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Charm System Function

Charms in Path of Exile 2 are very important special equipment in the game, and charms are actually small accessories that provide defensive effects, such as fire resistance or poison immunity. These effects are triggered when you are hit by the relevant attack or effect. For example, Sapphire Charm will provide 25% cold resistance for 4 seconds when you are hit by cold damage.

Like potions, charms have a charge count, and you need to pay attention to the charge of each charm. When the charm’s charge is used up, it will not be activated. Therefore, Sapphire Charm mentioned above will not provide cold resistance when you are hit by cold damage. You can increase the number of charges of the charm by killing monsters or recharging it at a well.

The rarity of the charm can be increased. For example, you can use currency to upgrade the charm to magical quality. With these, you can also use materials to add or change the modifiers of the charm. The main effect of the charm will remain unchanged. You can add a modifier to Sapphire Charm that restores 4 mana to your character when you use it.

Charm

All charms have a maximum charge of 80, but each use consumes a different amount of charge depending on the type of charm. There are also modifiers that reduce the amount of charge a charm consumes per activation. Generally speaking, a basic charm can still be used about 1 or 2 times when it is low on charge.

• Ruby Charm: +25% to Fire Resistance. Used when taking fire damage.
• Sapphire Charm: +25% to Cold Resistance. Used when taking cold damage.
• Topaz Charm: +25% to Lightning Resistance. Used when taking lightning damage.
• Amethyst Charm: +18% to Chaos Resistance. Used when taking chaos damage.
• Thawing Charm: Grants immunity for Freeze. Used when frozen.
• Staunching Charm: Grants immunity to Bleeding. Used when bleeding.
• Antidote Charm: Grants immunity to Poison. Used when poisoned.
• Dousing Charm: Grants immunity to Ignite. Used when ignited.
• Grounding Charm: Grants immunity to Shock. Used when shocked.
• Stone Charm: Cannot be stunned. Used when stunned.
• Silver Charm: Player speed is unaffected by slows. Used when slowed.
• Golden Charm: 20% increased rarity of items found, Used when killing a rare or unique enemy.

Players can obtain the first charm during Ominous Altars quest, and the rest can be dropped by any monster.

Perhaps everyone has fantasized about encountering loot bugs when playing POE 2: a map or mission is full of low-level enemies and bosses that can drop a lot of rewards for you. Although you can take advantage of such a bug when you really encounter it (don’t care about some hypocritical remarks), if you really want to accumulate more POE 2 Currency for your character, you should still learn to farm bosses.

However, in order to improve the efficiency of farming bosses in the game, besides increasing your character level and obtaining more powerful gear for it, you should also know some additional tricks, such as resetting the map to increase the number of farmable bosses. Based on this, we will fully introduce you to how to do this operation.

How To Reset The Map?

In fact, every time you leave an area in POE 2 for 15 minutes, a new map will be created when you return to the area again. While this method is less labor-intensive, it is faster to create a new instance manually so that you can reset the map immediately after killing the boss and farm faster, as follows:

• Go to any waypoint.
• Find the map you want to run.
• Click the icon on the world map, then find the map again on the regional map.
• Bring up the Instance Manager (this works differently on PC and controller).
• Select “New” in the Instance Manager to complete the reset.

What Happens After Resetting The Map?

First, any fog you previously cleared on the mini-map will be reset and re-cover the entire area, so you must re-open the path to the farmable boss and other major roads. It is worth noting that since all locations in the new map are randomly refreshed, the boss you are trying to farm may not appear in the same location as the last time.

Of course, if you have reset the map enough times, it will not be difficult for you to find any new path, but it is inevitable that you will encounter obstacles in finding the boss during the first few resets. Don’t be discouraged, at least you will have a chance to get the ideal loot in the next battle.

Finally, I need to remind you that in order to make the boss farming process easier and save time, you’d better focus on a boss that you can easily defeat. But if you want to get an item that is difficult to drop, then you must focus on the boss that will drop it, regardless of the difficulty.

The above is the relevant information we provide you about map reset and boss farming. I hope it can help you on your POE 2 journey!

The character panel in Path of Exile 2 contains most of the important attribute values. What are their effects? How do they work specifically? Only by understanding these basic attributes can you adjust your build more specifically.

Life

• Add 12 points to the upper limit of life for each level.
• Add 2 points to the upper limit of life for each point of strength.

Energy Shield

• The shield takes damage instead of life, and Chaos damage is doubled.

Poisoning and bleeding can penetrate the shield (if you have a shield first, you are immune to bleeding and poisoning; but if the player is already poisoned and bleeding, there is no reduction effect when the shield is added). That is to say, if the player has a shield, he will not be affected by abnormal damage such as bleeding.

Mana

• Restore 4% per second.
• Add 2 points to the upper limit of magic for each level.
• Add 2 points to the upper limit of magic for each point of intelligence.

Spirit

• No basic value.
• Used to open Aura (permanent gain BUFF, or permanent summons).
• Spirit Can be obtained through passive skills, equipment, and quest rewards.

Armor

• Reduces the physical damage caused by spells and attacks on you, with a maximum of 90%.

The lower the damage make by monsters, the better the armor reduction effect. Conversely, the armor reduction effect of the player is very poor for some elites and bosses, similar to level suppression.

Dodge

• There is a chance to avoid hits or projectile damage, which also depends on the monster’s hit.
• There is a certain correlation between the dodge and dexterity.

Block

• There is a chance to block hits or projectiles so that they do not cause damage.
• The damage of some dangerous enemies cannot be blocked.

Resistance

• The upper limit of resistance is 75% (some equipment and talents can break the upper limit to 90%).

The principle of resistance reduction is very simple. For example: 100 points of fire damage, the player has 75% resistance, and actually receives 25 points of fire damage.

The above is about the role of various attributes in Path of Exile 2, and the benefits brought by upgrading. When dealing with pinnacle bosses, it is best for players to increase attributes such as resistance and life to the maximum.

It has been a while since the release of POE 2 Early Access, and players have said that this is a challenging game. The biggest challenge mainly comes from the bosses in the game. These bosses have more sophisticated animation design and have also been greatly improved in mechanics design, which has been praised by many players.

However, the sophisticated changes have brought an increase in difficulty. Now if players want to successfully defeat bosses, they need to have more accurate dodge and attack time. It is also a huge challenge for players.

Although players understand the game mechanics in the first act, bosses are not so easy to defeat, and the game tutorial cannot fully teach players how to successfully kill bosses. Successfully killing a boss will not only reward players with POE 2 Divine Orbs and rare loot, but more importantly, the pride of successfully completing the game. After all, no one spends a lot of time and energy on a battle that is bound to fail.

We will introduce you to the five more difficult bosses in the first act.

1. Rust King

This is a boss that you encounter during the game, and it will attack once you have captured the last rune in Red Valley. It is the first boss that you must learn to dodge or risk being killed by a powerful attack. Thankfully, these attacks are easily telegraphed if you know how to look for them.

If you encounter a boss that is standing still with its hands raised, back away and dodge the attack as it is about to summon lightning. However, it should be noted that this boss has a lightning aura, so if you stay near it for too long, your health will be depleted. Therefore, it may be the first difficult boss that you encounter.

2. Rotten Druid

Rotten Druid is one of the most memorable optional battles in the first act, mainly because of its fungal aesthetic that helps explain the existence of fun zombies. It is also a challenging boss for players. Almost many players can't forget the difficulty of fighting with it, because it can kill low-health players with high-damage boulders.

If players want to survive in this battle, the most important method is to try their best to avoid attacks and avoid being pulled into the center of the battle, especially to avoid his barrage of explosive spore projectiles.

3. Asinia

Since Asinia, Praetor Consort and Draven, Eternal Praetor are bosses with connections in the legends and games, these connections make players unforgettable. Players must use various methods to avoid Asinia's large-scale attacks, and during the battle, she will also summon Draven to fight together, and even more hateful is that she will use some very vicious moves to attack players.

She will try to trap the player in the bone prison so that she can consume the player's health with a large amount of fire. To avoid death, the player must escape quickly. This battle can be said to bring a visual feast to players. Many players said that although the difficulty is appropriate, it is very interesting.

4. Draven

When he is retrieved to participate in Asinia fight and his health is below 66%, Draven will summon Asinia to assist. Players need to be aware that this situation is a dangerous stage of the battle. They must avoid attacks from Draven and deal with Asinia's ranged attacks.

More importantly, during the battle, Ghouls (green spirits) will appear around the arena. Once Draven absorbs them, he will gain great power. Although players can eliminate the spirits by stepping over them, as long as they appear on the grave, an eternal knight will appear, resulting in more enemies.

5. Candlemass

Players must not skip the optional boss in Ogham Manor, because the reward for killing this boss is a permanent increase in maximum health, which is really a huge temptation for players. Although this boss is not difficult to kill, players need to pay attention to its high-damage fire attack. In this battle, the most important thing is to find equipment with fire resistance, which will produce different results on the battlefield.

In fact, many players already have a basic understanding of all the bosses in the first act. This article only makes a comprehensive assessment from the aspects of difficulty, rewards, etc., and introduces the bosses that are more difficult to kill in detail.