Mayhem

Mayhem is a type of race event. It can be played as Standard, Hardcore, Standard SSF or Hardcore SSF. It is a void league and does not interact with the current temporary league.

It replaces the older Eternal Torment and Exiles Everywhere format races.

Details

• Each area will contain one of the following: 20 Rogue Exiles, 20 Strongboxes, 20 Invasion Bosses, 10 Breaches, 20 Tormented Spirits, 20 Harbingers, a Mirror of Delirium, or enemies that have a chance to spawn Beyond Demons when slain close to each other.
• Each area also has two additional mods from a pool of mods that increase the difficulty of monsters in the area.
• The mod that an area has will change every hour.
• Atlas Passives will affect mechanics from this race's modifiers.

List of modifiers

Each area of the game, including The Twilight Strand (Act 1), has one of the following mods:

Name		Stats
EverythingEverywhereBeyond	1	Slaying Enemies close together can attract monsters from Beyond this realm
EverythingEverywhereBreaches	1	Area can contain Breaches Area contains 10 additional Breaches
EverythingEverywhereExiles	1	Area is inhabited by 20 additional Rogue Exiles
EverythingEverywhereHarbingers	1	Area can contain Mysterious Harbingers Area contains 20 additional Harbingers
EverythingEverywhereInvaders	1	Area is inhabited by 20 additional Invasion Bosses
EverythingEverywhereStrongboxes	1	Area contains 20 additional Strongboxes
EverythingEverywhereTormentedSpirits	1	Area is haunted by 20 additional Tormented Spirits
EverythingEverywhereDelirium	1	Areas contain a Mirror of Delirium
EverythingEverywhereScourge	1	Slaying Enemies close together can attract monsters from Beyond this realm Beyond Portals have 45% increased Merging Radius Slaying Enemies has a 45% increased chance to spawn a Beyond Portal
EverythingEverywhereRitual	1	Areas contain Ritual Altars Monsters Sacrificed at Ritual Altars in Area grant 40% increased Tribute Ritual Altars allow rerolling Favours 2 additional times
EverythingEverywhereHarvest	1	N/A
EverythingEverywhereExpedition	1	Area contains an Expedition Encounter 50% increased Explosive Placement Range 50% increased Quantity of Vendor Refresh Currencies dropped by Monsters in Area 40% increased quantity of Artifacts dropped by Monsters

• Only Breach and Torment can spawn in The Twilight Strand (Act 1)
• Rogue exiles cannot spawn in The Tidal Island (Act 1)

Additionally, each are of the game will have two of the following modifiers:

• Monsters take 35% less Damage
• 40% increased Monster Damage
• Monsters have 20% increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed
• Monsters fire 2 additional Projectiles
• Monsters have 30% increased Area of Effect
• Monsters deal 40% extra Physical Damage as Fire
• Monsters deal 40% extra Physical Damage as Cold
• Monsters deal 40% extra Physical Damage as Lightning
• Monsters deal 20% extra Physical Damage as Chaos
• Monsters have 200% increased Critical Strike Chance and +35% to Monster Critical Strike Multiplier
• Monsters have 100% chance to Hinder on Hit with Spells
• Monsters have 100% chance to Maim on Hit with Attacks

Prizes

The most recent Mayhem event's prizes are as follows:

PC:

• Top player of each ascendancy class in Hardcore SSF: Godslayer's PrideGodslayer's PrideAmulet SkinChange the appearance of your equipped Amulet to the Godslayer's Pride. MTX (19 winners)
• Top six players overall in Standard, Hardcore, Standard SSF: Godslayer's PrideGodslayer's PrideAmulet SkinChange the appearance of your equipped Amulet to the Godslayer's Pride. MTX (18 winners)
• Top three players overall in each version of the event: Mayhem full MTX set (12 winners)
• Top player overall in each version of the event: One of "Lunaris Vs. Solaris" or "Vaal Orb" Path of Exile T-shirts (4 winners)

Console:

• Top three players overall in Standard SSF: Godslayer's PrideGodslayer's PrideAmulet SkinChange the appearance of your equipped Amulet to the Godslayer's Pride. MTX (3 winners)
• Top player overall in each version of the event: Mayhem full MTX set (4 winners)

The Mayhem MTX set includes:

• Dragon Hunter Armour Set
• Vulcan Cloak
• Vulcan Weapon Skin
• Dragon Hunter Weapon Effect
• Vulcan Portal
• Dragon Hunter Footprints
• Wasteland Raptor Pet
• Fire Character Effect

Strategies

Scarabs and the Atlas passive tree apply to the additional mechanics from Mayhem modifiers. This can provide some synergy in maps:

• Breach with Flash Breach, Gatekeepers, Beyond Their Reach for farming experience directly and via Uul-Netol and Chayula breachstones
• Rogue Exiles with Rogue Trader, Royal Guard, Exiled Will, Ruckus, Unrelenting Torment, Seance
• Torment with Seance, Unrelenting Torment
• Strongbox with Tamper Proof, Secret Operations, Vault of Mysteries, Concealed Logistics, Backup Cache
• Harbinger with Unspeakable Offensive, First Wave for experience

Race history

Mayhem has run a total of 4 times:

• Legacy league (version 2.6.0)
• Harbinger league (version 3.0.0)
• Heist league (version 3.12.0) - added Harbingers.
• Kalandra league (version 3.19.0) - added Beyond and Delirium.

The Perandus modifier was never used in-game prior to the removal of Perandus as a mechanic as a whole.

The races award the winner of the race with a unique item that has the name "Demigod's" in it: Demigod's DominanceDemigod's Dominance
Golden MantleArmour: (75-86)
Evasion: (75-86)
Energy Shield: (17-19)Requires Level 20+(15-25)% to all Elemental Resistances+1 to Level of Socketed Gems
+(30-50) to all AttributesThe victorious know only leadership,
the rest only servitude. in 2017 events and Demigod's AuthorityDemigod's Authority
Golden BladeOne Handed Sword
Physical Damage: 3-23
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.10
Weapon Range: 1.1 metres+(16-24) to all AttributesYou and Nearby 6.0m radius

Allies have 30% increased Item Rarity
5% increased Character SizeStories of Heroism by the victor persist,
for no one survives to contest them. in 2020.

Version history

Version	Changes
2.6.0	Introduced to the game.