After Path of Exile Settlers of Kalguur league was officially launched some time ago, it broke the historical record of concurrent online players of this old game, and it is also the league with the highest player retention rate among all leagues so far, so it is also called one of the best leagues ever by many players.
At the stage when it was just released, even with excellent new features, there were still some shortcomings. But fortunately, the developer released Patch 3.25.1 in time to make up for the poor experience of players. This guide will introduce you to what changes you will experience in this Patch 3.25.1.
Changes In Kingsmarch
In POE Patch 3.25.1, the shipping risks and rewards generated by your transportation of Thaumaturgic Dust in Kingsmarch have been redesigned. Previously, Thaumaturgic Dust would multiply the value of shipping and the risk was higher.
Now, Thaumaturgic Dust only increases the value of your cargo, and adjusts the amount of rewards you get based on what other cargo you place. This means that Thaumaturgic Dust only indirectly affects POE Currency and other rewards you get, and does not affect the risk you take, which is a very successful buff.
In addition, when you are Recombining items, the chance of those rarer modifiers being selected for the resulting item is much higher than before, which is very useful for you to run some high-reward maps later. It is worth noting that in this patch, you can trade Uber Boss Fragments, missing Fossils, and Blighted Scouting Report directly at Currency Exchange.
At the same time, Recombination has also been improved, but overall it is still not as useful as most crafting systems, and the specific practicality depends on what you want to use it to help you.
To prevent you from accidentally leaving during Kingsmarch exploration, the developers placed the portal to your respawn point away from Admiral Valerius boss area. This is very helpful for players who want to complete the game in one go, as they don’t want to lose the entire team because of their own mistakes.
Tier 17 Map Changes
Although the T17 Maps have changed a lot in Settlers of Kalguur League and have become easier to explore, as mentioned before, there are still a lot of gaps, so in Patch 3.25.1, some Tier 17 Map Modifiers have been adjusted and removed. Let’s take a look at each one.
Adjusted Tier 17 Map Modifiers
The first adjustment is Tier 17 Sawblades mod, which has been slowed down and the number of sawblades has been reduced from 6 to 3. This will affect your efficiency in running some T17 Maps, so you can try to discard it.
Now let’s take a look at some of the buffed Map Modifiers. Marked for Death debuff no longer prevents your life and energy shield from regenerating, and it also increases your damage by 50%, up from 20% before. This will make you more capable and survivable when running some of the more dangerous maps.
If you use a skill that summons Minions on a map, you and your Minions will have a longer time to deal damage. Previously, you could only deal damage to enemies for 6 seconds out of 10 seconds, but now it’s 7 seconds! Although it’s only a one-second increase, as long as you use POE Currency to increase the DPS of your build a little, it’s very likely that you will defeat the enemy directly in this second.
In addition, your Action Speed will also increase when using skills, which will increase your flexibility in fighting in the map. But unfortunately, the monster’s area of effect is now increased by 100%, and Extra Damage from Critical Strikes is reduced by 35%-45%. If you encounter Rare monsters on a certain map, they will also reverse damage you by 5% of your health, mana, and energy shield when you hit them, and your Minions are no exception.
Under this change, it will be a big challenge for you to re-select and adjust your build, so before you explore Tier 17 Map, make sure your build can support you easily through the early and mid-game stages, and safely through the endgame stage.
Deprecated Tier 17 Map Modifiers
After Patch 3.25.1, all Monsters in Tier 17 Map you are running will no longer have Effect of Curses on them, meaning you can no longer rely on Effect of Curses to damage these enemies, and you will need to find another way.
In addition, when you fight with your allies, the effect that damage you take will be applied to your allies will no longer exist, so you can fight side by side with your friends without worrying about it. In addition, you can now directly obtain Endurance, Frenzy, or Power Charges, which greatly enhances you.
The removal of these mods means that your strength in the map will continue to increase, and with a strong build, you will definitely have fun exploring the map in the future!
As Path of Exile 3.25 Settlers of Kalguur League develops, there will definitely be more patches and changes released that will increase the player experience, and we will continue to pay attention. I hope you can have fun playing in this changed league!
After patch 3.25.1, some Shipping mechanisms have changed a lot, so many players want to know what other secret tricks can help us earn a lot of currency in POE 3.25 in the form of Mirror Shards, Power Runes, Journey Tattoos and Divines.
If you are also looking for the answer, then this guide will come in handy. Here, we will explain everything from the beginning, analyze all the problems you may encounter in Shipping, and share some interesting tips. Without further ado, let’s get started!
Before You Start
First, before you start shipping, make sure:
- Upgrade your Town to the highest level so that you can hire level 10 recruits.
- Upgrade your Harbour to the highest level.
- Upgrade your Farm to the highest level.
- Upgrade both your Mine and Smelter to the highest level.
If you want level 9 to 10 peasants working for you 24/7, you need to always have gold deposited into your Kingsmarch bank account. Make sure you have several miners and smelters to collect each type of ore and turn it into bars. Finally, remember not to spend too much money to recruit more than 1 level 8+ miner and smelter!
Shipment Tips
First, start with the shipments, this is very important! Before making any shipments, whether you are sending or collecting, do not use a character below level 90. That’s right, your character level will also affect your rewards. In fact, I even recommend that most players have a character above level 95 to handle shipments.
These functions work even when you are offline, so if you are upgrading another build, you can occasionally log in with a level 90+ character to send and receive your goods. Therefore, you are not limited to only using 1 build in POE 3.25.
Now let’s talk about shipments. If you want currency items like Divines, Exalteds, and Mirror Shards, you can choose to send crop items like Wheat and Corn. If you want Scarabs, you can send Verisium to Riben Fell.
In short, no matter what you send, the ship will always return with Runes if the destination is Black Flag, and Tattoos if it is Green Flag.
As you can see, each port has a quota. If you complete these quotas, they will reward you with a unique item, and then they will re-roll and give you another quota.
In addition, if you send items that fall into this quota, their rewards will also be adjusted according to the percentage they show. The percentage is not important, you just need to make sure you always have what they ask for.
Example
Let’s take an example here. Let’s say we have Bismuth (an ore) and Wheat (a crop). We will send 2 separate shipments for these two types. Although some people have said not to mix crops with ores, we still doubt this view.
So, how much Bismuth should we send? Actually, you only need to send bars, which are the finished goods from smelters, not the ore from mines. Then, you take the port quota or the quota that is left over, and divide it by 5. Now copy and paste that result and send it. It’s that simple!
When we receive the goods, the quota for Bismuth here is completed! Now you don’t need a crew of 6 to send small shipments like this, because they will consume too much gold when traveling. Of course, if you have a good gold reserve, you can also ignore it completely.
The next quota for this port is Wheat! Now, unlike bars, which have item rewards, it brings POE Currency, which every exile is very interested in. Therefore, you want to throw as little as your ship can carry without showing red. Our recommendation is at least 7K of each crop. The more crops are mixed, the better.
Now, we produce a lot of crops with level 9 and 10 peasants. The ship we are using does not have any level 10 sailors, but each level 9 sailor is enough to send 3.8 million worth of shipments. If you don’t want to take any risks here, this is what you do with small shipments that you send once or twice a day.
In this example, we sent a total of 3.1 million crops and some Dust until we hit the maximum of 3.8 million. In the end, we harvested 3 tier 1 currency items, including Exalted Orb and Sacred Orb. So no matter what, you are guaranteed to get 2 or more tier 1 currency items.
As I mentioned, if the destination also wants your other crops, your rewards will also increase. Of course, you can also send unsolicited shipments to the destination, which will still get 1 or 2 Divine Orbs. But this will not be as efficient as sending the crops they want, which is why we also have to meet quotas.
But please note that GGG does not set quotas for fun, and the unique rewards are mostly garbage. So this is the entire purpose of it.
How To Get More Dust?
Now let’s make some Dust! First, upgrade your Disenchanter to the highest level as well.
Since Dust is optional, its entire purpose in terms of shipping is just to increase your returns when you don’t want to spend too much food. So looking at the shipment value, if you send the same amount of Dust as this shipment value, you’ll basically get back twice the value of what you put in.
In other words, the value of Dust is 1:1 with the value of the item you put in. Don’t spend more Dust than the base shipment value, because it only gives diminishing returns.
Therefore, many people who make the highest shipments will stack up to 25 million shipment values and then put in another 25 million Dust, bringing their return to 50 million. In short, Dust just doubles the effect of every item you put in.
But how do we make so much Dust? This is why we have to start disenchanting unique items.
For many players, most Uniques that are dropped as trash items can have a considerable Dust value. This mainly depends on the rarity of the item dropped.
Secondly, the item level is also important. As the item tiers increase, the value of Dust they bring increases. On the other hand, rolls are completely unimportant, and you can get such things in trades for 25 Chaos Orbs or less.
Ore & Gold Farming
Besides that, the biggest concern for most casual players is how to maintain ore and gold. In fact, the solution for gold is simple. You just need to prepare a Ventor’s Gamble and a decent Gold Flask to use when you hit rare or unique enemies. By doing this, you can get up to 40k gold per map. Then by farming with T17 Strongbox, you can also get more than 70k gold per map.
Next, what should we do with the quota of 120,000 Orichalcum and other ores? Perhaps you can take a look at our previous Alch and Go Strat guide, where you will find the answer. With this strategy, you can get 800 to 1100 in T16 and 1000 to 1400 in T17 by just going on the map, clicking on the ore, coming out and repeating.
Most of the time, you will get 2 or more ores in a map. If you are willing to spend 3 or 4 hours a day playing Path of Exile 3.25, you will get more.
How To Get T0 Unique Items?
The last question is, how to get tier 0 unique items? So far, we have discussed farming tips for tier 1 items, but how do people get Mirror Shards, Power Runes and Journey Tattoos? It comes down to only one answer, that is, the higher the shipment value of crops and Dust, the better your chances of getting these.
Every day on Reddit, you will see someone post a 50 million shipment and get crazy loot. But the problem is, some people will also be unlucky. That’s how it works.
But you can greatly reduce your risk in the process of shipping by trying a few methods. You need all crew members to be at the highest level, which is level 10, especially when shipping high-value shipments. You need a ship with this crew, and we strongly recommend choosing multiple crop quotas like this one.
Hopefully, these tips will help you enjoy POE 3.25 more and take advantage of Shipping mechanic to earn more loot! Good luck!
As always, Lightning Strike Slayer is still the top build for most Path of Exile fans when completing Challenge League. If you haven't tried it yet, now is a good time.
Here, we will bring you Lightning Strike Slayer build we created in POE 3.25 League. Compared to the previous League, we have optimized it so that you can get higher damage and defense with a lower budget and simpler playstyle.
If you want to know what is special about this build, then I have to mention the damage it brings! Since this build uses Banishing Blade, it comes with Inquisitor’s Inevitable Judgement, which means you don’t even have to invest more POE Currency in Elemental Penetration to get enough damage. Therefore, this is also your best choice when challenging T17 maps and Uber Bosses. Let’s take a look at it!
Gear
The most substantial part of the gear is Banishing Blade Two-Hand Sword that you get from Heist. Also, you want to look for gear with high elemental DPS, attack speed, and crit chance. If you get the hidden modifiers for strength, intelligence, and crit chance, you can save 1 passive point here.
Projectiles Pierce
You also need an open prefix to make Projectiles Pierce, and an open suffix to do double damage. Projectiles Pierce is a huge quality of life when mapping. On top of that, since we are using returning projectiles, they must pierce to hit the same target again.
In Lightning Strike, each projectile counts as a separate entity. Since Strike skill targets additional enemies, this build also counts hits from melee and projectiles as separate calculations. And with the help of anoint on Amulet, this becomes even more consistent. That’s why we have 2 different damage types in the full DPS section. The target is guaranteed to take two hits from each.
Tincture
Now Tincture is very powerful when activated, so don’t use it before hitting anything. You need to activate it when you have increased your chance to hit. Because mana burn also requires you to leech a lot of mana, and mana leech is not instant like our life leech.
Vaal Pact
Don’t use Life Flasks if you get Vaal Pact. Because Vaal Pact can’t let you recover in any way, which causes your Life Flasks to not work either.
Vaal Pact can make you instant leech, but you are completely dependent on Slayer’s Overleech. This also means that you have to constantly hit something. Progenesis is one of the best alternatives to Life Flasks in this case, because it will give you a lot of effective HP when activated. If you can’t afford Progenesis, use any other item other than Life Flasks to replenish your life.
Jewels
Although we only used a few Jewels, there are a lot of things that can go wrong here. You need to get at least 1 Rage on Hit Modifier through Lethal Pride Rakiata Jewel. Other good mods include Double Damage, Melee Critical Multi, and Melee Damage.
In addition, you’ll want a gem that’s immune to Corrupted Blood, and you’ll just need to focus on its Life, Crit Multi, and Global Accuracy Rating. If you need more Lightning Resistance to reach the cap, you can get that here, too.
Why Use Bleeding?
For the nodes in this build, basically any time you inflict Bleeding you’ll get a ton of crits. But you need some way to inflict Bleeding in the first place.
While the small node gives us a 20% Bleeding Chance, only physical damage can inflict Bleeding. Our primary weapon doesn’t have it, thanks to Rune Enchant. If a POB is taking up these nodes, it should either have Bleeding DPS in Damage section, or some physical damage in Calculation section.
We can fix this with a rare gem, though, that increases the physical damage of the attack. As long as you have some physical damage, your Bleeding Chance will work.
How To Stack Ailment Damage?
Since this build uses Taming and Yoke of Suffering, we stack up to 5 Elemental Ailments using Secrets of Suffering Jewel. We have Sap, Scorch and Brittle on our weapons, and Shock and Chill via Summon Skitterbots. This way we maximize Ailment damage this build deals.
Mana Reservation
Since the mana sustain of attack hit builds is via leech, you also need some skills that reduce the mana cost of skills to maintain the leech effect. Once you catch this node early, mastering this build will not be a big problem. And its mana reservation is also directly taken from Passive Skill Tree and Eldritch Implicit Modifiers in Helmet.
I must remind you not to upgrade your Precision! Because the higher your Precision level, the more space it takes up.
Finally, do not activate Arctic Armour! Do not link more duration to other gems. We only use Vaal Arctic Armour to face Maven Memory Game and Searing Exarch Balls. Of course, you can also use Vaal Haste instead.
Why Does Lightning Strike Perform Poorly In The Early Game?
But to be honest, Lightning Strike is one of those skills that perform poorly during the lower levels, and its advantages increase exponentially in the later stages. It only performs well when you have Pierce and a lot of Projectiles.
Because skills like Lightning Strike treat individual projectiles as separate entities. But in fact, the default 3 projectiles without quality are fired in a straight line, and 4 projectiles are not an ideal number. Only when it reaches 5 or more projectiles will the effect be better. Therefore, if you also want each of them to hit a single target for a better clear speed, you must have enough projectiles.
In addition, Lightning Strike is one of those projectiles that perform better on critical hits like Frost Blades, so Precise Technique for this may not be as good as Bow skills, Splitting Steel, and Spectral Throw.
Nevertheless, the advantages of this build in POE 3.25 cannot be easily covered up. In general, for Lightning Strike Slayer, as long as you can blow up the monsters in some way, you can complete all the maps faster and fight to the end! This also adds more fun to your gaming experience! So, hurry up and try it!
In Path of Exile, the highest level unique items have a special name called T0 or Tier 0 to indicate their rarity and power. These T0 Uniques have unique properties not found on other items and are the core of various endgame builds. In Path of Exile 3.25, although the balance of the game has changed and new content has been added, such as the increase and remake of skills, the status of these T0 Uniques is still unshakable.
Like many items in the game, T0 Uniques also require you to use a certain strategy to farm them. So this guide will introduce you to which T0 Uniques are in the current league and how to farm them in a targeted manner.
What Are T0 Uniques In The Current League?
The list of T0 Uniques will be updated as new league mechanics are released. For example, some previously lower-level Uniques may be promoted to T0 Uniques, or they may be removed from the list. The following are the current T0 Uniques in Path of Exile 3.25 Settlers of Kalguur, but because patches are constantly changing, they are for reference only.
Soul Taker
Soul Taker is a One Handed Axe in the game. Its dominant type of damage to the enemy is Physical Damage, which is about 264-308. It is worth noting that the critical hit rate of this One Handed Axe is as high as 5%. Although it is relatively low in T0 Uniques, it can still allow you to achieve a fatal effect in battle.
In addition, Soul Taker can attack 1.80-1.88 times per second, which will cause relatively continuous physical damage to the enemy, and coupled with the 20% increase in attack speed in the new league, you can win the battle very easily.
Although the weapon range of Soul Taker is only 1.1 meters, don’t be discouraged. The 119 Str and 82 Dex you hold can keep you flexible in close combat, and Soul Taker will also increase your Cold Resistance by 25%, allowing you to suffer less damage when facing enemies who initiate freezing control on you.
Essentia Sanguis
Essentia Sanguis is a melee weapon in Settlers of Kalguur League, because it is a Claw weapon, and also a melee weapon. Although it can only cause you 29-76 Physical Damage, Elemental Damage is immeasurable, up to 700!
But don’t think that those Physical Damages are not important, because 2% of Physical Damage can be converted into your health for you, greatly enhancing your character’s survivability, allowing you to pass all stages safely and get the ultimate reward - POE Currency.
If you want to use Essentia Sanguis, you need to make sure that your character has reached level 66 and has 95 Dex and 131 Int. Here is a tip for you. If you hold two Claw weapons in both hands, there is an 8% chance to block some enemy attacks on you, so you can try it when facing some very aggressive enemies.
Speaking of defense, Essentia Sanguis gives you 30-40 Energy Shield, and even when Energy Shield is maxed out, Energy Shield Leech Effects used to attack are not removed. This gives you both high damage and high tankiness.
Lioneye’s Glare
Lioneye’s Glare is one of the few Bow weapons that made it to T0 Uniques with the melee buff. It made this list mainly because of its excellent Physical Damage, which is about 394.8-453, and your Elemental Damage will increase by 20%-24% when you use attack skills to fight enemies.
These high damage levels make Lioneye’s Glare a magnificent weapon, not to mention that it also increases your attack speed by 10%-20%. These attributes, combined with the 5% critical strike rate, will definitely make it very easy for you to face some early and mid-game enemies.
But the major disadvantage of ranged weapons, Lioneye’s Glare also has it. It can not effectively avoid the enemy’s precise attacks, so you need to invest at least 212 in your Dex to ensure that you can use it well.
Voltaxic Rift
Like Lioneye’s Glare, Voltaxic Rift is also a Bow, but its Physical Damage is not very good, only 38-115, but you can also find the reason for its inclusion in this list in Elemental Damage it causes - up to 750.
In addition, it can also cause 600-750 Lightning Damage for you in battle, and can even convert all of it into Chaos Damage. This variety of damage types can help you not have to change weapons too often when facing different types of enemies.
It is worth mentioning that your Chaos Damage can cause Shock effects on enemies, and the maximum Shock effect can be increased to 40%. Coupled with the 10%-15% increase in attack speed for you, you will definitely have a deep interest in this ranged weapon.
Headhunter
After talking about weapons, let’s take a look at some accessories. The first one to introduce is Headhunter, which is a belt you can wear. It increases your maximum health by 25-40 and increases your damage to all rare monsters by 20%-30%.
If you think that's all there is to it, you're wrong. It also affects the various attributes your character invests in, such as increasing your Strength by 40-55 and Dexterity by 40-55. These two are very useful in some important builds.
Defiance Of Destiny
Another accessory that has entered the ranks of T0 Uniques is Defiance of Destiny in Amulet category, which also increases your maximum health by 60-80, and also allows you to get about 10%-20% of Missing Unreserved Life before being hit by the enemy.
Compared to the previous accessories, Defiance of Destiny focuses on your defensive capabilities, such as increasing your Fire Resistance, Cold Resistance, and Lightning Resistance by 10%-40%.
You can always equip it in the gear slot to complete the battle safely when facing different types of enemies. However, it should be noted that if your build itself has weak survivability, you can use more POE Currency to upgrade it more.
Specialized Strategy For Farming T0 Uniques
Now that you understand the power of T0 Uniques, you should now consider how to farm them accurately and labor-savingly. Here is the farming strategy I prepared for you.
1. Prepare Your Map Modifier
The right map modifier can make you more efficient and increase the efficiency of farming. In POE 3.25, you can choose the following map modifiers.
Pack Size: You need to set your goal to 50% or higher, which will increase the number of battles you need to fight and the potential chance of loot drops.
Item Rarity: As we all know, higher Item Rarity will also increase the chance of unique items dropping. Currently, the most ideal Item Rarity is about 167%, so if you use a Pack Size of more than 50% and an Item Rarity of about 167% when running a certain map, you will have a greater chance of getting T0 Uniques.
Optimizing Map Quality: Before running a map, or in the early stages, you can use chisels to increase the quality of the entire map a little, around 75%-77%. Alternatively, you can use Alchemical Orbs to make the loot in your map rarer, which is a very beneficial map modifier.
Delirium And Scarabs: You can combine these two to further improve your farming efficiency. But for players who are new to map modifiers, a Delirium Orb is enough.
2. Choose The Equipment And Item Settings In Your Build
In MMO games such as Path of Exile, the most important thing is the build. A good build can allow you to survive and develop safely in some difficult maps, so farming T0 Uniques also requires a good build.
In terms of the choice of key items, your first choice must be Mageblood Belt, because it is very important for the management of flasks in your build and for improving your survivability. In addition, you can try Ventor’s Gamble Ring, which can greatly increase the rarity of its loot when you face a single-target boss.
In terms of defense, you can choose one of Unique Shields, and combined with some modifiers that can provide you with specific damage reduction, your survivability will definitely be taken to a higher level.
3. Adjust Your Strategy In Time
When facing different situations, the strategies used are definitely different. For example, when you are fighting a boss on a certain map, you need to make your build as powerful and survivable as possible. This is also the most important point in the strategy of accurately farming T0 Uniques, because the safety of your character is the key to farming.
The above is some information about T0 Uniques and farming strategies in POE 3.25. I hope you can farm your most desired T0 Unique as soon as possible in this new league. I wish you a happy game!
In Path of Exile Settlers of Kalguur released some time ago, many metas have changed significantly, and many builds have also changed accordingly. So whether you are a player who is used to Solo Self-Found builds or a player who likes Trade Leagues builds, you must make corresponding changes to your builds. In the increasingly fast pace of life, many gamers have begun to explore the content of the game alone. In POE, there is no exception. Many players are used to using Solo Self-Found builds to explore alone in the game.
In this build, you will experience a completely unique experience from the standard game: you don’t have to stick to tedious transactions, and your POE Currency can be better used for crafting. But it also brings a longer exploration time and requires more knowledge reserves, and the most important challenge is greater. In this guide, I will introduce you to several Solo Self-Found builds that are very useful in POE 3.25, so that you can be prepared when you first explore this new way.
Bleed Spectral Shield Throw Gladiator
If you’re new to Solo Self-Found builds, Bleed Spectral Shield Throw Gladiator is a great build to practice with, as it’s great for both clearing and killing, and it requires a relatively low investment, making it a very cost-effective build.
Bleed Spectral Shield Throw Gladiator build primarily utilizes the new Gladiator nodes added to the new league, such as Jagged Technique, to cause aggravated bleeding, which increases the damage taken by enemies over time, and eventually explodes when the enemy dies.
For defense, you can choose items with prioritizing block, spell block, and lucky block mechanics, as these mechanics keep this build’s effective block rate at 93.75%. This high-damage and high-tank build will get you through the early and middle quickly and safely reach endgame content.
Setup
- Skill Gems: Spectral Shield Throw & Brutality & Vicious Projectiles & Chance to Bleed & Maim & Deadly Ailments
- Ascendancy Nodes: Arena Challenger & Blood in the Eyes & Gratuitous Violence & Painforged
- Defensive Layers: Endurance charges & Spell suppression & High life pool
Explosive Trap Of Shrapnel Trickster
Explosive Trap of Shrapnel Trickster build is a dynamic build that utilizes whirling blades and frost blink to enable you to swiftly traverse the map and promptly reach clusters of enemies. Once there, you can freeze the enemies and subsequently eliminate them with explosive traps.
This one-hit-kill build focuses on increasing crit chance and multiplier. In the best case, when all explosions hit, it can achieve about 16 million hit DPS, which is a very scary number. In addition, it also relies on power, frenzy, endurance, and inspiration charges to have a greater advantage in both offense and defense.
Here I need to remind you that although Explosive Trap of Shrapnel Trickster build performs very well in boss stations and some high-level maps, you still need to pay attention to the mana consumption when using it, because spell damage is the most important source of damage for this build.
Setup
- Skill Gems: Explosive Trap & Cluster Traps & Trap and Mine Damage & Advanced Traps & Increased Critical Strikes & Increased Critical Damage
- Ascendancy Nodes: Swift Killer & Ghost Dance & Escape Artist & Prolonged Pain
- Defensive Layers: Evasion & Spell suppression & Life and energy shield blend
Boneshatter Juggernaut Or Slayer
With the increased melee in POE Settlers of Kalguur league, Boneshatter Juggernaut or Slayer build has become very powerful. It can use the shovel’s huge two-handed weapon to crush enemies in combat, and gain trauma stacks from it to increase its damage. However, the price of this high damage is that you will also take some damage yourself.
But don’t worry, Juggernaut can provide you with strong survivability, and Slayer can provide you with higher damage and better recovery, so no matter which one you choose, you can safely complete some medium-difficulty battles. Thanks to the changes to endurance charges in the new league, this build can also reduce some elemental damage from enemies, so you will be safer to get the final POE Currency reward.
Although the shortcomings of Boneshatter Juggernaut or Slayer build that some players have pointed out before, such as lack of single-target damage and high mana consumption, still exist, you can use some POE Items at this stage to alleviate this problem.
Setup
- Skill Gems: Boneshatter & Multistrike & Melee Physical Damage & Brutality & Fortify & Rage
- Ascendancy Nodes
- Juggernaut: Unflinching, Unstoppable, Unbreakable, Undeniable
- Slayer: Brutal Fervour, Headsman, Bane of Legends, Impact
- Defensive Layers: High armor & Endurance charges & Life leech (Slayer)
Lightning Strike Gladiator
In previous leagues, Lightning Strike Gladiator has been a favorite of many players, and recently, with the increase in Lightning Strike’s damage effectiveness, more and more players who are used to Solo Self-Found builds have begun to try it.
It mainly uses Blood Magic to alleviate the mana consumption problem that players are very concerned about, and with the help of Gladiator’s block nodes, it can achieve a situation where high damage output and excellent survivability coexist.
In addition, Lightning Strike Gladiator build is a combination of melee and projectile strikes, making it one of the most competitive Solo Self-Found builds. If you use Eternal Blessing to enhance the damage output in this build, it will definitely give you a surprise!
Setup
- Skill Gems: Lightning Strike & Trinity & Nightblade & Multistrike & Added Cold Damage & Elemental Damage
- Ascendancy Nodes: Versatile Combatant & Gladiator’s Perseverance
- Defensive Layers: Block and spell block & High life pool & Instant leech from weapon main node
The above is some of the best Solo Self-Found builds in the new POE league. I hope you can better complete exploring the new league alone with their help, and wish you a happy game!
In Path of Exile, Scarab modifies the map for you, adding extra challenges and rewards, making it one of the most important items in the game. It is also very popular in the game because of its boosting properties.
In the new Settlers of Kalguur League, Scarab’s overall role has not changed much, but because of the significant increase in loot in the new league map, it has become an indispensable part of running the map efficiently. This guide will introduce you to Scarab from its drop rate and some farming strategies. If you have a little difficulty in farming Scarab, you can follow the tips in this guide step by step.
Scarab Drop Rates In Rarity Tiers
Whether you explore Settlers of Kalguur League alone or with your trade league players, it is important to understand the drop rate and rarity of Scarab. First, it will lower your expectations for Scarab, because it is not so easy to get, and second, you can formulate relevant strategies based on its drop rate. In the current league, Scarab has 5 rarity tiers. The specific information is as follows:
Common Scarabs: It is the most common Scarabs in the entire game and the most commonly used by players, with a drop rate of about 30%.
Uncommon Scarabs: It is slightly rarer than Common Scarabs, with a drop rate of about 20%.
Rare Scarabs: As the name suggests, it is a little rarer than the first two Scarabs, with a drop rate of about 10%. And it is more practical on the map than the first three, which means it is more valuable.
Mythic Scarabs: This is a very rare Scarabs, with a drop rate of only 1%. But once you get it, it can provide a very significant enhancement to the loot provided by your map, the most obvious of which is the amount of POE Currency you get after running the map.
Extreme Scarabs: These are the rarest tiers in Path of Exile, like Horned Scarab of Preservation, which are very rare and valuable.
The above drop rates may vary depending on the unique modifiers you have, such as remarkable relics, so if you want to encounter some higher rarity Scarabs, you can try to carry more unique modifiers to increase the probability.
How Do Scarab Drop Rates Affect Solo Self-Found And Trade Leagues?
As mentioned earlier, understanding the drop rate is to better make targeted strategies, and here are the effects in two different situations: Solo Self-Found and Trade Leagues.
Solo Self-Found: Knowing the rarity of a Scarab can help you decide whether to build around it. Normally, if Scarab is extremely rare, it is not a good choice to rely on it unless you have wonderful luck or another strong enough strategy.
Trade Leagues: In trade leagues, the rarity of Scarabs directly affects its market value. For example, some rare Scarabs are in great demand in the current market, so POE Currency required will increase accordingly, and your investment opportunities will also increase.
Best Strategy
Before you can farm Scarab effectively, it is important to understand that choosing the right Atlas tree strategy is key. Here I will introduce you to 3 strategies for farming Scarab to cope with various play styles and goals in Path of Exile 3.25 Settlers of Kalguur League.
1. Low Investment Scarab Farming In T17 Maps
In this strategy, you don’t have to manipulate too many settings, and your focus should be on maximizing Scarab drops through specific Atlas tree configurations. For map selection, you can choose Fortress map, because there are fewer bosses and monsters you need to fight, but the loot quality will be high.
In terms of the type of Scarabs you want to farm, you can prioritize Nemesis and Divinity Scarabs, or Radiant Storms Scarab. They can all increase the challenge and rewards in the map you are currently running.
For Atlas Setup, you can choose Prioritize Scarab nodes, pack size, and Beyond nodes, because they perform better in increasing the level and quality of encounters.
2. Domination Scarab Evolution Strategy
This strategy mainly utilizes the new Domination Scarab in Path of Exile 3.25, which can increase the chance of the monsters you encounter upgrading. You can use Shrine in this strategy, because activating Shrine increases the chance of it upgrading again after killing the current monster, which will increase the drop rate of Scarab.
When you are choosing a map, you can give priority to maps with tall monster density, for example Sanctuary, which can also maximize the effect of Shrine. For Atlas Setup, you need to focus on Scarab nodes and nodes that can maximize the use of Shrine.
3. Targeted Scarab Farming In SSF Using T17 Maps
Although it is said in the above that some rare Scarabs are not recommended for Solo Self-Found players to farm, there is still a way. You can maximize the loot provided by the map by carefully selecting and scrolling the map. Additionally, you can also use some mods that can appropriately increase the drop rate of Scarabs, so as not to compromise the survivability of your current build overly. For example, Nico and Domination Scarabs can increase your energy and provide you with some buffs.
The above are some strategies on how to farm Scarabs in Path of Exile 3.25 Settlers of Kalguur League effectively. I hope you can use these strategies in the game to get very rich rewards. I wish you a propitious time in the new league!
