In Path of Exile (PoE), upgrading your Pantheon powers is essential for enhancing your character’s defenses and overall survivability. This guide focuses on capturing the Terror of the Infinite Drifts to upgrade the Soul of Shakari, providing a significant boost in reducing chaos damage taken and mitigating chaos damage over time.
Understanding the Soul of Shakari
The Soul of Shakari offers valuable defensive buffs, particularly against poison and chaos damage. Here’s the base ability and its potential upgrade:
PoE Soul of Shakari
Base Ability:
Soul of Shakari: “You cannot be Poisoned while there are at least 3 Poisons on you” and “50% less Duration of Poisons on You.”
Upgrade:
Capture Terror of the Infinite Drifts (Desert Spring Map): 5% reduced Chaos Damage taken and 25% reduced Chaos Damage over Time taken while on Caustic Ground.
Capturing the Terror of the Infinite Drifts provides a critical upgrade that reduces chaos damage and chaos damage over time, which is essential for maintaining your character’s performance in high-level content.
Steps to Capture Terror of the Infinite Drifts
Acquire the Desert Spring Map and add it into your map device at your hideout. Desert Spring Map Tier: 13, 16, 16, 16, 16.
Add a Divine Vessel into the map device.
Run the map and kill the Terror of the Infinite Drifts boss (you can have other players help kill the boss, but you must be present in the map for the capturing to work).
Check your map device, you should have acquired the Captured Soul of a god (item that looks like a blue bottle).
Consume the Captured Soul to upgrade a God Power.
View your Pantheon and roll over the God you are trying to upgrade; the upgraded God Power should now be available.
There must be space in the map device for the Captured Soul or it will be deleted.
Why Upgrade the Soul of Shakari?
Upgrading the Soul of Shakari provides significant defensive benefits that enhance your character’s survivability:
5% reduced Chaos Damage taken: This upgrade, obtained by capturing the Terror of the Infinite Drifts, helps mitigate incoming chaos damage.
25% reduced Chaos Damage over Time taken while on Caustic Ground: This upgrade provides substantial protection against chaos damage over time effects, especially when on caustic ground.
These upgrades make the Soul of Shakari a versatile and powerful defensive option, suitable for a variety of builds.
Important Tips
Map Device Space: Always ensure there is space in your map device for the Captured Soul to avoid deletion.
Pantheon Sharing: Upgrades to the Pantheon are shared between all characters in the same league but are disabled until the character has completed “An End to Hunger” (completing the Act campaign).
Conclusion
Capturing the Terror of the Infinite Drifts and upgrading the Soul of Shakari is a vital step in enhancing your character’s defenses in Path of Exile. By following the steps outlined in this guide, you can efficiently upgrade your Pantheon powers and enjoy the benefits of reduced chaos damage and improved protection against chaos damage over time. Keep exploring, Exiles, and may your journey through Wraeclast be ever prosperous!
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