Path of Exile 2: Breach Guide

Breach Overview

Breach is one of four current endgame league mechanics within the early access launch of Path of Exile 2, and can be interacted with by utilizing a waystone to enter any node on the atlas map where its grasping purple hand symbol appears in the endgame. When incorporated into a player's endgame farming strategy this mechanic can lead to significant increases in both Path of Exile 2 currency generation and experience gained.

Breach Mechanics

How to begin a Breach

Once you've entered a map containing a breach located somewhere within the area will be a large purple hand-like structure jutting from the ground. Upon coming into contact with the hand the breach event will begin. A circle will begin extending outwards temporarily unleashing an invasion of monstrosities from another dimension within the ring. This includes extremely massive packs of white magic and even rare monsters all of which are unique to the breach mechanic.

Within the breach, the player in addition to fighting off the invasion will be able to receive additional rewards by running over Clasped Hands that spawn randomly within the circle. The Circle will continue to grow and release additional monsters into your map for a period that is greatly influenced and extended by the number of breach monsters you slay during the encounter, so the more you take down and the faster you do so, the longer the breach is going to last, potentially extending to the edges of the map should you secure a long enough kill streak!

Archmage

 builds in the game, this is because unlike normal rings Breach Rings can have their quality raised to 50% instead of 20% utilizing Catalysts, a POE 2 currency dropped exclusively during breach content that can be utilized to improve the quality of any accessory specifically via stat groups instead of the standard improvements done to Armour or Weapons. But most of all Breaches drop Breach Splinters which when comcombined0 of them merge to create Breach Stone.

Twisted Domain

Breach Stones when utilized at the Realm Gate on your Atlas Map allow you to enter the Twisted Domain where you'll be met with a breach encounter like the rest, during this breach you are forced to fight your way through a ruin while a timer ticks down, defeating enemies pauses this timer and defeating rares as well as activating clasped hands extend the timer.

Your objective is to make it to the end of the ruin without allowing the timer to expire otherwise the encounter will fail. Upon reaching the end you'll come face to face with Xesht, We That Are One, the Pinnacle Boss of the Breach Mechanic.