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, map nodes offering guaranteed Delirium events are marked with a distinctive white and black icon resembling the Delirium Mirror. To guarantee a Delirium event, insert 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 spreading circle of Delirium Fog. Enemies within the fog are significantly stronger, but also yield unique rewards:
- Distilled Emotions: Used for crafting and anointing.
- Simulacrum Splinters: Used to summon the Pinnacle Boss.
- Fractured Mirrors: Interacting with these spawns additional mobs and loot.
Two potential bosses, Kosis and Omniphobia, can randomly appear during the encounter. These are full-fledged bosses, not rare enemies.
The Simulacrum Pinnacle Event
High-tier Waystones within Delirium Fog drop Simulacrum Splinters. Accumulate 300 splinters to create a Simulacrum, which you place in the Realmgate. This initiates a challenging 15-wave encounter with increasing difficulty and a higher chance of encountering Delirium bosses in later waves. Completing the Simulacrum awards two Delirium Passive Skill points.
The Delirium Passive Skill Tree
Accessible via the Atlas Passive Skill Tree (top-left button on the Atlas Map, then top-right section), the Delirium Passive Skill Tree offers modifiers to enhance rewards or add complexity. It features eight Notable nodes and eight nodes increasing Simulacrum difficulty. Each new Notable node requires completing a Simulacrum at a higher difficulty.
Notable Delirium Passive Nodes:
| 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? | Delirium Fog doubles difficulty scaling but also doubles Splinter stacks. | 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 Fog-affected enemies drop Distilled Emotions. These unique currencies anoint amulets with Notable Passive Skills, eliminating the need to allocate passive skill points. They can also add guaranteed modifiers to Waystones. Simulacrum Splinters, obtained from enemies, combine to create the Simulacrum for the Pinnacle event, rewarding Delirium Passive points and a guaranteed unique item.
All PoE 2 Distilled Emotions:
Distilled Envy
Distilled Fear
Distilled Isolation
This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the Delirium endgame event in Path of Exile 2. Mastering these mechanics will significantly enhance your endgame experience.
