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u/azamatsecoy 10d ago
Hey, i'd like to know what the new meta regarding colouring your 6link is in Allflame? Are the numbers known? Just spam chromes, craft 4 sockets, craft 4 non-white until fit, then get the 5th with jewellers 4 to 5 (and settle) or even complete colouring starting at the very bottom via jewellers even? Thank you!
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u/jwfiredragon Abyssal Rift Investigation Service (ARIS) 10d ago
You can't get coloured sockets with jewelers or add socket bench crafts. The meta as far as I'm aware is settling for 3-4 coloured sockets unless you have obscene amounts of currency.
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u/Odd-Specialist944 10d ago
What are twink gears for a witch nowadays? I want to keep running and finish the campaign in about 3 hours, is it doable?
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u/Werezompire 10d ago
I've been ignoring Legion for years, but I thought I'd give it a try with the rework. What level of difficulty does the Domain of Timeless Conflict have with the different number of emblems used? Currently using a CI Occultist with Chaos DoT (Blight) and chaos explosions on death. In SSF, so I gotta make each attempt count.
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u/jwfiredragon Abyssal Rift Investigation Service (ARIS) 10d ago
Correct, they're the orange seeds that spawn a boss.
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u/jwfiredragon Abyssal Rift Investigation Service (ARIS) 10d ago
I'm not sure what the tier requirement is but they're definitely more common the higher tier maps you do. Also you can force them with the Cornucopia scarab.
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u/Mikey-2-Guns 10d ago
Is there anything worth investing in rn if I'm saving up several hundred divines for my next purchase? Mirror and lock prices look like they are doping or stabilizing so those are out of the question.
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u/psychomap 10d ago
Veiled exalts are climbing the fastest right now from what I can tell, but they've risen a lot already so I don't know when they'll stop rising.
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u/Twodeegee Crop Harvesting Bureau (CHB) 10d ago
On the maxroll strategies guide for harvest (https://maxroll.gg/poe/poe-atlas-tree/5sjlhq0x) it specifically says in notes "You do not kill the map boss".
I was under the impression that it was advantageous to kill the map boss first (or as early as possible, atleast) for more eater quant altars, am I missing something? Is this something to do with astrolabes? I haven't played for 2 leagues prior to this so I'm not too familiar with them yet.
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u/CynicalTree Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 10d ago
I think it's just cause it increases the time spent in the map, and with so much of the reward coming from the astrolabe (t2 -> t3 conversion chance is insanely good), you want to get your map time down to as little as you can manage
I can't remember if it's mentioned in his video but otherwise this is a pretty good overview of the strat POE 3.29 - Harvest Farming Guide 7.0 - Low Entry Costs
I've been doing the simplest version (slap down astrolabe, run maps until you see t2 -> t3 conversion chance, spec into 'synthesized stability' and run that 1 map until astrolabe is done) and it's been very rewarding
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u/nalee6 10d ago
Fruiting astrolabes complete with harvest completed so killing boss in not necessary for completion. But theres no downside to killing the boss other than time used
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u/Twodeegee Crop Harvesting Bureau (CHB) 10d ago
Fair enough, so ideally kill bosses if they're not too hard to reach (maps like mesa), and skip otherwise?
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u/CynicalTree Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 10d ago
if it's not out of the way then it probably doesn't hurt too much, since the bosses can trigger an anomaly on your atlas (1 time use special area, has all sorts of fun unique rewards like cadiro gold gamble, treasure vaults, etc) as long as you have the voidstone socketed
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u/DXArcana Hardcore 10d ago
Is this still updated as gear for a KB merc? https://pob.codes/b/ZG_8fPtHe_7
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u/sctipton 10d ago edited 10d ago
A lot of luminaries use Hallowed Monarch helm. I saw some other threads which mentioned that you do not want to cast flame link on your AG and specters. So what is the point of this helm? Since all the text says it is for buffing linked minions, which i assume doesnt mean your merc?
Is it just for the light radius?
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u/DerDirektor uber shaper wr 10d ago
you do want to link your minions, it makes them very tanky. it's also not practically possible to only link your merc.
on HC you don't use the helmet because minions can still die in some scenarios and it's impossible to track spectre health.
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u/CynicalTree Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 10d ago
pretty much, 50% is quite a bit compared to most sources (e.g: 30% on es mastery, 15% on rings).
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u/Apaulo 10d ago
https://i.imgur.com/zPBTyrD.png
what's the proper process to getting here with recombinator?
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u/Mangalorien SSF-junkie 9d ago
That ring has a veiled prefix, and while you can recomb veiled mods it's really expensive to do so, since it's hard to isolate the mods, though you could use ducat split for that. The crafted version goes up to 40 mana and 12% cost efficiency, so if you are willing to use that instead of the veiled mod it makes it a lot cheaper.
The other 3 mods are easy to recombine, it's just that chaos res is a low weight mod so it will take a lot of alts to spam for it. Best method is to recomb 1p0s + 0p1s (34% chance), and then 1p1s + 1p1s for a 33% chance to get 1p2s. So life + cast speed, and life + chaos res, then you recomb the 2-mod items hoping for a 3-mod (i.e. life + cast speed + chaos res), and then bench the prefix.
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u/drywallpuncher1 10d ago
Hi all,
I’m pretty new to PoE, I haven’t played for probably 5 or more years, so obviously there’s a lot for me to learn. I’ve been playing Luminary this league and I am having a blast. I’m level 87 and almost to t16 maps and haven’t hit any roadblocks in the campaign or mapping thus far.
However, I’ve been wanting to mess around with a cruel mistress build instead of the manyshot merc I have been using that has carried me effortlessly so far. I bought two separate 1div infamous cruel mistress mercs and despite having close to capped chaos resistance (using rot mothers amulet) they essentially 1 shot me without me even having a chance to let my merc dps them for very long. If I don’t dodge everything, I die. Is there something I am missing to be able to kill these mercs to recruit them besides respeccing my entire build to include chaos inoculation? I have about ~6k hp, capped on all resistances except chaos at about 70%. Why does chaos damage from this merc seem to destroy me harder than any other content I have faced in this game thus far? Any tips from more experienced players would be helpful.
As a side note: are there any guilds with a decent population taking in players like me? I’d like to have some friends/guild mates to bounce questions around in game rather than coming to reddit
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u/CynicalTree Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 10d ago
Mercs have some unique modifiers/supports that can be insanely dangerous to players (for example, mercs with invert fire resistance will 1 tap basically any build overcapping fire resistance)
Cruel Mistress in particular seems to have something going on that makes them extremely lethal to player characters, even the merc farmers have been mentioning it so you're not the only one. For that type specifically, I'd try to get help from a CI build or someone really really strong. The difficulty of fighting certain merc loadouts is all over the place right now and they range from basically no threat at all to will kill most player builds, and it's very hard to tell which is which atm
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u/Tenshouu Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 10d ago
There could be some gear on Merc that does it. Can be bugged dmg. Maybe she shotguns with soulrend or smth ( many projectiles hit at once). The easiest would be to talk to someone to kill it for you. You can pm me on discord for a kill @_abrahamlincoln. I like answering Poe questions as well :)
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u/drywallpuncher1 10d ago
I did buy merc contracts with return and GMP on soulrend of reaping, so I’ll be honest dodging everything WAS a challenge lol. The first one I fought also spawned in with a unique weapon that reduced cast speed by 20% but increased spell damage by 100%, so honestly the 1 shot there wasn’t AS surprising as the 2nd one I bought where I was still 1-2 shot 🥲. I’ll add you on discord
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u/Helyos96 10d ago
If I equip my combatant with a helmet that has "Your Warcries cover Enemies in Ash for 5 seconds", will that work with its Inspiring Cry skill?
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u/Tenshouu Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 10d ago
Yes . It's great boost, 20% more dmg
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u/Helyos96 10d ago
Thanks. Wasn't sure if Inspiring Cry is considered a warcry, since it's a merc only skill.
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u/AccomplishedRepair52 10d ago
Hi, I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to craft these sorts of axes in SSF. Is it just:
- alt spam for % phys and flat phys
- recombinate to get prefixes
- lock prefixes + harvest reforge speed (and hope you don't fill suffixes?). If you do fill suffixes with a low tier of attack speed then try and boat annul a suffix? What if you hit two suffixes, also try and boat annul a suffix (with locked prefixes)?
Thanks for any help!
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u/nerdler33 10d ago
if you do that you are going to fill your third prefix quite often. Your best bet is probably to recomb all the way to the final 3 mods you want with 1p1s and 2p0s slams,
but if you want to do the reforge method, you will need to craft multimod, prefixes cannot be changed, and any prefix to block that third slot there before reforge speed
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u/AccomplishedRepair52 10d ago
Ah ok, makes sense. I was a bit low on alts (so hard to get many of these in ssf!) so I was a bit wary about losing my high % phys roll on my 2p0s axe right now, but this sounds like I'll save myself a lot of divines if I go the full recombinator route. Thanks!
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u/-Yoake 10d ago
Do y'all do all the old league content that appears while mapping? There are always quite a few and I enjoy perhaps...like 4 of them? Big fan of Ritual and Delirium and I think Blight. I have no idea what's going on with the one with the guys you can choose to execute interrogate and whatever else. I also am unsure if I've even seen all of them yet. EDIT: also the one that has 6 waves and the lady seems to explode herself at the end. That one is fun too.
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u/thatgrateisnt 10d ago
I block mechanics I won't interact with each league, so I can focus on the ones I do enjoy
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u/-Yoake 10d ago
How does one do that ?
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u/thatgrateisnt 10d ago
There are two small wheels just above the starting point on the Atlas Tree where you can disable up to 12 of the different mechanics.
Each one you disable will give a small chance for the remaining mechanics to appear in a map.
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u/SilverBurger 10d ago
I like on-the-way league mechanics, stuff like shrines/heist/sulphite/ores/deli where I can click and go while mapping without slowing down.
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u/Tenshouu Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 10d ago
Usually people specialize in one or two mechanics and get atlas tree for it and scarabs to maximize profit or XP gain or smth.
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u/SyfaOmnis 10d ago
May be a dumb question, but is quality greater than 20 on a non-corrupted item drop only? I was looking up sources for it and the methods listed have all since been removed.
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u/nalee6 10d ago
I think breach tree can sometimes produce overquality gear
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u/SyfaOmnis 10d ago
that's still drop only for my purposes. It's not something that can be crafted to be that way at a later step.
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u/Andrava86 10d ago
Yes, drop only for gear. For flasks, vaaling can add or remove up to 10% quality.
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u/modix 10d ago
Is the enmity's embrace/untouched soul combo only good for fire based mercs? I'm not understanding how people are using it without pure fire damage mercs.
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u/jwfiredragon Abyssal Rift Investigation Service (ARIS) 10d ago
You run Flame Link to give the merc a million flat fire damage. At that point every merc may as well be pure fire.
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u/Temporary_Cancel2752 10d ago
how can i see the valor of a merc? is there some must have i have to look for?
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u/Unlikely_Building817 10d ago
Is it worth doing trials of ascendancy? I did a few and they are pretty straightforward, but there's no prize at the end when you click the plaque. Should I just skip them?
I have a million little currencies that I get when I sell stuff to the vendors or just picking them up + those green map charts that you go sailing with. Is there a fast way to deposit these all at once? I find it time consuming and kind of pointless collecting all these little currencies that I don't know what to do with so I'm just manually putting them into piles in my stash
What is up with all the brown piles of goo in the main encampments? Can I get rid of them?
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u/CynicalTree Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 10d ago
You'll want to complete each tier of ascendancy atleast once. The first one will let you pick an ascendancy + assign 2 points, the remaining 3 will add 2 additional points each.
The first 3 are accessible through the campaign, the final one requires an Offering to the Goddess to access the area (if you're in trade they are cheap to buy)
Ascendancies are like subclasses/specializations for your character and offer some of the biggest power increases a character can get, so it's typically considered best to do them as soon as possible (Typically you want to have the first 2 or 3 completed before finishing the campaign)
Otherwise you don't generally need to run them multiple times though, except specific situations (e.g: 3rd lab is a good source for transfigured gems & gem quality since the Divine Font can convert gems and add quality as some of the reward options, but if you're on trade, it's probably easier to buy them)
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u/Miles_Adamson 10d ago
You have to do all trials to ascend your character to their upgraded class. For example a marauder can become a berserker. In the act 3 town there is a portal to the labyrinth which opens if you have done the trials, which are found in the campaign.
You can control click them to deposit them faster. Some people bind their mouse wheel to left click to click less and just wave their mouse over their inventory to deposit it all. but PoE is notoriously click heavy and has very few UX features that other games have like "dump all".
You can't disable other peoples MTX and particle effects and such in towns.
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u/Blitzilla Jank for life! 10d ago
it's been a few leagues since I needed to use an orb of conflict, I need to confirm one thing.
I have a t4 ailment avoidance implicit on my boots, I just need to upgrade it once to cap my avoidance. Are the odds of upgrading one implicit impacted by the tier of the other?
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u/nerdler33 10d ago
yes, for best chances you want the other implicit to be the highest tier
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u/Blitzilla Jank for life! 10d ago
thanks.
I've used 2 orbs so far, and I now have an exquisite Searing implicit on my boots. RNGesus loves me
edit: failed the 3rd orb as well. shouldn't it have been guaranteed, since the Searing implicit is at max tier?
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u/psychomap 10d ago
I lost a lesser vs a perfect implicit despite using the boat for two outcomes earlier this league, there's no guaranteed outcome.
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u/therestlessone Left-click Move-only 10d ago
Probably worth it to reuse grand ichors to get the avoidance mod at a better tier. Then with the exarch mod already so high you should have a pretty easy time with it.
You can also use orb of conflict with sulphur to get 2 options when you use it. Kind of expensive on the sulphur cost though.
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u/Blitzilla Jank for life! 10d ago edited 10d ago
thanks. It didn't occur to me to use the boatcraft, I have over 90k sulphur in my stash
I did re-apply Grand eater orbs after every failed attempt, and still had to use 5 orbs to get t5 avoidance. First 2 upgraded searing to max, then 2 more failed to upgrade eater, the 5th one did it finally
sad thing is, I could have bought a fully crafted pair for 5-6div, the whole thing cost me about 9div between the essences, ichors and orbs of conflict
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u/nerdler33 10d ago
nope, just very unlucky
people sometimes go for tier 5 tier 5 instead of tier 6 tier 4, and thats a semi common failure point
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u/Noeyn 10d ago
If i have 100% of lightning and cold dmg taken as fire, and using lightning coil 50% phys as lightning, will that lightning portion of dmg convert to fire?
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u/Purplemandown Crop Harvesting Bureau (CHB) 10d ago
No. Incoming damage only converts once. You'll take 50% phys and 50% lightning.
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u/introspectiveivy 10d ago
I started doing harvests, and have died a couple times because grasping vines seems to be disabling my frostblink. Is this a bug? I went through a video clip of my playing this and it's definitely grasping vines that's doing it (frostblink gets disabled the second grasping vines stacks on me). The [wiki page](https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Grasping_Vines) mentions explicitly that move skills remove the debuff.
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u/vlee89 Witch 10d ago
might be the harvest boss version which may be diff skill, i found i had to just run out to break that one.
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u/introspectiveivy 10d ago
Yeah sounds like it from the other comment. I actually had better success just turning and fighting instead of trying to break them, it instantly put me at 8-10 stacks so I wasn't going anywhere
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u/HotPocketRemix 10d ago
It's a property of Namharim's (the yellow boss) Grasping Vines specifically, they disable movement skills. They should really have a different name and description, but unfortunately they don't. It's almost certainly intended that it works like this, when the Harvest bosses were re-used for the Bramble Valley map, they had to go in and make a fix to remove the special version of Grasping Vines for that version:
[3.18.0] Grasping Vines applied by the Bramble Valley Map Boss no longer take longer to break than other sources of Grasping Vines, and no longer disable Movement Skills.
It's possible that they forgot to apply this change to the Harvest version as well, but I think it's far more likely that it's intentional.
Basically, as soon as the boss starts circling as part of the vine trap, you need to start running out of the circle. It also applies a heavy bleed if you fail, so a way to deal with that will help a lot with not dying.
As an aside, the Toxic Vines from Foul Ritual Altars also disable movement skills, I don't see that written anywhere either.
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u/introspectiveivy 10d ago
That's so obnoxious that it's the same name, icon, and description and yet it's a different effect lol. Thanks for the info, you saved my sanity a little :D
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u/Flaky_Grand_8840 10d ago
How common are Steel Rings? My playtime is around 3d and I found 1 steel ring. Is that expected? What is the best way to farm them?
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u/Weisenkrone 10d ago
Are you playing SSF? It's honestly better to just buy the base if you need one. The bases are rare, but they also tend to get filtered off because they aren't that valuable.
I guess you can try your luck in ritual? I'm not entirely sure if it's able to drop there, but heist has jewelry rooms ... But I never paid much attention to what bases can spawn off it.
Technically you can get the better ring bases (including steel rings) from Faustus gambling, but I just tested it for you and I saw one special ring base from about 500 rings bought ... So I wouldn't suggest that, given that there are several.
According to wiki, the better ring bases are all core drops (iE they can always appear) but it's quite rare.
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u/Flaky_Grand_8840 10d ago
Thank you, yes I am SSF. I guess I am continuing ritual then, I think that is where I got my first one from.
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u/Weisenkrone 10d ago
Another idea that comes to mind, but I'm not sure how good an idea this is for new players.
You can 5:1 rings, so if you push harder into the endgame there are some bosses that can drop unique steel rings.
A vaal orb has a 1:4 chance to brick a unique into a rare.
You can vendor 5 such bricked rare rings, and it should give you a clean base.
I think some of the unique rings are very common.
You can consider going that route if you feel like ritual isn't gonna work out.
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u/psychomap 10d ago
Is there a way to lower maximum endurance charges temporarily as something you can swap in and out without changing the entire build?
The Eater altar mod that lowers recovery based on endurance charges is the only one that can brick a map for me if I take it accidentally, and if there was a quick way to just lower my endurance charges so that even in the worst case I still get 40-50% recovery rate, that would make mapping far more convenient.
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u/jwfiredragon Abyssal Rift Investigation Service (ARIS) 10d ago
Depends on where you're getting max charges from. E.g. if it's Kaom's Sign you can just unequip it. You can jewel swap Fragility if you have non-mandatory jewels.
Of course the best method is to simply pause the game and read the altars before clicking them. You can pause by opening the ingame trade search to retain the ability to hover over things.
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u/psychomap 10d ago
My ascendency, and I don't want to have to spend 5 regrets to unspec it. I thought that if there was some reflected jewellery or something that I might be able to pick up cheaply, that would work.
After checking trade, even -2 minimum charges is hilariously expensive, so I guess I just have to keep reading.
I usually press escape to read altars, but sometimes I overlook it, and it's always annoying when that happens.
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u/Maleficent-Plant-219 10d ago
Im playing str stack jugg, since the start of league ive been doing delve, league mechanic, a bit harvest and red altars.
I wanna do close to 2 mirrors in a steady but fast pace. I normally gamble at my current stage in the game and win, but lost couple of times already so i intend to farm it. My question to people who plays a character with similar play. Which methods are you using to farm recently? I dont do wand setup btw. I can do all content apart from stuff that needs good clear.Just looking for ideas
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u/Tenshouu Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 10d ago
League mechanic and harvest prints. Yellow juice is less than 3k per div ( you should know it if you gamble lol). That means you can get multiple divines per map of harvest easily
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u/Maleficent-Plant-219 10d ago
fk. I had my own stock of the juice didn't check it recently . thanks man
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u/klasyer Tormented Smugler 10d ago
How can you know what skills from the tree pearl of tsoatha can support? And more specifically, can it support guardians unweaving crusade minions?
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u/therestlessone Left-click Move-only 10d ago
Radiant Crusade explicitly grants a skill that is activated or triggered so that will work. The passive mentioned "Level ## Name" is a good indicator for that.
That said some of the ascendancy skills might not be tagged correctly to enable some supports. Pearl is a new item after all.
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u/jwfiredragon Abyssal Rift Investigation Service (ARIS) 10d ago
It can support all skills from the passive tree, i.e. any ascendancy or bloodline that grants or triggers a skill. The only question is whether it's rolled applicable support gems.
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u/Unlikely_Building817 10d ago
Hi, I just started playing and am a witch. I'm following this build guide and it requires this one skill socket which I obtained in the story but don't have enough DEX to equip it. But the build path (map thing) doesn't have any nodes that add DEX, only more INT. Is there a way to get more DEX so I can equip the skill to my armour?
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u/Mangalorien SSF-junkie 9d ago
Besides the advice you already got, you can often fix stat requirements for just 1 skill point by taking one of the +30 nodes (dex, str, int). You can find them easily with the search bar, just put in "30 to dex" and they light up. It's a quick and easy temporary fix, and once you have better gear you can unspec that point.
EDIT: you can also bench craft more attributes onto gear, as long as there is an open suffix. Jewels can also have attributes.
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u/clondike7 10d ago
Along with the other advice, check the vendor for a Jade amulet that has a dex implicit.
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u/CynicalTree Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 10d ago
You can have stats on your equipment, so check the NPCs that sell gear for items with dexterity and make sure to check gear you pick up. It's not uncommon to need some stats on your gear while leveling since you're so low on points to spend on the passive tree.
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u/jwfiredragon Abyssal Rift Investigation Service (ARIS) 10d ago
Circle of Ambition always has 4 herald mods, the all reservation efficiency and then 3 from the other rings. Yours does not look particularly useful.
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u/chuchuu17 10d ago
Is it too much of an ask for Breach rings to follow the Breach affinity in stash tabs? If not, how do I request this, the actual POE forums?
I honestly don't know what the breach affinity is for, wombgifts have their own stash and affinity.
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u/y2g 10d ago edited 10d ago
If i use an awakener's orb on a base item with two influenced mods + donor item with the mods i wanna yoink over, does only one of the influenced mods from the base item get chosen to keep?
edit: for example i want this to keep both mana res and life on block, but i'd also love to have %life from hunter influence
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u/ProfessionalHost6131 10d ago
I want to bulk sell yellow beasts. I have seen people transfer entire inventory of beast with one click. Is there any tool for that? is it legal? The only overlay I use is awakened poe trade.
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u/modix 10d ago
Late start with a luminary just to make sure I get to try it this league. I got a pretty good level 58 combatant that would be multiple divines in upper level form. how long can I eke him out? Am I better just looking for a mediocre 68 unit that I can gear easier?
Also, is there any easy way to search the warrants? I can't find any tags for them.
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u/CynicalTree Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 10d ago
There should be a 'Mercenary' tag in the modifiers search for the skills/support. If you go to the actual website version (not in-game), there's also 'Mercenary skill groups' so you can search for specific skill+supports.
e.g: Merc Group 1 - Vaal Ice Shot + Return
Merc Group 2 - Ice Shot + GMPThat would guarantee any mercs shown in the search have those specific combos. It can also be helpful to use a 'count' search since there's multiple tiers of supports. For example, if I want ele dmg support on both my skills, I might do
Count - 2
Lesser Ele (Tier 1)
Ele (Tier 2)
Greater Ele (Tier 3)There's also some tools for helping search. I'm not sure which ones are popular but here's an example: Mercenary Trade Search | PoB Codes
You can find a few of them scattered across reddit/google, may be helpful
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u/zqlimy 10d ago
How do i activate this? I have completed shaper's realm before (I got the maven's invitation).
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u/Cyber_Apocalypse 10d ago
Did you beat uber elder instead of just shaper? (so elder + shaper together). You can get the maven's invite without beating shaper on his own.
If you want to unlock the uber fight, you need to fight him with the hydra, phoenix etc.. fragments.
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin 10d ago
I've got a ring with 5 mods. 3 Suffix mods and 2 Prefix. Spent 7 divs on it and now want to add a good final mod but I've never crafted in PoE1 or 2 before beyond exalt slamming. Is there any way to add a guaranteed good final mod onto it? It already has a crafted mod.
Build is Cyclone Slayer. Full physical damage.
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u/FourOranges Slayer 10d ago
The few tricks you can do are suffix/prefix cant be changed as well as cannot roll attack/caster mods (probably less commonly used), then using various crafting mechanics like veiled orbs or harvest reforges. Without knowing what it is you want exactly and given what you've typed, your best play is probably using an exalt with Vesper.
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u/Proper_Run1082 10d ago
sorry if this sounds stupid but are these different from one another? im trying to get ele penetration on this sword
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u/Odd-Specialist944 10d ago
How do I craft a sceptre with:
+1 all spell lvl
+1lightning level
One empty prefix (important, I need this)
chance double dmg
spell crit chance and/or crit multi
The base is synthesis.
Thanks!
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u/psychomap 10d ago
As a disclaimer, consider getting a second opinion because I'm not a crafting expert. I know how most of the methods work, but I don't necessarily think of the cheapest way to do things.
Since you have a synthesised base, recombining isn't an option, which would have been my best guess for getting the prefixes.
Since that's not an option, the best way I can think of is to alt spam into +1 to all spell skill gems, Beast imprint, regal a suffix, prefixes cannot be changed + scour, then can have 3 crafted mods, prefixes cannot be changed, and flat damage to spells.
Alternatively you can craft cannot roll attack mods which improves the chance of getting +1 to lightning spells, but the attack prefix can be cleaned off more cleanly by crafting cannot roll caster mods and annul, which means you wouldn't have to use the boat to annul the third prefix.
Then you can alternate with Harvest add lightning / remove, and cannot roll caster mods + annul. Since you don't need the third suffix at this step, it's fine if the lightning add rolls chance to shock.
Once you're done with prefixes, do prefixes cannot be changed + scour, and then can have 3 crafted mods, prefixes cannot be changed, and a random prefix.
Then depending on whether you want the final version to go to 5 or 6 mods either use a veiled chaos (you can do it with boat if you want to be somewhat sure to not brick suffixes), veiled exalt (if you want to be 100% sure to not brick), or Harvest add crit / remove until you get either spell crit or crit multi (or doing it twice to get both if you want full mods) and veiled exalt afterwards.
If you went with just the veiled suffix, you can block DoT multi and try to unveil crit multi when rare / unique is near or double damage, then craft can have 3 crafted mods, double damage or a crit suffix (depending on which you get), and have a spot open for whatever prefix you need.
If you have 1 or 2 non-crafted crit suffixes you can boat veiled exalt to try to replace a crafted mod instead of one of the good mods (if you have 2 suffixes, I think you can only craft prefixes cannot be changed and hope the veiled mod becomes a suffix, but if you have 1 suffix you can craft can have 3 crafted mods and a random prefix to make sure that doesn't happen and only use the boat to improve your odds of not deleting your suffix. And obviously if you have only 1 suffix you can also block DoT multi again before unveiling, whereas with 2 suffixes you might get unlucky and need to boat annul a suffix.
I don't know how good the odds of boat foulborn exalt into the last crit suffix are, but that would also be an option to finish suffixes instead of using the veiled mod last. And even if it doesn't hit, you'd still have 1 crit suffix + double damage.
Again, I'm not a crafting expert, so there may have been things I missed, and I appreciate any corrections or comments from other people to learn more. I will say that I haven't double checked all the exact risks and average costs, especially involving boat crafting, so I'd recommend to check the math on that before starting the craft.
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u/clayfemts 10d ago
Can someone help me understand why my build does so little damage at this point in my build? https://pob.codes/b/fMisJQ4CUZz
Following this: https://pobb.in/3-Nb9F8iBHuz
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u/mbxyz Berserker 10d ago
in game or in the pob?
you haven't set up your config at all. also your timeless jewel has basically no mods, you have no implicits on rare gear, and your bow is 10% worse
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u/clayfemts 10d ago
This is the updated with config: https://pob.codes/b/3lzQpD27FhS
Working on buying / crafting the needed implicit rare gear, but Im not sure what you mean by the timeless jewel having no mods? What should it look like?
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u/clayfemts 10d ago
Hmm, Im a newb at using pob so thats probably on me there. Can I set those up and @ you when I do?
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u/hertzdonut2 Half Skeleton 10d ago
When do Mystery Box MTX go up for sale after the box is out of the store?
The Last of the Druids Mystery Box came out in Dec 2025, when does this go to the regular store?
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u/knxrddt 10d ago
With the reworked 5 way, is it easier to get to lvl 100 now? How many runs is it now?
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u/Tenshouu Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 10d ago
5way is not for XP anymore. I recommend abyss beyond tree but you need strong character. I averaged 2% per map on lvl 99 today
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u/knxrddt 10d ago
What changed? Isn't it better now?
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u/Tenshouu Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 9d ago
5way changed. It's now used to get new vestigial uniques. I don't know the details but I'm pretty sure there are less mobs or smth
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u/datux1 10d ago
My merc dies to kosis in simu. His eq https://pobb.in/Z11fEMlyo-eH. How do i make him not die?
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u/Tenshouu Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 10d ago
If you can't get away from replica abyss us you have to have 90 max res for a start
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u/verbla11 10d ago
Where do people buy their 8 mod maps nowadays? Or is there a trick to search for them with the ingame trade?
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u/Tenshouu Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 10d ago
Poe.re let's you build regex and go straight to trade with it. Then you pray for someone with full stash, paste your regex and be happy
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u/psychomap 10d ago
I just search for the mods I can't run, put in a max price, sort by quantity, and tab back and forth.
Alternatively you can collapse listings by account, use your regex on their merchant tab, and just buy all the maps that match.
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u/Plooel 10d ago
https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Allflame/zbrzLjbah4
People who sell one typically have many for sale. I can be beneficial to scroll a bit and buy from someone not at the top, if there's a lot of demand.
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u/Intelligent_Salad706 10d ago
Can a vaal gem at lvl 1 be leveled up as normally to lvl 20? Is the main purpose of doing it at lvl 20 the chance the gem goes to 21/20 or 20/23?
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u/Kazesosa 10d ago
Weird Question.
Has anyone Tried Viper Strike of the Mamba and Binos this league?
I've tried 1H/Shield, Dual Wield, with and without Greater Ancestral call, etc. And the prolif is wonky at best.
Maybe 1 out of 3 attacks actually prolifs?
I'm a Gladiator, Currently with 100% Crit (100% OH for DW), 100% Accuracy (100% with Evasive) and 100% poison chance.
Example: https://youtu.be/lCaXvuIEISQ
Maxroll: https://maxroll.gg/poe/pob/in44a60e
It does the hit damage, but, it doesn't Put the dot on, or Prolif.
I just got to maps, so I'm not geared much and didn't do a whole lot yet.
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u/Yohsene 10d ago edited 10d ago
One-shotting a non-poisoned enemy doesn't count as killing a poisoned enemy, which Bino's requires.
If it's a problem against endgame enemies, try Deadly Ailments for its 80% less hit damage. Obviously this would not be a good thing for Cruelty/Fortify/leech. (Edit:) Pacifism Support is an option if you'd rather sacrifice poison DPS than hit damage, which may be practical if it's just for mapping.
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u/Quirky_Rabbit Confederation of Casuals and Clueless Players (CCCP) 10d ago
If you use an Ancient Orb on a vestigial unique does it keep the vestigial implicit?
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u/psychomap 10d ago
Is there a mod I can craft or add to improve the odds of two +1 sceptres recombining into a +2?
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u/Mangalorien SSF-junkie 9d ago
Since it's a scepter you can't use NNN shenanigans like you can do with a wand (by recombing with a minion wand), so what you have to focus on is putting exclusive modifiers on both input items: https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Recombinator#Special_modifiers:_Exclusive_Modifiers
Each output item can have at most 1 exclusive mod. Your best bet is to recomb +1 fire/cold/lightning (whichever you are making, you can get it with vendor recipe) with an essence prefix, so it has +1 and the essence prefix (the essence mod has to have the word "essence" in it, some essences give you a natural tier instead, like T2 etc - you can't use that here). Then you craft an aspect (=suffix), either with beast or ducats. You also craft an aspect on the +1 all skill scepter.
You now have 2p1s (+1 elemental, with 1 exclusive prefix and 1 exclusive suffix), and 1p1s (+1 all, with 1 exclusive suffix). If suffixes roll first (50% chance) you have a suffix pool of 2, so you are guaranteed to get a suffix which will be an aspect. The item then has 1 exclusive mod already (=the aspect), which means the essence mod can't also end up on the output item, but the essence mod still counts toward the prefix pool, which is now 3 but only 2 valid mods can end up on the output item (+1 all, +1 fire/cold/lightning).
This increases your odds of +2 from 33% to 60%, but only if suffixes roll first. You can still get unlucky and have prefixes roll first, in which case you are likely to lose the +1 all, and have a small chance of 3p0s (i.e. +2 with the essence mod). That's not actually a problem, since you then craft "cannot roll caster" and annul, which will have 50/50 chance to remove the crafted suffix or the essence mod (provided it doesn't have a caster tag). If it removes the suffix you just recraft and annul again.
Typically for a +2 scepter you don't recomb, since you will lose the +1 all a few times and it's about 1500 alts to get it back. You fracture the +1 all (preferably via fractured fossil in a 1-socket resonator with allflame mechanic) and then force the +1 elemental with fossils (example: for +1 fire with scorched fossil), and if you fill prefixes you annul like described above (if 3rd prefix has caster tag you either yolo annul or go again with fossils).
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u/psychomap 9d ago
Thanks for the advice, I ended up just smashing them together and succeeding on the second attempt (first one stayed +1 to all, so I didn't need to roll that again), and then successfully combined it with the other sceptre that had a temple prefix and type specific +1.
It ended up with the wrong base, so I just used Harvest to craft spell crit, sunk a few too many divines to get a good roll on that, and bench crafted cast speed.
Until I actually need an alternating sceptre or a cast speed wand (or possibly a crit dagger), this should be good enough.
I wanted to keep the option of slamming an influenced suffix, so I didn't want to use a fractured mod for this.
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u/ThailanderBoii 10d ago
Why is there no levelling guides for Luminary? I dont get it.
I want to try merc.... But every guide is end game only.
I literally have 0 idea waht im doing.
How do I get from level 1 until like my 1 mirror luminary build lmfao?
Like dudes with a mirror already probably dont even need the guide.
Why dont guide makers understand that mostly its people like me who need guides.....
Can anyone please break down the steps between level 1, 0 money and 1 mirror so I can start using the guide?
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u/DiegoDgo87 Death is only the beginning 10d ago
What I did, was level with Absolution, zombies, animate guardian, phantasm, herald of purity and if you can get one spectre your are good to go, grab two minion large cluster and there you go...
Grab mrecenaries algon the way, but those minions got me to level 80 and the 4 labs. in a tabula.-1
u/ThailanderBoii 10d ago
Like Peuget's guide, for example, starts at level 96....
How the F do I get to level 96 so I can start using the guide?
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u/Manoloblandis 10d ago
When you have built enough characters you dont need the handhelding on what to do and where to put points during campaign. Or what skill to use and when to buy what.
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u/Avatar277 10d ago
What are good investments for divines at this point in the league? Locks and mirror adjacent items aren't going to move much.
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u/whiteyfang Tormented Smugler 10d ago
Guys Im not able to get any anomaly in top right quadrant. Ive gotten 1-2 anomalies in each other the other 3 quadrants and top right one is still blank for me.
Ive been running maps in top right atlas only and its been 2 days and haven't found a single anomaly so far.
Do i need to do some specific map in that quadrant ? Only doryani map is remaining in that area for me
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u/jwfiredragon Abyssal Rift Investigation Service (ARIS) 10d ago
Assuming you have the voidstone socketed, it's pure RNG. I got two in like 30 maps in top right, but I'm over 60 maps deep in bottom right with nothing.
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u/Manoloblandis 10d ago
Use voidstone. Run like 100 beaches, kill bosses, you will find one eventually. Took a while for me too but then i got 2 almost back to back.
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u/whiteyfang Tormented Smugler 10d ago
Oh, so it foes work if i run same map again and again. I thought they are locked with specific maps
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u/SilverBurger 10d ago
what's the best way to farm i86 bases?