Atlas Passive Skill Tree (Ruthless)

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In Ruthless mode, the Atlas Passive Skill Tree has received some changes. The layout is exactly the same, but most passives have reduced or alternate effects.

You can preview the Atlas here - use the dropdown in the top-right to select Ruthless.

List of modified Atlas passive skills

General

• Most passives which grant additional chance of an Extra Content to appear grants increased chance of Extra Content appearing instead.
• Adjacent Map Drop Chance passives are replaced with Map Drop Chance, granting 1% increased Maps found in your Maps.
• Map Drop Duplication passives are replaced with Map Rarity, granting 3% increased Rarity of Maps found in your Maps.
• Item Quantity passives in the center wheel grants 1% increased pack size instead.
• Map Modifier Effect at the top of the tree grant 2% chance to find Maps one tier higher instead.
• All notables that prevent an Extra Content from appearing do not grant +2% chance of other Extra Content appearing.

Maps

• Shaping the Mountains: Does not grant free map crafting options. Adds +15% physical damage reduction, +15% elemental resistance, and +10% chaos resistance to monsters. Chance reduced to 8%.
• Shaping the Skies: Does not grant special map crafting options. Adds 15% of physical damage as extra lightning damage to monsters. Chance reduced to 8%.
• Shaping the World: Does not grant connected map drop chance from bosses. Instead, has "Monsters deal 15% extra Physical Damage as Cold" and "Maps found have 8% chance to be 1 tier higher".

Kirac

• Planar Tactician: Grants a chance for Scouting Reports to drop as a Vaal Scouting Report instead.
• Solidarity: Grants a chance for Scouting Reports to drop as a Singular Scouting Report instead.
• Expert Reconaissance: Chance of finding Scouting Reports reduced to 50%.
• Expect the Unexpected: Grants +15% Quality to maps in Kirac missions instead.
• Commissioned Officer: Does not grant an additional Kirac mission daily. Chance to gain a Kirac mission on map completion reduced to 2%.

Bestiary

• Big Game: Chance of Yellow Beasts being replaced with Red Beasts reduced to 5%.
• Great Migration: Chance of maps to contain additional packs of beasts reduced to 5%.

Delve

• Packed with Energy: Does not grant increased movement speed per Sulphite Vein collected.
• Guarded Hoards: Does not grant a chance to gain double Sulphite.
• Sulphite Infusion: Bonus Sulphite on map completion reduced to 40/70/100.

Incursion

• Resource Reallocation: Chance of adding an additional tier to surviving Architect reduced to 25%.
• Time Dilation: Does not add chance for all monsters in an Incursion to be Magic.

Betrayal

• Bribery: Grants 800% increased rarity to items dropped by Syndicate members instead.
• Effective Leadership: Syndicate leaders do not drop an additional Veiled item.
• Test of Loyalty: Chance of Syndicate member gaining an additional rank when Executed decreased to 50% (from 100%).
• Intelligence Gathering: Grants 2 Intelligence to a random Syndicate division on map completion (from 10 Intelligence).

Abyss

• Ancient Conflict: Grants a 5% chance to spawn 5 Rare monsters from Abysses instead.
• Awakened Depths: Increased chance of Abysses leading to an Abyssal Depths reduced to 50%.
• Votive Hoard: Grants 800% increased item rarity to items dropped by Abyssal Troves and Stygian Spires instead.
• Corrupted Gaze: Corrupted Abyss Jewels do not come with 5 or 6 affixes.
• Darkness Rising: Grants an 8% chance for Abyss pits and crack to spawn 100% increased monsters instead.

Anarchy

• Rogue Trader: Grants 800% increased rarity of items dropped by Rogue Exiles instead of adding an additional reward. Preceding minor nodes grant +1% chance of adding a Rogue Exile instead.
• Royal Guard: Chance of bosses being accompanied by Rogue Exile bodyguards reduced to 5%.
• Exiled Will: Chance of Rogue Exiles being Possessed reduced to 25% (from 100%).
• Ruckus: Chance to add 10 additional Rogue Exiles reduced to 2%.

Beyond

• Swarming Hive: No chance for more divination cards from Demon Scourge monsters.
• Pale Clarion: No chance for more basic currency from Pale Scourge monsters.
• Voracious Throng: No chance for more unique items from Flesh Scourge monsters.
• Preceding minor nodes for the above 3 notables decreased to 3% increased Quantity of Items dropped by Beyond Demons in your Maps.

Blight

• Spores in the Wind: Grants 125% increased chance for a Blight encounter to appear instead.
• Epidemiology: Does not add Lucky reward chests. Chance to contain a Blighted Map reduced to 50%.
• Mycelian Swarm: Grants a 20% chance to add an additional reward chest instead. Preceding small passives grant 3% more non-unique Blight monsters instead.
• Distilled Fungus: Bosses do not drop an additional anointed jewelry item.
• Blightspawn: Does not add a chance to drop an Oil ExtractorOil ExtractorStack Size: 10Destroys an Anointed Item to recover one of the Oils that was used to apply that AnointmentRight click this item then left click an Anointed item to destroy it..

Breach

• Gatekeepers: Does not grant Breach bosses a chance to drop double splinters. Chance to spawn a Breach boss increased to 50%.
• Within Their Grasp: Does not grant Breach bosses a chance to drop Flawless Breachstones.
• Eve of Invasion: Only grants 2% chance to add 10 additional Breaches.
• Otherworldly Artefacts: Does not grant increased chance for Breach unique items to drop.

Domination

• Supplication: Grants +10% chance for a zone to contain a Shrine (from guaranteed adding one Shrine).
• Syncretism: Does not causes Shrines to grant a random additional Shrine effect. Shrine buff effect increased to 50%.

Delirium

• Descent into Madness : Delirium increases 50% faster with distance from the mirror (from 100% faster).
• Paranoid Fixation: Grants 25% increased pack size of Delirium monsters instead.
• Imagined Pursuits: Grants a 10% chance for Cluster Jewels from Delirium rewards to drop rare and corrupted instead.

Essence

• Prolific Essence: Grants +8% chance for a zone to contain an Essence (from guaranteed adding one Essence).
• Crystal Lattice: Chance to add 3 additional Essences reduced to 5%.
• Crystal Resonance: Duplicates Essence monsters with at least four Essences instead.
• Amplified Energies: Chance for Essences to be a tier higher reduced to 25% (from 100%).

Expedition

• Ancient Writings: Does not have an additional chance to add a suffix to Remnants.
• Buried Knowledge: Increased quantity of Expedition Logbooks dropped reduced to 20% (from 50%).

Harbinger

• Omnious Presence: Grants +8% chance for a zone to contain a Harbinger (from guaranteed adding one Harbinger).
• First Wave: Chance to add a powerful Harbinger boss reduced to 10% (from 25%).

Harvest

• Bountiful Harvest: Bonus experience from Harvest monsters reduced to 100%.
• Heart of the Grove: Chance for Harvest crops to contain a tier 4 plant reduced to 30% (from 60%).

Heist

• No Honour Among Thieves: Only adds chance for maps to contain additional Smuggler's Caches.
• Casing the Joint: Does not add increased chance of finding blueprints from a Smuggler's Cache.

Legion

• Chain of Command: Legion Sergeants do not gain an additional chance to contain an additional reward.
• Emblematic: Chance of splinters dropping as emblems reduced to 0.5%. Preceding minor nodes grant 10% chance for splinters to be duplicated instead.
• Logistical Support: Grants increased pack size of Legion monsters instead.
• Pillaged Treasures: Grants increased range to Legion chests releasing nearby Legion monsters and chests when broken instead.
• Face Off: Does not grant more chance to spawn a Legion general.
• War Supplies. Does not grant increased range to Legion chests releasing nearby Legion monsters and chests when broken.

Metamorph

• Organ Donor: Does not add additional rewards to Itemized Samples.
• Wealth of Knowledge: Only grants 150% increased Item Rarity per monster modifier on Metamorph.
• Unethical Experiments: Does not grant chance to drop Metamorph Scarabs. Experience bonus reduced to 500% per 10% vat filled.
• Fine Specimens: Chance for Metamorphs to drop double rewards decreased to 15%.

Ritual

• Sacrificial Due: Chance for the final Ritual Altar to drop a Blood-Filled Vessel reduced to 10%.

Strongbox

• Twice Tempted: Grants +10% chance for a zone to contain a Strongbox (from guaranteed adding one Strongbox).
• Secret Operations: Grants a 10% chance for Strongboxes to be able to be opened again instead.
• Tamper-Proof: Strongboxes are Magic instead of Rare.

Torment

• Seance: Maps have a 10% chance for up to five Rare monsters to be Possessed (from guaranteed chance). Preceding minor nodes grant additional chance to adding a Tormented Spirit instead.
• Unrelenting Torment: Possessed monsters do not have more Quantity to item drops.
• Paranormal Meeting: Your Maps have +10% chance to be haunted by a Tormented Spirit instead.

Other

• For Love of the Queen: Grants a 5% chance of maps to drop corrupted instead.
• Trial of Glory: Does not add a chance for a Trial of Ascendancy to contain an improved Offering to the Goddess.
• Vivid Memories: Chance for bosses to drop a Synthesis map reduced to +0.3% (from +1.5%).
• Remnants of the Past: Chance for bosses to drop a Shaper or Elder Guardian map reduced to 1% (from 3%.)

Keystones

• Shadow Shaping: Does not grant chance to find maps with a special implicit per favoured map.
• Singular Focus: Does not convert non-favoured map drops into basic currency. Increased chance of favoured maps dropping reduced to 100%.
• Grand Design: Does not grant 1% increased pack size per notable Atlas passive allocated. Grants 20 Atlas passive skill points instead.
• Wandering Path: Does not grant 100% increased effect of small Atlas passive nodes. Grants 20 Atlas passive skill points instead.
• Growing Hordes: Increased pack size from Rusted/Polished/Gilded Scarabs reduced to 3/5/7%.
• Destructive Play: The Maven has a 20% chance to summon 1 to 3 additional Bosses when Witnessing Map Bosses (100% chance in non-Ruthless).
• Bold Undertakings
• Lucid Dreams
• Overloaded Circuits
• The Seventh Gate
• All Atlas keystones which enable the Uber boss variant of pinnacle bosses do not add any additional item reward bonuses from the keystone itself.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.22.0	The Bold Undertakings, Lucid Dreams, Overloaded Circuits and The Seventh Gate Atlas Keystone Passive Skills will differ in Ruthless from their non-Ruthless versions. These will be revealed prior to the release of Trial of the Ancestors. The new Paranormal Meeting Notable Atlas Passive Skill provides "Your Maps have +10% chance to be haunted by a Tormented Spirit" in Ruthless instead of its non-Ruthless property. The new Shaping the World Notable Atlas Passive Skill provides "Monsters deal 15% extra Physical Damage as Cold" and "Maps found have 8% chance to be 1 tier higher" instead of its non-Ruthless properties. The new Destructive Play Keystone Atlas Passive Skill provides "The Maven has a 20% chance to summon 1 to 3 additional Bosses when Witnessing Map Bosses" in Ruthless (100% chance in non-Ruthless). The new Swarming Hive Notable Atlas Passive Skill does not provide "30% more Divination Cards found from Beyond Demons in your Maps that are followers of K'Tash" in Ruthless. The new Pale Clarion Notable Atlas Passive Skill does not provide "30% more Basic Currency Items found from Beyond Demons in your Maps that are followers of Beidat" in Ruthless. The new Voracious Throng Notable Atlas Passive Skill does not provide "30% more Unique Items found from Beyond Demons in your Maps that are followers of Ghorr" in Ruthless. The 4 small Atlas Passive Skills in the new Beyond cluster each grant 3% increased Quantity of Items dropped by Beyond Demons in your Maps in Ruthless (5% in non-Ruthless).
3.21.0	The Time Dilation Notable Atlas Passive in Ruthless no longer causes Incursions in your Maps to have 33% chance for all Monsters to be at least Magic. The Shaping the Seas, Shaping the Mountains, Shaping the Valley and Shaping the Skies Atlas Passives were somewhat necessary to progress your Atlas in Ruthless. We've increased the base drop chance for Maps in Ruthless, and changed these Atlas Passive so they now provide Maps found have 8% chance to be 1 tier higher (previously 10%). The Otherworldly Artefacts Notable Atlas Passive in Ruthless now provides "Breaches in your Maps have 20% increased Monster density", instead of "Rare Breach Monsters in your Maps have 0.2% chance to drop an additional Breach Blessing".
3.20.1b	The Imagined Pursuits Atlas Passive in Ruthless now causes Cluster Jewels from Delirium Rewards to have a 10% chance to be Rare and Corrupted, instead of "800% increased Rarity of Cluster Jewels from Delirium Encounters in your Maps".
3.20.1	The Mycelial Swarm Notable Atlas Passive now provides "Lanes of Blight Encounters in your Maps have 20% chance for an additional Reward Chest" in Ruthless. The two small Atlas Passives prior now provide "Blight Encounters in your Maps spawn 3% more Non-Unique Monsters" in Ruthless, instead of "Lanes of Blight Encounters in your Maps have 5% chance for an additional Reward Chest."
3.20.0b	Fixed a bug where the "Legion Sergeant Rarity" Ruthless Atlas Passive was missing its description.