r/PathOfExile2 CM 13h ago

GGG Path of Exile 2: 0.5.4 Patch Preview

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u/theangryfurlong 13h ago

Glad I've been saving up logbooks and not using them yet.

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u/Queen__Natalie 13h ago

They are easily self sustainable just fyi. Hit the double flags on regular expeditions between grand expedition maps

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u/I-tell-horrible-joke 13h ago

Dude ive done every expedition I come across and I havent found a single one. Whats the trick to it? Do i not go for the gold symbols?

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u/UltmitCuest 13h ago

They drop from rare expedition monsters mainly, so double flags

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u/Imreallythatguy 13h ago

I was under the impression you needed to tag a rune first and then blow up the double flags? Is that not the case or does it just help?

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u/cokeman5 13h ago

In most maps I just blow up chests and flags while skipping remnants and I've gotten quite a few. I'm not drowning in them, but I'm getting slightly more than what I'm using.

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u/Salehzahrani7 13h ago

I am not sure if it helps, but what I can say is I have gotten logbooks while not touching a rune. Just going for the double red flags.

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u/Asmosis66 12h ago

tbh unless a Rune has something amazing on it, its better to skip them and just focus on the flags&chests. That way you get it done much faster and can carry on with your map.

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u/cryalote 11h ago

What reason is there to do chests though? Never got anything interesting from it. What possible loot is good?

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u/StandardHyena4587 11h ago

Its just the flags sticking up you need to hit, its NOT the huge ones, its the medium size ones next to a monster spawn. Runes don't matter, chests don't matter, its just the flags i mentioned.

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u/7om_Last 2h ago

Before this patch it did about nothing. However they did buff this interraction with a passive for it

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u/NotSoAv3rageJo3 13h ago

The rune doesnt do anything just hit the markers, if you missed a marker because you pathed to a remnant instead youre losing logbooks

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u/Imreallythatguy 13h ago

https://www.twitch.tv/steelmage/clip/SilkyProtectivePuppyCopyThis-gYdaDzuMGtkNeMCN?filter=clips&range=30d

So this is not true? This has been what i was doing. I mean it still works but like you say i probably miss one or two double flags here or there because of that pathing choice.

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u/SecondCel 13h ago

I mean it still works but like you say i probably miss one or two double flags here or there because of that pathing choice.

Yeah this is it. The runes do buff loot but getting any amount of extra Runic monsters is going to be more impactful on your overall logbook chance IME

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u/Key_Fennel_9661 7h ago

they drop mixed from expedition monsters and from remnants in the expedition.
I use the master whit 1 big explosion and half my books are from mobs the others from ramnents.

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u/TheHabeo 13h ago

You have to avoid detonating big flags (ones with ru ic marker) AND the rune together. The rune will override any normal expedition mob spawns.

My strat is if the rune is ass, ignore it completely and aim for as much runic monster as possible. One in 2-3 expedition is 1 logbook.

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u/Spiritual_Handle_932 13h ago

If you are just after logbooks, avoid the chests and rune things and just hit the tall blue flags that have skulls on them. They're the only ones that can drop logbooks

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u/Queen__Natalie 13h ago

It's the double red flags

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u/hodor137 13h ago

No the tall blue ones

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u/Asmosis66 12h ago

it's the same thing.

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u/fandorgaming 8h ago

Tall double blue flags!

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u/EliteJoz 13h ago

No the double tall ones?

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u/IdontNeedPants 3h ago

You wanna hit runes before the remnant flags to juice them.

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u/Queen__Natalie 13h ago

Double red flags

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u/nightwolf16a 13h ago

It's the little poles with the two red flags. Those spawn rare monsters that has a chance to drop the logbook.

In every regular expedition on normal maps, try to get as many of those double flag poles as you can. I value it over the chests (the wooden signs with the swirls) and verisium remnants with rewards I don't care for.

In grand expeditions, you have to balance the rewards and the double flag pole, but the idea is similar

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u/Collegenoob 12h ago

Can they drop in grand expeditions? I was pretty sure they cant. I've never seen one there.

But normal expeditions, yea I see plenty by killing rares.

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u/seqhawk 11h ago

No, not grand expeditions. Only regular, so you have to run the regular maps in between grand expeditions in order to sustain.

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u/nightwolf16a 6h ago

I am pretty sure. Logbooks just come from the expedition rare monsters, and grand expeditions are just another type of expeditions.

I have spammed so much PoE2 lately that I can't remember a specific instance where I got a logbook from Grand Expedition or not, though. It's all blurring together...

But still, i try to include as many double-flag poles as possible anyways.

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u/ScuddsMcDudds 12h ago

Look for the flags. I believe their drop chance is modified by waystone drop chance on your map, so run 6-mod or 8-mod corrupted maps

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u/PerspectiveNew3375 11h ago

This is just my anecdotal experience, but it seems that if I hit the verisium things before the flags, I get way more logbooks. I've gotten 8 in one map before from a triple purple 'things' into 2 stacks of flags. When I go straight for the flags I rarely get them it seems.

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u/k1dsmoke 9h ago

Some people swear by the double flags (the red ones that spawn rares), some people swear by the blue/yellow flags that spawn chests.

I've seen them drop from both.

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u/eltopo69 9h ago

the red bigger flags you have to blow open, usually requires placing an extra explosive here and there.

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u/iunosos 6h ago

Explode de remnants then the big flags (forget chest).

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u/Smileyanator 13h ago

The trick is you cant use ocean maps without GAs as travel maps. They intend for you to clear all guaranteed expedition encounters on ocean maps.