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Vaal Temple Guide

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Vaal Temple Guide
The Vaal Temple, or Atziri's Temple, is the latest league mechanic in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). Learn more about Vaal Temple, its mechanics, and different rooms with this guide!

List of Contents

Best Setups
How to Set Up
How to Reset
Mechanics
List of Rooms
Best Rooms
How to Unlock Vaal Temple
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Best Vaal Temple Setups

Snaking Temple Rooms

Snaking Patterns
Armory > Garrison > Spymaster > Garrison > Armory
Armory > Commander > Garrison > Commander > Garrison > Armory
Armory > Alchemy Lab > Thaumaturge > Alchemy Lab > Armory

Snaking refers to connecting individual rooms together in one long chain to avoid destabilzaing multiple rooms. This allows you to use the Medallion that prevents the final room from destabalizing, protecting the whole chain from getting destroyed.

This technique requires a lot of set up to get going, however, having a Temple full of rooms that each increase the difficulty and rewards of the monsters inside is on the most lucrative ways to use the Vaal Temple.

Rushing Atziri Fights

If setting up a full temple is not to your liking, it may still be good idea to try and build it in a way to fight it's final boss, Atziri, the Red Queen, every now and then between mapping.

An effective way to do this is always keep a path that goes straight from the entrance of the Temple to the Atziri's boss chamber. Additionally, you want paths that go either side of the Temple to easily access the Architect fight.

How to Set Up the Temple

Use the Prelude Maps to Easily Find Energized Crystals

Lower‑level characters can repeatedly spawn in a campaign areas to search for nearby Energized Crystals to use the Temple Console. This is an efficient way for characters to start setting up their Temple without burning through a lot of Waystones.

Note that this only works for characters within 10 levels above the area you're trying to fish for Energized Crystals. We recommend The Blackwood and the Holten Estate in the Prelude for this strategy.

Use Higher-Tier Waystones

Playing maps with higher‑tier Waystones offers a chance to obtain two Energized Crystals from a single encounter, with a rare possibility of receiving three. This makes running Tier 15 Waystones efficient for stacking up on Energized Crystals to consecutive Temple runs.

Use Light Radius Gear

If your goal is only to locate Energized Crystal encounters in either endgame or campaign areas, stacking the Light Radius stat can be very helpful. Increased Light Radius expands the terrain revealed on your minimap, making it easier to spot points-of-interest, such as the Vaal Crystal encounters from a distance. The maximum bonus you can reach is 150% increased Light Radius at a time.

How to Reset the Vaal Temple

Defeat Atziri or the Architect to Destabilize the Temple

The most effective way to reset your Temple and start fresh is by repeatedly placing paths toward the Architect and defeating him. Doing so triggers a major destabilization, which removes a significant number of the rooms you have already placed.

Defeating Atziri also causes a major destabilization. It's advisable to do this once you have the Royal Access Chamber placed in the Temple Console.

Use a New Character

If you are dissatisfied with your current Temple setup and plan to create a new character, starting fresh will automatically reset Temple progress for that character. This approach provides a clean slate and is best suited for players who are already planning to level a new character or who can progress through the campaign quickly enough that it becomes more efficient than repeatedly fighting the Architect.

Vaal Temple Mechanics

Clear 6 Beacons for One Temple Run

Place Rooms and Paths Each Run

The Temple Destabilizes After Each Run

Defeat the Architect

Defeat Atziri

Clear 6 Beacons for One Temple Run

Unlocking Vaal Ruins
Before you can go through Temples, you will need to activate 6 Vaal Beacons that are scattered throughout Wraeclast. Fortunately, there are Vaal Beacons in every area as you progress through the campaign.

Once you unlock 6 beacons, you will gain access to the Vaal Ruins.

Place Rooms and Paths Each Run

Changing the Temple Layout

Once you enter the Vaal Ruins and interact with the Temple Console, you will be given 6 random room and path tiles to place. This allows you to customize the Temple's layout for you to go through. Use the paths to connect the rooms however you can.

Placing certain rooms next to each other can grant additional effects. Stacking more effects for you run will grant you better rewards upon completing it. Once you are satisfied with the layout, select the Run Temple button and go through your creation!

The Temple Destabilizes After Each Run

Destabilizing Rooms
Once you complete all the rooms, you can create a portal back to the Vaal Ruins. Upon interacting with the Temple Console again, you must press End Temple to start building up to a new run.

Ending the temple will cause some of the rooms to destabilize and will be permanently removed from your setup.

Defeat the Architect

The Architect Boss Fight
Build your way towards the Architect's Chamber on the opposite side of the Temple Console, where you must fight and defeat Xipocado, Royal Architect. Defeating Xipocado and ending the Temple will cause it to destabilize, removing a lot more rooms.

Place 3 Reward Rooms

Xipocado Exclusive Rooms
After defeating The Architect, interact with the Temple Console again to gain an assortment of special room tiles to choose from. These exclusive rooms can grant unique and valuable rewards.

Defeat Atziri

Lastly, you will need to defeat Atziri in Vaal Chambers, found at the opposite end of the Temple Console. She is this league's final boss, and only players Level 75 and above may access this room.

Defeating Atziri and ending the Temple will cause it to destabilize, removing a lot more rooms.

Vaal Temple List of Rooms

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List of Base Rooms

Room	Description
Commander's Chamber	・Rare Monsters have 8% increased Effectiveness ・Has a higher chance of Uromoti's Medallion, increases with tier ・May contain a bench allowing modification of equipment
Sealed Vault	・Contains many chests ・Room Destabilizes once the central Vault is opened
Bronzeworks	・Chests have 8% more Item Rarity ・Contains Masterwork Forge to improve equipment quality ・Tier 3 allows further improvement of equipment quality above 20%
Workshop	・Tier 3 has a high chance of Quipolatl's Medallion ・May contain a bench allowing modification of equipment
Dynamo	・Construct Monsters have 8% increased Effectiveness ・May contain a bench allowing modification of equipment
Thaumaturge's Laboratory	・Contains Gemcutting Workbench ・Tier 3 allows further Corruption of Gems
Guardhouse	・10% increased number of Monsters Packs ・May contain a bench allowing modification of equipment ・May contain Regal Workbench
Depot	・Humanoid Monsters have 8% increased Effectiveness ・Contains Equipment

List of Rooms in the Past

Room	Description
Prosthetic Research	・Monsters grant 5% increased Experience
Chamber of Souls	・8% increased Rarity of Items dropped by Monsters ・Tier 3 allows Soul Core Corruption
Spymaster's Study	・Has a higher chance of Juatalotli's Medallion, increases with tier ・Can assassinate other Spymasters to level up
Surgeon's Ward	・Unique Monsters have 5% increased Effectiveness ・Tier 3 allows Limb Modification
Corruption Chamber	・Rare Monsters have an 8% chance to have an additional modifier ・Contains a device to Corrupt Items ・Tier 3 allows further Corruption of Equipment

List of Xipocado's Console Rooms

Room	Description
Ancient Reliquary Vault	・Contains Unique Item ・Room Destabilises once complete
Kishara's Vault	・Contains a large stash of Currency ・Room Destabilises once complete
Kishara's Vault	・Contains a large stash of Currency ・Room Destabilises once complete
Jiquani's Vault	・Contains a random High Level Rune ・Room Destabilises once complete
Extraction Chamber	・Contains a Device to Salvage Socketed Augments at the cost of destroying the equipment. ・Room Destabilises once complete

Sacrificial Chamber

The Sacrificial Chamber contains the most valuable Incursion Currency, the Vaal Cultivation Orb. This specific currency is particularly valuable due to it being able to further modify Corrupted Vaal Uniques.

Corruption Chamber

The Corruption Chamber contains a device that can further modify Corrupted Equipment. Though using the device is a huge gamble since it can destroy the equipment, the potential reward can be incredibly valuable.

Thaumaturge

Thaumaturge rooms, when upgraded to Tier 3, contains a device that can further modify a Corrupted Skill Gem. This is a great way to potentially get a 6-socket or +1 level skill gem!

Spymaster

Spymaster rooms are valuable due to its chance to drop Juatalotli's Medallion, which prevents rooms destabilization from removing important rooms. Make sure to upgrade this room since it increases the chances of dropping Juatalotli's Medallion.

Golem Works

Upgrading Golem Works to tier 3 will provide a high chance for Quipolatl's Medallion to drop. This medallion upgrades the tier of a room, which takes out the RNG of getting specific rooms for upgrading.

How to Unlock Vaal Temple

Activate 6 Ancient Beacons

Unlocking the Ancient Beacons Quest
When you start a fresh account under the new league, Fate of the Vaal, you will encounter Ancient Beacons all throughout Wraeclast. These beacons can be characterized by a circular structure with red stones and intricate markings.

To activate these beacons, you must defeat all nearby enemies and then step onto the beacon. Once you activate 6 Ancient Beacons, a portal to the Vaal Ruins will open, where you can find Vaal Temple.

Ancient Beacons Quest Walkthrough

Complete Act 3 For More Rooms

Doryani Second Phase

Upon finishing Act 3, Doryani will join you on your quest and gain the ability to travel back in time to unlock Vaal Temple in its prime. Thus, you gain access to past-exclusive rooms, which can contain valuable loot.

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Best Vaal Temple Setups

Snaking Temple Rooms

Rushing Atziri Fights

How to Set Up the Temple

Use the Prelude Maps to Easily Find Energized Crystals

Use Higher-Tier Waystones

Use Light Radius Gear

How to Reset the Vaal Temple

Defeat Atziri or the Architect to Destabilize the Temple

Use a New Character

Vaal Temple Mechanics

Clear 6 Beacons for One Temple Run

Place Rooms and Paths Each Run

The Temple Destabilizes After Each Run

Defeat the Architect

Place 3 Reward Rooms

Defeat Atziri

Vaal Temple List of Rooms

List of Base Rooms

List of Rooms in the Past

List of Xipocado's Console Rooms

Best Atziri Temple Rooms

Sacrificial Chamber

Corruption Chamber

Thaumaturge

Spymaster

Golem Works

How to Unlock Vaal Temple

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