The Dried Lake

The Dried Lake is an area in Act 4. It has no waypoint and is connected to Highgate. It is the first area players will enter after reaching Highgate in order to kill Voll, Emperor of Purity. Upon entering for the first time, the player's character will make a comment on it.

The exit to Highgate spawns in the northwest of the map. The player must travel south and east to find the boss's ruined camp and the boss himself.

Quests

• Breaking the Seal

Monsters

• Voll, Emperor of Purity
• Nightwane
• Dust Scrabbler
• Knitted Horror
• Mindless Scavenger
• Spine Serpent
• Voll's Fallen
• Voll's Vanguard

The native enemies that have elemental damage all do lightning damage, and most resist it as well. The boss, Voll, Emperor of Purity, resists all elemental damage, including chaos damage, but will only do basic physical attacks. When you defeat him for the first time, he drops Deshret's BannerDeshret's BannerWhen the sun sets, the plains should be red., which is needed for the quest Breaking the Seal. The other unique monster, Nightwane, resists lightning damage and will attack you with Blink Arrow and Mirror Arrow.

Items found in this area

The following drop-restricted items can drop in this area.

No items include this area in their drop restrictions.

Lore

• Voll's Confession - In the camp with Voll, Emperor of Purity

Character comments

Upon entering the area:

• Marauder: "The Eternals had no respect for their land."
• Duelist: "Now this is...grim."
• Ranger: "A lake drained, a million creatures lost, just so Sarn could keep its privies flowing."
• Shadow:
• Witch: "How do I keep ending up in such lovely places?"
• Templar: "I am sorry, God. We must learn not to abuse your creations."
• Scion:

Upon killing Voll, Emperor of Purity:

• Marauder: "Your Empire is dead, Voll. Join it."
• Duelist: "It seems to me, Voll, that I just did you a favour."
• Ranger: "This land won't miss your kind, Voll."
• Shadow: "I just killed an emperor. With a feather that size, I'm going to have to get a bigger cap."
• Witch: "Thaumaturgy just keeps getting the better of you, doesn't it, Voll?"
• Templar: "You're free now, Voll. Go with God."
• Scion:

Version History

Version	Changes
3.0.0	Removed the Cruel and Merciless difficulty levels. Path of Exile is now a single ten-act playthrough.
2.0.4b	The Divination Cards: The Brittle Emperor, The Gemcutter, Doedre's Madness and The Conduit have been changed so that they drop from either specific Bosses or Strongboxes. The Divination Card: The Brittle Emperor no longer appears in Normal and Cruel difficulties.
2.0.0	Added to the game