Trial of Sek Crystal Room Bug

I finished the room and I got the reward and about to select my next room, but I noticed the timer is still running. Should I be worry of a death? I play HC so I'm really concern. DO anyone know?

Nvm going back to character selection fixed it

(Apparently, according to this post, the crystals do kill HC characters, and are not just a fail to the trial.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1hkv4gr/warning_death_crystals_will_send_your_hc_char/

So be careful. This surprises me, as they look completely innocuous, other than the name, which can be easily missed.

There is a bunch of other stuff in the game that will also have a similar outcome. Some I have encountered, drowning orbs and the pirate trapped fuse chest on the ship in journeys end act 4. Probably some other things as well. Some if the mechanics in the trial of chaos did not one shot me, but seemed very dangerous. I think the side pillars in the Benedictus fight are instant death on regular levelling builds, compared to most the other meteor effects, which are tankable with moderate defenses.

I'm not sure exactly about the timer continuing into the trial selection rooms, but it is certainly annoying having mobs follow in and interupt interacting with the selections.)


Failing a trail does not cause HC death (Have not tested, but I doubt it would and doesn't work like that in HC sanctum in POE1. Also when you fail trail in SC you do not die) (Edit: It looks like if you fail the crystals you do die though, i've not had this happen yet, but the link in the post above shows it). You can still die in trials though, even without failing due to honour loss. There might be some mechanics in the trials that do cause HC death, I'm not across all the mods. At the very least there are some potentially bad ones, like have 0 armour/evasion. I'm fairly sure failing from not tapping the crystals in time would fail the trial, but not kill the character. Best to ask on the early access where people are more knowledgeable about POE2. This section relates to POE1, and there are many differences to mechanics. Especially for HC related questions.

Bumping updated response, warning crystals may cause HC death. Stay safe.