How To Effortlessly Boost Your Path Of Exile 2 Character? – Through Anointing

As you explore the vast Path of Exile 2 Early Access, you may need to upgrade your character and build constantly to face challenges of varying difficulty. Typically, you can do this by changing passive skills that provide significant buffs, but you have a very limited number of passive skill points to use in the game.

Alternatively, you can buy POE 2 Currency to upgrade the gear in your build, but this method is only suitable for the early stages of the game and will be very expensive once you enter the endgame. This is when you may need the help of Anointing, a powerful mechanic that allows you to gain some very useful passive skill effects, such as DPS, defense, or general utility without any connection.

In order to make it easier for you to use this powerful mechanic in POE 2, this guide will give you all the details about it, such as what items you need to do this operation and what items it can be used on. It is important to note that since POE 2 is still in Early Access, this mechanic may change or be upgraded in the full version.

How To Anoint?

As the sequel to the popular ARPG, POE 2 inherits the original game’s operation method for this mechanism – you need to infuse Distilled Emotions into the items you want to upgrade, which combines the effects of Blight Oils and Delirium Orbs in the original game. But it should be noted that you can only Anoint Amulets in the build and Waystones in the game.

First, let’s take a look at Distilled Emotions. There are ten types in the game, namely Despair, Disgust, Greed, Ire, Suffering, Paranoia, Guilt, Envy, Fear and Isolation, and each of them has a different function.

Since the number of this important POE 2 Items required in the entire game is very large, it is very important to understand how to obtain Distilled Emotions more effectively. At present, you have a variety of ways to cultivate Distilled Emotions in the game. The following are the specific operation methods. You can make appropriate choices according to your needs.

Delirium Maps: These are the main method of farming Distilled Emotions. These maps are represented by white icons. In these maps, you will see Delirium Fog around the entire area. All you need to do is defeat as many of them as possible before the progress bar in the lower left corner runs out. Once you complete these maps, you will be rewarded with a number of random Distilled Emotions.

Reforging Bench: You can place three Distilled Emotions of the same type in this mechanic that allows items to be reforged to obtain higher-level Distilled Emotions. But please note that this mechanism cannot be used to farm POE2 Currency.

Simulacrum: The very challenging waves of Simulacrum in the endgame will also reward you with some Distilled Emotions. It is important to note that when you are farming here, try to have a strong Delirium Tree, suitable Precursor Tablets, and Tier-15 Waystones, which may make your exploration in these maps much easier.

Items That Can Be Anointed

Amulets

As mentioned above, you can infuse Distilled Emotions into Amulets in your build to increase the defensive capabilities of your build. However, before you proceed, you need to check which Distilled Emotions are required for a specific Anoint. You can view the specific Emotions by hovering over the passive skill tree and holding Alt (or R3 on a controller).

Once you know what you need, you can right-click (or click the square or X button on a controller) on Distilled Emotions that will be used to open Instilling Window. From here, you need to place Amulet that needs to be Anointed in the top slot, then the three Emotions at the bottom, and finally hit Infuse button.

Since this operation is completely dependent on your build, be sure to check what properties or stats your build needs carefully before Anointing. If your Amulet needs to change Distilled Emotions attached during exploration, you can repeat Anointing process to overwrite the previous one.

In addition, it is worth noting that in the current game, you cannot anoint Corrupted or Mirrored Amulet, so if you need the buffs provided by these two amulets, you can only use POE 2 Regal Orbs to upgrade the rarity or affixes to achieve a better buff effect.

Waystones

Another item that can be Anointed is Waystones, which add Delirium effects to the maps they unlock. In addition, depending on Distilled Emotion you use, you’ll see additional effects from these maps, such as spawning more monsters and increasing the amount of Simulacrum Splinters and POE 2 Currency you get from them.

The specific operation method for Anointing Waystones is actually similar to Amulets. You also need to click on Distilled Emotions to open Instilling Window and then place it in with Waystones. Again, you can’t do this for Corrupted Waystones.

It should be noted here that infusing Waystones with Distilled Emotions will greatly increase the difficulty of the map you explore next, so make sure you have a very strong build before challenging it, and upgrade most of your gear to the strongest level. Here are the different effects each Distilled Emotion will have on Waystones.

• Distilled Despair: Increases the stack size of Simulacrum Splinters you obtain by 30%.
• Distilled Disgust: Increases your chance of finding Precursor Tablets by 30%.
• Distilled Greed: Increases the rarity of items you pick up on the map by 8%.
• Distilled Ire: 20% more Magic Monsters spawn in the map.
• Distilled Suffering: Unique Monsters (including Bosses) you challenge in the map gain additional modifiers.
• Distilled Paranoia: 15% more Rare Monsters on the map.
• Distilled Guilt: Pack Size in the map increases by 8%, which will allow you to get more loot from it.
• Distilled Envy: Increases your chance of getting Waystones from the map by 30%.
• Distilled Fear: Rare Monsters you challenge in the map have a 25% chance of gaining additional modifiers.
• Distilled Isolation: Makes your farming in it much faster.

Generally, you need to use three Distilled Emotions to infuse Waystones, so the effects they create stack with each other. For example, if you use Greed, Despair, and Isolation, you will gain 80% more Delirious Waystones, 30% more stacks of Simulacrum Splinters in maps unlocked with them, and 8% more rarity of items you pick up.

The above is the detailed information about how to perform Anointing in POE 2 Early Access. I hope you can make full use of this powerful and convenient mechanism in the game to make your build have great power and help you explore more challenging battles. I wish you a happy game!