Since Fate of the Vaal landed, it's hard not to feel like the Temple is finally respecting your time, especially if you've been tracking your PoE 2 Currency gains run by run. For ages the Temple had that nasty "maybe it pays out, maybe it doesn't" vibe, because too many rooms were basically blanks. Now the sweeping buff to Temple modifiers changes the baseline. Even mid-tier rooms are pulling their weight, and that alone makes the grind feel less like you're rolling dice for hours.



Room Value That Shows Up On The Map
What really flips the script is how Tier 3 rooms work. Before, maxing a room often felt like a checklist thing. You did it because you could, not because it changed the run in a meaningful way. Now it does. When you push a room to Tier 3, you're not just upgrading a reward label, you're shaping the enemies you'll actually fight. Corrupted Abominations, Unchained Beasts, Royal Sentinels, High Priests—these aren't just names on patch notes, they change the rhythm of the clear. You feel it in the pulls, you notice it in the danger spikes, and you can plan around it instead of hoping the Temple rolls something decent.



The Treasure Vault Stops Being A "Whatever" Pick
The Treasure Vault rework might be the sneakiest win. It used to be a room you took when nothing else mattered, then you'd forget it even existed. Now it's a global lever: 25% increased item rarity for the entire Temple. That's huge because it doesn't compete with your other choices, it boosts them. If you're investing in high-effort rooms, that Vault turns into a multiplier that makes the whole layout feel more coherent. You're not chasing one jackpot chest anymore—you're building a run that pays better across the board.



QoL Helps, But Benches Still Feel Stingy
The currency benches are still the awkward part. Yes, the post–Act 3 change that lets you take the currency as an item is a real relief. No more "use it right now or waste it" pressure, which always felt bad. But the amount you get is still tiny. After you've spent the time shaping rooms, fighting Architects, and clearing the whole place, walking out with a single orb doesn't match the effort. The Temple economy improves in a lot of places, but here it barely moves, and players will notice.



Medallions Add Control, And The Loop Feels Steadier
Medallions are the piece that adds agency where the Temple used to be pure RNG. Being able to juice the Temple with Waystone modifiers that last ten runs fits the endgame mindset: make it harder, get paid. The re-roll Medallion is just practical too, because bad room options can brick a layout fast. Architect encounters also feel less punishing now—fewer rooms lost, and the Architect's Console connecting to any adjacent room makes planning smoother. With Tablet crafting and Unique Vaults behaving properly, the Temple starts to feel like a repeatable endgame loop you can actually settle into, and that's exactly why people will keep checking the poe2 market after a long session rather than feeling like the whole thing was a wash."