Level Up WAY Faster With Some Simple Changes! - Path of Exile 3.13 Ritual

[@themikep82]

Imma do all of this but then spend 20 minutes looking at my passive tree in town

[@doesntMetter1]

and 30 minutes reading my skills

[@BahamutEx]

Not to mention reading up on/looking for gems.

[@eksentrysyti]

That's what the PoB is for... do your homework before starting the character/league so that you know what you're doing ahead of time. Set up and understand your PoB and use it as a guide book.

[@slardarfingers]

Lolllll same

[@coffeeblack7270]

And check to see if i can outsmart the build guide..by searching for better deeps in the pob at lvl 7 by picking up 5 atk spd instead of 10 int for my Lightning Golemancer Nade Spammer...or whatever ridiculous name someone comes up with next build...

[@KiraBleed]

"you can learn it in 5 minutes" *video 15 minutes long* Me: confused

[@TheCowboyCurtis]

not playing at 2x speed? You really aren't making much of an effort to go faster, huh?

[@krackin1235]

Maybe he meant 5 plus 10 minutes

[@thegreatesthall]

Nah, he just repeats it 3 times!

[@zuphix1802]

You gotta skip through the video. Get that movement/watch speed up

[@coffeeblack7270]

@@TheCowboyCurtis do people not use that?

[@_Mentall_]

Thank you! I needed this so much since I just finished campaign yesterday after 19 hours played lol Ritual in every zone and my "oh look shiny!" ADHD made me spend way too much time getting campaign done...

[@cleangoblin2021]

I'm only 6 minutes in the video and already learned so much. Also note that i probably have 300 hours on my belt. But that was mostly mapping. I always dreaded creating new characters. I appreciate your hardwork for making this video. The editing, script, that test dummy character and more.

[@KiffJRockka]

I have 10k+ hours (playing since alpha, many years before Steam release), I never needed any skipping or anything to reach end campaign day 1-2, this is just another vid for $, they make anything nowadays. You'll win maybe 30 minutes, for a normie with job, wife and great friends it doesn't matter, it's for ladder racers. Just enjoy the game, rush nothing. I never rush, not one season. The fact he says you can learn this in 5 minutes but the video takes 15 minutes you know this dude is bad at calculating anyway.

[@samuryebread1065]

@@KiffJRockka not like hes making alot of money anyway. if he does this for a living he hast to make some money somehow.

[@flytelp]

My problem was FOMO ritual interactions because of the crazy stuff I saw on Reddit.

[@robertfiorito9888]

Took me days to get through the acts because of that

[@porous9]

@@robertfiorito9888 Me too. But I don't regret it at all. I found a 5L chest for my character, several more 5L chests for other characters, a 6L chest for my character, a 6L 2H Karui Chopper which another character will use, another 6L chest for another character, and then a TON of excellent Talismans as well. Long story short: I got three 6L items in Ritual during the Acts. I've never been offered a 6L in Ritual during maps. To have 3x 6L by the time you kill Act 10 Kitava (an Axe, a Str chest and an Int chest) is a pretty darn handy start to a league. So I'm really glad I took the time to do it.

[@robertfiorito9888]

@@porous9 WOW. I found somew good stuff but not that good.

[@WarsWorth]

I'd rather be in maps in 7 hours. The league mechanics are generally more rewarding in maps. If you just push through maps fast you'll make money

[@LeandrysRX8]

@@porous9 It was different at the beginning of the league, they've clearly slaughtered Ritual's reward like one week or two later, i've quickly find a corrupted lvl 4 enlighten for example, now it's not at all the case anymore and i mostly skip it, it's almost useless depending of your character's ability to clean a map. The irony is a slow cleaner might aswell slow down even more for Rituals, it won't change much things for him. Faster ones are just losing their time, i don't know why they've butchered rituals this way, should i be happy for being able to buy one Exalt in 500 rituals, while up to many exalts value drops are waiting for me on the rest of the map ?

[@MrRinkusan]

Thanks for stating at the start that this is not for HC players. As a HCSSF player myself, I kept giggling.. "use boots that ONLY have movement speed", "be underleveled", "skip passive skill point quests", "do labs as you find them".. I was like.... "oh that's how you can play this game?" :D

[@FrankenKarn]

First time seeing your channel pop up. Just got my second character on my first league past campaign so this is super awesome I’ll remember this for the next character/league. I subscribed to show some love and appreciation for this video.

[@fullmentaljacket4159]

I didn't expect to learn anything from this video. Then you told me about how to use Smoke Mind, and it not only is a massive game changer for running through spaces, but it was exactly the moevement skill I needed for my league starter. I'm using elemental equilibrium, and it's SO much better than Dash!

[@MrCappuccino993]

Alright, I'll give it to you. The multiple MS boots recipe is something I didn't know. And I play since 3.4 :| ty Later edit: little tip if you can't stop yourself from killing mobs, try to kill only the blue and yellow pack mobs. They give way more xp and honestly, it's just so juicy to see your xp bar fil by a big chunk at a time.

[@thealphastrain101]

I'm not a hardcore speed runner by any means but I can usually get through all 10 Acts in 8-9 hours with doing all the passive skill quests, all trials for labs (excluding map trials), no quicksilver flasks. I absolutely, whole heartedly agree with not doing the league mechanic. :P Of course this is just with a league starter character. With some currency and leveling gear it goes much faster. :P

[@bigmol1633]

Learned: Be underlevelled The speed boots recipe Don't do league mechanic..... I feel liek an absolute noob right now

[@S34G4T3]

make sense when u wanna play a game but you have to skip 3/4 of it

[@philpeters3689]

I still did league mechanic. Lots of chaos orbs. Got to about 60 before I even started doing the vendor recipe Also lots of 5 linked heard which I've been selling for chaos. I would say rituals are the only worthwhile mobs to kill

[@dreed100]

That's serious issue with campaign that encourages people to skip the content... Cant play like that. If I don't do all content then I feel like I'm missing on. Hence campaign takes me a week to go through

[@efreitorhabibulin238]

i learned about smoke mine... it sucked when i tried it, since never knew how it actually worked >< it is amazing!!!

[@janovmi2]

that feeling when i get to T1 maps with lvl 85 character :)

[@cocochopkitten]

how ? u lv 85 while in act ?

[@janovmi2]

@@cocochopkitten im one of the "kill all" people, so when i finish with kitava act10, im past 80

[@LamNguyen-ls1pi]

Yeah, everyone doing all the ritual then suprise why we so over level

[@bantober]

@@cocochopkitten bro I’m lv 69 killing ending acts you wild

[@ranadips]

@@janovmi2 how even, the xp penalty alone should make it nearly impossible to cross 70 or so unless you are repeating zones like farming blood aquas. Even then getting levels past 78 is gonna be insane.

[@MarkIrwin02]

My first charter I think is in the 50s for lvl starting act 5. As went back to make a 2nd charter a scion. Which feel free to correct my thought on this build for my scion. A bow/minion build. Then sword and shield for alt weapon

[@KataisTrash]

Yeah the campaign is always the biggest dampener to my motivation. Makes me regularly skip a League if it doesn't look interesting enough (which is a good thing, either way) - but I guess I'll try to be more focused this time around. Nice set of tips, especially with the Smoke Mine / left click Detonate :)

[@fuinharlz]

And here's the ONLY point where diablo 3 does better than PoE: you don't need to do the campaing after you've done it once... NEVER, even on a new season. You buy the game, play the campaing, enjoy the story, watch all those nice cutscenes, enrage against blizzard when they kill cain. Done? Okay, you get adventure mode, minor rifts, greater rifts... on all characters that you already have and any new character you make. Forever. "Oh, but in diablo 2"... yeap, in diablo 2 NOBODY plays the damn campaing. Here's how one level on diablo 2: Get lvl 6, save cain on your own, shouldn't take more than a few minutes. Trist runs to lvl 15. Finish A1, move to A2, rush trough it ignoring 90% of the content. Rush trough act 3 to get faster to meph. Tomb runs untill arround 22/23. Rush A4, don't do forge, don't do izual unless finding him midway. Kill Di, rush A5, get 24 before reaching ancys, do ancys, Baal... baal runs to lvl 45, rush trough nightmare, nm runs to arround 60. On 60 you should be able to at least get to the ancients on a rush without any problem. All this considering you'r starting a ladder. If it's mid ladder: make character, get grushed to a5. Level to 6, save cain. Trist runs to 15 - tomb runs to 24, ask someone to help with ancients, baal runs to 45, ask nm rush, baal runs to 60, ask for hell rush 4 forge, baal runs forever. PoE is just nor slower than grim dawn on that aspect, and even grim dawn give you the ability to use Crucible to level and gear a new character to get on a build! Here's how I think PoE should work: 1st character on league - play the damn campaing. It's good, it has a nice story, the devs lost a lot of time developing it. 2nd character - you don't need to repeat everything you just did. Go to yout HO, get "low level maps" from npc, those maps will be based on the areas a character should be doing by that time and arround those level on the campaing. Level by doing those maps, stop midway to get labs done. Got to lvl 60? Go do key skill and resists quests, kill kitava, get to end game mapping.

[@danylo211]

@@fuinharlz Diablo 3 is the most boring game once you unlock adventure mode. Grinding the same nephalem and greater rifts everyday is not fun. It has the worst endgame I have ever seen in a game.

[@fuinharlz]

@@danylo211 Have you ever played diablo 2 on the battle net? If not, here's how you play: get lvl 5 and save cain. Find "trist run" games, do then untill arround 14, 15. Get a rush to a5 before ancients. Tomb runs untill 24, do ancients, baal runs to 35, kill baal and go to nm, rush to baal, baal runs to 60, kill baal nm, go to hell, rush hell, baal runs rest your character life. What kills diablo III is not the "repetitive end game", we had that on diablo II and still play it to this day. WHat killed diablo 3 is the lack of purpose on the runs. Yeah, we know, there's a rank, wich nobody gives a damn... on diablo 2 there are some items so rare that just arround 10% of everyone who ever played diablo 2 found on a drop. On D3 you get the damn best itens on the game in hours. There's literally zero magic find hunt, no build diversity, nothing. The problem on PoE campaing is the same you'r talking about the end game on D3... it's repetitive, in a bad way. After you complete it in one character, you don't want to spend hours again to level another character to test a different build, a different mechanic. And doind all acts again is basically the same as repeating greater rifts over and over.

[@danylo211]

@@fuinharlz Oh yeah, I agree. I should have elaborated on my previous message. Diablo 3 is repetitive with no purpose.

[@SpicyTamato]

Everything in this video is some cool advice EXCEPT the passive points. don't skip them. You will hate having to go back to get them, do ALL of the passive point quest's AS you get to the zone's and as you're leveling. 1. You won't for get about them and 2. you won't EVER have to step foot back into the campaign after getting to maps. Always Always ALWAYS Do the passive's quests as you get to the zone's and as you're leveing. don't ever skip them that is the ONLY BAD/Terrible advice in this video, the Rest? Was almost spot on. just get the highest move speed boots you can/use skills that increase your movespeed and use your movement abilities. Always be moving and Always be using your movement skills as you can.

[@superjesuskush]

ive been playing PoE since Beta and this opened my eyes

[@TreesPlease42]

Same. I still kill all of the monsters.

[@OuijaWitch4640]

Thanks for this i just started playing and I was running around the whole map like a noob 😅

[@darkwingduck315]

A lot of my issues for being slow were brought to light in this guide. I kill EVERYTHING on the map, open every chest, and for some reason I always have to reveal the entire map. I think I play POE like I would and mmo and thats my major issue as to why I lvl so slowly.

[@kaligriffin]

When I tried to just keep moving and I used smoke mine and flame dash and avoided as many mobs as i could, I finished the campaign in 6 hours at level 47 with no gear for maps. 😳

[@Leonx818]

/passives played this game for years and never knew about this.... Thank you keep up the awesome content

[@pagannova3621]

the other command to know is /remaining. even though it shows the same info on the map screen with Tab, it can be easier to see in the chat window, to see remaining number of enemies in current zone.

[@fernanalonsogonzalezpino7861]

ty big ducks very informative video!

[@gmdcp]

Another tip: You don't need to talk to NPC's for the quests. You just talk to them when you want to get the rewards. Just go straight to where you should go. Saves a LOT of time. Pull up 'Badger's Leveling Guide' on reddit. It has an infographic type of the acts that would guide people where to go.

[@omarkanaan4451]

Now i know what I'm doing wrong! Great to know. Thanks for the boots crafting recipe. Cheers from the Philippines🍻

[@mac19999x]

hey, the 'outro dont skip' worked.

[@MsHojat]

Ritual league mechanic can give you pretty good money though. If all you need is to level a character, sure, but otherwise even at lower level doing the rituals can give pretty good money as long as you can do them. I guess some players get _insane_ money from running super juiced maps with particularly powerful builds, but I think that doesn't apply to like 99% of players.

[@LabofmusicRecords]

ok, thank you :) I got 2 Tabulas in my second run to atlas from the rituals ;-)

[@ImYourWorstNightmare7]

just one thing ducks, im on my second character on this league and both dropped a tabula on the league mechanic ultimatium, dont know if i got really lucky or if the chances for a new character to get at least one early on is up, but it helped a lot true the leveling, so i never skip ultimatium while going true campaing but its defently faster not doing them :)

[@Shocknie]

One protip: set video speed to x2 it makes u lvl even faster :D

[@way2dawn853]

Doesnt tabularasa alsondrop frequently in the blood aquedacts? Ir some other 6 link divination card

[@crazy-tommy]

How do you enable the instance manager? I have never seen the option to create a new instance when using waypoints. And can you use it also on login? (I remember farming Uber Hillock for the Oni-Goroshi a few years ago by cycling through different characters because needing to wait for instance reset)

[@Smoke311]

Control and left click a waypoint I think

[@ShadowAgMoonFang]

13:25 in my 2:nd try of tirual tower (happened in The Mud Flats), i got my first ilvl_4 Tabula but then that's rng and some more referraling it first before the buyout

[@Samukuai]

Ritual was fun even during the campaign. I think I was almost lvl 80 when I hit maps because I had so much fun with it

[@ra33it69]

I like to still kill side areas in BA, cause there are usually packs of Magic Monsters :)

[@w4yne3d61]

This is all good but what about If.ur dying on bosses because u basically skipped half the campaign

[@thomascateregarde4289]

omg that intro! it's like you are reading my minds

[@0725038]

I just use 2 or 3 quicksilver flask and alternate them.

[@redfish337]

I use The Foothills. Middle waypoint can be a bit of a bother if you get a mirror but it's just a really comfortable zone. Good visibility. I'm definitely not rushing on first character of a league though.... I'm happy with 1-5, 6-8 with some league mechanic play, 9-10. I like that adventurous (pseudo) SSF feeling. So you probably didn't notice that ritual is total garbage before maps. You could do heists last league and get some decent stuff mid acts without much time expended. Maybe it's not totally optimal for time but you could get a lot of good stuff fairly fast and it gave you a little bit of a break. Ritual takes so long to do and the pool of items is 99% TRASH until you get to maps. Total waste of time this time.

[@hristaka_41]

how do I reset the zone so I can go through it again?

[@lootmaster1337]

I just use victarios flight for 25% ms the moment i can until i can get some 30-35% tailwind like a real exile

[@davep5788]

I did every ritual, and as usual did all the skill points as I went. I think I was about 70ish by the time I hit blood aqueducts. I assume it took me a bit longer than you. Next alt I'll try these tips. 🤔

[@d.z.6669]

My Hardcore character died but due to the trials (i always tried Max round) i was way overleveled. Lvl 72 and did not even finish the story :D Vortex died and was my 1st character Now i Play Essence darin and IT is also fun and destroys the trials

[@DarkleyDK]

Added advice, if you want to do your own build, plan ahead, make your build tree in path of building before you start leveling, less down time while leveling. Great video, was looking for something to help a m8 get started on the game. Well worth a sub :)

[@Joulespersecond]

If you are in SSF, don't skip the league mechanics (especially on a league start). They are fantastic methods of obtaining leveliing uniques, and are well worth the time investment.

[@swernerv]

Once lvling with a shit early build and I literally died 48 times to (old) merciless Kaom lol. Entered the arena, threw everything and died insta. Repeat

[@nikhilschmelzle5654]

when bigducks tells you something, which you didnt know after 400h+ in poe. :D

[@korbynbrallier8164]

"All this can be learned in 5-10 minutes..." -proceeds to make a 15m video

[@ItsYoji]

You say it can be learned in 5-10 minutes but the video is 15 minutes long??? Nice scam. Unsubbed, unfollowed, unwatched.

[@supravlieg]

You watch videos at 100% speed? If I had that much time I'd be watching more podcasts.

[@MrArthitJ]

HAHA very funny !!!

[@davep5788]

It's not 5-10 minutes, it's 5+10 minutes.

[@SmashBrosFreak56]

stop cry hating kachba yoji

[@piotrrutkowski76]

*WHAT* is going on guys, it's Yoji

[@KingOfNebbishes]

Sir, where does obsessively stopping at every vendor looking for good links fit in here?

[@recon6452]

Dont forget to check all the vendors everytime you level up!

[@masterxXx77]

Yea, and browse the market and waste resources on stuff you dont really need.

[@ToadstedCroaks]

Going through campaign listening to podcast *Podcast ends* "I .... I .... I don't know what to do!!!" Proceed to spend up to an hour trying to find something to listen to, getting distracted by something else on the internet, and forgetting entirely that the game is running in the background.

[@blackodem]

Ohh I feel that^^

[@ambassadorofreee3859]

sounds about right

[@yimwee2401]

Yea a bunch of my total time played is just sitting in town watching youtube videos

[@CorporalPT]

from my experience, by the time you get to the last episode of a podcast, you won't remember anything from the earlier ones, so just relisten the whole show.

[@MckaiserDragon]

but... im addicted to killing stuff. if it moves, it needs to die.

[@Disciple_of_Cthulhu]

Plus, if you're not killing, you're not getting loot. Where's all that decent levelling gear going to come from?

[@MckaiserDragon]

@@Disciple_of_Cthulhu things r super cheap early game, maps is where the good loot is.

[@Disciple_of_Cthulhu]

@@MckaiserDragon How much for Gdldrim or Wanderlust?

[@MckaiserDragon]

@@Disciple_of_Cthulhu idk, check poetrade

[@rckd5903]

@@Disciple_of_Cthulhu save for tabula, buy, win 🤣

[@Joeyfield0]

8:42 to open a new instance, hold ctrl while clicking the destination; also applies to entering new areas

[@morisn199]

thanks i was looking for this^^

[@EscapedConvict2007]

I go through the campaign with at least 3 quicksilver flasks, and only stop to kill mobs when i need flask charge, that helped me a lot.

[@ТАДАМ-ю4ж]

Try hardcore

[@florkgagga]

Good for you.

[@Ranglegoose]

You don't level slower because of penalties when you are at or slightly above level. You level slower because you COULD be in a higher level zone (which awards more XP) without penalties.

[@Ruunarr]

How to explain alternative cost for gamers! Brilliant!

[@Vherax]

Yes, but also there is an actual penalty when you're more than a few levels higher than the monsters you're killing. Those two effects add up.

[@asdanjer]

@@Vherax yea but that is not really relvant here as even if you kill a lot of monsters you not gonna be 4+(level/16) levels above the zone normaly. and he was talking about being AT zonne level. The Diffrence is really kust the level increase of the monsters (1.02*Mob_Level^2.2 to be precise.)

[@Azsunes]

@@Vherax It's 6 levels before and after on PoB before you lose 100% exp multiplier

[@Vherax]

@@Azsunes It’s 6 levels when you’re in 48-63 level range. Below that, the gap is smaller, above its bigger.

[@eskay_mochi]

"Throw your corpse at the boss" Let's see how far I get with a Cast on Death - Body Swap build.

[@KingOfBlades27]

The YEEET build 😂

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

If this is a thing.. just yes lmao

[@aleksei8884]

Lmao, I just started playing the game today and I go around all of the locations and kill all the enemies, it’s fun :)

[@brunobaleizao7903]

instructions unclear, threw my computer through the window

[@aljaztajhman5672]

I'm 2:38 minutes in the video, and I already like this dude. 1.) A good pitch/intro to his video. 2.) Cool CTA for subscribing. 3.) Quality content.

[@Flackon]

CTA?

[@aljaztajhman5672]

@@Flackon Call to Action.

[@rsinicio]

I´m the opposite of the video. I like levelling, watch my character grow, change equipment. Mapping is SOOOO boring, doing the same maps for almost no exp gain. I usually stop playing the char at level 87-90 max.

[@efreitorhabibulin238]

yeah, when I was a noob and didn't know how to properly do any build progression I would also stop at 90 coz i couldn't progress any further, everything was killing me, so I would re-roll, and try another build/char, and so on... and I also would convince myself "it is actually more fun this way" when in reality it wasn't, once you learn the ver end-game, you will see the fun is actually the epic battles vs elder, shaper, uber atziri/elder/shaper, sirus, conquerors, maven and invitations... not fucking campaign xD

[@kevinmorales4405]

@@efreitorhabibulin238 this is me currently

[@gutoguto0873]

@@efreitorhabibulin238 me right now.

[@TheZyphro]

just one thing about blood aqueducts, the little branches in the map that go to the outside are guaranteed to have blue packs so i usually always go down there

[@SenpaiSaiko]

this ^ (i think its 100% worth)

[@thomaspayne4090]

this ^

[@TethoSama]

thanks

[@Lordofyourfate]

And a bonus, while farming BA, you can drop divinity cards for tabula rasa. Specially handy in the beginning of the league/SSF

[@frequentsee3815]

First 30 seconds.. I like this guy already.

[@commanderdog]

I tell myself every League that I won't stop to kill monsters and I get maybe 2-3 screens in Act 1 before I instantly fail miserably at that and just kill too much.

[@HuyNguyen-ev7mp]

Quick tip: smoke mine + flame dash combo is SUPER OP. You may lazy practicing that combo at first ( like me ), but after I can use it properly I addicted to it. Trust me you will feel way faster using that combo.

[@mojicapq]

I genuinely enjoy levelling tbh, thanks to tyty I can spend 4-6 hours levelling, and I enjoy that absolute living hell out of that. I love using the skills at their absolute raw stage and see how they go up, then finally hitting act 4 and using all the link before hitting Malachai. Just keep moving, hit monsters, level, +/-1 level per area, and never EVER sit in encampments or your hideout unless you're crafting resistances or taking a small break

[@amzarnacht6710]

12:50 - After act 5 each death is a 5% XP penalty. During the leveling process this is hardly noticeable. But it ruins the endgame *HARD*

[@hadison6838]

Eh, at least you still keep your character.

[@MrKinir]

The hell are you talking about...

[@hadison6838]

@@MrKinir He's talking about the laughable death in Softcore. Oh, no my exp...

[@toukoenriaze9870]

Ngl death pretty irrelivant until post 70 lul u get ur exp back first pack of blue mobs

[@ArmadilloGodzilla]

That 10% xp loss is game killing. Fucking hate it and stop playing somewhere in the 81-89 range.

[@billedefoudre]

I.. tried to do that. And get totally destroyed at each pack of monsters I crossed path with, very quickly, and all throughout the game. I ended the campaign at lvl 80, NOT because I wanted to, but because I couldn't progress at all, was getting fully stuck/owned 30+ times at every boss, despite pouring all my skills into minions & life+shield+resistances upgrades, and gearing up as I go, just to survive enough to reach the end of each zone. So I don't get this game, I think. :/ Leveling and clearing zones are not a "choice", in my runs, since a decade. I like playing that way, fortunately. (I got the sensation to really EARN each zone I finally cross, giving how crazy hard it is) But I still have no clue how all other players seem to just stomp on the game and make insanely crazy and efficient builds, or make work tactics like "just move". Now I finally finish the game, at lvl 80. And I'm still more fragile than ever, I get my ass totally kicked by all end-game stuff like Mine, Heist, Einar's beasts, Temple, dig sites and all. So, yeah, now I'm just sad. Because I don't think Path of Exile is for softcore players, in the end, and we're not meant to enjoy everything the game has to offer. It's meant for power gamer that just so inherently understand the numerous core mechanics enough to just "run fast with -3 lvl on each zone", and survive more than 3 minutes like this, yeah. I'm not sure you should lose time on us. But thanks for trying.

[@delryn256]

It's really simple, don't do anything at all, just rush past all the content, ignore that boring stuff, SKIP EVERYTHING, actually, just stop playing the game because you're not allowed to have fun!

[@tomaszwida]

wall im a kind of a player once i finish a campaign i stop playing a game because it just becoming repetitive like maps in this game how many can u do before u get bored from that grinding? 10, 20,100? I did 10 maps today and I'm like bleee let me play something else...

[@stevenpang0423]

Sweet, even for people with experience this still help alot

[@jaredemery6189]

I follow all that you are saying, but find as soon as I get to a boss, I find that I keep dying. I am following guides, good guides but just never get the equipment I need and find myself getting through the acts fast, but the stinken bosses, mostly the dungeon boss and the guard in act 3.

[@R_a_X]

I put mostly everything here into practice during a new league start. Except the spending time in town part. The single biggest thing that slows me down every time is managing sockets/links. It takes forever to find a 4L (with the correct base) from a vendor, and it's too early to have the currency to craft my own. Then I find something that's a huge upgrade overall, except I can't use it because it uncaps one resist by 30%, or it's in the same slot as my current 4L, or some other weird shit that I have to juggle. If I just ignore it and "keep moving" I never end up upgrading anything and the zone level power creep becomes apparent pretty quickly. I also never seem to have enough currency for resist/life from the crafting bench while leveling, even though I make sure to have a full inventory to sell whenever I get to the next town. What do?

[@Miley_00]

My problem is I have no clue where I am going or where I should be going....

[@tomaszwida]

this should really be directed to people that have years of experience with this game and have memorized maps, not to new players at all. just play at ur own paste the campaign is actually fun and what is boring is the endgame maps are one of the biggest hurtle, I think of it as Korean grind loading instances over and over again with a few different modifiers... but maybe im doing it wrong I plays this game 5 years ago and just got back to it. a lot has changed

[@Miley_00]

@@tomaszwida I got to the final act today and tried a map out and just get totally raped.... I'm super poor and cannot afford to upgrade my sword

[@kukif]

@@Miley_00 FIrst time playing? Sadly PoE is a very hard game, and if you are new you won't have a good build, you will just hit a wall. That said is an important learing experience to fuck up on your first playtrough. Truth is, without a cohesive build, it's just impossible to advance. You can either make a build with your current character (You will need...a lot of regret orbs) or start over. Just google PoE builds and pick one that is not super expensive and good for beginners. I know it sucks to start over, but that's what it is. You will have to do this every league anyway. As a casual player that still has 400hs in the game (It's nothing compared to "real" players) I feel you. If you need anything I can help you to the best of my habilities.

[@Disciple_of_Cthulhu]

What's the cutoff for getting 100 percent experience within a zone? I read it was something around +/-3 levels.

[@BahamutEx]

No idea, i was super overleveled from the start.

[@maxcimander188]

IT depends, when Ur lvl 5 its Like 2 Levels for 100% but when Ur lvl 50 its more like 4-5 Zone levels. There are nice graphs online

[@Disciple_of_Cthulhu]

@@maxcimander188 Thanks.

[@Gastell0]

So, I don't need to kill every single enemy on the map? That's a hard bargain (ʘ ͟ʖ ʘ)

[@recon6452]

This video cost me 15 minutes I could have put toward campaign Kappa

[@MK-rc3pq]

what if I enjoy campaign more than anything after that? :D

[@bracksza]

Then POE isn't really for you unless you want to use a bot to farm BA

[@saltoi546]

What is this build does anyone know?

[@maxpanicked1451]

I'm just a beginner, got a few pointers from guides like this, and am creating my own build (ikr?) and slowly figuring everything out. It's a blast learning how the stuff works and synergizes. Not sure why most people are so focused on doing everything as efficiently and quickly as possible. There can be fun just learning slowly and soaking everything in, too. Another really great guide, though!

[@trixon2118]

Well that's because when you finish the campaign once then there is not really a reason you wouldn't want to not finish it fast again. The real Path of Exile gameplay is on maps not on prologue named "Campaign" Edit: sheesh, just saw that it's been a year ago lol

[@Vherax]

I'd just warn ppl not to overdo staying underleveled vs the zone you're currently in. If you fall -lower than those 3-4 levels (or more, depending on your level - check the experience formula on wiki) below the enemies in your current zone, you will actually take an experience penalty. I remember once rushing through the campaign, skipping most enemies. Was surprised to end up underleveled 10-12 levels by the time I reached act 4, just only because I didn't notice I went too fast and started loosing experience due to the level difference penalty.

[@emeyer816]

I played one of your builds for first time so noob friendly thanks!

[@dangyo910]

Damn I've been doing nessa this whole time?

[@Sowells]

It's a wonder GGG hasn't started selling skip Act 1-10 boosts yet since *everyone* (except me) hates to do the campaign and is always being called the 10 act tutorial. They should just start every character that boosted or finished the campaign once on an account to skip past it and begin at 75 with maps enabled*. Would that make you all happy?? :) *will only be honored on Standard League server.

[@bgh12g]

I cannot begin to thank you for some of these tips. As a complete noob the speed mechanics& not killing everything alone helped me get through the game so much faster. I cannot thank you enough!

[@zodiacr]

Ctrl+click on tree page confirms the point (no need to accept the allocated points)

[@MichaelPohoreski]

Here are some friendly tips and **step-by-step strategy:** 0. **Stop being in denial.** If you are taking 2+ days to get to maps then you are wasting SO much time. 1. KNOW your build BEFORE you start playing so you can Ctrl-Click nodes on the skill tree. e.g. Print it out 2. Turn in _multiple quests_ at once 3. Skip side quests 4. Use 3x flasks of Quicksilver 5. Change skill 1 to MOVE ONLY 6. Bind SPACEBAR to skill 1 (Move only). This will help prevent Carpal Tunnel in your right hand. 7. Use flame dash 8. Use smoke mine 9. Use/crafts boots with movement speed 10. ALWAYS keep moving towards the zone exit 11. Only kill to recharge flasks 12. Learn the zone layouts. 13. If you are spending more then 10 mins in a zone you are spending too long 14. Stop picking up crap. SKIP wisdom scrolls, portal scrolls, armor scraps, whetstones, white, blue, and yellow (until every 20 levels) 15. Use a stricter loot filter 16. Practice, Practice, Practice 17. Time yourself. See your play time with the built-in command: /played 18. /played even works on consoles 19. Play off a SSD (NVMe or M.2) 20. On PS4 upgrade the shitty 5200 RPM hard drive to an SSD. Takes 5 mins to swap the drive out. Plus (45 mins to backup and 45 mins to restore.) 21. Set _reasonable_ goals. Start with 24 hours (3 days of 8 hours.) Then aim for 16 hours. Then aim for 8 hours. 22. Know you're limits. If you have Carpal Tunnel you will never be as fast as others. 23. Ctrl click on waypoints to bring up the instance manager. i.e. Farm Blood Aquaducts for Humilty/Vanity divination cards for a Tabula Rasa. It _is_ possible to get to maps in 4 hrs. tyrykiller constantly showcases doing it. Realistically 6 to 8 hrs is a great time. Good luck!

[@ytubestolemyhandle]

Leveling is only a problem after lvl 90. When a single freak death negates your XP progress of an entire map (or several as you go higher). 91->92 a death robs you of XP from 1-2 maps already. I never got above lvl 93 in PoE. Every time I get used to mechanics and ALL THE HOOPS YOU NEED TO JUMP THROUGH to not get 1shot by random things, GGG overhauls half the game and I'm back at square 1. Most of the time the builds I use have potential to scale enough for all game content to be doable, but it usually requires a lot more currency I'm able or willing to farm. I'm just not built for speedrunning maps in 30 seconds each (which GGG seem to expect for any kind of efficiency) I faintly remember the time when you were doing fine just capping resistances and having semi-decent HP... these days: - resistance cap is too low, you need to raise cap as well. If you're under 80% shit HURTS - defences on gear don't really matter because they're so low. You better use Auras as they are 50% more effective than gear - you need to be crit immune or you die to 1shots all the time - you need to be stun immune cause even momentary stun is a death sentence above act5 - you need to play with a shield or a staff because the other things can't get block capped and as a result you DIE often. Good luck trying to dual wield or use bow, sucker - you need to be ailment immune because most of them are OP enough to kill you in a second or less at lvl 90+ - you need to be curse immune or you need to reroll maps too often - you need to be reflect immune or you need to reroll maps too often - you need multiple RELIABLE sources of resource regen (HP/mana) or you need to reroll maps too often - you need to have 100% spell damage suppression because GGG decided to make all endgame spells superpowered - and probably at least 5 other things I'm forgetting at the moment While this list wouldn't be a problem if you could choose 3-4 to do and it would be enough. No. You need to count with ALL of them, or you'll never get to lvl 100. No matter how careful you might try going, the game actively works things out to kill you. All it takes is not being 100% focused for couple miliseconds, and you've just lost all XP you made in last couple of hours. If you try to farm XP faster, you're just gonna die even more often and thus, be forever locked on the same level. I honestly have no idea how someone gets to lvl 100 in HC, and I keep thinking anyone who plays HC is a raging masochist.

[@koko2274]

i cannot not kill enemies.

[@mathiasblanchard6554]

"2 to 3 lvl below the zone...." Actually 5 lvl Above ....

[@bsabella]

Two trials of ascendancy I always skip are in the crypt (act 2) and in the catacombs (act 3), because they are out of my way. I wait after completing the first mission in act 4, then I come back, then I do the first Lab... way faster ;P Also press tab to check the lvl of the current area... If you are at the same lvl, skip most of the mobs and start killing the ones at the next area. And for God's sake, talk to the NPC in Act 3 AFTER getting the way point in Crematorium and get the way point in the Lab on the way out (you save A LOT of walking)

[@SnapJD]

so much talking .... so little information

[@sythalinchambers6101]

The real TL;DR 1) Buy leveling gear with your level 1 character that has no currency 2) Kill as little as possible while Sonic running through every zone 3) Death spam bosses at the end each act because you're not killing/looting/crafting gear 4) Craft your gear with all the currency you didn't get/loot after Sonic running through every zone when you finish the campaign One day someone will actually make a video that is relatable to actual newbie characters/players that isn't from a biased viewpoint of being stocked on infinite currencies that enables them to skip half the game while leveling.

[@asd6214]

But the loot! My basic instincts force me to pick up that loot! I just have to loot! LOOT

[@gomerbolstrood3]

The main thing that slows me down with my first char in a new league is....the league itself :> Acts 1-3 I'm usually figuring it out having fun. THEN I will party and power through untill I'm like 3-6 levels behind, farm and do league mechanic till I'm on par and contnue. Especially love doing aquaduct for league mechanics as it's straight forward very rarly will you miss the league mechanic if your just running through.

[@kjetildg]

Disagree on your quest-skill-points thing; it impacts the power of your character, which slows you down. I do skip scary ones like Gruthkul, and come back to him later. I do, do :) league mechanics, as I'm SSF and things you get there can help you immensly.

[@pinball2k6]

I dont really understand the map hype. I spent 150-200 hours pissing around on POE and having fun experimenting with char builds and learning different stuff and absolutely loved it. Eventually got sick of campaign obviously and my friends who have 4000 or so hours were all saying how i should stop making new chars cuz maps was awesome and it's a totally new game etc. I got to maps. it's the same as everything else. same areas. same bosses. i dont get it. it's literally the same as the previous 10 hours lol

[@mikegamerguy4776]

"in a day" And that is why I'll never play POE again. Diablo may not have as good an end game, but at least I can get power leveled. POE is too old school for me and I played diablo 1 when it came out, so I am oldschool, but shit evolves. Grinding levels just to get to the interesting part is a dead meta for me. I won't do it. And no, I don't play MMOs either because I've already played enough of them that there's literally nothing for me in that genre because it's a stagnant, boring, skinnerbox genre.

[@richardbailey3647]

I'm in a5 chamber of inno. Ive tried 100 times to speed thru. But mobs block my path and Insta kill me. Ive tried using flame dash and x2 quicksilvers. I still get stuck and die. How am I supposed to run through when I can't?

[@yourtubisfilled7164]

Alright. I can do this .... *proceeds to kill, loot and evaluate for auction and/or sell everything*

[@maiskk6326]

heh, no. The sweet spot for xp gains is -3 / +3 lvl

[@balazsfenyes3880]

Even after 4k hours i can learn a few things. I did not know how to check which quest gives passive points, now i know. I usually just run straight to the boss, equip some boss killing spells or minions which i reskill later on after champaign and get back to sidequests after 2nd kitava.

[@basildaoust2821]

First, if we are newer players I have no clue where I am going much of the time and that is from playing for a while about a year ago and returning, and yes the tree still blows my mind so everyone who puts together a good build guide like you do I love :) I mean I am playing SSF and I think I got to Merviel the syren. I like killed her after my death then I teleported out to sell some things then I was like hey how do I get to Act II, oops. Yeah, go kill her again :) I mean in act II I never went into the library but I know I can buy more spells if I do so I'm kind of torn. Now I will admit I messed up trying to do the ascendancy, first I died standing in lava, yes I knew it was there but I thought I was out but obviously, my toe was in and I died, I forget why I died the second time, oh yeah spikes killed me. So I stopped playing for the night I will try again :) Why does my character not complain while they burn to death? I'm playing a few but with the Magic creeping first can I level all the skills all the time? Maybe your guide tells me this :)