Path of Exile – Act 9: Highgate

Route and starting point

Blood Aqueduct → Highgate → Descent → Vastiri Desert/Oasis → Foothills/Boiling Lake → Tunnel → Quarry/Refinery → Belly of the Beast → Rotting Core.

The area sequence describes connections rather than fixed screen directions: instances are procedurally generated. Activate waypoints and keep quest items until handed in.

Main and side quests

1. Recurring Nightmare

   Speak to Sin in Highgate. Obtain Basilisk Acid in the Boiling Lake and Trarthan Powder in the Refinery. Open the Quarry passage, traverse the Beast and defeat the returning nightmares before the Depraved Trinity.

2. The Storm Blade

   Recover the Storm Blade in the Vastiri Desert and return it to Petarus/Vanja. Follow-up dialogue with Sin and the traders unlocks the Shakari side quest; this objective alone awards no passive point.

3. Queen of the Sands

   After Storm Blade, speak to Sin and Petarus/Vanja and obtain the Bottled Storm. Use it to pass the Vastiri Desert sandstorm, defeat Shakari in the Oasis and claim Irasha’s skill book.

4. Fastis Fortuna

   Optionally find the Calendar of Fortune in the Foothills and return it to Petarus/Vanja. Two refund points help with small tree changes; no additional passive point.

5. The Ruler of Highgate

   Branch from the Quarry to the Shrine of the Winds and defeat Kira/Garukhan. Give the Sekhema Feather to either Tasuni or Irasha; this affects the story, while either choice awards the passive point.

Boss strategy and power check

Trinity cycles several familiar attack types; limit greedy attacks and keep movement paths clear. Watch Shakari’s burrowing movement. If deaths are frequent, improve gear in a familiar area first and establish a reliable four- or five-link.

Before the next act

Two skill books used; Garukhan feather handed in; Tunnel trial completed; main gem level appropriate.

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