Greetings Exiles and welcome to another edition of “Games with Coffee!” It’s that time of month again, where I delve back into the dangerous world of Wraeclast. This time, I’m trying to figure out how to unblock the road connecting Lioneye’s Watch to the rest of the mainland, barred thanks to the mysterious Piety… Thankfully, the residents in The Forest Encampment in The Western Forest may have some ideas for me to accomplish that task, but it wouldn’t come cheap; they’ve been having issues with the local bandits, among other things, which require my specific skillset to solve! Let’s dig in:

Master of the Hunt, Tora

I ran into a new Master while exploring my new surroundings and exterminating the local fauna. Her name: Tora, and she is an expert markswoman with a bow and arrow on hand. Naturally, she specializes in creating hunting bows and quivers; perfect for those who favour ranged melee attacks.

The task she set me on was straightforward: kill the creature inside a den that’s causing havoc on the uncorrupted areas of the forest’s ecosystem. She handed over a magical tracker that I used to find and enter the monster’s lair. Upon entering the Reeking Den, I was accosted by a swarm of serpents, with their mother, a Mutated Adder, calling the shots. Area of Effect spells and skills are the best to deploy in this case!

As per usual, defeating it gained me some reputation with Tora, and access to her stash back in the Encampment.

Slaying the Great White Beast

Next up, I received a quest from a resident named Yeena to find and slay a White Beast in a cavern to the east. Seems like the poor thing has been treated roughly and has now been causing quite a bit of trouble for the residents at the Encampment. While it was important that its pain be eased for the sake of the villagers, it was also a good thing this came up – Rukhi was looking for a bit of a challenge after the last fight!

Entering the sprawling, maze-like lair, I encountered large, bearish monsters, one of which dropped a Silver Coin!

Moving on, I soon found myself face to face with the beast. The fight didn’t disappoint: it had high HP and great strength, but it was still no match for Rukhi’s magic! Single target, elemental trap and chaining skills are quite effective for this fight. I even got a chance to test out my new Vaal Detonate Dead Skill Gem – it packs a wallop!

After returning to camp and informing Yeena of the beast’s passing, she rewards you with a choice of several items, including a Quicksilver Flask! I definitely took that one.

Pro tip: keep some of your flasks, especially if they’re the same size. Trade in three of the same size and you’ll get the next size up! This is highly useful for when you have bunch of flasks in your stash that you want to get rid of – you free up space and get a better flask at the same time! Win-win!

Dealing with the Bandits?

At last, it was time for me to start the much-discussed “Dealing with the Bandits” quest, one of the main quests for Act 2. An old man named Eramir was the guy to talk to for starting this quest. He tasked me to eliminate the three Bandit Lords in the forest: Bandit Lords Oak, Alira and Kraityn. However, I learned that I could also join forces with one of the bandits and take out the other two. Joining forces with one of the Bandit Lords yields a reward based on one of the three central attributes (Strength, Intelligence and Dexterity).

Oak represents Strength and his reward grants life regeneration and physical attack and defense ups. Alira represents Intelligence and her reward grants Mana regeneration, increased resistances and a higher chance to land critical strikes. Finally, Kraityn represents Dexterity and his reward grants increases attack and cast speed, movement speed and evasion. If all three are killed, Eramir will grant you two passive points.

It’s a difficult choice to make, all things considered. Each reward has its pros and cons, but I’ve decided… To leave this as a cliffhanger and let you know what I decided to do in the next playthrough post! Haha!

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Currency Watch: Silver Coins

I touched on Silver Coins before, used to generate prophecies from Navali, but did you know you can seal the prophecy and trade that sealed prophecy to another player? If you have a spare Silver Coin, which is an uncommon drop from monsters, crates or Strongboxes, you can use it to seal the prophecy and turn it into an item. This makes for a great bartering tool with players to get some advanced equipment, skills or valuable currencies, like Chaos or Divine Orbs in return for an amazing prophecy! Give it a try when you get the chance!

Looking for Silver Coins or other items? Be sure to check the PoE Items store on the Playerauctions.com website! They have a wide variety of items to choose from at a reasonable cost, and all transactions are safe and secure.

Also, be sure to check some of my other posts on the Playerauctions.com blog – I have a guest post or three you can check out!

Until next time, Exiles, this has been Ryan from “Games with Coffee,“ wishing you good fortune on the battlefield and, as always, reminding you to Keep Gaming and Keep Brewing!