One of the most important resources you'll find yourself needing in Path of Exile 2 are skill points. Skill points are normally earned by simply leveling up your character but there are a couple ways for you to earn them completely for free. In this PoE 2 skill points farm guide, we're going to go over all the ways you can get passive skill points as well as free passive stat bonuses for your characters.
PoE 2 Skill Point Farm Guide: How & Where To Get Free Skill Points
Throughout the campaign, players can find a total of 24 passive skill points, which can be allocated to different weapon specialization sets. Additionally, players can earn various elemental resistances and spirit points, which are essential for character development. Normally, killing optional bosses or completing a character side quest can get you a skill point. Next, let's dive into the best way to get all Path of Exile 2 24 skill points and all the permanent stat bonuses in Acts 1 through 3 in the normal campaign and cruel difficulty.
PoE 2 Normal Campaign Skill Points Farm
Act 1
Starting with the first permanent stat bonus that you can grab. This one is in the very first area of the game. Once you reach the Cearfell encampment, you'll find Beira. She's a very simple boss especially early on. Her main mechanic is summoning a pack of dogs. You'll deal with her and you'll be awarded a permanent 10% boost to your cold resistance.
Next up is the Crow Bell located in the Hunting Grounds area. This boss is hidden away somewhere in this area and you'll know you found them when you see a gate. Keep in mind, that this boss will run away from you once you get them to a certain health threshold, just make sure you keep them in sight to avoid losing them. Once defeated, they will drop an item that grants you plus two passive skill points.
There's a sidequest you can get from Finn about halfway through Act 1. This will require us to travel to Freyhorn. Killing the boss, King of the Mists. This rewards your character with their first 30 Spirits which will be very important later on.
Another side quest can be done for Una where you need to find her loot. This loot is located in the Ogham Farmlands and it'll be locate in a house. When you bring the loot back to Una, she'll then give you an poe 2 item with plus two skill points.
The last permanent boss in Act 1 is located in the Ogham Manor. Normally you would be searching for stairs to go down to the very bottom to face the final boss for Act 1. But instead, you need to be searching for the Chapel of the Fallen, and inside you'll find the Fallen altar with the Psalm of Madness in the center. You'll interact with the Statue which will then begin to move. Starting the boss fight with Candlemass, the Living Rite. This boss has a lot of fire attacks so try to be prepared for that. But killing this boss drops yet again another item but this one grants a permanent plus 20 to maximum life.
Act 2
We first have a boss, the Constrictor Queen Kabala. She's located in the Keth and you know you found the right spot when you find this snake pit formation. The main thing to watch out for especially solo is when she summons all of her snakes, because it's very easy to get trapped. Once defeated, she'll drop an item which will grant you plus two passive skill points.
In this area, you'll also find a lot of these snake enemies. Make sure you kill them because they have a chance to drop a Kabala Clan Relic which will be useful later on as his one half of a puzzle. The other half is going to be located in the Bonepits access through the Mastodon Badlands. You'll find these Sun Clan Scavengers and these have the chance to drop the Sun Can Relic. With both of these in hand, you're going to make your way to the Valley of the Titans. You're going to insert the relics and this allows you to choose between 30% extra charm charges or 15% extra mana recovery from flasks.
This can be changed at any time depending on your build or whatever it is you're trying to do. You can always return to the Altar and change things up.
Next up we have the side quests for the Shambrin at the Ardura Caravan. For this, you'll have to find a final letter located in the Deshar. Simply run around this area until you find the green corpse who will have the letter. Once you bring it back to Shambrin, she'll reward you with an item to grant plus two passive skill points.
The last thing for Act 2 is the Sisters of Garukhan Shrine. This is located in the Spires of Deshar. This one is very simple. Once you find this area, you're going to interact with the name of "Sisters of Garukhan" and you'll see on the bottom left end of your screen that you received 10% lightning resistance. Resistance is literally everything, especially in the end game, so definitely make sure to hit these.
Act 3
The very first area you gain access to is the Sandswept Marsh. The beautiful thing about this area and this is something that's going to benefit your skills is that you're guaranteed a Lesser Jeweler's Orb here. This allows you to socket another support gem slot on a skill with only two slots. This is located towards the end of the zone in the Orok Campfire. Here you'll find two rare enemies guarding this glowing basket. Open the basket and you'll be able to pick up the orb.
We have the Mighty Silverfist boss fight which is located in the Jungle Ruins and this boss hits hard. Watch out for that slam attack, he can literally melt you and your entire team with one slam. But killing this boss rewards an item that grants plus two passive skill points.
The next boss fight we have is the Ignagduk, the Big Witch. She's located in the Azak Bog. She's flying around all over the place, trying to get some stuns in. When she stops moving, she'll summon these big AOE attacks. When she reaches half health, she enters her second phase where she uses a ton of fire attacks. Once defeated, she drops an item that rewards another permanent plus 30 spirit to your character.
Head to the Venom Crypts to find a venom vial which is part of a side quest for Servi. This actually gives you the choice between three stat bonuses: plus 25% stun threshold, plus 30% element threshold and plus 25% mana regeneration rates. Be mindful when choosing a buff, this is a permanent buff and cannot be changed once chosen.
The next boss is Blackjaw, the Remnant which is located in Jiquani Machinarium. Towards the end of the area, there's going to be a door you can open with a soul core, which can be found by exploring the area. Once killed they drop the flame core that grants a permanent plus 10 to fire resistance.
+2 Passive Skill Points
Finally in Act 3, you'll need to sacrifice a sacrificial heart at the altar in Aggorat. This will give you another plus two passive skill points. This heart is a random drop from enemies in Utzaal. To skill the enemies, one will eventually drop with the heart that you need.
PoE 2 Cruel Difficulty Skill Points Farm
You can actually earn almost all of these again on cruel difficulty. Keep in mind if you missed anything, you can also go back and get these passive skill points as these quests and other items will still be there for you to obtain. As far as cruel difficulty goes, this is your run through again of Acts 1 through Acts 3. Some may give slightly different rewards but their acquisition remains the same.
Act 1
You kill Beira of the Rotten Pack for plus 10 cold resistance.
You can find Una's Lute and kill the Crowbell for another plus two passive skill points.
You can also kill Candlemass for a plus 8% bump to maximum life.
Act 2
Kabala Constrictor Queen drops another plus two skill points
Finding the letter in Deshar for Shambrin also gives you that plus two.
Delivering the relics to the Valley of the Titans rewards another choice between stab bonuses that being plus 30% extra charm charges or that 15% extra mana recovery from flasks.
We can get another plus 10% lightning resistance from the Sisters of Garukhan.
Act 3
Get a plus two passive skill point from killing Mighty Silverfist.
Sacrificing the heart at the altar, you can claim yet another Lesser Jewel's Orb from the basket in the Sandswept Marsh.
Killing the Ignagduk in cruel difficulty will grant you plus 40 spirit this time rather than the plus 30. Finding the Venom Vial and the Venom Crypts allows us to choose from three different permanent buffs. This time plus 10% chaos resistance, plus 5 to all attributes, and minus 15% slow potency of debuffs applying to you. Keep in mind, that these are permanent changes, so choose wisely.
You can kill Blackjaw, the Remnant for another 10% boost to our fire resistance.
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