Everything a new exile needs for the first three acts: what to pick up, which skills to run, and when to stop and craft.
Your first weapon
Bows climb a clear ladder. Each one below drops from a boss you will meet anyway, so you rarely need to trade before Act 3.
Campaign bows by damage
| Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Dualstring Bow | 40–91 | 1.42 | 75 |
Obliterator Bow | 31–115 | 0.97 | 51 |
Advanced Crude Bow | 28–81 | 1 | 1 |
Frost Bow | 23–92 | 1.41 | 12 |
Warden Bow | 20–109 | 1.25 | 29 |
Shortbow | 18–86 | 1.23 | 22 |
Recurve BowBow
Recurve Bow is a unique bow in Path of Exile 2.
- Rarity
- Unique
- Damage
- 16–106
- Speed
- 1.2
- Req. level
- 42
Bosses worth farming
Count Geonor is the first boss with a real loot table. Here is everything he drops:
Drops
| Name | Chance |
|---|---|
Recurve Bow Bow | 5% |
Siege Crossbow Crossbow | 3% |
Gems to link
Support gems multiply a skill. These three carry most projectile builds:
Before you leave Act 1
- Clear the Mud Burrow and kill The Bloated Miller.
- Pick up the first Ascendancy trial key.
- Defeat Count Geonor and take the waypoint.