PoE 2 · Foundations
Foundations
Attributes, defenses, Spirit, gems, stagger, resistances, flasks, currency, loot filters — campaign-ready basics. 12 lessons live.
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Short, verified lessons for Path of Exile 2 systems — not a wall of wiki tabs. Foundations covers the campaign; Endgame covers the Atlas and the 0.5 systems; League covers the current challenge league. We add modules only after a fresh research pass.
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Gems, runes & uniques
Browse skill, support, Lineage, and Spirit gems plus runes, soul cores, idols, and unique items — inventory tooltips, search, and pin to compare.
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Ascendancies
In-depth pages for each Ascendancy, grouped by base class. All 8 classes are live.
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Exchanges
Reforging Bench, Disenchanting, and Gambling — the real currency and crafting exchanges in PoE 2. (No, there's no PoE 1-style vendor recipes.)
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Crafting
Walk a craft in order — pick a base, lock an Essence, then Desecrate, Fill, Clean, Socket, and Commit. Verified against patch 0.5.4.
Foundations path
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Primary attributes, defenses, Spirit, and controls
Stats, life and energy shield, resistance caps and campaign penalties, Spirit for persistent skills, dodge roll, and Ascendancy trials.
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2 / 12VerifiedPatch 0.5.4The passive tree, dual specialization, and respec
How the shared passive tree works, flexible attribute travel nodes, Weapon Set Points and dual specialization, Keystones, and how to respec.
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3 / 12VerifiedPatch 0.5.4Classes and Ascendancies
The 8 released base classes, their starting attributes and weapon identities, all confirmed Ascendancy sub-classes, and how Ascendancy choice and respec actually work.
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4 / 12VerifiedPatch 0.5.4Weapon swap and dual specialization, in practice
How tagged passive nodes, skill-to-weapon-set assignment, and auto-swap actually work — the practical UI side of the mechanic introduced in the passive tree lesson.
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5 / 12VerifiedPatch 0.5.4Skill gems, sockets, and Meta Gems
How the Skills Window replaces gear sockets, Uncut Gem engraving, Jeweller's Orb socket progression, how attributes actually gate your support gems, and Meta Gems.
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Item sockets, Runes, and Soul Cores
How gear sockets work now that skills live in the Skills Window, the difference between Runes and Soul Cores, where Soul Cores come from, and how socketing and overwriting actually work.
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7 / 12VerifiedPatch 0.5.4Boss stagger, Heavy Stun, and crowd control
How the Heavy Stun bar works on bosses, Light Stun vs. Heavy Stun, why Freeze and Electrocute are separate meters from Heavy Stun (not elemental versions of it) and how Electrocute actually requires a specific enabler, the melee/physical stun bonus, and diminishing returns against stun-locking.
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8 / 12VerifiedPatch 0.5.4Survival & resistances: why you die
The 75% resistance cap and why it isn't the whole story, the campaign penalty that quietly eats your resistance as you progress, why Chaos Resistance plays by different rules, and the defense-stack mechanics (Energy Shield, ailments, Block/Evasion) that actually decide whether a hit kills you.
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9 / 12VerifiedPatch 0.5.4Flasks and Charms: your active survival kit
How Life and Mana Flasks actually recover (over time, not instantly), why POE2 has no utility flasks anymore, what Charms are and how they auto-trigger, and the practical failure modes — flasking too late, assuming a charm is permanent immunity, and running dry mid-fight.
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Core currency — what the orbs actually do
The orb-by-orb list of POE2's crafting currency — Transmutation through Mirror of Kalandra — and one Path of Exile 1 currency that doesn't exist here.
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11 / 12VerifiedPatch 0.5.4Loot filters: see the drops that matter
What a .filter file actually is, why the campaign is unreadable without one, how to install NeverSink and pick a strictness tier, and when to step up as you enter maps.
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12 / 12VerifiedPatch 0.5.4Trading — Currency Exchange, whispers, and the hideout shop
When the Currency Exchange unlocks, how order matching works, how gear trades (whispers vs Ange and Merchant's Tabs), and what currency flipping actually means.
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