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Breach Scarab of the Hive

Understand the exact Path of Exile 1 map rule added by Breach Scarab of the Hive: the area contains a Breach Hive.

Current source recordReviewed Aug 11, 2026
10-SECOND DECISION GUIDE

What happens if you use it?

WHAT CHANGES

The area contains a Breach Hive.

WHAT STAYS

Unrelated map rules and random outcomes remain unchanged.

USE IT WHEN

Use it when the strategy needs a Hive directly or intends to combine it with an effect that upgrades a Hive into a Hive Fortress.

MAIN RISK

A Breach Hive is guaranteed, but a Hive Fortress and its rewards require a separate qualifying effect.

01Game recordExact sourced facts
Area contains a Breach Hive

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
68
Stack size
20
02What it meansOriginal PoExplorer explanation

Read the guaranteed map change first.

Used through a personal Map Device, Breach Scarab of the Hive applies this explicit rule to the area: The area contains a Breach Hive. It does not guarantee any reward or encounter result that the rule does not name.

03Practical useDecision context

Build the encounter chain around the stated condition.

Use it when the strategy needs a Hive directly or intends to combine it with an effect that upgrades a Hive into a Hive Fortress.

Before you use one

A Breach Hive is guaranteed, but a Hive Fortress and its rewards require a separate qualifying effect.

04Market contextTime-sensitive

Demand follows strategies that can satisfy the condition.

Exchange activity reflects current demand for this exact Scarab rule. It cannot guarantee that the encounter or captured rewards repay Breach Scarab of the Hive in an individual map.

OFFICIAL EXCHANGE DIGESTAllflame

2 retained pairs currently reference this identity · source hour Aug 11, 2026 · 14:00 EDT

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