If you've searched "poe2 temporalis" you already know the reputation: it's the chest that turns blink and movement skills into a teleport-spam autobomber, and it's one of the most expensive items in the entire game. What most guides get wrong is how you actually get one — it does not drop from a normal Zarokh kill, you cannot Chance it, and the cooldown mod everyone quotes was nerfed earlier this patch. This guide gives you the exact current stats, the real drop condition, the live price, and a straight answer on whether it's worth buying in 0.5.4.
Quick answer: Temporalis is a unique Silk Robe (Energy Shield body armour, requires Level 64) whose signature mod is "Skills have -(2 to 1) seconds to Cooldown" — a flat cooldown reduction that enables near-instant blink/movement "autobomber" builds. It is drop-restricted and cannot be Chanced: it only drops from Zarokh, the Temporal when you complete a Level 80+ Trial of the Sekhemas run using the The Last Flame relic (which sets your Maximum Honour to 1 — effectively a no-hit run). That brutal condition keeps supply tiny, so as of 11 July 2026 (Runes of Aldur SC) a Temporalis trades for roughly 4,000–4,500 Divine (~2.4 million Exalted) and falling — verify live before you buy. For almost everyone, buying it with Divines is far cheaper than farming it. (Sources: poe2wiki — Temporalis, poe2scout live economy)
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What does Temporalis do in PoE2?
Temporalis is a unique Silk Robe — an Energy Shield base with the lowest strength/dexterity requirement of any body armour, so it slots into pure-Intelligence and hybrid ES characters. Here is the current, verified stat block (patch 0.5.4):
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Item class | Body Armour (Silk Robe) |
| Requirements | Level 64, 37 Int |
| Energy Shield | (164–214) |
| Movement Speed | -3% |
| Implicit | — (none) |
Fixed modifiers:
- +(100–150) to maximum Energy Shield
- +(10–20)% to all Elemental Resistances
- (5–30)% of Damage taken Recouped as Life
- (5–30)% of Damage taken Recouped as Mana
- Skills have -(2 to 1) seconds to Cooldown
"The final element the tale-women mastered was Time itself."
Four of those five lines are genuinely good defensive stats — big flat ES, a chunky all-res roll, and Life/Mana recoup that softens incoming hits. But nobody pays thousands of Divines for the resistances. The whole item is bought for that last line.
Why the cooldown mod is broken
Most cooldown scaling in PoE2 is percentage-based — "increased Cooldown Recovery Rate" shortens a cooldown proportionally. Temporalis is different: it removes a flat number of seconds from every skill's cooldown. Per the poe2wiki mechanics notes:
- The value rolls in increments of 0.01 seconds (so a "perfect" roll is exactly -2.00s).
- It cannot directly reduce a cooldown below 0.1 seconds (100 ms).
- The flat reduction is applied before any percentage Cooldown Recovery Rate modifiers.
The practical effect: any skill with a base cooldown under ~2 seconds — Blink and other short-cooldown movement, travel, and trigger skills — drops to the 0.1-second floor. You can effectively spam it. That's what the community means by a "Temporalis autobomber": a build that teleports across the entire screen almost continuously, detonating packs on arrival. Pair it with cast-on-X or minion/idol triggers (the popular Fox Idol combo, for instance) and clear speed goes vertical.
That single interaction is the reason Temporalis has been a top-tier chase item since PoE2's early access, and why it survives even after a significant nerf.
The Temporalis nerf: -4/-2 is dead, it's -2/-1 now
This is the part outdated guides and old screenshots get wrong. Temporalis originally rolled "Skills have -(4 to 2) seconds to Cooldown." Earlier in the current patch cycle GGG halved it to the current -(2 to 1) seconds.
That matters for two reasons:
- Any guide, video, or item screenshot showing -4 to -2 is stale. If a listing shows a -3s or -4s roll, it's a legacy variant — a copy that dropped before the nerf and was never re-rolled. Legacy Temporalis still exists in-game and trades at a premium over the current version, because the bigger flat reduction hits the 0.1s floor on skills with a longer base cooldown.
- The build still works. Even at -2s, every short-cooldown movement skill still bottoms out at the 100 ms floor, so the autobomber archetype is intact. What changed is the breadth of skills that benefit — fewer mid-cooldown abilities get pushed all the way down. The nerf trimmed power and, combined with a maturing league economy, is exactly why the price has been sliding (more on that below).
Bottom line: buy for the -2 to -1 you can actually get today, and treat any "cheap" listing with a suspiciously large roll as either a legacy piece (worth more) or a scam.
How do you get Temporalis in PoE2?
Here is the single most misunderstood fact about this item: a normal Zarokh kill does not drop Temporalis. It is a drop-restricted item with a specific, punishing condition. Per the official poe2wiki acquisition text:
"Drops from Zarokh, the Temporal when completing a Level 80+ Trial of the Sekhemas run using The Last Flame."
Break that down:
- Zarokh, the Temporal is the pinnacle boss on the 4th (final) floor of the Trial of the Sekhemas — the Honour-based ascendancy gauntlet. (For the full fight, see our Zarokh guide.)
- The run must be Level 80 or higher — you slot a high-level Djinn Barya to reach that tier.
- You must place The Last Flame relic on the Relic Altar at the start of the trial.
The Last Flame is what makes this brutal. Its modifiers:
- Maximum Honour is 1
- Damage taken cannot be Absorbed
- Cannot be used with Trials below level 80
- This item is destroyed when applied to a Trial
Maximum Honour of 1 means the first point of Honour damage you take ends the run. The Trial of the Sekhemas already drains Honour from every hit, hazard, and trap across four full floors — so this is effectively a flawless, no-damage clear of the hardest gauntlet in the game, ending on Zarokh. And because The Last Flame is consumed on use, every failed attempt costs you the relic.
- You cannot Chance it. Temporalis is flagged un-chanceable, so there is no Orb of Chance lottery on a white Silk Robe like there is for some other uniques.
- It's not a general boss drop. Rare monsters and other bosses will not hand you one — the Last Flame condition is the only source.
This is why so few exist per league, and why the price behaves the way it does.
How much is Temporalis worth right now?
Because supply is choked by that deathless-run requirement, Temporalis sits near the very top of the PoE2 price ladder — closer to Mirror territory than to a normal chase unique.
Live snapshot from poe2scout, 11 July 2026, Runes of Aldur softcore:
- Temporalis: ~2.4 million Exalted ≈ ~4,400 Divine (and trending down from ~3.4M Exalted on 6 July)
- 1 Divine ≈ 530–555 Exalted (poe2scout listed ~553; our tool ~531 — trackers vary)
- 1 Divine ≈ 8.2 Chaos
For scale, that puts a single Temporalis at roughly the price of a Mageblood ten times over this league. A few caveats keep you honest:
- It barely trades. Listing depth is a fraction of a normal chase item (low hundreds of live listings versus tens of thousands for Mageblood), so quoted prices swing hard day to day and any tracker number is an estimate, not a fixed rate. Treat the figure above as a ballpark and price-check live the moment you're ready to buy.
- The trend is down. The nerf plus a maturing economy have pulled the price off its patch highs, and it typically keeps sliding as the league ages and more clears happen.
- Roll matters less than usual. Unlike a rare, the mod range here is narrow; a near-perfect -2.00s roll commands a premium, but you're mostly paying for the item existing at all.
Always confirm the current number on the official trade site or a live tracker before committing Divines. Our PoE2 currency price-check tool shows the live Divine-to-Exalted ratio so your conversion math is right.
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Should you farm it or buy it?
For 99% of players, buy it. Do the honest math:
- Farming requires a deathless Level 80+ Trial of the Sekhemas — the hardest sustained gauntlet in the game — and a spare The Last Flame relic that you lose on every attempt. Unless you're a top-tier Sekhemas runner with relics to burn, your expected cost in failed relics, time, and repair alone can dwarf the item.
- Buying converts that risk into a fixed pile of Divines. If you're farming currency efficiently — Breach tablets, Expedition logbooks, ritual — you can bank the Divines far faster and more reliably than you can flawlessly clear Zarokh on a 1-Honour run.
If you are chasing the drop for the challenge (or to sell), the smart play is to over-level and over-gear a dedicated Honour/block Sekhemas character first, stockpile Last Flame relics, and only attempt it when a no-hit clear is genuinely realistic. Otherwise, a Zarokh or Trial of the Sekhemas carry gets you the clear (and the ascendancy points along the way) without the relic bleed.
Save the grind — get the Divines and the carry, done right:
- PoE2 Divine Orbs — instant delivery, best rate, the currency a Temporalis is priced in.
- PoE2 Currency (all orbs) — Divine, Exalted, Chaos and more in one place to fund the buy.
- PoE2 Leveling & Boss Carries — pro players clear Zarokh and the Trial of the Sekhemas for you, no deathless-run stress.
- PoE2 Exalted Orbs — fast & secure, for topping up the Exalted side of the trade.
Is Temporalis worth it after the nerf?
For the builds designed around it — yes, but with clearer eyes than a patch ago. The -2/-1 version still pushes every short-cooldown movement skill to the 0.1s floor, so the core autobomber fantasy is fully intact; you're just getting less mileage on longer-cooldown skills. If your build's clear or defense depends on spamming a sub-2-second cooldown skill, Temporalis is still best-in-slot and nothing else replicates it.
If you're a more casual mapper who wanted it because it's famous, be realistic: ~4,000 Divine buys an enormous amount of raw power elsewhere — a fully-rolled rare ES chest, a Mageblood, and a stack of gear upgrades combined. Temporalis is a specialist enabler, not a generic upgrade. Buy it when the build is built around the mechanic, not before.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Temporalis do in PoE2? It's a unique Silk Robe (ES body armour) whose signature mod, "Skills have -(2 to 1) seconds to Cooldown," removes a flat number of seconds from every skill's cooldown. Short-cooldown movement and trigger skills drop to the 0.1-second floor, letting you spam them — the basis of "autobomber" teleport-clear builds. It also gives big flat Energy Shield, +(10–20)% all Elemental Resistances, and Life/Mana recoup.
How do you get Temporalis in PoE2? It only drops from Zarokh, the Temporal when you complete a Level 80+ Trial of the Sekhemas run using The Last Flame relic. The Last Flame sets your Maximum Honour to 1 (effectively a no-hit clear) and is destroyed on use. A normal Zarokh kill will not drop it, and it cannot be obtained any other way in 0.5.
Can you Chance a Temporalis? No. Temporalis is drop-restricted and explicitly cannot be created with an Orb of Chance. There is no white Silk Robe lottery for it — the only source is the Last Flame Zarokh condition.
Why is Temporalis so expensive? Its drop condition — a deathless (Max Honour 1) Level 80+ Trial of the Sekhemas ending on Zarokh, consuming a relic per attempt — keeps supply extremely low. Combined with its unique autobomber-enabling mod, that scarcity pushes it near the top of the price ladder (roughly 4,000–4,500 Divine as of 11 July 2026 in Runes of Aldur), though it barely trades so prices swing.
Was Temporalis nerfed? Yes. The cooldown mod was reduced from -(4 to 2) seconds to the current -(2 to 1) seconds. Any listing or guide showing -3s or -4s is a pre-nerf legacy variant, which trades at a premium over the current version.
Should I farm or buy Temporalis? For almost everyone, buy it. Self-farming demands a flawless clear of the game's hardest gauntlet plus a relic you lose on every failed try. Banking the Divines through normal currency farming — or using a Zarokh/Sekhemas carry — is faster and far less risky than grinding the deathless drop yourself.
The bottom line
Temporalis is a genuine build-defining chase piece: the only item in PoE2 that grants flat cooldown reduction, and the engine behind every autobomber teleport-clear build. Just go in with the facts straight — it's a -(2 to 1)s mod now (not the old -4/-2), it's drop-restricted and un-chanceable, and the only source is a deathless Level 80+ Trial of the Sekhemas with The Last Flame. That scarcity makes it one of the most expensive items in the game (~4,000+ Divine and falling in Runes of Aldur), so unless you're a top Sekhemas runner, buy the Divines, price-check live, and save yourself the relic-burning grind.
