Act 3

The map of Act 3

Act three is Path of Exile's third storyline act. In this act, the exile discovers the ancient city of Sarn, home to the eternal empire, now crawling with undead and Blackguard troops from Oriath. Piety waits in her laboratory alongside her gruesome experiments. High on the Scepter of God, Dominus, the man sent the exile to Wraeclast, watches and waits.

It covers monster levels 23–33. Its town is The Sarn Encampment.

NPCs:

• Clarissa (jewelry, flask, and gem vendor)
• Hargan (weapon and armour vendor)
• Maramoa
• Grigor

Masters:

• Vagan, Weaponmaster
• Vorici, Master Assassin
• Leo, Master of the Arena

Quests

• Lost in Love
• Sever the Right Hand
• The Gemling Queen
• Victario's Secrets
• The Ribbon Spool
• Fiery Dust
• A Swig of Hope
• Piety's Pets
• A Fixture of Fate
• Sceptre of God
• The Lord's Labyrinth

Progression

		The City of Sarn 23
		↓
		The Sarn Encampment
		↓
The Crematorium 25	←	The Slums 24
		↓
Lunaris Temple Level 2 30		The Sewers 26	→	The Marketplace 26	→	The Catacombs 27
↑		↓		↓
Lunaris Temple Level 1 29	←	The Ebony Barracks 29		The Battlefront 27	→	Solaris Temple Level 1 27
		↓		↓		↓
The Library 30	←	The Imperial Gardens 30		The Docks 29		Solaris Temple Level 2 28
↓		↓
The Archives 31		The Sceptre of God 32	→	The Hedge Maze 31
		↓
		The Upper Sceptre of God 33

Version history

Version	Changes
3.0.0	Removed the Cruel and Merciless difficulty levels. Path of Exile is now a single ten-act playthrough. Removed The Warehouse and the three sewers
2.0.0	Due to 2.0 progression balancing zone levels changed to Normal 23-33, Cruel 48-54, Merciless 63-67 Clarissa has been moved into the City of Sarn (from the Slums). The Slums no longer attaches to The Warehouse District. You can no longer access The Warehouse District or beyond without opening the Sewers (by finding Tolman and freeing Clarissa). The Sewer Waterway has been removed. The Marketplace Sewers now has two entrances in the Marketplace. The Marketplace waypoint has been moved. The Ebony Barracks waypoint has been moved. Lunaris Temple Level 1 and Lunaris Temple Level 2 have been merged. The waypoint is now in this merged area. Piety's boss arena in Lunaris Temple Level 2 has been changed.
1.0.0	Added six new world areas (in all three difficulty levels) across three new tilesets. There are three new quests. Added a grand finale boss fight. The Eternal Laboratory has been visually revamped and is now present in the Solaris Temple. In Normal and Cruel difficulties, it contains lore.
0.10.0	The City of Sarn, Path of Exile's third act, is now available! It includes 21 areas based on 8 new tilesets, 18 completely new monster types and over 90 monster variations.