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PoE 2 Guide

Shrines Guide - Path of Exile 2

Beginner
Updated on Jun 16, 2026
Jun 16, 2026

Overview

Shrines in PoE 2 are a mechanic that you will find in Waystones. Each Shrine will provide your character with a unique temporary buff, but Shrines will also affect nearby monsters until it is clicked by a player.

Players can be affected by multiple Shrine buffs simultaneously, and each Shrine buff can be cancelled at any time by right clicking the Shrine buff icon at the top left of the screen. You can also pause the game to hover over any buff or debuff to read more about what it does

Shrine Types

Path of Exile 2 has 12 different types of Shrines, each with different effects and durations.

Shrines

Type

Effect

Duration

Acceleration Shrine

  • 60% increased Skill Speed
  • 40% increased Movement Speed

45 seconds

Diamond Shrine

45 Seconds

Enlightening Shrine

  • 100% increased Experience Gain

45 Seconds

Massive Shrine

45 Seconds

Replenishing Shrine

  • Regenerate 10% of Life and Mana per second

45 Seconds

Resistance Shrine

  • +50% to Elemental Resistances (Fire, Cold and Lightning)
  • +10% to All Maximum Resistances

45 Seconds

Seeking Shrine

  • 100% increased Rarity of Items Found

45 Seconds

Freezing Shrine

  • Gain 50% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage
  • A volley of freezing icicles spiral out from your character

30(?) Seconds

Meteoric Shrine

30(?) Seconds

Tempest Shrine

30(?) Seconds

Gloom Shrine

  • Gain 25% of Damage as Extra Chaos Damage
  • Enemies you Kill have a 100% chance to Explode, dealing a quarter of their Maximum Life as Chaos Damage

30(?) Seconds

Divine Shrine

  • Cannot be Damaged - God Mode

30(?) Seconds

As you can see from the above effects, Shrines have incredibly powerful effects, and stacking them on top of each other by clicking multiple Shrines can explode your character's power levels for the duration.

Be sure to be careful if you ever stumble upon a Divine Shrine - the monsters near it will be unkillable, and without a source of phasing, players need to ensure that they don't get stuck in a swarm of monsters that they cannot kill.

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PoE 2 Atlas Tree

Shrine Atlas Passive Points

The new Atlas Passive Tree in Path of Exile 2 0.5 includes new bonuses to Shrines including

  • Favoured Disciple
  • Mystic Guardians
  • Divined Blessing multichoice: Divined Blessing: Enlightening Shrine, Divined Blessing: Gloom Shrine, Divined Blessing: Seeking Shrine
  • Twice-Answered Prayers
  • Cult of the Rains
  • Curious Spirits
  • Gathered Masses
  • Offerings to the Unknown
  • Closer to the Heavens
  • Favoured Treasures
  • Fabled Showdown
  • Convenient Beliefs
  • Hope in Despair

Learn More

If you'd like to learn more about Path of Exile 2's endgame mechanics, check out some of these guides:

Or learn more about the PoE 2 Campaign here:

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