Top 3 Currency/Crafting Materials Farming Strategies For The Start Of POE 3.23 SSF

Are you often facing a currency shortage in the early stages of Path of Exile 2 0.4.0 league? Don't worry, because we're going to share a profitable money-making strategy to help you overcome this difficulty: essence farming. This strategy is quite easy to get started with; you only need to focus on killing many rare monsters, which almost any build can easily do.

Moreover, the advantage of this strategy is that you don't even need to invest a large amount of resources upfront, which is suitable for most players who lack funds in the early stages of the league. You can start with a very low cost and then gradually upgrade the strategy as the game progresses to suit different budgets and builds, easily earning over 30 Divine Orbs every day!

How Does It Work?

The core of this strategy is to farm as many Essences as possible in each map. This is mainly achieved by using Overseer Precursor Tablets, which guarantee extra Essence drops in each map. You might think these tablets are a bit expensive, but rest assured, Essence returns they provide are absolutely worth it.

One recommended setup is to use two double-Essence Precursor Tablets and one single-Essence Tablet. Because in addition to Overseer Precursor Tablet, other tablets can grant double Essences. Using a single-Essence Tablet allows you to add an Abyss Tablet, Breach Tablet, Delirium Tablet, or other strategies you want, thus obtaining some extra PoE 2 currency.

These tablets will be used on T15 maps with 6 modifiers. If you can't handle 6-modifier maps, you can use only 4-modifier maps, in which case you can only use two tablets. Once your build can handle it, you can upgrade to using three tablets simultaneously.

Map Setup

The map setup itself is very simple. You just need to collect some maps, put them in another tab, and then use an Orb of Alchemy to add at least 4 modifiers to each map. We can easily maintain a supply of T15 maps.

If you don't want to use 6-modifier maps, then this is all you need to do. If you want to use 6-mod maps, you'll need to use PoE 2 Exalted Orbs to add six mods to each map.

Selling High Rarity Mod Maps

Next, you need to quickly browse through all your maps and see if any have mods with 60% or higher rarity. These maps are worth approximately 10 Exalted Orbs each and can usually be sold immediately. If you're lucky and get maps with 80%-90% rarity, they're worth 25 to 30 Exalted Orbs each.

It's best to sell these maps to other players and keep the money as profit, or invest it in new maps.

Filtering Mods

After all of this, it's recommended that you use a filter to screen out maps with undesirable mods. The remaining maps will become the basis of your later map strategy.

As for your inventory setup, you'll need to bring some maps, and ideally a large number of Chaos Orbs, as we'll be using these orbs to corrupt Essences, thereby changing the results and gaining more profit from this strategy.

Atlas Skill Tree

Before we discuss how to do this in maps, let's look at what Atlas Skill Tree should look like for this strategy.

It's quite simple. We just need to go to the top and light up all the talents related to Precursor Tablets, which will make our map rewards more abundant. Also worth mentioning is Remnants of Power, as it has a 20% chance to double the number of Essences in the map, and investing in Ecological Shift will grant more additional total Essences.

Then, we go to the bottom right and fill all Essence-related talent nodes, and invest the remaining points into some Spirit nodes for some extra bonuses.

In addition, you need to make sure you invest at least three points in Map Boss Tree at the top, as this will give you extra Essences from Crystal Realm.

If you plan to use Abyss Tablets, you should make sure to light up Shadow of Undeath, as this will give you more Essence of the Abyss. The remaining nodes can be chosen based on your preference for different mechanics.

Collecting Essences

You'll have a lot of fun running these maps, as the balance changes brought by PoE patch 0.4.0 make farming Essences easier than ever before.

First, you need to walk along the walls and find the map boss as quickly as possible. After killing the map boss, all remaining mechanics in the map will light up. Therefore, you can easily find these Essences without checking every corner.

We only need to check Essence monsters to see if they possess one of the five high-value Essences:

• Perfect Essence of Sorcery
• Perfect Essence of Haste
• Perfect Essence of Battle
• Greater Essence of Ruin
• Greater Essence of Opulence

If it possesses any of these five essences, simply click on the monster and kill it to collect the loot. If it doesn't have these essences, you can simply use a Vaal Orb to transform it into a new essence. This will upgrade a Greater Essence to a Perfect Essence, or if the item already has a Perfect Essence, there's a chance to upgrade it to an Essence worth the equivalent of a POE 2 Divine Orb.

While you could theoretically make this farming process more complex, there's no point in doing so. Just keep an eye out for those five Essences, kill the monsters, collect the loot, and move on to the next map. As for route selection, you can do whatever you like.

Selling & Profits

Once you've completed some maps and accumulated a lot of Essences in your stash, let's talk about how to handle them.

To quickly sell these Essences, simply put them on the currency exchange. The problem is, unfortunately, many Essences are junk and basically nobody needs them.

So, before selling, you can check the current trading volume of Essences. Some options have high trading volume, while other Essences simply won't sell. Whether or not you try to sell these Essences is up to you.

Even so, Essences obtained using this strategy can earn you approximately four to five Divines per hour, and the income is relatively stable.

Overall, this Essence farming strategy feels very relaxed because you don't really need to think too much; you just clear the map, and you're guaranteed to get some profit every time. Of course, the hourly income will vary. So, choose a class like Pathfinder to start your farming journey, and this strategy definitely won't disappoint you!

Although Path of Exile 2 is complex and difficult to master, one of the main reasons it retains a loyal fanbase is its unique mechanics, unlike mainstream ARPGs, such as its detailed currency system.

Most ARPGs tend to have an economic system based on a specific currency or gold, serving as the basic means of exchange. However, Path of Exile 2 has many types of currency, each with different uses and acquisition methods.

While this increases the difficulty of currency farming, it also means your gaming experience will be clearer and more organized, rather than having a pile of coins without knowing what to do with them.

The economic system in PoE 2 resets with each new league. Therefore, now, a week after the start of Fate of the Vaal league, the popular Divine Orbs should be your farming priority.

Below, we will introduce the information you need to know to improve your Divine Orbs farming efficiency in this league.

Overview Of Divine Orb Farming Methods

Although PoE 2 has many types of currency, only a few are commonly used, and Divine Orbs are one of them. Their purpose is to increase the power of rare or unique items by changing their modifier values.

The effectiveness of these orbs is not obvious in the early stages of the league, so you can sell them for other currencies you need more. But as you progress further in the game, you will need to start farming them intensively.

Mapping

After entering the endgame stage, you can start earning various loot, including Divine Orbs, through mapping. The essence of the mapping mechanism is to constantly run new maps and fight in them to obtain rewards.

On this basis, Waystones and Precursor Tablets are two essential items. The former opens portals to random areas, and the latter increases the loot you ultimately receive by modifying the number and rarity of enemies.

Therefore, when farming Divine Orbs using this method, the key to improving efficiency is to obtain high-level Waystones while stacking Tablets, and also focusing on nodes that increase rewards when unlocking Atlas passive skills.

Trials And Events

Although the core function of Trial of Chaos and Trial of Sekhema is to help you unlock Ascendancy classes and talent points, they are also a mainstream way to obtain high-level currency, and you can farm them repeatedly.

Besides mapping and trials, when you play other endgame events, such as Ritual, Breach & Delirium, you can also encounter the sources of loot drops. Alternatively, if you urgently need currency, you can buy PoE 2 Divine Orbs through trading markets and websites.

Changes Introduced In Patch 0.4.0

In addition to adding new gameplay, each major update to Path of Exile 2 modifies or optimizes existing mechanics to ensure a smoother experience and better performance of the current patch content.

Based on the introduction to Divine Orb farming methods, you should already have a preliminary speculation of which changes will affect this. We will now explain them in detail.

Map Enemies And Bosses

When clearing maps, you will constantly encounter various towers. After the changes in Patch 0.3.1, their function is to clear the map fog after construction, revealing surrounding nodes and biomes, and guaranteeing a Precursor Tablet reward.

Building on this, if you are mapping during Fate of the Vaal league, the sources of increased enemy numbers on maps and Tablets have been removed, replaced by efficiency bonuses.

This means you will primarily obtain more loot by killing enemies with increased health, rather than by clearing a larger number of enemies. Regular monsters will no longer swarm the player in high density, while rare monsters will drop more loot.

In addition, each map now has a boss, some of which are more powerful - these bosses are marked separately and are more durable and deal higher damage.

If you are confident in your abilities, you can use an Overseer Precursor Tablet to transform the current map into one with a powerful map boss.

More importantly, after the release of Patch 0.4.0, killing the map boss will reveal all remaining unexplored content on the map, such as Breach hands, Abyss, and more.

Therefore, if you prioritize farming the boss when clearing maps, you can then more efficiently find all the content you want to complete, improving efficiency by filtering out mechanics with a lower probability of dropping Divine Orbs, avoiding wasted time.

However, if you die while fighting the map boss, all remaining content on the map will be removed.

Map Rolling

The map rolling mechanism has been significantly simplified, and no new mechanics that increase map setup time will be added in future updates.

Based on this, by combining it with an Orb of Alchemy that can roll Waystone modifiers, you can immediately give your map more affixes, thus obtaining more Divine Orbs or other loot upon completion.

Tablet Rolling

After optimization, by default, you can only have a maximum of two affixes on your map, but once you defeat the boss Arbiter of Ash in normal difficulty, you can reroll the map affixes to a maximum of four, including two prefixes and two suffixes.

Regarding Tablets, one affix you need to focus on is rarity. The rarity bonus of items dropped in the map stacks very well with the rarity bonus on your gear, thus improving the quality of all items you find in the map.

Optimal Farming Strategy

After understanding the above, to farm Divine Orbs faster in the new league, you first need to unlock the appropriate Atlas passive skills based on your class and build, and then focus on stacking map and gear rarity and killing rare monsters.

We hope our suggestions will help you earn more currency to upgrade your character in the later stages of Fate of the Vaal league. Have fun!

Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.4.0 features incredibly cool skill combinations, but if you frequently cast skills while farming, you'll quickly run out of mana. Furthermore, leveling up skills further increases mana consumption.

Mana management isn't just a problem for spellcaster classes; almost all classes face this issue during the campaign. Without suitable items, some builds will still be plagued by mana shortages even in the endgame. So how can this be solved?

Mana Regeneration During Mapping

While farming, using skills to kill mobs is incredibly satisfying, and with the right affixes, these monsters can become a source of mana regeneration, and the more enemies, the more effective it is.

Sapphire Suffix

One of the suffixes for sapphires is that it restores 1% to 2% of maximum mana upon killing an enemy. Sapphires are relatively common items, with a high probability of appearing early in the game. Additionally, the kill to mana affix can appear on Martial Weapons, rings, and gloves. Combining this with a sapphire bearing this affix essentially solves the mana regeneration problem during mapping.

Leech Mana

Another method involves using items with leech mana modifiers, which is also a powerful source of mana regeneration, but it's only suitable for physical damage attack-based builds. For example, Mark of Siphoning Support gem allows you to leech mana when attacking marked enemies, but the leech amount is only 5% of the damage dealt; it might be more useful against bosses.

Mana Flasks

Mana Flasks are a commonly used mana regeneration method and are crucial during campaigns. Not only do you need to upgrade flasks, but you can also add affixes to Mana Flasks using PoE 2 Currency:

• Increased mana recovery
• Increased number of charges
• Gain charges per second

Lavianga's Spirits is a unique Mana Flask that cannot and does not need to be manually used. Its effect is continuous, providing a fixed amount of mana regeneration periodically, the amount of which depends on its quality and affixes.

Besides Mana Flasks themselves, there are other ways to increase their mana regeneration. For example, in Act 4 Abandoned Prison quest, you can choose a permanent buff from Flasks that increases mana regeneration. Belts can also roll mana regeneration affixes from Flasks, significantly enhancing potion effects.

Some talent points can also improve the effects of Mana Flasks. For example, Lavianga's Brew talent point in Druid area grants skills 30% increased mana cost efficiency while mana Flasks are active and increases mana regeneration from Flasks by 10%.

Reducing Mana Cost

Reducing Skill Mana Cost

You can type Mana Cost in Passive skill interface to find many related nodes, some of which reduce skill mana costs.

If the talent point is too far away, you can use Distilled Emotions to anoint or infuse it into your amulet to reduce mana costs.

Converting to Life Costs

Price of Freedom key passive node not only increases the mana cost efficiency of attack skills but also converts a portion of mana costs into life costs. You can restore mana by using items with life-restoring affixes or life flasks, thus alleviating mana pressure. Blood Magic key passive node is a more extreme solution; it completely removes mana, making all skills consume life instead.

Support Gems

• Efficiency II Support gem: Reduces the mana cost of the supported skill.
• Lifetap Support gem: Converts the mana cost of the supported skill into life cost, similar to Blood Magic for single-skill characters.
• Clarity Support gem: When actively activated, it reserves a portion of spirit, providing a mana regeneration rate bonus.

Mana Regeneration And Maximum Mana

Each character has a default base regeneration rate of 4% of maximum mana per second, but this can actually be increased. You need to increase your mana regeneration rate. This can be achieved through Clarity aura, equipment, talent points, and Jungle Ruins quest reward, which increases mana regeneration rate by 25%.

Additionally, since the base regeneration rate is a percentage of maximum mana, increasing maximum mana through rings, amulets, and other equipment will also directly increase the regeneration rate per second.

Non-Universal Solutions

• Mana Remnants buff: Killing or critically striking enemies affected by Elemental Ailments generates lootable Remnants. Picking them up restores mana and temporarily increases maximum mana.
• Font of Mana Support gem: Enables supported Totem abilities to create an area that restores mana.
• Defy II: Allows the use of abilities even when surrounded and lacking mana. It can be used with Constricting Command helmet to reduce the number of monsters required to trigger this effect.
• Eldritch Battery node: Converts Energy Shield into mana, but consumes double the mana cost for abilities.
• Mana Recoup affix: Restores a portion of consumed mana over a period of time after taking damage.
• Gain mana while blocking: This effect appears in passives or equipment affixes, such as Defensive Reflexes passive node, and it is more suitable for high block rate builds.
• Thief's Torment Emerald Ring: You gain 15 mana for each enemy you hit. It's not powerful, but it takes up a ring slot.

The mana shortage problem mainly occurs in the early game. Later in the game, as your level increases, you'll have more equipment and currency, allowing you to tailor a solution based on your build. If you're still struggling with this issue later, it might be that your equipment isn't up to par, or your skill points are allocated to damage-focused parts. Review these aspects and make some adjustments.

In Path of Exile 2, Mystery Boxes are paid loot boxes containing a set of random cosmetic microtransaction items. These items are purely cosmetic and do not affect your character's abilities or game progression in any way.

Each box has a specific theme, and during Patch 0.4.0, it's The Last of the Druids Mystery Box, offering unique themed armor sets, effects, pets, and hideout decorations.

Price

Currently, The Last of the Druids Mystery Box can only be obtained from MTX store for 50 points, a microtransaction currency linked to real money.

In addition to the single box option, they also offer a bundle of 5 Mystery Boxes for 250 points. You can choose according to your needs.

It's worth noting that each Mystery Box opened will yield a different item variant, but some variants may be rarer than others. Therefore, the more boxes you open, the higher the probability of getting the rare item you want!

What's In Mystery Box?

The Last of the Druids Mystery Box contains 63 microtransaction items, many of which have varying numbers of themed variants.

1. Stormborne Huntress Helmet - Chance to appear: 3.8462%
2. Frigid Stormborne Huntress Body Armour - Chance to appear: 1.5385%
3. Infernal Stormborne Huntress Body Armour - Chance to appear: 1.1538%
4. Thunderous Stormborne Huntress Body Armour - Chance to appear: 0.7692%
5. Chaotic Stormborne Huntress Body Armour - Chance to appear: 0.3846%
6. Stormborne Huntress Gloves - Chance to appear: 3.8462%
7. Stormborne Huntress Boots - Chance to appear: 3.8462%
8. Frigid Stormborne Back Attachment - Chance to appear: 1.5385%
9. Infernal Stormborne Back Attachment - Chance to appear: 1.1538%
10. Thunderous Stormborne Back Attachment - Chance to appear: 0.7692%
11. Chaotic Stormborne Back Attachment - Chance to appear: 0.3846%
12. Stormborne Weapon Skin - Chance to appear: 3.8462%
13. Fleshveil Marionette Helmet - Chance to appear: 2.3077%
14. Porcelain Marionette Helmet - Chance to appear: 1.5385%
15. Fleshveil Marionette Body Armour - Chance to appear: 2.3077%
16. Porcelain Marionette Body Armour - Chance to appear: 1.5385%
17. Fleshveil Marionette Gloves - Chance to appear: 2.3077%
18. Porcelain Marionette Gloves - Chance to appear: 1.5385%
19. Fleshveil Marionette Boots - Chance to appear: 2.3077%
20. Porcelain Marionette Boots - Chance to appear: 1.5385%
21. Bronze Marionette Back Attachment - Chance to appear: 2.3077%
22. Silver Marionette Back Attachment - Chance to appear: 1.5385%
23. Bronze Marionette Weapon Skin - Chance to appear: 2.3077%
24. Silver Marionette Weapon Skin - Chance to appear: 1.5385%
25. Bronze Marionette Character Skin - Chance to appear: 2.3077%
26. Silver Marionette Character Skin - Chance to appear: 1.5385%
27. Desert Sands Portal Effect - Chance to appear: 2.3077%
28. Wasteland Sands Portal Effect - Chance to appear: 1.1538%
29. Crimson Sands Portal Effect - Chance to appear: 0.3846%
30. Desert Hourglass Map Device - Chance to appear: 2.3077%
31. Wasteland Hourglass Map Device - Chance to appear: 1.1538%
32. Crimson Hourglass Map Device - Chance to appear: 0.3846%
33. Soulslash Portal - Chance to appear: 3.07692%
34. Marble Soulslash Portal - Chance to appear: 0.7692%
35. Prison Waygate Map Device - Chance to appear: 3.8462%
36. Toad Idol of Corruption Hideout Decoration - Chance to appear: 1.9231%
37. Toad Idol of Chaos Hideout Decoration - Chance to appear: 1.3462%
38. Toad Idol of Alchemy Hideout Decoration - Chance to appear: 0.5769%
39. Afflicted Altar Stash Decoration - Chance to appear: 1.5385%
40. Vaal Cache Stash Decoration - Chance to appear: 1.1538%
41. Precursor Receptacle Stash Decoration - Chance to appear: 0.7692%
42. Shattered Mirror Stash Skin - Chance to appear: 0.3846%
43. Civic Square Hideout - Chance to appear: 1.5385%
44. Alpine Plateau Hideout - Chance to appear: 0.9615%
45. Vastiri Plains Hideout - Chance to appear: 0.7692%
46. Mausoleum Hideout - Chance to appear: 0.5769%
47. Phoenix Pet - Chance to appear: 2.3077%
48. Abyssal Phoenix Pet - Chance to appear: 1.3462%
49. Blueflame Phoenix Pet - Chance to appear: 0.1923%
50. Magus Quillbook Pet - Chance to appear: 1.9231%
51. Vaal Quillbook Pet - Chance to appear: 1.1538%
52. Abyssal Quillbook Pet - Chance to appear: 0.7692%
53. Tracking Scroll of Crafting - Chance to appear: 3.8462%
54. Ghostlance Level-up Extra Effect - Chance to appear: 1.9231%
55. Rat Fountain Level-up Extra Effect - Chance to appear: 1.3462%
56. Wings of the Phoenix Level-up Extra Effect - Chance to appear: 0.5769%
57. Shattered Dodge Roll Effect - Chance to appear: 1.5385%
58. Phoenix Dodge Roll Effect - Chance to appear: 1.1538%
59. Rat Swarm Dodge Roll Effect - Chance to appear: 0.7692%
60. Abyssal Dodge Roll Effect - Chance to appear: 0.3846%
61. Giant Centipede Rare Finisher Effect - Chance to appear: 2.3077%
62. Plummeting Chandelier Rare Finisher Effect - Chance to appear: 1.1538%
63. Phoenix Nosedive Rare Finisher Effect - Chance to appear: 0.3846%

The above shows all the item variants included in The Last of the Druids Mystery Box and their drop rates. However, please note that this data only applies to the first box you open, as subsequent items will not be duplicates, so the probability of obtaining other microtransaction items will increase accordingly with each subsequent box opened.

How To Open The Box?

1. Open your Stash: Open your inventory, click the Cosmetics button, then select Microtransaction Stash, or press the "N" key to open the microtransaction panel.
2. Find the Box: Find the unopened Mystery Box in the Consumables tab.
3. Right-click: Click on the box to open it and receive a random item.

Is Mystery Box Worth Getting?

Is this paid microtransaction box really suitable for every Exile? It really depends on your needs. If you enjoy taking chances, appreciate the thrill of randomly acquiring cool cosmetic items, and aren't looking for anything specific, then The Last of the Druids Mystery Box is a good investment; however, if you want a particular microtransaction item, it's not worth it, as the results are entirely dependent on RNG (random number generation). Moreover, you can usually obtain the items you want directly later in the game.

Therefore, it's best to consider Mystery Box as a way to support the game and enjoy some random fun, rather than a reliable method for acquiring specific gear. After all, this kind of loot box mechanism, similar to gambling, can easily lead to overspending without ultimately getting the items you want.

In short, at the start of the league, acquiring The Last of the Druids Mystery Box can indeed bring you unexpected surprises and make you the most dazzling presence in the game with its cool cosmetics. If you're interested, why not try your luck?