Take Smite after Hillock. After Breaking Some Eggs, get Shield Charge, Summon Holy Relic and Holy Flame Totem from Nessa. Equip a shield and link Shield Charge to Chance to Bleed from Mercy Mission. Attack to trigger the relic.

After The Caged Brute, buy Intimidating Cry and Leap Slam. Buy Sunder from Nessa for The Siren’s Cadence at level 12. Equip a physical two-hander. Link Sunder with Chance to Bleed and Ruthless.

Wear cold resistance for Merveil. Buy low-level Precision from Nessa if you need accuracy and have mana.

Kill Hillock for Enemy at the Gate. Take the Coast waypoint. For Mercy Mission, trade Nessa Tidal Island’s Medicine Chest for a Quicksilver Flask.

For Breaking Some Eggs, put three Mud Flats nest glyphs in the Glyph Wall. Enter the Submerged Passage. Kill The Dweller of the Deep in the Flooded Depths. Claim Tarkleigh’s skill point.

Cross the Ledge and the Climb. Do the Lower Prison trial on the way to Brutus for The Caged Brute.

For The Marooned Mariner, bring Fairgraves the Allflame from the Ship Graveyard Cave. Kill him and claim Bestel’s skill point. Enter the Cavern of Wrath to unlock The Siren’s Cadence gems. Cross the Cavern of Anger and fight Merveil with cold resistance.

Take Herald of Ash after Intruders in Black. Path to Spiritual Aid so minion damage increases scale Sunder. Help Alira for elemental resistances and upgrade your physical two-hander before Vaal Oversoul.

Take Melee Physical Damage from Sharp and Cruel for Sunder’s fourth link. Buy Faster Attacks from Yeena for Leap Slam if you have the Dexterity.

From the Crossroads, do the Chamber of Sins Level 2 trial. Rescue Helena and take Fidelitas’s Baleful Gem for Intruders in Black.

Find Kraityn at the Broken Bridge. Cross Fellshrine Ruins for the Crypt trial. For Through Sacred Ground, bring Yeena the Golden Hand from Crypt Level 2 for a skill point.

From the Riverways, find Alira and Arteri in the Western Forest. Open the road with Arteri’s emblem for The Way Forward. Claim Bestel’s point in Act 1. Kill the Weaver for Maligaro’s Spike in Sharp and Cruel.

Find Oak in the Wetlands for Deal with the Bandits. Use your build’s choice if listed. Alira grants +15% elemental resistances. Eramir grants one passive point for killing all three. Collect the amulets and claim the Apex.

Use the Baleful Gem and Maligaro’s Spike at the Vaal Ruins for The Root of the Problem. Cross the Northern Forest and the Caverns. Use the Apex atop the Ancient Pyramid to summon the Vaal Oversoul for Shadow of the Vaal.

Get Vulnerability and Purity of Elements after Lost in Love. Take regular Dominating Blow after Sever the Right Hand for the Divine Font. After A Fixture of Fate, get Fortify and Inspiration for the swap and buy Convocation from Siosa if wanted.

Take Radiant Crusade in Normal Lab. Clear packs with the Sentinel of Radiance and use Sunder for bosses.

Rescue Clarissa in the City of Sarn. Do the Crematorium trial and defeat Piety. For Lost in Love, trade Tolman’s Bracelet to Clarissa for the Sewer Keys.

Find three Sewer busts for Victario’s Secrets. Claim Hargan’s skill point. Do the Catacombs trial off the Marketplace.

Get The Ribbon Spool in the Battlefront and Thaumetic Sulphite in the Docks for Fiery Dust. Bring both to Dialla in Solaris Temple Level 2. Use the Infernal Talc to clear the Sewers.

Kill Gravicius in the Ebony Barracks for Sever the Right Hand and level 28 gems. Kill Piety in Lunaris Temple Level 2 for Piety’s Pets. Take the Tower Key and claim Grigor’s point.

Do the Imperial Gardens trial. For A Fixture of Fate, bring Siosa four Archives pages in the Library. Carry currency for off-class gems. Run Normal Lab when ready. Use the Tower Key to climb The Sceptre of God and kill Dominus.

Use Vulnerability on Malachai and dodge while the Sentinel burns him. Take Fist of War from Dialla after The Eternal Nightmare. At level 38, four-link Sunder with Fist of War, Ruthless and Chance to Bleed.

Kill Voll in the Dried Lake. Use Deshret’s Banner to open the Mines for Breaking the Seal. Free Deshret in Mines Level 2 for An Indomitable Spirit. Claim Tasuni’s skill point.

From the Crystal Veins, beat Kaom and Daresso. Bring their eyes to Dialla and check Petarus and Vanja for support gems.

Cross the Belly of the Beast. Take the three Harvest guardians’ organs to Piety for Corpus Malachus. Kill Malachai in the Black Core. Claim Dialla’s support for The Eternal Nightmare.

Save a life and resistance ring for Kitava’s penalty. Use Purity of Elements if needed. Leave mana for Sunder and Leap Slam.

Take the Ascent to the Slave Pens. Kill Krow for Return to Oriath. Bring Vilenta the Control Blocks Miasmeter for the In Service to Science skill point.

Cross Oriath Square and the Templar Courts. Defeat Innocence for Death to Purity. From the Ruined Square, get the Sign of Purity in the Ossuary. Find three Reliquary relics for Kitava’s Torments and claim Lani’s skill point.

Check life flasks and save resistance gear. Fight Kitava on the Cathedral Rooftop for The Ravenous God. All resistances drop by 30 points permanently.

After Fallen from Grace, buy Raise Spectre, Multistrike and a spare Dominating Blow if needed. Level them while clearing with Sunder. Look for a staff with damage and attack speed.

Clear the Twilight Strand and talk to Lilly Roth for Fallen from Grace. She now sells regular gems to all classes. Use rings or bench crafts to restore elemental resistances toward 75%.

Kill Tukohama in the Karui Fortress for The Father of War. Do the Lower Prison Cruel Lab trial. Defeat Brutus and Shavronne in the tower.

Kill Abberath off the Prisoner’s Gate for The Cloven One. Kill Ryslatha in the Wetlands for The Puppet Mistress. Claim all three skill points in town.

Take the Black Flag from the Cavern of Anger. Escort and ignite the Beacon fuel carts. Signal Weylam and sail for The Brine King. Stay inside the storm boundary and dodge lightning.

For the staff crit setup, complete The Silver Locket in the Broken Bridge. Return it to Weylam for a Diamond Flask. Keep your Sunder weapon until a staff beats it on damage and hit chance.

From the Crossroads, cross Fellshrine Ruins. Get Maligaro’s Map and do the Crypt trial. Open the map in Chamber of Sins Level 1 and kill Maligaro for Essence of the Artist. Trade the Black Venom to Silk for the Obsidian Key in Web of Secrets.

Finish the Chamber of Sins Level 2 trial. Run Cruel Lab when ready. Kill Greust for The Master of a Million Faces. In the Dread Thicket, kill Gruthkul for Queen of Despair and collect seven Fireflies for Lighting the Way.

Take Kishara’s Star near the end of the Causeway. Claim all three skill points. Give Yeena the Fireflies in the Vaal City. Descend through the Temple of Decay and kill Arakaali for The Mother of Spiders. Dodge her beam and purple ground.

Take Unwavering Crusade in Cruel Lab for the Elemental Relic auras. Keep using Sunder and path to Tribal Fury for the swap.

Clear Doedre’s Cesspool for Essence of the Hag. Find the Ankh and defeat Tolman in the Quay for Love is Dead. Kill The Gemling Legion in the Grain Gate. Claim both skill points in town.

Cross the Imperial Fields and kill Dawn in Solaris Temple for the Sun Orb in Solar Eclipse. On the other route, cross the Grand Promenade and do the Bath House trial. Kill Yugul in the High Gardens for the Reflection of Terror skill point.

Kill Dusk in Lunaris Temple for the Moon Orb in Lunar Eclipse. Use both orbs on the Harbour Bridge. Keep moving when the inactive boss attacks.

Find a strike four-link and accuracy on gloves, rings or a helmet. Buy Assassin’s Mark and Mark on Hit from Lilly for staff crit. Keep Vulnerability for physical Sunder.

Cross the Blood Aqueduct to Highgate. Get The Storm Blade in the Vastiri Desert. Inspect the Oasis sandstorm. Speak to Sin, then open the Oasis with Petarus and Vanja’s Bottled Storm. Kill Shakari for Queen of the Sands. Claim Irasha’s point.

Take Basilisk Acid from the Boiling Lake. Do the Tunnel Merciless trial. From the Quarry, take Trarthan Powder in the Refinery. Kill Garukhan at the Shrine of the Winds for The Ruler of Highgate. Hand in her feather for a skill point.

For Recurring Nightmare, give the acid and powder to Sin at the Quarry waypoint. Enter the Belly of the Beast. Kill all three Rotting Core guardians. Speak to Sin there to summon the Depraved Trinity.

Take Bastion of Hope in Merciless Lab and try the Divine Font for Dominating Blow of Inspiring. With Tribal Fury and a suitable staff, link it to Fortify, Multistrike and Inspiration.

Check accuracy, mana and resistances before Kitava. Use Purity of Elements and add Determination if you can still attack. Use Sunder and the Sentinel if you still need gear or the Lab gem.

Rescue Bannon in the Cathedral Apex for Safe Passage. From the Ravaged Square, kill Vilenta in the Control Blocks for Vilenta’s Vengeance. Claim Lani’s point. Do the Ossuary trial. Run Merciless Lab before Kitava if ready.

For Death and Rebirth, kill Avarius in the Desecrated Chambers. Bring the Staff of Purity to Bannon. Speak to Innocence in town, then meet him in the Ravaged Square to open the Canals.

Kill Kitava in the Feeding Trough for An End to Hunger. Dodge fire and slams. Attack the exposed heart. Follow Lilly to the Karui Shores. Claim two skill points from Lani. Use /passives in chat to find missed quests. All resistances drop another 30 points. Check them before mapping.