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Probably the biggest news in the gaming world this month is Path of Exile releasing a new expansion pack, Secrets of the Atlas, which adds some very interesting league mechanics and a variety of game content.

Among these additions, players may pay the most attention to the new Uniques, because they may bring more builds and diversity to the new leagues, which will enrich the experience of exploring in POE. Bound By Destiny Prismatic Jewel is a very obvious example.

When the developers revealed the picture and type of this unique item, many players commented that it was very similar to Watcher’s Eye Prismatic Jewel that has been in the game since the 3.1 patch. But in fact, the effectiveness they bring and the game style they adapt to are also completely different.

In addition, since the in-game descriptions of Bound By Destiny jewelry are very abstract and difficult to understand, this guide will not only explain the differences between the two jewelry, but also explain what specific benefits this new jewelry will provide you.

Bound By Destiny VS Watcher’s Eye

If you show the descriptions of these two unique items to a player who is somewhat familiar with massively multiplayer online role-playing games but not proficient in them, he/she will definitely say that Watcher’s Eye looks a little more useful.

Because its benefits are very obvious: maximum Energy Shield, Life, and Mana are all increased by 4%-6% (not active at the same time), and a buff that can provide you with 2-3 random aura effects was added in the previous POE 3.25 Settlers of Kalguur League.

On the other hand, Bound By Destiny, its effect description does not have a certain impact on specific properties, but only gives you a random 2, 4, and 6 times influence item bonus, which is very confusing and difficult to maximize its effectiveness without clear guidance.

Indeed, this is true. Watcher’s Eye’s improvement in specific attributes has very clear benefits for your exploration, especially when you are fighting the two bosses Searing Exarch and Eater of Worlds.

As for Bound By Destiny, it will be more suitable for you to use it in your leveling build, because you only need to link its three modifiers with clearing speed or crowd control (damage) effectiveness to achieve efficient farming of POE Currency and some high-quality loot.

However, I need to remind you that you cannot place two Watcher’s Eye in one build, so you can try to place Bound By Destiny jewelry as its substitute in your build to expand the effectiveness that Watcher’s Eye can provide.

What Are Effects Of Bound By Destiny?

First, Bound By Destiny jewelry has three modifiers: Random 2x influence item bonus, Random 4x influence item bonus, and Random 6x influence item bonus.

According to the developer, you can set 2 or 4 influences to different types, but you can only set 6 influences to the same type, which means you need to put items with the same effect in your 6 rare item slots to maximize the effect.

Or you can put some unique items you get through combat or completing quests. But it is important to note that the items you put in it are best to have dual influence, such as Emperor’s Vigilance.

This Steel Kite Shield allows you to add a certain amount of energy shield as defense, as well as allowing the damage you deal to bypass some of the enemy’s shields and directly cause a deadly attack, a super high Chaos Damage effect that usually requires investing a lot of POE Currency into your build to achieve.

Or Ravenous Passion, which is perfect for those builds that need to accumulate Rage to deal higher damage. Not only that, it will also change the damage you cause into spell damage instead of regular attack damage, which is a huge advantage when fighting against bosses with less elemental resistance.

Tips For Use

Among the modifiers currently available in Bound By Destiny, two times influence bonuses may be the most easily overlooked by players. Although the scale of the bonus it can bring you is small, if you focus on some bonuses, it will give you an unexpected surprise.

For example, after you equip two Hunter Items, you will not be harmed by poison in battle; after you equip two Elder Items, you will increase your maximum health by 10%-15%; and after you equip two Shaper Items, you will increase your maximum mana by 10%-15%, etc. These are all very necessary attributes in battle.

In the modifiers that increase 4 times and 6 times influence, your focus should not be on survival or defense, but on critical strikes and improving your damage ability. For example, equipping 4 Shaper Items will increase your spell critical strike chance by 1-15%, or equipping 6 Elder Items will increase your all Physical Skill Gems’ level by 1, etc.

The above is a specific introduction and usage strategy of Bound By Destiny Prismatic Jewel added by the developers in Path of Exile 3.26 Secrets of the Atlas expansion. I hope you can maximize the effectiveness of this jewel in the game and use it to complete more challenges to get a better gaming experience. I wish you a happy game!

Exiles, time has passed quickly. From looking forward to the arrival of Path Of Exile 3.26, to now being released for nearly half a month, how have you performed during this period?

Is your bank still full of dust, or is it overflowing with Divine Orbs? If your current currency balance is very tight and you are in urgent need of earning a lot of money to continue to advance the game, then don’t miss this guide!

Here, we will share five effective Divines farming strategies in POE 3.26, so that you will no longer be troubled by the lack of currency. We will quickly introduce each strategy, and you can find a way that works for you and is more profitable to practice as soon as possible!

1. Blight

First, we have the Blight map. The Blight map is basically a battle centered on the tower defense mechanism, which can be generated in Fungal Growths in any area, and Sister Cassia NPC will appear with it.

It’s worth noting that this encounter is considered extra content, so there’s a greater than 8% chance that it will appear in any non-unique map zone. And the best part is that you almost never need higher DPS or rare gear to play Blight maps.

In a Blight encounter, stalling the minions is the first thing we need to do. If a lane is unguarded, you’ll have to defend the pump alone, which will waste your time taking down towers.

Next, we need to choose a Blight map with good checkpoints, paint the appropriate anoints, and build towers. It’s recommended that you prioritize building stalling towers over damage towers, and use Empowering Towers for cover whenever possible.

An empowered Tier 3 Chilling or Seismic tower is usually enough to hold a lane. Note that Tier 4 stalling towers are not much more defensive than Tier 3 towers, and while other damage towers are not as damaging, they can still be useful in the right place. So if you have a delayed lane in a Blight encounter, wait until they spawn and see if you can find a suitable tower at the checkpoint.

After building your towers, you just sit back, hold your line, and wait for loot to drop. If you’ve never tried a Blight map, you’re missing out on an easy, low-effort, and profitable opportunity.

2. Essence

Straight into the second strategy, Essence farming, this one may require a small amount of DPS, and there may be a small learning curve to get the whole setup right. But you can expect to net around 50 Chaos Orbs per map after costs and Essence drops, and this seems to be true in almost every league.

In Path of Exile 3.26, farming Essence requires players to constantly run maps to find and defeat Essence monsters, and collect their drops.

To maximize your gains, you may want to consider using the Beyond atlas passive, which increases the amount and quality of Essence drops. Additionally, Scarabs can further improve the efficiency of Essence farming.

For this strategy, you’ll want to run on a well-laid, low-level Yellow map, especially one with two bosses. Note that this doesn’t work on the White map, as you can’t get high-level Essence.

Basically, you just need to kill the Essence monsters on the map, then defeat the boss and leave. In addition to this, we can also make some extra income by looting Smuggler’s Cache.

3. Abyss

The next way on the list is Abyss farming, which is a low-investment money-making strategy that can produce a lot of Divine Orbs, Scarabs and Divination Cards.

You will find that Abysses are usually marked with a green icon on the minimap. When we pass through an Abyss, a crack will appear on the ground and a lot of monsters will emerge from it. As the player advances, the crack will continue to expand and eventually generate an Abyss.

If the player follows the crack into the Abyss for too long, the crack will close, and then it will generate another crack, leading to another Abyss.

After clearing the last enemy, an Abyssal Trove will be generated, which can be opened to obtain a lot of loot. It is worth noting that in addition to the normal drops, this treasure chest will always provide at least one or more Abyss Jewels, which can be inserted into the passive skill tree or the Abyss slot on the equipment to scale the damage of bow builds and stack higher DPS.

Therefore, I recommend running Abyss with a spellcaster build, because when you cast spell mastery, there is a 25% chance to open Abyssal Trove.

4. Stacked Deck

Next, another low-investment Divines farming method is to collect Stacked Deck.

In POE 3.26, Stacked Deck is a currency item that can be used to obtain a random Divination card, and these Divinations can usually be exchanged for specific high-value items. Therefore, I think Stacked Deck is essentially a gamble to obtain a high-value card.

This farming strategy mainly relies on specific scarabs and map selection. We need to use 5 Divination Scarabs of The Cloister to summon a large number of monster hordes in your map, each of which has a chance to drop a Stacked Deck, making this an efficient and scalable farming strategy.

Note that you will need some layers of defense and focus on nodes in your chosen map that can increase the size and number of monster hordes, and while it is also more dangerous, the rewards are easily worth it.

5. Strongboxes

Last but not least is Strongboxes farming. Strongboxes are a special kind of treasure chest on the map that will release hordes of monsters to attack the player. We must kill all the ambush monsters before this loot chest will open. Of course, defeating these spawned monsters will also drop loot and gain XP, so this is a good way to level up in addition to farming currency.

In Path of Exile 3.26, farming T17 Strongboxes is still one of the most effective ways to get high currency returns, but there are more cost-effective ways to do it in T16 maps. And to reduce costs, it is recommended that you avoid using Containment-Scarab unless you are rich.

Honestly, this strategy requires some critical thinking, as the price of Scarab in each league tends to greatly affect the market cost of this strategy.

In short, the above farming methods are enough to help you get rich quickly in POE 3.26. Although the farming process is relatively long, please believe that the final result is worth your effort!

There are 19 Ascendancy classes across 7 base classes in Path of Exile, which has been out for over a decade. Many skill gems and Ascendancy passives have been reworked or changed over the years, making some classes better at combat or farming than others.

Especially with the current 3.26 patch, which is the largest update to POE in nearly a year, it has made major changes and additions to many build options. After you’ve gone through your first Trial, you’ll be faced with choosing Ascendancy class that corresponds to your base class, which will allow you to focus more on or directly change your current play style.

This guide will introduce the best and worst Ascendancy classes in Path of Exile 3.26 Secrets of the Atlas expansion, so that you can more easily build stronger builds around them, choose more effective passive skills, and make them synergize perfectly with your active skill gems.

Best

1. Elementalist For Witch

Whether in Path of Exile 1 or its controversial sequel, spell-based classes seem to be favored by developers, such as Witch and its reworked Elementalist Ascendancy.

In the current game content, Elementalist can summon two additional golems and have reduced mana consumption during the casting process, making it better able to achieve the goal of continuous combat.

In addition, the triggering mechanism of Shaper of Flames, Shaper of Winter, Shaper of Storms passive nodes of this Ascendancy class has been reworked: now they will trigger simultaneously when the corresponding conditions are met, so that enemies will be hit by three elemental types at once and quickly die under their excellent synergy.

2. Deadeye For Ranger

In the first few leagues, Deadeye has become a popular choice for offensive players due to its high movement speed and deadly damage ability. And this new expansion has not changed the attributes or statistics of this class, so it is still very useful.

Although Deadeye is not as strong in damage resistance as Berserker or Chieftain, you only need to invest a small amount of POE Currency in it to use its continuous attack ability to kill enemies before they enter your melee range and effectively farm a lot of loot.

If you look at its huge Ascendancy passive skill tree and don’t know where to start activating it, here I recommend you to focus on Elemental Hit of the Spectrum, which can fire a projectile that deals Fire, Cold, or Lightning damage, and also deals a certain amount of area damage on hitting an enemy.

3. Berserker For Marauder

Of course, there is also an optimal Ascendancy class for those players who want to rely on their own strong survival and defense capabilities to resist all attacks from monsters or bosses - Berserker.

Its main feature is that it accumulates Rage to increase the damage to the enemy and the movement speed. Typically, each point of rage increases damage by 1%, up to 30%. But you can use some Uniques, such as Kaom’s Primacy, to increase your Rage.

However, it should be reminded that Rage mechanism has a very obvious disadvantage: as the number of Rage stacking layers increases, the damage you receive from it will also increase.

If you normally equip some defensive gear such as armor or helmets, there is not much threat, but if you are really worried, you can spend some POE currency on upgrading them or gear that can increase your maximum health.

Worst

First of all, these worst Ascendancy classes don’t mean you can’t explore with them, but you need to spend twice as much time and effort on this build as other builds to make it stronger. So are you ready? Let’s get started!

1. Ascendant For Scion

In fact, Scion should have more build possibilities in previous game content, but because of its own complexity and developer neglect, it became a little transparent and even removed in POE 2.

Although the recent patch update has added higher mana retention efficiency for Ascendant, this is only effective for aura-stacking builds, which requires you to invest a lot of POE Divine Orbs in it to increase the buffs of auras with specific items, which is very expensive.

2. Assassin For Shadow

Similarly, Assassin, who originally focused on poison damage and critical strikes, has always been a favorite of players who are keen on challenges, but after Pathfinder remake, its weapons and the way specific damage interact have changed. And as the game content develops, Pathfinder also has poison damage.

This completely wiped out the advantages that Assassin had, and its defense ability is not as strong as other classes, especially in maps with Reflected Damage, it is completely like a piece of paper-cannot suffer a little damage.

3. Guardian For Templar

Before Chieftain appeared, Guardian has always been a healer class that supports life recovery, damage reduction and elemental resistance in teamwork. Now, Chieftain can not only do these, but also has considerable damage ability, which makes Guardian less visible to players.

Although POE 3.26 provides Guardian with an opportunity to generate a random shrine buff every ten seconds, its offensive and defensive capabilities are still not outstanding enough, unless the developers increase the chances of being blocked by Bastion of Hope and make it a noteworthy feature.

These are the best and worst Ascendancy classes you can choose and avoid in Path of Exile 3.26 Secrets of Atlas Expansion. Since POE is very concerned about build diversity, you are more than welcome to create a strong build that differs completely from the mainstream style during the exploration process. I wish you a happy game!

After entering the new Path of Exile league, in addition to getting familiar with all the new additions and changes, your first task is to earn enough POE currency and items to upgrade your character as soon as possible.

In Path of Exile series, the currency system includes multiple specific currency types with different functions. Among them, the more common ones include Divine Orb, Exalted Orb, Chaos Orb, etc., because in general, they can enhance your gear in a unique way.

For the entire POE 1, including 3.26 league, Divine Orb has a more friendly drop rate and effect, so it is also your key farming target. The maps in Atlas of Worlds are undoubtedly one of the best places for farming.

Based on this, we will introduce you to how to farm more Divine Orbs in these maps.

The Specific Role Of Divine Orb

As a high-value POE currency, Divine Orb plays a vital role in POE economic system, and most high-value transactions are also centered on it. Therefore, Divine Orbs are more suitable for exchanging other valuable equipment rather than consuming them directly.

Utilize Scarabs Properly

Atlas of Worlds’ map system is large and complex. Whether you want to unlock more maps or want maps to drop more Divine Orbs for you, you must carefully manage and arrange related props, such as scarabs.

A scarab is actually a map fragment that can enable or enhance additional content and masters, thereby enhancing various effects of non-unique maps. And most drop channels will provide you with this item.

There are many types of scarabs, and if you want to earn POE Divine Orbs by clearing maps, it is recommended that you utilize Divination Scarab of The Cloister and add the maximum number of available ones within the allowed range.

In fact, the higher the rarity of scarabs, the higher the monetary value you will eventually get. And you can unlock passive nodes such as Significant Troves and Skittering Swarm to get more scarab drops in battle.

Choose The Right Map

To increase the efficiency of the map dropping currency, it is recommended that you use a very small map while being close to all monster spawn points to increase the density of monsters spawning in Ritual, so that you can get more Divine Orbs in a short time.

At the same time, you should also try to ensure that the difficulty of the map you choose is not too high, because for the purpose of this guide, your goal is to earn specific currencies rather than challenge high-difficulty content, so there is no need to take a big risk.

There are currently 4 levels of Atlas maps in the game:

• Tiers 1 through 5, which are marked “White”.
• Tiers 6 through 10, which are marked “Yellow”.
• Tiers 11 through 16, which are marked “Red”.
• Tier 17, a special map tier.

Upgrade Your Gear In Time

As you know, the main currency types, including Divine Orbs, can be enhanced by adding/modifying modifiers to your gear, so that you can become more powerful to cope with more difficult maps.

Of course, you may be hesitant to do this because you don’t have enough currency, but if you are always too cautious and don’t invest in your gear, it will be difficult to earn more Divine Orbs through higher-level maps. Sometimes consumption is necessary.

Earn More Divination Cards

In Path of Exile, divination cards are items that can be collected and exchanged for other rewards. Different types of divination cards will drop at different stages of the game, and bring different rewards.

Or you can get stacked decks during exploration, which are a currency item that can provide you with a random divination card to help you complete the collection of a whole set of divination cards.

Only one divination card may not be very useful, but when you have a full set of divination cards, you can use it to exchange for specific items or currencies, such as Divine Orbs or weapons, but generally the exchange is highly random.

Not Just Any Player Can Utilize This Method

The whole Atlas of Worlds Divine Orbs farming strategy is all about scarab utilization, but one very annoying feature of scarab-spawned enemies on the map is that they form a melee shield around themselves.

On top of that, as the map level increases, these enemies will have stronger shields and more dangerous enemies. So you have to make sure your class and build are strong enough to handle this.

You can usually keep your distance from the enemy and wait until their melee shield breaks before killing them, or you can wait until the enemy is out of the melee shield and kill them in a safer way. In general, you need to adjust your combat strategy at any time based on your build.

In general, this Divine Orbs farming plan is suitable for players who are good and familiar with the specific mechanisms of Atlas of Worlds, divination cards, etc. If you think you meet the requirements, you might as well give it a try!