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

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 Zana, Master Cartographer.

Overview

The Atlas of Worlds is a visualisation of the dream worlds that are opened by activating maps, how these worlds are linked and the way they progress towards the centre. The Atlas is separated in four quadrants which can be entered through a tier 1 map, one in each corner of the Atlas. These tier 1 maps start dropping in act 8. When the player progresses through the maps, their tiers - and difficulty - will increase.

Two entities are battling over the control of the Atlas: the Shaper and the Elder. In order to defeat them, their respective guardians need to be defeated first. These are the Guardians of the Void and the Elder Guardians. Shaped items or Elder items can be obtained in areas where the Shaper or the Elder holds influence, or by defeating the Shaper or Elder themselves.

Completion

Atlas of Worlds screenshot.jpg

All maps, both base maps and unique maps, are located on the Atlas of Worlds. 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 player is currently playing. [1]

Each completed map base type also gives a 1% chance to upgrade the tier of a map, with values over 100% giving a chance to increase the tier a second time. The maximum map tier however can not bypass drop restrictions, even if it would have been upgraded[2].

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

  • a rare monster can drop +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 is already the highest possible drop, and can't be upgraded any further

Module Error: Item link: No results found for search parameter "Untainted Paradise"., Module Error: Item link: Too many results for search parameter "The Perandus Manor". Consider using page parameter instead., and The Beachhead do not count towards Atlas completion.

Currency

Shaping maps

Main page: Shaper's Orb

Obtaining Shaper's Orbs

Players acquire Shaper's Orbs by collecting Memory Fragments and giving them to Zana. Memory Fragments are found by killing the bosses of Elder-influenced maps circled in purple on the Atlas. To acquire the final five Memory Fragments, you must defeat the four Elder Guardians with the Elder occupying a red-tier map, then defeat the Elder.

Memory
Fragment
Found in
map tier
Shaper's Orb Notes
I (1) 6 Tier 1
II (2) 7 Tier 2
III (3) 8 Tier 3
IV (4) 9 Tier 4
V (5) 10 Tier 5
VI (6) 11 Tier 6
VII (7) 12 Tier 7
VIII (8) 13 Tier 8, #1
X (10) 14 Tier 9, #1
XIII (13) 15 Tier 10, #1
IX (9) red Elder Tier 8, #2 Occupied by the Enslaver. Map opened/owned by you.
XI (11) red Elder Tier 9, #2 Occupied by the Eradicator. Map opened/owned by you.
XII (12) red Elder Tier 9, #3 Occupied by the Constrictor. Map opened/owned by you.
XIV (14) red Elder Tier 10, #2 Occupied by the Purifier. Map opened/owned by you.
XV (15) red Tier 10, #3 Occupied by the Elder. Map opened/owned by you.
The Shaper must be kept alive.
  • The more common memory fragment is always given first, e.g. completing a T13 map with an Elder Guardian before completing a T13 Elder-influenced map will drop fragment 8 (VIII) instead of the Guardian specific fragment.
  • Memory fragments are collected in the Book of Memories at The Templar Laboratory (Epilogue). The page numbers correspond to the fragment numbers in the table above.
  • Please note that the quest tracker simply displays the amount of memory fragments you've found so far, it does not tell you the (roman) memory fragment number you will find next. The fragments are numbered based on the Shaper's Orb they result in, which does not correspond to the order you find the fragments in. In particular, if you've only collected the ten fragments from Elder-influence, you have collected fragments number 1-8, 10 and 13, and the quest tracker will show 10/15.

Spending Shaper's Orbs

Shaper's Orbs are used to upgrade lower tier maps whose layout or bosses a player may find accessible but whose drops and experience gains wouldn't otherwise be attractive. A Shaper's Orb grants +5 to the tier of those maps, i.e. increases the difficulty. Subsequently that increases the experience gained from slain monsters and item level of their drops. Note that Shaper's Orbs don't add Increased Item Rarity or Increased Item Quantity to that map. Unique maps can't be shaped.

Shaping a map can be undone using an Unshaping OrbUnshaping OrbStack Size: 10Downgrades a map on the AtlasRight click this item then left click a shaped map on the atlas to downgrade it. You can then earn the Shaper's Orb again to reshape another map afterwards.
Shift click to unstack.
which is obtained by vendoring 20 Cartographer's ChiselsCartographer's ChiselStack Size: 20Improves the quality of a mapRight click this item then left click a map to apply it. Has greater effect on lower-rarity maps. The maximum quality is 20%.
Shift click to unstack.
and 5 Orbs of RegretOrb of RegretStack Size: 40Grants a passive skill refund pointRight click on this item to use it.
Shift click to unstack.
. Once unshaped, players can talk to Zana to re-obtain the Shaper's Orb.

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:[3]

  • Maps or bonus objectives completed transferred to the parent league
  • Cartographer's 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
  • Shaped maps will carry over if the equivalent level Shaper's Orb hasn't been used on parent league; if you already shaped a map of the tier the parent league takes preference
  • Shaper's Orbs:
    • If a specific level has already been used in the parent league, it will be removed from the character's inventory
    • If you have the same in both parent league and temporary league, both Shaper's Orbs will be removed when you use either

Legacy Maps

Pre-3.1

If you complete a map that was created before the War for the Atlas 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.

Pre-Atlas

Non-unique pre-Atlas maps from prior to Version 2.5.0 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 Module Error: Item link: Too many results for search parameter "Oba's Cursed Trove". Consider using page parameter instead., Module Error: Item link: Too many results for search parameter "Poorjoy's Asylum". Consider using page parameter instead., Module Error: Item link: Too many results for search parameter "Death and Taxes". Consider using page parameter instead. and Module Error: Item link: Too many results for search parameter "The Vinktar Square". Consider using page parameter instead.).

External links

Version history

Version Changes
2.4.0
  • Introduced to the game.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Masterseek (August 13, 2016). "Path of Exile: Atlas of Worlds Interview. A Map of Condensed Hype.". 2p.com. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  2. Chris (August 29, 2016). "Forum - Development Manifesto - Cumulative Atlas Completion Bonus - Path of Exile". Grinding Gear Games. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  3. Negitivefrags (November 12, 2016). "[Question]What happens to the atlas and the sextant mods when essence gets transferred to standard?". Reddit. Retrieved January 25, 2017.