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50 free Path of Exile trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Path of Exile has been running since 2013, and few games ask as much of a player's memory. Its money is a set of crafting orbs, its passive tree fills the screen several times over, and every few months a new league changes what the endgame looks like. This quiz covers the story of the exiles and the gods they wake, the seven classes and their specialisations, the orbs that pass for money, divination cards and the items they pay out, the league mechanics that became permanent fixtures, and the people who made the game. A few questions touch the sequel too. It suits anyone who has played through the campaign, with tougher questions on bosses, unique items and development history for players with thousands of hours in maps.
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Q 01On which cursed continent, used as a penal colony, do the exiles of Path of Exile wake on the shore?
Wraeclast
Wraeclast was once the seat of a mighty empire, and its ruins hold the secrets of both the Eternal Empire and the older Vaal civilisation.
Q 02Which studio, founded in a suburban garage in 2006, developed and published Path of Exile?
Grinding Gear Games
Grinding Gear Games kept the project under the radar for three years before announcing it publicly in September 2010.
Q 03In which Southern Hemisphere country was Path of Exile made, by a studio now seen as that nation's most prominent?
New Zealand
New Zealand's most prominent game developer began in a co-founder's garage in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn before moving to offices in Titirangi.
Q 04Path of Exile is often described as the successor in all but name to which dark action role-playing game from 2000?
Diablo II
Diablo II was the main model, but the designers also cited Titan Quest, Guild Wars and the card game Magic: The Gathering as inspirations.
Q 05Which in-game money, absent from Path of Exile for over a decade, arrived with the Settlers of Kalguur league?
Gold
Gold came with a catch: it cannot be traded to other players and is spent only with non-player characters.
Q 06Which Path of Exile currency item, a common yardstick for player trades, rerolls every modifier on a rare item?
Chaos Orb
Chaos Orb crafting is a gamble because every modifier is replaced at once, and using one after another in hope of a good result is known as Chaos spamming.
Q 07Which famously rare Path of Exile currency item, pictured in the game's logo, makes an exact duplicate of another item?
Mirror of Kalandra
A Mirror of Kalandra copy has its artwork reversed and can never be modified again, and owners of the best items sell copies as a service.
Q 08Which Path of Exile class, once a locked prestige class, starts at the centre of the passive skill tree?
Scion
The Scion is the only class aligned with all three attributes, which is why she begins in the middle and can build in any direction.
Q 09A full set of eight copies of the divination card The Doctor is exchanged for which coveted Path of Exile belt?
Headhunter
Headhunter gives its wearer every modifier of each rare monster killed for 60 seconds, and its scarcity has made it a status symbol.
Q 10Which Chinese technology giant bought a majority stake in Path of Exile's studio in 2018 and later became sole owner?
Tencent
Tencent first published the game in China in 2017, and the three co-founders sold it their last shares in March 2024.
Q 11Which island nation, ruled by a theocratic Templar order, banishes the player character at the start of Path of Exile?
Oriath
Oriath gets its reckoning in a 2017 expansion that added six acts and sent players home to overthrow the rulers who banished them.
Q 12Which High Templar, the final boss of Path of Exile's third act, is the man who exiles the player character?
Dominus
Dominus has a name that is Latin for lord or master, fitting the holder of the highest rank in the theocratic order.
Q 13Which ravenous Karui god is fought as the final boss of both Act 5 and Act 10 of Path of Exile?
Kitava
Kitava leaves a lasting mark: each of the two fights permanently lowers all of the character's resistances by 30%.
Q 21Which colour of gem socket is tied to Strength, the core attribute of Path of Exile's Marauder?
Red
Red goes with Strength throughout the game, and the same attribute is tied to the element of fire.
Q 22Which Path of Exile class blends Dexterity and Intelligence and fights with daggers, claws, traps and mines?
Shadow
The Shadow can specialise as an Assassin, a Saboteur or a Trickster after completing the Labyrinth.
Q 23Necromancer, Elementalist and Occultist are the three Ascendancy paths open to which Path of Exile class?
Witch
The Witch is the pure Intelligence class, favouring wands and sceptres and the energy shield that Intelligence armour provides.
Q 14Which god of Path of Exile's Templars is defeated in Act 5 but returns reformed to help in the final battle?
Innocence
Innocence is first met as an enemy, defeated along with High Templar Avarius, before being reborn and making amends.
Q 15In which opening area does every new Path of Exile character begin, before facing the first boss, Hillock?
The Twilight Strand
The Twilight Strand ends with Hillock, and beating him at level 1 always lifts the character to level 2 and opens the way to the first town.
Q 16Which Path of Exile emperor built the Labyrinth to find a worthy heir and still guards it as its boss?
Izaro
Izaro handed the throne to the first man to pass the test, who promptly cast the old emperor into the maze and sealed the gates.
Q 17Which Vaal queen, the final boss of the Apex of Sacrifice, tried to merge with the Beast in Path of Exile lore?
Atziri
Atziri brought on the Cataclysm that destroyed her own empire, and her tougher form in the Alluring Abyss is nicknamed Uber Atziri.
Q 18In which Path of Exile town, the hub of Act 4, does Tasuni exchange full sets of divination cards for rewards?
Highgate
Highgate is also where the first half of the story peaks, since the exile enters the Beast from there to kill Malachai.
Q 19Which real-world people inspired the Karui, the canoe-faring island tribes of Path of Exile?
The Māori
The Māori influence later drew scrutiny: carving imagery in the sequel was removed after concerns about cultural appropriation.
Q 20Which real-world civilisation inspired the Vaal, the fallen empire behind Path of Exile's Temple of Atzoatl?
Aztec
Aztec echoes run right through the Vaal, and the sequel sends players back in time to the eve of the empire's fall.
Q 24Which Path of Exile keystone passive removes a character's mana entirely and makes skills cost life instead?
Blood Magic
Blood Magic softens the trade by also granting more maximum life, and players usually shorten the name to BM.
Q 25In which permanent Path of Exile league is a character who dies moved to the Standard league for good?
Hardcore
Hardcore is the game's version of permadeath, though the fallen character lives on rather than being deleted.
Q 26Which personal base, unlocked by freeing Helena in Act 2 of Path of Exile, can players decorate and fill with masters?
Hideout
The Hideout arrived with the Forsaken Masters expansion in 2014, and a new one is claimed by clearing it of monsters.
Q 27Which Final Fantasy magic system did Path of Exile's lead designer name as an inspiration for the game?
Materia
Materia was named alongside the Sphere Grid of Final Fantasy X, and Path of Exile's own skills likewise come from gems slotted into gear.
Q 28Which Path of Exile endgame system, named after a 2016 expansion, has players run map items in a Map Device?
Atlas of Worlds
The Atlas of Worlds presents its maps as potential realities, referred to as dreams, and its 2016 debut added 30 maps and 19 bosses.
Q 29Which Path of Exile pinnacle boss is unlocked with the Key to the Crucible, earned from the Guardians of the Void?
The Shaper
The Shaper in turn drops a fragment needed for an even harder fight, and the items he influences carry a star icon.
Q 30Which Path of Exile boss watches the player beat map bosses, then invites them to fight several at once?
The Maven
The Maven arrived in a 2021 expansion that PC Gamer described as turning the endgame into an interdimensional fight club.