[POE 3.25] My SRS SSF leaguestarter

=== NOTES === 1. Some quests or rewards are not mentioned. This is either because there is only one reward, the choice doesn't matter, or the choice depends on your gear. 2. All gem groups and links are listed in order of priority, with gem groups from top to bottom and gem links from left to right, from highest to lowest. === TIPS === 1. Pick up rare summoner wands as they can have many useful mods. You can also pick up normal summoner wands and use Essences of Fear on them. 2. Craft "Immunity to Freeze and Chill during Effect" on your Quicksilver Flask (or any other utility flask) as soon as you have enough beasts in The Menagerie. Otherwise, avoid opening magic or rare strongboxes beyond Act 3. 3. For the bandit reward, feel free to pick resistances from Alira instead and then later swap to the passive point once you have better gear! 4. Use this regex for early 3L gear and movement speed boots: b-b-r|b-r-b|r-b-b|nne|rint 5. Use this regex for 4L gear (Act 3+): -\w-.- === ACT 1 === TIP: Buy a Jade Amulet, 2 Sapphire Rings, and a Heavy Belt from Nessa as they become available. You can also use a vendor recipe to get a Sapphire Ring (Iron Ring + blue gem). TIP: Open the hidden strongbox in The Upper Prison (use an Orb of Transmutation on it if it's white). If you're lucky, you can get multiple Quicksilver Flasks, which you can then use in vendor recipes to create or upgrade movement speed boots. 1. Complete the quest "Enemy at the Gate". Get Rolling Magma as a reward. Buy Raise Zombie. [NEW] Rolling Magma - Arcane Surge (lvl 1) [NEW] Raise Zombie 2. Complete the quest "Mercy Mission". Get a Quicksilver Flask and Summon Phantasm as rewards. Keep Arcane Surge in your inventory. [NEW] Rolling Magma - Summon Phantasm Raise Zombie 3. Complete the quest "Breaking Some Eggs". Get Summon Raging Spirit and Frostblink as rewards. Buy Holy Flame Totem. [NEW] Summon Raging Spirit - Arcane Surge (lvl 1) [NEW] Holy Flame Totem - Summon Phantasm Raise Zombie [NEW] Frostblink 5. Reach The Lower Prison. Get Minion Damage as a reward. Buy another Minion Damage and 2 x Melee Splash. [NEW] Summon Raging Spirit - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Holy Flame Totem - Summon Phantasm [NEW] Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Frostblink 6. Complete the quest "The Caged Brute". Get Flame Dash as a reward. Buy Vitality. Summon Raging Spirit - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Holy Flame Totem - Summon Phantasm Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash [NEW] Flame Dash [NEW] Vitality (lvl 10) === ACT 2 === 1. Complete the quest "The Great White Beast". Get a Quicksilver Flask as a reward. Now that you have 2 Quicksilver Flasks, you can use one of them to create or upgrade movement speed boots. 2. Complete the quest "Intruders in Black". Get Desecrate as a reward and put it in your stash. Buy Summon Skitterbots and Infernal Legion (Act 1). You can keep the totem until later if you have free sockets. Summon Raging Spirit - Minion Damage - Melee Splash [NEW] Summon Skitterbots - Infernal Legion Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Flame Dash Vitality (lvl 10) === ACT 3 === TIP: Starting from this act, check vendors for 4L gear. You either want 1R3B or an armor/ES hybrid base for easy recoloring. Once you get a 4L, use any resistance essence on it if possible. You can use Unbound Ailments (Act 1) as the fourth link instead of Unleash for now. 1. Complete the quest "Lost in Love". Get Flammability as a reward. Summon Raging Spirit - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Summon Skitterbots - Infernal Legion Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Flame Dash Vitality (lvl 10) [NEW] Flammability 2. Complete the quest "The Ribbon Spool". Get a Jade Amulet as a reward. 3. Complete the quest "Sever the Right Hand". Get Raise Spectre as a reward. Go to The Old Fields in Act 2 and raise 2 Carnage Chieftains so your minions have frenzy charges. You can raise a Host Chieftain for power charges when you reach The Riverways in Act 6. Summon Raging Spirit - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Summon Skitterbots - Infernal Legion Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Flame Dash Vitality (lvl 10) Flammability [NEW] Raise Spectre 4. Complete the quest "A Fixture of Fate". Get Feeding Frenzy as a reward. Buy Convocation, Steelskin, and Determination (level it in the weapon swap) from Siosa. Buy Automation from Clarissa. Summon Raging Spirit - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Summon Skitterbots - Infernal Legion Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Flame Dash Vitality (lvl 10) [NEW] Automation - Steelskin - Convocation Flammability [NEW] Raise Spectre - Feeding Frenzy === ACT 4 === TIP: Complete the normal lab before you start this act. 1. Complete the quest "Breaking the Seal". Get Summon Carrion Golem as a reward. Summon Raging Spirit - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Summon Skitterbots - Infernal Legion Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Flame Dash Vitality (lvl 10) Automation - Steelskin - Convocation Flammability Raise Spectre [NEW] Summon Carrion Golem - Feeding Frenzy 2. Complete the quest "The Eternal Nightmare". Get Unleash as a reward. If you care more about damage, consider keeping Summon Skitterbots instead of Determination. [NEW] Summon Raging Spirit - Unleash - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Flame Dash Vitality (lvl 10) Automation - Steelskin - Convocation [NEW] Determination Flammability Raise Spectre Summon Carrion Golem - Feeding Frenzy === ACT 5 === Complete the quest "The Key to Freedom". Get a Granite Flask as a reward. === ACT 6 === TIP: You can replace one of your Carnage Chieftains with a Host Chieftain for power charges when you reach The Southern Forest. Raise another Carnage Chieftain when you gain 3 spectres. 1. Complete the quest "Bestel's Epic". Get a Citrine Amulet as a reward. === ACT 7 === TIP: Complete the cruel lab after getting the waypoint in The Den. 1. Complete the quest "The Silver Locket". Get a Quartz Flask as a reward. 2. Complete the quest "In Memory of Greust". Get a Citrine Amulet as a reward. === ACT 8 === Complete the quest "Essence of the Hag". Get a Two-Stone Ring as a reward. === ACT 9 === 1. Stop here and farm 9 Humility cards in The Blood Aqueduct for Tabula Rasa. This might take you over 9 hours, but it's the most reliable method. 2.Buy Added Chaos Damage (Lily Roth), Chance to Poison (Lily Roth), and Multistrike (Act 4). Use Multistrike for bosses instead of Melee Splash. [NEW] Summon Raging Spirit - Unleash - Added Chaos Damage - Chance to Poison - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Raise Zombie - Minion Damage - Melee Splash Flame Dash Vitality (lvl 10) Automation - Steelskin - Convocation Determination Flammability Raise Spectre Summon Carrion Golem - Feeding Frenzy === ACT 10 === TIP: Complete the merciless lab before entering The Canals. 1. Complete the quest "Safe Passage". Get a Silver Flask as a reward. 2. Complete the quest "Map to Tsoatha". Get a Heavy Belt as a reward. === GEAR PROGRESSION === TIP: Replace Haste with Vaal Haste if you find one. TIP: Unfortunately, there is no reliable way to obtain The Covenant, it's an uncommon world drop. 1. Roll freeze immunity, increased armor, shock immunity, and increased movement speed on the utility flasks in no specific order. Do NOT use Glassblower's Baubles on your flasks right away. Instead, use the bench craft "Used when Charges reach full" (5 Instilling Orbs + 5 Glassblower's Baubles) on the utility flasks as you get the required currency. Start applying quality to your flasks after you're done bench-crafting them. 2. Buy all the missing gems for the early map setup. Additionally, buy 2 x Summon Raging Spirit (Act 1). Level them in the weapon swap until they're level 20, then use Gemcutter's Prisms on them and corrupt them using any method. Repeat until you succeed. After corrupting Summon Raging Spirit, you can repeat the process for other gems, such as Animate Guardian. 3. Farm Abyss and Harvest (Atlas tree #1). Get 2 Ghastly Eye Jewels from Abyssal Troves (they sometimes spawn after completing an abyss). Get Vivid Crystallized Lifeforce from the monsters in The Sacred Grove (the entrance sometimes spawns in maps). Make sure the jewels are rare and use the chaos Harvest reforge on them to get the chance to poison on hit for minions (~ 23% chance to get it). Socket the jewels into the tree. 4. Keep farming Abyss and Harvest (Atlas tree #1). Get 2 Ghastly Eye Jewels from Abyssal Troves (they sometimes spawn after completing an abyss). If you already have some extra, great! Get Darkness Enthroned from the bosses in Abyssal Depths (the entrance sometimes spawns after completing an abyss in a red map). Get Vivid Crystallized Lifeforce from the monsters in The Sacred Grove. Make sure the jewels are rare and use the chaos Harvest reforge on them to get any useful minion damage affixes. Socket 2 poison chance jewels into the belt and the other 2 into the tree. 5. Farm Breach, focusing on Chayula's and Uul-Netol's breaches (Atlas tree #2). Cap your chaos resistance for this step! Get 2 Blessings of Chayula from the boss in Chayula's Domain (use a Chayula's Breachstone in the map device to get there). Get Severed in Sleep and The Green Dream from the monsters in Chayula's breaches or the boss in Chayula's Domain. Use one blessing to upgrade Severed in Sleep into United in Dream. Once you do, use Envy provided by the sword instead of Haste (keep it for later) and replace Chance to Poison with Unbound Ailments. Use another blessing to upgrade The Green Dream into The Green Nightmare. Once you do, socket the jewel into the tree near Eternal Youth and get all the passives on the Sanctuary wheel. Get a Blessing of Uul-Netol from the boss in Uul-Netol's Domain (use an Uul-Netol's Breachstone in the map device to get there). Get The Anticipation from the monsters in Uul-Netol's breaches or the boss in Uul-Netol's Domain. Use the blessing to upgrade The Anticipation into The Surrender. 6. There are several things you can do next: - You can farm Delirium. Get an ilvl 84+ Large Cluster Jewel (with minion damage and ideally 12 passives or as many as possible) and a Medium Cluster Jewel (with minion life and 4-5 passives) from Delirium encounters (A Mirror of Delirium sometimes spawns in maps). Make sure the jewels are rare. Use the fire/cold/lightning Harvest reforges, depending on your other resistances, on the Large Cluster Jewel to get a resistance (or all elemental resistances) and increased effect of passives with no notables (~ 1 in 9 chances to get it). If you can get chaos resistance on top of it, great! Use the life Harvest reforge on the Medium Cluster Jewel to get the Blessed Rebirth notable (~ 1 in 19 chances to get it). If you can get Renewal on top of it, great! - You can farm Abyss (Atlas tree #1). Get Amanamu's Gaze from Stygian Spires or the bosses in Abyssal Depths. - You can farm Delve. Get a variation of Aul's Uprising with Envy from the boss in The Crystal King's Throne (sometimes spawns in the Primeval Ruins biome in Azurite Mine at 130+ depth). Once you have the amulet, use Haste in the sword (make sure it is NOT linked to Generosity). - You can farm Blight. Get 2 Black Oils and a Golden Oil from Blight encounters (A Fungal Growth sometimes spawns in maps). Use them to annoint the amulet with Inveterate. Don't bother with this step until you get Aul's Uprising. - You can farm Ultimatum. Get 20 Prismatic Catalysts to cap resistances on the rings. Don't bother with this step until you get the endgame rings. - You can farm awakened gems either by completing Maven's Invitations or by killing the boss in Absence of Mercy and Empathy (use The Maven's Writ in the map device to get there). Some gems cannot be obtained from Maven's Invitations. === SPECTRES === Once you reach T17 maps, you can try to get better spectres, such as 2 Arena Masters (give your minions increased attack and movement speed) and a Pale Seraphim (reduces your enemies' action speed). You can check their stats here: https://poedb.tw/us/Arena_Master#ArenaMasterAdjudicatorGrandMasterSpectre https://poedb.tw/us/Pale_Seraphim#PaleSeraphimHellscapePaleElite2Spectre I highly recommend keepeng those in a spectre bank (on a separate Witch which has those spectres summoned). === ANIMATE GUARDIAN GEAR PROGRESSION === TIP: AG gear can be very diverse, so feel free to experiment here. Just make sure your AG stays alive, or you will lose all the gear! Dying Breath -> Kingmaker Rare helmet with resistances and life -> Leer Cast -> Crown of the Tyrant with 4W sockets Rare body armor with resistances and life -> Bloodbond or Belly of the Beast or Carcass Jack -> Garb of the Ephemeral Rare gloves with resistances and life -> Southbound -> Asenath's Gentle Touch (only use together with Windscream) Rare boots with movement speed, resistances, and life -> Windscream 1. Dying Breath, Leer Cast, Bloodbond, Belly of the Beast, Carcass Jack, Southbound, Asenath's Gentle Touch, and Windscream are common world drops. 2. Kingmaker can be made by combining Soul Taker, Heartbreaker, and an Orb of Fusing. 9 cards The Soul can be turned in for Soul Taker. The cards drop in Malformation (T10), The Putrid Cloister (T12), and Abomination (T17). Heartbreaker is a common world drop. 3. Crown of the Tyrant drops from the boss in The Crystal King's Throne (sometimes spawns in the Primeval Ruins biome in Azurite Mine at 130+ depth). 4. Garb of the Ephemeral drops from the boss in Cortex (T11).