Money is Power! Get Gold, Get Gear.
This guide is designed to help you gather wealth in Path of Exile 2 (PoE2) so you can buy essential base gear for orb crafting. I’ll provide some quick tips on how to progress effectively while also highlighting the differences between Path of Exile 1 (PoE1) and Path of Exile 2. The goal is to keep things simple and easy to follow, so your progression toward maps goes as smoothly as possible.
Path of Exile 2: Mastering Gold Farming and Gear Upgrades
Exploration: Clear Everything
In Path of Exile 1, progression often focused on rushing through quests and clearing packs as efficiently as possible, with loot and currency being more limited. However, in Path of Exile 2, it’s important to take your time and fully explore every area.
Don’t just rush through levels—clear them completely. This includes hunting for rare mobs, hidden chests, and breakable objects like pottery. These items can sometimes drop exalted orbs and other valuable loot. Many areas also offer first-time exploration rewards, which increase your chances of obtaining valuable items.
As you explore, make sure to break everything you can. Even seemingly ordinary mobs and containers might have valuable drops, so always be ready to “shake them down” for whatever they might drop.
Understanding Exile Economics
Once you step out of town, you’ll quickly collect a lot of loot. The next challenge is knowing what’s valuable and what’s not. With gold now part of Path of Exile 2’s economy, assessing the worth of your items becomes crucial. The first thing to remember is that common items are often the foundation of your gear upgrades, and crafting materials play a significant role in making those upgrades happen.
When you find common items with higher item levels, swap them out with the lower-level versions and sell the old ones. As you progress, you’ll acquire crafting orbs such as Transmutation Orbs, Augmentations, Regal Orbs, and Exalted Orbs, all of which can be used to craft better gear.
By Act 2, it’s possible to have a full set of rare gear, often through crafting common items up. Certain gear pieces, such as Charms, Rings, Belts, Amulets, Wands, and Caster Staves, are especially valuable.
These items don’t take up much inventory but provide great returns, ranging from 50 to 150 gold. It’s often best to craft these items and sell the rest. If you craft a common item into a rare one, consider disenchanting it for Regal Shards.
For any common gear you don’t plan to use, you can disassemble it at the smithy to receive materials like Whetstones, Armor Doodads, and Socket Orbs, which can then be used to improve your main gear.
Magic and Rare Items
When dealing with Magic items, the process is similar to common gear, but you’ll need to be more selective. Magic items can offer significant upgrades, so prioritize items that improve key stats. If an item doesn’t roll well, you can turn it into Transmutation Shards for future crafting.
Jewelry, Wands, Staves, Belts, and Flasks are generally the most valuable Magic items, so be sure to grab those. When it comes to affixes, focus on specific ones like movement speed on Boots, increased skill ranks on Gloves, Helmets, and Weapons, and faster attack or cast speed. These are the stats that can push your gear from good to great.
Flasks also play an important role in your build, especially those with affixes that provide instant recovery or a chance to gain charges on kill.
These are incredibly useful during boss fights, where you can refill your flask charges by killing minions. Prioritize upgrading your flasks with these types of affixes to ensure you’re prepared for any situation.
When it comes to Rare items, always pick them up if they offer an upgrade or have potential for crafting. Even if they don’t immediately fit into your build, it’s worth holding on to them. Rare items can also be disenchanting for Regal Shards, which are very useful since Regal and Alchemy Orbs are harder to come by.
Conclusion
This guide covers the essentials of farming gold and gear in Path of Exile 2. To succeed, focus on thorough exploration, understanding the value of your loot, and making smart decisions when crafting and upgrading your gear.
Following these tips will help you build wealth and gear that will carry you through the game smoothly. Keep exploring, crafting, and disassembling, and you’ll be ready for whatever challenges lie ahead.
Stay tuned for more updates as I discover even more efficient methods for farming gold and gear. Happy Exiling!
Last Updated on December 15, 2024
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