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[[File:SekhemaTrialMap.png|thumb|right|800px|An example of a Trial Map.]]
The '''Trial of the Sekhemas''' is one of three [[Ascension Trial]]s, first accessible in [[Act 2]]. It is a randomized gauntlet of rooms filled with monsters and traps that must be traversed before the player runs out of Honour. It is based on [[poewiki:The Forbidden Sanctum|the Forbidden Sanctum]] from [[Path of Exile 1]].

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==Overview==
To gain access, the player must first defeat [[Balbala, the Traitor]] and obtain {{il|Balbala's Barya}}. This coin can be placed within the Relic Altar to begin the trial. Doing so will grant access to the entire first floor of the Trial. Higher level {{il|Djinn Barya|Djinn Baryas}} obtained later in the game provide access to additional floors and improved rewards, and are also tradeable. Each floor contains 8 rooms, with the 8th room being a boss. There are 4 floors in total.

The player can preview the layout and room connections of the current floor, as well as a limited number of columns of rooms ahead, including their layout, objectives, rewards, and afflictions.

All of your progress, including Honour, Sacred Water, Boons, Afflictions, etc. are carried over between floors. A full Trial contains 4 floors, each containing 8 rooms. The 8th room of each floor always contains a Boss. Crashing during a Trial room will reset the room's progress, as long as the player did not fail the room due to honour loss. However, any changes to your honour during the room's progress will be retained. Sacred Water and rewards are locked in upon successful completion of a room. It is possible to return back into a completed room from the reward room to kill any remaining enemies or open chests. 

Each Trial run is independent between characters on the same account.

==Relic Altar==
* The Relic Altar is unlocked automatically when Balbala's Barya is brought into the starting area.
* Each character has its own Relic Altar and uses separate Relics. However, the Relic Locker is shared between all of your characters in the same league.
* Relics placed in the Relic Altar are locked in for the entire Trial run as soon as they are confirmed and cannot be added or removed in the middle of a run. The current run must be completed, failed, or forfeited to add or remove Relics.
* The Relic Altar contains 18 inventory spaces, but 12 are initially locked and can be obtained by defeating specific minibosses or floor bosses.

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RelicAltarEmpty.png|Empty Relic Altar before putting in a coin
RelicAltarLocked.png|The Relic Altar in its initial state
RelicAltarUnlocked.jpg|Fully unlocked Relic Altar
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The trial is composed of several progressive rooms within a floor. Each room will have an objective to accomplish before the room is passed, and the floor is ended by a [[boss]]. Every room will have a reward - for example, they may reward a 

Damage taken during the Trial of the Sekhemas will also damage your '''Honour''', which cannot be recovered by normal means. Running out of honour will fail the trial. 

The exile may be supported or impeded by '''Boons''' and '''Afflictions''', special buffs and debuffs that persist throughout the trial. '''Sacred Water''' may be traded with Balbala for boons and relics.  

At the end of the trial, the exile may access the Altar of Ascendancy. For exiles who reach it for the first time, The Altar of Ascendancy grants two ascendancy points and allows them to choose an ascendancy class.

==Mechanics==
===Honour===
* Honour is an additional stat player characters have while participating in the Trial. 
* The default maximum Honour is #. Honour is maintained between rooms, and the player is ejected from the Trial if it hits 0, resetting all floors and rooms. Being ejected does not count as a death, nor does it remove [[experience]].
* Honour is lost from hits from monsters or traps in the Trial. Closer proximity to monsters reduces the Honour lost on hit.{{confirm}}
* Minions and non-party allies do not cause Honour to be lost if hit.
* A fixed amount of Honour can be restored in Fountain rooms.
* Gaining additional Maximum Honour will also cause the character to gain current Resolve of the same amount. Losing Maximum Honour will not further affect the current Honour.

===Sacred Water===
* Sacred Water is a type of non-tradeable currency can be found in the Trial from chests or killed enemies. Sacred Water is collected automatically when the player is near it.
* Sacred Water can be traded to the merchant for a small amount of Honour recovery, various Boons, or [[relic]]s.
* Sacred Water is maintained between rooms and floors, and is reset when the Trial run ends.

===Keys===
Completing a room may reward the player with a  {{il|Bronze Key}}, {{il|Silver Key}}, or {{il|Golden Key}}. These can be used to open their respective caches at the end of the trial for various items and rewards. 

===Boon===
* Major boons are grouped in a symbol with a very thick and bright yellow-bordered boon symbol, while all minor boons are grouped in a plain yellow-bordered boon symbol. Boons are shown when hovering the according symbol.
* Boons grant various benefits to your Trial run and can help recover or mitigate damage to your Honour, increase your Sacred Water and rewards, debuff monsters, or provide other helpful buffs.
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! Boon Type !! Image !! Boon Name !! Description
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| Major Boon ||   || Sekhema's Cloak || Upon reaching 0 Life, revive once with Full Honour
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| Minor Boon ||  || Adrenaline Vial || Restore 30% of your Honour on entering a Boss Room
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| Minor Boon ||  || Honoured Challenger || 50% increased Honour restored
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| Minor Boon ||  || Viscous Ichor || Monsters have 20% reduced Action Speed
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| Minor Boon ||  || Orbala Statuette || You have 25% more Maximum Life
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| Minor Boon ||  || Flooding Rivers || 50% more Sacred Water found
|}
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===Affliction===
* Major afflictions are grouped in a symbol with a very thick and bright purple-bordered boon symbol, while all minor afflictions are grouped in a plain purple-bordered affliction symbol. Afflictions are shown when hovering according symbol.
* Afflictions grant various downsides to your Trial run and can reduce or prevent Honour recovery, spawn additional traps, buff monsters, affect your Sacred Water generation, or hide rooms or rewards on the Trial Map.

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{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Affliction Type !! Icon !! Affliction Name !! Description
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| Minor Affliction ||   || Spiked Shell || Monsters have 50% increased Maximum Life
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| Minor Affliction ||   || Blunt Sword || You and your Minions deal 40% less Damage
|}
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==Trial objectives==
Each room contains one of the following trial objectives:

* '''Chalice Trial''' - Defeat the Rare Monsters: The player must defeat all of the rare monsters in the room to fill the blood chalice. Clearing 50% of the rare monsters will cause an indicator to appear, pointing towards remaining rare monsters.
* ''''Gauntlet Trial''' - Disable the Crystals: The player must disable all of the Death Crystals in the room. Any Crystals still active when the timer expires will deal damage.
* '''Ritual Trial''' - Defeat the Ritual Casters: Defeat the Ritual Casters to close the portals.
* '''Escape Trial''' - Find the Exit: Find the exit, avoiding traps and monsters.
* '''Hourglass Trial''' - Survive: Survive until the timer expires.

==Room Reward Types==
Note: All room types other than boss rooms can become Afflicted. Afflicted rooms are indicated by a purple border and cause the character to gain an Affliction on entry.

===Sacred Water Fountain===
Contains a fountain containing Sacred Water; comes in 2 types: Regular (160) or Large.

===Orbala Statue===
Players can spend 5 Sacred Water to recover 20% of Honour and gain a random Boon.

===Merchant===
Merchant rooms contain the NPC [[Orbala]] who sells you Boons or [[relic]]s in exchange for Sacred Water. He can also recover 50 Honour once per encounter for a fee.

==Enemies==
Each room in the Sanctum contains a number of normal and rare enemies. All rare enemies must be killed before being able to complete the room.

===Floor Bosses===
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|+ Sanctum Bosses
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! Boss Name !! Boss Room !! Description
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| [[Rattlecage, the Earthbreaker]] || Collapsing Cavern || 
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| [[Hadi of the Flaming River]]<br>[[Rafiq of the Frozen Spring]] || 
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| ??? || 
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| [[Zarokh, the Eternal]] || 
|}

==Rewards==
===Ascendancy===
{{main|Ascendancy class}}
Completing a floor in the Trial at certain level thresholds will allow players to unlock their Ascendancy class and ascendancy passive skill points.

===Key caches===
After defeating each floor boss, players can enter a vault with several reward caches. These vary from Bronze, Silver, and Gold, and can be opened by spending one of the respective keys. These are the following types of caches:

* Hoarder's Cache: Contains random items
* Arcanist's Cache: Contains currency
* Armour Cache: Contains [[armour (equipment)|armour]]
* Mysterious Cache:

===Time-Lost Jewels===
Time-Lost Jewels are [[jewel]] base types that can be found in randomly throughout the trial from monsters or chests. These jewels roll modifiers that affect passive nodes within its radius.

===Relics===
{{main|Relic}}

Relics are a type of item that is exclusive to the Trial of the Sekhemas. They can be placed in the [[Relic Altar]] to provide buffs various beneficial stats that can make the run easier or more rewarding.
* Relics can be found within the Trial of the Sekhemas from monsters or purchased for Sacred Water.
* They can be stored in a special separate stash called the Relic Locker, which can also be placed as a hideout decoration.
* To equip a relic, they must be placed in the [[Relic Altar]] on a 5x4 grid with two of the corner slots blocked off. Additional grid slots can be unlocked as you progress, up to a total of 18 slots.
* Relics are craftable. {{c|magic|Magic}} relics can have up to two modifiers. They cannot become {{c|rare|rare}}.
* The pool of modifiers relics can roll depends on the total number of inventory slots it takes up, ranging from 2/3/4 or small/medium/large respectively.

{{:List of relics}}

==Party mechanics==
* The Trial of the Sekhema's choices are made by the area's instance owner.
* All party members share Honour.

==Version history==
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==References==
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[[Category:Ascension trials]]
{{sister|poewiki=The Forbidden Sanctum}}