General question (newbie) about character builds-> gear.

[Tiltowait]

So I backed PoE way back and after about 2 hours at launch, literally did not get back to it till a week ago.

 

I am about halfway through and enjoying the story.  However with an eye to my next run I am looking at various character builds to try out.

 

Many of them point to 'find item X at location Y.'  I just want to make sure, in just about all cases you cannot find specific gear (barring boss drops or quest rewards) because the game now has random loot correct? 

Edited August 4, 2018 by Tiltowait

[dreamrider]

Not correct. 

 

There are occasional caches (somehow, usually ones under a loose stone somewhere) that have a random gear or weapon.  Mostly gear, like gloves or amulets.

(Now some of these may be among the most excellent gloves, amulets, etc, in the game.)

 

The keynote items are all in their original spots / shops.

Edited August 4, 2018 by dreamrider