Mastering Path of Exile 2： A New Player's Guide

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Hello and welcome back to a new Path of

Exile 2 video.

So in this video, we're going to be

talking about tips and tricks to level up

the fastest in Path of Exile 2.

So there's many new things that you might

not be aware of if you're new to the game

series, and we're going to talk about

those things because it can really make a

difference in your leveling speed and the

amount of satisfaction and enjoyment you

can get out of the game in the early

stages.

Okay, so for starters, in any of the town

stages or areas, you're gonna have

basically the same types of NPCs and

vendors.

You're gonna have the hooded one, you're

gonna have the well, the waypoint.

You don't really need to go to the

waypoint to use the waypoint, you can just

press U and that will bring up the map of

the world.

And you can also switch between the

different acts.

I'm on Act 2, so you can't see Act 1

unless you click on Act 1.

And then you've also got some NPCs that

sell stuff and buy stuff, so just press

buy or sell items, and you can actually

sell stuff instead of dragging it over to

the vendor.

You can actually hold Ctrl and, um, let me

see something I don't really care about

keeping or not.

So yeah, so for example, you want to sell

the Sapphire Charm, you can hold Ctrl and

click it and it will sell.

And they also sell quite a lot of

different things.

So you've got weapons, you go on to page

2, they've got armor, you've got page 3

But they also have a different vendor

where they give you a randomized weapon.

So for example, you see this NPC Risu, buy

or sell items.

They will sell a random weapon or random

crossbow or random scepter.

So these are quite costly.

It's basically gambling because it is

quite a lot of money and you don't really

know what you're going to get.

You might get something good, you might

get something rubbish.

And you've got random bits of armor,

you've got random shields.

A random ring.

So it's quite good if you've got some

money to blow and you feel like luck's on

your side and you might be able to get

something good out of gambling in that

way.

Or you can play it safe, you go over to

the normal vendor and they'll just have

the stats all resting there for you to

make your purchasing decision easier.

You can also disenchant items by this one

by just dragging the item over to this

area, and then you'll get a transmutation

shard.

Now, an Orb of Transmutation is formed

after you have 10 of these, so it

basically upgrades a normal item to a

magic item with 1 modifier.

So it's a way to upgrade your weapons if

your weapons are rubbish.

Okay, moving on to the next tip.

So you're going to get these things called

Uncut Skill Gems, and if you right-click

on it, it will let you choose to pick a

new skill.

So I can't really pick anything right now,

but these are the ones I could be picking.

And then you have to get higher in level,

like level 31, level 41, level 52 for

these ones.

And you've got all these skills and you

can upgrade them as well.

And these are just the skills designed for

your class or your character.

You can also go to All Gems and you can

see this massive list of loads of

different skills.

Uh, you got different stuff It's not

really like a skill.

Some of them are skills, but a lot of them

are just things that get added to your

other skills.

So for example, if you go to— I can't

remember which button was— uh, G, then

you've got your skills on the left here,

and you've got slots.

You can put gems in the slots and it will

give them different bonuses, like, uh,

Mace Strike.

If you put Ignition, you get supported

skills have 100% more chance to ignite.

Fire infusion, get 25% damage as extra

fire damage.

So you can really craft your own playstyle

depending on what gems you have and which

abilities you slot them together with to

create kind of like a different playstyle.

Now if you go to P, that will open your

talent tree, which is this massive map.

And you can see you can just choose your

points depending on what you want.

You've got damage, you've got fire, armor,

Evasive maneuvers.

You've got evasive maneuvers.

So if you want like a dodging warrior

that's very evasive, you can do that

playstyle.

So yeah, also note that on the edges of

the circle is where you want to be aiming

for.

Uh, you get stuff like— hmm, what's this?

So you see the shape?

So this one looks like a sword.

That's because it's gonna buff sword

damage.

Look, 25% increased damage with swords.

Swords, 10% increased damage swords.

This one is a star, I don't know what that

means.

Uh, this one is an explosive.

This one is, uh, like a bullseye thing.

This one's a potion, I guess.

And this one's a spear, so if you've got a

spear Yeah, so the shapes of the skills

actually represent what kind of buffs

you're going to be getting.

Now if you're not happy with your

selection, you can respec.

You need to unlock the hooded one by

completing a quest.

You go to the hooded one, do refund

passives, and you need about— it's usually

about 500 gold per slot.

And then you basically just click them

like that, keep clicking them, and then

you can press apply refunds, but I don't

have enough money.

It is very costly, so if you want to

refund about 10 of them, it's going to

cost you like 5,000 gold.

So you can't really easily respec unless

you've got a lot of gold.

And there's also no button to just reset

everything back to default so you can

start building a new skill tree.

You've got to click it one by one by one

by one, so it's a bit frustrating in that

way.

Okay, so when it comes to combat,

obviously you've got your rolling, and you

have to be careful not to get surrounded

because You cannot walk through enemy

bodies in this game, and they do swarm

you, and they do seem to be programmed to

surround you.

So you see this, they're going to start

coming from all angles, and what you don't

want to do is get yourself trapped in a

corner and you can't roll out.

Being able to roll around is extremely

good for your survival unless you're

really tanky and you can just take all the

hits.

So you don't want to do this where you get

surrounded like that.

Because you're not going to be able to

roll out.

So you're really careful about not getting

yourself surrounded, making sure you know

where all the enemies are on the

battlefield,

and make sure you have control over the

fights.

Don't let the enemies control you.

Be the master of every engagement.

So you want to roll around as much as you

can.

Rolling around is really

the main thing that's going to keep you

alive is your ability to maneuver.

So you see this getting kind of risky.

So as you can see here, you've got a lot

of enemies.

You don't want them to surround you, so

always be on the move

and always have your abilities ready in

the right place when they need to be.

And then you shouldn't be really

surrounded by doing those things.

Now another little trick is if you open a

portal to town, don't worry, you can go

back to town without it affecting your,

your dungeon.

So the spawns won't respawn.

Look, if I go back to town, so I can go

back to town.

Let's say your inventory is full now, you

want to sell some stuff.

So I want to sell this,

and, uh, maybe I want to buy— I

want to buy something.

And then as you can see, after you finish

doing your trading, go back onto the

portal and it'll take you back to the

dungeon, and everything's going to be left

just how you left it.

So everything's still going to be there,

even with the damage.

The damage you've done to them will still

be saved and it won't reset.

Oh look, silk slippers.

So I can't really do much damage because I

don't have a weapon, so I can't use my

abilities.

So that's why I'm sucking.

One cool thing is you can actually summon

the portal whilst in combat.

So this thing's over there, and you say

bye-bye, I'm gonna go back in my portal.

So yeah, the portal system is very

flexible.

It's not like other games where if you

leave the dungeon and come back,

everything resets.

And it's not like you can't use the portal

if you're in combat.

So yeah, it's a very flexible system.

Can I actually buy a weapon now?