In Path of Exile, Whats the intended purpose of the Book of Regression?

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In Path of Exile, Whats the intended purpose of the Book of Regression?
Posted On: March 30, 2023

The Book of Regression, an item you get by vendoring an Orb of Scouring with 1x Scroll of Wisdom, apparently downlevels your character by 1 and resets all exp to 0.


What I want to understand is, for what reason would this be used for? The only obvious answer that comes to my mind is that certain PvP characters would want to be at a specific level threshold, and this would allow them to get to that threshold, but other than that I can't think of any realistic use for this.


Is there some intended use for this item?


Question from user childe at gaming.stackexchange.com.


Answer:

1. Self-imposed challenge.


Do you want to kill Uber-elder on lvl 1 character? With some Books of Regression you can try.


2. Farm in low-level locations.


Some divination cards can drop in low level locations, but Drop Rate penalty may prevent effective farm. Books of Regression allow to keep character on specific level to avoid this penalty.


3. Leaderboards.


Some players want to compete for a place on Labyrinth Leaderboards, some of them have level limits - 40 for Normal and 60 for Cruel.


Answer from user arghtype at gaming.stackexchange.com.



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In Path of Exile, Whats the intended purpose of the Book of Regression?
Posted On: March 30, 2023

The Book of Regression, an item you get by vendoring an Orb of Scouring with 1x Scroll of Wisdom, apparently downlevels your character by 1 and resets all exp to 0.


What I want to understand is, for what reason would this be used for? The only obvious answer that comes to my mind is that certain PvP characters would want to be at a specific level threshold, and this would allow them to get to that threshold, but other than that I can't think of any realistic use for this.


Is there some intended use for this item?


Question from user childe at gaming.stackexchange.com.


Answer:

1. Self-imposed challenge.


Do you want to kill Uber-elder on lvl 1 character? With some Books of Regression you can try.


2. Farm in low-level locations.


Some divination cards can drop in low level locations, but Drop Rate penalty may prevent effective farm. Books of Regression allow to keep character on specific level to avoid this penalty.


3. Leaderboards.


Some players want to compete for a place on Labyrinth Leaderboards, some of them have level limits - 40 for Normal and 60 for Cruel.


Answer from user arghtype at gaming.stackexchange.com.



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