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Path of Exile released Patch 3.29.3 on August 12. This is a relatively small update that improves the underwater content while introducing a large number of incremental quality-of-life improvements.

The six newly added Cursed Ducats also make drops from Curse of the Allflame mechanic more rewarding. However, not every change in this update is necessarily positive. Some adjustments have sparked controversy and may be viewed as nerfs. Let's take a closer look.

Essence of Desolation

The most controversial change in this patch concerns Essence of Desolation. These items were originally available only in PoE 3.28 and later became legacy items in Standard, meaning they could no longer normally be obtained in the current League.

However, in 3.29, there was a specific way to generate items with Essence of Desolation modifiers, so many players had been actively acquiring these items through the market.

The official team has now completely removed the source of these items, while existing items already held by players will remain intact. This means that if you want to obtain one of these items now, the only option is to acquire a duplicated version from another player through trading.

You need a Mirror of Kalandra along with a considerable amount of PoE currency. Since these items can no longer be produced, service fees are likely to continue rising.

This is excellent news for players who had already accumulated these items, as they can potentially generate a large amount of currency with very little effort. However, it is obviously unfair to other players.

If you forgo Essence of Desolation, you can still craft powerful items. You can buy PoE currency from IGGM.com and use various currencies to roll for the affixes you want, or directly trade top-tier rare items.

If you've signed in and accumulate enough points on IGGM, you can also redeem IGGM Coupons with your points to get discount codes or cash coupons to save money.

Cursed Ducats

Setting the controversy aside, this patch does introduce a substantial amount of positive content, with the changes to Voyages and Charts systems being among the most notable.

Six new Cursed Ducats have been added. Their design is partially reminiscent of Voidstones, although there are significant differences. Voidstones require all four to be socketed into Atlas, with each one occupying a fixed slot.

Cursed Ducats, on the other hand, allow you to socket up to three of them in Voyage Planner at the same time. Each provides the same core bonuses while imposing a different negative effect.

• Toughness: Increases effective monster life by granting monsters damage reduction rather than simply increasing their health.
• Quantity: Increases the number of items dropped by monsters in Voyages and Charts.
• Rarity: Increases the rarity of dropped items.

A monster with 7 million life and no Toughness and a monster with 1 million life but 600% Toughness both require 7 million damage to defeat. However, their interactions with mechanics such as Leech and the DoT Cap are completely different.

You should choose a combination of Cursed Ducats based on your character build and select the negative effects that have the smallest impact on your build.

New Cursed Ducats

The currently known information about Cursed Ducats is as follows:

• Ducat of Tsoatha's Gift: Obtained by defeating Velka during the Kishara's Rest Voyage. Its effect increases monster damage by 50%.
• Ducat of the Undead Sea: Obtained from The Changeling's Ducat. Its effect allows monsters to penetrate 10% of elemental resistance.
• Ducat of the Eucarid Isle: Obtained from Captainsbane. It increases monster Critical Strike Chance by 500% and Critical Strike Multiplier by 50%.
• Ducat of the Fallen Stars: It may drop from Brine King-touched Rare Monsters or Sea Star monsters. It causes monsters to gain 100% of Physical Damage as Extra Elemental Damage.
• Ducat of the Grasping Deep: Obtained from Filthscrabble. It increases monster AoE by 40% and grants them +2 Projectiles.
• Ducat of the Foul Kin: Source unknown. It increases monster Attack, Cast, and Movement Speed by 50%.

Ducat of the Foul Kin and Ducat of the Eucarid Isle may be particularly dangerous, while the remaining options are relatively manageable.

Each Cursed Ducat provides 50% increased monster Toughness. With three socketed at the same time, this results in a total of 150% increased Toughness, which is roughly equivalent to a 60% damage reduction for players against most monsters.

At the same time, three Cursed Ducats provide a total of 60% increased Item Quantity and 60% increased Item Rarity, which is roughly equivalent to adding the benefits of another map modifier, resulting in more PoE currency drops.

A risk-free way to obtain PoE currency is to participate in PoE 1+2 free currency giveaway on IGGM Facebook, where you share 1,000 Divine Orbs, 20,000 Chaos Orbs and 20,000 Chromatic Orbs with other winners.

Other Important Changes and Improvements

Border Modifiers

You can now view all 12 Border Modifiers at the same time in Voyage Planning interface. This allows you to quickly determine whether any valuable modifiers are present and plan your strategy accordingly. The keyboard shortcut is Alt key.

Mercenaries Adjustments

Several enemy Mercenary skills that posed too much of a threat to players have had their damage reduced:

• Frostbolt
• Ice Nova
• Ice Nova of Projection
• Flameblast
• Fireball
• Fireball of Impact
• Rolling Magma

Friendly Mercenary damage is unaffected. A bug where friendly Mercenary Wither on Hit supports applied Withered for only one frame instead of the intended 2 seconds has also been fixed.

A bug that prevented players from hiring a third Permanent Mercenary when they already had two Permanent Mercenaries and one Temporary Mercenary has also been fixed.

In addition, a bug involving Wild Mercenaries from Trarthan Scarab of Infamy has been fixed, preventing them from dropping loot without being defeated.

Essences

Monsters trapped in Essences can now be interacted with from a greater distance to break them free. However, combined with the removal of Essence of Desolation modifiers, this change may mean that players become significantly less interested in interacting with Essence system.

Ultimately, PoE 3.29.3 contains a large number of valuable positive changes. Aside from the somewhat rough handling of Essence of Desolation, the other adjustments are worthy of praise. The impact of Essence of Desolation change should also remain relatively limited, although it may be frustrating for players pursuing the highest-end item crafting.

Among the many reliable mapping builds in Path of Exile, Death's Oath (DO) has long been a player favorite thanks to its signature Death Aura and its highly efficient, clear-while-moving playstyle.

Typically, players pair this build with Occultist Ascendancy; the combination of chaos damage bonuses and Profane Bloom passive, which causes enemies to explode, allows for rapid screen clearing.

However, in Path of Exile 3.29 league, combining Death's Oath with Chieftain Ascendancy creates a unique and powerful synergy.

Chieftain offers unparalleled innate survivability. Furthermore, its potent, accessible fire explosion effect triggers chain reactions, effectively overcoming the limitations regarding damage range and clear speed that traditional DO builds often face when operating on a limited budget.

In this guide, we will break down the comprehensive strategy for Chieftain Death's Oath build, covering everything from early-game progression to the endgame.

Why Choose Chieftain?

The core mechanic of Death's Oath is the chest piece that grants a Death Aura, an effect that deals continuous chaos damage to nearby enemies without requiring manual casting.

While Occultist's Profane Bloom is a classic pairing for this item, it generally requires significant investment in AoE and damage modifiers to reach its full potential.

In contrast, the explosion effect provided by Chieftain delivers massive base damage and a wide radius without any extra investment. It rapidly triggers chain reactions, helping you farm PoE currency quickly in standard maps.

Additionally, Occultist leans heavily toward offense and often suffers from poor survivability, especially in the early game.

Chieftain, however, comes with high maximum resistances and robust defensive mechanics, effectively reducing the risk of death for your character in the current Path of Exile 3.29 meta.

How to configure your gear?

When you first start mapping with Chieftain Death's Oath build in 3.29, your gear strategy shouldn't focus on the value of individual items. Instead, aim to assemble a setup that balances survivability and clear speed while keeping costs to a minimum.

For early-game gear, prioritize items with modifiers such as health, resistances, and base mana reservation efficiency. More specifically, aim for weapon bases with increased base attack speed or damage-over-time multipliers, and look for an amulet that grants Despair curse effect.

Helmets and belts should focus on boosting health and base resistances. For shields and boots, simply picking up high-health, high-resistance bases works fine in the early game, provided you can cap your block chance and get decent movement speed.

Among all your gear, Death's Oath is naturally the most critical and indispensable piece. However, if you cannot acquire it immediately or lack the currency to upgrade it, you can use a combination of Righteous Fire and Sunder as a temporary substitute.

To avoid wasting time, however, it is best to unlock Death's Oath, and the core modifiers associated with it as early as possible. If you are on a tight budget, you can join IGGM PoE Facebook Group and try your luck in our recent giveaways.

Even if you don't win, you can simply buy PoE currency directly from IGGM. This method is recommended because registering and logging in allows you to earn points through IGGM check-in.

You can later redeem these points for discount codes and cash coupons, or apply them directly to offset the cost of your order. All in all, this is the most reliable way to acquire more PoE currency cost-effective.

How to further optimize the build?

As you progress through PoE 3.29, you will need to boost your build's damage output, as physical damage will begin to emerge as a significant weakness.

To address this, start by upgrading your gear bases to those with high armor values, and utilize endurance charges alongside Flesh and Stone aura skill to mitigate the risk of sudden death from physical hits.

Next, incorporate more Cluster Jewels, specifically Large and Medium types, as they offer the best return on damage investment. Even better, you can further enhance them using Allflame crafting mechanics unique to PoE 3.29.

Additionally, you should craft specific gear pieces to resolve mana reservation and dual-curse requirements, and look for rings that grant Endurance Charges on kill to boost your physical damage mitigation.

If you have accumulated enough PoE currency through combat, you can try incorporating additional unique items alongside Death's Oath and further optimize your passive skill tree to enhance the build's overall performance.

Other mechanics to utilize

Specific mechanics, such as those involving Lycia, can convert the fire damage caused by Path of Exile Chieftain explosions into chaos damage. This allows the explosion damage to benefit from all your accumulated chaos damage-over-time multipliers and chaos resistance reduction effects.

Additionally, the optimal curse combination is Despair and Punishment; these can be converted into auras using specific support gems.

If you have sufficient currency, you can use an amulet that allows for dual auras to automatically cast both curses simultaneously. Otherwise, prioritize keeping Despair active, while manually casting Punishment or applying it by hitting enemies.

While experimenting with a new build can be a somewhat involved process, the potential rewards make it worthwhile. We hope this guide helps you enjoy an even better Path of Exile 3.29 experience!