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1-# Trial of Chaos
1+# The Burning Monolith
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3-* Pinnacle Boss: [[The Trialmaster]]
3+* Pinnacle Boss: [[The Arbiter of Ash]]
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5-The Trial of Chaos also extends into endgame. As you gain Inscribed Ultimatums of higher and higher levels,
6-The number of chambers that you can go through increases. In true Vaal style, this allows you to take even more risks for even more rewards.
5+Had enough yet? Because there's still just one more thing. The most difficult content in Path of Exile 2.
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8-At endgame, you can progress through up to ten chambers with three bosses in a single run.
7+While mapping, you may come across this fortress with a pillar of flame and ash rising from the center, there has emerged from underground,
8+surrounded by an enormous maze riddled with danger.
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10-Stacking ten tribulations on top of each other
11-will make this a significant challenge, but it's worth it.
10+Is the maze preventing something getting in or something getting out?
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13-##### Vaal Orb
12+This fortress is of ancient origin, and its construction has similarities to the towers and tablets that you've been using on your journey
13+through the end game. It is clear from the entrance that there are three keys required to enter.
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15-The Trialmaster will tempt you with items from the Vaal Empire, such as Vaal Orbs.
15+Local factions of vying for access to the fortress in order to seize the power they believe will be inside.
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17-Vaal Orbs are powerful crafting items that corrupt your gear with random, mysterious outcomes.
18-Corruption prevents an item from being modified further, so it has to be the last step of your craft. But it's also the most dangerous one.
17+Each of the factions leaders have managed to get their hands on one of the keys, so you'll need to defeat them.
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20-For example, if you use one on your body armor, it might add a powerful new enchantment, or it might just reroll the entire item, bricking it completely.
19+Each faction is led by an Uber Act Boss. You can see one of them inhabiting this city, but in order to fight him, you'll first need to defeat their two
20+lieutenants in the adjacent zones.
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22-Vaal Orbs also have the ability to add a socket, allowing you to bypass the normal restriction of how many sockets an item can have.
22+Be careful, if you fail against either of the lieutenants
23+or to kill their leader, they will move on and you'll need to find them again. Kill all the Uber bosses and you will gain access to the fortress.
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24-A body armor could get up to three sockets this way, allowing for a significant number of mods.
25+We aren't going to spoil it as we can't wait to see you guys attempt it for the first time. But is there a tree you get points in after killing it?
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26-Vaal Orbs can even modify uniques, adding enchantments or sockets to uniques can make them incredibly powerful,
27-but there's a good chance you'll break them as well.
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29-##### Soul Cores
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31-The Trialmaster will also occasionally offer you Soul Cores.
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33-Originally formed by Chaos, the Vaal sought to replicate Soul Cores through human sacrifice rituals and blood magic to power their civilization.
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35-Soul Cores are powerful socketable items with mods that cannot be obtained from regular runes.
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37-Like all endgame content, there is of course a pinnacle boss. The final chamber will drop keys to this mysterious door.
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39-Some say this is where the Trialmaster himself resides, and perhaps you're willing to take the risk and find out.
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27+Of course there is. This is Path of Exile. There's always another tree. So these are your challenges for PoE2