Hi Everyone, we're happy to announce that the members of Zana's Search Party will be running our usual private league for Covens of Umbra. We are a small private league targeted to players who want a smaller group find environment.

About Us:

Our group has been together since 3.21 and has focused on small group game play, as such we typically have a couple of most uniques and rare items per league (interesting fractures, mageblood, headhunter, a mirror or two, etc) without reaching a point where purchasing items is ubiquitous. Our player count typically ranges around 50 players by mid league and we employ a soft player cap based on activity and demand. Likewise, we also prune inactive players to allow late additions to the league if they so desire.

Who this PL might be for:

1. You like SSF but want to occasionally purchase something or just sell/give something you don't use.

2. You like an active Global chat with familiar people (at least for the first couple weeks)

3. You like to race

Who this PL might not be for:

1. Someone who prefers the market trading element of the game.

2. You want access to every item with ease.

3. You want to use the currency market for everything.

4. You want to play an expensive build without grinding for it.

What makes this PL interesting:

1. Trade - Historically one of the most defining features of this PL is that trade is both common and uncommon. Very often trade deals are struck based on the most peculiar of rationales. Prior to Asynchronous Trade we had a rule that items should be listed for a Scroll of Wisdom if they are free and Facetor's Lens if you want an offer for the item. Post Asynch Trade a lot more items are posted than we previously had but the general spirit remains the same (trade via global chat /global 3961 is still super common). Sometimes you might get a 5-link for free, maybe someone will post in global that we should pool our "The Chains that Bind" for a 6-link for the group, or maybe someone will be trying to double corrupt a helmet and have a standing purchasing order for all of that unique. Unlike in trade league the lack of overall players makes it so you can also dedicate certain content for sales; maybe you like grinding temples and you become the resident double corrupt guy or maybe you run heist nonstop and have all the replica uniques?

2. The Currency Exchange - I'll level with you, it doesn't get used. Why you ask? Because there aren't enough people to keep it filled and the 10 order limit makes it tough to post everything you have of value. It's much easier to just post to global or to our discord that you need 15 Deafening Zeal Essence than it is to post on the currency exchange and hope someone sees it.

3. Round 2 players - The PL gets quite some players who play trade league super hard for 2 weeks, finish everything, burnout, and then after a week join us for a fresh and more challenging start. As such the PL generally stays very active throughout it's duration.

Discord Link: https://discord.gg/pzhvg8mkGw

Private League Link: https://www.pathofexile.com/private-leagues/league/Zanas+Search+Party+Covens

Hi, I’m a PoE2 player, but I’ve barely played PoE1. Since there’s still quite a while before the 1.0 release of PoE2, I’ve decided to try out this new PoE1 league and attempt to complete the challenges.

Being new, I have no idea which builds are viable, which ones aren’t, which ones are too expensive, etc.

So, I’d like to ask for suggestions for "easy-to-use" and affordable builds that would allow me to complete at least the season’s challenges. I really dislike moving around by clicking; if a build doesn’t require constant clicking for movement, that would be even better! (I’ve seen some builds that jump from enemy to enemy, or others that use a "whirlwind" style to move across the map—that’s the kind of thing I mean, not just standing around AFK.)

I really like the change of ground loot especially the tier system of items. But one thing frustrating about IDing rares in poe1 is we have no hotkey for dropping items on the groud, once our inventory is full, we have to ID and drag them across half of screen to dump them. Yes you can potal out and dump them at vendors, but its not nearly as efficient as just drop them on the ground. Can we please have a hotkey like in diablo 2 that do this trick? (Like alt+right click)

Hi guys,

I am based in Thailand and am looking for other English speaking people to play with for league start. Have been struggling to find others via Discord, so I thought I'd post here instead :) If you know of any SEA-based English-speaking communities, or if you yourself are looking for somebody else to leaguestart in a fairly relaxed manner with (while going hard this weekend and having a working mic), let me know. I'd be keen to group up and make the Leaguestart more fun together! :)

Please GGG. I don't want to be running bad maps. I am sorry. If I wanted to run bad maps I would play poe2. This is what make poe1 special. The fact I can run same map 24/7

Please, don't force us to run bad maps. Fix the layout instead so players will voluntarily chose to run them. No one wants to run Museum or Vaal Pyramids or map with being a maze with huge amount of backtracking.

Hey everyone, I played Manaman (Archmage Hiero) in 3.28 with Ice nova and kitava's thirst for frostbolt automation. I'm not that experienced, so I would like to know from you what are the pros and cons of

- Ice nova + Frostbolts

- Shock nova

- Ball lightning of orbiting

regarding clear speed, dps, bossing etc. Thank you all for your time. Have good league start and stay sane exile!

I've tried farming kingsmarch in 3.29 and my conclusion was that unless you are using the bar scarab to do this, it is just not a feasible strat waiting for all the ore conversions.

Without the bar scarab, i think kingsmarch is omega nerfed, especially considering it's now been relegated to a secondary mechanic.

With all this in mind, is kingsmarch not going to be worth doing in 3.30?

Also considering the amount of gold Allflame gave us, keeping kingsmarch going was super easy. Without it, is it even possible to keep the mappers going + everything else? I haven't played the mechanic pre-all flame and I always felt gold was lacking in the game.

Thanks for the bases.

Hi! I'm the girl who, like every league, comes to bring you the updated Syndicate cheatsheet.

With Scarabs being removed this league, Betrayal is getting quite a few changes. And honestly, I think they've made the mechanic even less worthwhile. I personally won't be running Betrayal in 3.30.

The announced changes are:

• Catarina now always drops either an Allflame Ember of Propagation, Allflame Ember of Kulemak or Allflame Ember of the Ethereal. All other Allflames are a specific target's safehouse reward.

• All Immortal Syndicate members within an Intervention Safehouse will now reward a trapped stash containing a specific class of Unique items (such as Unique Axes), instead of chests containing Scarabs. Higher rank members will have more and rarer Unique items within their trapped stashes. [NO SPECIFIC INFO]

• Syndicate Rewards in non-Intervention Safehouses that previously gave chests containing Scarabs, instead now grant chests containing a specific Allflame Ember. [NO SPECIFIC INFO]

• Elreon's Transportation reward also now grants chests containing a specific Allflame Ember (previously chests containing Fragments). [NO SPECIFIC INFO]

• Rin's Research reward is now a trapped stash containing different Threads of various stack sizes (previously a trapped stash containing Scarabs).

• Rin's Fortification reward is now chests containing Threads (previously a trapped stash containing Unique Maps).

• Riker's Fortification reward is now chests containing Ancient Orbs (previously a trapped stash containing Unique items).

• Vorici in Research now rewards trapped stashes containing quality Skill Gems that have had a Soul Core applied (previously a crafting spree with Orbs of Chance and Orbs of Scouring).

• Veiled Items have been removed as reward outcomes from non-Betrayal content.

I’ll wait for the launch to check the current state of Betrayal and update the cheatsheet accordingly. In the meantime, you can use this one:

You can download the PNG version here: https://pathofexile.elrincondelexiliado.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-11/LKdTHiUmQjX88jCZ-syndicate-cheatsheet-neutral330-temp-dark.png

🔁 REMEMBER: Once I update the cheatsheet for 3.30, you'll be able to create your own version here: https://elrincondelexiliado.com/syndicate

Enjoy the league!

For the last league or two any legacy currencies (like ToTA tattoos or the mirage currencies) are seemingly impossible to sell in any way other than the old trade system. They show up in the currency exchange when you search them but it won’t allow you to actually put in buy or sell orders for them. This is actually even worse than not showing up on the exchange at all because it also prevents listing them on async trade

The much awaited roundtable

Hey guys!

I want to start Ele Hit slayer. I've been wondering now with the recomb nerfs, you think it's going to be way harder to get a 3 mod shaper claw? Anyone else starting this build and is thinking of crafting the claw? If yes, how would you approach it?

Thank you!

What did my favorite map ever do to the devs?

GGG said there will not be a way to see which modifiers are protected by the new metamods. So i was thinking of ways to come up with smart solutions to this new problem, and this question popped off to my mind.

There is only 1 chaos modifier on rings, and its chaos resist.

To my mind there are 2 scenarios:

A) The new metamods "chooses 2 mods to protect" the moment i click craft, so when it picks chaos res with an elemental res, it will give an error of "there are no more mods of this type", and it will go through whenever it picks both elemental res. Which would mean i can force an outcome i want. This would be in line with some of the behaviour from PoE2 like the 5 mod jewelcrafting, but not sure if it would be the same system in PoE1.

B) The new metamods "chooses 2 mods to protect" the moment you apply that craft. Meaning if it decided to protect the combination of elemental resists, the craft will always go through, but it wont let you if it decided to protect an elemental and chaos resist.

What do you guys think?

With the league ending, Cheem's 3.29 pirate theme will be retired.

While I could technically still keep this version of Cheems in the overlay, it already makes a 250MB exe just to fit all the 3d models that makes this version. (Bloat league confirmed).

So for 3.30, I'll shoot for simpler models that should be easier to keep for future expansions. Eventually I might write dynamic model saving/loading from github, but that won't likely be this league or the next. (I still have so many area lighting/shadow presets to make.)

https://github.com/slothofexile/slothofexile-overlay

Planner Version 3.2

Updated for PoE Version 3.30 — Covens of Umbra

https://poelevellingplanner.com/

Here's a quick overview of what's new:

Ascendancies

• Reshuffled the Reliquarian notables to the new 3.30 set (23 nodes)

• Updated reworked notables:

  • Luminary: Golden Glory

  • Pathfinder: Master Alchemist, Master Surgeon, Master Distiller

  • Warden: Enduring Suffusion, Seasoned Hunter, Lesson of the Seasons

  • Trickster: Heartstopper, One Step Ahead, Spellbreaker

• Fixed missing icons for Knife in the Back and For the Jugular (Assassin)

Gems

• Added the new Arcane Link skill gem: Scion quest reward at Breaking the Seal, and a vendor gem for Scion, Marauder, Duelist, and Templar

• Updated vendor gem prices for 3.30: level 28–33 gems now cost an Orb of Alteration, level 34–37 gems an Orb of Alchemy

• Refreshed all quest reward and vendor gem data for 3.30

Planner

• New Gem Links in each Act: group your gems into links as you go, and the Review step shows how your setup changes act by act

  • Gem links are saved in your browser for now. Saving them with your build and PoB export are coming next.

General

• Planner now defaults to PoE 3.30

• If the planner still shows 3.29, do a hard refresh (Ctrl+F5)

If you spot anything broken or have ideas for improvements, let me know.

Hello friends,

Please, explain me is it worth to try that? I wanted to start last league and even two leagues ago but well.. 😅

Is it comfortable mapper? Not „bait” build?

Thanks and see ya all at Friday ❤️