To chat with other players, open the chat console and type a message, then press ↵ Enter to send it.
Players can change which chat domain they send messages to at any time by selecting from the drop down menu in the chat console or by appending a message with the appropriate tag character. Additionally there are some chat domains that can be quickly selected by pressing the correct key combination.
Domain | Tag | Shortcut | Purpose |
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Local | N/A | <chat key> | Chat with nearby players within a town hub or zone instance. |
Global | # | ⇧ Shift+<chat key> | Communicate with a multitude of players within the same league. |
Party | % | Ctrl+⇧ Shift+<chat key> | Chat with all party members. |
Whisper | @<character> | Ctrl+<chat key> | Chat with a specific character only. The keyboard shortcut can be used to reply to the last whisper received. |
Trade | $ | Communicate with players for the purpose of trading items. | |
Guild | & | Communicate within your guild. | |
Twitch | ^ | Communicate with the twitch.tv chat. Only works when streaming through the Path of Exile client. (This feature is removed) |
To avoid having the chat console fill up with unwanted messages, players can leave global and trade chat by un-ticking the Join Global Chat and Join Trade Chat checkboxes respectively.
Within each league, the global and trade chat domains are made up of separate channels. When joining global or trade chat, players are automatically assigned to a channel. Players can change to a different channel at any time by using the /global <number> and /trade <number> commands. For example, entering /global 3 would allow the player to join global chat channel 3.
/global 820 is a channel for sharing common or uncommon quests that you might encounter in your travels through Wraeclast.
The channel started when Forsaken Masters released, the masters could spawn randomly in areas and to effectively level them it was necessary to share masters with each other. With time it has grown to include challenges, Trial of Ascendancy and other quests that are better to do in large groups.
Users in that channel may use various acronyms to succinctly explain what they're offering. To keep spam to a minimum it is best to avoid repeating what you're looking for frequently.
This is, by far, the most popular global channel.
Type | Number | Purpose |
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Global | 820 | Masters/Trials/Challenges Group Recruitment |
Trade | 820 | Paid services (rare challenges, expensive maps, etc.) |
Global | 100 | Discord Global |
Global | 101 | Guild Recruitment |
Global | 150 | Mapping |
Global | 773 | SSF |
Trade | 800 | Currency-Only Trading |
Global | 6666 | Spectre Trading |
Trade | 5055 | Reddit Trade (Valuable/odd items & brodeals) |
Global | 5055 | Reddit Global |
Path of Exile has a variety of trade channels available, each serving a specific purpose. Here's a quick rundown of some of the most popular ones:
Global 820: This is the main trade channel, and it's where you'll find the most activity. However, it can be quite spammy, so it's important to be able to filter out the noise.
Trade 800: This channel is specifically for trading currency. If you're looking to buy or sell orbs, this is the place to go.
Trade 159: This channel is for trading maps and other high-level items. It's not as active as Global 820, but it can be a good place to find specific items that you're looking for.
Guild Recruitment: There are a number of channels dedicated to guild recruitment, such as Global 101. If you're looking for a guild to join, this is a good place to start.
In addition to these general trade channels, there are also a number of community-run channels that cater to specific interests. For example, there are channels for SSF players, hardcore players, and players who are interested in specific builds.
Here are some tips for using trade channels effectively:
I hope this helps!
Users in chat channel may use various acronyms to succinctly explain what they’re offering. To keep spam to a minimum it is best to avoid repeating what you’re looking for frequently.
Acronym | Meaning |
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A1 | Act 1, mostly referring to Lioneye's Watch. Different number combinations are used for various acts (example: A4 refers to Act 4, usually Highgate) |
Any combination of R, G, B | The gem colors (Red, Green, Blue) on an item (usually linked). Numbers may preface colours in combination to determine total colours on an item - e.g. 4 linked item with 3 Red sockets and 1 Blue = 3R1B |
xL/yQ gem | Q : quality gem (x quality), L : level gem (y level) EG: 21/23 gem = level 21, 23 quality gem. |
4L, 5L, 6L | X Linked sockets |
4S, 5S, 6S | X sockets |
AA | Arctic Armour or Aegis Aurora |
ACD | Added Cold Damage Support or Added Chaos Damage Support |
AFD | Added Fire Damage Support |
Alch | Orb of Alchemy |
ALD | Added Lightning Damage Support |
Alt | Orb of Alteration |
Ammy | Amulet |
AoE | Area of Effect |
AoF | Avatar of Fire |
APD, Flat phys | Added Physical Damage |
APS | Attacks Per Second |
AR | Armour |
AW | Ancestral Warchief or Animate Weapon |
BB | Blade Blast |
BF | Bladefall or Blade Flurry |
BiS | Best in Slot or Best in Socket |
BM | Blood Magic Support or Blood Magic |
BoR | The Bringer of Rain |
B/O | Buyout (seller's asking price) |
BR | Blood Rage |
Brick | Using a Vaal Orb on an item and receiving a bad outcome, losing its value. Usually referring to unique items that become rare items after being corrupted. |
BV | Blade Vortex |
C | Chaos Orb |
CA | Caustic Arrow |
CB | Closed Beta or Corrupted Blood |
CI | Chaos Inoculation |
C/O | Current Offer |
CoC | Cast On Critical Strike Support |
CoD | Cast on Death Support or Cloak of Defiance |
CoE | Crown of Eyes |
CoH | Hextouch Support (was known as Curse on Hit Support) |
Coil | Lightning Coil |
CoMK | Cast on Melee Kill Support |
Conc | Concentrated Effect Support |
CotB, cotb | Call of the Brotherhood |
CS | Cold Snap or Culling Strike Support |
CwC | Cast while Channelling Support |
CwDT, CoDT | Cast when Damage Taken Support |
DD | Detonate Dead |
Det, Determ | Determination |
Disc, Disci/Disi | Discipline |
Dom | Dominus or Domination |
DoT | Damage over time |
DPS, Deeps | Damage Per Second |
DW | Dual Wielding |
EA | Explosive Arrow |
EB | Eldritch Battery |
EC | Enduring Cry |
Echo | Spell Echo Support |
ED | Elemental Damage or Essence Drain |
eDPS | Elemental Damage Per Second |
EE | Elemental Equilibrium |
eHP | Effective Health / Hit Points / Pool, total number of damage that can be taken before death, after damage mitigations. (e.g. Combination of Life pool, Armour, Elemental Resistances etc). |
EK | Ethereal Knives |
Ele | Elemental |
EO | Elemental Overload |
EQ | Earthquake |
ES | Energy Shield |
Et | Eternal Orb |
Eva, EV | Evasion |
EW | Elemental Weakness |
Ex | Exalted Orb |
FA | Faster Attacks Support |
FFA | Free For All (Item Allocation) |
FB | Facebreaker or Flameblast or Frost Blades |
FC | Faster Casting Support |
FP | Faster Projectiles Support or Freezing Pulse |
Fus, Fuse | Orb of Fusing |
FT | Holy Flame Totem |
GCP | Gemcutter's Prism |
GG | Godly Gear or Good Game items |
GGG | Grinding Gear Games |
GH | Glacial Hammer |
GMP | Greater Multiple Projectiles Support |
GR | Ghost Reaver |
GS | Ground Slam |
HC | Hardcore League |
HH | Headhunter |
HO | Hideout |
HoA | Herald of Ash |
HoAg | Herald of Agony |
HoI | Herald of Ice |
HoT | Herald of Thunder |
HoWA | Hand of Wisdom and Action |
HS | Heavy Strike |
IAoE | Increased Area of Effect Support |
IAS | Increased attack speed |
IB | Infernal Blow |
IC | Immortal Call |
IncDur | Increased Duration Support |
IGN | In-game Name |
IIQ | Increased Item quantity |
IIR | Increased Item rarity |
ilvl | Item level |
IPD | Increased physical damage or Increased projectile damage |
IR | Iron Reflexes |
Jew | Jeweller's Orb |
ISD | Increased spell damage |
LA | Lightning Arrow |
LL | Life Leech Support or Low Life or Loot and Leave |
LLD | Low Level Dueling (level 28 or lower). Also used to refer to low level PvP events in general. |
LMP | Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support |
LS | Leap Slam or Lightning Strike |
MI | Minion Instability |
MF | Magic Finding (equivalent of increased item rarity in Diablo 2) |
ML | Mana Leech Support |
Mods | Modifiers |
MoM | Mind Over Matter |
MS | Movement Speed or Multistrike Support or Melee Splash Support or Molten Strike |
MTX | Microtransaction |
NA | Necromantic Aegis |
OB | Open Beta |
OOS | Out of sync |
OoS | Orb of Storms |
OP | Original Poster (person who made the thread) or Overpowered (imbalanced) |
PA | Pain Attunement or Caustic Arrow (formerly named Poison Arrow) or Permanent Allocation |
PB | Point Blank |
PC | Price Check |
PCoC | Power Charge On Critical Support |
pDPS | Physical Damage Per Second |
Pen | Resistance penetration |
Phys | Physical Damage |
PoE | Path of Exile or Purity of Elements |
PoF | Purity of Fire |
PoI | Purity of Ice |
PoL | Purity of Lightning |
PotG, PotCG | Pillar of the Caged God |
PP | The Poet's Pen |
PPAD | Vicious Projectiles Support |
Prolif | Elemental Proliferation Support or Proliferation |
PST | Please Send Tell (whisper) or Pacific Standard Time |
PW | Sniper's Mark (was called "Projectile Weakness" before rework) |
QotF | Queen of the Forest |
QSF | Quicksilver Flask |
RIP | Rest in Peace, mostly used as a synonym for "death", sometimes used as a verb. (e.g. "I RIPed to the boss."), often used as an adjective to denote dangerous things likely to kill the player. (e.g. "Delirium content can be really RIPpy") |
RMC, RM | Reduced Mana Cost or Inspiration Support |
RNG | Random Number Generator or Random Number Generation, i.e. randomness or chance |
RoA | Rain of Arrows |
Rota | Rotation, referring to players forming parties and taking turns, usually with eachothers maps. (e.g. Poorjoy's Asylum rota, Chayula's Breachstone rota) |
RF | Righteous Fire |
RT | Resolute Technique |
SA | Split Arrow |
SC | Standard League or Softcore |
Shav | Shavronne's Wrappings |
Slam | Use an Exalted Orb on an item. |
SotV | Sacrifice of the Vaal |
Spork | Spark with Fork Support |
SRS | Summon Raging Spirit |
SSF | Solo Self-Found |
SST | Spectral Shield Throw |
ST | Spectral Throw or The Searing Touch or Soul Taker or Single Target |
TC , TempChains | Temporal Chains |
TP | Town Portal, i.e. Portal Scroll |
TS | Tornado Shot or Tempest Shield |
US | Unwavering Stance |
VMS | Vaal Molten Shell |
VP | Vaal Pact |
VS | Viper Strike or Vaal Spark |
WB | Whirling Blades |
WED, EDwA | Elemental Damage with Attacks Support, formerly called Weapon Elemental Damage Support |
WM | Warlord's Mark |
WoC | Wave of Conviction |
WoE | Wings of Entropy |
WP | Waypoint |
WTB | Want To Buy |
WTS | Want To Sell |
WTT | Want To Trade |
zDPS | Zero DPS, describing builds or skills that do relatively little damage |
ZO | Zealot's Oath |