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Path of Exile 2will give players all sorts of gear, with higher rarity gear having various magical effects making them even better than they appear based on their base stats. While many items can be picked up and equipped right away, some first need to be identified.
Unidentified gear won’t be useable and you won’t see any of the bonuses on that gear until it is identified. You should always identify gear to make sure you know exactly what you’re dealing with before you decide what to do with it; here is how to mass-identify items for free.
How To Identify Gear For Free In Path of Exile 2
To mass identify items for free, all you have to do istalk to The Hooded One and select the identify items option in his dialogue box. This will identify all the currently unidentified items in your inventory for free, without theuse of any Scrolls of Wisdom. All items will be identified and the total number identified will appear along the left side of the screen, completing the process without opening your inventory.
This process is incredibly quick, and you canuse a town Portalanytime to travel back to The Hooded One in the hubof each Act to always be identifying gear and keeping your inventory from filling up and having to leave loot behind.
Scrolls Of Wisdom can also be used to identify gear without using the Hooded One and make you return to town. They can be purchased but also found for free while exploring. They are fairlycommon drops from blue rarity enemies and when looting chests.Scrolls Of Wisdomare helpful but The Hooded One effectively makes them obsolete once he is saved.
When Does The Hooded One Join Town In Path of Exile 2
The Hooded One is the character seen in the opening cinematic of the game, and will soon join the town as an NPC during the first act of the game. He willjoin after you complete The Mysterious Shade, which is the fifth quest in the first act. He will become the fourth NPC in Clearfell Encampment, with the others being:
The Hooded One also gives you the ability torespec your passive skillsto try out different builds, but it will cost a good bit of gold to undo multiple skills at once.
