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Path of Exile 2has made major iterations to its endgame system compared to its predecessor.
Mapping is a core part of the PoE experience, and the sequel is no exception.
Changes From Path Of Exile
What Is The Atlas?
The Atlas is anendgame progress systemthat you gain access to upon completing the PoE2 campaign.
In Early Access, that includes the game’s first three Acts on both Normal and Cruel difficulties.
Once you finish the campaign, speak with Doryani in the Ziggurat Refuge to start the endgame questline.
Both the Ziggurat Refuge and your personal hideout will have aMap machine.
You’ll start inside a ziggurat structure near the middle of the board.
Surrounding the ziggurat are a collection of small circles you’re able to select.
These aremapsor tilesets you might clear.
The glowing, blue circles are adjacent to your location on the Atlas and can be selected.
Selecting a glowing node will bring up a small inventory.
Think of it as a currency required to participate in the endgame.
Claim your rewards and repeat the process to slowly chart a path through the entire Atlas.
You get one life per map, even in Softcore.Be careful.
As you reach the edges of the Atlas and kill tougher monsters, you’ll earn higher-tiered Waystones.
Map Mechanics
Some of these nodes will have icons floating above them.
These denote unique mechanics tied to that node, usually calledLeague mechanicsby the community.
Kill them to complete the map.
Breach
Ethereal hands appear on the map.
Walk over them to start a demonic invasion.
Kill demons to extend the invasion timer.
Slain monsters can drop Breach Splinters.
Corruption
This map contains more modifiers than usual, making it significantly more difficult.
Killing monsters in close proximity will spawn Beyond demons.
Delirium
Fog envelops the map, empowering all monsters within.
The fog disappears over time.
Kill enemies within the fog to earn reward caches.
Applying a Delirium orb to a Waystone adds permanent Delirium fog but makes the mapsignificantlyharder.
Expedition
Use explosives to uncover buried treasure and monsters.
Excavations can uncover Logbooks, leading to Expedition-exclusive maps and valuable rewards.
Ritual
Bone altars will appear around the map.
Interact with them to summon waves of monsters.
Clearing a ritual awards Tribute.
it’s possible for you to use Tribute to purchase items from altars.
The more Ritual altars cleared, the more Tribute you’ll earn.
Lost Towers And Precursor Tablets
you might influence which modifiers appear on tiles throughLost Towers.
Precursor Tablets are themed around league mechanics and tend to drop from those same mechanics.
As with Waystones, you’re free to use currency orbs on Precursor Tablets to modify them.
Refunding Atlas points will incur a small Gold free, similar toreallocating character passives.
Each passive tree represents a unique mechanic.
Atlas Tips
It’s elementary.
