there are 8 notable npcs - forsaken masters who have special tasks and rewards for the players in path of exile you can find throughout your journey in path of exile, also they offers missions, unique crafting recipes and has unique mechanics and rewards. for help poe players to enjoy better game with master services, we are going to present detailed guides for all path of exile masters. today, let’s start with the path of exile armourmaster: huka! in this path of exile haku guide, we will cover everything you need to know about about the armourmaster in path of exile, featuring locations, quests, daily missions, levels, hideouts and decorations.
he is fixed in the first chapter. when we explore arc1, it will appear randomly on every map. of course, there will be a later advanced map. meet him and complete his mission, i believe it will definitely help you in the game.
locations (areas): lioneye's watch (act 1), lioneye's watch (act 6), random encounters
haku, the armormaster offers missions to the player daily or when found in the wild. you will meet him in the early game, who wants you to do a bit of ghostbusting while recovering an ancient spirit that's near and dear to his heart. he sends the player into a dark cave where he has to free an old karui spirit and bring it back safely.
the spirit may be located:
• at the beginning of the zone, with the exit at the other end from the start.
• halfway through the zone, with the exit at the other end from the start.
• at the end of the zone, guarded by a boss, with the exit at the start.
path of exile haku master daily missions
while doing your daily master missions is a great way to make progress towards their higher levels, its main utility is providing an easy way to encounter the mission. we expect that the bulk of master levelling by dedicated players will occur in the actual game world and in end-game maps. for example, an average dedicated player might do his one daily mission per master and then 3-4 more missions per master in a given play session, if he’s trying to reach maximum level.
path of exile armourmaster haku quest rewards
assist him in completing his mission and gaining his trust, haku will reward you with reputation and favour. he will provide you with a unique hiding place and give your poe armor a variety of magical attributes. this will give you a guarantee on the adventure of wraeclast.
path of exile armourmaster haku reputation & favour
when you complete a mission for a master, you gain reputation and favour with that master. reputation is like experience and dictates the level of the master. there are eight levels. favour is used as a currency to purchase decorations for your hideout from the master. the more reputation you gather, the greater the offer with this npc. as masters level up, you get access to:\
• larger hideouts that can hold more masters
• more items in their vendor shops that rotate every day
• more crafting options at crafting benches
• more decorations to purchase
and here are the table shows how much reputations you need to level up haku, and what offers you can unlock with each level:
level | rep. needed to level up | total rep. needed to level up | unlocks |
1 | 0 | 0 | sells: armour based armour,one-handed melee weapons, two-handed mace, heavy belt |
2 | 430 | 430 | has a chance to sell 1 unidentified rare item of the previous categories. can be invited to the player's hideout and provide the armourer's workbench |
3 | 1,210 | 1,640 | coastal hideout from haku sells 3 gems decorations |
4 | 4,610 | 6,250 | sells item with signature mod |
5 | 17,520 | 23,770 | able to create a medium hideout (4 masters) additional identified rare item |
6 | 66,550 | 90,320 | sells 20×orb of alteration for 64×orb of augmentation |
7 | 252,920 | 343,240 | able to create a large hideout (7 masters) able to remove crafted mod |
8 | 961,090 | 1,304,330 | able to craft meta-crafting mod |
leveling the masters to maximum level isn’t meant to be a multi-year grind. there’s a challenge to hit level 8 with all 7 masters during the three month leagues. it’s easier to level just a few of them to level 8 (the master limit in your hideout controls how many masters you can do daily missions for).
once haku reaches level 3, he offers to take you to the hideout to preview it. if you like it, you can make it your hideout. there’s no cost for this. as you level your master up, you’re able to upgrade the size of your hideout. there are three sizes and they each support a different number of masters (ranging from 2 to 4).
path of exile master haku hideout tileset: coastal hideout
when a hideout has been claimed, it can be edited by clicking on the hideout button at the bottom right corner. haku and various objects such as your stash and guild stash can be moved around and rotated. crafting benches (explained later in this article) from each master can also be placed. you can buy decorations with favour from the master haku to place in the coastal hideout, rotated and reclaimed for free. haku has favour levels which are capped at 7 and every level unlocks new decorations, check full list of path of exile haku hideout decorations here.
each master specializes in different types of crafting service, and almost all of them will be useful at some point or another. among the forsaken masters, haku, the armormaster is good at strengthening armor. read our guide for path of exile haku master crafting and rework service, you can learn how to use haku to upgrade your armors in path of exile!