How rare are Foresaken Masters and where do they appear

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Just recently, the Forsaken Masters expansion for Path of Exile was released and I want to know whether I was on a lucky Streak… Or if the masters are common… Or that they're rare and I'll not be seeing any anytime soon.

So, my question is:
What is the rate of spawning for the masters? and:

  1. Does being lower level than the area you're in affect the rate they appear,
  2. Does being in a party increase/decrease appearance rates and
  3. Where do they appear?

Best Answer

  1. Probably not. The masters seem to be a part of the map and the map itself doesn't seem to be affected by the level or amount of players.
  2. Again, probably not, with the same reason.
  3. In normal difficulty the masters only appear in certain areas and only two of them are in each act. See this link and take a look at the specific sites of the masters. After normal difficulty any master can spawn in any map.

Edit: I just downloaded the newest patch and the patch notes state that "The spawn chance of Masters has been reduced in The Fetid Pool, The Flooded Depths, The Ship Graveyard Cave and The Tidal Island." This means that the chance of a master spawning is indeed linked to the map. It also means that the spawn rate differs from map to map.

Edit: Note that the wiki I linked isn't always 100% up to date because POE is being patched every other day. Anyway, what I want to say is that the masters actually appear in more maps than the wiki claims. For example, if I recall it correctly, I found Elreon in "The Cavern of Wrath" (in Act 1 normal difficulty) where only Haku should be.

Edit: Deleted some statements and assumptions that weren't useful anymore.

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