Secrets of the Atlas Frequently Asked Questions

nice!
"All that fancy sword swinging when all you need is one good stab."
Please just remove attributes requirement on Merc gear. Why is it even necessary to come up such an arbitrary restriction? Mercs are wearing gear not getting a blood infusion.
Couple of things. The attribute system of Mercenaries is pure trash. This limits the possibilities with them. On top of that, being based on an attribute doesn't stop to spec into others, it should be like

The weapons decision makes sense and there is nothing wrong about it.

The gems being able to appear only in 68+ is also trash. You can't experiment with them during the campaing.

Keeping Settlers is one of the worst decisions at all. Mostly the way you are doing it, having to hire each worker and manage all of the ships and stuff. It feels too mandatory. It is better gone.

Spellslinger will be trash until you remove the mana cost on top of the reservation, it costs so much to run it: reservation + mana cost + 1 socket.

Also, recombs are the worst thing in the game. They are way too overpowered and eclipse all other ceafting methods.

Please consider changing some stuff before release.
Last edited by Vic5Vicious#7214 on Jun 10, 2025, 4:29:40 PM
Will the veiled flask enchants on Cinderswallow be discoverable in the world, or othewise able to be added to the crafting bench?
Very good additions; Mercanaries having acess to annointed notables will be insane
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There are now 5 job rankings for Kingsmarch workers (previously 10).

Does a rank 5 worker give the same result as a rank 10 previously, or rank 5 in 3.25? Maybe rebalanced completely?
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Zoia#0314 wrote:
You didn't answer my questions about thorns buffs for PoE 1 :(


You didn't ask about a thorns buff during the Q&A.

I have the logs.
Can Mercenaries be renamed?
No.
Emilio, you will go on another name i fear.


Can't wait for builds that buff and link mercs as a one-man army:)
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The Harmony of Purpose Ascendancy Passive Skill has been reworked. It now causes you to gain a random shrine buff every 10 seconds.


What is the duration of this shrine?
In order to get rid of clearspeed meta cap global movement speed at 100% but make all skills instant so everything feels great.
for Newbees - sorry if this is a no-brainer to most of you, but i wonder about a couple things, since it is my first big league change. Played a couple maps and now there are questions.....

1 do I need to build a new character to be part of "Secrets of the Atlas"?
OR can I access with my old Settlers Char
. 1.1. the new boss events and the new quests of the secrets?
. 1.2. the new crafting
. 1.3. can hire the mercenaries
. 1.4. the new Kingsmarch (actually at the moment its gone - do we need to
play for access or is Kingsmarch just comin back?

2. Atlas is empty
. 2.1 do we have to redo all a maps for endgame story?

2. all crafting recipes have to be renewed. That means
. 2.1 all crafting is gone for the moment... and coming back?
. what happens to
. horticrafting?
. the craft bench?
. 2.2. play every map again with the old char/build?
. 2.3. play every and act 1-9 again with the old char/build?
. 2.4. collect tons of veiled items to renew the veiled recipes?

3. Rogue Harbour is reset - fortunately i had a couple of items for the rogues in my stash, all other equipment
. 3.1. is gone for good - true?
. 3.2. all heists in the heist locker are gone for good?
. 3.3. all my big heist quest are gone for good (about 20...)?

4. the trade platform is dead (just temporaily or till restart?). All prices are gone
. 4.1 is it comin back the same way it used to be?
. 4.2 do i need to add new price tags to every item? (great...)

5. what is the common way to proceed?
. 5.1 build a new char and start in the new leage? (with the the challenge, that there is almost no trade between leagues)
. 5.2 keep on playin in the general league with the old (good or maxed) char?

6. a lot of crashes. I lost around 5 maps during boss fight... Same experience for you guys?

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