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As a key component of Patch 0.3.0, Act 4, newly added to Path of Exile 2, introduces a new story, quests, and rewards based on a new area. You'll need to fully explore Ngamakanui archipelago, learn about it, and claim all the loot.

Act 4 features four side quests, each with a new boss. Completing them not only grants you weapon parts needed to achieve the final mission objective, but also rewards you with POE 2 currency to upgrade your gear, accelerating your progress into the endgame.

This article will explain the key steps for completing these four side quests, helping you tackle them more efficiently and effectively.

1. Hostile Takeover

This quest is crucial because, in addition to the basic rewards, completing it unlocks Shoreline Hideout and the automated trading system. Key NPC Ange will also permanently manage your trades. Below are the steps to complete this quest.

• Step 1. Enter the game and reach Kingsmarch.
• Step 2. Find NPC Ange at the dock.
• Step 3. Travel by boat to Whakapanu Island.
• Step 4. Find the boss Diamora, the Song of Death, in Singing Caverns and defeat her.
• Step 5. Return to Kingsmarch and interact with Ange to gain the relevant permissions.

2. Tribal Medicine

Continue to travel to Ngakanu Island and visit NPC Kaimana to receive the quest. It's worth noting that the final requirement of this quest is to defeat Great White One boss on Whakapanu Island to obtain its shark fin, so you can also reach there first to start the fight.

This boss is located near the shoreline of Shark Pit. It will jump out of the water and bite you with its jaws, dealing bleeding damage. It can also move freely on the beach. The best way to deal with it is to equip skills and gear that deal lightning damage.

After killing the boss, you'll automatically receive a Shark Fin. Bring it to Kaimana, who can then use it to heal Blood Plague. Kaimana will then offer three uncut gems, you can choose one as the reward, and we generally recommend choosing the rarer Spirit Gem.

3. Forgotten Bounty

While exploring Kedge Bay to complete the main quest, Dark Mists, you may stumble upon a Torn Map Piece, which will immediately activate Forgotten Bounty.

This side quest requires you to collect four Torn Map Pieces, located in various locations throughout the archipelago:

• 1. While exploring Kedge Bay, you'll find the first piece (which also triggers the quest) in Dead Man's chest in the first zone.
• 2. Travel to Whakapanu Island and find a petrified pirate holding the second map piece.
• 3. Explore all the caves on Shrike Island; one of them is filled with corpses, and the third fragment is hidden inside.
• 4. Journey deep into the optional island, Isle of Kin, to find the fourth fragment.

Once you've obtained all the fragments, bring them to Makoru to unlock Plunder's Point, a new location marked on the map. Continue there and find some dynamite and a detonator on the island. Then, interact with Dannig to learn the dynamite's purpose.

Next, follow the map's instructions to place the dynamite, which will then explode to reveal hidden treasure as a reward! To maximize the amount of loot, it's recommended to center the dynamite near the detonator and space it out appropriately to cover all loot nodes.

4. Trial Of The Ancestors

Find Matiki on Isle of Kin. He'll convince Makoru to lead you to Eye of Hinekora. After arriving there and disembarking, you'll find Matiki again in a passageway.

He and Navali, a representative of Hinekora, will ask you to look into a nearby bowl. Hinekora's power will then separate your soul from your body. You'll then need to complete three trials to prove your worthiness.

• Kaom's Test: You'll battle enemies in a fire-filled environment.
• Maata's Test: You'll encounter a shaman who fires a barrage of poisonous shards at you.
• Rakiata's Test: You'll encounter a warrior who summons waves of water to attack you during combat.

After completing the test, continue your journey to Halls of the Dead. You'll find a map pointing to the location of the ancestral warriors and treasure. You'll need to follow the instructions to find the final boss in a secret chamber.

Before that, however, you'll need to complete three more trials. Crucially, these trials grant you tattoos that provide combat bonuses.

• Ngamahu's Test: Offers tattoos that grant +5 strength or +5% fire resistance.
• Tasalio's Test: Offers tattoos that grant +5 intelligence or +5% cold resistance.
• Tawhoa's Test: Offers tattoos that grant +5 dexterity or +5% lightning resistance.

Reaching the end of the hall will lead you to Navali, whose pet is the final boss, Yama, the White. This boss deals chaos damage with volleys and area-of-effect attacks, requiring you to dodge them by jumping behind obstacles.

After completing the battle, Navali will reward you with a tattoo that grants 2 weapon set skill points.

These are the main steps for completing all four side quests. However, you should pay special attention to the boss battles within each quest, as they are the most challenging parts of the quest. Defeating them will easily net you rewards!

The ultimate build for Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.3.0 has arrived: Last Lament Crossbow Lich! This build is undoubtedly the most exhilarating build yet, and its dominance may well surpass Lightning Spear Amazon from Patch 0.2.0.

The Last Lament Crossbow Lich can handle any difficulty level in the current patch, boasting unparalleled movement speed, top-tier clearing efficiency, ridiculous single-target damage, and incredible tankiness. However, PoE 2 currency required to build such a top-tier build is staggering. Let's take a look at the details of this build.

Pros And Cons

Pros:

• Top-tier damage, speed, and survivability.
• High-speed movement, permanent fire, and instant monster kills are incredibly exhilarating.
• Efficient across all game modes.

Cons:

• The barrier to entry for casual players is quite high.
• Much unique equipment and rare equipment with specific affixes, but few replacement options.
• Multiple skill buttons require management.

Core Mechanics

Weapon

Last Lament Crossbow. Instead of reloading, it consumes health in exchange for ammunition.

Lich Ascendancy Node (Eternal Life)

 This node prevents your health from being altered while you have an energy shield. Therefore, when using Last Lament, your health cannot be consumed, achieving infinite ammunition without any side effects, allowing you to fire forever.

Low Health

Equipping Death Articulated or using Lifetap support gem actively reducing your health below 35% to enter a low health state, triggering a significant damage boost.

• Passive Node: Killer Instinct grants a 60% damage boost while at low health.
• Support Gems: Execute III (increases damage of support skills by 30% while at low health) and Direstrike II (increases attack damage by 70% while at low health).
• Soul Core: Tecrod's Gaze (+10% Movement Speed at Low Health, increased to 20% with 100% Movement Speed Boots).

Surrounded

Utilizing Constricting Command Viper Cap, this item allows you to be surrounded most of the time. This allows you to utilize the multiple powerful "When Surrounded" nodes in the passive talent effectively.

Rage

Articulated grants you Rage when losing health, while Eternal Life negates the side effects of losing health, allowing you to maintain full Rage permanently and freely use Berserk abilities for massive attack speed and damage bonuses.

Defensive

Utilizing Evasion Rating, Deflection, a high Energy Shield, and the 10% damage reduction provided by Lich Ascendancy Node Soulless Form, Lich becomes almost as difficult to kill as a tank.

The Last Lament Crossbow Lich Equipment

• 1. Main Hand: The Last Lament (3 Farrul's Rune of the Hunt)
• 2. Helmet: Constricting Command (Soul Core of Tzamoto)
• 3. Gloves: Death Articulated (Talisman of Sirrius)
• 4. Left Ring: Prismatic Ring
• 5. Right Ring: Kalandra's Touch
• 6. Amulet: Solar Amulet
• 7. Boots: Sandsworn Sandals (Farrul's Rune of the Hunt and Tecrod's Gaze)
• 8. Body: Falconer's Jacket (2 Greater Iron Runes)
• 9. Belt: Headhunter
• Charm: Nascent Hope
• Charm: The Fall of the Axe
• Charm: Rite of Passage
• Diamond: Heart of the Well
• Diamond: Megalomaniac

The Last Lament is the absolute core of this build and is naturally the first unique item you need to obtain. You currently need at least 120 PoE 2 Exalted Orbs to get it, but the bad news is that it's becoming increasingly difficult to obtain.

Other items like Constricting Command and Death Articulated grant special statuses, increasing your damage.

If you have enough PoE 2 Divine orbs, you can get a Kalandra's Touch (16 Divine Orbs) to copy the modifiers of another ring.

And Headhunter allows you to gain bonuses from rare monsters consumed in the map, increasing your damage even further. This item isn't worth pursuing unless you're a Super Whale; average Whale players can substitute it with other items.

Equipment Affix Priority:

• Weapon: High Physical DPS > Attack Speed ​​> Socket
• Helm: "Reduce Enemies Required to Be Surrounded," Affix > Spirit Corruption
• Gloves: Attack Speed ​​> Chaos Resistance > Socket
• Necklace: +3 Projectile Skill Level > Spirit Attribute > Defense > Resistance
• Ring: Lightning Damage > Item Rarity > Resistance
• Shoes: 100% Socketed Item Effect > Socket > Resistance
• Chest: High Evasion and High Energy Shield > Resistance > Deflection Rating

Jewelry Affix Priority:

• Movement Speed
• Lightning Damage
• Elemental Damage
• Damage to Unique and Rare Monsters
• Crossbow Damage
• Attack Speed
• Crossbow Attack Speed

Last Lament Crossbow Lich Skill

• Requires: Execute III, Concentrated Area, Defy I
• Galvanic Shards: Fork, Execute III, Defy I, Innervate, Rakiata's Flow
• Herald of Thunder: Elemental Focus, Lightning Attunement, Execute III, Magnified Area I, Dialla's Desire
• Convolescence: Cooldown Recovery II, Prolonged Duration II, Direstrike II
• Ghost Dance: Compressed Duration II, Uhtred's Omen
• Wind Dancer: Armor Explosion, Corrosion, Poison II, Maim, Knockback
• Berserk: Uhtred's Exodus
• Emergency Reload: Cooldown Recovery II, Prolonged Duration II, Efficiency II
• Crossbow Shot: Chain I, Deliberation

Rakiata's Flow is the gem with the biggest damage boost. Chain it to Galvanic Shards when you need to clear a map, and chain it to Recreum when fighting a single enemie or boss.

Crafting this build may require hundreds of PoE 2 Divine Orbs. If you're a whale who is looking to experience one of the best powerhouses in the meta, this build is an excellent choice. If you have limited resources, consider this as a long-term goal or look for the budget-friendly Last Lament Crossbow Lich build as an alternative.