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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.

As a novice player of Path of Exile 2, you may not know about a speechless incident that happened before. Billionaire Elon Musk boasted that he was at the top of the charts of popular games such as POE 2 and D4, but the witty players found out.

As we all know, Elon Musk is the richest man in the world. He has always been the focus of people’s attention. Such a person with his own popularity started a game live broadcast, and everyone watched his live broadcast out of curiosity. However, after watching the live broadcast, it was found that he did not seem to have the ability to obtain a high level of the game.

Live Broadcast

At first, Musk broadcast Path of Exile 2 for an hour and a half, and the hardcore character he used, named Percy_Verence, was level 95. At that time, everyone still felt quite respectful of him. Because in POE 2, it is very remarkable to survive to such a high level in the hardcore league.

As a novice player, you may not know much about the game mechanics. Let me briefly introduce it. In the hardcore league, the difficulty will increase as the game progresses. It’s already impressive for a player to reach level 80, let alone level 95.

What’s even more impressive is that the character survived without dying once. Generally speaking, players who rank at the top of the hardcore leaderboard have mastered skilled game skills and wise builds matching skills. But disappointingly, Musk does not have these abilities.

When we watched Musk’s live broadcast, we didn’t find any excellent game operation from him. Instead, we found some flaws in his game operation. This is why we suspect that Musk is just putting on a show.

Like A Rookie

During the live broadcast, we found that Musk seemed to be unfamiliar with the basic mechanics of the game like a rookie. He repeatedly tried to enter those inaccessible map nodes and didn’t notice that his mana was empty for a long time.

What’s more surprising is that he neglected to collect valuable Path Of Exile 2 Currency. We all know that collecting currency is crucial to this game. We don’t know why he made such a low-level mistake.

At one point, he picked up low-level keystones that were irrelevant to his character’s level, instead of more valuable currency items like POE 2 Divine Orb. And he also called his perfectly good set of gear low-level gear. All of this shows that his superb gaming skills are fake.

Percy_Verence Died

However, at around 8 am EST on Friday, January 10, 2025, Musk’s in-game character Percy_Verence died at level 97. For your better understanding, let me popularize it for you. In POE 2, hardcore characters can only last until the first death, and then they will be kicked into the standard character pool.

In addition, if these hardcore characters get a ranking of 1000 and above on the global hardcore leaderboard, the leaderboard will track the total experience these hardcore characters have gained. And once they die, it will be announced in the game to all players. Percy_Verence happened to be at level 7 on the global hardcore leaderboard.

What’s more worth mentioning is that within three days after Percy_Verence’s death, it had dropped from level 7 to level 13. Because everyone wants to get a higher ranking on the hardcore leaderboard, the competition is very fierce. Other high-level POE 2 players are competing to surpass each other.

In fact, for experienced POE 2 players with real strength, Musk’s poor performance in the game live broadcast is not convincing, and everyone is questioning the authenticity of his superb game strength. Did he steal other people’s upgraded characters for his own use?