Trarthan Scarab
Understand the exact Path of Exile 1 map rule applied by Trarthan Scarab: the area is inhabited by a Mercenary.
What happens if you use it?
The area is inhabited by a Mercenary.
Other map rules, encounter outcomes, and random drops remain uncontrolled.
Use it when the mapping plan specifically wants a Mercenary encounter and the build can handle the added opponent.
It guarantees a Mercenary's presence, not a particular identity, equipment set, or reward.
Area is inhabited by a Mercenary
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
Treat the printed map rule as the guarantee.
Placed in a personal Map Device, Trarthan Scarab applies this rule to the area: The area is inhabited by a Mercenary. It does not guarantee any encounter outcome, item, or profit beyond what that sentence explicitly states.
Build the map around the guaranteed change.
Use it when the mapping plan specifically wants a Mercenary encounter and the build can handle the added opponent.
It guarantees a Mercenary's presence, not a particular identity, equipment set, or reward.
Its exchange value follows strategies that can exploit the rule.
Current activity measures demand for this exact map modifier. It cannot guarantee that a single area repays Trarthan Scarab or produces a particular reward.
1 Divine Orb≈101 Trarthan Scarab
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