PoE Sanctum Research & Sanctum Vaults Research

Sanctum Research

Sanctum Research is a category of item that can be inserted into the Relic Altar to access the Sanctum floor of the Forbidden Sanctum. It is obtained by completing the previous floor in the Sanctum.

Sanctum Research includes:

Sanctum Vaults Research

Sanctum Vaults Research is a misc map item. It can be inserted into the Relic Altar to access the Sanctum Vaults floor of the Forbidden Sanctum.

Area Level: #. Resolve: #/300. Inspiration: #. Aureus: #.

  • <Modifiers from Relics>

Flavour Text: The treasures within are tainted by a black spirit.

How to use it?

Right click this item to view details of the Sanctum in progress. Take this item to the Relic Altar in the Forbidden Sanctum to enter.

How to get it?

Sanctum Vaults Research has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

  • Obtained by completing the Sanctum Vaults floor in the Forbidden Sanctum.

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A Sanctum run contains 4 floors, each containing 8 rooms. The 8th room of each floor always contains a Boss. Players can choose to engage in a room every time they encounter the portal to the Sanctum in an area or map, or defer up to 8 rooms (1 floor) to be run consecutively at a later time. Crashing during a Sanctum room will reset progress for that room and will resume the same area on your next map. Aureus and rewards are only locked in upon successful completion of a room. Each Sanctum run is independent between characters on the same account.

Sanctum Vaults Sanctum Floor

FloorIconNameContains
Sanctum VaultsBattleground
Sanctum VaultsDecrepit Cellar
Sanctum VaultsDerelict Caverns
Sanctum VaultsGauntlet
Sanctum VaultsReliquary
Sanctum VaultsExperimentation Chamber
Sanctum VaultsMerchantContains Merchant
Sanctum VaultsAccursed PactContains Accursed Pact
Sanctum VaultsFountainContains Fountain
Sanctum VaultsAfflicted FountainContains Afflicted Fountain
Sanctum VaultsBenevolent FountainContains Benevolent Fountain
Sanctum VaultsRadiant FountainContains Radiant Fountain
Sanctum VaultsOfferOffers Items on Completion
Sanctum VaultsMajor TreasureContains Major Treasure Reward
Sanctum VaultsMinor TreasureContains Minor Treasure Reward
Sanctum VaultsCandlelit ChapelContains Braom and Uzar, the Experiments
  • Aureus is maintained between rooms and floors, and is lost when the Sanctum run ends.
  • Boss Room always in the 8th room of any floor. Boss rooms contain a chest for any accumulated Item Rewards for the floor, as well as two additional Item Reward chests.
  • The default maximum Resolve is 300. Resolve is maintained between rooms, and the player is ejected from the Sanctum if it hits 0, resetting all floors and rooms. Being ejected does not count as a death, nor does it remove experience.
  • Item Reward Room: Recieve #x <item2> at end of the Floor ("at end of the next Floor" if on room 8)

Guide

Upon successfully completing that sanctum floor, the next floor is generated as a tradable item with all of the state of your sanctum run built-in. This means that the item stores what Boons and afflictions you had, what rewards you've locked in, and how much resolve you have left. You can then either play this floor or trade it to someone else if it feels more beneficial.

For example, let's say you manage to lock in a really valuable reward. The example here is a Mirror of Kalandra. This is an example here where the player has a very good reward locked in, but a massive pile of dangerous afflictions and only one resolve on them. If you don't feel capable of completing the rest of the sanction from this point, then it would normally be a write-off. You can now trade the sanctum state to someone else who is willing to pay for the chance to earn the Mirror or lose it.

PoE Sanctum Vaults Research

Example

Name Icon Description
Sanctum Vaults Research Area Level: 77. Resolve: 272/307. Inspiration: 24. Aureus: 70.

  • Gain 9 Inspiration when you receive an Affliction
  • Monsters take 9% increased Damage
  • 32% increased Quantity of Relics Dropped by Monsters
  • Resolve Aegis Recovers 11% faster while not losing Resolve
  • 4% chance to Avoid gaining an Affliction
  • Gain 21 Resolve when you kill a Boss
  • 6% increased Resolve Recovered

How to use: Right click this item to view details of the Sanctum in progress. Take this item to the Relic Altar in the Forbidden Sanctum to enter.

Flavour Text: The treasures within are tainted by a black spirit.

Forbidden Sanctum 3.22

After meeting Divinia in Act Ten, you’ll find Sanctum items while playing maps in the endgame. These tradeable items each represent a whole floor of the Sanctum. Upon successfully completing that Sanctum floor, the next floor is generated as a tradeable item, with all your Boons, Afflictions and Resolve states built-in.

GGG has rebalanced The Forbidden Sanctum to provide more variety in the mechanics and monsters you encounter. Most notably, your primary character defences are now able to protect your resolve. Relics have also been rebalanced and are now tradeable.

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