Maelström of Chaos

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Maelström of Chaos
Atoll Map
Map Level: 72
Map Tier: 5
Guild Character: Ç
Item Quantity: +(40-60)%
Item Rarity: +(200-400)%
Area has patches of Chilled Ground
20 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden)
Ground Effect has a radius of 14 (Hidden)
Monsters deal 50% extra Physical Damage as Lightning
Monsters are Immune to randomly chosen Elemental Ailments or Stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes
Whispers from a world apart
Speak my name beyond the tomb;
Bound within the Maelström's heart,
Will they grant me strength or doom?
Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.
Vendor Offer
12x Alchemy Shard
Metadata
Item class: Map
Maelström of Chaos
Map area, Unique Map area
No Waypoint
IdMapWorldsAtollUnique
Act11
Area level73
BossesMerveil, the Returned
Merveil, the Reflection
Area type tagsmountain
Tagsunique_map, map, limited_tempests, area_with_water, map_area_with_open_water, ocean_area, gold_pile_area, merveil_area, sea_witch_boss_area
Whispers from

a world apart Speak my name beyond the tomb; Bound within the Maelström's heart, Will they grant me

strength or doom?

Maelström of Chaos is a unique Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 72
Map Tier: 5
Guild Character: Í
Time turns even the vicious
volcanoes to hollow shells.
Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.
.

Map Type

Outdoors. Based on The Ledge.

Boss

ItemDrop
Level
Divine BeautyDivine Beauty127x Divine OrbIn a land far away lived
a maiden most fair.
Her smile melted the coldest
of hearts, her song made
men and beast cry,
her beauty unparalleled;
Divine.
68
The AwakenedThe Awakened6Jewellery
Item Level: 86
Double-Influenced Item
Some seek to change the world. Others change the world as a consequence of what they seek.
80
The CacophonyThe Cacophony83x Deafening EssenceNothing can be heard above the din or seen amongst the turmoil. The senses are shattered. All is left to fate.68
The TransformationThe Transformation5Tainted Mythic OrbEven the most beautiful of transformations can still have a dark side.68

Items found in this area

The following drop-restricted items can drop in this area.

ItemDrop
Level
Lantador's Lost LoveLantador's Lost Love7Two-Stone RingThey fought the storm together as one,
Until the longest of days was done.
Their love grew stronger
with every breath,
Until it was broken apart in death.
23
Lysah's RespiteLysah's Respite6Agate Amulet
Corrupted
So many memories,
so much pain in
such a small token.
Drown it in blood
so you can forget.
23
ProsperityProsperity10Perandus' Gold RingAccumulating wealth has its own costs.61
The AvengerThe Avenger12Mjölner
Corrupted
Justice comes swift
Equal to the crime
Revenge is a gift
Life for a life
Eye for an eye
45
The CacheThe Cache6JewelleryVintage or crafted, Glittering and shiny
Dusty or glittering, huge or tiny
Secured within a chest
or unearthed from your mining
Find jewellery everywhere,
no need for divining!
So why is it so hard
to figure out which one to wear?
This one makes me stronger,
but does it match my hair?
23
The HoarderThe Hoarder12Exalted Orb"More! I want more!" - Faendris, the Insatiable68
The JourneyThe Journey3Harbinger's OrbOh the places you will go, the sights you will see, the things you will meet.68
The LoverThe Lover2Jewellery
Item Level: 79
"I wanted to give you three things. I've given you my eternal love. I've sung to you my most beautiful song. I'd have given you the moon last, but it couldn't be found. I hope you'll accept this instead."
23
The SirenThe Siren7The Whispering Ice
Corrupted
At the beck and call
of The Siren's hand,
winter ravages
the trembling land,
and the weight of ice that binds
will break the strongest of minds.
25
The CatchThe Catch18Fishing Rod
Incubated
Item Level: 99
The largest hooks offer the greatest catch, but often the catch is the hook.
68
The LeviathanThe Leviathan7Maven Item
Two-Implicit
Corrupted
Ancient behemoths swam the
depths of the oceans long
before Man walked these lands.
81

Item acquisition

Maelström of Chaos can drop anywhere. It can be chanced.

Recipes

Maelström of Chaos can be created from the following recipes:

AmountPartDescriptionMeta
8The Encroaching DarknessThe Encroaching Darkness8Map
Corrupted
No matter where your dreams take you, Nightmare follows close behind.
Random corrupted mapA
1Otherworldly IncubatorOtherworldly IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Unique Map item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing {0} monsters
Right click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Random mapA
4Jack in the BoxJack in the Box4ItemTurn the crank,
close your eyes,
and pray to the gods
for a pleasant surprise.
Random itemA
1Singular IncubatorSingular IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Unique item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing {0} monsters
Right click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Random itemA
1The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.Random divination card set exchangeA

Design attribution

Maelström of Chaos was created by supporter Skivverus.[citation needed]

Legacy variants

Maelström of Chaos has legacy variants.

Version discontinued Base item Stats Compare each legacy variant to the current variant.
  • Stat line – Same as current variant
  • Stat line – Different from current variant

3.17.0 Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 70
Map Tier: 3
Guild Character: Í
Time turns even the vicious volcanoes to hollow shells.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Map Tier: 3/?/?/14
Map Level: 70/?/?/81

Area has patches of chilled ground
Monsters deal 50% extra Damage as Lightning
Monsters are immune to randomly chosen elemental ailments or stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes

3.16.0 Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 72
Map Tier: 5
Guild Character: Í
Time turns even the vicious volcanoes to hollow shells.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Map Tier: 5/?/?/14
Map Level: 72/?/?/81

Area has patches of chilled ground
Monsters deal 50% extra Damage as Lightning
Monsters are immune to randomly chosen elemental ailments or stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes

3.15.0 Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 72
Map Tier: 5
Guild Character: Í
Time turns even the vicious volcanoes to hollow shells.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Map Tier: 5/?/?/16
Map Level: 72/?/?/83

Area has patches of chilled ground
Monsters deal 50% extra Damage as Lightning
Monsters are immune to randomly chosen elemental ailments or stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes

3.13.0 Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 72
Map Tier: 5
Guild Character: Í
Time turns even the vicious volcanoes to hollow shells.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Map Tier: 5/?/?/16
Map Level: 72/?/?/83

Area has patches of chilled ground
Monsters deal 50% extra Damage as Lightning
Monsters are immune to randomly chosen elemental ailments or stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes

3.12.0 Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 72
Map Tier: 5
Guild Character: Í
Time turns even the vicious volcanoes to hollow shells.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Map Tier: 5/9/11/14
Map Level: 72/76/78/81

Area has patches of chilled ground
Monsters deal 50% extra Damage as Lightning
Monsters are immune to randomly chosen elemental ailments or stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes

3.11.0 Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 72
Map Tier: 5
Guild Character: Í
Time turns even the vicious volcanoes to hollow shells.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Map Tier: 5/9/11/14
Map Level: 72/76/78/81

Area has patches of chilled ground
Monsters deal 50% extra Damage as Lightning
Monsters are immune to randomly chosen elemental ailments or stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes

3.10.0 Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 72
Map Tier: 5
Guild Character: Í
Time turns even the vicious volcanoes to hollow shells.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Map Tier: 5/9/11/14
Map Level: 72/76/78/81

Area has patches of chilled ground
Monsters deal 50% extra Damage as Lightning
Monsters are immune to randomly chosen elemental ailments or stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes

3.9.0 Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 75
Map Tier: 8
Guild Character: Í
Time turns even the vicious volcanoes to hollow shells.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Map Tier: 8
Map Level: 75

Area has patches of chilled ground
Monsters deal 50% extra Damage as Lightning
Monsters are immune to randomly chosen elemental ailments or stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes

3.8.0 Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 73
Map Tier: 6
Guild Character: Í
Time turns even the vicious volcanoes to hollow shells.Travel to this Map by using it in the Templar Laboratory or a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Map Tier: 6
Map Level: 73

Area has patches of chilled ground
Monsters deal 50% extra Damage as Lightning
Monsters are immune to randomly chosen elemental ailments or stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes

3.7.0 Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 70
Map Tier: 3
Guild Character: Í
Time turns even the vicious volcanoes to hollow shells.Travel to this Map by using it in the Templar Laboratory or a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Map Tier: 3
Map Level: 70

Area has patches of chilled ground
Monsters deal 50% extra Damage as Lightning
Monsters are immune to randomly chosen elemental ailments or stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes

3.6.0 Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 68
Map Tier: 1
Guild Character: Í
Time turns even the vicious volcanoes to hollow shells.Travel to this Map by using it in the Templar Laboratory or a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Map Tier: 1
Map Level: 68

Area has patches of chilled ground
Monsters deal 50% extra Damage as Lightning
Monsters are immune to randomly chosen elemental ailments or stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes

3.5.0 Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 73
Map Tier: 6
Guild Character: Í
Travel to this Map by using it in the Templar Laboratory or a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Map Tier: 6
Map Level: 73

Area has patches of chilled ground
Monsters deal 50% extra Damage as Lightning
Monsters are immune to randomly chosen elemental ailments or stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes

3.1.0 Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 75
Map Tier: 8
Guild Character: D
Travel to this Map by using it in the Templar Laboratory or a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Map Tier: 8
Map Level: 75

Area has patches of chilled ground
Monsters deal 50% extra Damage as Lightning
Monsters are immune to randomly chosen elemental ailments or stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes

2.4.0 Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 69
Map Tier: 2
Guild Character: D
Travel to this Map by using it in the Templar Laboratory or a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Map Tier: 2
Map Level: 69

Area has patches of chilled ground
Monsters deal 50% extra Damage as Lightning
Monsters are immune to randomly chosen elemental ailments or stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes

2.0.0 Atoll MapAtoll MapMap Level: 67
Map Tier: 2
Guild Character: L
Travel to this Map by using it in the Templar Laboratory or a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.

Map Tier: 2
Map Level: 67

Area has patches of chilled ground
Monsters deal 50% extra Damage as Lightning
Monsters are immune to randomly chosen elemental ailments or stun
Monsters' Melee Attacks apply random Hexes on Hit
Monsters Reflect Hexes

Version history

Maelström of Chaos was originally a waypoint that characters could travel to after reaching the Dark Altar at the top of the Ancient Pyramid in Act 2 on Merciless difficulty and speaking to Eramir.[1] Entering an instance of the Maelström of Chaos would bring the character to a random high level area.[2][3][4] This served as Path of Exile's first endgame system before maps were introduced during the Closed Beta in version 0.9.11.

Maelström of Chaos was introduced to the game as a unique map in version 0.10.3.

Version Changes
3.14.2b
  • Fixed a bug where monsters in the Maelström of Chaos unique map were incorrectly reflecting Marks.
3.12.0
  • The map now has Monsters Reflect Hexes mod and affects all versions. However, due to bug, the map still reflects Mark. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
3.9.0
  • The Atlas of Worlds has been reworked. You now start at the centre and will work your way outwards as you explore a new storyline.
  • Added a new mechanic - Watchstones: These can only be obtained by defeating one of the new Atlas bosses. They can be used to raise the tier of all maps in a particular region of the Atlas, causing all maps of those base types to drop at the new higher tier.
  • Unique maps can now drop with varied tiers based on the state of your Atlas. Maps that previously had monster level overrides (such as Hallowed GroundHallowed Ground
    Cemetery Map
    Map Level: 71
    Map Tier: 4
    Guild Character: Ð
    Item Quantity: +100%
    Item Rarity: +100%
    Unique Boss drops 3 additional Maps
    Unique Boss gives 2000% increased Experience
    0.5 Flask Charges recovered every 3 seconds
    +(-2-2) to Monster Level of Area
    Some dead have long envied the living.
    When given the chance, they take from us what they can.
    So we offer our suffrage.
    In return, they give only suffering.
    Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.
    ) now instead rely on the variable tier.
3.5.0
  • The Atlas of Worlds has been shuffled. Most maps have changed tier and location within the Atlas.
  • As part of this Atlas shuffle, many maps have been reviewed with the goal of bringing their layouts or monster densities up to par with other maps.
  • The Atlas will now be shuffled every league. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
3.3.0d
  • Incursions can no longer spawn in the Maelström of Chaos unique map.
3.1.0
2.4.0
2.3.0
  • Fixing a bug where Maelström monsters could get Soul Conduit and other mods which did not work with them.
2.0.0
1.2.4
  • Fixed a bug where rocks could spawn in the boss room in the Maelstrom of Chaos unique map. Merveil could teleport inside of them and become trapped.
1.2.0
  • Updated to the new Merveil fight.
0.10.3
  • Introduced to the game as unique item.
0.9.11
  • Removed the Maelstrom of Chaos. It has been replaced by our Maps end-game. For more information about Maps, please read the development diary entry on our site.
0.9.5g
  • Changed all Maelstrom of Chaos levels to be level 58.
0.9.5e
  • Added the new Ancient Pyramid monsters to the Maelstrom of Chaos.
0.9.5
  • We're now biasing towards higher item base types extremely strongly for most item types. This means that it's much easier to stay up to date with the current highest item type for each slot. For example, if a bow drops in the Maelstrom of Chaos, there's a ~40% chance that it's the level 58 bow.
0.9.3f
  • Fixed some more problems with the beach levels
0.9.3e
  • Reduced the frequency of rare monsters by 20%.
  • Slightly increased the difficulty of monsters
0.9.2b
  • Removed Mud Flats ambient sounds from all Maelstrom of Chaos areas.
0.9.1
  • Fixed a crash that occurred if you kill a Shield Crab on level 6-20 of the Maelström of Chaos.
0.8.6
  • Added a new end-game. After completing Merciless difficulty, you can talk to an Act Two NPC who will give you access to the Maelstrom of Chaos via a waypoint. The Maelstrom is a highly experimental work in progress, and will grow substantially with each patch. There are currently eight different level templates in it.

References

  1. Perusoe (March 16, 2012). "Path of Exile Beta - Maelström of Chaos (patch 0.9.6)". Youtube. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  2. SwedishTavern (March 26, 2012). "Path Of Exile - Beta 0.9.7 - Chakatys take a new look at Maelström Of Chaos ! Part 1". Youtube. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  3. ioncuff (July 6, 2012). "Maelström of Chaos (beta 0.9.10f)". Youtube. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  4. Stukkie (August 31, 2011). "Closed Beta Path of exile : lvl66 marauder in Maelstrom of Chaos.". Youtube. Retrieved April 24, 2023.