A variety of items in Path of Exile have sockets that can be filled with different gems. These gems change the function of an item and can also affect its appearance. The player character, referred to as the Exile, is an escaped prisoner of Oriath. High Templar Dominus and his assistant Piety are abusing their ordained power to control Oriath by enslaving the Karui people.

The Demon Prince

The Demon Prince is the second of the DLC bosses players can encounter in Path of Exile. He is the prince of the Golgoth race and is attempting to rally his kingdom against his awful brother Tycho, who started a war with all creature shifters. He is also sick with an incurable disease which is causing him to grow at a faster rate than the other members of his pack.

The fight against the Prince is a long one and can take upwards of 10 minutes to complete. The Prince uses a variety of attacks including claw combos and a short-duration laser that can be avoided by staying close to him or by dodging in a timely manner. He can also cast Floating Chaos, which creates a cluster of orbs that fly around the arena. The Prince can be summoned by the NPC Lapp on the ledge near the Earthen Peak Ruins bonfire or by Slave Knight Gael, who is located at the bonfire right before dropping down into the arena. Defeating him earns 100,000 Souls and the Demon Prince's Soul, which can be transposed to make the Demon's Scar.

The Forbidden Sanctum

Path of Exile developer Grinding Gear Games is bringing its action poe currency guide into the world of roguelikes with The Forbidden Sanctum. The new league takes players to an ancient Templar enclave that they explore room by room. As in the best roguelikes, players must manage their resolve, a bar that suffers damage from enemies and environmental hazards. Afflictions—negative effects like more monster health or less player defense—accumulate throughout a run, making it harder to advance and get better rewards.

Each run starts with a map of the rooms that players can use to choose which ones to visit next, and each room may have different hazards and rewards. Some rooms also present Accursed Pacts, which offer a boon but at a cost that can affect the rest of the run. Players can also find Offers, which provide a set of choices with varying rewards and when the player receives them.

The Atlas

The Atlas is Path of Exile’s endgame content that requires players to jump into maps that contain specific enemies, bosses, and modifiers. Completing a map and defeating the boss rewards players with valuable items.

Atlas progression involves moving through maps that gradually increase in tier. The higher the tier, the more challenging and rewarding the map. The player’s build and equipment will impact their ability to progress through the Atlas.

Each time a player successfully completes a legacy map, the Atlas will unlock all of that tier’s maps. This can allow a new player entering a league to quickly gain access to high-tier Atlas content without the need to wait for a map item drop. Upon completing a map, the Atlas will display a white outline for that map. The Atlas also displays the Bonus Objective for that map, which typically requires players to run a map at a particular rarity and kill the corresponding map boss. Completing a Bonus Objective grants one Atlas passive skill point.

Wraeclast

Wraeclast is a forsaken continent infested by writhing horrors and murderous beasts. The soil is infested with a dark, ancient power that transforms the flesh and mind.

The player character is exiled from Oriath for a crime or set of crimes depending on the class chosen, and sent to Wraeclast where High Templar Dominus and his assistant Piety are studying thaumaturgical technology. The player encounters a woman named Dialla who shows them a thaumaturgical Rapture Device that opens portals to other places and suggests someone or something is shaping the world outside Wraeclast.

The player enters a demonic version of Wraeclast and fights to earn power that will allow them to exact revenge against those who wronged them. The game features visceral action combat, deep character customization and a rich economy built around bartering items called “currency items” that can be used to identify or upgrade equipment, reroll affixes on items, create portals to town and more.