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The Prisoner Boss Guide

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Last updated on: December 15, 2025 06:04 AM

The Prisoner is an Act 4 Main Boss in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) that requires using nearby Ballistas to defeat. See the location, the drops or rewards, and tips on how to beat The Prisoner here.

List of Contents

Location
How to Beat
Overview and Rewards
Related Guides

The Prisoner Location

Act 4 - Solitary Confinement

Path of Exile 2 - The Prisoner Location

The Prisoner is sealed at the depths of the Abandoned Prison, at the very end the Solitary Confinement area of Act 4.

Act 4 Walkthrough

How to Beat The Prisoner

Stay Near the Ballistas

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At specific life thresholds, The Prisoner becomes stunned, creating an opportunity for a powerful ballista shot. Failing to interact with the ballista when he gets stunned this way causes The Prisoner to regenrate life making the fight last longer.

To make sure you are able to launch the ballista bolts in time, make sure to stick to the walls where the ballistas are so you can easily access them when needed.

The Prisoner Healing Despite Firing the Ballista

Using Ballistas Against The Prisoner
It is possible for The Prisoner to heal back up even if you fired the Ballista. This is due to the very slim window the boss gives you to fire the Ballista. This makes it much more important to fire the Ballista as fast as possible.

The Prisoner Overview and Rewards

Basic Info


Location	Act 4 Solitary Confinement
Resistances	・ Physical ・ Cold
Weaknesses	・ None
Damage Types	・ Physical ・ Cold
Debuffs	・ Chill ・ Freeze

Rewards

・ The Search Main Quest progression

Defeating The Prisoner grants these rewards, either as direct drops or as a quest completion bonus.

Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) Related Guides

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List of Bosses

All Boss Guides
All Pinnacle Bosses	All Spirit Bosses

All Act 1 Bosses

The Bloated Miller	The Devourer	Beira of the Rotten Pack
Areagne, Forgotten Witch	The Brambleghast	The Rust King
The Rotten Druid	Draven, the Eternal Praetor	Asinia, Praetor Consort
Lachlan of Endless Lament	The King in the Mists	The Crowbell
Vargir the Feral Mutt	The Executioner	Candlemass, the Living Rite
Count Geonor	-	-

All Act 2 Bosses

Rathbreaker	Rudja, Dread Engineer	Balbala, The Traitor
L'im the Impaler	Jamanra, the Risen King	Kabala, Constrictor Queen
Zalmarath, the Colossus	Tor Gul, the Defiler	Ekbab, Ancient Steed
The Ninth Treasure of Keth	Azarian, the Forsaken Son	Watchful Twins
Jamanra, the Abomination	Sisters of Garukhan	-

All Act 3 Bosses

Rootdredge	Mighty Silverfist	Blackjaw, the Remnant
Xyclucian, the Chimera	Zicoatl, Warden of the Core	Ignagduk, the Bog Witch
Mektul, the Forgemaster	Queen of Filth	Ketzuli, High Priest of the Sun
Viper Napuatzi	Doryani	-

All Interlude Bosses

Akthl and Anundr	Isolde and Heldra	Siora, Blade of the Mists
Sigbert and Godwin	Oswin, the Dread Warden	Thane Wulfric and Lady Elswyth
Vornas, the Fell Flame	Lythara, the Wayward Spear	Rakkar, the Frozen Talon
The Abominable Yeti	Stormgore, the Guardian	Zolin and Zelina

Abyss Bosses

Tasgul, Swallower of Light

Vandroth, Blackblooded Enslaver

Vessel of Kulemak

Trial Bosses

Bahlak, the Sky Seer	Uxmal, the Beastlord	Chetza, the Feathered Plague
Rattlecage, the Earthbreaker	Terracota Sentinels	Ashar, the Sand Mother

Pinnacle Bosses

Zarokh, the Temporal	Xesht, We That Are One	The Arbiter of Ash
The Trialmaster	Kosis, the Revelation	Omniphobia, Fear Manifest

Comment

Anonymous 4 months

You can use the entrance to the circle to avoid the ice circle and ice explosions he does.

Anonymous 4 months

This guide sucks. I found staying close to him and dodge/move around him. Usually my dodge negates his close AoE attacks. In the 3rd phase(ballista) he does a dangerous new move so constantly move.

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