Atlas of Worlds

A nearly completed Atlas of Worlds (post 3.9 patch).

This page is about the game mechanic. For the expansion, see Atlas of Worlds (expansion).

The Atlas of Worlds is Path of Exile's end-game map system. The Atlas is a series of linked maps that players can progress through after completing a quest for Officer Kirac.

Overview

The Atlas of Worlds is a visualization of the dream worlds that are opened by activating maps, indicating how these worlds are linked. The player starts at one of four starting maps in the center of the Atlas. These tier 1 maps start dropping on Act 8. Players can find new maps in adjacent, connected maps in the Atlas.

The Atlas is also split into 8 different regions, each affecting a Watchstone or Conqueror's area of influence and what item bases can drop.

Map drops are not completely random; instead a specific tier is chosen first and the map type is chosen from pool of maps completed for that tier or connected to the map the character is currently in.

Atlas Completion Bonus

For each map completed under certain conditions, you gain an Atlas completion mark. Each mark adds a 1% chance for a map to drop one tier higher, with each 100% chance automatically upgrading the tier of the dropped map. The maximum map tier however cannot bypass drop restrictions, even if it would have been upgraded.

For example, a rare monster in a tier 6 map with 125% completion bonus:

• a rare monster can drop tier +1 maps, as such it can drop tier 1 to 7 maps
• it will only drop maps that are adjacent or already unlocked on the atlas
• a tier 5 drop would be upgraded to tier 6, with a 25% chance to be upgraded to tier 7
• a tier 6 drop would be upgraded to tier 7, but can't be upgraded any further
• a tier 7 drop is already the highest possible drop, and can't be upgraded any further

Awakened Atlas completion bonuses are acquired by completing the map at a certain Awakening Level or higher. The current Awakening Level is equal to the number of zones on the Atlas that are influenced by four Watchstones. In order to complete an Awakening Bonus Objective it is merely required to finish the map while it is influenced by four Watchstones, while the Awakening Level requirement is met. Rarity or corruption of the map are irrelevant. Each Awakened Atlas completion gives a 0.5% chance to upgrade the tier of a map.

The following maps do not count towards Atlas completion:

• Untainted ParadiseUntainted Paradise
  Tropical Island MapMap Level: 70
  Map Tier: 3(300-400)% increased Experience gain
  Area has increased monster variety
  Area is inhabited by wild Animals
  Monsters drop no ItemsFor this beauty,
  beauty without strength,
  chokes out life.Activate a Map to begin Kirac's Mission.
• The Beachhead
• Altered Distant MemoryAltered Distant Memory
  Synthesised MapMap Level: 81
  Map Tier: 11
  Item Quantity: +100%
  Monster Pack Size: +25%25% increased Pack size
  100% increased Experience gain
  Monster Level: 81
  Map has (3-5) additional random Modifiers
  Map has (2-4) additional Synthesis Global ModifiersCorruptedThe winters of my youth were cold and harsh.
  We had nothing, yet to my mother's credit, I wanted for so little.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.
• Augmented Distant MemoryAugmented Distant Memory
  Synthesised MapMap Level: 81
  Map Tier: 11
  Item Quantity: +100%
  Monster Pack Size: +25%25% increased Pack size
  100% increased Experience gain
  Monster Level: 81
  Map has (3-5) additional random Modifiers
  Map has (2-4) additional Synthesis Global ModifiersCorruptedWhat had seemed sacred and infallible so quickly became flawed out of necessity.
  Created from compromises. Vulnerable to mortal whims.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.
• Rewritten Distant MemoryRewritten Distant Memory
  Synthesised MapMap Level: 81
  Map Tier: 11
  Item Quantity: +100%
  Monster Pack Size: +25%25% increased Pack size
  100% increased Experience gain
  Monster Level: 81
  Map has (3-5) additional random Modifiers
  Map has (2-4) additional Synthesis Global ModifiersCorruptedIt was in my oath that I found peace.
  In echoing marble halls I found my voice.
  Before the congregation I found purpose.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.
• Twisted Distant MemoryTwisted Distant Memory
  Synthesised MapMap Level: 81
  Map Tier: 11
  Item Quantity: +100%
  Monster Pack Size: +25%25% increased Pack size
  100% increased Experience gain
  Monster Level: 81
  Map has (3-5) additional random Modifiers
  Map has (2-4) additional Synthesis Global ModifiersCorruptedWithout our strict rule, man's destructive side would take hold.
  Our beautiful public spaces, our services for the ill and the needy, all of it would crumble.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.
• CortexCortex
  Synthesised MapMap Level: 83
  Map Tier: 11
  Item Quantity: +100%
  Monster Pack Size: +25%25% increased Pack size
  100% increased Experience gain
  Monster Level: 83
  Map has (3-5) additional random Modifiers
  Map has (2-4) additional Synthesis Global ModifiersCorruptedThough my life is gone, my purpose is not.
  My will remains, emboldened and empowered by the righteousness of my cause.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Special areas like Map fragment zones also do not add others Atlas completion.

Atlas Mission

Each time you complete a map, there is a chance to receive an Atlas Mission for a random master. You can use Atlas Missions to guarantee a master to spawn in your next non-unique map. Your Atlas Mission counters are tracked for each set of map tier colours: white, yellow, and red; which one you receive is the same as the tier colour of the map you received it in. Your accumulated number of Atlas Missions can be seen in the Atlas layout screen. There is no limit to how many Atlas Missions you can store. You can redeem an Atlas mission by speaking to a master then running the map from that screen.

Once per day, when you log in, you will receive one Atlas missions for each master for the tier relative to the last map you've completed (-1/+1 range). Free Atlas missions refresh at midnight UTC.

Spawning Conquerors

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Atlas with 4 Watchstones socketed in a region

The new end-game Atlas quest introduced in Conquerors of the Atlas requires the player to track down and defeat different Conquerors in order to fight the end-game boss The Awakener. The first step in spawning the 4 Conquerors is to reach the 4 corners of the Atlas. In this process you may discover Zana as well as different Conquerors' Citadels (which contain Watchstones Altars).

Players have to run 3 different maps from the same corner to spawn their first Conqueror. Otherwise, there is a 33% chance per map if you are running the same map. By this method, the lowest level encounters of Al-Hezmin, the Hunter, Veritania, the Redeemer, Drox, the Warlord and Baran, the Crusader can be spawned without acquiring any Watchstones.

The second to fifth encounters of the same Conqueror require the player to upgrade a region of the Atlas. Players need to discover the Altar (if applicable) of that region and insert a minimum number of Watchstone(s) in it. Typically, the second encounter requires 1 Stone, the third requires 2 Stones, the fourth requires 3 Stones and the fifth requires 4 Stones inserted into the Watchstones Altars. Inserting Watchstones also increase the map Tier of that region.

Before the first encounter with the Awakener, a Conqueror is guaranteed to spawn if you have met:

1. Number of Watchstones requirement
2. Running a map of tier equal to or higher than the current tier of that map on the Atlas (for example, with 1 Watchstone in Glennach Cairns, a Beach map would need to be at least tier 4 to trigger the Conqueror).

If both conditions (1) and (2) are met, the Conqueror will spawn. Killing the Conqueror for the 5th time (in 5 different regions) will acquire the 4th Watchstone of that Conqueror, ending the quest. The aforementioned guaranteed spawn will be removed.

For spawning and beating a Conqueror the fifth time and beyond, it is required to insert 4 Watchstones into a region and meet the Conqueror 3 times before spawning the final arena. According to GGG, the spawn rate is 33% chance per Map or 10 maps on average.

Each Conqueror can have one available Citadel on the Atlas at the same time. Meaning, leaving a Citadel map for later will not prevent you from discovering Citadels from other Conquerors if they don't have one yet.

Also, once a region is influenced by a Conqueror, it is possible to progress the encounter and eventually have Zana open a map to the Citadel by running lower tier maps corresponding to the region and finding the Conqueror there. While this looks like a loophole, this mechanic is important because once influence is triggered you no longer have access to the Watchstones socketed in that region. This could create a scenario where someone immediately sockets the first four obtained Watchstones in one region, runs a map of the corresponding tier, triggers influence and loses access to the only four Watchstones. If no more maps of the current tier are available, it would mean having them missing for potentially a long time. The possibility to progress the encounter with lower tier maps, even white ones, averts this scenario entirely.

Optimizing Watchstone drops

Atlas progression can be divided into two parts: Pre-Awakener fight and Post-Awakener fight.

The Awakener fight will first be available upon obtaining 20 Wachstones and completing each Conquerors quest line. During this time the Atlas must be progressively upgraded with the obtained Watchstones in order to reach the required region level for another Conqueror to spawn.

Post-Awakener, after the quest line is completed and the Conquerors begin spawning randomly, you will be able to obtain the remaining 12 Wachstones from whichever regions still have unobtained ones. Each Conqueror can be defeated exactly once on the Atlas and upon defeating all four Zana will offer another Awakener fight. Having her open the portals to the fight resets the cycle and the Conquerors will be able to spawn once more. Actually fighting the Awakener is not necessary. However, to ensure this progress goes smoothly, it is important to keep a few things in mind.

When a random Conqueror encounter is triggered and a region is influenced, the game will spawn a Conqueror that has yet to drop the Watchstone for that regions, if available. Only one set of Watchstones can be obtained in any region of the Atlas and each Conqueror can only influence one regions each cycle. But this can lead to a number of undesirable scenarios where a Conqueror cannot drop a Watchstone after being defeated. The following are a couple of broad examples where a Watchstone would fail to drop after defeating a Conqueror.

• If you are triggering a Conqueror encounter in a region where you are only missing the Cobalt WatchstoneCobalt WatchstoneThe memories and emotions of countless victims of the Elder,
  locked in stone for eternity.Socket this into a Citadel on your Atlas to increase the Tier of Maps and reveal hidden Maps in that Citadel's Region. You can only socket one Crimson, Viridian, Cobalt or Golden Watchstone into each Citadel. but Veritania, the Redeemer, who drops the Cobalt Watchstone, is already influencing another region of the Atlas, you will get one of the remaining free Conquerors as an encounter.

• If a Conqueror encounter is triggered in a region where all Watchstones were already obtained.

• One region has the yellow and blue Watchstones unobtained and another one only the yellow one, otherwise no influences on the Atlas. If you first trigger a Conqueror encounter in the former region and get yellow influence instead of blue, then you cannot spawn the right Conqueror in the second region. In such a case it would be better to first trigger a Conqueror encounter in the later region, forcing yellow influence, and then the first, which would then pick the only remaining blue influence.

• If, after resetting the cycle with an Awakener fight, one blue Watchstone was already claimed from a region by defeating the respective Conqueror no other blue influence can be triggered during that cycle. In regions with an unobtained blue Watchstone a different influence would be triggered. So only one Wachstone from each color can be obtained during each cycle.

In order to get all Watchstones as quickly as possible and not waste any encounter-cycles it is therefore advisable to:

1. Prioritize running maps in regions that have the most unobtained Watchstones remaining to trigger Conqueror encounters.
2. Pay attention to how many Watchstones the regions Citadel needs to have socketed, in order to spawn a Conqueror.
3. Only run maps that match the regions current map-tier in order to trigger the first encounter. After a region is influenced lower tiers will suffice.
4. Pre-Awakener: Obtain Watchstones equally from all regions. Ideally, this would mean that by the time of the first Awakener encounter, after obtaining 20 Watchstones, four regions have 2 and four regions have 3 obtained Watchstones.
5. ALTERNATIVELY Pre-Awakener: A straightforward approach would be to only run maps in one region, forcing Conqueror encounters only there and one after another, until all the regions Watchstones are obtained and then moving on to the next. This works in the beginning as the requirements for socketed Watchstones only rises slowly. The atlas completion bonus, which nets higher tiered map returns, will also rise more slowly though.
6. Post-Awakener: At the beginning of each cycle, after an Awakener fight, plan ahead which Conqueror you can encounter where. If possible make sure every Conqueror has a region to go to where the respective Watchstone is still unobtained.
7. Post-Awakener: Try to obtain 3 Watchstones from each region before going for each fourth and therefore last one.

Awakening Level

When four Watchstones are socketed to one region, it adds one Awakening Level to the Atlas. Awakening Levels increase the difficulty of all maps, but grant bonuses to item drops. It also enables Awakened Atlas completion bonuses at higher levels, granting further bonuses to map drops.

Each Awakening Level adds the following:

• Unique Map Boss has 3% more Life
• 3% increased effect of Modifiers on non-unique Maps
• +1% chance for an additional connected Map to drop from Unique Map Boss
• +0.5% chance for a Shaper Guardian Map to drop from Unique Map Boss (Tier 14+)
• +0.5% chance for an Elder Guardian Map to drop from Unique Map Boss (Tier 14+)
• +1% chance for an additional Unique Item to drop from Unique Map Boss
• +1% chance for additional Map Currency Item to drop from Unique Map Boss
• Increased chance per Awakening Level for the Conquerors of the Atlas to drop additional rewards
• 5% increased chance for Influenced Items to drop in Maps influenced by the Conquerors of the Atlas

Currency

• Sextants are used on Watchstones to add a special modifier to all the maps on the region where the Watchstone is socketed. Sextants last for 3 maps, and multiple Watchstones with sextant modifiers can stack.

End of league transfer

When the current league ends the progress on the Atlas of Worlds is transferred to the relevant parent league. The parent league is generally Standard or Hardcore.

The merge has the following rules:

• Maps or bonus objectives completed transferred to the parent league
• Sextant mods:
  • They will be moved to the parent league; if the map already has a mod, the parent league mods will be kept
  • Legacy modifiers continue to exist and work as long they have not been overridden

Atlas exclusive base items

Main page: List of atlas base items

This is a list of base item types that are considered end-game only base types. These items cannot be found in the acts, and are rarer than the default base types.

Item types

Item		Stats
Apothecary's GlovesApothecary's GlovesArmour: (108-124) Energy Shield: (29-33)Requires Level 70, 46 Str, 59 Int(14-18)% increased Damage over Time	70	(14-18)% increased Damage over Time
Fingerless Silk GlovesFingerless Silk GlovesEnergy Shield: (45-52)Requires Level 70, 95 Int(12-16)% increased Spell Damage	70	(12-16)% increased Spell Damage
Fugitive BootsFugitive BootsEvasion: (112-129) Energy Shield: (32-37)Requires Level 70, 56 Dex, 76 Int+(13-17)% to Chaos Resistance	70	+(13-17)% to Chaos Resistance
Gripped GlovesGripped GlovesEvasion: (220-253)Requires Level 70, 95 Dex(14-18)% increased Projectile Attack Damage	70	(14-18)% increased Projectile Attack Damage
Spiked GlovesSpiked GlovesArmour: (220-253)Requires Level 70, 95 Str(16-20)% increased Melee Damage	70	(16-20)% increased Melee Damage
Two-Toned BootsTwo-Toned BootsEvasion: (126-145) Energy Shield: (26-30)Requires Level 70, 62 Dex, 62 Int+(8-12)% to Cold and Lightning Resistances	70	+(8-12)% to Cold and Lightning Resistances
Two-Toned BootsTwo-Toned BootsArmour: (126-145) Evasion: (126-145)Requires Level 70, 62 Str, 62 Dex+(8-12)% to Fire and Cold Resistances	70	+(8-12)% to Fire and Cold Resistances
Two-Toned BootsTwo-Toned BootsArmour: (126-145) Energy Shield: (26-30)Requires Level 70, 62 Str, 62 Int+(8-12)% to Fire and Lightning Resistances	70	+(8-12)% to Fire and Lightning Resistances
Convoking WandConvoking WandWand Physical Damage: 30-55 Critical Strike Chance: 7.00% Attacks per Second: 1.40Requires Level 72, 242 IntMinions deal (26-30)% increased Damage	72	Minions deal (26-30)% increased Damage
Bone HelmetBone HelmetArmour: (197-227) Energy Shield: (40-46)Requires Level 73, 76 Str, 76 IntMinions deal (15-20)% increased Damage	73	Minions deal (15-20)% increased Damage
Artillery QuiverArtillery QuiverRequires Level 74(20-30)% increased Totem Placement speed	74	(20-30)% increased Totem Placement speed
Marble AmuletMarble AmuletRequires Level 74Regenerate (1.2-1.6)% of Life per second	74	Regenerate (1.2-1.6)% of Life per second
Seaglass AmuletSeaglass AmuletRequires Level 74(10-15)% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge	74	(10-15)% faster start of Energy Shield Recharge
Blue Pearl AmuletBlue Pearl AmuletRequires Level 77(48-56)% increased Mana Regeneration Rate	77	(48-56)% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
Vanguard BeltVanguard BeltRequires Level 78+(260-320) to Armour and Evasion Rating	78	+(260-320) to Armour and Evasion Rating
Crystal BeltCrystal BeltRequires Level 79+(60-80) to maximum Energy Shield	79	+(60-80) to maximum Energy Shield
Cerulean RingCerulean RingRequires Level 80(8-10)% increased maximum Mana	80	(8-10)% increased maximum Mana
Iolite RingIolite RingRequires Level 80(17-23)% increased Chaos Damage	80	(17-23)% increased Chaos Damage
Opal RingOpal RingRequires Level 80(15-25)% increased Elemental Damage	80	(15-25)% increased Elemental Damage
Steel RingSteel RingRequires Level 80Adds (3-4) to (10-14) Physical Damage to Attacks	80	Adds (3-4) to (10-14) Physical Damage to Attacks
Vermillion RingVermillion RingRequires Level 80(5-7)% increased maximum Life	80	(5-7)% increased maximum Life

Gallery

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  The Atlas introduced in Betrayal expansion with all maps completed.

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  The Atlas introduced in War for the Atlas expansion with all maps completed.

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  The Atlas introduced in Atlas of Worlds expansion with all maps completed.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.9.1	You can now run the same Map multiple times to encounter the Conquerors of the Atlas. After the first encounter it will have a 33% chance to occur again in the same Map. Running different maps will still cause it to be deterministic. Once you have encountered the final boss all are once again chance-based.
3.9.0c	When hunting the Conquerors of the Atlas it will now always (instead of being chance-based) spawn them in Maps of that Region as long as you are running different Maps within that Region. This means you are now required to run three different Maps within a Region they are inhabiting, instead of an average of ten Maps (33% chance). Once you have defeated the final Conqueror it returns to chance-based spawning as you now have the highest tiers of maps unlocked. We will be making more changes to this which will allow you to repeatedly run the same map (instead of forcing different ones) later.
3.9.0	Atlas of Worlds has been reworked.
3.5.0	The Atlas of Worlds has been shuffled. Most maps have changed tier and location within the Atlas. From this point on, the Atlas layout will be changed at the start of every new league.
3.4.0	Added a new Atlas of Worlds feature: Shaper's Strongholds. These will appear once you have met the Shaper. They have multiple Shaper Influence mods active. Bosses of these maps can drop extra sextants, cartographer's chisels, Shaper-influenced items, and unique items.
3.3.0	Once you have completed 20 maps while the Elder and its guardians are on your atlas without actually defeating any of them, there is a chance for the Elder and its guardians to disappear and remove the Elder-influence from the maps they were on. This will make it difficult to maintain an "Elder Ring", but will also allow players who weren't capable of defeating the Elder or its guardians to clear them from their atlas. Shaper memory fragments XI through to XV no longer require you to defeat the Elder or its guardians in specific map tiers. Instead, defeating each guardian and the elder within ANY red-tier map will get you one of these fragments. You can no longer get Shaper memory fragments XI through to XV from a map if you are not the map's owner.
3.1.0	Introducing the War for the Atlas expansion. If you complete a map that was created before the expansion, it will complete a chain of maps from the start pointing on the Atlas up until the tier of map you completed. Shaped and Elder items do not drop on these maps. Elder Guardians also cannot spawn from them. Shaper and Elder areas will not be influenced on the Atlas.
2.4.0	Introduced to the game. Non-unique maps pre-Atlas of Worlds do not count towards Atlas completion, even for maps where the map type and tier are identical to the current version. Older versions of unique maps will count towards Atlas completion, including the bonus objective, but the Shaper's Orb does not drop in old versions (affecting Oba's Cursed TroveOba's Cursed Trove Underground Sea MapMap Level: 77 Map Tier: 10 Item Quantity: +40%Area has patches of desecrated ground 20 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden) Ground Effect has a radius of 10 (Hidden) (40-50)% more Monster Life (30-40)% increased Monster Damage Area becomes fatal after some time"Here the soil is more deadly than any swing of the axe." - Oba of the Karui, Conqueror of Corruption.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once., Poorjoy's AsylumPoorjoy's Asylum Temple MapMap Level: 81 Map Tier: 14 Guild Character: ß Item Quantity: +100% Item Rarity: +250%150% increased Experience gain (140-160)% more Monster Life (140-160)% increased Monster Damage 25% increased Monster Movement Speed 25% increased Monster Attack Speed 25% increased Monster Cast Speed Area is a large Maze Unique Boss drops (10-15) additional Rare <Item Class>Laughs of all the twisted Echo through these halls of gold. In this cold forgotten void They wander, forever uncontrolled.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once., and The Vinktar SquareThe Vinktar Square Courtyard MapMap Level: 72 Map Tier: 5 Guild Character: ² Item Quantity: +(100-150)% Item Rarity: +(100-150)% Monster Pack Size: +(30-50)%20% more Monster Life (30-50)% increased Pack size Monsters are Unaffected by Shock 20% increased Monster Damage +35% Monster Lightning Resistance Monsters deal 35% extra Physical Damage as LightningTo the east, it cannot be seen. To the west, it cannot be touched. To the south, it cannot be remembered. And to the north, it cannot be contained.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.).