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Path of Exile 2: User Experience Improvements in Return of the Ancients

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Summary

  • Atlas Search: A new, live-updating search box allows for quick navigation of maps by name, biome, boss, or specific modifiers.
  • Trade Quick-Search: Players can now instantly price-check items using a hotkey command with granular control over item modifiers.
  • Fragment Stash Tab: Dedicated storage added for boss fragments, Precursor Tablets, Djinn Baryas, and Inscribed Ultimatums.
  • Socketables Stash Tab Update: Expanded storage space across five sub-tabs to accommodate new runes and items introduced in the Runes of Aldur league.

Atlas Navigation Improvements

The Atlas has been updated with a real-time search box. This tool enables users to locate specific maps instantly by typing their names. Pressing “Enter” allows for cycling through search results to move quickly between different map locations.

Beyond map names, the search functionality supports:

  • Biomes
  • Powerful bosses
  • Specific map modifiers

This feature is particularly useful for optimizing gameplay, such as matching specific tablets—like those providing extra Essence encounters—with maps that offer synergistic bonuses, such as those causing Essence packs to contain additional rare enemies.

Integrated trade market search is now available directly within the game client, streamlining the price-checking process:

  1. Use Shift + Alt + Click on any item to perform an immediate search on the trade market.
  2. For rare items, individual modifiers can be toggled on or off, allowing players to see how specific stats influence an item’s market value.

Stash Tab Enhancements

Several improvements have been made to storage management to handle the influx of new items:

  • Fragment Stash Tab: A new dedicated tab for organizing boss fragments. It includes:
    • Six tabs for Precursor Tablets.
    • Six tabs each for Djinn Baryas and Inscribed Ultimatums.
  • Socketables Stash Tab: Expanded to accommodate the new runes added in the Runes of Aldur league. It now features five distinct sub-tabs:
    • Runes
    • Kalguuran Runes
    • Soul Cores
    • Idols
    • Ancient Augments