First time in trial of Ascendancy...Lost?

Hello All

I just got my first shot at the Trial of Ascendancy and to say I'm a bit lost to what exactly to do is putting it mildly. I go in, get opening talking points, go around this large courtyard but of in different directions are Labyrinths and in one corner takes me to another area; one with a smaller courtyard full of statues. I go thru another door and end up fighting some large boss and special minions.....another door (Stairs) opens. Another large area and more Labyrinths....

Thing is some of these Labyrinths I cannot open any door no matter what I do and seems like either I'm not suppose to be there or somewhere else. I go into these other areas...like this large room where the Boss comes up thru the floor along with some others....and I end up getting more Labyrinths I cannot do. last one had the Fire Floor, I hit switches thinking they opened doors but didn't and I died.

Each time I go into a new area, a block pops up with circles...I assume showing my progression but that's it. So I have no clue as if I'm doing it right going thru and should I or not be messing with the Labyrinths since so far it seems I cannot open any door. I just know after I died it sent me back to the Fort area and I'm not going back in until I know what to do. Thanks for any help...

You will never come out from Trials it is the end
get ready for worst you want help?? RUN........

Keep going. Trip switches and levers. Open doors. Get to the plaque at the end. Six. Times.

Are you talking about six trials you need to complete before attempting Labyrinth (from act 3 normal for the first time) or the Labyrinth with Izaro boss?

Trials are short areas with traps and easy gauntlet X Labyrinth is more complex area with several stages and big boss(e) there.

Trials
https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Trial_of_Ascendancy

Labyrinth
https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/The_Lord%27s_Labyrinth

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WoodFixer wrote:

Thing is some of these Labyrinths I cannot open any door no matter what I do and seems like either I'm not suppose to be there or somewhere else. I go into these other areas...like this large room where the Boss comes up thru the floor along with some others....and I end up getting more Labyrinths I cannot do. last one had the Fire Floor, I hit switches thinking they opened doors but didn't and I died.

You are doing it right though.
Explore it and trip all levers/switches as Shags already pointed out. Usually it does open a door - but some of those are switches timed.
If you cant hit all those timed ones before you run out of time, it wont open the door and you have to redo it.
For those timed ones you might want to bring a quicksilver flask and a moveskill - dont trip the first timed one, if a trap is blocking your way and you´d have to wait for it.

In case you are having trouble with your life flasks, press Y and select the minor pantheon power that will refill your life flasks over time.
You might have to sit in a corner for a while and wait for your flasks to refill, but its much much easier if you can use life flasks whenever you want/have to.


Other than that its really just learning the layouts, how the traps work and which levers/switches and whatnot you have to interact with which ones you can totally ignore.

When you find a door you can't open most likely it's an exit from some other part of the area. You don't need to find all of these, really you just need to kill the boss three times and exit. There's things to find to increase rewards and such.