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Trial of Chaos will be unlocked for the first time in the third act. Similar to Trial of the Sekhemas, Trial of Chaos also requires a series of challenges to be completed without dying, including some time challenges, kill count challenges, and completing specific goals. However, Trial of Chaos is very difficult. In each room, you need to choose one of the three negative terms, and the effect of the term will be effective throughout the trial. That is to say, as the trial progresses, there will be more and more negative terms, and the difficulty of completing the challenge will become higher and higher.

Challenge Test

Before entering the next room, new rewards will be provided, and new negative terms will be obtained. Please choose carefully. Terms that restrict movement and combat areas may make it impossible to bypass the enemy; or stacking terms that strengthen the enemy and weaken yourself will make it impossible to defeat the elite monster and cause the trial to fail. In the early stage, you need to pass 4 rooms in a row to complete the sublimation, and in the later stage, you can complete more rooms. The types of gameplay encountered in Trial of Chaos include: killing all monsters, surviving in timed challenges, escorting targets, etc.

Trial Of Chaos Random Bosses

Trial of Chaos also includes several random bosses, the order and difficulty of which depend on the time of encounter and the selected attributes. Random bosses are very difficult even without negative attributes, so be sure to choose negative attributes carefully. If you think the risk is too great, you can return to Trial NPC to claim your reward.

Soul Cores And Sockets

Various items can be obtained through Trial of Chaos, some of which may have Soul Cores, sockets, which can be slotted to gain additional buffs. Soul Cores can also be obtained in Trial of Chaos.

If you want to add Soul Cores sockets to existing items, you need to use a Jeweler’s Orb. Using Vaal Orb on an item corrupts it and makes it unchangeable by any currency. Adding a socket is one of the corruption effects that exceeds the normal limit, but there is a risk of rendering the item useless. Finding equipment with sockets and filling them with suitable Soul Cores is a good way to increase combat effectiveness during the endgame period, but don’t worry about this during the campaign for the time being.

Trial of Chaos has two sides, just like the map. For example, after completing the trial, you can sacrifice currency to get double rewards or zero rewards. But there is a chance to get some powerful unique items by passing the more difficult Trial of Chaos.

Path of Exile 2, like its predecessor, supports multiplayer. Players can exchange items with other players, join other players’ worlds, fight bosses with them, and advance the game.

Online play in Path of Exile 2 basically follows the following rules:

• The maximum team for multiplayer is 6 players, so as to coordinate strategies and adjust builds to deal with powerful bosses.
• The game runs with players from different platforms, including PC, Xbox and PlayStation.
• The game progress is tied to your account. As long as you are on the same account, you can seamlessly continue your progress on any platform.
• Players can form temporary teams to fight challenging bosses and explore dangerous areas.
• The game supports local co-op. You can play with friends on the same console.
• In local co-op, the game progress of all players is shared and synchronized.

Loot Distribution

When playing multiplayer games, loot distribution is a key issue. Equipment, POE 2 currency and other items all over the ground are stuffed into the backpacks of players with fast internet speeds, which will definitely cause conflicts. Therefore, there are three modes in the game to control the distribution of loot:

• Free for All: All drops can be picked up freely by all players in the team.
• Short Allocation: For a short period, only specific players can pick up loot. After a period of time, the dropped items can be picked up freely.
• Permanent Allocation: Dropped items belong to only one person.

How To Join Other Players’ Games?

You can join your friends’ games by pressing "J" on the keyboard (PC) or opening the Social tab through the menu on Xbox Series X|S or PS5.

You can find your friends from the Social menu and invite them to join your game. You can also click on the names of other non-friend players in the chat box to invite them to join the game. After other players accept your invitation, they can join your copy of their copy and defeat enemies together or trade with each other.

Guilds

Guilds in Path of Exile 2 are similar to guilds in other games. Guilds have a unique interface that allows you to play with other players in the guild. Another feature of the guild is the Guild Stash Tab. Other guild players can put their unwanted equipment here, and guild members can use these equipment without having to exchange them with other players.

Local Co-op

When your game is connected to another controller, you can access local co-op from the main menu of the game, and then you can play with your friends.

The above is a basic introduction to the online content of Path of Exile 2. Online content is a very important part of Path of Exile 2. Mutual help between different players can solve many difficulties in this game.

In recent days, many players in the player community have complained that they have encountered a crash error when entering the endgame, and the screen shows [D3D12] Failed to create a resource for texture, which makes their farming POE 2 Currency progress slow or even stagnant.

If you have encountered such a problem and there is no effective solution, then try to follow the steps of the fix introduced in this guide to deal with this annoying error.

1. Set A DirectX 11 Or Vulkan Renderer Setting

In fact, the most direct factor of D3D12 Error is the problem of the screen, so you can directly switch to Vulkan to ensure the normal operation of the screen. First you need to press Windows logo + E to go to Documents interface and select Path of Exile 2 in My Games.

In this folder you will see a poe2_production_Config file, and then right-click it to open a notepad. Here, you can change the renderer type setting to renderer type=DirectX 11. Once you have entered the information, press Ctrl + S to save your changes.

If D3D12 Error persists after making the change, you can open Notepad again and change the renderer type setting to renderer type=Vulkan. Usually, the error will go away after you save the change.

Alternatively, you can change Renderer setting directly in POE 2 by clicking Options button in the game and selecting Graphics, then selecting Vulkan or DirectX 11 in Renderer drop-down menu.

2. Disable Engine Multithreading

Or you can check your engine multithreading. Although it can improve your computer’s gaming performance, it may also cause game crashes on certain PC configurations.

To solve this problem, you can follow the steps in the previous solution to open the poe2_production_Config file on your computer, then find the engine_multithreading_mode=enabled setting in it, and change the enabled to disabled. Finally, continue to hold down Ctrl + S to save your changes.

3. Erase Production_Config.ini File

Since deleting the production_Config.ini file in the computer will reset the game settings and return to the default configuration, this operation can also be used to solve the setting configuration problem that causes D3D12 Error. In this operation, you only need to press Windows logo + E to open Documents and select Path of Exile 2 Folder in My Games.

Find the production_config.ini file and delete it. Note that the deletion here is not just to click Dele to end, but you should click Delete option in Explorer’s command bar or Home tab to delete it completely.

4. Run A Verification Scan For POE 2

If the above fixes do not solve your D3D12 Error, you can try running some POE 2 Verification Scans, which will help you find and repair your currently damaged game files more quickly.

The above are the most widely recognized methods to fix D3D12 Error in Path Of Exile 2 on PC. If you find more convenient ways to solve game problems, you are welcome to share them in major player communities and social platforms so that more players can enter the game smoothly.

In Path of Exile 2, Ascendancy class can greatly improve your character. To upgrade your class to the Ascendancy class, you need to clear the trials in the game.

There are currently two trials in the game. Trial of the Sekhemas is the trial that players encounter in Act 2. This trial is very difficult, so players should understand its mechanics in advance.

Honour

When you enter Trial of the Sekhemas, you will have an additional attribute, Honour. In short, Honour is like another health bar for you. When you are hit by monsters or encounter traps in the trial, you will lose a little honor. However, unlike the health bar, Honour cannot be restored by flasks. You can only restore Honour in Fountain rooms.

The value of Honour is basically the sum of your maximum health plus your energy shield value. When your Honour is completely emptied, you have failed the trial.

Sacred Water

Sacred Water is a special POE 2 currency in Trial of the Sekhemas that disappears when you leave the Trial. They are light blue drops that automatically go into your inventory when you approach them.

You can trade Sacred Water with merchants for relics, favors, or to restore Honour. You can trade Sacred Water for Keth Forge keys after defeating a boss.

Keys

There are three types of keys in Trial of the Sekhemas: Bronze Key, Silver Key, and Gold Key. You can get keys from monsters and bosses, or from treasure chests in various rooms. You can also trade them with Keth Forge.

Keys are used to open respective caches at the end of the Trial. These respective caches can contain equipment, jewellery, and currency items similar to POE 2 Exalted Orb.

Boon

Boons are divided into major boons and minor boons. They can provide you with various buffs, such as reducing monster damage, restoring Honour, disabling traps, etc. A good favor can be a big help in a Trial.

Affliction

Afflictions are divided into major and minor afflictions. Afflictions are essentially debuffs. Afflictions can make your Trial more difficult. There are many types of Afflictions, which can weaken your defense, greatly increase trap damage, and prevent you from getting Boon.

Pledges

You can make Pledges to Kochai the Inscrutablel at the Shrine. Kochai will let you choose one of three Pledges. These Pledges can be good or bad. These Pledges can give you Boon, but at the cost of a large amount of Honour. Or they can give you both Affliction and Boon.

Traps

There are 11 traps in the Trial. Affected by a trap, you will lose both health and Honour. Most traps can be avoided by you as long as you move fast enough.

The above is a brief introduction to Trial of the Sekhemas. I hope it can be helpful to players participating in the trial.