Like every expansion to Path of Exile, Delve is a temporary challenge league that remixes the core story mode by adding entirely new features to contend with—in this case an endless dungeon. When Delve launches on August 31, players will start brand new characters and race through the league for several months, until the next expansion releases and those characters are retired to Path of Exile's permanent standard story mode.

The notion of Delve is very straightforward and sophisticated: it provides players an explanation to help keep playing long after they’ve mastered tier 16 maps. You could be able to run tier 16 maps, but are you able to defeat mobs twice as strong? Three times? At what point do you cap out? Are you exceptionally to best the leaderboard?

Delve is set in a new area called The Azurite Mines, an ancient system of mines, caves, and subterranean towns that have sustained countless civilizations throughout Wraeclast’s tumultuous history. Recently, an abyssal darkness has filled the mines, killing any who come into contact with it. Conventional lamps and torches cannot penetrate the inky black void. Fortunately then, a mad inventor has developed a new type of light that can pierce the shadows, which means you get to be the poor sod whose job it is to forge a path through the deadly darkness. Best and Cheapest Path of Exile Orbs For Sale - 5mmo.com.

The Crawler will speed up or slow down to match your pace, so you don't have to worry too much about it rushing ahead, and once it reaches the end of that section of map you'll have a boss battle, after which the path you've taken will be lit up. You can then run back and forth along it in safety, venturing out into the darkness if you spot something particularly shiny.

In the dungeon, darkness deals out damage, and it turns lethal within a short time span. So, this is why Niko the Mad, who’s sending you into the mine to find Voltaxic Sulphite so he can make things with it, forged the Crawler. This little machine reminds me of a farm tractor from the early 1900s, but it’s your lifeline in the mine. It creates a circle of light that holds off the darkness, and it lays a line that links Delves as you travel. Sure, you can stick to this area, fight monsters, and find loot, but the best treasures are outside the protection.

Sulphite is the minable resource which you use for the dual purpose of powering and upgrading the Crawler. You’ll find piles of it in every area during Delve League. You’ll also need it to craft Dynamite and Flares for your adventures. So in short, be sure to always have more on hand. Bear in mind that Dynamite is thrown in the direction your character is facing, not where your mouse cursor is placed.