Map Device
Item class: Hideout Decoration
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The Map Device is a world object that allows the player to access certain areas by placing items such as maps, map fragments, or other map-related items inside it. The Map Device starts with four slots, and up to two additional slots can be unlocked.
Accessing the Map Device
The first interactable Map Device the player encounters is located in The Chamber of Sins Level 1 in Act 7 to use Maligaro's MapMaligaro's Map"Certain maps can only be rendered in the most vivid of viscera."
- Inquisitor Maligaro quest item to enter Maligaro's Sanctum. This Map Device cannot activate any other map.
In the Epilogue, players will gain access to a fully functional map device in the Karui Shores. After completing the mission A Call to Arms, the player will also receive a personal Map Device decoration which can be placed in your hideout and used instead. This personal Map Device can then be used by any character that has completed Act 10.
Mechanics
In order to activate the device, maps, one or more map fragments, and/or miscellaneous map items need to be placed inside the Map Receptacle. Generally, only one item is required, but for certain map fragments the player may be required to arrange the fragments in a certain order (typically as keys to an endgame boss).
It is also possible to place other map-related items alongside a map for bonuses:
- Map fragments adds increased item quantity to the area
- Divine VesselDivine VesselUnique Boss deals 10% increased Damage
Unique Boss has 10% increased Attack and Cast Speed
Unique Boss has 10% increased Life
Unique Boss has 20% increased Area of EffectPower is a curious thing.
It can be contained, hidden, locked away,
and yet it always breaks free.Can be used in a personal Map Device, allowing you to capture the Soul of the Map's Boss. The Vessel containing the captured Soul can be retrieved from the Map Device. You must be in the Map when the boss is defeated. can be used to collect Pantheon souls from certain map bosses - Blood-filled VesselBlood-filled VesselCan be used in a personal Map Device alongside a Map to add the monsters stored from a previous Ritual Altar to a Ritual Altar in that Map.s will cause a Ritual to spawn in the map containing the captured monsters.
- Scarabs add various encounters or effects to a map
By default, the map device has 4 items slots. Two additional slots can be unlocked for a total of 6 slots. To unlock the additional slots, the player must do the following, in any order:
- Complete a 10-boss Maven's Invitation: The Atlas for the first time
- Complete a non-Valdo's tier 17 map for the first time
The map device can also add one of several different map crafting options to map areas, including a boost to item quantity up to 8% as you complete maps (the default), guaranteed previous challenge league encounters for the price of a couple Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it.s (also known as Kirac mods, unlocked as your complete maps), or rarely other mechanics such as Monstrous Treasure through the use of several Atlas passive skills.
Later on, upgrades to the map device may be used to complete the Atlas questlines, and eventually advance progress with the Maven or the Eldritch Horrors mechanics by Maven witnessing the Map Boss or adding Eldritch influence to your maps respectively.
Six portals to the map area are opened when the Map Device is activated. Each portal can only be used once and are shared amongst a party.
List of map crafting options
Various map crafting options are unlocked as the player increases their Atlas map bonus completion. These map crafts, like the Atlas passive tree, applies only to your non-unique maps. The first use of each craft (except Fortune Favours the Brave) is free, and additional free uses may be obtained via the Atlas notable Shaping the Mountains.
Certain map crafting options for mechanics that are limited to 1 in a map (e.g. Expedition) cause an error[1] if attempting to add another source of the encounter (like an Expedition Scarab), whereas other options like Breach will apply the craft and consume Breach Scarabs.
Fortune Favours the Brave selects a random map crafting option. Unlike choosing a specific option, Fortune Favours the Brave cannot block an outcome from happening; for example, it is possible to open a map with an Expedition Scarab and randomly roll Expedition, wasting the use of Fortune Favours the Brave.[2]
- Bold Undertakings causes Fortune Favours the Brave to randomly select two map crafting options for 6x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it.s.
- Overloaded Circuits causes map crafting options to cost twice as much, but also allocates 3 random notables on the Atlas passive tree related to that mechanic.
Modifier | Effect | Cost |
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Default | (1 to 8)% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area | Free |
Fortune Favours the Brave | One of the options available from this device will be applied at random, including options you have not yet unlocked. |
3x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Anarchy | Area contains 3 additional Rogue Exiles | 2x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Torment | Area is haunted by 3 additional Tormented Spirits | 2x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Domination | Area contains 3 additional Shrines | 3x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Abyss | Area contains 2 additional Abysses | 4x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Ambush | Area contains 4 additional Strongboxes | 4x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Blight | Area contains a Blight Encounter | 4x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Harbinger | Area contains 2 additional Harbingers | 4x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Ritual | Area contains a Ritual Encounter | 4x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Beyond | Slaying Enemies close together can attract monsters from Beyond this realm | 5x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Heist | Area contains 2 additional Smuggler's Caches | 5x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Legion | Area contains an additional Legion Encounter | 5x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Ultimatum | Area contains an Ultimatum Encounter | 5x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Essence | Area contains 4 additional Imprisoned Monsters Areas can contain Imprisoned Monsters |
6x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Breach | Area contains 3 additional Breaches | 6x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Expedition | Area contains an Expedition Encounter | 6x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Harvest | Area contains The Sacred Grove | 6x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
Delirium | Area contains a Mirror of Delirium | 7x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
The price of each map crafting option correlates with the required Atlas Completion for each craft to unlock:
Modifier Cost | Atlas Completion |
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Default (1 to 8)% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area |
1/4/14/29/43/58/72/90 |
Fortune Favours the Brave | 14 |
2x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 1 |
3x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 7 |
4x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 22 |
5x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 43 |
6x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 65 |
7x Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. | 90 |
Special map crafting options
Special map crafting options can be obtained via Shaping the Skies or from It That Fled in a Research safehouse:
Modifier | Effect | Acquisition |
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Corrupting Tempest | Area contains a Corrupting Tempest | Shaping the Skies |
Alluring Vaal Side Area | Area contains an Alluring Vaal Side Area | Shaping the Skies |
Improved Labyrinth Trial | Area contains a Labyrinth Trial that awards an Improved Offering to the Goddess | Shaping the Skies |
Breachstone Bargain | Rare Monsters drop an additional Reward Type Area has an additional random Modifier (Can only be applied to Breachstones) |
It That Fled in Research safehouse |
Enriched Breachstone Bargain | Rare Monsters drop 2 additional Reward Types Area has 2 additional random Modifiers (Can only be applied to Breachstones) |
It That Fled in Research safehouse |
Pure Breachstone Bargain | Rare Monsters drop 3 additional Reward Types Area has 3 additional random Modifiers (Can only be applied to Breachstones) |
It That Fled in Research safehouse |
Scarab map crafting options
These map crafting options can be obtained by placing a Scarab of BisectionScarab of BisectionStack Size: 20
Limit: 1You can select the Nullify Prefixes or Nullify Suffixes crafting options on the Map DeviceWhen something is cut in half, which half is the original?Can be used in a personal Map Device to add modifiers to a Map. into your map device.
Modifier | Effect |
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Nullify Prefixes | Prefix Modifiers have no effect |
Nullify Suffixes | Suffix Modifiers have no effect |
These map crafting options can be obtained by placing a Horned Scarab of AwakeningHorned Scarab of AwakeningStack Size: 20
Limit: 1You can select one Imbued crafting option on the Map DeviceThe Atlas can be anything you want... and everything you want.Can be used in a personal Map Device to add modifiers to a Map. into your map device.
Modifier | Effect |
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Imbued Abyss | Area contains an additional Abyss Abysses in Area have 100% increased chance to lead to an Abyssal Depths Areas can contain Abysses |
Imbued Ambush | Area contains 6 additional Strongboxes 100% increased chance for Strongboxes in Area to be Unique |
Imbued Anarchy | Area is inhabited by 3 additional Rogue Exiles Items dropped by Rogue Exiles in Area have a 20% chance to be Fractured |
Imbued Beyond | Slaying Enemies close together can attract monsters from Beyond this realm Monsters have 80% increased chance to spawn a Beyond Portal |
Imbued Blight | Area contains a Blight Encounter Blight Chests in Area have a 100% increased chance to contain Oils |
Imbued Breach | Breaches have 100% increased Area of Effect Area can contain Breaches Area contains 2 additional Breaches |
Imbued Delirium | Delirium Monsters in Area have 40% increased Pack Size Areas contain a Mirror of Delirium |
Imbued Domination | Area contains 3 additional Shrines 300% increased Duration of Shrine Effects on Players |
Imbued Essence | Imprisoned Monsters in Area have 30% chance to have 3 additional Essences Area contains 2 additional Imprisoned Monsters Areas can contain Imprisoned Monsters |
Imbued Expedition | Area contains an Expedition Encounter Vendor Refresh Currencies dropped in Area have a 25% chance to be converted to Logbooks |
Imbued Harbinger | Area contains 3 additional Harbingers Harbingers have a 25% chance to be replaced by a powerful Harbinger boss |
Imbued Harvest | Area contains The Sacred Grove Harvests in Area have 50% chance for the unchosen Crop to not wilt Harvested Plants in Area have 50% chance to spawn an additional Monster |
Imbued Legion | Area contains 2 additional Legion Encounters Legion Encounters with a General in Area have both Generals |
Imbued Ritual | Areas contain Ritual Altars 150% increased chance of Ritual Altars with Special Rewards |
Imbued Torment | Area is haunted by 8 additional Tormented Spirits |
Imbued Ultimatum | Areas contain an Ultimatum Encounter Ultimatum Encounters in your Maps last up to 13 Rounds |
Other map-like items
These items can be used on a Map Device to open an instance to an area. They are classified as Map Fragments by item class.
- Breachstones
- Emblems (in combinations of 2~5 factions)
- SimulacrumSimulacrumHow do you defeat that which dwells within you?Open a Delirium portal by using this item in a personal Map Device. Can only be used once.
- Sacred BlossomSacred BlossomIt isn't the twisted transformative power of corruption that makes it so dangerous.
It is its ability to hide in plain sight.Open a portal to the Sacred Grove by using this item in a personal Map Device. Can only be used once. - An Audience With The KingAn Audience With The KingOn the edge of existence,
he watches with ire.Open a portal to the Crux of Nothingness by using this item in a personal Map Device. Can only be used once. - 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. - Sacrifice Set
- Mortal Set
- A single Sacrifice Fragment or Mortal Fragment opens a portal to a Vaal side area.
- Key to the Crucible
- Key to Decay
- Maddening Object
- Crest of the Elderslayers
Five copies of these fragment can be used to open portals to a zone containing an Uber Pinnacle Boss, provided you have already defeated the regular version of the boss:
- Cosmic FragmentCosmic FragmentThe Shaper's Realm is level 85
The Shaper's full power is unleashed in The Shaper's RealmA single act of love and defiance
may cascade destruction across the cosmos.Use five of these in a personal Map Device to open Portals to The Shaper's Realm. Can only be used once. (The Shaper) - Decaying FragmentDecaying FragmentThe Shaper's Realm is level 85
The Shaper's and The Elder's full power are unleashed in The Shaper's RealmA void where only terror and emptiness exists;
those who attempt to struggle only hasten the assimilationUse five of these in a personal Map Device to open Portals to The Shaper's Realm. Can only be used once. (Uber Elder) - Awakening FragmentAwakening FragmentThe Eye of the Storm is level 85
Sirus' full power is unleashed in The Eye of the StormAgony born of ennui.
Hate born of love.Use five of these in a personal Map Device to open Portals to The Eye of the Storm. Can only be used once. (Sirus, Awakener of Worlds) - Synthesising FragmentSynthesising FragmentThe Cortex is level 85
Venarius' full power is unleashed in the CortexWhen memories become twisted by a corrupted mind,
history is rewritten, time after time.Use five of these in a personal Map Device to open Portals to The Cortex. Can only be used once. (Venarius) - Reality FragmentReality FragmentThe Absence of Mercy and Empathy is level 85
The Maven's full power is unleashed in The Absence of Mercy and EmpathyYou must rise from mere amusement to respected equal.Use five of these in a personal Map Device to open Portals to The Absence of Mercy and Empathy. Can only be used once. (The Maven) - Devouring FragmentDevouring FragmentThe Absence of Symmetry and Harmony is level 85
The Eater of Worlds' full power is unleashed in The Absence of Symmetry and HarmonyAt the core of the mass, a fierce hunger seethes,
as the Tangle's champion devours a myriad of worlds...Use five of these in a personal Map Device to open Portals to The Absence of Symmetry and Harmony. Can only be used once. (The Eater of Worlds) - Blazing FragmentBlazing FragmentThe Absence of Patience and Wisdom is level 85
The Searing Exarch's full power is unleashed in The Absence of Patience and WisdomConstellations are systematically incinerated
in the wake of an ever-expanding archive of minds.Use five of these in a personal Map Device to open Portals to The Absence of Patience and Wisdom. Can only be used once. (The Searing Exarch)
These items can be used on a Map Device to open an instance to an area. They are classified as Misc Map Items by item class.
- Vault keys
- Eldritch Invitations
- 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. (quest versions) - Chronicle of AtzoatlChronicle of Atzoatl"Grand plans were laid for a place called Atzoatl, though fierce bickering between its Architects is said to have stifled its development." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Research ReportRight click this item to view the Temple of Atzoatl.
Can be used in a personal Map Device to open portals to the Temple of Atzoatl in the present day. - Inscribed UltimatumInscribed UltimatumCan be used in a personal map device to open portals to the Trialmaster's Domain and attempt his challenge. Portals will close once the challenge begins.
Expedition LogbookExpedition LogbookTake this item to Dannig in your Hideout to open portals to an expedition.s cannot be opened using the map device, and instead must be opened through Dannig.
Lore
Players encountered two Map Devices in throughout the Act 1 to 10. The Ancient Reverie Device in The Chamber of Sins Level 1, which was repaired before Act 7 and allowed the player character to use Maligaro's MapMaligaro's Map"Certain maps can only be rendered in the most vivid of viscera."
- Inquisitor Maligaro during Act 7. The device cannot be used again afterwards[3]. The player also encountered another nonfunctional map device in the Eternal Laboratory subarea of The Solaris Temple Level 2. That map device (known as the Reverie Device) was made by Malachai, and is canonically a copy of the device in the Chamber of Sins. The Reverie Device was previously functional until version 3.0 in the Merciless difficulty of The Solaris Temple Level 2.
A third device was located in The Templar Laboratory which was made by Valdo Caeserius, though this area is no longer accessible due to the change of endgame timelines. This map device exploded during the epilogue of the Conquerors of the Atlas expansion. The map device in The Templar Laboratory was functional from version 3.0 until 3.9. This map device is also used in Path of Exile Mobile, 20 years before the first game. A fourth device exists inside of The Shaper's Realm.
In previous expansions Conquerors of the Atlas and Echoes of the Atlas (version 3.9 to 3.16), player restored a fifth map device from spare parts in the Vault of Venarius as part of the Picking Up the Pieces quest; it is implied that these were remnants of the map device Venarius used to encounter the Elder. In the same patches, a sixth device can be seen during Sirus boss fight, which is located on the Cathedral Rooftop (in the Atlas of Worlds, not the The Cathedral Rooftop in Oriath). This map device connects to the one in the Templar Laboratory (now restored), allowing the player to chase down Sirus. The Sirus encounter is not part of the current storyline, and the boss encounter is considered an interactable "memory" that generated by the power of the Atlas.
In the current expansion, Siege of the Atlas, Commander Kirac explains that the Citizen Vanguard has secured at least 3 functional map devices set up in the bunker at the Karui Shores. More decorations similar to the personal Map Device can be seen in the Kirac's Vault subarea of the Karui Shores. Portals from the map device in either Karui Shores or hideout are shared, preventing the ability to open two different map instances at once. It is unknown if the map devices in the Karui Shores are new map devices, or recovered from Wraeclast and Oriath.
When opening a map that contains a Smuggler's Cache as part of Kirac's master mission, he claims that the "criminals" may possess their own map device.
During Synthesis league, the Memory Nexus and boss memory fragments also contained a decoration that resembled a map device (now purchasable as the Synthesis Map DeviceSynthesis Map DeviceHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout MTX). However, due to Synthesis not going core, it is unclear whether these are real map devices or if they still currently exist.
In Settlers league, as the town of Kingsmarch develops, the player is able to construct Kalguuran Map Devices and hire Atlas Runners to run their maps. They are constructed by Isla, using her experience on map devices she gained 20 years ago, modified with Kalguuran runes.
Version history
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In addition to the Guild improvements noted above, we've also made improvements to Hideouts in Path of Exile: Scourge.
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References
- ↑
The outcome of attempting to add Expedition to a map when used with an Expedition Scarab. - ↑
The outcome of rolling Expedition from Fortune Favours the Brave when used with an Expedition Scarab. - ↑ Version 3.2.3b patch notes
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1bqyb2l/monstrous_treasure_and_infused_legacy_map_device/