Path Of Exile 2: How To Complete Trials Of The Sekhemas

With the activated Djinn Barya in hand, travel from the Ardura Caravan to the Trials Of The Sekhemas node on the map. It is important to mention that the first time, players will have to command the caravan to move from the Sekhemas' map located in the front of the wagon.

Once there, players will be able to unlock the Waypoint and approach an altar where Balbala will receive them as an NPC, roughly explaining what they need to do and getting some Path of Exile 2 items to complete the trial.

The map is a procedurally generated dungeon, and each room will have its challenge. Some rooms have timed challenges, others will have traps players need to avoid, and others will have Rare (Elite) enemies they need to defeat to proceed further. The important mechanic is that before entering the Trial, players will be able to use a Relic to perform an offering, granting them a boon.

At the start of each Trial of the Sekhemas run, players will notice they have a new resource bar called 'Honor' and a new Path of Exile 2 currency called Sacred Water that they will be using in several ways throughout the Trials. These mechanics work in the following way:

Killing enemies will sometimes drop Sacred Water, which players can use to purchase boons, and keys, and recover Honor.

Players will lose Honor proportional to the damage they receive.

Upon reaching 0 honor, players will automatically fail the Trial and will have to start all over.

The remaining Honor is traded for Sacred Water at the end of the Trial.

Sacred Water remaining at the end of the Trial is exchanged for Keys to open chests (Bronze, Silver, and Gold).

Honor is preserved if players have to go through two different trials (this will be used in the Cruel Difficulty to repeat the Trial and earn more ascendancy points).

At the start of each Trial, a map with several pathways opens at each of the altars. Players need to clear one map and its requisites before accessing a backroom with boons, merchants, or Fountains to recover Honor and gain more Sacred Water. Each time players complete one section, they will receive a boon and a curse.

Different Trials will pop up in every node. Here's a detailed list of them and what to do in each case:

Chalice Trial: Defeat the Two Boss Monsters. Approach the Chalice and follow the blood path to find them.

Escape Trial (timed): Defuse every Death Crystal before the time runs out. Follow the path marked upon, deactivating each crystal to find the next one. Avoid monsters to prevent running out of time. If time runs out, players will immediately fail the whole Trial and have to start over.

Gauntlet Trial: Avoid traps, find the levers, and escape the room. Players will have to do this, as they prevent damage from traps, as this will chip away at their honor pool.

Hourglass Trial (timed): Activate the hourglass and survive waves of enemies until the time runs out. It is not obligatory to kill the monsters, but they will drop Sacred Water, so it's up to the challenger to decide what to do.

Ritual Trial: Find the Summoners opening portals, then kill them and the beasts they summon to deactivate the portals. Repeat until completing the Trial.

Boss Trial: The players will face the following boss at the end of each floor (Tier) in the Trials: Tier 1 - Rattlecage, the Earthbreaker; Tier 2 - Terracotta Sentinels; Tier 3 - Ashar, the Sand Mother; and Tier 4 - Zarokh, the Temporal.

To complete the Trials of the Sekhemas and attain Ascension, players will have to balance out these and choose the safest path that helps them preserve Honor, preventing certain Curses that can greatly decrease their chances of completing the Trials. A boss named Rattlecage, the Earthbreaker awaits at the end of several sections, and they are quite complicated.

The most straightforward way to win against him is to bring Fire Resistance in the form of Charms, Rings, and any boon that increases the mentioned Elemental Resistance in all the pieces of equipment players can get their hands on.

Then, avoid the lava cracks he summons, and bring him down by stunning him. Rinse and repeat to complete this tiresome battle and attain ascension.