Path of Exile 2's Endgame: A Comprehensive Guide to Delirium Events
Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) features four primary endgame events within the Atlas map: Rituals, Breaches, Expeditions, and Delirium. This guide focuses on Delirium, a returning mechanic from previous PoE leagues, detailing its initiation, mechanics, rewards, and the associated Simulacrum Pinnacle event.
Understanding the Delirium Fog Mechanic
On the Atlas, map nodes guaranteeing Delirium events are marked with a distinctive white and black icon resembling the Delirium Mirror. You can also guarantee Delirium events by placing a Delirium Precursor Tablet in a Lost Tower.
Within a Delirium map, locate the multicolored, shattered-glass Delirium Mirror near your spawn point. Activating it unleashes a swirling circle of Delirium Fog. This fog expands across the map, increasing enemy difficulty with its progression. Leaving the fog ends the encounter, resetting the map.
Enemies within the fog are enhanced and offer unique rewards: Distilled Emotions (used in crafting) and Simulacrum Splinters (for summoning the Pinnacle Boss). Fractured Mirrors within the fog spawn additional waves of enemies and loot. Be wary of Kosis and Omniphobia, full-fledged bosses that can randomly appear during the encounter.
The Simulacrum Pinnacle Event
Each endgame event provides items to summon its Pinnacle Boss. High-tier Waystones in Delirium yield Simulacrum Splinters. Accumulate 300 splinters to create a Simulacrum, placing it in the Realmgate to initiate a challenging 15-wave encounter. Delirium bosses have an increased chance of spawning in later waves. Completion rewards two Delirium Passive Skill points.
The Delirium Passive Skill Tree
The Delirium Passive Skill Tree, accessible via the Atlas Passive Skill Tree (top-left button on the Atlas Map, then top-right), modifies Delirium events. It features eight Notable nodes and eight nodes increasing Simulacrum difficulty. Each Simulacrum completion grants two passive points, necessitating increased difficulty with each new Notable node.
Notable Delirium Passive Nodes and their Effects:
| Notable Delirium Passive | Effect | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Get Out Of My Head! | Waystones have a 20% chance to have an Instilled Emotion effect. | N/A |
| Would You Like To See My Face? | Doubles fog difficulty scaling but doubles Splinter stack size. | Get Out Of My Head! |
| You Can't Just Wake Up From This One | Delirium Fog dissipates 30% slower. | N/A |
| I'm Not Afraid Of You! | Delirium Bosses have 50% increased Life, but drop 50% more Splinters. | You Can't Just Wake Up From This One |
| They're Coming To Get You... | Unique Bosses spawn 25% more often; slaying rares pauses fog dissipation. | N/A |
| Isn't It Tempting? | 30% chance for an extra reward, but Delirium Demons deal 30% more damage. | N/A |
| The Mirrors... The Mirrors! | Delirium Fog spawns Fractured Mirrors twice as often. | N/A |
| It's Not Real, It's Not Real! | Delirium enemies drop 50% more reward progress, but fog dissipates faster. | N/A |
Prioritize "You Can't Just Wake Up From This One," "Get Out Of My Head!", and "They're Coming To Get You" for optimal reward increases without significant drawbacks.
Delirium Rewards
Delirium enemies and bosses drop Distilled Emotions, used to Anoint amulets with Notable Passive Skills or add modifiers to Waystones.
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Simulacrum Splinters, also dropped by enemies, combine to create a Simulacrum for the Pinnacle event, rewarding passive points and a unique item.
