All Permanent Bonuses from the Campaign

Path of Exile 2 has been released into early access, providing not only a full-length campaign across 3 acts but a complete endgame system for players to grind as well. Featuring an infamously robust character customization tree enabling limitless creativity in build creation, players are able to tackle the trials of Wraeclast in whatever way they feel best fit.

Across the player’s journey through the campaign, various objectives will provide players with permanent upgrades to their character, including extra skill points, free resistance and life, and more. While some of these bonuses are provided by completing quests, many others are rewarded for killing optional bosses and completing missable interactions not recorded by a player’s quest log.

All Permanent Bonuses from the Campaign

Permanent bonuses obtained from the campaign can represent a significant portion of a character’s power, both offensively in the form of extra Weapon Set Passive Skill Points, spirit, and mana regeneration, as well as defensively in the form of maximum life, resistances, and increased charm charge generation. Additionally, these skippable objectives can also unlock major crafting options, such as the salvage bench and reforging bench. In total, permanent bonuses from the campaign include:

• 24 Weapon Set Passive Skill Points
• 20% fire, cold, and lightning resistance
• 20 maximum life
• 8% increased maximum life
• 100 spirit
• Two choices between 30% increased elemental ailment threshold or 25% increased mana regeneration rate
• A choice between 25% increased stun threshold, or 30% increased elemental ailment threshold, or 25% increased mana regeneration rate
• A choice between 10% chaos resistance or +5 all attributes, or 15% reduced slowing potency of debuffs on you

Permanent Bonuses in Act 1

Act 1 features six missable bonuses, including one of three available spirit upgrades, as well as the salvage bench which allows players to convert unwanted items into crafting currency.

Permanent Bonuses in Act 2

While Act 2 only includes 4 permanent upgrades, it includes the first choice players have to make between two stat bonuses as part of the Ancient Vows questline. Fortunately, players are able to return to the Valley of the Titans and change their selection at will.

Unlike most other permanent upgrades, the Sister of Garukhan objective does not drop a consumable item granting players the lightning resistance bonus. Instead, the bonus is immediately granted upon interacting with the shrine, displaying a message confirming the granted bonus, and spawning a group of enemies shortly after.

Permanent Bonuses in Act 3

The final act available in early access, Act 3 features another choice between stat upgrades, but unlike in Act 2’s Ancient Vows reward, the choice in Act 3 is permanent. The reforging bench is also unlocked here, allowing players to recycle three items of equal rarity and type into a newly rolled item.

The Blood Sacrifice objective requires players to first obtain a Sacrificial Heart, a random drop from monsters in Aggorat or Utzaal. Once obtained, it must be brought to an altar in Aggorat, using the sacrificial knife nearby to complete the ritual.

Permanent Bonuses in Cruel Difficulty

As of early access, only three acts are currently available out of the six acts planned for the game’s full release. To compensate, the game transitions players into Cruel difficulty upon completing Act 3, allowing players to journey through a more difficult version of the campaign while retaining all their items and stats. Identical permanent bonuses are also available throughout the Cruel difficulty campaign, with only some minor adjustments, including:

• Candlemass, The Living Rite now grants 8% maximum life instead of +20 maximum life
• The King in the Mists no longer grants +30 spirit
• Ignagduk, The Bog Witch now grants +40 spirit instead of +30 spirit
• The Slithering Dead now rewards players with a choice between +10% chaos resistance, or +5 to all attributes, or 15% reduced slowing potency of debuffs on you

As Cruel difficulty is currently a placeholder for the unreleased fourth, fifth, and sixth acts, it is possible that the permanent upgrades granted in the second half of the campaign may change when they are released.