How to play multiplayer and couch co-op in Path of Exile 2

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PoE 2 multiplayer - Merc fighting monsters

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PlayingPath of Exile 2multiplayerorcouch co-opis a great way of increasing your loot gains while also having a fun time slaughtering monsters with a friend or three. Though you can happily forge your way through the game on your lonesome, PoE 2 supports parties of up to six, meaning you can recruit five other compatriots. You can also try couch co-op if you have a friendly human in your immediate vicinity and two controllers.

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How to play PoE 2 multiplayer

Add friends and invite them to your party through the social menu(Image credit: Grinding Gear Games)

PoE 2 multiplayer - Social menu

To play multiplayer in Path of Exile 2, you first need to acquire some friends. You can do this if you:

Here are some other important things to remember about multiplayer:

How to revive other players

Click and hold the ‘Revive’ button while standing close until the animation is finished(Image credit: Grinding Gear Games)

PoE 2 multiplayer - Revival

One of the trickier parts of multiplayer is working out how the revive system functions. If a player in your party goes down, but you’re still up, you can revive them. To do this, you need tostand in the golden AoE around their corpse and click and hold where it says ‘Revive’ on the banner over their body. You need to keep holding until they’re revived, otherwise it’ll stop the animation. Getting attacked will also interrupt the animation, so you need to time it as best you can.

How to play PoE 2 couch co-op

Once you’ve set up both controllers you can each choose a character from your available list(Image credit: Grinding Gear Games)

PoE 2 multiplayer - Couch co-op

Now, this is a little more complex andyou need to have two controllers and two charactersin order to do it. To set up couch co-op:

Once you both select your characters you can start playing. There are a few important details to remember about couch co-op, such as thatyou both share a screenandyou share gold with each other.

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