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Sep 01 2025, 08:27
Unlocking and using the Test of Will Barya in Path of Exile 2 is a critical step in accessing the Trials of the Sekhemas and advancing your character's Ascendancy progression.
How to Unlock the Trial of the Sekhemas
To unlock the Trial of the Sekhemas, players must progress through the main questline into Act 2 and complete the quest "The Trail of Corruption." During this quest, you will need to open the Halani Gates and venture into the Traitor’s Passage, where you will face Balbala, the Traitor—a challenging boss. Defeating Balbala rewards you with Balbala's Barya, a coin that serves as your key to entering the Trial of the Sekhemas.
Using the Test of Will Barya for Trials
The Test of Will Barya is a special Sekhema’s Coin that players use to enter and initiate the trial. To start, travel to the Trial of the Sekhemas waypoint located in Act 2, where you'll find the Relic Altar. Insert your Barya into the altar—this activates the trial.
Before beginning, you can place Relics into the altar inventory which grant various Boons that enhance your survivability or provide other advantages during the Trial run. Relics become unlockable as you progress, with different slots opening up after defeating floor bosses within the trial.
Trial Mechanics and Goals
The Trial itself is a randomized roguelike gauntlet featuring multiple floors filled with monsters, traps, rooms with special challenges, and bosses. You have an additional health bar called Honour, which is depleted by incoming damage and cannot be restored by conventional means, only through Boons, Relics, and room rewards.
Your goal is to navigate through each floor, maximize Honour preservation, handle unique environmental mechanics, and defeat the final boss to earn Ascendancy passive points and valuable loot. Failure (via death or Honour depletion) ends the run, but for Balbala's Barya, you can return to Balbala to reclaim the coin and retry until successful.
Progression and Benefits
Completing the Trial with the Test of Will Barya grants you the first Ascendancy points and unlocks access to more difficult Trials and further Ascendancy progression. Higher-level Baryas and more extended Trials become available as you advance into the endgame, requiring better gear and refined strategies.
Unlock the Trial by defeating Balbala in Act 2, obtaining Balbala’s Barya.
Insert the Test of Will Barya into the Relic Altar at the Trial waypoint to begin.
Use Relics for Boons to help survive the increasingly difficult trial floors.
Manage your Honour carefully to avoid failing.
Complete the Trial to earn Ascendancy points and valuable rewards.
Retry failures by speaking with Balbala for a new Barya.
Progression unlocks more Trials and deeper Ascendancy options.
Mastering the Test of Will Barya and the Trial of the Sekhemas is essential for leveraging Path of Exile 2’s Ascendancy system and accessing high-end character customization and powerful passive points.The Test of Will Barya is a special Sekhema’s Coin used in Path of Exile 2 to enter the Trial of the Sekhemas—a roguelike challenge that unlocks Ascendancy points and valuable rewards. To unlock this trial, players must defeat Balbala, the Traitor, in Act 2’s Traitor’s Passage, who drops Balbala’s Barya, granting access to the trial.
To use the Test of Will Barya, you travel to the Trial of the Sekhemas waypoint in Act 2 and place the coin on the Relic Altar. This activates the Trial, where you face progressively tougher floors filled with monsters, traps, and bosses. As you progress, you lose Honour—a unique health bar linked to your life and energy shield—if it depletes, the trial ends. Honour can only be restored with special Relics or Boons found during the run.
Before starting, you can add Relics to the altar to grant helpful Boons that aid survivability or enhance your run. The more floors you complete, the more slots unlock for these Relics, allowing greater customization. Dying or losing all Honour results in failure, but Balbala’s Barya is returned to let you retry until successful.
Successfully completing the Trial advances your Ascendancy progression by granting points to unlock powerful passive skills. The Test of Will Barya thus plays a pivotal role in elevating character power and accessing endgame content.
The Test of Will Barya is your key to activating and completing the Trial of the Sekhemas, a demanding but rewarding experience that is essential to Path of Exile 2’s character advancement system. Preparing well, managing Honour, and leveraging Relics will maximize your chances of conquering this trial.
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