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Shadow Trickster

Exsanguinate Mines Trickster

League starter Traps & MinesMapping

Build overview

Throw mines that cast Exsanguinate on detonation. The skill’s chains reach across packs, and mines can be placed before a boss becomes active.

SSF friendly

A low-budget progression PoB uses a wand, shield, and rare armour bases. Gem links and upgrades to the weapon do the early heavy lifting.

Gear and skill requirements

  • High-Impact Mine SupportRequiredTurns Exsanguinate into a mine for the core setup.
  • Rare spell wandRecommendedLook for spell gem levels and hit damage. Add critical modifiers as the setup matures.
  • Evasion and energy shield armourRecommendedSupport Trickster defenses and Ghost Dance with hybrid bases.

Stat requirements and priorities

  • Gem attributes at level 2098 Str · 68 IntUsable at character level 12 with 21 Str and 14 Int.
  • Critical strike chanceScale with chargesThe reference uses Charged Mines and Assassin’s Mark. Check crit with charges enabled.
  • Life and energy shieldHybrid defensesBoth pools matter during early mapping. Exsanguinate also has a life cost.
  • Elemental resistances75% baselineAdd chaos resistance over time, since hybrid life and ES need to handle chaos hits as well.

Sources

3.30 guide
Campaign walkthrough · Acts 1–10

Campaign walkthrough

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Act 1 Merveil

Gems, gear & play

  1. Take Explosive Trap after Hillock and buy Rolling Magma from Nessa. After Mercy Mission, link Elemental Proliferation to Magma and Swift Assembly to the trap. Save Bear Trap from Breaking Some Eggs.
  2. After The Caged Brute, buy Combustion for the Rolling Magma three-link and take Flame Dash. For The Siren’s Cadence at level 12, take Fire Trap for bosses. Buy Exsanguinate to level in spare sockets.
  3. Find separate links for Rolling Magma and Fire Trap. Look for spell damage or added fire damage to spells on a wand.

Quests & route

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Cross the Ledge and the Climb. Do the Lower Prison trial on the way to Brutus for The Caged Brute.
  4. 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.

Act 2 Vaal Oversoul

Gems, gear & play

  1. Take Summon Skitterbots after Intruders in Black if mana allows. After Sharp and Cruel, three-link Fire Trap with Trap and Mine Damage and Swift Assembly.
  2. Use Rolling Magma on packs and Fire Trap on bosses. Look for life, spell damage and Strength on jewellery for Exsanguinate.

Quests & route

  1. From the Crossroads, do the Chamber of Sins Level 2 trial. Rescue Helena and take Fidelitas’s Baleful Gem for Intruders in Black.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

Act 3 Dominus

Gems, gear & play

  1. Take Pyroclast Mine at level 28 after Sever the Right Hand. Get High-Impact Mine and Charged Mines after A Fixture of Fate. Detonate Mines manually or use the Mine Mastery to trigger it while moving.
  2. At level 31, test Exsanguinate with High-Impact Mine, Trap and Mine Damage and Charged Mines if life recovery and physical spell gear are ready. Otherwise, four-link Pyroclast Mine with Swift Assembly, Trap and Mine Damage and Charged Mines. Take Swift Killer in Normal Lab once you generate charges.

Quests & route

  1. 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.
  2. Find three Sewer busts for Victario’s Secrets. Claim Hargan’s skill point. Do the Catacombs trial off the Marketplace.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

Act 4 Malachai

Gems, gear & play

  1. Take Minefield from The Eternal Nightmare. At level 38, try it over Swift Assembly on Pyroclast Mine or Charged Mines on four-link Exsanguinate. Check throw speed and reservation.

Quests & route

  1. 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.
  2. From the Crystal Veins, beat Kaom and Daresso. Bring their eyes to Dialla and check Petarus and Vanja for support gems.
  3. 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.

Act 5 Kitava

Gems, gear & play

  1. Keep leveling Exsanguinate if Pyroclast Mine kills bosses faster. Look for +1 to physical spell skill gems on a wand or spirit shield and save a four-link.

Quests & route

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Check life flasks and save resistance gear. Fight Kitava on the Cathedral Rooftop for The Ravenous God. All resistances drop by 30 points permanently.

Act 6 The Brine King

Gems, gear & play

  1. Buy missing supports from Lilly. Bear Trap stationary bosses for extra mine hit damage. If swapping to Exsanguinate, upgrade your life flask and test repeated throws before reserving more mana.

Quests & route

  1. 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%.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Act 7 Arakaali

Gems, gear & play

  1. Before Cruel Lab, look for hybrid evasion and Energy Shield gear with life. Take Escape Artist once that gear is ready. Leave mana for a full mine stack.

Quests & route

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Act 8 Solaris and Lunaris

Gems, gear & play

  1. For Exsanguinate, buy Chain Support from Petarus and Vanja or Lilly for packs. Use a damage support for bosses. Lay mines where Solaris and Lunaris reappear and detonate when targetable.

Quests & route

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Act 9 The Depraved Trinity

Gems, gear & play

  1. Compare mine setups on a tough rare in the Quarry. Keep Pyroclast if Exsanguinate lacks damage or life sustain. Add Ghost Dance once you have evasion and Energy Shield.

Quests & route

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Act 10 Final Kitava

Gems, gear & play

  1. Bring your stronger four-link to Kitava. Place mines before the heart opens and detonate while it is vulnerable. Recheck resistances, life recovery and mine reservation after the fight.

Quests & route

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Ready for maps

Clear with Exsanguinate mines once physical spell gear and life recovery are ready. Use Pyroclast Mine through Kitava and early maps until the Exsanguinate four-link handles bosses.

Campaign sources

CATALOG NOTES

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