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Example overworld map of Act 4

Act Four is Path of Exile 2's fourth storyline act, taking place in the Karui archipelago of Ngamakanui. The player must search for three parts of the precursor weapon and a way to assemble it in order to subdue the Beast.

Quests

The Search
Shrike Island (rotating requirement)
Land of the Kin (rotating requirement)
Whakapanu Island (rotating requirement)
Abandoned Prison (rotating requirement)
Dark Mists (rotating requirement)
Utopia
Tribal Medicine (optional)
Forgotten Bounty (optional)
Trial of the Ancestors (optional)
Tawhoa's Test (optional)
Tasalio's Test (optional)
Ngamahu's Test (optional)
Hostile Takeover (optional)

Progression

The first part of Act 4 is divided into several islands, each containing its own subset of zones. The player can visit most of these islands in any order. The area level in some of these islands will scale with act progression.

On four of these islands (Shrike Island, Abandoned Prison, Whakapanu Island, Isle of Kin), they will have either one of three precursor weapon pieces required to progresss the main quest or Matiki. These are randomized with each new league.

Eye of Hinekora cannot be accessed until the player rescues Matiki, and Plunder's Point cannot be accessed until the player finds all four Torn Map Pieces from Isle of Kin, Kedge Bay, Whakapanu Island, and Shrike Island.

				↓
Solitary Confinement 47-52 Boss: The Prisoner	↔	Abandoned Prison 46-51	↔	Kingsmarch	↔	Isle of Kin 46-51 Boss: The Blind Beast	↔	Volcanic Warrens 47-52 Boss: Krutog, Lord of Kin

		Shrike Island 46-51 Boss: Scourge of the Skies	↔		↔	Kedge Bay 46-51	↔	Journey's End 47-52 Boss: Captain Hartlin

		Plunder's Point 53	↔		↔	Whakapanu Island 46-51 Boss: Great White One	↔	Singing Caverns 47-52 Boss: Diamora, Song of Death

Halls of the Dead 52 Boss: Yama The White	↔	Eye of Hinekora 51	↔		↔	Arastas 52 Boss: Torvian, Hand of the Saviour	↔	The Excavation 52 Boss: Benedictus, First Herald of Utopia
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Trial of the Ancestors 51				Ngakanu 53
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				Heart of the Tribe 53 Act Boss: Tavakai, the Chieftain

Videos

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0c	Many Act Four Monsters can now be bound as Spectres.
0.3.0	Introduced to the game.

Precursor weapon pieces & Matiki locations

Version	Weapon Location 1	Weapon Location 2	Weapon Location 3	Matiki
0.3.0	Shrike Island	Whakapanu Island/Singing Caverns	Abandoned Prison/Solitary Confinement	Isle of Kin/Volcanic Warrens

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-[[File:Waypoint map act 4.jpg|thumb|400px|The map of Act 4]]
+[[File:Waypoint map act 4.jpg|thumb|400px|Example overworld map of Act 4]]
-'''Act Four''' is [[Path of Exile 2]]'s fourth storyline [[act]], taking place on the [[Karui]] archipelago. The player must search for three parts of precursor weapon.
+'''Act Four''' is [[Path of Exile 2]]'s fourth storyline [[act]], taking place in the [[Karui]] archipelago of Ngamakanui. The player must search for three parts of the precursor weapon and a way to assemble it in order to subdue the Beast.
 ==Quests==
 {{#lst:Quest|act4}}
+==Progression==
+The first part of Act 4 is divided into several islands, each containing its own subset of zones. The player can visit most of these islands in any order. The area level in some of these islands will scale with act progression.
+On four of these islands ([[Shrike Island]], [[Abandoned Prison]], [[Whakapanu Island]], [[Isle of Kin]]), they will have either one of three precursor weapon pieces required to progresss the main quest or [[Matiki]]. These are randomized with each new [[league]].
-==Progression==
+[[Eye of Hinekora]] cannot be accessed until the player rescues [[Matiki]], and [[Plunder's Point]] cannot be accessed until the player finds all four [[Torn Map Piece]]s from [[Isle of Kin]], [[Kedge Bay]], [[Whakapanu Island]], and [[Shrike Island]].
-Act 4 is divided into 8 islands, each containing its own subset of zones. The player can visit these islands in any order. Each area has a quest objective, however only three islands will contain the requisite main quest objectives required to progress through the campaign. These are randomized with each new [[league]]. The area level in these islands will scale with act progression.
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-|  || || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Shrike Island]] <br> # [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[Chetza, the Feathered Plague]] || ↔ || rowspan="7" colspan="3" style="border: 3px solid grey;" | [[Kingsmarch]] <br> [[File:Town_area_icon.png|30px|link=|Town Hub]] || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Isle of Kin]] <br> [[File:Underground waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[The Blind Beast]] || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Volcanic Warrens]] <br> [[File:Underground waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[Krutog, Lord of Kin]]
+|  style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Solitary Confinement]] <br> 47-52 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[The Prisoner]] || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Abandoned Prison]] <br> 46-51 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]] || ↔ || rowspan="7" colspan="3" style="border: 3px solid grey;" | [[Kingsmarch]] <br> [[File:Town_area_icon.png|30px|link=|Town Hub]] || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Isle of Kin]] <br> 46-51 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[The Blind Beast]] || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Volcanic Warrens]] <br> 47-52 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[Krutog, Lord of Kin]]
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-| style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Solitary Confinement]] <br> # [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[The Prisoner]] || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Eternal Prison]] <br> # [[File:Underground waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]] || ↔ || ↔|| style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Kedge Bay]] <br> # [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]] || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Journey's End]] <br> # [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[Captain Hartlin]]
+|  ||  || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Shrike Island]] <br> 46-51 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[Scourge of the Skies]] || ↔ || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Kedge Bay]] <br> 46-51 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]] || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Journey's End]] <br> 47-52 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[Captain Hartlin]]
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-|  ||  || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Shiplash Seastead]] <br> # [[File:Underground waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]] || ↔ || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Ngatoto Island]] <br> # [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]] || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Singing Caverns]] <br> # [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[Diamora, Song of Death]]
+|  ||  || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Plunder's Point]] <br> 53 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]] || ↔ || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Whakapanu Island]] <br> 46-51 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[Great White One]] || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Singing Caverns]] <br> 47-52 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[Diamora, Song of Death]]
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-| style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[?]] <br> # [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]] || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Enclave of the Twilight Order]] <br> # [[File:Underground waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]] || ↔ || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Ngatoto Island]] <br> # [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]] || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Singing Caverns]] <br> # [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[Diamora, Song of Death]]
+| style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Halls of the Dead]] <br> 52 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[Yama The White]] || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Eye of Hinekora]] <br> 51 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]] || ↔ || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Arastas]] <br> 52 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[Torvian, Hand of the Saviour]] || ↔ || style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[The Excavation]] <br> 52 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]<br>Boss: [[Benedictus, First Herald of Utopia]]
+|-
+| ↕ || || || || ↕
+|-
+|  style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Trial of the Ancestors]] <br> 51 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]] || || || ||  style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Ngakanu]] <br> 53 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]]
+|-
+|  || || || || ↕
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+| || || || ||  style="border: 1px solid grey;" | [[Heart of the Tribe]] <br> 53 [[File:Waypoint area icon.png|30px|link=|Waypoint]] <br>Act Boss: [[Tavakai, the Chieftain]]
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 ==Version history==
 {{Version history table header}}
+{{Version history table row|0.3.0c|
+* Many Act Four Monsters can now be bound as [[Spectre]]s.
+}}
 {{Version history table row|0.3.0|
 * Introduced to the game.
 }}
 {{Version history table end}}
+===Precursor weapon pieces & Matiki locations===
+{| class="wikitable"
+! [[Version history|Version]] !! Weapon Location 1 !! Weapon Location 2 !! Weapon Location 3 !! Matiki
+|-
+| [[Version 0.3.0|0.3.0]] || [[Shrike Island]] || [[Whakapanu Island]]/[[Singing Caverns]] || [[Abandoned Prison]]/[[Solitary Confinement]] || [[Isle of Kin]]/[[Volcanic Warrens]]
+|}
 {{Navbox World}}
 [[Category:Act 4| ]]