Haha, i know where my problem already. dps too low, is about 150 only even with 4 links on all items max can go is 210 dps. so i occasionally hard to kill strongbox monsters and some mini-boss and real boss in some stage. but the drop is just rubbish for bow weapon and other so far in my game until yesterday night, i am pretty surprise at level 52 at act 5 Karui Carstle, i obtain 1 bow push my original dmg from 22-48 to 42-142 with 65% physical dmg some more. bad thing this bow is 4 sockets and 2 link only after i increased quality to 20% and shape it from 1 socket to 4 socket and up from 1 link to 2 link, not success to get 4 all links together. i sense this bow is weird, it original is Blue item, but after opened it with wisdom of scroll, it give much higher dmg compare to those yellow item (which i think yellow suppose is higher rank item).

i notice some thing and want to clarify, i join Guild with 1 player in belly of beast stage, he manage to kill all the strongbox monster which i posted the image before. while he is wrecking monster, i am falling behind and walking to his place and saw lot of stuff is drop on floor, and i pickup 1 abbsy gem, suddenly all items are disappeared, there are 20-30 items and i dont think he can collect all at once. do you know why items suddenly disappeared (non of monster is killed by me here)? i also realized i forgotten fully quite from guild, there is stage actually kill by other very very ahead and i did not thing and pass the stage with no exp or item now more on solo.

after get this bow i got physical dmg from 210 --> 430 dps with 2 link socket. due to this, i not able to use multiple tornado shot, it become single tornado shot this slow down me. so i switch back to split arrow. this dmg killing mini boss seem reasonable much more faster. yesterday i death at Big boss there with old bow. i death about 20 times and i noitced my exp bar is 0 at level 52. sound like there is penalty xp reduction on my death until at base xp of level 52. may be tonight continue with new bow or i go back old act farm some good item, try luck. is there way to make myself free dmg from enemy totem fire?


my current strategy is, harsh of ashe activate, drop totem 8sec, then mark assassin, flask +40%dmg and split arrow; i do got granite flask +3000 amour;

This post has been edited by jimlim007: Feb 14 2018, 01:40 PM

Your dps is... tremendously low. At level 50-ish we're looking at several thousand dps with 4 links + aura. 3 digits will be hell.
See next reply for example.

Note that a lot of many percentage mods on an item actually are "local" only unless it says it is "global".
Which means, that 65% only affect that bow alone only.
So, simple math, without the 65% your bow will be only 25-86 only, add that 65% and you get the current displayed numbers.



Don't look down upon those small numbers, 7-17 fire damage? Sound so little?
Nope, after multiplication with all the other effects, for example % increment on passive tree, they will become a lot in the end.
These "flat values" provide the base numbers for various calculations, so they are rather important.
You can find these flat values on many items, a good amount of them (say, average 25 to 35 each mod) can serve as huge dps boost.
Which is why "Abyss Jewel" (give crap tons of flat values), that been introduced this league, is considered so damn OVERPOWER.

this bow is weird, it original is Blue item, but after opened it with wisdom of scroll, it give much higher dmg compare to those yellow item
Rare (yellow) item not neccessary better than blue. Because higher item level can rolls better stats.
Ranking isn't as important as in other games. Ranking simply means how many mods that item can have.
Blue = 2 only. Yellow = 6. Corrupt = bend all rules. Unique = unique, obviously.
There are various mods that appear as TWO lines, so don't be surprised when you see a blue item with 3 lines or regular yellow with 7 lines.
When you hover on an item, hold ALT key will show it's item level. Item level is not the same as equip requirement level.

For instance these are #% increased Physical Damage for bow across different iLvl:
For complete info visit: http://poeaffix.net/index.html



Socket and links are random after all. If you don't want to gamble for socket and links, craft it with fixed cost with Vorici's (that assassin NPC) Artisan Bench in your Hideout (home).

suddenly all items are disappeared Those extra items are likely trash item that are set as "hidden" in his loot filter. So they might appear for a short while and then disappear again. Hold ALT key to show all the stuff on the ground (also act as pickup key if you configure that in game option, aside from the F key).

i not able to use multiple tornado shot You mean LMP/GMP? You definitely need to find a 4-link item, it doesn't matter which piece you put your skill at, as long as it got 4-link. Of course, gem level also affect dps, make sure to level them up. Will definitely suggest you get a Blasphemy gem so you don't need to susah-susah manual cast curses. If you need some gem lemme know what time you online I send you some gems you currently might not have access to, unless you already reached Act6.
Finding 4-linked (or more) item is my TOP PRIORITY when levelling in a fresh league, I don't care if it's even a white item; just throw an alchemy orb on it and hope for the best. Also check NPC inventory every time level up.

is there way to make myself free dmg from enemy totem fire? Not sure if I understand that.
Mean use enemy's totem against themself? Nope.

i death about 20 times and i noitced my exp bar is 0 at level 52 It seems that you cleared Act5 already? Good, now you have access to the all-gem vendor in Act6 (available after clearing the Twilight Strand quest).



This post has been edited by digitalifelesss: Feb 14 2018, 07:50 PM

DPS sample of a Lv47 char (not a ranger), with a 52-164 bow + 10-23 cold + attack speed of 1.25
total weapon dps = (52+164+10+23)/2*1.25 = 156.8, quite average at this level.
I think your bow is at 120-ish, a little low, if you have Tora and her crafting station, can see if there's slot to craft physical damage on it to make it better.



Split arrow 4 links + Herald of Ash + hatred = 1444 dps without any other items
2177 dps with some rings and armor pieces listed in spoiler above.
Same setup with Tornado shot (level 1 gem, don't have a levelled one with me right now) + substitute Faster Attack for LMP (because GMP is quite big of a penalty), still get 1218 dps.
A levelled gem surely will give more dps than that.

One way you can get around the requirement of LMP/GMP but still shoot multiple arrows is by using unique items like Death Opus bow; it might be a little costly for your level though.
Or Reach of the Council, super cheap but require level 64.
Split Arrow is quite nice to start with. Obviously it's behavior is totally different than Tornado Shot. People prefer Tornado Shot later on because arrow flying all over the screen, making clear faster.
But personally would play Split Arrow more because it looks pretty, also predictable. Or Ice Shot is really cool as well.

Unless you screw up really bad on your passive tree, there's no reason you can't get several thousand dps at your level with a 4-link.
You can link your character at POE website. Go to

and un-tick the "make private" option, so people can see your character.
Click the "Character" tab and give us the link, or you can refer those sample trees from various guides on POE forum.

This post has been edited by digitalifelesss: Feb 14 2018, 06:27 PM

thanks for those hint again look like i not yet meet good bow 100 dmg above but if i follow the logic, it is not make sense, i know i need to socket link all gem and push dps, all item must >4 sockets all linked but the problem is, i need to meet higher rank monsters at higher act 5-6-7-8 then only i able to meet those item, while in reality, i am already suffering at current level let said act 6.

now i level 52 stuck for sometime due to death and lose to Karui Castle boss (need killed him to open gate). with my 500dps still failed i start aware how to arrange those gem in socket and link them all but no chance to meet good drop item. i wasted 1 item that i met once "20% more quantity item"; i do already equiped 20% rare found item.

i actually death toooooooooooo many times fighting Kavita, it was not killed by me, it killed by the story itself. not sure you guy high dps can kill him or not. now i just farming at act 6 Karui Castle lol.... may be farm until i level 100

1 more thing, i realize after act 6, the place i walked, when i return the old place, the map is frog again... how come? btw, just ask on my attachment image, which quiver is better? the yellow 51% crit or blue 20%-28%-20%?

1 more question why this monster in my video get 0 dmg, he got shield, etc. is total 0 dmg, what trick to hurt it?


This post has been edited by jimlim007: Feb 15 2018, 11:21 AM


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he has a shield where attacks outside of the shield will not be able to damage the monster, u have to be inside its shield to damage it.

wow, i never think of that hit from inside thanks for the hint

i need to meet higher rank monsters at higher act 5-6-7-8 then only i able to meet those item, while in reality, i am already suffering at current level let said act 6.
Which aspect you refer to?
Linked items? Starting from level 25 area you already can get 4-link. That's Act 3.
Gem access? Limited before hitting Act6, but sufficient enough to clear the contents. If need more can always trade. If you don't have a CWDT (see bottom) setup already make sure you make one.
Higher dps weapon? Luck. If you get multiple good mod roll, obviously it will be good at their respective level.
Getting useful item by self-farm is HARD. Trading is there to reduce frustration.
If you search through the trading site, <Lv40 140pDPS rare bow is dirt cheap. <Lv55 175pDPS rare bow is dirt cheap.
So, do you have the luck to get such dps roll? Most of the time, nope. RNGesus is harsh.
In fact at your level you can try this unique bow with way over 250pDPS, with the bad downside of you cannot leech life.

High dps weapon isn't always the choice in POE build, there are various builds that don't really care about weapon dps, and gaining their damage from other items / methods.
You still using the default loot filter? Wasting time sniffing through all those piles of absolute useless trash drops, and didn't get notification for important drops?

i realize after act 6, the place i walked, when i return the old place, the map is frog again... how come?
All area in POE reset after a period of time to a new randomly generated map instance, range from 8 ~ 15 minutes.
You can forcefully create a new instance by holding CTRL key while clicking on the waypoint / exit.

btw, just ask on my attachment image, which quiver is better? the yellow 51% crit or blue 20%-28%-20%?
If you lacking of resist on your other gear to cap resist 75%, then keep using the yellow rare. Capping resist should be your top defense priority, aside from stacking LIFE.
This rare quiver should be able to master craft LIFE as well, makes it a better plus for defense purpose.
Although, yes, "Elemental Damage With Attack Skill" is a good mod. But that mod can rolls to about 45%, people often look for over 40% at the least.

i just registered
You forgot to un-tick the "set private" option under [privacy]

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Common defensive gem setup:
Cast When Damage Taken + Immortal Call + Increased Duration + other spell of your choice, eg: Cold Snap, Frost Wall
Immortal Call give you brief moment of immortality, with Inc Duration you can make that near to 1 second.
Slot a spell that can hinder enemy, cold snap can freeze enemy, but I often like Frost Wall more because it blocks them directly.

This post has been edited by digitalifelesss: Feb 15 2018, 02:45 PM

-i check, there is no such untick option, inside got 4-5 boxes but non of them if to set privacy let other to view; i just untick of the default setting was ticked. you try now.
-i got several orb of alchemis, yeah may be look for the 3 socket high dps bow in trade. so far never do trade except trade in dota2 item only dota2lounge via bot system. will explore later. if i trade those bow, it state pierce all target, mean i no need to place pierce support gem anymore?
-can we mod socket number and link on chocolate color item?
-how to know what level item can mod to how many socket assume quality is already 20%? my socket item almost finish gambling
-leech life = life steal on hit?
-what my passive tree should go? i got 4 point left now at level 55; i killed Hoku in Karui Fortress
-i just noticed if i go heavy armor + evasting item, my attack speed get reduced

This post has been edited by jimlim007: Feb 15 2018, 03:55 PM


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1- Ok can see now. Immediate notice the lack of resists on gears. Gradually improve on that to remove the dependent on flask. Might want to dump that unique ring...
2- yep, it is a free built-in support. There's a 5-sockets selling for 1 alchemy, get that one.
3- orange, yes we can.
4- iLVL25+ = minimum requirement for 4 sockets, iLVL50+ = minimum requirement for 6 sockets. Start using Vorici's crafting tool to stop gambling.
5- leech (% of damage) and gain on hit (fixed value) are different, but yea both are life/mana steal, leech is far better
6- Probably want to remove "Arrow Dancing", range is easy to evade manually. Remove those +30 str and int nodes, and put those stat dependent on amulet & rings.
7- armor affect movement speed, but there's a passive to fix that. Armor affect attack speed? Don't think I aware of that, probably you got something else affecting the attack speed.

Other ramblings:


The optimized tree in below will DOUBLE your current DPS with your current items, with tornado shot + LMP + faster attack + Added Fire Damage.
Mana nodes are removed in favor for mana leech node, a single one of those should be enough to sustain your mana.
Get STR/INT from gears, especially amulet, wasting precious passive points on those aren't exactly encouraged.
Can get 3.3k dps with an Infractem unique bow. If you fixed your other items, getting to 5k+ shouldn't be a problem at all.



This post has been edited by digitalifelesss: Feb 15 2018, 10:13 PM

hmm.... i sent few for trade, no reply yet from them. now i am much more comfort go thru mission by mission after reach 600dps, kill creep much easier compare to originally 150dps my fighting plan is place totem 8sec, then assassinate mark (too bad my bashpme gem is not use due to lack of socket in item), then if needed flask +40%dmg keep place totem when near finish. with all your help and patience explanation and guides, i managed reach at last section act 6 Black Flag without trainer (1st time play game w/o trainer lol) . I got 12 reset skill point, that is the reason i did not use it because i know i new to this game and i keep for this purpose going to follow your advice on my skill tree to remove int, str and some other skill.

Obviously number still very very low, work on it gradually. Only when you can 1 shot a whole group of trash mob then it's considered good.
Trade should be instantaneous. Whisper the person, get invite, go to his hideout, and trade. Take less than 20 seconds.
If people don't reply whisper then either he afk or just don't bother selling the item.
Are you online now, I can lend you a few items.

This post has been edited by digitalifelesss: Feb 15 2018, 11:10 PM

ping me when you need those item back, after relocate passive point, now reach 1000 dps, i remove -60str suddenly my gem for totem cant evast cannot use anymore, all enemy charge me directly thinking still need 60str.

btw, today got 1.3gb patch

and i go back killed Izaro so easier, those orange items seem no value as my level is already higher

This post has been edited by jimlim007: Feb 16 2018, 10:05 AM

Just keep those items.

Almost every item can have str/dex/int, if you haven't start levelling Forsaken Master, do it already. Invite them to your hideout and do their daily quests.
The purpose of their crafting station, not only to reduce gambling, but also to add additional mod that you might need.
Pic below highlight STR in red circle. North of your starting point contains good mix of DPS nodes, life nodes and crit nodes.
If you desperately need STR/INT, sure can take those +30 nodes temporary. Later down the line once your gear improve you can relocate it again for better use.



Evaluating item in this game is a bit different. Do not just look at their level, and think you over level it and it is useless to you.
What you want to do is, study their mods.
There are some "noob items" that actually are used as end game items, like Quill Rain; can you spot what reason it is used for some end game build? Or Iron Commander? Doomfletch Prism?
And then there's this shit, that is very popular, but a bit hard to understand at a quick glance.

Evaluating rare items is the hardest thing in this game.
Long time player can see what's good about an item instantly, and earn a lot of money selling them.
Newer player might often accidentally just vendor something that worth a lot of currencies, or under-sell what they have

The Goldrim helmet I give you is a decent "levelling unique", it provide large amount of resist, +(30-40)% to ALL Elemental Resistances.
Carnage Heart amulet also give a lot of resist, aside from a lot of STR/INT/DEX. But if you use an Infractem bow, this amulet's leech mod will be wasted.

Stop using Steam client...
The real patch is less than 100MB.

This post has been edited by digitalifelesss: Feb 16 2018, 03:37 PM

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This post has been edited by digitalifelesss: Feb 16 2018, 01:50 PM

i am still not understand what do you mean Vorici crafting, i saw him before but now I go back some previous camp not see him want to ask few question as usual

1. just now in Chamber of Sins level 2, i activated teleport, i means several teleport appeared, go in and killed Maligaro Boss. used 2 teleport of it. remaining still there, they are same teleport go to same place right? okay, nwo all gone alr.

2. i go in Abssly Depth, fail to kill Sytian within the time; is there a way to replay this?

3. what use of Sacrifice of Dusk, Noon, Dawn?

4. how to use those Essence effectively? it saying to enhanced properties of NORMAL item, mean i dump all into 1 normal item then use Orb of Alchemy upgrade it Rarity item?

5. can we rotating map? so iritating sometime replay it rotate the game map itself

5. can we zoom out 'tab' map?

This post has been edited by jimlim007: Feb 16 2018, 06:08 PM

Step of acquiring Forsaken Master and their tools:


1- these 6 teleport portal give you a glimpse of how "end game mapping" works. You got 6 chances, that's all. So... STOP DYING.
2- the next time you found a Depth, make sure you have better dps. Depth can also spawn Lich Boss instead of the timed totem which is rather dangerous.
3- They are keys to access one of the tough boss Atziri. Those 3 are pretty common, only "Night" is kinda rare. Four of those combine into 1 key/access to the boss. Alternatively you can sell the whole set for about 5 chaos, as the boss is VERY hard without an actually GOOD build.
Alternatively, the excess Sacrifice piece can also vendor for a Vaal Orb with recipe >> 7x Vaal Skill Gems + 1 Sacrifice Fragment
4- Essence is basically Alchemy Orb that give ONE guaranteed property. It is a good way if you want to craft an item with specific mod you want. You don't need to use Alchemy afterward. An essence will turn a white item into yellow (rare).
Each type of essence can have up to 7 tiers, the higher the tier the better the stat/mod it give. You read the tier by simply counting the "slashes".

5- your camera view? Nope. Mini-map? Seriously who use that thing. Use the TAB map, their position can be adjust with arrow keys, but no rotating since the game camera is fixed anyway.
6- can, Numpad + and Numpad -

This post has been edited by digitalifelesss: Feb 16 2018, 07:37 PM

omg! i already at act 7 and miss all this

remember previously i said armor slowing down attack speed, haha i realized my silly mistake, i thought the number smallest the better, inf act i read again it show be higher is better --> hit per second i always aim 1.20 item hahaha

This extensive guide video will show you everything about Master & Hideout

hahaha still have 14 days to go i still enjoy old story

just now i pick up 1 white item Citadel Bow, i remember you list down those name before to me of each rank of bow. after i orb alchemy it, it became very powerful bow i ever have, from 1000 to 1500 dps; not manage to add any socket after 5 spent. so had to pull out one gem.

now my stash got 1 problem, should i scrap all those gem except corrupted gem? i recalled you said corrupted gem can use for later trade. and i think i can buy back those common gem if i need. i actually spare some 'support' only gems.




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