the Incursion Temple

I am a bit confused about what is supposed to be happening when I go into these Pyramids.

I do 11 short timed runs and then a bigger non timed map/Pyramid opens with a bunch more dead ends.

Does this ever allow links to the blocked pasages? If so When and how?

What is the whole point of these things, as I see no advantage and only a different type of a map with no Boss?

Am I doing something wrong?

Is there any guide as to what I should be doing on the short timed runs and then the whole Point of the longer non timed map?

The 11 short timed runs allow you to change the non-timed temple. Before jumping into a short timed one you want to do two things:

Goal 1. Room mods. mouse over each <> or v^ red/green/yellow icon in the upper right of Alva's dialog box to see which Architect-kill will give you which effect. Decide which one you want to get ready to run to that Architect
Goal 2. Unlocking paths. Look at which room is highlighted on the main temple Map in Alva's dialog box... if it's connected by a path to the entrance, ignore this Goal 2. If it's NOT connected by a path to the entrance - look at where the red circles are on the upper right of Alva's dialog box to see where the locked doors are.

(WARNING - in order to pursue goal 2, make sure your loot filter can see Incursion Items and/or Stone of Passage!)

Depending on what you want out of the league and whether you have Clear Speed Meta-level builds, you may need to decide which goal is more important to you.

If you want to path to more rooms and/or reach the Apex you need to pay attention to Goal 2. When you kill monsters they may drop a Stone of Passage. In order to unlock paths you must pick up the Stone of Passage and run to a locked door, then click on the locked door, inside the short timed run. This then unlocks the door for the big non-timed Temple.

Otherwise/afterwards you kill Architects to change what room effect they give. Some give effects to the room itself, some to the whole temple, and some to the final boss at the Apex (the Omnitect).

The "point of the longer non timed map" is that you can get rooms/boss drops with:

• top-tier mods
• additional currency/maps
• additional leveling items
• additional Breaches/Breach splinters
• Unique item rerolls
• Incursion-specific Uniques, I think
• probably a couple of other things I'm missing

Does this ever allow links to the blocked pasages? If so When and how?

Pick up a Stone of Passage (smth like a key) that drops as loot and use it to open one of the locked (red) doors. This will open the corresponding passage in the present-day Temple of Atzoatl, allowing you to access more of the dungeon.

You can see possible connections before entering the temple.

Thanks for this so far, but how do I know what is linked?

So far I have done 2 of the non timed temple runs and there has been nothing in there but dead ends.

And So this is always going to be limited to 15 seconds? I hardly have time to even get to a boss much less do anything else?

What kind of builds are you using to clear this with any way to do anything? I only think I have even seen or noticed one stone of passage in 33 runs, are they rare?

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Look at which room is highlighted on the main temple Map in Alva's dialog box... if it's connected by a path to the entrance, ignore this

How do you tell what is connected?

What are incursion Items? I guess they do not show up? These are inside the short maps?

So far this is the most complicated and least fun challenge I have played since closed Beta....

So if the timed run says unlocked door to treasury room I should run to this during the 15 secs?
Or is this for the main Temple run? And the red doors if I ever unlock one will be in the Main temple?

Do you actually have time to find a key and unlock doors?

There is no way to get more time? Does that go up with higher levels? I am around level 31.

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What kind of builds are you using to clear this with any way to do anything? I only think I have even seen or noticed one stone of passage in 33 runs, are they rare?

I am currently running an elementalist Fireball/ignite build. I generally don't have a problem clearing incursions at this point.

From what I have seen so far, there is at least one stone of passage per incursion, sometimes 2. Make sure your loot filter isn't hiding them.

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There is no way to get more time? Does that go up with higher levels? I am around level 31.

Killing monsters in the incursion will get you more time. The faster you kill, the more time you have.

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Viperface wrote:

Thanks for this so far, but how do I know what is linked?

when you press V or click on the View Temple (V) dialogue option when speaking with Alva:

what you see

linked

not linked

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Darthbones wrote:

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What kind of builds are you using to clear this with any way to do anything? I only think I have even seen or noticed one stone of passage in 33 runs, are they rare?

I am currently running an elementalist Fireball/ignite build. I generally don't have a problem clearing incursions at this point.

From what I have seen so far, there is at least one stone of passage per incursion, sometimes 2. Make sure your loot filter isn't hiding them.

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There is no way to get more time? Does that go up with higher levels? I am around level 31.

Killing monsters in the incursion will get you more time. The faster you kill, the more time you have.

I just went through on of the incursions and i only ever saw my time go up by 2 secs and that was from 11 to 13 secs.... so there must be some builds that can't do this correctly.

That makes this a really poor League feature, as only certain builds can succeed.

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I just went through on of the incursions and i only ever saw my time go up by 2 secs and that was from 11 to 13 secs.... so there must be some builds that can't do this correctly.

That makes this a really poor League feature, as only certain builds can succeed.

Probably, but you are only lvl 37. I didn't really start fully clearing them until mid 40's when I got my 4 link set up. Incursions are difficult for low level chars with little to no leveling uniques.