Guide:Secrets and noteworthy encounters

This is a guide on the subject of secrets and noteworthy encounters in Path of Exile.

Last updated on February 10, 2025.

A number of surprises and miniature versions of league mechanic encounters are scattered throughout the campaign of Wraeclast. The following is a list of encounters discovered by players. Note: the 🔄 symbol indicates that this encounter is repeatable, otherwise the encounter can only be triggered once per character.

List of Campaign easter eggs

Act(s)	Area(s)	Encounter	Ruthless Variant
Act 1	The Flooded Depths	🔄 The Dweller of the Deep is imprisoned by a random tier 1 Essence Monolith.	Essence only drops once per Character (or league? needs verification)
Act 1	The Climb	A Legion monolith spawns near the Lioneye's Standard. Always spawns as Karui vs Eternal Empire legions, same as the historical battle that Lioneye was involved.	Same
Act 1	The Upper Prison	A switch on the column in the hallway with the crucified skeleton opens up a hidden room containing a Chemist's Strongbox, which drops several flasks.	Room is empty
Act 1	The Ship Graveyard	Area contains a Pirate's Treasure Chest, which spawns The Drunken Corsair and two random Tormented Spirits.	Same
Act 2	The Riverways (Act 2) The Crossroads (Act 2) The Broken Bridge (Act 2)	🔄 Area contains a Breach on top of a pile of corpses in bandit camps or inside of a ruined building. Standard leagues only.	Same
Act 2	The Chamber of Sins Level 2 (Act 2)	Area contains a room that contains a number of random level 1 gems.	Not present
Act 2	The Broken Bridge (Act 2)	In the corner of one of the ruins contains three neutral rogue exiles - Orra Greengate, Ash Lessard, and Vickas Giantbone. Opening the nearby Wastrel's Jewellery Cache makes them hostile.	Present, with less Rogue Exile drops. Particularly valuable in Ruthless.
Act 2	The Fellshrine Ruins (Act 2)	Area contains three "Devotional Statues". After interacting with them, a version of Vorana called The Forgotten Sister spawns near the entrance to The Crypt.	Same
Act 2	The Vaal Ruins	Area contains a Corruption Altar that functions identically to a Vaal OrbVaal OrbStack Size: 20Corrupts an item, modifying it unpredictablyRight click this item then left click an item to corrupt it. Corrupted items cannot be modified again..	Same
Act 2	The Northern Forest (Act 2) The Dread Thicket (Act 2)	Area contains a Ritual encounter with a guaranteed Omen. Repeat visits feature the Ritual enemy packs, but no Altars.	Same
Act 2	The Caverns	🔄 Area contains a hidden room containing a crafting recipe. Accessible by clicking two interactable pillars in a room roughly in the middle of the pyramid's base floor.	Room instead contains an Ancient Cache, dropping various Jewellery items. Non-repeatable.
Act 3	The Sewers The Imperial Gardens	🔄 Area contains a Blight encounter.	Blight chests are generic varieties
Act 3	The Docks	🔄 The Shipyard Terror is imprisoned by a random tier 3 Essence Monolith.	Monolith only contains 1 Essence
Act 3	The Archives	🔄 Area contains a hidden room containing a crafting recipe. Accessible by clicking an interactable candle on a long wall.	Room instead contains an Ancient Cache, dropping various Jewellery items. Non-repeatable.
Act 4	The Dried Lake	Area contains a Legion Monolith next to the Nightwane, which has increased duration and only contains the Eternal faction, alluding to Voll's Purity Rebellion.	Same
Act 5	The Reliquary (Act 5)	Two random chests in the area contain Key of StrengthKey of StrengthThe true disciple brings enlightenment to heretics. and Key of DevotionKey of DevotionThe true disciple gives all that they are unto God., used to open the vault near the waypoint. The "Vault Hoard" chest inside holds some rare items and gold.	Can contain magic or rare items.
Act 7	The Vaal City The Temple of Decay Level 1	Area contains an Ultimatum encounter.	Same
Act 8	The Grain Gate The Solaris Concourse The Bath House	🔄 Area contains a hidden grate; clicking it allows entry into the hidden area The Hidden Underbelly, connecting the three areas.	Same
Act 8	The Grand Promenade	Area contains a locked room marked by a Solaris/Lunaris mural. Activating pressure plate in each of The Lunaris Temple Level 1 (Act 8) and The Solaris Temple Level 1 (Act 8) (similar to The Twilight TempleThe Twilight Temple Moon Temple MapMap Level: 71 Map Tier: 4 Guild Character: ^ Item Quantity: +(75-100)% Item Rarity: +(125-175)% Monster Pack Size: +(25-50)%Area has increased monster variety Players are Cursed with Flammability Players are Cursed with Frostbite Area is inhabited by Lunaris fanatics Area is inhabited by Solaris fanaticsIn the shadow of war, all are eclipsed.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.) unlocks the door, containing a room with a "Twilight's End" chest containing a random unique item.	Random rare item
Act 9	The Refinery	🔄 Area contains an underground bunker resembling a Heist area accessible by clicking an interactable grate. Contains a small room with enemies and a crafting recipe.	Crafting recipe does not exist, otherwise same.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.25.0	Added a number of new small improvements and surprises to the Campaign.
3.24.0	Added a myriad of small improvements and surprises to the Campaign. Fun encounters and secrets have been scattered throughout Wraeclast, though the fundamentals of the Campaign are still intact.