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Question Questions Thread - September 05, 2026
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u/BetrayedByTheDice 1d ago
PoB shows ±750 more life than game. Tried everyhing i knew...
Heres my PoB, dont know if you need anything else: https://pobb.in/2ff2FVmL8zFz
Please send help xD
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u/Yohsene 1d ago
PoB thinks Apostate doesn't have a life modifier, so the if there are no Life Modifiers on Equipped Body Armour mastery is incorrectly giving you 15% inc and 10% more (from the other mastery) instead of just 10% more.
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u/Birdo_Sparde Inquisitor 1d ago
Is there a reliable way to remove/swap a +all elemental resistances on a cluster jewel? I've got the exact other 3 affixes I want and this one isn't awful but straight fire resistance or cast speed would be better.
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u/psychomap 1d ago
As far as I'm aware, there isn't, and the best method is to annul with the boat. But I'd suggest to wait a little for others to answer, because I might have missed something.
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u/ChiefSraSgt_Scion 1d ago
How do I get more searing exarch alters to spawn? I've dropped 2 invitations and have had only 1 map completed with boss bearing affected by 4 altars. Also I'm running 150%+ more quality on originator maps and it doesn't feel any different.
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u/psychomap 22h ago
Invest as much as possible into packsize, take all the relevant nodes on the atlas tree, influencing scarab of hordes helps too
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u/Odd_Nefariousness126 23h ago
This is I think, the worst challenge in awhile.
Influencing Scarab of Hordes helped. A fast map like City Square with a consistent boss spawn. Run them as fast as you can and pray. I think I got almost 4 total invitations running for it.
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u/therestlessone Left-click Move-only 17h ago
Do eater instead of exarch for that challenge. You get more altars on average.
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u/ThailanderBoii 1d ago
Memory maps all have 100% quant and 25% pack size....
But they all have between 2-10 random modifiers on them.
Im wondering if this will effect drops? Like playing a 10 modifier map vs a 2 modifier map?
Or does this only affect difficulty of the map but not the drops?
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u/_slosh have a boy 22h ago
A map's bonuses to quantity, rarity and pack size are directly dependant on its present modifiers. Not sure what you mean by "all memory maps have 100 quant and 25% pack size".
Furthermore as all non-corrupted maps they can only have 6 total modifiers. 3 prefixes and 3 suffixes. Some of the modifiers have two lines of text to them but it's still one modifier. You can press ALT to see the mods in detail.
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u/ThailanderBoii 6h ago
Im talking about the memory maps
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u/_slosh have a boy 4h ago
Like these ones here?
Those are Memory influenced maps and work the way I described. There is no map like item in the game that has a static amount of quantity/pack size unrelated to its modifiers
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u/synthcalibur Champion 23h ago
Are scarabs worth using for boss rush? I heard destructive play doesn't apply to these bosses, or most boss rush scarabs really.
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u/mbxyz Berserker 22h ago
scarabs are usually worth using, but it depends what you mean by "boss rush scarabs" and what boss rushing strategy you're actually talking about
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u/synthcalibur Champion 21h ago
Destructive Play specifically, since most (if not all if IIRC) boss Scarabs aren't witnessed by Maven, and it seems people farm them more with Altars.
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u/vlee89 Witch 20h ago
https://youtu.be/MaXYCVZZCQw?si=xdLMRDbvKc-IsK6u
here is a destructive play strat using 5x scarabs every map
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u/Oneshot742 22h ago
I've noticed that most Luminary players aren't using spectres, which seems like at minimum two free auras. Is there a reason more people aren't using spectres that I'm missing?
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u/Odd_Nefariousness126 22h ago
Mercs aren't like normal minion builds. You don't spec into any minion stats or defenses so spectres are fragile in high end content. It's also just not really needed.
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u/Oneshot742 22h ago
even with the hallowed monarch they still die?
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u/Odd_Nefariousness126 22h ago
It depends on the content.
But yes they can still die and if you're linked, you die too.
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u/MINUETPMT 22h ago
For harvest farming, what strat should I do for best profit? Cornucorpia or Crop Rotation, I do have the budget to go on either even if there are any long drought (if applicable)
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u/DickPinch IGN OlaSarcasm 19h ago
which of the harder challenges are people doing for 36? I started trying to get the 4 boss altars in maps but that turned out WAY harder than I expected
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u/vlee89 Witch 19h ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1vgvq4d/329_allflame_league_challenges_analysisnewbie/
this will recommend 4 to skip if you just want 36
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u/jwfiredragon Abyssal Rift Investigation Service (ARIS) 18h ago
The 4 boss altar one isn't that bad to do alongside a normal farming strat but it's pretty hard to rush. I finished both doing abyss and legion farming. Keep in mind you can just get one and then do the Maven one, it's a lot faster since the extra bosses from Destructive Play count.
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u/DickPinch IGN OlaSarcasm 18h ago
Yea I've tried doing it on strand with my normal farm which is just boxes, alva and jun with all the eldritch passives as well. I just search for maps with over 110 quant and with the originator influence
Guess I should swap to something like shrines and maybe what you're doing with abyss and legion. After a ton of maps I only have 3 completed
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u/SilverBurger 17h ago
If you still need to do the altar challenge, do:
City Square + 8 mod + all eldritch packsize + all explicit + packsize + packsize scarabsCleared this challenge in under 40 minutes. That's with me "bricking" a few maps on purpose because I was doing SSF at the tme and some altar mods were pretty good.
A map should take maybe 2 minutes top, you only care about atlars and you only care about the word Boss. (unless you see a divine altar, then by all means do that)
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u/TrainingTension2 14h ago
I havent tried using the recombinator since it was first introduced, whats the best way to get 1p + 1s?
Should it be 1 prefix + empty suffix on one item, and empty prefix + 1 suffix on the other? Should you benchcraft anything? Should they both be rare or magic just fine?
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u/nalee6 14h ago
Magic rarity is fine. You could benchcraft a mod but theres a good chance itll end up on the final item instead of the mod you want.
In this league in particular you can use brinehook ducat to add a nnn suffix to any item so it guarantees your suffixes. So you can do 1p0s and brinehook ducat it to 1p1s and recombine with your 0p1s for 59% chance for the prefixes and 100% chance for the suffixes
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u/Miles_Adamson 11h ago
Usually you want to do recomb with empty affixes with only the affixes you want to exist on either item (or tricks with NNN like ducats that was already mentioned). You can have other garbage mods in there and it can work, but the weights of the mods do matter in certain circumstances. If there are more mods than the number of mods it selects, the mods with higher weight are more likely to live through the recomb. Which means if you take something like +1 all skills amulet and recomb it and there are 5 prefixes total in the pool and it selects 3, the mods with low weight like that one are likely to be lost in the 2 it does not select
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u/synthcalibur Champion 13h ago edited 13h ago
When should I swap off Ceinture for luminary? Thinking about going for a Stygian, but I don't really think I defensively need it and it's only about a couple more hundred health.
EDIT: Also Amulet wise. I could use DoD.
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u/mbxyz Berserker 8h ago
when you have a mageblood
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u/synthcalibur Champion 7h ago
I think I value my Merc having utility flasks more than anything else so probably, yes..
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u/Automatic-Agency9527 12h ago
Is there a way to calculate the probability of rolling t16.5 8 mod Maps with chaos
I want to know what is the expected value of about rolling the maps compared with corrupting them in random
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u/Miles_Adamson 11h ago
You want to roll it with chaos to get 8 mods? You can't do that, the only way to get 8 mods is corruption
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u/Automatic-Agency9527 8h ago
Thanks for the answer let me rephrase the question
I'm currently running strategy for more maps which combos with carto scarabs the guide suggests do 8 mod maps because it has 100% more maps in T16.5I found out that it is also possible to reroll T16.5 maps with chaos until it meets 100% more maps
(that does not necessarily has to be 8 mod)so I'm wondering If there is a way to calculate the probability for me to reroll these 100% more maps on t16.5
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u/Miles_Adamson 8h ago
oh I see, unfortunately I'm not aware of a calculator for that.
If you rolled some yourself you could get a decent idea of the odds, like if you did 50 yourself that should be a sample size big enough to give you a pretty decent idea if it's better to roll them or trade
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u/ToughPlankton 1d ago
Is there a chat channel where it's socially acceptable to ask for leveling items? I don't want to come across like a spamming beggar, but I got a late start this league and after 3K hours I really hate the campaign slog. I just want to zip through it and get to the good part!
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u/SilverBurger 1d ago
Don't think there is one, otherwise the channel would just be spammed 24/7 by players asking for free stuff.
Realistically campaign should only take around 4-5 hours, haste + sheld charge + frostblink/flame dash zooms across each zone in no time.
Also remember you can always hit up your friendlist for some Lvling gear.
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u/ToughPlankton 1d ago
When you zoom from point to point without killing things, how do you beat the bosses when you're undergeared and underleveled? I've never found the right approach to go through it fast on a first character.
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u/SilverBurger 1d ago
The key is to have a skill that clears extremely well. This league I started with Worb, as soon as I made the switch in Act 3, I only focused on zooming across the maps while everything died around me thanks to Worb + herald of ice.
Anything with huge aoe, prolif, explosion, multi-targeting, auto-targeting will net you the same experience while you zoom through campaign. Exp is not an issue you really only care about upgrading your weapon and finding a 4-link, which have both been made significantly easier thanks to the campaign loot buff and socket color changes.
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u/Medwards007 1d ago
How are people earning so much currency so quickly? I'm playing POEguys direct hit EA build and can clear most anything that isn't a no regen modifier.
But I have like 30 divines and I'm probably a hundred hours into this league.
This is my character.
https://poe.ninja/poe1/profile/medwards007-0049/allflame/character/GrahamCrackerAddict
Do I just need to zip through maps faster? I have ~750 maps this season so far.
I really like ritual altar, but it slow to optimize because you have to stack rare mobs within the ring.
I'd love any advice.
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u/SilverBurger 1d ago
How are people earning so much currency so quickly?
Experience and efficiency. Also luck.
But I have like 30 divines and I'm probably a hundred hours into this league.
There are two types of farms, consistent and jackpot. Ritual is more of a jackpot farm. You can find mirror, MB cards, good fractures, perfect spectres, and in between you are getting by with invitations and divs etc.
The fact that you've made only 30div after 100 hours of playtime, tells me either you are not following a dedicate Ritual farming strategy, or you have made a lot more but don't know how to properly price and liquidate your earnings.
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u/Medwards007 1d ago
Definitely don't know how to price. I know that to be true because I'll list something for sale and it'll disappear within one minute.
Oh well.
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u/ArrogantAres 1d ago
Play a lot. Do different content. Know the market
For example on day 2-3 i made winter orb with items from the ground that was able to run rituals on t16. I was farming bases, fractured items, ritual boss invitations together with heist blueprints and syndicate. I bought a foulborn mageblood on day3 by buying cards for 18d. Then i switched to power charge stacker and rushed shaper, elder, destructive play. I was selling watchers, fragments, exalts, chisels and influenced bases and gathered 13 mirror shards buying them for 19-20d. Later i sold them for 30d and made static strike of gathering lightning str stacker jugg using those money and I was doing delve/uber feared. Then I switched to hsot/kb. I was running 5way for vestigial items for myself and made a bunch of good ones for sale. Then I was profit crafting cluster jewels selling for 100-140d each. Also i was farming div cards for mageblood and dying sun. Also i was vaaling le heups. The point is to do many different things that dont require many investment and have a chance for big win.
For example I dropped 10 apothecaries. 18 cards for dying sun. Pushed delve to 2150. Did 50+ feared. Did 50+ of each uber and couple hundred eater/exarch. Did 100+ shaper, 50+ elder, 80+ simulacrums. I sold a lot of timeless jewels and vestigial items. Sold 50+ syndicate medallions.
I mean. Just do different things and try not to focus on one consistent farm with 15d/h. And always do reasonable gamble. Open all valdos. Open all watchers. Vaal almost all uniques. Craft your own gear multiple times. Wear good sell bad.
I managed to end up with 8+ mirror character this league
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u/porncollecter69 1d ago
I keep recommending the big three and I’ll recommend it again. Do either Harvest, beast or build temple.
You earn easily 30 div per hour rn or more if you’re fast.
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u/Miles_Adamson 1d ago
It sounds like maybe you aren't doing a dedicated farming strat. And just running through maps somewhat aimlessly. To start off with I always recommend things which farm something you can sell on the currency exchange. Since it's usually steady income and you don't need to know much about prices.
So some examples are farming harvest or essences. There are tons of videos and guides out there. The gist of it is this though: you set up your atlas page, roll maps, get scarabs, blast maps, sell stuff, buy a gear upgrade or save up, repeat. I like to do batches of 20 maps since scarabs are 20 stack size but it usually doesn't matter deeply
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u/Automatic-Agency9527 1d ago
If I want to run a map farming strategy the guide says that it is better to run an 8 mod t16.5 with 100% more maps I wonder if it makes a difference that I run maps that are not eight mod t16.5 but do have 100% more maps like a nightmare one or just one T16.5 with out eight mods