How Can I Make Currency in Path of Exile? A Comprehensive Beginner's Guide

[@1div2agent74]

I’m confused. If we all convert our drops to currency then where does the currency come from? It’s gotta be dropping for someone right?

[@buffalobaron]

@@1div2agent74 oh that’s an EXCELLENT question! I was wondering if anyone would ask, I didn’t go down that rabbit hole in the video because it would have way upped the complexity but it’s a great catch on your part, yes there is an apparent discrepancy in how I described it. Long answer incoming!!! There are several elements at play. For starters, there’s the fact that right now at this very moment you are probably in need of some currency which I am not. Maybe you need to 6 link something so you need fusings or a black morrigan, or maybe you’re crafting flasks so you need a lot of alteration orbs. So you’d be willing to pay for those, but I don’t need them so I sell them. Now multiply that by the thousands of players all finding currency and not needing like 90% of it. Everyone’s needs are different but everyone is finding SOMEthing. Just probably stuff they don’t need. So in part the answer to your question “where does the currency COME FROM” is “from all of us finding stuff we don’t need then using the trade market to get access to the stuff we do.” In this sense it’s just an illusion, you actually ARE finding the currency, just not the exact stuff you were thinking of. If I randomly find a divine orb right now but I don’t immediately need it to do a meta craft at the bench it’s going to sit in my stash until I need it to pay for something else, a piece of gear, or farming supplies or whatever. “But” (I can hear you saying) “But Baron, it still comes to the same thing! You still only FOUND 1 divine orb but you’re paying for a jewel that cost 30 divines! Where did the other 29 COME FROM if everyone is only finding 1 divine orb every once in a while like you? Sure the other people might have found essences WORTH a divine, but who the hell supplied that divine to them if everyone’s only finding one every day or two?? Who’s finding the other 29!?!?” And this is the part I’ve been sitting on, giddy to reveal the secret, because you’re going to love the answer. It’s one of those answers that’s so simple you wonder why it didn’t occur to you; but it just requires a subtle shift in the angle you’re looking at it, like one of those necker cubes. I’ll use two metaphors that I think will help shift your perspective (they helped for me anyways). The first is this: when you get a paycheck from work, did they CREATE that money, or was it on their ledgers previously, having already existed? Of course it’s the latter unless you work for the national government of a failed state. Whoever you work for got that money from somewhere else….but it doesn’t get DELETED when they give it to you, it just gets transferred to you. And I’ll bet you’re about to go transfer it again in exchange for housing, food, clothes, transportation, entertainment. It doesn’t get deleted when it exits your checking account, it goes to someone else who will ALSO use it for goods and services. The same dollar bill might have been used by a thousand different people to buy a thousand different things. Money in the real world is not regularly created nor deleted. The same is *partially* true in path of exile which brings us to the second metaphor. In POE currency creation and deletion IS actually a feature of the system (currency drops from enemies and gets used at a crafting bench or map device) but they tend to balance each other out. Both things are happening, and the relative friction between the two is what causes currency to hold a certain value relative to each other. In leagues where a ton of divines are generated by the league mechanic they wind up being worth fewer chaos, fewer essences, etc. Think of the ratio of creation and deletion like filling up a partially blocked sink with water. SOME water is leaking through the block and therefore draining out, but if the water is pouring in at a faster rate, the sink will gradually fill up anyways. That filling sink is like the supply of divine orbs. Some are deleted, some are created new, but there remains a large (and usually growing) overall supply. Even if every person in the game only CREATED (via drops) a single divine orb per day, that still means there would be tens of thousands just a week or two into the league because they don’t get deleted at nearly the same rate as they get created. If you could track the life of a single individual divine orb (which you can’t, they just get tallied as interchangeable numbers, but let’s pretend they work like real money with serial numbers) you might even find that YOU YOURSELF have “spent” and received the same divine orb more than once as it floats back and forth across the economy. Pretty wild eh? Does that make sense?

[@MrBlbll]

As someone with many thousands of hours into poe, the amount of information given in only 70 minutes is amazing. Keep up the good work!

[@buffalobaron]

@@MrBlbll Your kindness is humbling, thank you so much. I’ll strive to do my best with upcoming videos too.

[@MrPiragon]

I'm only 10 minutes in and this is already a great video. Chill, to the point no dumb gimmicks or anything just knowledge bombs

[@buffalobaron]

@@MrPiragon You humble me. Those were my goals so I am very glad that was your impression. I hope you found other portions of the video helpful as well, thanks so much for the feedback.

[@kirinkappa5662]

I've consumed PoE content for a decade now and this has to be one of the best guides I've ever seen. You not only have he knowledge, but you understand the PoV of a beginner enough to not speak in riddles. GG.

[@buffalobaron]

@@kirinkappa5662 I’m gonna let you in on my secret: I’m actually a moron and even after 6,000 hours if I don’t frame things in terms even a beginner can understand I’m probably not going to understand it myself lmao (but in seriousness thank you for your very kind comment, I genuinely appreciate that)

[@JorgenPOE]

Excellent video dude 🙂

[@KingTCasper]

Is delve profitable this league? Oh delve dweller

[@JorgenPOE]

@@KingTCasper sort of. Uprisings are good and resonators and shuddering fossils sell big right now

[@arikz2851]

full time job and as family and u managed to generate a mirror tier build !!!!! simply wow dude !!!!

[@buffalobaron]

@@arikz2851 www.reddit.com/r/MemeTemplatesOfficial/s/oPtcQ5IlVM

[@Erdbeerenserver]

For me the big things of importance are: 1. Do only farms you enjoy, because if you don't enjoy it you are not playing a game, you are doing work. Also if you are not having fun you are more unlikely to put in 100% effort. 2. Do only farms your build can farm well. Like if you have no single target damage you may not success and fun with super buffed essences or hate it so much you nope out and have to chug orbs you could have sold. 3. Unless in early progression never run maps without scarabs, the difference is MASSIVE! Reminder that you can sell your unwanted scarabs and use the currency to buy the ones you need for your strats. Or if you are no longer chaos starved just 3/1 vendor the 1c Scarabs and hope for a expensive scarab. 4. Use priced tabs and put all your stuff there. If nothing sells reduce the price the next day. If you get spammed by trade offers take a second look at the piece in question, something expensive may have slipped by. Also keep in mind how many premium tabs you have, you never want to run out of space, if you do your prices may be waaay off or you are guilty of playing garbage truck simulator. 5. Unless you hate it don't give up on a new strat too early. You need to run lots of mobs to see a average.

[@DoctorStrange01]

Thanks for the tips. Highly appreciated. I'm running a Lacerate Gladiator and this is my first ever league where i've decided to actually learn the game and reached t16's and can comfortably farm them. What type of content would you recommend to do as farming for such a build ?

[@skyler1469]

With 4 link and a Dream... That god me good Lovely vid

[@buffalobaron]

@@skyler1469 lol I draw on my own experiences when I write this stuff. I often find myself biting off more than I can chew and being like DAMNIT WHY CANT I KILL ANYTHING!!? ….oh, because I’m trying to brute force T16 maps on campaign gear, right right right. Maybe time to spend some of that currency on a small upgrade.”

[@satibel]

@@buffalobaron IIRC it was with either ignite prolif or cold dot (probably cold dot) where I was running T16 comfortably on a 3 link and had like a blue and a white items.

[@amirrekabpour7722]

The best tip as a 10 year player ive got was “stop identifying every rare item!!!” Amazing video 🙏🏻

[@aoibheall55]

Once you've filled a gear slot with an item you bought for like 2-10 chaos, remove that slot from your filter entirely

[@L0-C01]

This is an awesome video man. The way you speak is great to listen to. Please keep making great videos. Cheers!

[@josephchuhran8663]

Great video. All the information was accurate and up to date as far as my knowledge is concerned. One noteworthy omission was betrayal, it’s barrier to entry is lower than t17 farming and with veiled orbs being 14+ divines each I would have included it for newer players because of the gear upgrades they can obtain quickly for their own build as well as the crafting recipes the unveils unlock. It is a critical step each league with a big jackpot item that is fairly reliable to obtain.

[@buffalobaron]

Love that note! Yes betrayal/jun/Catarina/syndicate is a great suggestion. It’s free, can be done at any map level, and the majority of the “complexity” of the mechanic doesn’t even matter for the current strategy of just rushing Catarina (which is a little sad of course, but good for newer players). 100% concur with your comment.

[@Love-kq7iy]

The video up to 25 minutes (excluding specific strategies) is absolutely amazing. Shared it with the POE discord server I'm in. This mental shift is exactly what new and experienced players need.

[@xXDEUC35Xx]

This is a great video, giving newer players a surface level understanding of different mechanics that can be done. I wish this video was around when I first started, but fortunately I found a guild that has some awesome members.

[@IronF1sh]

So I've been playing POE on and off for years and once I get into maps, I never finish it because my build always lacks investment and I dont know how to make currency. I've only been relying on the chaos recipe and if I see that my build needs more investment, I stop playing. I'm so glad I found this video. Before I watched it, I only have 1 Divine Orb that a monster dropped. I thought that's just lucky. After watching this video and doing the strats you mentioned, in just 8 hours of playing, the 1 Div that I have in my stash is now 9 divines. This is the best I have gotten so far. I cant thank you enough for sharing and simplifying the different ways to make currency.

[@buffalobaron]

@@IronF1sh man I am so, so glad you commented. That’s awesome, you’re exactly the sort of player I had in mind when I was making this video. I’ve been there myself, I feel where you’re at. Hearing that this helped you is such a warm feeling for me, thank you for telling me. I like to ask this question of people in your shoes, if you don’t mind: are there other similar topics or questions you feel would benefit from this kind of description or explanation? I’m always on the lookout for ideas that can help less experienced players, your input helps me a ton.

[@IronF1sh]

@@buffalobaron Yes, aside from making currency, another issue I've faced is how to complete the atlas. The streamers usually say that they complete their atlas during the 1st or 2nd day and I am a week in and still haven't completed my atlas. Now that I know how to get currency, I now have Vaal orbs to use for red maps. If you can, please make a guide on how to quickly and easily complete the atlas. I know nothing about the bosses like Maven, Eater of worlds, shaper? Remember, that since I couldn't make currency before, I stop playing usually when I enter red maps. Atlas completion and the boss guides and how to get to them and also voidstones and what they are for and what they do. Thank you

[@buffalobaron]

@@IronF1sh your wish is my command! Check the new video I just released if you didn’t already see it. Inspired by you!

[@IronF1sh]

@@buffalobaron Woohoo! Thank you! will definitely check it out!

[@rubikmonat6589]

4500 hour player here. Feeling a little stale with the game. This whole thing was worth watching and gave me some good guidance and some easy changes for me to make to what I'm doing for next league. Thanks. Edit: also your speaking style is very soothing and calm.

[@acksawblack]

So glad the KZbin algorithm was invented and helped me find your channel years ago, whenever you come back for a new patch season so helpful! Informative content with no filler like other creators🙌, but at the same time you go in depth as necessary. Are you an academic? Or a finance/banking consultant? Just your style feels so recognisable. Don’t know how to explain it but the way you communicate reminds me of watching myself or colleagues on zoom when presenting. Realising the most engaging presenters I know give presentations on the most niche topics whether it be negative overnight bank rates or virtual game economics 😂

[@buffalobaron]

@@acksawblack lol good eye/ear. I’m a data analyst but some of my ancillary duties (self-selected, as you might have guessed) are leading presentations on the data we retrieve and instructing less experienced staff in the tools and languages we use.

[@VloodSmoke]

Amazing video, not only super good for beginners, but also great for medium-experienced players to piece together things or refresh info on some stuff. Also your comments on mindsets and comparisons on stuff like the radiowaves discovery thing are great :)

[@deathcare]

This video was so good. I have never seen a video where someone addresses the misconceptions about the game that leads to feeling like making currency is too hard. I definitely catch myself doing the aimless mapping thing from time to time in between my chosen mechanic of Blight. It was really good to hear that to remind myself to refocus my strategy in those periods of downtime. I really hope you will keep making more videos. I really love the relaxed, calm vibe.

[@aberwood]

Honestly best newbie guide i've ever seen for endgame farming. Well done, hope it gets the views it deserves!

[@buffalobaron]

@@aberwood I want you to know what you said really means a lot to me. I genuinely enjoy helping newer or less experienced players, so to hear that the video IS helpful is extremely gratifying and humbling. Follow-up question for you: are there other topics (either big broad ones like this or more specific sub-topics) that you feel are not covered enough, or the guides aren’t sufficiently new player friendly? I’m always interested in feedback about that.

[@aberwood]

@@buffalobaron For me understanding the idea of defense layers was the main thing that stopped me rage quitting. When you realise things like evasion is made exponentially better by a few points in blind on hit, blind effect, chill and move speed. The other thing, which i learned way too late in the game is how important 'increased vs more' is for damage. Every newbie I tell doesn't seem to really understand that either until I break it down.

[@flahautjj]

Great video. As a new player I've got to say aloooot of poe guides and tutorials out right now are super unhelpful. The information is either very surface level and basic, or too in depth and explained in a way that only someone with in depth game knowledge could follow. Even though this guide was meant to explain how to make currency I learned alot in general about the different mechanics in the game, thanks!

[@lycanite6143]

I've been playing poe in and out since 2017 and always got to this point where I would stop. This is honestly a down to earth and perfect video for what I needed! this is good stuff, thank you

[@user-re9pj6ep6g]

Excellent video w great organization. I've spent endless hours watching youtube vids and streams to try to glean any helpful info. Most are a complete waste of time. But this vid is great, you aren't wasting my time. I'm starting to ramp up my PoE time again w 3.25 coming up, and I always have a hard time getting into the right mindset to efficiently farm currency. This is a great step in the right direction for me :) Thx for the great vid and keep up the good work!

[@Rapannell36]

Hi I don't usually leave a lot of comments on youtube videos but I just wanted to tell you that I stumbled across this video and really enjoyed it. I have 2k+ hours in PoE and yet I still sat through and watched all hour and 11 minutes because you are really well spoken and the video was structured very nicely. I have tried to get some of my friends into PoE and it's very difficult and overwhelming for them, and sometimes it can be hard for me to find the right balance between helping them and educating them vs overloading them with too much information. I am glad that there are content creators out there like you who make these types of videos because I think you have the perfect balance of giving enough useful information while not getting too in depth and specific with unnecessary details that would confuse a new player. I hope your channel grows and you keep making these videos because you are really good at it. Much love

[@satibel]

if you're going for temple, I recommend you have a bit of chaos resist, as there's a few mobs that do chaos in them, and if you rip before killing the architect, it's a pretty big loss.

[@madock66]

Excellent video, time flew by, so much good concise information in such a short time.👍

[@buffalobaron]

@@madock66 only in path of exile can I get away with making a 70 minute strategy video and have it called a “short time” ;) But in seriousness, thank you so much. I worked hard on the video and your kind words really mean a lot.

[@buffalobaron]

UPDATES FOR 3.25: * Blight should be even more rewarding * Delve should be ok despite change to perfect fossils, graveyard crafting is gone and fossils+resonators will be needed. * Final strategy has been destroyed by removal of carto scarabs of singularity * Other strategies unchanged, but new viable strategies could include Ritual, Delirium, and Simulacrum based on changes * Map device can have 6 slots now, more scarabs could change or create new strategies * New league mechanic can be interacted with to gather resources and worry about figuring out how to spend them later, main profit will come from spending them in town.

[@mikec670]

I plan on play LS Slayer on league start, and people have said that LS should be good at doing legion, is there a particular reason that legion was not in your 6 strategies? does it require high levels of investment/strong build?

[@buffalobaron]

@@mikec670 not particularly, nope. I only limited myself to 6 to match my other categories lol. I suspect if you keep an eye on Grimro and Cyclon’s KZbin channels you’ll see plenty of Legion content in the first week. It’s never been like my top favorite strategy which is why it didn’t make the cut but there’s nothing wrong with it as far as I know.

[@lordskysixss]

Blight sure is paying off, got a Enhance and Enlighten from only 1 gem chest.

[@buffalobaron]

@@lordskysixss congrats that’s awesome! Probably not something to expect all the time but a great bonus if it comes around.

[@loku221]

Incredible video, you're really good at this sort of thing.

[@satibel]

imo one of the good strategies early in league if you're lacking gear is to spend like an hour of spamming low level maps (if you're really starved you can run any story area that's level 61 or over) and jewellery delve nodes for like an hour with a chaos recipe. you do "need" a quad tab and some sort of tool for this strategy. (either actual software that scans the tab, can update your filter and tells you where to click to get your set of items, using scrolls of wisdom to block space so 2x2, 2x3,2x1 and 1x1 items are separated, or if you don't have a quad tab, a tab per item type.) it makes about 160c/hour, so a couple divines in the first day or 2. so you usually want to move away from it once you're making ~100c per hour without because it's a pain, and usually you can get a 5-6 link item and run efficiently. note that most strategies rely on having your atlas completed, so don't worry if you're not making a lot of currency while getting your atlas completed.

[@buffalobaron]

@@satibel agree with all of the above, thanks for commenting! My tool of choice for a few leagues now has been chaos recipe enhancer. Makes the whole process fast and mindless, plus if you’ve got adhd like me it’s nice to take a 5 minute break every hour and vendor a bunch of stuff.

[@satibel]

@@buffalobaron (welcome to the adhd club) yeah that's what I used too, though did they move to some non poe session id login? otherwise it's a bit hard to actually recommend. but yeah 1-2 quad stash, dump everything, get like 10-30 sets in an hour, take 5 -10 minutes while making tea t. note for readers, when I say 160c per hour, it's counting just the time it takes to pick up and vendor, you're not making that per hour if you're just farming white maps with no strategy, you're probably getting like 60-80c per hour, highly variable depending on big drops, and like 30c from chaos recipe.

[@Valkaneer]

What kind of tool are you using to scan the tab? You really are making 160c an hour doing this? How fast are you going? Normally day one on Chaos recipe It take me all day to generate 40c from chaos recipe, though that might have been all identified items, which would then make it 80c if I had no ID'd any of them.

[@satibel]

@@Valkaneerit was an analysis made a while back based on how long it takes to pick up and sell, but you're not spending all day picking up rares and selling them. so if you take 20 hours to pick up 80 sets, you're spending ~19 hours farming, and 1 hour selling and picking up rares.

[@ImNyaw]

@@Valkaneer Don't identify any rare gear after reaching act 9 unless it's a good base you NEED of 5-6L you can sell or use. Everything else throw it on a quad tab (I usually keep mine organised by rows, as I don't use any tool). You should be able to make at least 1-2 divines per hour early in the league by doing that, as you're not wasting time identifying and praying for a good item to sell... the chances are too low and by the time you find a 10 divine item, you could've gotten that or more by doing chaos recipy with unidentified.

[@ryanleonidas1285]

I just found this video and ironically I work full time and have a family of 4. I also have been playing the same build you’re currently showing on screen. I think I’ve got around 600-700 Divs invested in this build so far. Best of the 6 builds I’ve made this league.

[@Malchazar5000]

For some reason you remind me of David Pierce/ Niles in Frasier. Great video, loved it!

[@anthonyballas7874]

Take this from a fairly new player! Thats coning from CONSOLE (xbox) where the games still kinda dead. And community is kinda bad. The options for farming and ECHANGING currency. Is fairly limited to PC. And this is going to help me ALOT. Some have tried before but never went into description like u have in this video. So most of them were speaking a language i didnt quite get speaking on content i had no clue about. But you my friend are amazing at explaining things. And the way u hault urself to make sure u add the little things... i caught that from you and i want to let u know. It HELPED. Thanks you for all the extra time u put into this!!!

[@buffalobaron]

Thank you so much! I also have some extra good news to you that was not known to me (or anyone outside GGG) at the time I made this video. There is now an in-game "asynchronous" currency exchange system, meaning the two players don't have to be simultaneously online or in the same hideout to trade. Unfortunately I do not believe it allows cross-platform trading with PC but it is my hope that it should make console trading slightly less painful. It's worth a look; it can be accessed in the Settlers of Kalguur league by interacting with Faustus and spending the new non-tradeable global drop currency called Gold.

[@anthonyballas7874]

@@buffalobaron I'll have to look into that. Sounds like a great change for console, and we need it truly. Trade board and certain mechanics are a struggle over here on console!😂

[@gemswizard88]

Thank you, your video is really comprehensive for a beginner like me

[@pincodezio8477]

Great video! usually i don't watch video this long but all of your suggests and explanation are really well done. Got a new sub!

[@lennartroelofs]

Very good video, a lot of good information and a presented in a chill and calm manner!

[@NitrateLemons]

Good video! I appreciate your clear explanations of many different strategies and the overall mentality you use when trying to make currency.

[@benharsch9340]

Underrated video! Good work sir.

[@KarLitoDE_TV]

Youre the Hero we need

[@albesee]

This is a really awesome guide. Keep it up mate, you got a new sub. Also, the way you are talking is especially nice, so it's a pleasure following the discourse.

[@buffalobaron]

@@albesee those are incredibly high compliments and I am so grateful you took the time to comment. I will do my best with future videos, I’m glad you found this one useful.

[@julianverhoeve5794]

as a merely new player who is playing is second league im having pain knowing what item is valuable or how to make a viable solution for currency im currently watching the vid and the calm the approach the way you explained everything is perfect for people who are learning thanks to take time for us

[@buffalobaron]

@@julianverhoeve5794 thank you for the kind words. I genuinely enjoy helping new players learn, might be my favorite part of the game. I’m always open to feedback for future ideas: as a newer player, your insight is helpful to me. Are there other topics in the game you feel are either under-explained or explained confusingly? Things you would want to know more about?

[@julianverhoeve5794]

hey ! i think like you said most of the content is pretty covered well by most of the famous people but i would enjoy hearing your point of view on crafting fundamentals understanding how tiers work being better at speedrunning act and understanding what you should aim for mid / late game what to strive for and basic knowledge to feel better and not overwhelmed by the enormous content of the game ! thanks for your advice im currently running blight / einar / and heist and my currency income has never been this good oil sell for a lot with the good ones and currency is flowing in blighted maps !

[@julianverhoeve5794]

@@buffalobaron i have completed my first atlas now and did the 4 voidstones im currently farming delirium and strongboxes (I like simple mechanics) Thanks for helping me up understand this game and getting Started ! Even tho the more i understand things the more i réalise I understand nothing XD strange feeling

[@buffalobaron]

@@julianverhoeve5794 “I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing; that I know nothing.” -Socrates Understanding just how little you know is the first step, and it’s one that everyone who succeeds in path of exile takes at some point. Congrats on taking it! You’re on the right road. Now the REAL learning begins :)

[@TheCrash1983]

Thank you for talking like an adult, good video you have my sub

[@TheMrHibou]

I understood trade when i played ssf ironically. I understood how get power by myself, what is easy to get in early for my gameplay, how craft, how progress in atlas. Then i considered trade like another mechanic different. Specialize in something with this new know knowledge made me accumulate a lot of stuff to sell in bulk for a short time trading. Last league i was 20 div / hour in t16 with essences for a minimum invest (1 scarab was a little bit expensive 30 c if i remember well). Early league, people are not considering enough memories. Memories of survivor's guilt : Quantity can be insane in t1-2-3-4 (80% to 120%), i grab 1.2 fracturing shard per memory (4 maps) + a lot of annulment and ancient orbs and chaos (and alch in early), for 5c invest (memories complete atlas as well with same rules than map device). You can do essence memories in t6 keeping the map white cause modifiers can be deadly fast enough, memories with ghosts are very good for chaos recipes in early for ppl with no luck during levelling and near 0 chaos. Specialize is the key, sell in bulk. Low delve can be useful as well for chaos recipes in early and get money from resonators and fossils. It depends of what you like, your gameplay and what your character can do or not. Good advice btw man.

[@KungFooActionJesus]

Blights are my favorite maps to run for currency and gear because you can get so many good stackable nodes and occasionally great gear

[@Enigma.Gaming]

Great information! Something very imporant to update for blight 42:20 GGG changed it this season where towers DO NOT shut off, and if you die/dc you can make it back as long as you have the stun/freeze

[@buffalobaron]

@@Enigma.Gaming oh wow that’s amazing news about the towers. Do you know which patch notes version that fix was in? Or was that a recent announcement for the coming league?

[@nemesis89rus]

Amazing video with a respect to other creators. Thank you a lot! It helps

[@deathcare]

One thing I would note about Blight that I think is important, is that if you plan on doing high investment high level Blighted/Blight-Ravaged map, you will need quite a beefy PC. Blight is my favorite mechanic and I have done it quite a lot, but I don't have the best GPU, meaning that I crash a lot on the higher tier Blighted.Blight-Ravaged maps. It would suck to be a new player and invest a bunch of points into a mechanic your computer cannot handle.

[@buffalobaron]

@@deathcare EXCELLENT note, yes. I got so caught up talking about the in-game limitations I neglected the IRL ones. But I agree: I ultimately wasn’t able to excel at blight until I upgraded my whole PC to have a better CPU and GPU. Good note man, thank you for commenting.

[@rexvectum]

"aimless everything" i feel attacked 😂

[@buffalobaron]

@@rexvectum I would never know this stuff to write about it if I hadn’t experienced it first hand. When I wrote that section it was like I could feel myself transported back in time to my first few leagues (3.09-3.11). The memory of standing at my stash paralyzed by indecision is SO vivid. So believe me, I get it, and if you feel attacked, well…..you’re in good company lol. It took me a while to build good habits but looking back I can say I enjoyed my early experiences but I enjoy my experiences now even more, I feel much less stressed and in-control after getting enough knowledge to at least make a rudimentary plan. I believe you can get there too! Stop by any time you’ve got questions, that’s why I’m here :)

[@CountCocofang]

Important to note about Alva: People are not looking to corrupt their gems or gear in the beginning of the league. So those temples will be small bucks for the first few days and then drastically appreciate in value over weeks as people start gunning for the perfect corrupts. To put it into perspective, expect perfect temples with both corruption rooms to be worth 20-30c for the first few days and maybe three weeks in they go for 2div. So it's a bad strategy to make money early but a nice side hustle later on.

[@Valkaneer]

Travic is the Blight expert, and he makes it sound easy, but it's not (you need at least 1-2 divine for ring anoints). Blight is also VERY VERY HARD ON YOUR GPU and PC, if you have crap video card you should pass on Blight. Without the Blight ring anointment's you need a strong build with high AoE damage. In fact, unless you are buying blighted maps you need a strong build to do just normal map atlas strats. Your not going to get blighted map drops if you don't blighted encounters in maps. If you don't have the ring anointments you juts won't have the damage with weaker builds. The mobs come too fast and have to much life if you invest points in the atlas for blight. This last league I failed almost every Blighted mechanic due to the build not having enough damage and having to be in melee range basically. A few leagues ago I asked Travic about failed maps and he told me, "Your build just doesn't have enough damage". You need explosive high damage to do a Blighted Ravage map, for sure, and normal Blighted maps you still need high damage and high movement. Your tower are not going to save you, though they will do most of the damage if you have both ring anoints. Blighted Ravaged with the high end anoints need builds with at least 5M dps just to have a chance, this is no joke, there is no towers that do enough damage to fend off mobs. You need massive damage my best build ever which could hit 5M never succeeded in a single completing a single Blighted Ravaged Map. I just couldn't see what was going on, there were so many tower and effects, this was before I upgraded my GPU too. It was like watching fireworks on a 360p monitor.

[@justinphillips5420]

Damn dude, very nice guide. Definitely just got a sub and like from me.

[@trymusic4life]

This video is golden

[@marksutherlandjr.2121]

Blight my favorite, wanted to quickly mention Blight mechanic in maps is great too. Getting extractor pils and pulling oilsnoff jewelry is a GREAT money gig

[@buffalobaron]

@@marksutherlandjr.2121 100% yes. Huge % of my blight-in-map profits comes from extracting oils from silver/gold anointed jewelry. Hands up to give my energy to Neversink to one day be able to highlight amulets (not just rings) with gold or silver anoints 🙌 (assuming it’s not just a POE server side problem)

[@grendizer-yn9ms]

Great guide, thank you !

[@tunabros]

Only got about 200 hours in this game and 4th league... this video helped a lot! I also do a lot of pointless mapping 🤣

[@yt_viewer]

Great video! Your explanations are excellent

[@buffalobaron]

@@yt_viewer humbled by your feedback man, thank you. Always open to suggestions for future videos if there’s anything specific you think would be helpful.

[@stefandemerov8423]

I beg to differ about identifying items, at least in one specific case. At the start of a league, once you start mapping picking up and identifying rares is the most feasable way of getting upgrades. Remember, this is the stage, where you just killed Kitava, your life, resists and damage need improving, yet you dont have any currency to spend. You have to save your chance orbs, your alchs and chaos and vaals to buy maps off Kirac for progression, and aside from Rog I dont know of another easy way to pick and choose upgrades. Identifying a good mod here and there helps a lot with being able to push into red maps, where you can start grinding currency for trading.

[@tiend3220]

Hey. Excellent video. I love your teaching style.

[@buffalobaron]

Thank you, I am humbled and so glad you found it helpful. If there are other topics you’d be interested in seeing videos about I’m always open to new ideas.

[@Valkaneer]

One of the problems here is you need certain builds to do certain strats. Really, builds must match the strat or you will fail to make currency. Harvest for example, a low dps or ST build is just not going to cut it, and of all these strats is one of the most dangerous save maybe Expedition. Harvest IMO needs some reasonable investment (a strong build) to pay off. I'm not sure I would call harvest a beginner friendly mechanic. Legion for example requires very fast map clear if you want to unlock it fully.

[@sayantan2201]

Very nice vid. Please do one for medium budget juicing to relatively high budget also.

[@buffalobaron]

@@sayantan2201 thanks for the feedback! Yeah that’s definitely on my radar. I’ll probably have to wait to see patch notes and how the first week of the league shakes out before I make any recommendations about higher end farming in 3.25, but I’m definitely marking this down as a point of interest.

[@sayantan2201]

@@buffalobaron Thank you so much for the vid.. though I have passed the stage where I need this vid to farm..this was a really well put together and kept me hooked the entire duration

[@greasefire11]

Quality content and very well presented!

[@gabriellez613]

Great video, thanks! I still struggle against my hoarding tendencies but you made some very good points.. I will try to pick up less garbage haha

[@TornikeJS]

I only have 4k+ hour so still a beginner ( :D ) but I still wanna watch a video because even if it was never a problem the quality of the video seems high

[@buffalobaron]

Thank you for the kind words, seriously appreciated.

[@marksutherlandjr.2121]

I hvnt started video yet. Just a couple mins, but wanted to mention. Maki g currency, just kinda comes woth progression. The more you play, the more you know, the further you get, the better the drops, the more tabs you will generally aquire, the BETTER at the game, currency making just kinda came with the game for me in time. I'm not a super wealthy player. But I get my MB or HH each league and get one or two builds to end game. This game is deep. I would suggest, enjoying the process and do t compare yourself to everyo else. There are guys that are LGHTYEARS even further alo g then me. There will always be someone better or more wealthy. Enjoy the journey. PoE =Greatest ARPG of our time.

[@felixblub1317]

Even for "advanced" players it is recommended. what i can recommend is playing every league a diffrend starter. There is so mutch to learn even when starting diffrend builds. combining it, with testing new farming strats, and focus on it so mutch to see

[@Jayrehm]

I can add that new players should not try to go too fast. The endgame is full of activities to allow players to play the game even after beating the campain. Don't take all of this too seriously. POE is just a video game. A complex one for sure. But it's still a game. Take your time and try to improve one things after another.

[@buffalobaron]

@@Jayrehm 110% agree. One of my favorite things to tell new players is “don’t try to drink from the fire hose.” Or at the very least “don’t be disappointed when you can’t get all that fire hose water in your mouth at once” since I know perfectly well this game naturally attracts people who WANT to drink from the fire hose. I’ll never tell a new player not to do research, that’s how I did it and that’s what I enjoy. But it helps to keep in mind that you won’t learn everything by next week, you can’t. Not even the smartest person alive with a decade of ARPG experience could do it. Path of Exile is a game that’s meant to be played for a long time, and a major part of its draw is the sensation that you’re constantly learning something new. Embrace that feeling rather than being frustrated you’re not at the finish line yet. Journey Before Destination, Exile.

[@Jayrehm]

@@buffalobaron perfectly said

[@SuperLPGaming]

Keep doing videos maaan, sub for life!

[@lalalallaallala]

I love your long videos about POE! You have a great way of explaining things and it is quite enjoyable to your speaking mannerism. As a brand new player I choose to go with Zen_M´s "Alch and Go Starter Atlas Passive Tree" which is supposed to be pretty easy and straightforward and designed to get you the first 2 void stones that make shit better?

[@bayublack92]

Great video man, learned a lot from this guide ❤

[@sirlutter1864]

I really enjoyed your video. A lot of very good information! However, isn't essence farming a very easy way to gain consistent currency?

[@buffalobaron]

@@sirlutter1864 Oh, Absolutely! It took a bit of a hiatus last league due to the power and popularity of graveyard crafting, not many people needed essences, so at the time I recorded this video the strategy was only “OK.” Nowadays though, with prices back on the rise, as long as you can beat the essences in yellow tier maps it’s a great beginner friendly strategy. In fact this strategy gets another boost in QOL this league because you don’t have to use an outside discord server to efficiently sell your whole tab of essences, you can use the new currency exchange instead. Overall a good strategy, even better now. Thanks for commenting!

[@04Bpyro]

I've played on and off for years, and never really been able to "make currency." I usually fart around with the chaos recipe for a bit to get my first build started, but then fall off of playing when I end up not being able to afford more expensive upgrades. Really enjoyed the video. Are there any specific guides that you know about for Legion, its always been one that I found somewhat interesting, but never really knew how to make good use of it.

[@buffalobaron]

@@04Bpyro in any league where legion is profitable, there is one man who is guaranteed to publish extensive guides and updates on it: Grimro. The profitability will definitely vary from league to league with the economy, but check his KZbin channel for oodles of legion content. If 3.25 has any kind of profitable legion strategy, he’ll publish on it as long as he’s playing the league. I think Cyclon (no “e”) does too.

[@bennym1956]

Good video. Just last league I started using trade for myself. Still learning even after several years. The league is usually halfway over before I get to maps and usually everything I get is CRAP and I know and it's not worth selling even for 1c. Got 2 divine this league....and 1 was from a chest. Heck chaos isn't even dropping ! Nothing has ever dropped for me that's been worth a divine..... 3000 maxed life. lolololol We're noobs !!!!!

[@Vers_666]

Great video thank you!

[@grev3471]

Great video, thanks a lot

[@MRBENNY9900]

Four link and a dream brother.

[@mberkerolcer]

I paused at 7:00 - identifiyin too much / with aimless mapping part and I want to thank you for this video. This is my third league. I am moving forward slowly. This season i was able to complete atlas (except 3 unique maps). This video seems like "my inner voice is speaking" I am always feeling like: "i cant power up more, i cant progress, i am expecting things from drops, i dont have enough orbs-currency to craft" try to sell some uniques to get some chaos orbs etc... meanwhile, i am also trying to learn, dmg calc, league mechanics, what drops where, what to farm, how to farm, when to farm, when to chisel, alch and go dead etc. I AM TIRED :))

[@buffalobaron]

@@mberkerolcer that’s awesome, congrats on the atlas completion! It was my third league too when I first hit my stride and finished my atlas back in 3.11. Totally understandable on feeling like you’re drinking from the fire hose, I think that feeling is 100% universal among poe players at your stage. I’m glad the video is helping you so far, let me know if there are any specific questions that occur to you. Always on the lookout for good video material ;)

[@mberkerolcer]

@@buffalobaron I was following subtractem build and atlas tree which led me to expedition, but with a big single circle.(maybe my bad) Build (frostblink fire trap) was really fun and enough strong, but i was only looking for fire immunity. Oh man, i got destroyed many times and it was disaponting. Sometimes i felt like godly, sometimes destroyed. And i couldnt earn much currency. Maybe because, i never ran logbooks :) Also at some point, i stopped doing expedition, i didn't want to feel bad. Just alch chisel and go, so i could complete the atlas. I need to focus and learn very well "one" farming strategy. I am waiting for the boat league to see what it is.

[@buffalobaron]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠oh there’s nothing wrong with the so called “Oppenheimer” strategy (“extreme archaeology” keystone) it’s just not my personal cup of tea. Lots of players love the efficiency, I just prefer the precision of not using it. Totally personal preference. If you’re struggling with expedition it might be a good idea to go with the traditional placement method because this can help you learn which individual remnants you’re taking that tend to spike the difficulty. A lot of it can be build-dependent, like for the build you mentioned I’m sure it was catastrophic if you accidentally took “enemies immune to elemental ailments” since your damage relied on one: ignite. Actually I think you’re on a good track though, I do actually recommend powering through as much of the atlas as possible as long as your build can handle it. You really only need to stop and farm currency that early if you need build upgrades. You’ll unlock more and better strategies by completing your atlas and getting all your passive points. Your instinct was good, most experienced players focus on atlas completion ASAP.

[@mberkerolcer]

@@buffalobaron Going with traditional placement method to learn remnants is a good idea. Expedition will possibly be an important strategy next league. I will watch your linked videos. Actually I am a serious grinder with wife and a kid.(so i have to be efficient). I can grind-farm for hours-days. But still couldn't come close to that point in this game in my 2nd-3rd league. Still not sure where to rush where to stop an grind-farm. My build was able to complete t16s, but it wasnt optimized, health pool was 4k, res all were good. My question is: if i feel comfy(maybe with a couple of deaths) , should i rush to t16s or voidstones if i can? or farm currency in a fast map tier (3-4 min maps) Question no2: i also need a source for crafting, do you have any advise? thx

[@buffalobaron]

@@mberkerolcer All great questions, and for the record I still “feel out” how I want to progress every league, I don’t have super firm rules for myself. But in general, for question 1 I say yep. As long as you’re not dying more than once every 2-3 maps (or higher if your tolerance for deaths is lower) there’s nothing wrong with pushing T16s first. Atlas points are very valuable. As for voidstones, most players who don’t start with a dedicated bosser build or have god tier hand mechanics will get the first two voidstones themselves (eater and exarch) then pay for a carry for maven and uber elder (I usually see it as 0.5-1 divine each, easy to make in an hour farming low tier stuff). But voidstones are so good. Lets you run any map layout at T16, exponentially boosts chances of T17 drops, lets you sell T16 maps to other players. For question 2 crafting is a doozy lol. Honestly a dark horse contender here is just checking Reddit threads where people crafted something and looking at their steps. You’ll start to see patterns in the methods and logic. Zizarin and Subtractem each have some extended crafting overviews and Ghazzy has a “basics in 40 minutes” video, but honestly they’ll all acknowledge those are just a start. Following a build guide that includes extended crafting instructions is good for getting hands on experience. Alternately screwing around in craftofexile.com ‘s crafting emulator is a nice no-risk way to see how things pan out, the interface just takes some getting used to.

[@pauldudley1273]

how do you only have 750 subs? Subbed for a +1. greate video

[@buffalobaron]

@@pauldudley1273 my honest assessment? Having a family and a job means I can only post sporadic updates (though I’m trying to be more consistent) so the algorithm isn’t likely to recommend me often, and the quality of my earlier videos was dicey as I got my footing with the format. I could completely understand why someone might click away from one of my earlier videos or decide it wasn’t worth a sub, I definitely don’t blame anyone lol. Always looking to improve, and I seriously appreciate the positive feedback. I’m very glad you found the video helpful and I’ll be trying my best to maintain or improve the quality of the content.

[@kosai1627]

You basically spent an hour telling me that I suck xD But it was what I needed to hear and will improve moving forward :)

[@buffalobaron]

@@kosai1627 No way man! No, I don’t believe you suck. PoE is a super complicated game and I’m still learning things after thousands of hours. If you found anything in the video helpful, consider that a good thing, we’re always learning. In my opinion, learning is half the fun in PoE :). Thank you for the feedback though, best of luck and feel free to drop by with any questions you run into.

[@jthnrbns]

Thank you so much. This video is so well presented, organized, and has all the information I need as a veteran ARPG player a bit confused by how to progress. One question about not picking up and identifying rares. From a global economy perspective, where do crafting bases come from then? Do you still keep an eye out for specific high value bases?

[@buffalobaron]

Oh you're the kind of guy asking the right questions! Yes, PLEASE keep asking questions like that, it's uncommon in this game and this is what's going to lead you in the right direction. Crafting bases come from a variety of sources that DO, it's true, violate the "don't identify rares" rule. Frankly some of these are common enough in a trade economy that the source of them is "people who are not following the proper rules of efficiency and picked up too much", so you get the base for cheap and the seller technically shouldn't have picked it up at all. These are things like "the best base type for that class of armour because it has the potential to roll with the highest possible values of armour/evasion/energy shield, and this one actually did get that high roll." Even those, rare as they are, shouldn't TECHNICALLY have been picked up but you can benefit by buying them cheaply or buying crafted items from those who did. But a lot of crafting bases are what's called "fractured", a type of item that has one of its modifiers highlighted in gold. These items come from specific sources, they don't normally drop randomly, and they will have a special icon in the item title to alert you to the fact that it's fractured, take a look on the wiki. That "fractured" (aka unchangeable) modifier cannot be changed by any means so it is your constant, your rock. It is the literal base you craft on, often using methods that guarantee or bias towards other things you want, making it easy to start with 2-3 desirable modifiers (one guaranteed by being fractured and the other nearly or entirely guaranteed by something like an essence or a fossil) and go from there. So yes this truly does violate the "dont identify rares" rule for all players, it's a good idea to keep up with which mods are desirable as fractured bases, usually only Tier 1 modifiers. This could be a whole assed thesis so I'll stop there for now but this is absolutely the right question to ask, and if there is interest I can make a follow-up video on it or recommend other resources.

[@jthnrbns]

@@buffalobaron thanks, that helps a ton. I watched a crafting video that mentioned fractured bases. I thought I needed to be watching very carefully for them on the ground. Good to know they’re more of a target farm. Thanks so much!

[@buffalobaron]

@@jthnrbns I suppose they could occasionally drop from rare monsters which have particular (but hidden to all of us, so effectively random) modifiers, but a good loot filter will highlight those items even at stricter levels. Look at poewiki.net for “fractured item” and it will show you the symbol to look out for which appears in the corner of every fractured item. Honestly if your filter is strict enough then a non-unique item showing up AT ALL should automatically raise your eyebrow. (Unique items will sometimes show up “out of place” on filters because the game can’t distinguish between the very good and very bad uniques of the same base type, so it has to just show them all and rely on the player to figure it out)

[@jthnrbns]

@@buffalobaron thanks! Would you recommend moving to a stricter loot filter that basically hides all non uniques if I’m still working my through the atlas and am around tier 10 maps?

[@buffalobaron]

@@jthnrbns yeah so there are varied schools of thought on this, and I think most people would acknowledge that it depends a ton on your strategy and how far into the league you are. For myself I tend to start with neversink’s “strict” filter (which automatically adapts how strict it is based on area level so you can level with it and not worry that it’s only going to be showing level 83+ items. By the time I’m giving up the chaos recipe and moving on to a “real” farming strategy of some kind, I’m probably moving to neversink’s “very strict.” This could be right now for you, but it would be on the early end. After that, if it’s a league with an insane juicing strategy of some kind I’ll sometimes switch to Uber strict, but that’s only if you’re dropping more than 2 div of big stuff per map. I don’t do that every league. Instead I sort of home brew some modifications to the very strict filter which I kind of “feel out” based on what I no longer want to pick up. Usually this is stuff like stacks of quality currency, jewelers orbs, lower tier oils, fractured items on bad bases, even certain scarabs if the league is like last league where some scarabs got devalued down to under a half chaos each.

[@abcardenas2589]

loved your slower format wish i saw this video when i 1st started playing poe after watching poe2 add on YT 3-4 months ago haha watched alot of other folks videos but they use poe words/slag and talk so fast i would get lost or just stop paying attention thx! bro

[@jerynimmanuel9508]

Video too late. Necro is my 3rd season. Painfully found all these true myself.

[@buffalobaron]

I speak from experience ;). You’re definitely not alone. I could easily have titled this video “6 things I screwed up, 6 things I wish I knew, 6 strategies I wish someone had pointed me to earlier.” I didn’t hit my stride until my third league either and didn’t actually feel anything approaching a sense of mastery for a long time after that.

[@fightingblind]

Once you know the rules of blight, you can literally run T13 blighted maps from the start of the season... 😁

[@dustinwagner5902]

Great video, a lot of perspective that people need to hear! One thing I always have to remind myself depending on how much time I have is to have a goal. Even if you only play 30 minutes a day which I often am limited to, there are strats out there that work for you. It used to be Low Tier Essence farming for a lot of players like myself, but you can still do baseline Harvest farming without the investment and make around 5-25 chaos per map pending the rolls of the Harvests. I usually do a map in 5 minutes, so each night I make between 30 chaos and a 1 Div pending my luck that night. This really helps get a solid build together in a couple weeks allowing you to do most if not all content in the game. Another baseline strat that I like for those of us who do not get a lot of time to play is your third strategy and just build up Alva Temples for other players, it can be extremely lucrative and takes no investment. As you flesh out your atlas this can be paired with Harvest for 20-50c profit per map once you know how to build Temples properly.

[@MrDragon01]

Now this is possibly a "very" silly question. Do all of these farming methods go through the mindset of building up all of the varying currencies such as Chromatic Orbs, Fusing Orbs, etc. over time? Or are these more akin to building up chaos (or divine) from trading league specific currencies? I always feel like I reach a plateau of where I don't understand the next step of progression once I'm able to reliably beat t16 maps so far after playing three leagues.

[@buffalobaron]

@@MrDragon01 oh I don’t think that’s a silly question at all! You’re asking about a complicated and often vague process of transitioning from one collection style to another. I think that’s very understandable. Heck I still struggle with when to stop picking up various thing, it can be hard to put your finger on. One way that helped me think about it was thinking about the relative value per click in terms of chaos orbs. It’s a question of whether to pick up so-called “bubblegum currency” (small colorful and worth pennies) or not, and if not when do I stop doing so? If I pick up a stack of 20 chromatics, ok, that’s usually at least worth a few chaos. But a single chromatic? That usually becomes obsolete pretty quickly, it’s worth at most like a quarter of a chaos, and often substantially less than that. And you’ll see them dozens of times per map. I don’t want to add 5 minutes to my map clicking to pick up stuff totaling 4c. (Of course that might change this league with the more forgiving pick radius, we’ll have to see how it feels). I think a lot of people, once they’ve got that first 50-100c, transition to a system where they don’t pick up anything where the individual click is worth less than 0.7c (which typically encompasses Vaal orbs) or even just a full chaos orb. And you sort of escalate this principle depending on what you’re farming. If I’m doing high end scarab farming in T17s I’m probably not picking up anything under 2-3c at that point since the number of scarabs you find is enormous and you want to kill fast to hopefully get those expensive ones. To be conservative you could say “I won’t do an individual click worth less than half a chaos.” So individual fusings are out but stacks of any size are in, for example.

[@MasyaTyan]

I like what are you saying about mental issue with currency and rare items cause even after 4 years of poe sometimes i have that problems on start of the league and with strategy choosing (sorry for poor eng ._.) And i thinks most of issues with farming goes to that mental things and time management o.o

[@buffalobaron]

@@MasyaTyan no worries, your English is quite understandable, just a few mistakes here and there :). No need to beat yourself up over the mental issue about rare items, I think it happens to a lot of us. It’s a game, having fun is important. But if having fun for you involves making more currency, it’s good to try and cultivate/practice discipline sometimes and try to stick to a strategy.

[@icata12345]

I'm a returning PoE player, messing around with a clunky melee build lvl 50, but i'll probably reach mapping when i come back from work, rng gods already blessed me with a divine orb yesterday so i got the starting gear sorted i think. Can you recommend one of the strategies/Atlas builds to focus on in early/mid mapping? Friend told me to spec the atlas for essences and take my shot there.

[@buffalobaron]

@@icata12345 I’m a little behind my usual pace this league because I’ve been on vacation sneaking time on my steam deck but I can offer a few recommendations. Top one is to engage with the league mechanic early and often; it’s not one you can just dive into any time in the late game, the whole mechanic is building up the town. I might make a video on the process actually, but the town can give decent profit via shipping crops to Kalguur for currency and runes. Your friend is right that essences are perfectly reasonable BUT with the big caveat that recently GGG upped the difficulty so you have to do it in yellow maps or higher to get top tier essences, can’t do them in white maps anymore. So you need a slightly stronger build. Personally I’m an advocate for focusing mostly on atlas completion and first two voidstones while not doing too much with profit generation other then what your build strictly needs to advance to red maps; chaos recipe can help you here. I’d recommend low level delving or low level blighted maps (if you know how to do them) if you absolutely need 100c+ before you can run red maps. But otherwise just run maps, accumulate gold and ore for settlers mechanic, send crops abroad. Your first atlas tree can be focused purely on map generation and Kirac missions to help with atlas completion because you unlock extra skill trees that don’t require respecs at 50 and 100 atlas points accumulated. That’s when you can build new trees to focus on specific mechanics.

[@MrKingb1987]

Hi ! Thanks for the video. Does the last strategy still workd post 3.25?

[@buffalobaron]

@@MrKingb1987 ahhh I wish! But no. I should put an update in the description or a pinned comment; specifically that strategy got nuked by the removal of the cartography scarabs of singularity. GGG pretty clearly intended to remove the strategy since it was the main use of that scarab. There are other ways to boost map drops, but nothing that really keeps the spirit of that strategy. Sorry mate! Didn’t mean to post anything misleading.

[@NickNameGone]

A bit long, maybe you should have splitted it into a serie...Part 1 Barriers, Part 2 Principles, then a dedicated vid for each of the basics you cover. But overall nicely done :)

[@buffalobaron]

@@NickNameGone yeah definitely crossed my mind to split it up, especially once it passed the one hour mark. Appreciate the feedback, I’ll be taking that into consideration for future videos. Cheers!

[@TheEmiRaptor]

Thank u budd, u awesome

[@RoyalNZPoE]

Great video bro.

[@LenzTL]

How do you feel about Chaos recipes in very early mapping? I swear by it when I’m fresh out of campaign and often spend my early mapping hoarding unid rare jewelry. The rest of my friend group seem to avoid it and amass early wealth just as well

[@buffalobaron]

@@LenzTL I think it’s a personal preference without a “wrong” answer unless you’re measuring your first few days in the league in terms of divine orbs made per minute. I happen to like chaos recipe at that early stage because it gives me something meaningful to pick up every map and it bridges the gaps that can be created by slightly slow RNG early on. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with someone who skips it, but my personality has always skewed towards “reliable and safe” over “risky, uncertain but potentially crazy.” And that’s what chaos recipe is, in moderation: it’s not crazy, but it’s predictable and it can get you to that next level. I think a newer player stands to do well by trying it out.

[@indiefiction833]

Up and comming, stay hard

[@buffalobaron]

@@indiefiction833 kind words, appreciate you. I’ll do my best.

[@LeftysRage]

"Hideout is lava". Sits in hideout for over an hour making a video. What a boss.

[@buffalobaron]

@@LeftysRage gotta make some sacrifices to help others ;). Can’t be all efficiency ALL the time right boys?

[@TheDimir]

It would be nice to swap easily between strats, but you need to swap atlas passives everytime.

[@buffalobaron]

@@TheDimir Actually, great news on that front! Not sure if you are aware, but last league GGG introduced some amazing quality of life to address this complaint, since it was one pretty much everyone had: Nowadays you unlock a total of 3 different passive tree “load outs” you can swap between at any time without cost. You start with one, then unlock a second after completing 50 bonus objectives, and the third after completing 100 bonus objectives. This has been a total godsend for people like me who like to swap between strategies pretty regularly. With three trees plus a variety of outside-atlas content like delve and logbooks I only use orbs of unmaking like once a week if that.

[@TheDimir]

@@buffalobaron nice! Good to know, thanks!

[@destrmath]

As a blight farmer, you can literally be naked and do blight ravaged with...probably a 60%? completion rate. You just need 2 white rings with empower effect, meteor burning ground, and practice. But between the lag and crashing in the maps, I can't recommend it.

[@Drucifer-1988]

Expeditions in t16s? Tryin' to make me lose another limb, are ya??

[@buffalobaron]

@@Drucifer-1988 well I did include it higher up on the list ;)

[@MrSTKF10]

Great great video 📹 ❤👍👍👍 😊

[@bole5113]

Nice vid. Really helpful for beginners.

[@notwilltoledo]

Most mature poe player

[@TheKruxed]

I like how you're almost whispering so the kids don't hear the great tips and outcompete dad

[@MTTant]

Which loot filter do u use

[@buffalobaron]

@@MTTant that is a great question. The short answer is “neversink strict followed by very strict.” The slightly longer answer: I start from the strict filter with self-made modifications for whatever my league starter is. The goal is to highlight socket colors and gear types I’ll be particularly interested in. Somewhere around yellow maps (whenever the first filter starts feeling like it’s showing stuff I no longer pick up) I’ll switch over to a modified very strict filter. I’ve got my own idiosyncratic rules for which currencies and stacks I want to show, and it often changes league to league. I also make some changes to how logbooks and oils appear since I like that content and want the drops to feel exciting. Towards the end of a league if I’ve adopted a highly specialized juicing strategy I’ll sometimes switch over to uber strict, or at least make heavier modifications to my very strict filter.

[@echoesofmalachor3700]

Is it weird I’m level 89, cleared all 1-11 maps with some 12/13 complete and the only 2 divine orbs I’ve got is from shipping? Haven’t seen a single one drop. My atlas is spec’s into ambush, betrayal, essence and map adjacent drops. Mostly because other than betrayal it’s very quick and easy to do those activities.

[@buffalobaron]

@@echoesofmalachor3700 not weird at all actually! Perfectly normal and nothing to worry about. Feel free to check out my other recent video on a beginners guide to currency generation and you’ll actually see I specifically mention this as a common misconception: thinking you’ve only made profit if you find a divine orb. The video goes into much more detail about how to make sure you profit even if you’re not picking up a divine orb every 10 minutes (which you likely won’t be). Thanks for commenting, let me know if you have other questions!

[@echoesofmalachor3700]

@@buffalobaron I’ll take a look. I wasn’t trying to imply I was expecting a bunch of divines. I have ran about 100 yellow(6-10) maps since I first watched this video I and I would have thought a some point I would have seen at least one drop. After those hundred or so maps I have a couple dozen more chaos orbs, a single blessed orb and my alchemies are a wash because of how many normal maps I’ve upgraded to rare. On the plus side I do have a bunch of powerful enchants through betrayal.