When playing POE 2, especially after entering the endgame, you may find that you often need to return to town to rest or sort out the loot in your inventory. However, this trip will interrupt your battle rhythm on the one hand, and it is also quite time-consuming on the other hand, so Path of Exile 2 Hideout came into being.
Because the map in the endgame stage of the game is large, and the battles and challenges are too rich and complex, sometimes you have to return to Hideout in time after a certain number of battles to pick out unnecessary items from the loot to sell or discard to clean up the inventory, and use POE 2 Exalted Orb to upgrade your equipment in Hideout to better deal with subsequent battles.
However, Hideout is not a setting that comes with the endgame map. You must unlock it specifically before you can successfully enter and use it. Based on this, we will introduce you to the specific way to unlock Hideout, as well as how to change and customize it.
What Is Hideout?
Based on the current early access setup, you can think of Hideout as your temporary shelter in Path of Exile 2, or as an important resource that you can return to again and again as you play the endgame content. In terms of specific functions, Hideout is more or less like a town that you can customize and always visit.
On the one hand, Hideout actually contains every possible crafting station in the game, as well as various merchants you can trade with, and you can even dress it up with any decorations you have obtained. But on the other hand, it is also crucial to improving your endgame experience, such as optimizing Atlas of Worlds mapping system that you use for travel and progress.
But before you can enjoy the benefits of Hideout, you must unlock it. Fortunately, this is not difficult, and the unlocking process is almost a must before you enter POE 2 endgame, so you don’t have to worry about accidentally missing the unlocking task.
How To Unlock Hideout?
To do this, you first need to understand Path of Exile 2’s endgame map, which is Atlas of Worlds. After completing the main quest Legacy of the Vaal, you will be directed back to Vaal Ziggurat, where Doryani will talk to you to understand your next move, after which Doryani will introduce you to Atlas of Worlds.
Atlas of Worlds actually means that you can steadily release corruption in each area by clearing enemies at various nodes on the map, while also obtaining POE 2 Currency dropped by these enemies. However, before engaging in these battles, you first need a base camp, which is a Hideout.
After a quick introduction to Atlas of Worlds, some nodes marked with blue irises will appear on the map, which are potential Hideouts. The game will then guide you to select a node on the map as a starting point. You don’t need to worry about the location, just choose freely, because you will unlock more Hideouts later.
After making your choice, you will be teleported to the starting node of your choice. You only need to clear the monsters in it to occupy it as your own, making it your first Hideout. From here, you can start moving towards the rest of the map, clearing more nodes and advancing Atlas to gain more Hideouts. In addition, over time, you will change and customize all Hideouts you have obtained according to your personal preferences.
How To Change Your Hideout?
If you just want to change the location of your Hideout, just use Waystone to unlock new Hideout nodes on the map and then eliminate the enemies in them. In fact, your hideout in POE 2 is basically always on the move and will appear in all the nodes you have conquered as you explore your path.
And if you want to change the visual effects of your Hideout, first you need to unlock different types of Hideout by exploring Atlas. In this way, when you clear more Hideout nodes, you will notice that the maps of some of them differ from each other. There are currently four node maps in POE 2, namely Canal Hideout, Felled Hideout, Limestone Hideout, and Shrine Hideout.
Once you have unlocked all the different node types, you can change the map of your Hideout by talking to the NPC Alva in Hideout and getting Select Hideout option. You can even customize any of the four Hideout maps individually and switch between them to change the available resources stored in different Hideouts quickly.
How To Customize?
As a more interesting part, you can actually customize your Hideout at any time by clicking the arrows at the bottom of the screen. Open the Edit menu and complete the customization by dragging, dropping and rotating NPCs, crafting stations and decorations. And over time, you will unlock more new NPCs or items and then add them to your Hideout as decorations.
In addition, the specific decoration method of Hideout is also relatively arbitrary, you just need to make sure you have enough resources. However, if you want to speed up the customization process, you can save some designs in advance so that they can be automatically imported into your new Hideout later. Although the current Hideout design options are limited, Path of Exile 2 may add more available designs through future game updates.
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