
The aim of these reworks has been to redistribute power within each Ascendancy passive tree so that there are plenty of new ways to build powerful Path of Exile characters. In addition to numerically rebalancing every Ascendancy class, we've substantially reworked the Deadeye, Inquisitor and Elementalist. Vessels also substantially increase monster density which can be very rewarding in maxed-out maps that have mechanics like Beyond and Delirium present. You can place up to four vessels in the map device alongside a map to add their monsters to the rituals present in that map, substantially increasing both the difficulty and rewards of those Rituals. In the end game, you can obtain tradeable Ritual vessels, which allow you to itemise the monsters from a ritual. You can consume some Tribute to reroll the rewards offered or to defer selected ones until later.
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Among these rewards, you may be offered new Ritual Base Types which pair very powerful implicit mods with challenging drawbacks. Each successive Ritual in an area is harder and offers better rewards.Īs you slay monsters during a Ritual, you'll earn Tribute which can be spent on a variety of seductive items and rewards. Ritual is a combat league that pits you against both the arcane powers of the Ritual Altar and escalating waves of monsters, enclosed within a Ritual Circle. Their origins and purposes unknown, they seemingly have a hunger for blood and death and are willing to richly reward those who can sate it. Twisted spires of flesh, blood and sinew now stand scattered across Wraeclast's landscape. These include unforgiving new locations such as the Dry Sea, Forking River, Frozen Cabins and Grave Trough.
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If the modifier that's being upgraded is already at the highest tier, it'll upgrade to a new elevated tier.Įleven new maps and challenging boss encounters have been added to the Atlas. When used on such an item, it randomly upgrades one of these influence modifiers and removes the others. Players who are able to earn these powerful rewards will find that they are strictly better than regular Watchstones: they can be traded, don't expire with use, and their benefits can stack.Īnother new endgame reward, The Maven's Orb, affects items that have two or more influence modifiers. These valuable endgame items allow you to upgrade your Atlas and boost what types of rewards you find from maps. Take control of your Atlas by unlocking regional passive trees which augment the content you encounter and rewards you receive while exploring those regions.Įchoes of the Atlas introduces three types of Craftable Watchstones. Only then can you take on the new pinnacle boss of the Atlas: the Maven herself. Having demonstrated your strength, she challenges you to defeat four bosses, then five, then six and finally ten at the same time. Should you prove worthy, she will offer you a taste of her vast power.īy slaying three map bosses in the Maven's presence, you'll earn an invitation to her realm where she will request that you defeat these bosses simultaneously. Accept her challenge to put your talents and mortality to the test. She is hungry to witness your fight for survival against the Atlas' most dangerous foes.

The first such visitor is an entity called The Maven. When the Elder was sealed, entities far beyond the borders of the Atlas of Worlds took note and turned their attention in our direction. In Path of Exile: Echoes of the Atlas, you'll gain even more control over your end-game Path of Exile experience by specialising each region of your Atlas with its own passive tree, crafting Watchstones to refine your rewards, selecting up to ten map bosses to face simultaneously and challenging the Atlas' new pinnacle boss: The Maven.Īlongside this endgame content, you'll perform dangerous and rewarding Rituals in the action-packed Ritual League, explore nineteen improved Ascendancy classes, discover powerful new items and much more. They can force the enemy to take chaos damage from your ignites. > My understanding of the wording is that the chaos-ignite will scale with Fire damage modifiers on the character, but chaos resistance on enemy? This is broadly correct, but is. In that scenario you can pay some Tribue to defer the item to the next area where it will become cheaper. You can store up to 10 crafts in your Horticrafting Station which can also be placed in your Hideout. All Ascendancy Classes have been rebalanced. It's possible to view it on the announcement page here. You find pre-grown ones and select between pairs of possible crafts.

You no longer have to manage a garden. The Elementalist, Deadeye and Inquisitor Ascendancy classes are the ones that have been reworked.
