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How Top Players Get Fully Geared On League Start
Mirror Tier | POE 2
Overview
This video provides a three-step plan for efficiently gearing up at the start of a Path of Exile league. It focuses on identifying the most valuable item bases to farm based on map tier and unlockable modifiers, utilizing powerful and often overlooked crafting methods like essences and the Omen of Putrifaction system, and finally, investing currency in items that will retain or increase their value alongside the game's economy, specifically mirroring the price of mirrors. The goal is to help players acquire better gear faster and more affordably than traditional methods.
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Chapters
- Monster level in maps directly correlates to the item level of drops, with higher tiers increasing monster level by one.
- Crucially, many powerful item modifiers unlock at lower map tiers than expected, making higher tiers not always superior for specific gear.
- For example, high movement speed on boots and plus skill modifiers on helmets are available in Tier 1 maps (level 65).
- Tier 7 maps (level 71) unlock significant resistance modifiers, making them ideal for belts, armors, and rings.
- Tier 11 maps (level 75) offer access to most maximum flat damage rolls and powerful amulet modifiers like +3 to skills.
Knowing which map tiers unlock essential modifiers allows players to farm the most valuable bases efficiently, rather than blindly rushing to the highest possible map tier.
Boots with high movement speed found in Tier 1 maps can be superior to similar boots found in Tier 15 maps because the movement speed modifier unlocks early.
- Early league crafting doesn't require complex knowledge; focus on three core systems: blue currency, essences, and Omen of Putrifaction.
- Blue currencies (Transmutation, Augmentation, Regal Orbs) are best used to add modifiers to items, especially when combined with desirable base modifiers.
- Essences are valuable for specific, guaranteed modifiers; focus on those that add skills (Sorcery, Battle) or resistances (Thawing, Insulation, Electricity, Ruin) to appropriate bases.
- The Omen of Putrifaction is the most powerful early-league crafting method, allowing six unveilable modifiers on an item without using expensive currency like Exalted Orbs.
- When using Omen of Putrifaction, prioritize items with at least one key modifier (e.g., movement speed, +skills) and then look for resistances and defenses.
Understanding these crafting systems allows players to transform common item bases into powerful gear for their own use or for profitable trading, significantly accelerating progression.
Using an Omen of Putrifaction on a pair of boots with existing movement speed can result in a highly desirable item with movement speed, armor, and resistances after the unveil process.
- Path of Exile's economy is largely priced relative to mirrors; currency inflates as the mirror price increases.
- To combat inflation, invest in items whose value scales with the mirror price.
- Omen of Abyssal Echoes are a good entry-level investment, as they are used in conjunction with other valuable omens.
- Omens of Light and Whittling are the primary mid-to-late league investments because they are essential for high-level crafting and are hoarded by large crafting groups to maintain high service prices.
- Hinakora's Lot is a long-term investment that increases in value as the league progresses and players seek to corrupt or sanctify high-value items.
Strategic currency investment ensures that your accumulated wealth keeps pace with the game's economic inflation, allowing you to eventually afford the most powerful items like mirrors.
Buying Omens of Whittling and Light in bulk allows players to either profit from their increasing value or use them for their own crafting, ensuring their currency grows alongside the mirror's price.
Key takeaways
- Focus farming efforts on map tiers that unlock the most valuable modifiers for your build, not necessarily the highest tier.
- Mastering blue currency, essences, and especially Omen of Putrifaction crafting can turn low-tier bases into powerful gear.
- Always prioritize items with unique, build-enabling modifiers (like movement speed or +skills) when crafting.
- Invest your currency in items like Omens of Light and Whittling that are fundamental to high-end crafting and whose value is tied to the mirror price.
- Understand that the game's economy is driven by mirrors; your investments should reflect this to avoid losing purchasing power.
- Don't neglect the importance of resistances and defensive layers when evaluating item modifiers.
Key terms
Map TierMonster LevelItem LevelModifiersMovement SpeedResistance ModifiersBlue Currencies (Transmutation, Augmentation, Regal)EssencesOmen of PutrifactionUnveiling ModifiersMirrorDivine OrbsOmen of Abyssal EchoesOmen of LightOmen of WhittlingHinakora's Lot
Test your understanding
- Why is it more beneficial to farm Tier 1 maps for certain gear pieces than higher tiers?
- How does the Omen of Putrifaction system allow for more powerful crafting outcomes compared to traditional methods?
- What are the three main categories of modifiers to look for when evaluating an item, and in what order of priority?
- Explain the relationship between the price of Divine Orbs, other currency, and the price of a Mirror.
- How can investing in Omens of Light and Whittling help a player's currency keep pace with economic inflation in Path of Exile?