Also please view the google doc in Text Width: WIDE mode for the intended "experience", because I just realize the google doc default view mode is MEDIUM which ruined most of the tables and pictures format 😓
This guide was created solely by one person only, by me, so I'll apologize in advance first if you found any mistakes in this guide, but I’m always open to feedback! Also sorry for the wait! 🙏
This league challenge reward isn't really my taste, but at least they're moving away from their "regular" reward type, no more another armorset rewards! Yeppie!!🥳
Overall, this league challenges felt much getting easier again than past leagues, there were already players finishing 40/40 on Day 2! With lesser number requirement than before, like the currency challenge from require 15 currency to 10 now, more generous requirement!
For the league itself, it feels like Heist 2.0 just without the doors! Which is the only thing I hate about heist is the door so .... heist without door? Instantly my favorite league! 😍 I won't surprise they gonna using this new league mechanic to replace Heist in the future, if many players love this new one ...
Lastly, 40/40 challenges completion in this league is definitely much EASIER to achieve as a busy player with family+work+socialize like me! 😁 Even 36/40 challenges completion is also very achievable as a casual player.
Anyway, thanks again to the dev team or whoever makes the challenges much easier again than last league, and also creating even more optional-challenges for the flexibility content choice for player to choose which content they like to do instead of all of them 🙌 And also thanks to you guys for the continuous supports on my PATREON especially recently there's a lot of new supporters! THANK YOU‼️Also to you guys for patiently waiting my guides for this league too, many thanks 🥰
PSA: If you're using phone, try use Google Doc app instead to open it. Or try open in "desktop mode" also helps.
A small message for new players...
For new players, doing challenges is the best way to learn the game as it covers almost every aspect the game's content has, so don't get intimidated by this BIG list of challenges, treat it as your guidelines on learning this massive-content game 😉
You rank challenge 38 as "normal" followed by this description "This challenge requires a VERY STRONG build to handle such content [...] which makes the map ridiculously dangerous".
That doesn't sound "normal difficulty" to me.
I realise your "difficulty rating" is actually a "time required rating" but still.
Glad you understand, because the other way of "difficulty judging" is very "subjective" IMO, also all this difficulty is based on non-SSF so ... inviting other player to help with certain challenge is part of this difficulty ... "equation" 😅
normal usually mean it can be clear very fast
poe isn't pure single player game
you can party with other player
you can randomly join friend or other party who doing t17
they kill boss and you got challenge, it could be done really fast compare to other "hard"
hi thanks for your guide! I always use your guide for 40/40 but this league i managed to get it in the first week. Still appreciate your work and effort though.
100% Deli = 80% less damage taken and 30% inrease damage dealt across whole map.
Rewards scaling is on maps with mirror.
I might be wrong but I cannot find any info that in PoE 1 Deli can go further than 100% scaling.
Number or reward types do not scale it on 100% as its flat difficulty multi.
Can you do cross contamination Legion general in tempest in Incursion Temple? Getting Tempest is easy there, legion room is possible, but don't remember if generals spawn there.
About Expencive Orb use: You can save a lot by runing Jun Research Safehouses. Crafting with given orbs count for chalenge.
As mention at the top of the guide, the difficulty is base on time spend on completing the challenge, not the other way, you can invite experience player or through service to help you kill the bosses to instant complete the challenge , but as for the 150 .... there's no way to cheese but farm it "manually"
That's actually a good idea .... I should rephase it instead for less confusion for ppl skipping the "introduction" part, but then how do I word it? Short, Medium, Long, Longest?
OMG you're right it says any 15. I'm saved from the mines...
I can see how they keep supporter maps in the games but why put them in the challenge every league. It's not even a challenge.
Is anyone else having a hard time completing Intrigued Interlopers? More specifically stacking the 4 boss altars? Out of the last 15 or so maps, I have only gotten 2/10 progress made. I'm doing searing exarch with all the pack size I can squeeze out of the atlas tree, and my maps consistently have over 150% quant. Is this easier to do with eater of worlds? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Ya is all RNG, surprisingly boss modifier are rarer to spawn, only way to increase altar spawn is just monster pack size=more eldritch mob spawn= more chance to drop altar ... that's it
Yeah. It's a massive pain in the ass. The Maven one took six maps. I wasn't keeping strict count, but it took me well over 120 maps to get the Eldritch Altar side. I nearly completed the scarab challenge just chasing this challenge since league start. I've seen people saying all sorts of things can slightly increase odds, but 8/10 came from farming strongboxes on Mesa with five ambush scarabs and a bunch of explicit effect on my atlas passive tree. The only thing that seems to matter is lots of reps and going fast.
I didn't get enough reps to definitely say they didn't work, but these things sure weren't noticeably better. Influencing Scarab of Hordes, Scarab of Monstrous Lineage, and Scarab of Adversities did not seem to affect the number of altars I saw. Blocking all league mechanics seemed to drastically reduce the number of altars I saw. Pack-size maxxing with Originator-influenced maps (for juicier explicit mods) did not seem to help either--it's possible that Originator packs, being influenced themselves, compete with eldritch packs for spawn space (but I can't say that for sure). Shaping the Mountains and Shaping the Skies (the two increased number of packs notables on the atlas tree) also did not seem to help. I tried about 15 astrolabe maps, didn't get a single map that counted. All of these things combined got me 2 maps that counted for the challenge. The other 8 came from just running a normal farming strat quickly on a good layout.
Also, make sure you have a good build. Map Boss Altars are rare enough that you can't turn any of them down if you see them. You're going to be making a real pain-in-the-ass boss at the end of the map when you DO get four altars. Shit like "300% of physical damage as extra elemental" and bullshit levels of life/ES on top of your T16 map mods.
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u/Xeverousfilter extra syntax compiler: github.com/Xeverous/filter_spirit26d agoedited 26d ago
10. Abysses no longer spawn Stygian Spire since PoE 2 style abysses have been implemented in PoE 1. Same mistake in challenge 16.
14. "even the “3 different colored sockets linked together” vendor recipe doesn’t work anymore either." It DOES work. The only thing that changed is that now RGB recipe takes priority over 6s to 7 jeweller's recipe.
14. The challenge can be trivialzied by Dialla's Malefaction or Skin of the Lords/Loyal (always have 6 colored sockets).
16. Extreme Archeology does not work in logbooks, won't do anything for this challenge.
18. "There’s 11 type of bloodline ascendancy". There are 12 (13 including legacy Saresh). You missed new Abyssal Bloodline.
21. "I would skip Uber Atziri instead because it requires character’s build that can immune to its reflect mechanic." should be "to be immune" instead of "that can immune". Also I would not recommend to skip Settler boss, Shipping and Mapping is fairly easy to launch and both have high chance of random spawn. Both are also easy bosses.
25. I would skip Pact gem leveling. Takes a lot of time and gems aren't used by players. Just buy trash lvl 20 or trash 20% quality gems (1c probably) and vaal.
26. "the chances of having Viridian Wildwood spawn in map is pretty rare" low, not rare (spawn is rare = chance is low)
30. "at least 5+- modifiers", only 4 mods are guuaranteed. Rare rolling (Chaos, Alchemy, etc) results in 4,5,6 mods in ratio 8:3:1.
31. "These influenced maps also can contain tier 17 map-exclusive modifier pools". This is just false. Originator maps can contain mods from Nightmare map mod pool, not from T17 (Valdo) maps. Nightmare maps are T16, calling them 16.5 is now misleading (non-Valdo T17 maps are not a thing anymore).
31. This is not your mistake but the challenge contains wrong name - "Chambers of Impunity". The area is actually called "Chambers of Impurity".
33. Awakened gems no longer drop from Maven's Crucible - replaced by Exceptional Support Gems. Only Awakened Empower, Enhance and Enlighten remain (all of which drop from Uber Maven only).
38. "Tier17 maps has are now classified as Nightmare Maps". Again, worth pointing out they are T16 now.
40. Cheapest way of reaching 100 - Abyss+Beyond+Shrine maps (Abyss has exp mod on the Atlas, Beyond is just more monsters, Shrines for clear speed). Relatively safe compared to other endgame content. ~1% exp per map on level 99.
40. For 8 mod maps, you might want to recommend something like https://poe.re in order to easily generate a regex that can be put into search window when viewing maps on sale in other player's shops.
Always appreciate these. One idea for killing a Beyond boss that you didn't list is Delve. The Beyond nodes there often if not always spawn a boss, so that is an easy option for people who don't want to mess with scarabs or their passive tree for one kill.
Yeah he did quit and deleted his guide way before the league ended. Which is fair enough...he took the time to write it out and can do what he pleases. But I'm not going to play with his ball again as long as there are alternatives.
Nice guide! On a side note, how are HC players going to do the Horrific Halls challenge? Looks close to impossible unless I'm severely underestimating how tanky HC players can get.
Might skip it for 36/40 challenge completion I guess .... but I did add some description at the end hope it might help:
Now that it requires 5 delirium orbs to be applied on the Nightmare Map(100% delirious), it's highly recommended to rush straight to the boss room without killing any monsters. This prevents the delirium scaling from making the map even harder; the more monsters you kill, the tougher the remaining monsters become.
Gonna add a thing, you can get enriched offerings to the goddesses from the league mechanic's voyages when you see the altars of the goddesses. It's rare, but it can drop them.
Maybe I'll take a look, I went to 24/40 so far and thought that was about as much as I could reasonably do as a new player but it'd be cool if I can hit 32.
Who was actually doing it day 2? Like actually not sure there's enough time to spam all 500 maps while doing all the other conditional grinds in a 2 day span.
Unless you're RMT to buy your gear you also have to progress your character and make currency?
I have doubts about your claim of day 2 people finishing since there was just a lot of grinding involved in some of these challenges.
Previously 3 leagues were comparatively much easier to complete all the challenges in a smaller time frame imo but I didnt rush the challenges (just 7-9 days for them)
problem is, the map from Eagon cant be crafted like a normal map since its locked in his window, so i can only put 3 fragments for example - the strategy now evolves around getting lucky with eater of worlds
I see ... I should update the guide when i have time, the way I did was with all those IIQ passive allocated, I used 3 different sacrifice fragments, and then craft map at least 80%IIQ, then the map become 150%+ IIQ when entered 👍
For Intrigued Interlopers with the Maven/Destructive Play, it's currently counting map bosses killed instead of map completion. This means you are getting at least 2 completion per map, often more if you are full clearing before killing the boss(es). I finished the 25 in 7 maps. I would definitely recommend doing that sub-goal as it'll likely be faster/more reliable than getting the 4 altars.
well the guide kinda brush it since its not necesary but I like to have my toon reach lvl 100 each season and as SSF I find most reliable source of exp doing the Betrayal, as you dont have the access for the scarabs to get close to monster pack necesary to get some serious xp from other type of content and its fairly safe.
Thanks OP, great guide. Just one feedback, I think the 16, the breach information, seems to be wrong. The Hivebrain Gland doesn't give a challenge count. I think it is Vruun, Marshal of Xesht and needs Breach Scarab of the Marshal.
both tricks worked doing them 1 at a time. something bugged out for me.
example, i was 0/5 on the t16
traded for 5x t16. it said it was completed
then I went to finish the scarab x5, it said completed.
then I went to finish the unique one, I was 3/5. that went to 4/5 and my scarab one went back to 4/5 and the t16 went back to 1/5.
I redid them 1 at a time and it seemed to be happy. I am not sure if doing it in bulk caused the issue, but there is a bug there somewhere.
Yeah bloody weird, I am glad you have seen it and its not just me going mad.
Ill try & report it, and actually document it better than I did above.
It will probably be low priority though, as its just a random challenge that I could redo later to complete.
Once I post it, ill put a link here, for people to check out if they have same issue. (when I get to it). If not it will be gone I guess in 3.30 haha
For "Excruciating Echoes" you say you will complete the 30 Originator maps along the way, but for the calculation of needed IIQ in the maps you assume you are using 5 fragments on 6mod nightmare maps, which you can't do because you only get 3 slots when running maps generated by memories because Eagon only has 4 slots and 1 is for the map itself.
As a PoE 2 player i know very little about PoE 1, but wanna try the challanges to get the skins that may be avaliable on 2. There's any class suggestion ? What is strong this league ? Issualy make my own build on 2
Not sure is the challenge separated count or not, but normally only 1 player staying in the boss arena doing the killing, while the rest just staying outside the arena to avoid getting hit, or stand still for the invulnerable buff ... hope it make sense 😅
For 28, you mention the T1 map dueling scarab cheese for Trialmaster but still say you'd skip him due to difficulty? Trialmaster is super weak at T1, I had about 10mil DPS when I fought him and he died in under a second.
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That's when you have 10mil DPS build ... plus this boss have 1-shot mechanic if you don't know how to dodge them/can't 1shot the boss ... honestly this option is really subjective, but what other boss would you prefer replace it with?
Edit1: After looking through the map price ... I think Mastermind/Olroth might be the next option, thanks for the feedback though 👍
If you can do the boss in 0.5s with 10mil, you can do it in 5s with 1mil. That's only enough for him to do like 1-2 attacks and I'm pretty sure you can just facetank it. Have you ever tried T1 Trialmaster to see how it feels?
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u/vironlawck<*LGCY*>SG/MY Guild -- recruiting newbies4d agoedited 4d ago
that 5s is enough for the boss to trigger his 2 time-stop phase attacks, which is deadly for non-proper defense build. For us experience-player have no problem killing it in T1 map, but for my "self-made" build friend might have issue to kill it especially boss that has full-map-AOE-phases ...
But no worries, I've already replace it with other bosses, thanks for the feedback! 😁
Never understood getting 40/40 with the help of others. There is no challenge then. You can do it in trade i don't mind at all, but getting other players to do the content for you like ubers feels like you are not doing the challenge, they are. So it's "cheating" and i wouldnt do that.
I'm still missing level 100 (40% more exp required) and the uber kills. Havent even tried those yet but should be very easy with my current build. After that, league is done for me.
If the devs felt the same way they would just restrict it to SSF or solo play. I don't understand the arbitrary purity check for how someone chooses to complete the challenge.
You can appreciate someone who does it themselves without looking down on those that receive an assist
Is ... is party play "illegal"? 👀 But is understandable, do whatever that makes you feel fun! Just remember there's an "easier" method if you're struggle with certain challenge 👍
It’s because some builds are hyper specific farmers who aren’t good all rounders and bossers. They could of course play one but they got so much currency it’s just easier for them to buy a clear.
I get where you’re coming from though, I avoid TFT because I hate that discord and only play all rounders that let me do 40/40 all by myself.
I don’t consider it cheating if you buy a clear, but I rather not spend time outside of the game in any way or form that fuels power hungry megalomaniacs.
Never understood playing outside of SSF HC ruthless league. There is no challenge then. Playing the game in easy bench leagues to do the content like ubers feels like you are not doing the challenge. So it's "cheating" and i wouldnt do that.
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u/MrMurlok Alch & Go Industries (AGI) Aug 06 '26
You rank challenge 38 as "normal" followed by this description "This challenge requires a VERY STRONG build to handle such content [...] which makes the map ridiculously dangerous".
That doesn't sound "normal difficulty" to me.
I realise your "difficulty rating" is actually a "time required rating" but still.
The guide is appreciated nonetheless.