The Maven's Crucible

The Maven's Crucible

Map area

Id	MavenHub
Act	11
Area level	68
Tags	no_possessed_foe

A player within the Crucible (right) with the captured bosses (left) and The Maven observing (center)

The Maven's Crucible is a boss arena where players fight multiple captured bosses simultaneously under the observation of The Maven. Players enter the crucible using various Maven's Invitations. Completing each Crucible for the first time awards players with 1 atlas passive skill point. The Crucible also provides The Maven's Gift which allows players to assign their atlas skill points.

Mechanics

The Maven's Crucible is an arena that contains all of the captured bosses within that region. Players must fight and defeat all the bosses simultaneously in order to win the battle. The final Crucible that contains 10 bosses is repeatable, similar to spawning Eldritch Horrors.

Atlas invitations have several different spawn patterns, including releasing monsters in pairs, on a timer, or all at once.

Endgame invitations spawn 2 monsters at once, then the other 2 after 20 seconds or if any are killed early. The Feared will spawn 2 monsters initially then the remaining 3 after 20 seconds. This can be bypassed, spawning all five bosses at once by rolling a specific modifier on these endgame invitations.

Upon completion, it grants the player access to The Maven's Gift which allows players to assign a skill point to their Atlas passive skill tree for each first clear of an Invitation.

Entry

Main page: Maven's Invitation

The Crucible can only be accessed by using a Maven's Invitation in the Map Device.

The invitations for 3/4/5/6 bosses are guaranteed drop and quest items. Collecting 10 bosses for the FIRST time for that region also guaranteed to drop a rare invitation.

Tiers

Maven's Invitation: The Atlas has 5 tiers. The first 4 tiers are untradable quest items, and the 5th tier is a tradable misc map item. Other invitations have only one tier, which is tradeable item, just like final tier of Maven's Invitation: The Atlas

The area level is scaled by the number of bosses, as shown in the table below

Invitation No.	Invitation Type	Area Level	Bosses	Atlas Passive Skill Points
1	Quest Item	73	3	1
2	Quest Item	75	4	1
3	Quest Item	78	5	1
4	Quest Item	80	6	1
5	misc map item	83	10	1 (only first completion)

The number of bosses of Invitations other than The Atlas are shown on the item.

The level of monsters (and the ilvl of items they drop) inside The Maven's Crucible can be increased by 2 upon allocating Captivated Interest on Atlas Passive Skill Tree.This is relevant for divination cards like Dying LightDying Light10Diamond Ring
Item Level: 100
Shaper + Elder ItemEven the brightest eventually fade to darkness. which have an i86 drop level restriction. It is also beneficial for crafting bases such as Synthesised items.

Rewards

Each Maven Invitation rewards one Atlas Skill Tree point upon clicking the central altar after defeating all the bosses. In addition, the Feared will unlock a Map Favourite slot.

Crescent SplinterCrescent SplinterStack Size: 10Precious and perilous,
Tantalising and terrible.Combine 10 Crescent Splinters to create The Maven's Writ.s are the primary reward of Maven Invitations which combine to form a The Maven's WritThe Maven's WritIt would be foolish to obey the Maven's demands.
It would also be foolish not to.Open a portal to Absence of Mercy and Empathy by using this item in a personal Map Device. Can only be used once..

Some Awakened Support Gems can be found as rewards in the Maven's Crucible. The following are confirmed to be able to drop in any tradeable Maven Invitation:

• Awakened Elemental Damage with Attacks SupportAwakened Elemental Damage with Attacks SupportAttack, Support
  Icon: W
  Level: (1-5)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 72Supports attack skills.Supported Attack Skills deal (35-39)% more Elemental Damage
  Elemental Damage from Supported Skills cannot be Reflected
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.5-10)% increased Elemental Damage with Attack SkillsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
• Awakened Melee Splash SupportAwakened Melee Splash SupportSupport, Melee, Attack, Strike, AoE
  Icon: S
  Level: (1-5)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 72Supports melee strike skills, causing their melee strike to deal splash damage around each target hit.Supported Skills deal Splash Damage to surrounding targets
  Supported Skills deal (39-37)% less Splash Damage to surrounding targets
  Supported Skills have (60-72)% more Melee Splash Area of Effect
  +(0-1) to Level of Supported Strike Skill Gems
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Area of EffectThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
• Awakened Minion Damage SupportAwakened Minion Damage SupportSupport, Minion
  Icon: d
  Level: (1-5)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 72Supports skills which create Minions.Minions from Supported Skills deal (40-44)% more Damage
  Minions from Supported Skills have 25% less Maximum Life
  +(0-1) to Level of Supported Minion Skill Gems
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Minions from Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.13.1	If you have already captured 10 bosses and haven't yet received an invitation, you should receive a guaranteed invitation drop upon your next boss kill within that region.
3.13.0	Introduced to the game.

See also

• Guide:Atlas quick guide