Complete Expedition Encounters PoE

1. Complete Expeditions

The Core Mechanic: Explosives and Remnants

  • Once you've triggered an Expedition, you'll enter a special Expedition area.
  • Your objective is to strategically detonate explosives to uncover hidden paths and encounter monster hordes.
    • Look for the detonator UI element (usually bound to "V" by default) to place explosives.
    • Explosives have a limited placement range and need to be chained together in a sequence.
  • Key elements within the Expedition zone include:
    • Remnants: These are glowing blocky structures with modifiers displayed above them. Detonating explosives near Remnants triggers their effects, which can be beneficial (increased monster drops) or detrimental (increased monster difficulty). Prioritize Remnants that grant positive effects for your goals.
    • Runic Monster Markers: These are smaller white skulls on sticks indicating tougher monsters with a chance of dropping valuable Logbooks. Aim to include them in your detonation sequence whenever possible.
    • Chests: Red and yellow flagged markers represent chests containing loot. Prioritize these if you're looking for additional rewards.

1.1 Excavated Chest + Remnant Mods

Excavated Chest has three tiers: white, yellow, and red. Red Excavated Chest contains the most valuable items.

Opening an Excavated Chest has no risk. All you need to do is by placing the Chest into its circle.

Place Excavated Chest PoE

Excavated Chest contains Expedition artifacts, currency items, Armour, Blight, Breach, Divination, Expedition Logbooks, etc.

You can obtain more specific items by adding Excavated Chests Remnant Mods, such as 50% increased Quantity of Expedition Logbooks found in Excavated Chests.

 Excavated Chest PoE

1.2 Monsters + Remnant Mods

There are many different Expedition monsters, include normal Monster, Magic Monster, Rare Monster, Runic Monster, etc. The bigger the monster is, the more rewards you will get.

You must firstly kill monsters, then loot their items. Different from Heist, if you die, you can play again and get their loots.

The monster rewards include Expedition artifacts, Logbooks, currency items, different gears, etc.

You can obtain more specific items by adding Monster Remnant Mods, such as 50% increased Quantity of Expedition Logbooks dropped by Runic Monsters.

 Expedition Monsters

1.3 Place Explosive Strategy & Tips

  • Tips: When the explosion occurs that hits that Remnant, they apply to all monsters and chests unearthed by that explosion and all subsequent ones.

Firstly, check all the Excavated Chests, Monsters, and Remnant Mods. Then, decide how to place explosives.

The start explosive is near the NPC. The remaining number of Placement is shown at the bottom. You can undo Placement(Shift + V).

You can undo Placement

For the chest, always choose the red Excavated Chest.

The top of Remnant shows its modifiers and it increases the difficulty of killing monsters. The bottom of Remnant shows its rewards.

Remnant Modifiers PoE

According to your main DPS skill, you must avoid one of these mods:

  • Monsters are Immune to Cold Damage
  • Monsters are Immune to Fire Damage
  • Monsters are Immune to Lightning Damage
  • Monsters are Immune to Chaos Damage

Explosive mechanic: Modifiers from Remnants are applied to Monsters and Chests that are excavated from the explosive that destroys the Remnant and all subsequent Explosives.

General Tips for Success:

  • Planning Detonation Sequence: Think strategically about the order in which you place explosives. Aim to trigger positive Remnant effects while including Runic Monster markers and chests in the detonation chain.
  • Prioritize Objectives: Are you looking for more Logbooks, specific currency, or just additional loot? Focus on targeting Remnants and chests that align with your goals.
  • Atlas Passives (Endgame): Investing in specific Atlas Passive Skills (unlocked after the campaign) can enhance your Expedition experience by extending the explosive placement range or offering additional rewards.
  • Dannik (Vendor): Dannik resides in your Hideout (unlocked later in the campaign) and serves as a hub for Expedition activities. He offers to identify Logbooks, refresh your available Expedition encounters within Logbooks, and exchange artifacts obtained during Expeditions for valuable rewards.

By understanding the core mechanics, strategically using explosives, and prioritizing your objectives, you can successfully complete Expeditions in Path of Exile.

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Kirac League Mods

Name Kirac’s league modifiers Cost
Expedition Area contains an Expedition Encounter. 6 Chaos Orbs

List of PoE Expedition Scarabs

Name DescriptionLimit
Expedition Scarab
  • Area contains an Expedition Encounter
 Limit: 1
Expedition Scarab of Runefinding
  • Expedition Encounters in Area have 100% increased number of Runic Monster Markers
 Limit: 2
Expedition Scarab of Verisium Powder
  • Expedition Encounters in Area have 20% increased number of Explosives
  • 80% increased Explosive Radius
 Limit: 1
Expedition Scarab of the Skald
  • Expedition Encounters in Area are lead by Dannig
 Limit: 1
Expedition Scarab of Archaeology
  • Remnants in Expedition Encounters in Area have 2 additional Suffixes and Prefixes
 Limit: 1

Expedition Atlas Passive Tree

Count Name Category Description
9 Expedition Chance Normal
  • Your Maps have +8% chance to contain an Expedition Encounter
5 Expedition Artifact Quantity Normal
  • 4% increased quantity of Artifacts dropped by Monsters
1 Buried Knowledge Notable
  • 50% increased Quantity of Expedition Logbooks dropped by Runic Monsters in your Maps
  • Your Maps contain 20% increased number of Runic Monster Markers

Expedition Atlas Passive Tree

Count Name Category Description
1 Hunt for Answers Notable
  • Your Maps have +20% chance to contain an Expedition Encounter

Expedition Atlas Passive Tree

Count Name Category Description
1 Ancient Decay Notable
  • Expedition Monsters in your Maps spawn with an additional 20% of Life missing
3 Expedition Detonation Chain Speed Normal
  • Expedition Detonation Chains in your Maps travel 5% slower

Expedition Atlas Passive Tree

Count Name Category Description
1 Distinguished Demolitionist Notable
  • 35% increased Explosive Radius in your Maps
  • 20% increased number of Explosives in your Maps
2 Explosive Placement Distance Normal
  • 20% increased Explosive Placement Range in your Maps
4 Expedition Vendor Reroll Currency Chance Normal
  • 5% increased Quantity of Vendor Refresh Currencies dropped by Monsters in your Maps
1 Ancient Writings Notable
  • Remnants in your Maps have 30% chance to have an additional Suffix Modifier
  • Expeditions in your Maps have +2 Remnants
1 Extreme Archaeology Keystone
  • Number of Explosives is one 200% increased Explosive Radius in your Maps Expedition Monsters in your Maps spawn with an additional 10% of Life missing 100% increased Explosive Placement Range in your Maps

    • Flavour Text:

  • Verisium is often found in a recent crater. Properly refined, it can easily make another.

Expedition Atlas Passive Tree

Count Name Category Description
1 Lucky Guess Notable
  • Expeditions in your Maps have 90% increased chance to be led by Gwennen
1 Rather Not Notable
  • Expeditions in your Maps have 90% increased chance to be led by Rog
1 A Noble Quest Notable
  • Expeditions in your Maps have 65% increased chance to be led by Dannig
1 Scratchin' up the Ground Notable
  • Expeditions in your Maps have 90% increased chance to be led by Tujen

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