

Offering difficult monster combinations, unique bosses, and the promise of ever-better loot, high-level players complete maps in order to gain experience and amass untold wealth. By placing randomly generated map items into a receptacle found within The Eternal Laboratory, players are granted access to a procedurally generated dungeon which is influenced by a number of modifications. Once the story has been completed, the player gains access to an extensive end-game system referred to as "Mapping". Each subsequent difficulty tests the player's resources and ingenuity in character building - many characters who survive Normal and Cruel will not be so lucky in Merciless, a challenging mode designed to expose and capitalize upon the flaws of poorly conceived character builds. Once Normal difficulty is completed, the game may be replayed on Cruel, and then Merciless difficulty. The story takes place across four acts which differ in style, tone, and difficulty.
#PATH OF EXILE 2 PLATFORMS MANUAL#
The name, Path of Exile, is a reference to a piece of Anglo-Saxon poetry entitled "The Wanderer" which was heavily referenced in the manual for Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. Path of Exile takes a healthy dose of inspiration from classic action roleplaying games.

There the player encounters numerous settlements, monsters, and fellow outcasts in their quest to survive in this hostile land, as well as uncover the fate of the abandoned continent. Path of Exile takes place in a post-apocalyptic grim fantasy world in which the player plays the role of an outcast who has been exiled from their home continent of Oriath (for reasons that vary based on their class selection) to the corrupted continent of Wraeclast.
