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Gold is a precious resource inPath of Exile 2which can be used to purchase items from vendors or pay for meta character progression refunds, like respeccing Passive Skill Points. Gold can be hard to come by at the start of the game, but it’s not necessarily something you should avoid spending – some of themost useful things in the gamecan be purchased with Gold.
Some things you can buy with Gold are available at all times, likeScroll of Wisdomconsumables or the Refund Passives system (once the Hooded One has joined your town). But others, like gear with specific modifiers or Flasks and Charms, will rotate every time you level up.
Ultimately, the best thing tobuy first inPath of Exile 2is the thing that will help you the most, whether that be bonuses from Movement Speed, a particularly large upgrade over your current weapon, or Scrolls to identify items before the Hooded One arrives.
1Buy Scrolls of Wisdom At The Start
But Not Too Many
When starting out inPath of Exile 2, you will not have access to The Hooded One for free Magic and Rare Item identification. Until you bring The Hooded One to town, all Magic and Rare Items must be identified withScroll of Wisdomitems. These are essential if you want early-game upgrades and items, and you may not find enough in the early game as world loot to identify everything you want to equip.
Later in the game Scrolls of Wisdom drop constantly, and with The Hooded One in townable to grant free Item Identificationservices, these items will start to pile up. But after creating your first character, make sure to stop by the Disenchantment vendor in the camp of Act 1, open trade with her, and buy a fewScroll of Wisdomitems to carry you through to that point in the game. Scrolls of Wisdom cost 25 Gold each.
Your Primary Means Of Improving Movement Speed
One big frustration many players have withPath of Exile 2is the game’s relatively low Movement Speed, especially considering how large the maps can be. Getting Movement Speed Boots early inPath of Exile 2can drastically speed up your clear time, making it one of the most important things to buy first inPoE 2.
Keep an eye out on vendor inventories for Magic and Rare Boots with the “+ Movement Speed” modifier. Vendor inventory updates every time you level up, so if you don’t see any options, wait to level before you check again. Boots tend to cost less than 1000 Gold, but can increase in price drastically if the other Magic or Rare modifiers are good.
Some Vendor Gear Pieces Are Major Upgrades – Check Regularly
In addition to Boots with the Movement Speed modifier, you should keep an eye out in vendor inventories for Magic and Rare equipment for your build and playstyle. All vendor equipment items can come in Magic or Rare Rarity, and have modifiers that are listed on the item (and don’t need to be identified). When you level up, the trade inventory for all vendors updates with new items for purchase which stay relatively current to your level.
The modifiers on vendor items are generated the same way that modifiers are generated on world loot and can be just as powerful, but instead of hoping for a drop, you can just purchase it with gold. Be sure to checkallof the inventory for vendors whenever you level up inPoE 2to see if there’s anything worth buying – vendor upgrades are a major source ofgear progression inPath of Exile 2.
Better Healing, Better Mana Recovery, Better Resistances & Survivability
In town, the equipment vendors and gambling vendor will sell Flasks and Charms that come with modifiers just like other equipment items. There are several tiers of both the Life and Mana flask, and each tier restores an increasing amount of the associated resource.
If you are struggling to maintain your Life and Mana in combat, it may be time to head to a vendor and purchase one of a higher tier. Youmay find better Flasksas drops in the world, but when you reach the level associated with each tier and haven’t found an upgrade, vendor inventories will automatically gain that tier for purchase.
Compare the Flasks that vendors offer to your currently-equipped ones to make sure it will be an upgrade, as the names can sometimes be confusing and modifiers on a lower-tier Flask may make it stronger than a high-tier Flask with bad modifiers.
Vendorsmay also offer certain Charmsfor purchase, which can be useful for a variety of situations. If you are facing difficulty against a boss that deals mostly Lightning damage, for example, you can purchase and equip a Topaz Charm to mitigate Lightning damage automatically.
Charms operate on a trigger and effect system, and usually grant resistances or cancel certain damage types when inflicted. If you’re having trouble against a certain element or Ailment inPath of Exile 2, the first thing you should buy upon returning to town is a Charm to counter it.
If Your Build Isn’t Working, Try Again
Though you can (and should) spend Gold inPath of Exile 2to purchase tangible things and gear, like Movement Speed, better Flasks & Charms, and upgraded equipment, you can also use Gold tore-spec Passive Skill Points.
You will get one Passive Skill Point at every level, but if you ever want to go back to the drawing board and try a different path on the Passive Skill Tree, you can use Gold to refund Points one by one.
It costs around 250 Gold to refund a Skill Point inPath of Exile 2, which can only be performed once you have unlocked the Refund Skill Points option for The Hooded One in town. This can add up quickly, especially if you want to re-do your whole Passive Skill Tree from the ground up.
But spending Gold to respec Skill Points becomes a very necessary purchase if you hit a metaphorical wall in the game, like if your build is struggling against a required boss, or if you aren’t satisfied with the way your character feels to play.
