Path of Exile 2 Speedrun Guide: Preparing for Patch 0.2.0

Speedrunning Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) is an exciting challenge that pushes players to optimize their route, movement, and combat efficiency. With Patch 0.2.0 around the corner, refining your pathing is crucial. Below, we’ll cover an optimized speedrun route for Acts 1-3, breaking down each step to help you breeze through the game as efficiently as possible.

Act 1 Speedrun Path

Early Progression

• Rush The Bloated Miller, kill him.

• Enter Clearfell.

• Kill Vile Hag (center), enter Grellwood.

• Get Waypoint (WP) for Grim Tangle (center).

• Grab flasks from the cauldron (center), enter Red Vale.

Main Quest Progression

• Activate three obelisks, kill Rust King, and portal to town.

• Get spikes from Renly, WP to Grim Tangle, enter Grellwood.

• Release the Hooded One, then portal to town.

• WP to Grim Tangle, kill Rotten Druid, travel to Cemetery of Eternals.

• Enter Mausoleum, kill Draven, portal back to Cemetery.

• Enter Tomb of the Consort, kill Asinia, then portal back to town.

• WP to Cemetery, kill Lachlann.

• Enter Hunting Grounds, kill Crowbell, enter Freythorn.

• Get WP, TP to Hunting Grounds, enter Ogham Farmlands.

• Get Una’s Lute, enter Ogham’s Village.

• Get WP, WP back to town.

• Give Lute to Una, WP to Freythorn.

• Complete rituals, kill King in the Mists, return to town.

• Talk to Finn, WP to Ogham Village.

• Kill Executioner, talk to Leitis, travel to Manor Ramparts.

• Enter Ogham Manor.

• Kill Candlemass, climb the tower, kill Geonor, portal to town.

• Talk to The Hooded One, follow Beast’s Trail.

Act 2 Speedrun Path

Key Objectives

• Kill Rathbreaker, TP to town.

• Enter The Caravan, WP to Ogham Village (Act 1).

• Get Smithing Tools, TP to town.

• WP to Caravan, travel to Halani Gates.

• Find Asala, return to Caravan.

• Travel to Mawdun Quarry, enter Mawdun Mine.

• Kill Rudja, TP to Caravan.

• Travel to Traitor’s Passage, kill Balbala, travel to Halani Gates.

• Kill Jamanra, travel to Sandstorm, TP to Caravan.

• Travel to Keth, kill Kabala (Venom Pit), find Kabala Clan Relic, enter The Lost City.

• Enter Buried Shrines, kill Azarian, get Essence of Water, TP to Caravan.

• Travel to Valley of the Titans.

• Activate Ancient Seals, activate WP, enter Titan Grotto.

• Kill Zalmarath, TP to Caravan.

• Travel to Trial of Sekhemas, complete Trial, Ascend, portal to start, TP to Caravan.

• Travel to Mastodon Badlands.

• Enter Bone Pits, kill Iktab & Ekbab (Blackrib Pit), find Sun Clan Relic, TP to Caravan.

• Travel to Sandstorm, use The Horn.

• Travel to Deshar, get Letter from Fallen Dekhara, travel to Path of Mourning.

• Get WP, WP to Caravan.

• Give Letter to Shambrin, WP to Path of Mourning.

• Enter Spires of Deshar, activate Shrine of Sisters, kill Tor Gul (Defiled Spire), TP to Caravan.

• Travel to Dreadnought, XP farm at end (Respawn at Last Checkpoint).

• Enter Dreadnought Vanguard, TP out before boss, WP to Valley of the Titans, add relics, return to Dreadnought Vanguard.

• Kill Jamanra, TP to Caravan, enter Shrine of Garukhan, travel to Act 3.

Act 3 Speedrun Path

Jungle Navigation

• Travel through Sandswept Marsh to Ziggurat Encampment.

• Enter Jungle Ruins, get WP, enter Venom Crypts.

• Get Snake Venom (Den of the Serpent Priestess), TP to town.

• Talk to Servi, WP to Jungle Ruins.

• Kill Silverfist, enter Infested Barrens.

• Get WP (center), enter Azak Bog.

• Get WP, return to Infested Barrens.

• Enter Chimeral Wetlands.

• Kill Xyclucian, enter Jiquani’s Machinarium.

• Get WP, return to Chimeral Wetlands.

• Enter Temple of Chaos, get WP, return to Jiquani’s Machinarium.

• Talk to Alva, get Soul Cores, kill Blackjaw, enter Jiquani’s Sanctum.

• Get Soul Cores, activate Generators, TP to town.

• WP to Jiquani’s Sanctum.

• Kill Zicoatl, WP to Infested Barrens.

• Summon Alva, enter The Matlan Waterways.

• Pull Canal Lever, TP to town.

• Talk to Alva, enter Drowned City.

• Enter Apex of Filth, get WP, WP to Azak Bog.

• Burn Effigies (Flameskin Ritual), kill Ignaduk, TP to town.

• WP to Temple of Chaos.

• Complete Trial, Ascend, return to Temple Start, WP to Apex of Filth.

• Kill Queen of Filth (Stenchpools), TP to town.

• Talk to Alva, enter Temple of Kopec.

• Kill Ketzuli, summon Alva, investigate platform.

• Enter Utzaal.

• Kill Viper Napuatzi, enter Aggorat.

• Get Sacrificial Heart, get Sacrificial Dagger, use Altar, enter Black Chambers.

• Kill Doryani’s Triumph (Testing Pit), travel to Cruel.

This optimized PoE 2 speedrun route should work well for Patch 0.2.0, covering Acts 1-3 efficiently. Expect minor tweaks as balance changes drop, but this should give a strong foundation for anyone preparing for PoE 2 speedruns.

Mastering the Speedrun

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Stay fast, exiles!