In Path of Exile 2, every new character must go through the campaign first before reaching the endgame. In this guide, we will take you through step by step on how to navigate through the campaign most efficiently for both brand new players as well as characters with resources from previous ones.
This guide is currently under construction!
Before Starting
- Game mode: Trading
- Get a loot filter:
- First character: Recommended a ranged class, Witch > Ranger > Sorceress > Mercenary > Monk >> Warrior
- Turn Map Transparency all the way up
- Stash is shared according to four modes: Standard, Hardcore, and Solo Self Found for each.
- Campaign for second character will be vastly differently to the first:
- Being able to trade
- Skill and support gems
- Equipment
- Refer to levelling guide
General Tips
- Make use of the teleport between Checkpoints
- Vendors reset every level up
- Move Speed Boots, upgrade using
- Save items, Armor with resist, HP, Weapons with high physical DPS, etc
- Uniques
- If you are stuck on a boss, use gear to increase your resistance to that boss
- Act 1 to 3, then Cruel difficulty is much easier
- Most of the time killing monsters along the way will be sufficient for character level. Overleveling may be necessary for undergeared or melee characters depending on yoru skill level.
- Can farm Uniques and Bosses for extra loot.
- A common complaint is that the maps are too big. Some maps are randomized but some are also laid out the same. Combined with the permanent buffs you have to obtain, the key here for now is being familiar with them after multiple attempts and you'll get the general direction.
Act 1
- Skip tutorial if desired and head straight to the Miller boss at level 1
- Enter Clearfell Encampment: Use Stash and purchase gear as needed
- Enter Clearfell:
- Find Beira of The Rotten Pack for 10% Cold Resistance
- Find Grelwood entrance
- Enter Mud Caverns and complete quest if desired for some extra loot and XP
- Grelwood:
- Find cave and save Waypoint
- Find Una and Waypoint
- Find Red Vale, clear the 3 obelisks then teleport to town
- Turn in quest and teleport to Grelwood
- Spike the Runes, talk to Una and teleport back to town
- Turn in quest and teleport to cave
- Head straight for entrane, kill Druid if desired for loot
- Find the two Tombs, then teleport to town, back to Graveyard
- Talk to old man, open the gate and clear boss
- Head to town, turn in quest
- Teleport to Hunting Grounds
- Find Freylod for Gemrot Skull, +30 to Maximum Spirit
- Find Hunting Grounds - Crowbell for +2 Passive Points
- Find Entrance to Oghorn Village
- Find Una's Flute
- Find entrance to next area
- Find Executioner
- Find Renly's tools and complete the quest if it's your first character to access the Salvaging Table. Pick up all socketed gear and salvage them
- Kill Executioner, turn in quest at town to get Skill Gem V
- Teleport to Ogham manor
- Find hanging man to get Support Gem if desired
- Find entrance to ogham
- On the first level, find Candlemass, The Living Right for health buff
- Reach level 3 and check Cold resistance and ensure you have Frost Charm equipped before boss
Act 2
- Head out and find the Hyena boss
- Enter caravan and teleport to Mawdun Quarry
- Head straight to Mawdun Mine
- Mawdun Mine: Find boss, equip Movement Speed + Fire resistance gear if necessary. Watch out for the grenades (hard to see)
- Travel to the Halani Gates, follow the quest along then travel to Traitor's Passage
- Traitor's Passage:
- Find Balbala for your first Trial token: Come back here later if desired, as the boss can be a bit tricky especially for melee classes.
- Find entrance
- Enter Keth
- Enter Mastodon badlands
- Enter Field of Giants
- Insert Relics you found
Act 3
Gembloom Skull 30 or 40 to Maximum Spirit Gemcrust Skull +40
Jiquani's Machinarium
3 Small Soul Cores
- Blackjaw for 10% Fire Resistance
- 1 that leads to the next area (no Checkpoint outside)
- Skip the treasure room with some Gold and 3 Chests if in a rush.
Jiquani's Sanctum
Medium Soul Core
- Paquate's Mechanism: Corrupts an item for free
- Zicoatl: Boss
The Matlan Waterways
Teleport to Infested Barrens - the entrance to The Matlan Waterways is just next to it down the ramp, do not go far looking for it like I did!
- Narag: Can Skip
- Canal Mechanism: One route, keep activating levers and following route
The Drowned City
Water Hags can drown your character
Foul Quarters, some Gold and Treasure
- Optional: The Molten Vault grab checkpoint and way point, come back later
The Molten Vault
- Optional area
Apex of Filth
- 1 of each Red, Green, Blue Mushrooms can be turned in for one Mana and Health Flask at the Bubbling Cauldron (optional quest)
- Boss
Head back to town and down the Ziggurat stairs to Alva.d
Temple of Kopec
- Don't stay in the middle, head directly to corners of the rooms for stairs to the boss
- Boss: Fire resistance
Utzaal
- Sacrificial Heart drops here, save it for next area in Aggorat
- Can head straight to boss, on the right edge of the map - Second half of the map
- Chaos Statue: Free Ultimatum
- After boss: Idols can be safely sold for Gold to Oswald
- Viper:
Aggorat
The Black Chambers
Make your way up north to the boss, path should be straightforward
Lighting resistance
Permanent Buffs
| Act 1 | Clearfell - Beira of The Rotten Pack | +10% Cold Resistance | +10% Cold Resistance |
| Hunting Grounds - Crowbell | +2 Weapon Set Passive Skill Points | +2 Weapon Set Passive Skill Points | |
| Freythorn - The King in the Mists | +30 Spirit | ||
| Ogham Farmlands - Una's Hut | +2 Weapon Set Passive Skill Points | +2 Weapon Set Passive Skill Points | |
| Ogham Manor - Candlemass, The Living Right | +20 Maximum Life | +8% increased Maximum Life | |
| Act 2 | Keth - Kabala, Constrictor Queen | +2 Weapon Set Passive Skill Points | +2 Weapon Set Passive Skill Points |
| Kabala Clan Relic (Dropped by monsters in Keth) Sun Clan Relic (Dropped by monsters in The Bone Pits) | |||
| Deshar - Final Letter | +2 Weapon Set Passive Skill Points | +2 Weapon Set Passive Skill Points | |
| The Spires of Deshar - Sisters of Garukhan Shrine | +10% Lightning Resistance | +10% Lightning Resistance | |
| Act 3 | Jungle Ruins - Mighty Silverfist | +2 Weapon Set Passive Skill Points | +2 Weapon Set Passive Skill Points |
| The Azak Bog - Ignagduk, The Bog Witch | +30 Spirit | +40 Spirit | |
| The Venom Crypts - Venom Draught | +25% increased Stun Threshold +30% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold +25% increased Mana Regeneration Rate | +10% Chaos Resistance +5 to All Attributes +15% reduced Slowing Potency Debuffs | |
| Jiquani’s Machinarium - Blackjaw, the Remnant | +10% Fire Resistance | +10% Fire Resistance | |
| Aggorat - Blood Sacrifice | +2 Weapon Set Passive Skill Points | +2 Weapon Set Passive Skill Points |
Relics
- Choose 1 (choice can be changed by revisiting location)
- +30% increased Charm Charges
- +15% increased Mana Recovery from Flasks
- Location is right next to Waypoint
- Insert 2 Relics
- Kabala Clan Relic (Dropped by monsters in Keth)
- Sun Clan Relic (Dropped by monsters in The Bone Pits)