Path Of Exile 2 Carry Run

As you explore the thrilling endgame content in Path of Exile 2 Early Access, you may encounter many optional bosses, which are usually hidden behind quests and requirements. Once you find and defeat them, they will provide you with some permanent attribute bonuses and a lot of valuable loot.

This guide will introduce you to Xesht, We That Are One, which is one of these optional bosses. It requires you to complete some requirements on the map in Atlas to appear. Since the difficulty of these bosses will be greatly increased in the endgame stage of POE 2, here are the specific locations of Xesht, the tips you need to fight it, and what rewards it will provide you.

Xesht’s Location

As you explore Twisted Domain, you may come across a Realmgate, which is your portal to the current area boss encounter. But before you open this portal, you need to clear a large breach contained here - clear all the monsters that appear here and collect Breach Splinters, which are important items for opening the portal, as well as other loot.

After you collect 300 Breach Splinters, you can combine them into a Breachstone, then take it to the beginning of Atlas to find Realmgate, and then place it in the slot shown on the screen, and then click Traverse button, you will be teleported to the arena where you and Xesht, We That Are One fought.

It should be noted here that because of POE 2’s unique map update mechanism, you may find that the furnishings and the location of Realmgate on the map have changed when you explore again the next day. This is the developer’s effort to give you a fresh exploration experience. But no matter how it changes, the Realmgate is generally always located near the beginning of the Atlas map, and you can look for it carefully.

Xesht’s Moves

Now that we know where Xesht, We That Are One is, let’s take a look at what attacks he’ll use in battle and how you can react to them. Here we’ll divide his attacks into low-risk and high-risk moves based on how dangerous they are, but since each player will use his moves in a different order, it’s best to learn them all.

It is important to note that before taking on this optional boss, you should interact with the nearest checkpoint near Realmgate. This is so that you can spend POE 2 Currency to make your gear in your build higher in rarity and with a better affix before the fight. It is also so that if you lose the fight, you can respawn here and make the next attempt.

Low Risk

• Fireball: Xesht will gradually charge up, eventually throwing a large fireball and slamming it in front of the boss. Although the fire damage this move can cause is huge, it’s good to predict when it’s charging. Most importantly, the fireball only affects a small area in front of Xesht, so you just need to dodge in time or increase your fire resistance by spending POE 2 Regal Orbs to improve defensive gear capabilities.
• Lightning Puppet: Like most optional bosses, Xesht will summon some puppets during battle to help him complete the battle. One of these is Lightning Puppet, which charges up to create an expanding area of ​​lightning that explodes after a few seconds. This deals more area damage than the previous move, so make sure you stay away from the expanding blue source to avoid taking more damage.
• Cold Puppet: Like Lightning Puppet, this is another puppet summoned by Xesht that deals elemental damage. However, Cold Puppet fires many projectiles with strong cold damage, so you may need to stay as close to the circle behind the puppet as possible or keep a certain distance from it to avoid the projectiles.
• Hand Crawl: In this move, Xesht disappears from the arena, but you will see a crawling hand that keeps chasing you and can cause damage. Stay calm and stay still. When it reaches you, look for the lines indicating the direction of the wave and dodge accordingly to avoid subsequent attacks.

High Risk

• Finger Guns: Xesht points his fingers forward and fires a number of projectiles that explode when they hit you. While these projectiles are very powerful, the duration of this move is very short, so you can avoid being hit by getting close to Xesht to cast his attack skills.
• Giant Hand: You will see a giant hand hovering above the arena, and the shadow area will burn with flames. It should be noted that this hand will track your position, so you need to dodge and roll in time to avoid this move that can cause continuous damage.
• Arm Portals: At this time, portals on the floor of the arena will spawn some giant arms and slam down on you. Since these arms are generated around the arena, you can move to the center of the portals to get past the minimum range and avoid subsequent attacks. But it should be noted here that even if Xesht is defeated, these arms will continue to attack you, so you need to be careful when picking up loot.
• Double Puppets: besides being summoned individually, Lightning Puppet and Cold Puppet can also be summoned by Xesht at the same time, and they will flood the entire arena with their projectiles and area attacks. Avoid being in the arena, and preferably in one hallway to keep your character safe.
• Wind Blast: Xesht will also charge up a wind projectile and fire it for physical damage. Of course, you can also predict it while it’s charging, so try to dodge from a distance. Or you can just get in close to avoid the projectile’s path.

Rewards From Xesht, We That Are One

Generally, this type of optional boss will drop a lot of POE 2 currency and some loot. But players are most concerned about what kind of permanent attribute rewards it can provide you. Here Xesht will reward you with an Otherworldly Book of Knowledge, which can provide you with 2 Breach Atlas Passive Points, but only if you defeat it for the first time.

In addition, Xesht also has a certain chance to drop a Unique, so that you can use it to enhance your build. Generally, it will drop one of the following lists. But some of these items have a relatively low drop rate, so you can farm this boss multiple times at different difficulty levels.

• The Pandemonius Lapis Amulet
• Beyond Reach Visceral Quiver
• Hand of Wisdom and Action Furtive Wraps
• Skin of the Loyal Garment
• Choir of the Storm Jade Amulet
• Xoph’s Blood Amber Amulet
• Controlled Metamorphosis Diamond

This is the location and strategy of the very important optional boss Xesht, We That Are One that you will encounter in POE 2 Early Access. Hopefully, you can use this guide to complete this boss’ encounter in a smooth manner. Have fun!

After you complete all the game content in Normal and Cruel difficulties provided to you by Path of Exile 2 Early Access, you will enter the second half of the entire game, which is the endgame content that most players are very troubled by. In this content that differs completely from the first half, you will need to learn new ways to navigate the game, judge the value of items, and learn the ability to use new functions to ensure that your exploration is in the best state.

Generally speaking, when players reach the endgame stage, they are already familiar enough with most of the mechanisms and builds in POE 2 to cope with most challenges. However, given that the difficulty here is several times that of the previous game content, you may need to learn about some of the special mechanisms and knowledge in advance according to the introduction in this guide. The tips and strategies provided here may bring you a better endgame experience.

1. Use Some Loot Filters

As you explore the endgame in POE 2 and explore Atlas of Worlds, enemies or bosses here will drop a lot of loot. At this time, you need to learn some loot to judge which loot will have a greater benefit to your build, such as POE 2 Currency, which can be used to upgrade gear, and Magic-quality Flask, which is very important in combat.

In general, it is difficult for you to see what specific effect this item will have on your build directly, so you can use some loot filters. They will highlight those valuable or useful loot in a pile of loot and hide those that are not suitable for your build or not worth picking up.

But here I need to remind you that it is best to use loot filters in some maps that use advanced Waystones, because with the help of this Waystone, the map you explore will become more difficult, but the loot provided to you will also be a lot, and even cover your entire screen without filtering.

2. Focus On Gear With Rune Sockets And High Quality

Although I just said that you don’t need to pick up all the loot, gear with rune sockets or high quality deserves your special attention. After you obtain these items and salvage them, you will obtain Armorer’s Scrap, Blacksmith’s Whetstone, and Shards, which can be used as materials for Artificer’s Orbs that can add rune sockets to any of your gear.

By the way, these crafting materials are useful in themselves and can be exchanged for some currencies you often use when making builds. For example, 2-3 Armorer’s Scrap plus 5-6 Blacksmith’s Whetstone can be exchanged at Currency Exchange for a POE 2 Exalted Orb, which can add a useful affix to the gear in your build and make it more effective.

If you follow the first tip, you can set these items with high quality or rune sockets as exceptions when using the loot filter to avoid missing these important items. Or if you don’t have much help, you can choose based on the description of the item: the little white square on the description means it has a rune socket, and then see if the item has Superior in the title. You can also see if the loot has these two important pieces of information on their description by hovering your mouse over them.

3. Use Portals Early

In the endgame in POE 2, after you activate a Waystone for a map on Atlas, six portals appear in Ziggurat Refuge, each representing an opportunity to use a Town Portal to return to Refuge during exploration. Generally, you can use this as an opportunity to refresh Flasks and Charms, clear inventory space, or readjust your build to handle more difficult map challenges.

When you die on a map, all portals are closed, and you can only use a Waystone to return to Ziggurat Refuge and try again, but only if you don’t destroy the map node. So you should use the portals as early as possible in the process of exploring the map, so that there is a low probability of running out of resources.

4. Add Some Gear With Elemental Resistances

When you are playing the previous game content, you may have always adhered to the rule of standardizing Elemental Resistances, which can help you deal with most situations. However, some maps or enemy types in the endgame will threaten you with specific and very high elemental damage, so you should try to use some gear with specific Elemental Resistances to counter them before exploring.

For example, high Fire Resistance will be suitable for areas with a lot of Fire enemies, and high Poison defense stats will be suitable for areas with a lot of Poison enemies. If you don’t need these gears in your current exploration, you can save them in your Stash, because you never know when you will encounter a map that can cause 200% specific elemental damage and a lot of elemental enemies. These gears will increase your survivability far more than those combat modifiers.

5. Select Atlas Skills That Have Buffs To Waystone Rarity & Drop Chance

Once you enter Atlas and complete ten Tier 1 or higher Waystones in a map, an NPC named Doryani will give you a book that grants you 2 Atlas Passive Skill Points, which are only applicable to maps in Atlas.

While nodes on Atlas Skill Tree affect maps in a variety of ways, you should prioritize two points of gain, the rarity and drop rate of Waystones. The more Waystones are valuable and available, the more rewards you will get from exploring maps here. Generally, these passive skill nodes are to the right of the starting point of Atlas Skill Tree and in the lower right corner.

The above is the preparation of information you need to know before exploring the endgame of POE 2. I hope that with the help of these strategies and tips, you can explore the second half of the game more easily and smoothly, and establish your own exploration awareness and playing style in the process. I wish you a happy game!