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In Path of Exile 2 early access released on December 6, 2024, besides 6 fun classes, you will also can experience 3 campaigns with rich plots and challenges. These campaigns can not only provide POE 2 Currency as loot but also drop some special items.

Some of these items may only be stored in your inventory as souvenirs, but some can provide you with some wonderful benefits after you consume and use them in the right way, such as Sacrificial Heart.

Based on this, we will introduce you to Sacrificial Heart from multiple aspects.

What Is Sacrificial Heart?

Before you can get Sacrificial Heart, you must first complete all the pre-game content and enter the third act, but you can’t take it lightly at this time, because you must continue to fight against specific enemies in the third act to have a chance to get Sacrificial Heart from them as one of the loot.

It is worth mentioning that the main story of this stage takes place after you use the portal in Ziggurat camp to go back to the past. During this period, all the areas available for you to explore and the NPCs to interact with will be new, including the loot you get from the enemy, Sacrificial Heart.

The game describes Sacrificial Heart as “a soul still clinging to fading shreds of life”. And if you want to obtain the eternal boon, it provides for your character, you must sacrifice the item “at the proper ritual site”.

Where Will Sacrificial Heart Appear?

In the current pre-experience, you can get Sacrificial Heart dropped by killing the enemies in the two areas of Utzaal and Aggorat. If you are lucky enough, those high-level enemies may also drop the rare POE 2 Exalted Orb.

As the first area you explore after using Ziggurat portal, you may need to defeat multiple enemies in Utzaal before you have a chance to pick up Sacrificial Heart. Although you may die during this period, don’t be afraid. As long as you keep resetting the areas where you may find Sacrificial Heart to reset the enemy spawns, you can get more drops. In addition, Vaal Goliaths and Vaal Overseers are the enemies with the highest chance of dropping Sacrificial Hearts in Utzaal, so you can focus on farming them.

Entering Aggorat from the portal is much more difficult than Utzaal, so it is recommended to reach this area by defeating the boss Legion Blockade in Utzaal - after winning the battle, you will hear chanting, and then walk behind the giant statue in the area to walk up the stairs to the new location.

But if you find that you can’t find Sacrificial Heart anywhere in Act 3, then it’s time to find a checkpoint to reset the enemies. The more checkpoints in Utzaal or Aggorat, the more places you can check or respawn. Or you may accidentally pick up a Sacrificial Heart while killing an enemy. At this time, you can try using the loot filter to check if you have a Sacrificial Heart stored in your inventory without knowing it.

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It is worth mentioning that while looking for Sacrificial Heart, besides various Orbs, you can also obtain other materials and loot for making equipment or upgrading your game character by killing related enemies.

How To Use Sacrificial Heart?

After obtaining Sacrificial Heart, in order to play its role, you first need to return to Aggorat and follow Trail of Sacrifice in the area to find Blood Sacrifice-here will be identified by many bleeding corpses. After that, you will find that the stairs here lead to a huge altar, on which there is an item called Sacrificial Dagger, which needs to be used with Sacrificial Heart.

Pick up Sacrificial Dagger and place Sacrificial Heart in the center of the altar to start the blood sacrifice. When you put these two items together in your inventory, you will see an option to Stab Sacrificial Heart. Clicking it will play a cutscene in the game, and your character will kneel down and pierce Sacrificial Heart, which means you will gain the following two permanent attribute bonuses:

• +2 Passive Skill Points
• +2 Weapon Skill Points

Whatever builds you use in POE 2, these skill points can further improve them and make you more powerful. And whether your character is injured or dies unexpectedly, these buffs will not disappear, so you have the freedom to use them to the maximum extent. For example, you can use them to invest in passive skills that reduce elemental damage, giving yourself more survival opportunities.

If you have the energy to spare and your character is high enough, you can try to collect Sacrificial Hearts again on Cruel difficulty and destroy it again on the altar. Although this action will not increase the rewards you have already received, it will provide you with a second instance.

Although these two skill point buffs may seem insignificant at first glance, they can actually play an important role in your subsequent Path of Exile 2 journey. If you want to seek more available gains, exchanging with Orbs is also a good choice.

Therefore, you can immediately participate in POE 2 Currency giveaway event in IGGM Discord. We will draw 20 lucky players to share 4000 Exalted Orbs, 4000 Chaos Orbs, 5,000 Orbs of Alchemy and 6000 Regal Orbs in the near future! Act quickly!

If you have played POE 1, you will know that this series of games requires you to invest a lot of time and effort to complete the game. Even POE 2, which is still in the early access stage, is no exception.

But in Path of Exile 2, if you want to enter the endgame for mapping successfully so that you can complete the game as soon as possible, besides completing the three-act campaign, you also need to have enough Waystones. Because as you explore the endgame more deeply, the mapping level will also be higher. Although this means that you have the opportunity to get more POE 2 Currency, it will consume more Waystones.

For this reason, you must know how to farm Waystones efficiently so that you can continue to map and get more loot. Based on this, we will introduce some methods to you.

Explore The Boss Map Of Atlas First

Although mapping will consume your Waystones, some maps will also drop Waystones after you finish the battle, so that your mapping journey can continue to operate. The absolute best way to maintain your Waystones through mapping in Path of Exile 2 is to use your rarest Waystones to unlock the endgame Atlas boss maps.

Because in these maps, the chances of them dropping Waystones for you after you kill the boss are very high. If you run out of high-level maps, you can also use lower-level maps to navigate to the boss node and fight it. After defeating it, you will have a chance to get 1 Waystone of equal or higher level, sometimes even more.

Utilizing POE 2 Orbs

As the most important type of currency in the game, you may be tempted to hoard all Exalted Orbs you have for trading or crafting, but in fact you can also use them to enhance Waystones.

If you can successfully survive each battle to farm currency, the more currency you use on Waystones, the more rewards you will get - it’s a virtuous cycle. But this cycle only works if you continue to invest in Waystones. In addition, different levels of Waystones have different types of enhancements and required orb types:

• Tier 1-5 Waystones: Upgrade to Magic items-Orb of Augmentation, Orb of Transmutation.
• Tier 6-10 Waystones: Upgrade to Rare items-Regal Orb.
• Tier 11-16 Waystones: Upgrade as much as possible-Regal Orb, Exalted Orb, Vaal Orb, Delirium Instills.

In addition, if you can increase the Waystone drop chance during the mapping process, set it to at least 200% or more, and increase the number of monsters that can drop rare items in the area, as well as the rarity of items found in this area, it will make your mapping results more valuable.

Unlocking Waystone Drop Chance Atlas Skill Tree Nodes

As you gradually unlock more advanced Waystone tiers and complete Doryani’s quests, you will unlock Atlas skill tree and gain related benefits by unlocking the nodes in it. If you can use the nodes that help you maintain your Waystones in the endgame wisely, you will get a vital benefit.

It is worth mentioning that if you think you may have trouble using Waystones in the future; it is recommended to unlock the following three nodes first:

• Constant Crossroads: Increases the number of Waystones available on the map by 20%.
• Fortunate Path: Increases the rarity of Waystones dropped in the map by 100%.
• The High Road: Increases the chance of Waystones you find to be higher level by 20%.

Fortunately, you will unlock these three nodes as long as you complete the level 4 map. And if you choose another node unlocking route on Atlas skill tree, don’t hesitate to use gold to re-assign it immediately. After all, Waystones are more valuable than gold.

Perfect Your Builds Before Entering Tier 5+ Maps

If you find that you have been dying from bosses, rare or even common monsters in the endgame, which has caused you to waste a lot of Waystones, it is likely that the builds you are using in battle are not compatible with the endgame difficulty.

If you find that this is the case after checking, you should immediately look for the builds guide for your current class so that you can change the build you are using in time to make it more suitable for your mapping progress.

Use Precursor Tablets

As one of the important props in POE 2, Precursor Tablets can be used to increase the rarity and number of monsters, as well as additional modifiers on towers. So you can stack them on towers close to each other, so that the current map gets the additional effect of two or even three Precursor Tablets, and get more Waystones by killing more monsters in a single time.

Trade On The Official Website

Sometimes, even if you take all precautions, you may still face the situation of running out of Waystones. At this time, in order to have a chance to start over, it is completely okay to rely on trading websites. After all, the meaning of its existence is to provide you with convenience, right?

Currently, all levels of Waystones can be exchanged by 1 Exalted Orb. If you plan to get them in bulk, you can use the in-game trading channel, and just type /trade 1 in the chat box to access the most active trading channel directly so that you can find sellers as soon as possible.

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If you don’t have enough orbs to help you get more Waystones, why not join the latest POE 2 Currency giveaway event held by IGGM Discord right away! We will draw 20 lucky players to share 4000 Exalted Orbs, 4000 Chaos Orbs, 5,000 Orbs of Alchemy and 6000 Regal Orbs in the near future. I believe you will have this good luck!

There are currently 6 base classes you can play in POE 2 early access, but if you’ve experienced the game in depth, you’ll know that each of these 6 classes has two unlockable Ascendency classes. These Ascendency classes allow you to further specialize in specific play styles and abilities, broadening your options for POE 2 Currency farming.

Of course, no matter what abilities these 12 Ascendency classes have, you can only choose one of them for your single character in the end. Based on this, we have selected the top 8 for you based on aspects such as difficult to master and overall strength. You can choose to accord to your needs later.

1. Stormweaver

Based on player feedback and actual combat performance, you can completely believe that Sorceress class Stormweaver is currently the best Ascendency class in POE 2. As the master of thunder and lightning, you can trigger the active skill Elemental Storm with spell crits during combat by playing Stormweaver, which will set off a huge storm on the battlefield.

It is worth mentioning that Stormweaver also focuses on debuffing enemies through Elemental Storm skills, such as Chills and Shocks. And if you can also win more energy shields for your Stormweaver through Heart of Storm and improve the survivability of the basic class Sorceress, then Stormweaver is definitely the best Ascendency class choice in the current version.

2. Titan

If you choose to play Warrior, it is recommended that you choose Titan as your Ascendency class. This Ascendency can increase your armor capacity and maximum health, making you an indestructible tank in battle. What’s special is that it also allows you to carry a box with an additional 20 inventory slots, which is conducive to improving your inventory management experience.

Titan also allows you to counterattack enemies while taking more damage, because the available skill Earthbreaker gives you the opportunity to cause range aftershocks through Slam, and Crushing Impacts can make your blows a crushing blow, which can more smoothly stun the boss and obtain POE 2 Exalted Orbs that drop later.

3. Deadeye

As Ranger’s Ascendency class, Deadeye improves your projectiles and frenzy charges. This Ascendency allows you to hit and damage enemies from a safe distance accurately, and it also has good mobility, such as using skills such as Gathering Winds to stack buffs to increase your movement and skill speed.

While Ranger’s other Ascendency class Pathfinder is not far behind Deadeye, if you want to be an excellent damage dealer in combat and have high mobility, then Deadeye is your better choice.

4. Witch Hunter

Of the two Ascendency classes in Mercenary, Witch Hunter is better than Gemling Legionnaire. When playing as a Witch Hunter, you can better hunt down magical enemies and monsters, because one skill, Culling Strike, can help you automatically kill enemies when they are on the verge of death, and Decimating Strike makes it easier for you to slash a lot of health from enemies when they are at full health.

Besides being able to knock out enemies as quickly as possible with its own damage-based skills, Witch Hunter also allows you to protect yourself from elemental damage with Sorcery Ward spell. You even get an ultimate skill that gives enemies you kill a 10% chance to explode upon death, killing more enemies, making Witch Hunter a very destructive Ascendency class.

5. Chronomancer

Another Ascendency class that belongs to Sorceress, this one has the incredible ability to manipulate time. Chronomancer’s Now and Again skill gives you a chance to not consume cooldowns in combat, while Quicksand Hourglass gives you extra casting speed every 12 seconds.

However, the core skills of this Ascendency are actually Time Snap and Time Freeze. The former resets the cooldown of all your skills, while the latter freezes the actions of affected enemies, allowing you to launch more attacks. Although Chronomancer is not as popular as Stormweaver, it has its own unique features.

6. Blood Mage

If you are a Witch, then the best Ascendency class choice in Path of Exile 2 is Blood Mage. It allows you to use related skills to drain the health of enemies to improve your survivability, or to curse the enemy for an unlimited duration and increase critical damage.

Compared with Witch’s other Ascendency Infernalist, Blood Mage has better survivability, which is an important upgrade channel for Witch whose survivability is relatively fragile. And eventually you will get Crimson Power, which allows you to gain energy shields from equipped body armor and expand your maximum health.

7. Pathfinder

Although Pathfinder is not your best choice as a Ranger compared to Deadeye, it has its own strengths. Pathfinder focuses on damaging enemies through poisons and good mobility, while Connected Chemistry and Enduring Elixirs can increase potion recharge and consumption of health potions to improve your survivability.

Notably, Contagious Contamination allows poisons you used to spread faster to enemies, while Overwhelming Toxicity doubles the amount of poison you can inflict. These upgraded poison effects, combined with the improved Ranger movement skills, make Pathfinder a great Ascendency as well.

8. Invoker

As the only Monk Ascendency to make the top 8, Invoker allows you to unlock more builds while harnessing the power of the elements, dealing massive elemental damage to enemies while also improving your ability to dodge attacks. While not the best Ascendency class, Invoker can provide you with better mobility and attack power if your base class is Monk.

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If you follow the news or are experiencing POE 2 early access, then you must know that there are 6 classes to play, and each class has two exclusive Ascendancy sub-classes. They allow you to play your favorite class and get more POE 2 Exalted Orbs through more efficient combat, strengthen your equipment, and make you stronger.

As one of Sorceress Ascendancy sub-classes, Stormweaver, besides basic skill enhancements and other help, it can also provide you with powerful and diverse builds. Whether you use cold, lightning or fire energy as a Sorceress, this Ascendancy will help you find a build that can crush all enemies. For example, if you like lightning, then Stormweaver Archmage Spark Build can use lightning to crush enemies in the blink of an eye.

Based on this, we will introduce you to how to create and use this build.

What Is Stormweaver Archmage Spark Build?

The idea behind this build actually comes from Path of Exile 2’s Lightning Sorceress. The lightning-based Sorceress needs to shock enemies and blast them with various lightning spells to fight, and sparks are one of the most important elements during this period.

With Stormweaver Archmage Spark Build, you just press a button and run around the map, and everything around you will, of course disappear, which can be said to be very convenient and powerful. But since you need to cast spells continuously when using this build, you may cause problems with insufficient mana.

Therefore, if you plan to put this build into actual combat, it is recommended that you use POE 2 Currency to exchange for equipment and potions that can help restore mana. This way, your mana can be replenished in time when it drops due to using this build.

It is also worth noting that Spark is very weak in the early game. So when using this build in the early game, you need to rely on Flame Wall and Raging Spirits until you unlock more spells that can synergize with Spark and increase the overall damage of Stormweaver Archmage Spark Build.

What Operations Need To Be Performed In Act I?

To gradually improve this build into a fully powerful endgame build, you need to work on it throughout the three acts of POE 2 gradually.

For example, in Act I, you need to complete the campaign as quickly as possible to unlock Flame Wall and attach Fortress to it so that it synergize with Spark. Also unlock Spark and attach Arcane Tempo to it.

Or you can also unlock Orb of Storms, but don’t need to attach any support gems to it yet. If your character level is high enough, you can try to defeat King of the Mists boss to get Raging Spirits. Although it is not used frequently, it will be your main source of damage output in the early stages.

In Act II

When you reach Act II, it means it’s time to unlock new skills and attach more support gems to further strengthen Stormweaver Archmage Spark Build. The first skill to unlock is Conductivity, which casts a curse on enemies, causing them to take additional lightning damage. Unlocking Heightened Curse and attaching it to Conductivity will also be helpful.

You can also unlock Overabundance and attach it to Orb of Storms, and unlock Acceleration and attach it to Spark. Remember to keep Flame Wall for now, though, as it’s still one of the main ways this build deals damage.

In Act III And Cruel Mode

During this phase, you’ll need to unlock more skills and gem slots to make this build effective against endgame content. To do this, the first skill you need to unlock is Cast on Shock, and continue by unlocking Lightning Conduit and attaching it to Cast on Shock.

In addition, don’t forget to unlock the third gem slot for Spark and Orb of Storms. Also attach Persistence to the former, and Lightning Exposure and Strip Away to the latter. If you have Uncut Spirit Gem, use it to unlock Archmage and attach Lightning Mastery to it. Finally, unlock Mana Tempest and attach Premeditation to it.

It’s worth noting that Lightning Conduit is not necessary for this build, so you can replace it with Ball Lightning if you wish. Also, you no longer need to rely on Flame Wall and Raging Spirits in this stage, so you can remove them from your skill inventory.

In Mapping

Once mapping begins, if you want to take this opportunity to further strengthen the build, look for Greater Jeweler’s Orb to unlock more slots for Spark and Orb of Storms. The former requires Inspiration, and the latter requires Overcharge. And don’t forget to unlock Blink and attach Ingenuity to it.

How To Use Passive Skill Tree?

Undoubtedly, unlocking available passive skills through the passive skill tree is also important for Stormweaver Archmage Spark Build. It is recommended that you prioritize passive skills that increase mana regeneration, provide energy shield, and lightning damage, such as:

• Pure Energy
• Practiced Signs
• Raw Power
• Sudden Escalation
• Stormcharged
• Breaking Point
• All Natural
• Touch of Arcane
• Pure Power
• Lightning Quick
• Drenched

Also, when building a Stormweaver Archmage Spark Build according to the above suggestions, you may find that you may often need to consume different types of POE 2 Orbs. Therefore, we recommend that you participate in the New Year POE 2 Currency giveaway event on IGGM Discord now.

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Since the first game, Path of Exile has always been one of the more difficult RPGs, and POE 2 is no exception. Even the regular challenges and quests can sometimes be hard to complete, let alone the overpowered bosses. From werewolves to elves, you may even face dozens of enemies in a boss fight.

Despite this, sometimes you still actively fight high-level bosses in order to get more POE 2 Orbs that may drop. But no matter how well you dodge or how hard you hit, sometimes the boss just won’t go down. It’s completely fine to give up or create a new character to continue playing, but why not try some tricks to make boss battles easier?

With this in mind, we will introduce you to 8 tips that may increase your chances of winning boss battles and improve your gaming experience.

1. Level Up

Leveling up is undoubtedly one of the most basic ways to make you stronger in POE 2. Regardless of which class you play, actively farming monsters or clearing dungeons will earn you enough experience to increase the power of your passive skills.

And if there is a boss that you can’t defeat despite multiple attempts, you can make a specific upgrade plan for it to push yourself to acquire a skill that may be the advantage you need to defeat that boss.

For example, if you have trouble fighting the damage of a certain boss, you can invest in skills that increase health regeneration, armor, or evasion. If a certain boss has powerful defense, it is recommended to invest in elemental or physical damage or critical chance.

2. Try Single-Player Games

Some bosses have higher health and are more difficult to defeat when facing a group. Here, you may try to go it alone, especially if these bosses rely mainly on area attacks.

Of course, this can be a double-edged sword. Because if a certain boss is resistant to the type of damage you deal, you may find yourself in a more difficult situation. But since enemies have lower health when fighting alone, and there is no need to worry about reviving teammates, playing alone can be an advantage against certain bosses.

3. Carry Resistance Items

There are some amulets and rings in Path of Exile 2 that have good resistance to different elemental damage, which can be very useful when you are dealing with bosses that rely on elemental damage or effects such as stun.

You can find several rings and amulets through adventures, or exchange some by POE 2 Currency. As the resistance stacks, they can greatly reduce the damage that bosses who focus on a single damage type can cause you, making it much easier to defeat them.

Among them, the amulet is particularly useful. It allows you to ignore status effects directly such as freeze or stun caused by the enemy, increasing your chances of winning in battle.

4. Reset Passive Skills

If you don’t plan your build in advance, resetting passive skills can be a very important trick, because it is almost impossible to defeat the boss with an imperfect build. Even if you can last a long time in the battle, you can’t cause any damage to the boss.

Passive skills can provide you with attribute improvements related to classes and abilities, including new abilities that are automatically activated under certain conditions, or allow you to equip new equipment and gain attribute gains, giving you a chance to defeat the boss.

5. Remember The Boss’s Attack Patterns

In Path of Exile 2, it is crucial to remember the boss’s attack patterns. Because large-scale arena sweeps require you to stand in a specific position or focus on repetitive timing rather than reaction.

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Most POE 2 bosses have a fixed way of attacking in each round. When you have a strong enough to combat power and successfully remember the enemy’s attack patterns, you can deal with him more specifically. Sometimes, being killed by the boss is just a way to understand its weaknesses and provide a stepping stone to defeat them.

6. Replace Skill Gems

This tip is actually provided for new players, because as long as you have some understanding of POE series, you should know the importance of handling skill gems correctly.

During the game, you must constantly upgrade your skills and replace targeted skill gems in time according to the type of enemy to deal with them: if the boss has followers, it will be useful to enhance the effect range and effect duration of the skills; if it is a single boss, then the skills should maximize the damage to make it easier to defeat them.

7. Grind For Better Gear

One thing about POE 2 that’s unique is that its loot pool is random, so it’s hard to find weapons that really give you an edge in boss fights - especially if you don’t have a loot filter.

Rare weapons usually have better properties, and they perform even better if the random affixes added to them by using Exalted Orb target the boss’s weaknesses. But if you’re really stuck, trying to find new gears with better properties may help you break the rut.

8. Defeat Other Bosses

It may seem contradictory, but defeating certain bosses may give you some special advantages in later boss fights. For example, when you fight and win Beira Of The Rotten Pack in The Clearfell, the second area in Act I, you get a unique item that permanently increases your resistance to cold damage.

When you encounter the final boss of Act I, you’ll be surprised to find that the main damage it deals is cold, so defeating Beira will greatly increase your chances of defeating the final boss of Act I.

In addition, other bosses in Path of Exile 2 will continue to provide you with unique items and useful attribute upgrades, which may help you fight against subsequent bosses.

To better make use of these tips, you can participate in the ongoing POE 2 Orbs giveaway event in IGGM Discord, get related benefits about the tips with these Orbs. If you are lucky enough, you will share 600 Exalted Orbs, 600 Chaos Orbs, and 1,200 Regal Orbs with 19 other players! Come and try it!