Path of Exile 2's Atlas Endgame: A Comprehensive Guide to Delirium
Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) features four major endgame Atlas map events: Rituals, Breaches, Expeditions, and Delirium. This guide focuses on Delirium, a returning mechanic from previous PoE leagues, detailing its initiation, mechanics, rewards, and the associated Simulacrum Pinnacle event.
Understanding the Delirium Fog Mechanic
On the Atlas, map nodes hosting guaranteed Delirium events are marked with a distinctive white and black icon resembling the Delirium Mirror. To guarantee a Delirium event, place a Delirium Precursor Tablet in a Lost Tower.
Within a Delirium map, locate the multicolored, shattered-glass Delirium Mirror near your spawn. Activating it unleashes a swirling circle of Delirium Fog. This fog expands, increasing enemy difficulty. Leaving the fog ends the encounter and resets the map.
Enemies within the fog are enhanced and drop unique rewards: Distilled Emotions (used in crafting) and Simulacrum Splinters (for summoning the Pinnacle Boss). Fractured Mirrors, when activated, spawn additional mobs and loot. Be wary of the randomly spawning bosses, Kosis and Omniphobia; they are challenging encounters with full boss health bars.
The Simulacrum Pinnacle Event
Each endgame event offers Pinnacle Boss summoning items. High-tier Waystones in Delirium yield Simulacrum Splinters. Accumulate 300 splinters to create a Simulacrum, placing it in the Realmgate to access the 15-wave Simulacrum event. Difficulty escalates with each wave, and Delirium bosses have an increased chance of appearing as you progress. Completion rewards two Delirium Passive Skill points.
Navigating the Delirium Passive Skill Tree
The Delirium Passive Skill Tree, located within the Atlas Passive Skill Tree (top-left button on the Atlas Map, then top-right), modifies Delirium events. It features eight Notable nodes and eight nodes increasing Simulacrum difficulty. Each Simulacrum completion grants two passive points, necessitating increased difficulty for each new Notable node.
Notable Delirium Passive Nodes: Prioritize "You Can't Just Wake Up From This One," "Get Out Of My Head!," and "They're Coming To Get You..." for optimal reward increases without significant drawbacks.
| Notable Delirium Passive | Effect | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Get Out Of My Head! | 20% chance for Waystones to have an Instilled Emotion effect | N/A |
| Would You Like To See My Face? | Doubles difficulty scaling, doubles Splinter stack size | Get Out Of My Head! |
| You Can't Just Wake Up From This One | Delirium Fog dissipates 30% slower | N/A |
| I'm Not Afraid Of You! | Delirium Bosses have 50% increased Life, drop 50% more Splinters | You Can't Just Wake Up From This One |
| They're Coming To Get You... | Unique Bosses spawn 25% more often; slaying rares pauses fog dissipation | N/A |
| Isn't It Tempting? | 30% chance for an extra reward, Delirium Demons deal 30% increased damage | N/A |
| The Mirrors... The Mirrors! | Delirium Fog spawns Fractured Mirrors twice as often | N/A |
| It's Not Real, It's Not Real! | Delirium enemies drop 50% more reward progress, fog dissipates 50% faster | N/A |
Delirium Event Rewards
Delirium Fog-affected enemies drop Distilled Emotions. Bosses also frequently drop them. These currencies anoint amulets with Notable Passive Skills, eliminating the need to allocate passive skill points.
They can also add guaranteed modifiers to Waystones, increasing Delirious debuffs and mob power. Simulacrum Splinters create the Simulacrum for the Pinnacle event, rewarding passive points and a unique item.
