping, optimal Atlas skill tree setups, hideout unlocking, and citadel location.
• Endgame Features & Leagues: Atlas of Worlds guide, Realmgate, Breach, Delirium, Ritual, Expedition, Burning Monolith, Trial of Chaos, and Trial of the Sekhemas.

Advanced PoE 2 Tips & Other Guides: Maximize your PoE 2 experience with advanced techniques.

• Advanced PoE 2 Guides: XP farming, loot filter usage (including console acquisition), Sidekick features, FilterBlade usage, merchant buying/selling strategies, and acquiring additional character slots.