Path of Exile Azurite Mine / Delve beginner's guide - How to make money from Niko's Azurite Mine! 

thank you, im on my first playthrough and i was so confused about this.

Thank you! You saved me 30 minutes.

Hey dude, the Mine is more of an 'End-Game' system, you will find much more sulphite then in the maps, which is the main end game porgression. When you first encounter the mine it is just a 'taster' and you get very limited sulphite. Appoligies for not covering this in the video.

Its great there is so much content to get stuck into, but that also makes it very overwhelming! Just do your best to not worry about if your doing content optimally or not to start with and just focus on learning the basics, so much of the game is based on RNG anyhow. When your ready to learn more about a subject you can get yourself on RU-vid and do some research! This league is the first time I've tried crafting properly in over 1000 hours of gameplay 🤣. I still have a lot to learn, but that keeps it interesting.

Yeah the game has the depth that keeps you coming back! My advice, don't try understand everything at once 🤣. With massive updates every 3 months the learning never stops, but neither does the replay value!

Thanks for the early support and positive feedback! Been super busy recently with work, but looking forward to the new Harvest League and loads of new content planned 😁!

The first mine visit is fairly brief, and you will run out of sulphite. Now that you have found Niko the mine master though, he will randomly appear in zones you enter, and give you 3 lots of sulphite! Once you get to the end game and run maps, you can also use sulphite scarabs to force Niko to appear in maps, and you will get daily master missions that force him into your maps. Seeing him during the acts is unfortunately a small introduction, but delving is something your character can focus on at end game.

@@seanyc4882 thanks for the very quick awnser, this gon help me a ton! :)

Hi John, thanks for the sub! It does indeed go on for ever in all directions! Every character on the league on your account will have the same mine, but it will be unique for your account. Once you get to a level that's comfortable you can just Path left and right.

Act 4 I just got to it

Thanks for the feedback, sorry many other people in the comments had the same question. I will pin the answer to the video later. Here's my last answer to this: The first mine visit is fairly brief, and you will run out of sulphite. Now that you have found Niko the mine master though, he will randomly appear in zones you enter, and give you 3 lots of sulphite! Once you get to the end game and run maps, you can also use sulphite scarabs to force Niko to appear in maps, and you will get daily master missions that force him into your maps. Seeing him during the acts is unfortunately a small introduction, but delving is something your character can focus on at end game.

@@seanyc4882 OMFG THANK YOU!!! I've been stuck and trying to figure this out! Now I can move on with my life lol. This game is so complicated and the PoE Wiki didn't help at all with understanding this. It sucks that I have to go look so much stuff up on RU-vid just to play this game.

If you're not at the end of the story, just run through random zones and hope Niko shows up with more Sulphurite missions so you can do more delving. If you have finished the story, (Act10 / Epilogue) you can use the map tool that you unlock in your hideout to occasionally force him to spawn in the zone. Once you have enough to go delving, you need to pick out loot spots in the tunnels that reward Azurite. This may require some work as not every node you can unlock will reward you with Azurite - some may give gear or other items. Just be patient and do what you can!

Later on in the game you will get Niko missions in maps, and find him periodicly in maps. There are also Sulphite Scarabs which you can use when opening maps to 100% spawn Niko to get more sulphite. You can buy them off other players for in game currency on POE Trade

SeanyC so when I got stuck I was doing the sticks of dynamite quest and just threw them all over cause I didn’t know what they looked like, so then even if I haven’t finish that quest will I still be able to get other missions from Niko?

@@trippinballs101 The mission to use the dynamite is just to get you familiar with delving into the shadowy areas to unlock secret caches of goodies. Niko himself won't offer you anything else once you've done that. I was stuck on this part too, but luckily there are other resources out there that explain it better!

Hi Kyle, you will find Niko the Delve master randomly when running map's, and be able to get 3 bunches of sulphite. You will also get master missions from Niko randomly while completing maps, and daily map mission's from him. Also you can use a Sulphite Scarab (the more expensive ones give more sulphite) with your map to make sure Niko appears 100%, but they can be expensive. Depending on level of maps, depends on how much sulphite (up to about 5,500 on a tier 16 mission). I tend to let my sulphite build up and then, spend an hour delving. But if you really want to delve more, buy some sulphite scarabs on POE trade, Rusted Sulphite Scarabs are currently around 2 chaos orbs each.

SeanyC Thanks for responding, I’m on my first character that I’m following a real build guide so I’m still learning the game. Will definitely look into maps when I get there.

@@manifessst No worries Kyle, I am currently streaming POE on twitch, I can explain more of Delver there if you like and show you some more! Thanks for the support! www.twitch.tv/seanyc87

Hi Chaw, you mean the layout of your mine? They are randomised towards your account, so my map will be different to yours. There are certain location's you may want to prioritise, like currency, fossil or azurite locations.

@@seanyc4882 No i meant the mini map when you press tab but i found out now ty tho

You won't find much until you finish Act 10 and go into the Epilogue, as there is only a -chance- to find Niko on any given map. Once you finish the story, you'll be given access to a giant map tool in your hideout that will allow you to force a sulphurite/Niko mission in the next zone.

I think its finally basic mate, there are certainly more advanced beginners guides out there. If you struggling with anything let me know and I will try help you out.

Thanks dude, this is a Champion Cyclone build focusing on physical damage and high sustain. This build has changed since this video, but try this build here: www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2775438 It is very league starter friendly.

Also cute dog!

You still stuck?

@@Graypaws I quit playing the game because I could not go any further. So the truest answer is no, im not stuck cause I am not playing it LOL

@@eagleheart76 got another question, which platform?

@@Graypaws I am on PC

Hi Mike, what level are you? When you are leveling up you only find a very small amount of sulphite (pre level 70ish) ao progression is very limited. When you get to the end game you will find a lot more sulphite when completing maps and be able to travel deeper.

when you click on the "Crawler" (machiney thing on wheels) a map appears, and in the top left corner of that map, a button with a candle on it is shown which reads "Visit: Mine Encampment" on the right of it. Click that and you spawn back up on the surface.