Ambush Scarab of Hidden Compartments
Understand the exact Path of Exile 1 map rule added by Ambush Scarab of Hidden Compartments: strongboxes in the area have a 15% chance to be openable again.
What happens if you use it?
Strongboxes in the area have a 15% chance to be openable again.
Unrelated map rules and random outcomes remain unchanged.
Use it when the map already contains enough worthwhile Strongboxes for repeated openings to matter across the run.
The 15% repeat is a chance per eligible Strongbox, not a guaranteed second opening.
15% Chance for Strongboxes in Area to be openable again
Can be used in a personal Map Device to add modifiers to a Map.
- Game
- Path of Exile 1
- Item class
- Map Fragment
- Drop level
- 73
- Stack size
- 20
Read the guaranteed map change first.
Used through a personal Map Device, Ambush Scarab of Hidden Compartments applies this explicit rule to the area: Strongboxes in the area have a 15% chance to be openable again. It does not guarantee any reward or encounter outcome that the rule does not name.
Build the rest of the map around that rule.
Use it when the map already contains enough worthwhile Strongboxes for repeated openings to matter across the run.
The 15% repeat is a chance per eligible Strongbox, not a guaranteed second opening.
Its value follows the strategy that can exploit the rule.
Exchange activity reflects current demand for this exact Scarab effect. It cannot guarantee that the added encounter, monsters, or rewards repay Ambush Scarab of Hidden Compartments in an individual map.
1 Divine Orb≈90 Ambush Scarab of Hidden Compartments
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