PoE 3.22: Igneous Geode has been removed.
3.21.2c Patch Notes: Geodes, Remnants and Magmatic Ores will be deleted upon logging in.
Igneous Geode can be opened to obtain a Primeval Remnant that allows you to Combine Crucible Passive Skill Trees.
Flavor Text: Dark as obsidian with a red-hot core, the geode hums with mysterious energy.
Primeval Remnant is a miscellaneous map item. When activated in a map device, it opens portals to an area level 80 version of the Forge of the Titans.
3.21.0b Patch Notes: Increased the drop rate of Igneous Geodes. Lower-tier Crucible monsters are now more likely to drop these. Note Geodes have a higher chance to drop in high-tier Maps, and their drop chance is affected by item quantity.
In endgame Crucible encounters, you’ll occasionally find Igneous Geode, currency items that can be cracked open to reveal a Primeval Remnant.
Primeval Remnant is a map-like item that grants access to The Forge of the Titans, the culmination of your Crucible journey.
These Primeval Remnants always generate as rare items. Half of their mods are upsides and half are downsides. The upsides generally increase the rewards of the area or add special crafting options. For example, causing monsters to drop Divination Cards or Magmatic Ore, a form of tradeable itemised Crucible tree experience. The downsides are quite punitive compared to most in-game maps. Ideally, you want to find a primeval remnant that has really rewarding upsides alongside downsides you can handle.
If you don’t think you’ll survive a visit to the Forge of the Titans, trade the remnant away to someone else and gamble on cracking open another Igneous Geode.
If you survive and manage to reach the end of the area, you’ll find the aforementioned forge, which allows you to merge Crucible trees on two items together.
The way this process works is that you provide two items of the same class. For example, a pair of bows, a pair of shields, or a pair of one hand axes. One of these items will be melted down and applied to the other, which will keep its regular properties. Their Crucible trees will be merged together in an unpredictable way, taking elements of each one. This is a little reminiscent of how recombinators applied to item mods, taking parts of each Crucible tree and merging them together, as well as randomly upgrading, downgrading or mutating skills on the resultant tree. While this process can create some really powerful trees, if you get skills you wanted from both items, it can also completely wreck your precious trees. So take care choosing which you risk combining.
Also, like recombinators, there are ways to manipulate the system to improve your odds of getting certain outcomes. For example, any skills that have been allocated are more likely to show up in the resulting Crucible tree. By default, you can only add Crucible trees to non-unique items. But it’s possible to get a mod on the Forge of the Titans map that allows you to imbue a unique item with a Crucible tree, which can then be leveled up via regular Crucible encounters.
To combine Crucible trees on unique items together, you’ll want to find a Crystalline Geode and crack it open to reveal the secret higher level version of the Forge of the Titans.
Name | Description | Area Level | Currency |
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Primeval Remnant | Contains a Forge that can Combine Crucible Passive Skill Trees. | 80 | Igneous Geode can be cracked open to reveal a Primeval Remnant. |
Primordial Remnant | Contains a Forge that can Combine Crucible Passive Skill Trees, including on Unique and Corrupted Items. | 84 | To combine Crucible trees on unique items or corrupted items together, you’ll want to find a Crystalline Geode and crack it open to reveal the secret higher level version of the Forge of the Titans. |