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For the league, see Delve league.
The subterranean chart of the Azurite Mine

A delve is the exploration of the nearly-infinite Azurite Mine dungeon, released in the Delve league. The character follows a Crawler (mine cart) powered by Voltaxic Sulphite through the mine to a checkpoint. Players can start delving from Act 4 onwards, when they reach The Mines and start encountering Niko, Master of the Depths.

Mechanics

Azurite Mine

The Azurite Mine consists of an infinite number of nodes. Each node has 1 to 4 paths connected to it, leading to nearby nodes. Each node has a checkpoint, a circle marked on the ground in a chamber at the center of the node. A node can be "cleared", meaning that the character can freely teleport to that node's checkpoint. Or it can be "uncleared", meaning that it is not accessible. The vast majority of nodes start out "uncleared".

In order to clear an uncleared node and receive its rewards, characters must perform delves. Each delve is an expedition along a path leading from a cleared node's checkpoint to an adjacent uncleared node's checkpoint. Along the way, the characters must follow the Crawler, fight or avoid large numbers of monsters, and beat an encounter at the uncleared node's checkpoint. If the players beat the encounter, they receive rewards, and the node is now cleared.

The difficulty and rewards of delves increase based on depth in the mine. Paths deeper below the surface contain higher-level monsters, but yield higher-level rewards as well.

Progress through the mine is shared among all a player's characters in a league; different leagues will have different Azurite Mines whose nodes must be cleared separately. When playing in parties, the whole party uses the party leader's Azurite Mine, and other party members cannot continue if the party leader leaves. [1]

Mineshaft

When a player reaches the Azurite Mine for the first time in a given league (using any of their characters in that league) a single mineshaft entrance node is created. The mineshaft extends vertically downward from this initial entrance node based on the player's highest-level character in that league - the higher this level, the deeper the mineshaft extends. As of patch 3.16, Niko’s mineshaft will continue to extend deeper into the Azurite Mine, up to depth 101 by Character Level 90.[2] The mineshaft, therefore, acts as a catch-up mechanic, allowing a character to access appropriately challenging depths even if the player has previously ignored the Delve mechanic.

When a new mineshaft node is created, it destroys any previously-existing node in the same spot. The mineshaft depth is shared by all of the player's characters in a league, and is based on the player's highest-level character in that league.

Subterranean Chart

The Subterranean Chart screen lets the player see all nearby nodes in the Azurite Mine, teleport to and from the Mine Encampment, teleport to and from checkpoints in nodes that have already been cleared, and set up a delve from a cleared node to an uncleared node.

Crawler

The Crawler is used to provide the light needed to delve to undiscovered checkpoints. During a delve, the Crawler will automatically navigate along the path from the cleared node's checkpoint to the uncleared node's checkpoint, providing light around it. The Crawler's speed is based on the characters' movement speed. If characters move ahead of the Crawler, it will speed up to catch up to them; if characters fall behind the Crawler, it will slow or stop. Even though a delve's layout may provide multiple routes to the checkpoint, the Crawler will always follow a predetermined one; that means that players must be careful to follow the Crawler through junctions, since characters will be left in darkness if they take a different route than the Crawler.

The Crawler will also pick up items dropped within a large radius around it, which it drops when the checkpoint and encounter are cleared. [1]

Voltaxic Generator

The Voltaxic Generator is a device located in the Mine Encampment at the entrance of the Azurite Mine. The Voltaxic Generator lets you permanently upgrade your character's Delve-related capabilities using Voltaxic Sulphite, as described below.

Sulphite

Voltaxic Sulphite -- usually just called Sulphite -- is a nontradable resource. It is earned during play, and spent on Delve-related upgrades and resonators.

Every delve has a cost paid in Voltaxic Sulphite. The cost depends on the distance between the two nodes and the depth of the destination node, up to a maximum of 1100 Sulphite per delve. In order to start a delve, the player must have enough Sulphite to pay the full cost. But the cost is not paid all at once; instead, it is paid gradually as a Delve proceeds. This means that failed delves will often not cost the full original amount.

Sulphite is earned during play outside the mine. Starting with The Mines in Act 4, any zone instance can randomly contain Niko, Master of the Depths. These instances will include three caches of Sulphite. Clicking on a cache will summon Niko to harvest it, adding the Sulphite to that character's total, as well as to the total of nearby characters. The higher the instance's level, the more Sulphite is gained.

Sulphite can also be earned in maps. Selecting a Niko Atlas mission at the Map Device will guarantee that Niko and Sulphite caches appear in that map's instance. A Niko Atlas mission can also randomly occur if no Atlas mission is selected at the Map Device. A map instance's Sulphite total is increased by the map's item quantity bonus as well as by the map's level. Certain Scarabs can be used along with a map in the Map Device to guarantee a Niko encounter, and to increase a map instance's Sulphite rewards.

A character can only hold a limited amount of Sulphite at a time. A player can permanently upgrade a character's maximum Sulphite capacity at the Voltaxic Generator in the Mine Encampment using Azurite. [1]

Sulphite Capacity [Expand]
Upgrade Level Sulphite Capacity Cost
0 1,200 0
1 1,800 15
2 2,400 102
3 3,000 187
4 4,000 300
5 5,200 444
6 6,400 630
7 9,000 865
8 12,500 1,016
9 17,500 1,496
10 22,750 2,143
11 30,000 5,271
12 38,500 12,962
13 46,000 21,521
14 55,000 33,728
15 65,000 54,709

A player can use Sulphite at the Voltaxic Generator to purchase various permanent upgrades to a character's Delve-related capabilities. These upgrades and their costs are discussed below. Note that the costs of some upgrades can become discounted if a player goes unusually long without buying them.[citation needed]

A player can also use Sulphite to buy resonators from Niko, Master of the Depths at the Mine Encampment.

Sulphite scaling based on area level

Those are base values and can be further modified by map quantity. In maps, effective area level is used instead of base area level.

Sulphite Scaling [Expand]
Area Level Base Sulphite
2 10
3 10
4 11
5 11
6 11
7 13
8 14
9 14
10 14
11 14
12 16
13 18
14 18
15 18
16 19
17 19
18 21
19 21
20 21
21 23
22 23
23 24
24 24
25 24
26 26
27 27
28 27
29 27
30 29
31 29
32 31
33 31
34 31
35 32
36 32
37 34
38 34
39 34
40 35
41 35
42 37
43 37
44 37
45 39
46 40
47 40
48 40
49 42
50 42
51 43
52 43
53 43
54 45
55 45
56 47
57 47
58 47
59 48
60 50
61 50
62 50
63 50
64 52
65 53
66 53
67 53
68 68
69 137
70 209
71 282
72 356
73 433
74 510
75 591
76 671
77 755
78 840
79 927
80 1,016
81 1,106
82 1,198
83 1,291
84 1,383
85 1,476
86 1,568
87 1,568
88 1,568
89 1,568
90 1,568
91 1,568
92 1,568
93 1,568
94 1,568
95 1,568
96 1,568
97 1,568
98 1,568
99 1,568
100 1,568

Light and Darkness

Main page: Darkness

Light and darkness play a crucial role in delves. A character staying outside the light for long will almost certainly die.

Paths in the Azurite Mine are normally dark. Generic light radius modifiers will not work in the mine.

During delves, light is normally only present in a circular area around the Crawler. The deeper a delve goes into the mine, the more the Crawler's light radius is reduced. The game will warn the player if a character's light radius is particularly low due to depth.

The player can permanently upgrade a character's Crawler light radius at the Voltaxic Generator using Azurite.

Light Radius [Expand]
Upgrade Level Light Radius +% Azurite
0 0 0
1 30 50
2 60 167
3 90 312
4 120 505
5 150 688
6 180 1,012
7 210 1,224
8 240 1,397
9 270 1,487
10 300 1,682
11 330 1,832
12 360 1,943
13 390 2,222
14 420 2,276
15 450 2,245
16 480 2,388
17 510 2,446
18 540 2,566
19 570 2,593
20 600 2,824
21 630 2,964
22 660 2,994
23 690 3,262
24 720 3,423
25 750 3,458
26 780 3,767
27 810 3,953
28 840 3,993
29 870 4,350
30 900 4,565
31 930 4,611
32 960 5,024
33 990 5,271
34 1,020 5,325
35 1,050 5,802
36 1,080 6,088
37 1,110 6,150
38 1,140 6,700
39 1,170 7,030
40 1,200 7,102
41 1,230 7,737
42 1,260 8,119
43 1,290 8,202
44 1,320 8,936
45 1,350 9,376
46 1,380 9,472
47 1,410 10,319
48 1,440 10,828
49 1,470 10,939
50 1,500 11,917
51 1,530 12,505
52 1,560 12,633
53 1,590 13,763
54 1,620 14,441
55 1,650 14,589
56 1,680 15,894
57 1,710 16,677
58 1,740 16,848
59 1,770 18,355
60 1,800 19,260
61 1,830 19,457
62 1,860 21,197
63 1,890 22,242
64 1,920 22,470
65 1,950 24,479
66 1,980 25,686
67 2,010 25,949
68 2,040 28,270
69 2,070 29,664
70 2,100 29,967
71 2,130 32,647
72 2,160 34,257
73 2,190 34,607
74 2,220 37,702
75 2,250 39,562
76 2,280 39,966
77 2,310 43,540
78 2,340 45,688
79 2,370 46,155
80 2,400 50,282
81 2,430 52,762
82 2,460 53,302
83 2,490 58,069
84 2,520 60,932
85 2,550 61,555
86 2,580 67,060
87 2,610 70,367
88 2,640 71,087
89 2,670 77,444
90 2,700 81,264
91 2,730 82,095
92 2,760 89,436
93 2,790 93,847
94 2,820 94,807
95 2,850 103,285
96 2,880 108,379
97 2,910 109,487
98 2,940 119,279
99 2,970 125,161
100 3,000 126,441
101 3,030 137,749
102 3,060 144,542
103 3,090 146,020
104 3,120 159,078
105 3,150 166,924

Stalkers, a monster found in Delves, can momentarily disable the Crawler's light source.

When a Delve is successfully completed, the Crawler will leave a permanent cable along the route taken by the Crawler during that Delve, permanently lighting that route along the path.

If a character moves outside of lit areas (whether during a Delve or not), the character rapidly begins taking damage from a stacking Darkness debuff. Stepping into a lit area clears the debuff. Allied minions and totems will not take darkness damage.

Darkness also affects combat. Monsters at the edge of the darkness take reduced damage, and monsters totally within the darkness cannot be damaged at all.

Darkness damage is not reduced by a character's elemental or Chaos resistances. Instead, the character has a separate darkness resistance, not shown on the character sheet but viewable at the Voltaxic Generator. The character's effective darkness resistance is reduced by the character's current depth in the mine. The game will warn the player if a character's effective damage resistance is particularly low due to depth.

The player can permanently upgrade a character's darkness resistance at the Voltaxic Generator using Azurite.

Darkness Resistance [Expand]
Upgrade Level Darkness Resistance +% Azurite
0 0 0
1 30 101
2 60 261
3 90 451
4 120 719
5 150 1,021
6 180 1,379
7 210 1,658
8 240 1,808
9 270 2,077
10 300 2,259
11 330 2,377
12 360 2,721
13 390 2,970
14 420 2,929
15 450 3,116
16 480 3,191
17 510 3,148
18 540 3,429
19 570 3,599
20 600 3,635
21 630 3,961
22 660 4,156
23 690 4,198
24 720 4,574
25 750 4,799
26 780 4,848
27 810 5,282
28 840 5,543
29 870 5,599
30 900 6,100
31 930 6,401
32 960 6,466
33 990 7,044
34 1,020 7,392
35 1,050 7,467
36 1,080 8,135
37 1,110 8,537
38 1,140 8,624
39 1,170 9,395
40 1,200 9,858
41 1,230 9,959
42 1,260 10,850
43 1,290 11,385
44 1,320 11,501
45 1,350 12,530
46 1,380 13,148
47 1,410 13,282
48 1,440 14,470
49 1,470 15,184
50 1,500 15,339
51 1,530 16,711
52 1,560 17,535
53 1,590 17,714
54 1,620 19,298
55 1,650 20,250
56 1,680 20,457
57 1,710 22,287
58 1,740 23,386
59 1,770 23,625
60 1,800 25,738
61 1,830 27,007
62 1,860 27,283
63 1,890 29,723
64 1,920 31,189
65 1,950 31,508
66 1,980 34,326
67 2,010 36,018
68 2,040 36,387
69 2,070 39,641
70 2,100 41,596
71 2,130 42,021
72 2,160 45,779
73 2,190 48,037
74 2,220 48,528
75 2,250 52,868
76 2,280 55,475
77 2,310 56,042
78 2,340 61,054
79 2,370 64,065
80 2,400 64,720
81 2,430 70,508
82 2,460 73,985
83 2,490 74,742
84 2,520 81,426
85 2,550 85,442
86 2,580 86,315
87 2,610 94,035
88 2,640 98,672
89 2,670 99,681
90 2,700 108,595
91 2,730 113,951
92 2,760 115,116
93 2,790 125,411
94 2,820 131,596
95 2,850 132,942
96 2,880 144,831
97 2,910 151,973
98 2,940 153,527
99 2,970 167,257
100 3,000 175,506
101 3,030 177,300
102 3,060 193,156
103 3,090 202,682
104 3,120 204,755
105 3,150 223,066


Flares

Flares are consumable items that can be used to create a temporary lit area. Flare uses cannot be targeted; when used, the flare drops at the character's feet. Flares can only be used within the mine; they can be used whether or not a Delve is currently in progress.

Flares can be purchased at the Voltaxic Generator using Azurite, or found in Flare Caches during delves.

A character can only carry 3 Flares at first. The player can permanently upgrade a character's maximum Flare capacity, Flare light radius, and Flare duration at the Voltaxic Generator using Azurite.

Flare Carrying Capacity [Expand]
Upgrade Level Flares Azurite
0 3 0
1 4 92
2 5 199
3 6 370
4 7 560
5 8 762
6 9 1,255
7 10 1,495
8 11 1,860
9 12 2,312
10 13 4,046
11 14 7,081
12 15 12,391
13 16 18,678
14 17 25,082
15 18 33,246
16 19 43,909
17 20 58,214
Flare Light Radius [Expand]
Upgrade Level Flare Radius +% Azurite
0 0 0
1 30 121
2 60 233
3 90 396
4 120 598
5 150 850
6 180 1,111
7 210 1,273
8 240 1,385
9 270 1,576
10 300 1,714
11 330 1,811
12 360 2,072
13 390 2,235
14 420 2,205
15 450 2,345
16 480 2,402
17 510 2,369
18 540 2,581
19 570 2,709
20 600 2,736
21 630 2,981
22 660 3,128
23 690 3,160
24 720 3,443
25 750 3,612
26 780 3,649
27 810 3,976
28 840 4,172
29 870 4,215
30 900 4,591
31 930 4,818
32 960 4,867
33 990 5,302
34 1,020 5,564
35 1,050 5,621
36 1,080 6,123
37 1,110 6,425
38 1,140 6,491
39 1,170 7,072
40 1,200 7,420
41 1,230 7,496
42 1,260 8,167
43 1,290 8,569
44 1,320 8,657
45 1,350 9,431
46 1,380 9,896
47 1,410 9,998
48 1,440 10,892
49 1,470 11,429
50 1,500 11,546
51 1,530 12,578
52 1,560 13,199
53 1,590 13,334
54 1,620 14,526
55 1,650 15,242
56 1,680 15,398
57 1,710 16,775
58 1,740 17,603
59 1,770 17,783
60 1,800 19,373
61 1,830 20,328
62 1,860 20,536
63 1,890 22,373
64 1,920 23,476
65 1,950 23,716
66 1,980 25,837
67 2,010 27,111
68 2,040 27,388
69 2,070 29,838
70 2,100 31,309
71 2,130 31,629
72 2,160 34,458
73 2,190 36,157
74 2,220 36,527
75 2,250 39,794
76 2,280 41,756
77 2,310 42,183
78 2,340 45,956
79 2,370 48,222
80 2,400 48,715
81 2,430 53,072
82 2,460 55,689
83 2,490 56,258
84 2,520 61,290
85 2,550 64,312
86 2,580 64,970
87 2,610 70,780
88 2,640 74,271
89 2,670 75,030
90 2,700 81,740
91 2,730 85,771
92 2,760 86,648
93 2,790 94,398
94 2,820 99,053
95 2,850 100,066
96 2,880 109,015
97 2,910 114,391
98 2,940 115,561
99 2,970 125,895
100 3,000 132,104
101 3,030 133,455
102 3,060 145,390
103 3,090 152,560
104 3,120 154,120
105 3,150 167,903
Flare Duration [Expand]
Upgrade Level Flare Duration Azurite
0 14 0
1 15 77
2 16 166
3 17 309
4 18 467
5 19 635
6 20 1,046
7 21 1,246
8 22 1,423
9 23 1,859
10 24 1,973


Instances

When a character enters the Azurite Mine, the game will normally spawn a new instance covering a 5x5 grid area around the character's location. If the instance is for a delve, it will always contain the full path that the delve will follow.

If a player currently has a mine instance created, the game will create a new instance and load the character into that instance in the following circumstances:

  • The character teleports to a node outside the current instance.
  • The player creates a delve that does not start at the Crawler's current location.
  • The player creates a delve to an uncleared node outside the current instance.

Otherwise, the character will continue to use the current instance.

When a party leader creates a new mine instance, a portal to the instance will spawn for the other characters in the party to follow. If the party leader's character dies inside the instance, the portal's destination will move to the point where the character died.

Ordinarily, a character can always safely return to the same instance (rather than creating a new one) if the player clicks on the "Visit: The Mine" icon in the upper left corner of the Subterranean Chart. However, a solo player whose character dies in an instance can never return to that instance. That means that all items in the instance are lost.

Hidden Loot

Fossil Remains in darkness

The mines contain many small containers of loot, often hidden away in dark side areas along a path. These containers faintly sparkle, but their names do not display unless a character moves close to them.

They can contain items, fossils, resonators, flares, dynamite charges, or Azurite.

Fractured walls and hidden paths

Fractured Wall
Fractured Wall Mini-map Icon with Hidden Room

Some nodes on the Subterranean Chart will have no paths shown leading to them. This means that the path to that node is hidden. These hidden paths are blocked by a fractured wall somewhere in the darkness along a side route from a nearby node. Destroying this fractured wall will permanently reveal the path to the hidden node on the Subterranean Chart, and the player can now start a delve to the previously-isolated node.

In addition, normal paths can contain fractured walls leading to hidden side areas containing monsters and loot containers.

Fractured walls and the areas behind them will not normally appear on the minimap. However, if a character moves close enough, an icon will appear in the player's minimap for as long as the character remains in range. Fractured walls can be destroyed using dynamite. A dynamite charge will destroy any fractured wall within its blast radius.

Dynamite

Dynamite is a consumable item used to destroy fractured walls. When used, a dynamite charge will detonate after a brief delay. The detonation will destroy any fractured wall within its blast radius, and deal area-of-effect damage to monsters within the blast radius.

Dynamite can be purchased using Azurite, or found in Dynamite Caches during Delves.

A character can only carry 3 dynamite charges at first. The player can upgrade the character's maximum dynamite capacity, dynamite blast radius, and dynamite area-of-effect damage at the Voltaxic Generator using Azurite.

Dynamite Carrying Capacity [Expand]
Upgrade Level Dynamite Azurite
0 2 0
1 3 70
2 4 214
3 5 586
4 6 1,386
5 7 2,050
Dynamite Damage [Expand]
Upgrade Level Dynamite damage Azurite
0 0 0
1 15 96
2 40 203
3 75 366
4 100 520
5 125 763
6 150 1,136
7 175 1,349
8 200 1,661
9 225 2,007
10 250 2,213
Dynamite Blast Radius [Expand]
Upgrade Level Dynamite Radius +% Azurite
0 0 0
1 25 110
2 50 419
3 75 872
4 100 1,437
5 125 1,899

Finding hidden paths to isolated nodes

To find hidden paths more easily, use the following rules:

  • A node will almost always have 1, 3, or 4 paths connecting to it. A node with exactly 2 connecting paths only occurs occasionally, when the mine layout generator tries to create a path that is too long. [3] This means that if a node is shown on the Subterranean Chart with exactly 2 paths leading from it, that node will nearly always have a fractured wall blocking a third, hidden path to a nearby isolated node.
  • It is possible, though rare, for an apparent dead-end node -- a node with only one visible path connecting to it -- to have two hidden paths leading to two different nearby isolated nodes. [4]
  • Paths never overlap with each other, and they never intersect (other than at nodes). If the space between a visible node and a nearby isolated node is already occupied by a path, there cannot be a hidden path between those nodes.
  • A node cannot have more than one path leading away in a given cardinal direction. If there is already a visible path heading in one direction from a node, there cannot be a hidden path heading in that same direction.
  • Fractured walls can only appear in grid spaces not occupied by a node. If two nodes are in adjacent grid spaces, there cannot be a fractured wall along the short path between them.
  • There will always be at least one fractured wall in grids that do not contain checkpoints. [citation needed]

Biomes

Different areas of the Azurite Mine contain different biomes, shown with different colors on the Subterranean Chart. Different biomes have different appearances, different monsters, different possible encounters, and different common fossil drops. Rarely, a city biome will spawn, which contains better loot and rarely, a special boss; but these biomes contain more numerous and difficult monsters as well.

Image Biome Map Icon Fossils by Rarity Minimum Depth
Depth Weight
Mines Metallic FossilMetallic FossilStack Size: 20More Lightning modifiers
No Physical modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Serrated FossilSerrated FossilStack Size: 20More Attack modifiers
Fewer Caster modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Pristine FossilPristine FossilStack Size: 20More Life modifiers
No Defence modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Aetheric FossilAetheric FossilStack Size: 20More Caster modifiers
Fewer Attack modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
0 100
40 100
65 0
Fungal Caverns Dense FossilDense FossilStack Size: 20More Defence modifiers
No Life Modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Aberrant FossilAberrant FossilStack Size: 20More Chaos modifiers
No Lightning modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Perfect FossilPerfect FossilStack Size: 20Improved QualityPlace in a Resonator to influence item crafting., Corroded FossilCorroded FossilStack Size: 20More Physical Ailment or Chaos Ailment modifiers
No Elemental modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Gilded FossilGilded FossilStack Size: 10Item is overvalued by vendorsPlace in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
4 0
20 100
Petrified Forest Bound FossilBound FossilStack Size: 20More Minion, Aura or Curse modifiersPlace in a Resonator to influence item crafting., Jagged FossilJagged FossilStack Size: 20More Physical modifiers
No Chaos modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Corroded FossilCorroded FossilStack Size: 20More Physical Ailment or Chaos Ailment modifiers
No Elemental modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Sanctified FossilSanctified FossilStack Size: 10Numeric modifier values are lucky
High Level modifiers are more common
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
4 0
20 100
Abyssal Depths Aberrant FossilAberrant FossilStack Size: 20More Chaos modifiers
No Lightning modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Bound FossilBound FossilStack Size: 20More Minion, Aura or Curse modifiersPlace in a Resonator to influence item crafting., Gilded FossilGilded FossilStack Size: 10Item is overvalued by vendorsPlace in a Resonator to influence item crafting., Lucent FossilLucent FossilStack Size: 20More Mana modifiers
No Speed modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
10 0
25 100
Frozen Hollow Frigid FossilFrigid FossilStack Size: 20More Cold modifiers
No Fire modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Serrated FossilSerrated FossilStack Size: 20More Attack modifiers
Fewer Caster modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Prismatic FossilPrismatic FossilStack Size: 20More Elemental modifiers
No Physical Ailment or Chaos Ailment modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Sanctified FossilSanctified FossilStack Size: 10Numeric modifier values are lucky
High Level modifiers are more common
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
200 0
40 100
Magma Fissure Scorched FossilScorched FossilStack Size: 20More Fire modifiers
No Cold modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Prismatic FossilPrismatic FossilStack Size: 20More Elemental modifiers
No Physical Ailment or Chaos Ailment modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Pristine FossilPristine FossilStack Size: 20More Life modifiers
No Defence modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Deft FossilDeft FossilStack Size: 20More Critical modifiers
No Attribute modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Fundamental FossilFundamental FossilStack Size: 20More Attribute modifiers
No Critical modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
30 0
50 100
Sulphur Vents Metallic FossilMetallic FossilStack Size: 20More Lightning modifiers
No Physical modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Perfect FossilPerfect FossilStack Size: 20Improved QualityPlace in a Resonator to influence item crafting., Aetheric FossilAetheric FossilStack Size: 20More Caster modifiers
Fewer Attack modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
, Fundamental FossilFundamental FossilStack Size: 20More Attribute modifiers
No Critical modifiers
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
55 0
75 100


Vaal Outpost Unknown 22 0
83 12
600 18
Abyssal City Unknown 82 0
83 4
220 12
600 18
Primeval Ruins Unknown 210 0
220 4
600 12

Weights

Current theory[guesswork?] on weights:

The weight is scaled between the lower and upper entries based on current delve depth. See the table below for data mined values.

Example [Expand]
Depth Weight
50 0
100 100

If your character is below or at depth 50, the biome will not spawn.

If your character is between 50 and 100, the biome will spawn and the weight will increase accordingly;

Depth 51, 2 weight
Depth 52, 4 weight
...
Depth 99, 98 weight
Depth 100, 100 weight

If your character is below depth 100, the biome will always have a weight of 100

Bosses

A city biome may contain a special boss. Each boss can only spawn below a certain minimum depth.

Boss Biome Depth
Ahuatotli, the Blind Vaal Outpost 35
Kurgal, the Blackblooded Abyssal City 110
Aul, the Crystal King Primeval Ruins 145

Minor bosses

There are other minor unique bosses for other Delve nodes, such as:

Boss Node Biome
Miner's Grip Awoken Giant Haunted Tomb Fungal Caverns
Gehennix Molten Cavity Magma Fissure
Priest of the Blood Covenant Stonewood Hollow Petrified Forest
Petrification Statue Humid Fissure Sulphur Vents
6 rogue exile Smuggler's Stash any biome
Amplifier Defender Abandoned Amplifier Mines
Captain Stuart "Stab-First" Grenn Frigid Recess Frozen Hollow
Magmatic Golem Restless Rubble (Magma Fissure version only) Magma Fissure
golem Restless Rubble any other biome
Primordial Beast Beast Burrow Fungal Caverns
Lion of the Tunnels or
Gorgol Terror or
Blackhowl, Prime Stalker
Azurite Fissure
Diabolic Whisperer Necromancer's Excavation Abyssal Depths or Fungal Caverns
Diabolic Whisperer Grim Copse Petrified Forest

Nodes

Biome Specific Nodes: source: wiki editor's observation and poedb[5]

Icon Node name Description Biome Footnotes
Haunted Tomb Contains Fossils Fungal Caverns only Contains Tangled FossilTangled FossilStack Size: 10Makes a random modifier type much more likely and prevents
another random modifier type
Effects revealed once resonator is fully socketed
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
Stonewood Hollow Contains Fossils Petrified Forest only Contains Bloodstained FossilBloodstained FossilStack Size: 10Corrupted
Has a Corrupted implicit modifier
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
Crystal Spire Contains Fossils Abyssal Depths only Contains Hollow FossilHollow FossilStack Size: 10Has an Abyssal socketPlace in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
Time-Lost Cavern Contains Fossils Frozen Hollow only Contains Glyphic FossilGlyphic FossilStack Size: 10Has a Corrupt Essence modifierPlace in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
Molten Cavity Contains Fossils Magma Fissure only Contains Faceted FossilFaceted FossilStack Size: 10More Gem modifiersPlace in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
Humid Fissure Contains Fossils Sulphur Vents only Contains Fractured FossilFractured FossilStack Size: 10Creates a split copy
Cannot be used to split Influenced,
Enchanted, Fractured, or Synthesised items
Place in a Resonator to influence item crafting.
Ruined Chamber Contents Unknown Vaal Outpost only Contains Vaal Ruined Chamber which has multiple loot containers and crafting bench recipe
The Grand Architect's Temple Contents Unknown Vaal Outpost only Contains Ahuatotli, the Blind.
Haunted Remains Contains Abyss Items Abyssal Depths only Haunted Remains has generic drop version
Unspeakable Shrine Contains Abyss Items Abyssal Depths only
Abyssal Chamber Contents Unknown Abyssal City only Contains Abyssal Chamber which has multiple loot containers and crafting bench recipe
The Lich's Tomb Contents Unknown Abyssal City only Contains Kurgal, the Blackblooded.
Primeval Chamber Contents Unknown Primeval Ruins only Contains Primeval Chamber which has multiple loot containers and crafting bench recipe
The Crystal King's Throne Contents Unknown Primeval Ruins only Contains Aul, the Crystal King.
Prospero's Deposit Contents Unknown Magma Fissure only Contains Perandus CoinsPerandus CoinStack Size: 5000Trade coins to Cadiro Perandus..
Echoing Lair Contains Animalistic items Fungal Caverns only Contains beasts as bosses
Ritual Grounds Contains Talismans Petrified Forest only Contains Talisman-possessed monsters are bosses
Frigid Recess Contains Essences Frozen Hollow only Frigid Recess has generic drop version
Redblade Retreat or
Redblade Base
Contains Fire Items Magma Fissure only Contains Redblade Warbands as bosses.
Mutewind Retreat or
Mutewind Base
Contains Cold Items Frozen Hollow only Contains Mutewind Warbands as bosses
Brinerot Retreat or
Brinerot Base
Contains Lightning Items Sulphur Vents only Contains Brinerot Warbands as bosses
Renegade Camp Contains Chaos Items Fungal Caverns only Contains Renegades Warbands as bosses
Restless Rubble or
Sweltering Burrow
Contains Fire Items Magma Fissure only Both nodes have generic drop versions
Restless Rubble or
Frigid Recess
Contains Cold Items Frozen Hollow only Both nodes have generic drop versions
Restless Rubble Contains Lightning Items Sulphur Vents only Restless Rubble has generic drop version
Restless Rubble Contains Chaos Items Fungal Caverns only Restless Rubble has generic drop version
Nesting Grounds Contains Physical Items Petrified Forest only Nesting Grounds has generic drop version
Haunted Remains Contains Mana or Curse Items Abyssal Depths only Haunted Remains has generic drop version
Necromancer's Excavation Contains Minion or Aura Items Abyssal Depths or
Fungal Caverns only
Necromancer's Excavation also have generic loot versions
Grim Copse Contains Minion or Aura Items Petrified Forest only Grim Copse also has generic loot version
Beast Burrow Contains Minion or Aura Items Fungal Caverns only Beast Burrow also has generic loot version

Common Nodes:

Icon Node name Description Footnotes
Azurite Cavity Contains Azurite Contains a small amount of Azurite.
Azurite Vault Contains Azurite Contains a medium amount of Azurite.
Azurite Fissure Contains Azurite Contains a large amount of Azurite.
variable Contains Items Contains assorted items.
variable Contains Weapons
variable Contains Armour Contains armour: body armour, helmet, boot, glove, etc.
variable Contains Jewellery
variable Contains Currency Contains base currencies
variable Contains Gems
variable Contains Maps
Underground Stash Contains Strongboxes
Runed Cavern Contains a Harbinger
Whispering Gallery Contains a Breach
Pulsating Grotto Contains Monsters from Beyond
Buried Monolith Contains a Legion encounter
variable Smuggler's Stash variable Contains generic loots
Smuggler's Stash Contains Fossils Contains less valuable generic fossils only


Depth Scaling [Expand]

Sulphite cost caps at 1100 at depth 890 and beyond.

There is additional scaling starting at depth 1600, which caps out at around depth 2586.

Depth Monster
Level
Base
Sulphite
Cost
Darkness
Resistance &
Light
Radius
More
Monster
Life
More
Monster
Damage
1 34 21 0 0 0
2 35 24 0 0 0
3 36 24 -2 0 0
4 37 24 -4 0 0
5 38 27 -6 0 0
6 39 27 -8 0 0
7 40 28 -10 0 0
8 41 29 -12 0 0
9 42 29 -14 0 0
10 43 29 -16 0 0
11 44 29 -18 0 0
12 45 31 -20 0 0
13 46 34 -22 0 0
14 47 37 -24 0 0
15 48 37 -26 0 0
16 49 37 -28 0 0
17 50 39 -30 0 0
18 51 40 -32 0 0
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21 54 43 -38 0 0
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24 57 47 -44 0 0
25 58 49 -46 0 0
26 59 51 -48 0 0
27 60 51 -50 0 0
28 61 53 -52 0 0
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30 63 55 -56 0 0
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34 67 62 -64 0 0
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46 70 112 -88 0 0
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58 73 182 -112 0 0
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Version history

Version Changes
3.17.0
  • Introduced new modifiers that can roll on Maps, Expedition Logbooks, Heist Contracts, Blueprints and Delve areas.
  • Shields that drop from Delve Chests no longer have their own maximum Resistances prefix modifiers.
  • Changed Delve biome modifiers that forced chests in side passages to be a particular chest to instead only affect chests behind fractured walls. Modifiers that made side passage chests of a particular type remain unchanged.
  • Reduce the values of sulphite-used biome modifiers: They now range from 20-50% reduced sulphite used, down from 25-100% reduced. Higher values of this mod can now also only appear deeper in the mines, with the highest tier becoming available at depth 500+.
3.16.0
  • The difficulty of Delve encounters now scales much faster. The difficulty of encounters at depth 500 is now roughly equivalent to the previous difficulty of depth 1,000 encounters. Depth 1,500 encounters are now roughly equivalent to the previous difficulty of depth 6,000 encounters.
  • The availability of rewards from Delve also now scales much faster, with the intention that progressing deeper into the Azurite Mine is more rewarding than equivalent depths previously were. For example, depth 500 is now more rewarding than depth 1,000 was previously.
  • As a result of these changes, the Azurite Mine has been reset in Permanent Leagues. Niko has drilled a mineshaft to the deepest level Delve encounter previously completed in that league to pick up where you left off. This change does not affect gathered Azurite or Sulphite, or upgrades you have purchased at the Voltaxic Generator.
  • Previously-acquired Delve depth and solo depth has been wiped from the Permanent League ladders. To get back on the ladder, just keep playing Delve from whatever level you can handle.
  • City Biomes in the Azurite Mine are now more common and can appear in earlier depths, but are now smaller on average.
  • City Biomes can no longer spawn without Delve nodes.
  • We've also introduced new Delve Biome modifiers, and allowed Delve Biome modifiers to spawn below depth 6,000.
  • The Area Level of the Azurite Mine now scales slightly faster, reaching Area Level 83 at depth 145 (previously depth 171).
  • Niko's mineshaft can now drill deeper into the Azurite Mine, up to depth 101 by Character Level 90.
  • Delve encounters now contain fewer chests, though each chest is now more likely to drop interesting rewards.
  • Increased the base Sulphite Capacity to 1,200 (previously 600), scaling up to 6,400 Capacity after six upgrades (unchanged).
  • The damage dealt by the Darkness based on player Life and Energy Shield has been roughly halved. The flat damage per Darkness stack now scales with depth, up to a cap at around depth 1,000. For an example of the impact this has, a character with 6,000 Life would take less damage from the Darkness than previously at depths below about 500, and take approximately 50% more damage from the Darkness at depth 1,000 and greater. A character with extremely low amounts of Life could take as much as ten times the Darkness damage it previously did at depth 1,000.
  • Introduced a new type of Spider enemy that drops from the ceiling and uses Flicker StrikeFlicker StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike, Movement, Duration
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 10 Mana
    Cooldown Time: 2.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Attack Speed: 120% of base
    Attack Damage: (142-210)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (142-210)%
    Requires Level 10Teleports the character to a nearby monster and attacks with a melee weapon. If no specific monster is targeted, one is picked at random. Grants a buff that increases movement speed for a duration. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge.Base duration is 3.00 seconds
    10% increased Attack Speed per Frenzy Charge
    15% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Hit
    Buff grants 20% increased Movement Speed

    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    (0.5-10)% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Hit
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
  • Monsters in Darkness now attack players from 50 units away (previously 20).
  • Assorted changes to monster-specific behavior (refer to actual patch notes for these).
3.13.0
  • Maps dropped by special sources such as deterministic chests or league rewards like those found in the Azurite Mine or the Temple of Atzoatl now use your own Atlas to determine which maps to drop, and can therefore drop maps that have been raised above their base tier due to the presence of Watchstones. Maps dropped from these sources now also take into account your Favourite Map selections. If a source such as this cannot find a compatible map from your Atlas to drop (for example, due to too few maps being completed and too few watchstones being socketed for a Tier 16 map on your Atlas to drop), it will drop a random map of the correct tier instead.
3.12.4d
  • The Azurite Mine is now capped at Depth Level 65,535.
3.8.0
  • Your Voltaxic Sulphite is now shared across all characters on the same account and in the same league. There is still a hard upper limit of 65000 Sulphite. Characters that are merged to Standard at the end of a league will bring their Sulphite with them, up to whatever your highest maximum Sulphite limit is.
  • The tunnel Niko digs for you based on your character level is now also shared league-wide across all your characters, meaning your highest-level character will determine the depth of Niko's tunnel for all characters. This tunnel will only ever, at most, be 6 levels behind your highest-level character until you reach level 68. Previously, it was 15 levels behind by the time you reach level 68.
  • The rate of level growth for monsters within the Azurite Mine is now faster, requiring significantly fewer depths to hit the maximum monster levels within the Mine. This was because most players progressed through the Atlas faster than the Mine, and the two difficulty levels would quickly become out of sync.
  • As a result of the change to the depth-to-level ratio, the cost of Delves in those interim levels has been increased, but tapers back to the original costs as you get deeper.
  • You can now find Legion encounters and rewards in the Azurite Mine.
3.4.0

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bex_GGG (August 15, 2018). "Delve Frequently Asked Questions". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  2. https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3186390#delvechanges
  3. https://imgur.com/a/QlG1rxt
  4. https://imgur.com/a/R9maBs0
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