Atlas Passive Skill Tree

The Atlas Passive Skill Tree is a passive skill tree specific to the Atlas of Worlds.

Progressing through maps allows the player to obtain passive skill points to allocate in the Atlas tree to enhance the rewards and fights of maps within the Atlas of Worlds.

The atlas tree has over 600 skill nodes to specialize in, including several Atlas keystones and Gateways, which allow you to traverse to the opposite side of the Atlas skill tree to a connected Gateway. Every Map on the Atlas you complete, as well as various endgame quests and encounters, will earn you an Atlas skill point.

Mechanics

Skills in the Atlas tree affect all non-unique maps on the Atlas, as well as Vaal Temple MapVaal Temple MapMap Level: 83
Map Tier: 16
Guild Character: >Area contains 10 additional guarded Vaal VesselsTravel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once., Shaper Guardian maps, Tier 17 maps, and the final maps of memory threads, despite not being part of the Atlas. This does not include maps opened through Kirac's missions^[1].

Most Atlas Passives do not apply to special maps or map-like areas:

Synthesised Maps are only affected by the Synthesis passive wheel
Blighted Maps are not affected by any nodes
Vaal side areas are only affected by the passives that specifies modifiers to "Vaal Side Areas" and only ones found inside maps
Abyssal Depths are not affected by any nodes

Obtaining passive skill points

You can earn an Atlas passive tree point for each map in the Atlas by obtaining a map completion bonus.

You gain a map completion bonus by completing a map for the first time under the conditions below. Maps completed by Atlas Runners in Kingsmarch do not count.

For a white map (tier 1 to 5), you must complete a map of magic rarity.
For a yellow map (tier 6 to 10), you must complete a map of rare rarity.
For a red map (tier 11 to 16), you must complete a map of rare rarity while it also has the corrupted modifier (for example by using a Vaal OrbVaal OrbStack Size: 20Corrupts an item, modifying it unpredictablyRight click this item then left click an item to corrupt it. Corrupted items cannot be modified again. on it).

It's currently possible to obtain up to 132 points:

115 from obtaining all of the Atlas of Worlds map completion bonuses.
6 Atlas Books of SkillAtlas Book of SkillGain an Atlas Passive Skill Point and two Atlas Passive Respec Points received from Kirac for defeating these Pinnacle Bosses for the first time:
5 from completing each variant of the Maven's Invitation: The AtlasMaven's Invitation: The AtlasFor those who must not endure it,
there may be found a perverse joy
in watching the struggle for survival.Open portals to The Maven's Crucible by using this item in a personal Map Device. for the first time
6 from endgame Maven invitations:
- Maven's Invitation: The FormedMaven's Invitation: The FormedModifiers to Item Quantity will affect the number of encounter rewards dropped
  The Maven must Witness:
  Lair of the Hydra,
  Maze of the Minotaur,
  Forge of the Phoenix,
  Pit of the ChimeraFor those who must not endure it,
  there may be found a perverse joy
  in watching the struggle for survival.Open portals to The Maven's Crucible by using this item in a personal Map Device.
- Maven's Invitation: The TwistedMaven's Invitation: The TwistedModifiers to Item Quantity will affect the number of encounter rewards dropped
  The Maven must Witness:
  The Purifier,
  The Constrictor,
  The Enslaver,
  The EradicatorFor those who must not endure it,
  there may be found a perverse joy
  in watching the struggle for survival.Open portals to The Maven's Crucible by using this item in a personal Map Device.
- Maven's Invitation: The ElderslayersMaven's Invitation: The ElderslayersModifiers to Item Quantity will affect the number of encounter rewards dropped
  The Maven must Witness:
  Al-Hezmin, the Hunter,
  Baran, the Crusader,
  Drox, the Warlord,
  Veritania, the RedeemerFor those who must not endure it,
  there may be found a perverse joy
  in watching the struggle for survival.Open portals to The Maven's Crucible by using this item in a personal Map Device.
- Maven's Invitation: The ForgottenMaven's Invitation: The ForgottenModifiers to Item Quantity will affect the number of encounter rewards dropped
  The Maven must Witness:
  Rewritten Distant Memory,
  Augmented Distant Memory,
  Altered Distant Memory,
  Twisted Distant MemoryFor those who must not endure it,
  there may be found a perverse joy
  in watching the struggle for survival.Open portals to The Maven's Crucible by using this item in a personal Map Device.
- Maven's Invitation: The RememberedMaven's Invitation: The RememberedModifiers to Item Quantity will affect the number of encounter rewards dropped
  The Maven must Witness:
  Courtyard of Wasting
  Chambers of Impurity
  Theatre of LiesFor those who must not endure it,
  there may be found a perverse joy
  in watching the struggle for survival.Open portals to The Maven's Crucible by using this item in a personal Map Device.
- Maven's Invitation: The FearedMaven's Invitation: The FearedModifiers to Item Quantity will affect the number of encounter rewards dropped
  The Maven must Witness:
  Cortex,
  Eye of the Storm,
  Moment of Reverence,
  The Shaper's Realm,
  Absence of Value and MeaningFor those who must not endure it,
  there may be found a perverse joy
  in watching the struggle for survival.Open portals to The Maven's Crucible by using this item in a personal Map Device.

You can check missing atlas passive points by using the '/atlaspassives' chat command.

Spending and refunding passive skill points

Immediately after receiving Atlas passive skill points, the player has the opportunity to spend those points in the skill tree. If the player leaves the points unassigned, they can be spent later from the Atlas of Worlds screen.

As with the character's normal passive skill tree, the player must spend refund points to remove previously-assigned passive skills. Earning refund points requires the use of an Orb of UnmakingOrb of UnmakingStack Size: 40Grants an atlas passive skill refund pointRight click on this item to use it., an item buyable from Kirac for 2 Orb of RegretOrb of RegretStack Size: 40Grants a passive skill refund pointRight click on this item to use it. each or randomly dropped during maps.

Once earned, these refund points can be used in any of the allocated atlas passive nodes. Refund points for the Atlas tree cannot be used to remove passive skills from the character's passive skill tree, and vice-versa.

Additional atlas trees

By progressing through the Atlas of Worlds and completing 50 and 100 bonus objectives, players can unlock two additional atlas trees, allowing quick changing of passives when opening a map without needing to respec points. Atlas respec points are shared between all atlas trees.

Passive nodes

There are several types of atlas passive skills.

Small passives

Small atlas passive skills grant minor bonuses related to atlas content.

Notable passives

Notable atlas passive skills grant notable bonuses related to atlas content.

Keystone passives

Keystone atlas passive skills significantly alter how certain atlas or league mechanics work.

Gateways

Gateways allow you to traverse to the opposite side of the Atlas to the other connected Gateway. Both gateways must have points allocated to them in order to traverse between then.

Trivia

The Atlas Passive Skill Tree was first introduced in a simpler form during the Echoes of the Atlas expansion, where it applied only to specific maps in a region. The rework in the Siege of the Atlas expansion merged these passives into a single, global passive tree.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.27.0	Refunding of Atlas Passive Points can now be done with Gold. Speak to Kirac to access this option. You can now also fully refund your Atlas Passive Tree with one click for a gold cost. 4 small Passives on the interior of the Atlas Tree now grants 2% increased Rarity of Items found in your Maps, instead of effect of Explicit Modifiers on your Maps. Small Passives that granted 5% increased Rarity of Items found in your Maps and 1% increased Quantity of Items found in your Maps instead now grant 3% increased Rarity of Items found in your Maps and 1% increased Quantity of Items found in your Maps.
3.26.0	Atlas Passive Skills that provide additional chance for your Maps to contain a Master or Extra Content that can be turned off through Atlas Passives now also cause Scarabs in your Maps to have an increased chance to be Scarabs of that type of Extra Content. The Ruthless Atlas Passive Tree is not affected by this change.
3.24.0	To provide more flexibility in what content you want to run in the Endgame, we've added the ability to have multiple Atlas Tree sets, which can be swapped between Maps at your leisure. You can unlock up to two extra sets (for a total of three) by progressing through the Endgame and completing core content. Small Atlas Passives that previously provided 0.5% chance for Map Drops to be Duplicated now instead provide 3% increased Scarabs found in your Maps.
3.22.0	Improved the visibility of highlighted nodes when searching the Atlas Passive Tree.
3.20.0	We've removed Atlas Passives that increase the amount of rewards from limited content such as Shaper, Elder, The Searing Exarch, The Eater of Worlds, and The Maven. The purpose of this is such that you should be able to engage with this content at any time. Added new clusters to the passive tree for league content that can be blocked through Atlas Passive Skills. We've also increased the chances for such league content to appear. Existing clusters have also been tweaked with the goal of making them more of an attractive option.
3.18.0	Added 20 new Atlas Keystone Passive Skills to the Atlas Tree.
3.17.1	Atlas Passives now affect Shaper Guardian and Vaal Temple Maps.
3.17.0	The Atlas passive skill tree has been reworked: All Atlas trees have been combined into one gigantic tree. Map bonus completion now grants one passive skill point each.
3.16.0	Four regions were removed from the Atlas. The skill trees for the remaining regions, and for The Uncharted Realms, were redesigned.
3.13.0	Introduced to the game.

References

↑ Bex_GGG (February 1, 2022). "The Full Atlas Passive Tree from Siege of the Atlas". Official Path of Exile Subreddit. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

External links

Official Atlas Skill Tree Planner

[Kirac_Missions-1] Bex_GGG (February 1, 2022). "The Full Atlas Passive Tree from Siege of the Atlas". Official Path of Exile Subreddit. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

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