Game Systems

Flasks are active consumables that recharge as you kill — mastering them is core to survival.

Items have colored sockets for skill gems — the right colors and links are crucial for your build.

A massive web of passive nodes that defines your character's stats — you pick a starting class then branch out.

A powerful subclass you unlock at level 33 by completing the Labyrinth — gives build-defining passives.

Active skill gems are your attacks and spells; support gems modify them — links connect them.

The main endgame loop — run maps to progress your Atlas and unlock harder content.

Descend infinitely into the Azurite Mine — the deeper you go, the better the rewards.

Interrogate and manipulate a crime organization to farm scarce crafting items.

Detonate explosives to excavate ancient artifacts and gamble for currency.

Tower defense encounters — build towers to stop waves of monsters from reaching the pump.

Pull off stealth heists in a locked-down compound — get in, grab loot, get out before the alarm triggers.

A roguelite dungeon where a single wrong step drains your Resolve (a second health bar).

Follow a cracking rift that spawns monsters, then dive into an Abyssal Depths dungeon.

Touch a hand in the ground to open a portal that spawns massive waves of monsters — kill as many as you can before it closes.

Unfreeze two frozen armies mid-battle and kill them before time runs out.

Walk into a mirror that spreads fog and spawns monsters — the deeper into the fog, the better the rewards.

Kill monsters in blood circles to earn Tribute, then spend it on a randomized vendor.

Grow monsters in a magical garden and use the seeds to craft powerful targeted mods.

Use Essences on items to guarantee a specific high-level mod while randomizing the rest.

PoE uses currency items instead of gold — each does something to items, and they're all tradeable.