Path of Exile Campaign Guide
A complete, step-by-step walkthrough of the Path of Exile campaign — 159 steps from the first zone to the last, with boss tips and every quest reward marked. It is the same guide as in the Exile Companion app, where you can tick steps off as you play.
Updated March 2026 · Looking for the other game? Path of Exile 2 campaign guide
Acts
| Act | Region | Steps | Passive points | Done |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Act 1 | Lioneye's Watch | 19 | 2 | |
| Act 2 | The Forest Encampment | 21 | 3 | |
| Act 3 | The Sarn Encampment | 20 | 2 | |
| Act 4 | Highgate | 15 | 1 | |
| Act 5 | Overseer's Tower | 12 | 2 | |
| Act 6 | Lioneye's Watch | 18 | 3 | |
| Act 7 | The Bridge Encampment | 16 | 3 | |
| Act 8 | Sarn Encampment | 14 | 3 | |
| Act 9 | Highgate | 12 | 2 | |
| Act 10 | Oriath Docks | 12 | 3 |
All 24 passive skill points
Every quest in the Path of Exile campaign that rewards passive skill points, in the order you reach them. The count assumes you kill all the bandits in Act 2.
| Act | Zone | Quest | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act 1 | The Flooded Depths | Kill the Dweller of the Deep | 1 |
| Act 1 | The Ship Graveyard Cave | Defeat Fairgraves, get Allflame | 1 |
| Act 2 | The Western Forest | Kill Alira (or help), find Waypoint | 1 |
| Act 2 | The Wetlands (Deal with the Bandits) | Return to Eramir with bandit quest complete | 2 |
| Act 3 | Return to Sarn Encampment | Turn in Victario's Secrets (3 busts) | 1 |
| Act 3 | The Lunaris Temple Level 2 | Kill Piety (again) | 1 |
| Act 4 | The Mines Level 2 | Free Deshret's Spirit, navigate to Crystal Veins | 1 |
| Act 5 | The Templar Courts | Collect Miasmeter in Control Blocks (In Service to Science) | 1 |
| Act 5 | Return to Overseer's Tower | Turn in Kitava's Torments to Lani | 1 |
| Act 6 | The Karui Fortress | Kill Tukohama (The Father of War) | 1 |
| Act 6 | Valley of the Fire Drinker | Kill Abberath (The Cloven One) | 1 |
| Act 6 | The Wetlands | Kill the Puppet Mistress | 1 |
| Act 7 | The Ashen Fields | Kill Ralakesh (The Master of a Million Faces) | 1 |
| Act 7 | The Northern Forest | Navigate to Causeway | 1 |
| Act 7 | The Dread Thicket | Kill Gruthkul in the Den of Despair (Queen of Despair) | 1 |
| Act 8 | The Quay | Ankh of Eternity quest (Love is Dead) | 1 |
| Act 8 | The Grain Gate | Kill Gemling Legionnaires (The Gemling Legion) | 1 |
| Act 8 | The High Gardens | Kill Yugul (Reflection of Terror) | 1 |
| Act 9 | The Oasis | Kill Shakari (Queen of the Sands) | 1 |
| Act 9 | The Quarry | Kill Garukhan (The Ruler of Highgate), access Refinery and Belly of the Beast | 1 |
| Act 10 | The Control Blocks | Kill Vilenta (Vilenta's Vengeance) | 1 |
| Act 10 | Kitava's Arena | Kill Kitava (final encounter) | 2 |
Other permanent rewards
Resistances, Spirit, ascendancy trials and other rewards that stay with your character for good.
| Act | Zone | Quest | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act 1 | The Fetid Pool (optional) | Kill the Dripping Dead (A Dirty Job - optional) | 2 respec points (A Dirty Job) |
| Act 1 | The Lower Prison | Complete Trial of Ascendancy | Trial 1 - Spike traps |
| Act 2 | The Chamber of Sins Level 2 | Kill Fidelitas, complete Trial of Ascendancy | Trial 2 - Sawblades |
| Act 2 | The Crypt Level 1 | Complete Trial of Ascendancy | Trial 3 - Spinning blades |
| Act 2 | The Crypt Level 2 (optional) | Through Sacred Ground quest - kill Archbishop Geofri | 2 respec points (Through Sacred Ground) |
| Act 3 | The Crematorium | Kill Piety, rescue Tolman (Lost in Love) | Trial 4 - Furnace traps |
| Act 3 | The Catacombs | Complete Trial of Ascendancy | Trial 5 - Blade sentries |
| Act 3 | Return to Sarn Encampment | Turn in Victario's Secrets (3 busts) | 2 respec points |
| Act 3 | The Imperial Gardens | Complete Trial of Ascendancy, find Library | Trial 6 - Dart traps |
| Act 5 | The Cathedral Rooftop | Kill Kitava (first encounter) | -30% all elemental resistances penalty |
| Act 6 | The Twilight Strand | Fallen from Grace - retrieve cache | 2 respec points (Fallen from Grace) |
| Act 6 | The Lower Prison | Complete Cruel Trial of Ascendancy | Cruel Trial 1 - Spike traps |
| Act 6 | The Brine King's Reef | Kill the Brine King | Soul of the Brine King (Pantheon power) - Proceed to Act 7 |
| Act 7 | The Crypt | Complete Cruel Trial of Ascendancy | Cruel Trial 2 - Spinning blades |
| Act 7 | The Chamber of Sins Level 2 | Complete Cruel Trial of Ascendancy | Cruel Trial 3 - Sawblades |
| Act 7 | The Temple of Decay Level 2 | Kill Arakaali, Queen of Spiders | Pantheon power (The Mother of Spiders) - Proceed to Act 8 |
| Act 8 | The Bath House | Complete Merciless Trial of Ascendancy, Wings of Vastiri | Merciless Trial 1 - Furnace traps |
| Act 9 | The Foothills | Kill Boulderback for Fastis Fortuna, navigate to Tunnel | 2 respec points (Fastis Fortuna) |
| Act 9 | The Tunnel | Complete Merciless Trial of Ascendancy | Merciless Trial 2 - Blade sentries |
| Act 10 | The Ossuary | Complete Merciless Trial of Ascendancy | Merciless Trial 3 - Dart traps |
| Act 10 | The Ossuary | Complete Merciless Trial of Ascendancy | 2 respec points (No Love for Old Ghosts) |
| Act 10 | Kitava's Arena | Kill Kitava (final encounter) | -60% all elemental resistances, -30% chaos resistance (permanent) |