Path of Exile 2: A Comprehensive Guide to Delirium Endgame Events
Path of Exile 2's Atlas map features four major endgame events: Rituals, Breaches, Expeditions, and Delirium. This guide focuses on Delirium, a returning mechanic from previous PoE leagues, detailing how to initiate events, navigate the encounter, utilize the passive skill tree, and maximize rewards.
Understanding the Delirium Fog Mechanic
On the Atlas, Delirium-enabled map nodes are marked with a distinctive white and black icon resembling the Delirium Mirror. Guarantee a Delirium event by inserting a Delirium Precursor Tablet into a Lost Tower.
Within a Delirium map, locate the multicolored, shattered-glass Delirium Mirror near your spawn. Activating it unleashes a swirling circle of Fog. This Fog expands, increasing enemy difficulty. Leaving the Fog ends the encounter.
Enemies within the Fog are stronger, dropping 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 appear randomly.
The Delirium Pinnacle Event: Simulacrum
High-tier Waystones in Delirium yield Simulacrum Splinters. Accumulate 300 splinters to create a Simulacrum, placing it in the Realmgate to access the 15-wave Simulacrum event. Difficulty escalates with each wave, increasing the likelihood of encountering Delirium bosses. Completion grants two Delirium Passive points.
Navigating the Delirium Passive Skill Tree
The Delirium Passive Skill Tree, located within 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 rewards two passive points, necessitating increased difficulty for each new Notable node.
Here's a selection of Notable nodes and their effects:
| Notable Delirium Passive | Effect | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Get Out Of My Head! | 20% chance for Waystones to have an Instilled Emotion effect | N/A |
| Would You Like To See My Face? | Doubles Fog difficulty scaling, 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, 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 Rare monsters pauses Fog dissipation for 4 seconds | N/A |
| Isn't It Tempting? | 30% chance for an extra reward; Delirium Demons deal 30% increased 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; Fog dissipates 50% 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 Fog-affected enemies drop Distilled Emotions. Bosses also frequently drop them. These currencies anoint amulets with Notable Passive Skills, eliminating the need to allocate passive skill points.
They also add guaranteed modifiers to Waystones, increasing the Delirious debuff and enemy density within the Fog. Simulacrum Splinters, also dropped by enemies, combine to form a Simulacrum, leading to the 15-wave event with unique equipment rewards.
