PoE 2 Delirium: Fog Mastery Unveiled

Path of Exile 2: A Comprehensive Guide to Delirium Endgame Events

Path of Exile 2's Atlas map features four major endgame encounters: Rituals, Breaches, Expeditions, and Delirium. This guide focuses on Delirium, a returning mechanic from previous leagues, detailing how to initiate events, navigate the encounter, utilize the passive skill tree, and maximize rewards.

Understanding the Delirium Fog Mechanic

Atlas map nodes offering guaranteed Delirium events are marked with a distinctive white and black icon resembling the Delirium Mirror. Alternatively, place a Delirium Precursor Tablet in a Lost Tower to guarantee a Delirium event on that node.

Within a Delirium map, locate the multicolored, shattered-glass Delirium Mirror near your spawn. Approaching it triggers a ghostly energy, initiating the encounter and creating a moving circle of Delirium Fog. Remaining within the Fog is crucial; exiting ends the encounter and resets the map.

Enemy difficulty increases with distance from the mirror. Enemies within the Fog are enhanced and drop unique Delirium rewards: Distilled Emotions (used in crafting) and Simulacrum Splinters (for summoning the Pinnacle Boss). Fractured Mirrors, when encountered, spawn additional mobs and loot.

Random boss encounters with Kosis and Omniphobia (full bosses with HP bars) can occur during Delirium events, even within the Simulacrum Pinnacle event.

The Simulacrum Pinnacle Event

Each endgame event provides materials for summoning a Pinnacle Boss. High-tier Waystones in Delirium Fog yield Simulacrum Splinters. Accumulate 300 splinters to create a Simulacrum, placing it in the Realmgate on the Atlas Map.

The Simulacrum is a challenging 15-wave encounter with increasing difficulty. Delirium bosses have a higher chance of appearing in later waves. Completion rewards two Delirium Passive Skill points.

The Delirium Passive Skill Tree

Located on the Atlas Passive Skill Tree (top-right), the Delirium Passive Skill Tree (distinctively white and mirror-shaped) modifies Delirium events. It features eight Notable nodes and eight nodes increasing Simulacrum difficulty.

Each Simulacrum completion grants two passive points. Increasing Simulacrum difficulty is necessary to access new Notable nodes.

Notable Delirium Passive Nodes and Their Effects:

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 Event 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 spend passive skill points.

Distilled Emotions are also used to add guaranteed modifiers to Waystones, increasing Delirium mob numbers and power. Simulacrum Splinters, also dropped by enemies, combine to create a Simulacrum for the Pinnacle event, rewarding Delirium Passive points and a guaranteed unique item.

All PoE 2 Distilled Emotions:

Distilled Ire Distilled Guilt Distilled Greed Distilled Paranoia Distilled Envy Distilled Disgust Distilled Despair Distilled Fear Distilled Suffering Distilled Isolation

This comprehensive guide equips you to conquer the Delirium endgame in Path of Exile 2. Master the Fog, utilize the passive tree strategically, and reap the rich rewards.