The new Return of the Ancients update for Path of Exile 2 is out, and it looks like it Grinding Gear Games it changed the gameplay of the last game dramatically, keeping players engaged and forcing us all to sink hundreds of extra hours into this new patch.
One of the new features added to the Endgame map section is the introduction of 3 Atlas Masters, Hilda, Jado and Doryani. You will remember Hilda and Jado from your experience blasting the interlude parts, and, Doryani, we already know her.
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Once you’ve earned points from these masters, you can trade them at will, giving certain buffs and bonuses to your maps while that master is active. But what do these buffs do, and how do we make them work? Let’s get into it!
Hilda’s Hunt
As soon as you start the end-game mapping phase of PoE2, you will be directed towards Hilda’s camp, located a few blocks southwest of the original location. Here you can communicate with Hilda, and she will tell you to look for a Giant Beast somewhere nearby.
You can use the new search function in the Atlas to find this map very quickly, or just look smaller green and yellow icon which appears above the map node.
Hilda will tell you to find a total of 4 Big Animals to earn each of her Points. To complete these missions, you just need to complete the map and kill the boss at the end. A simple privilege?
Once you unlock all 4 points for each boss, you can allocate them however you wish. There is no limit, for example, to each row or column. They just open with a line.
Here are the buffs you can unlock from Hilda’s Hunting:
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Name |
Explanation |
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Breeding Season |
15% increased Rare Monsters and Rare Monsters have a 25% increased chance to Transform Monsters |
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Mighty Prey |
25% chance to upgrade Map Masters to Powerful Map Masters |
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Scarred countries |
15% increased number of Runic Monster Markers and 20% increased number of Rare Expedition Monsters |
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Soul Eaters |
Map Bosses have 2% increased Efficiency per 100 Power of monsters killed in the area |
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A Dangerous Game |
Rogue Exiles have a 20% chance to escape to the nearest map and upgrade their Equipment |
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The will of the Draíocht |
Spirits of Azmeri cannot Possess Strange Monsters |
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Lethal Adaptation |
40% increased Performance of Unique Monsters with Modifiers |
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The Call of the Spirits |
Unique Possessed Monsters release Spirits from death |
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Ancient Writings |
25% increased effect of Clear Modifiers on Tablets for each type of Tablet that touches the Map area |
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Constipation and Diarrhea |
The Pinnacle Boss may be threatened with a 5% chance to drop another Unique item and a 1% chance that Unique Monsters may be taunted by a Unique item |
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Wanted places |
Overlord’s Influence and Overlord’s Domain Atlas Passive abilities have a 45% chance to add double content |
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Patient Battue |
25% chance 1 Rare Monster is replaced by a random Map Boss and 5% chance 3 Extra Rare Monsters are replaced by a random Map Boss |
Hilda is very good at farming the bosses found at the end of your maps. You can use such buffs The will of the Draiocht allowing the wisps to have masters, Patient Battue flooding your maps with powerful enemies as well Soul Eaters so that they can move forward.
Jado’s Spycraft
You can start Jado’s Questline by completing the Seal Vault, which appears north of the main starting point. This place is located at the top of the mountain near the Fortress wall.
When you destroy the main boss of this area, Jado will be tasked with searching for 3 more areas, each corresponding to one of the areas. campaign managers. These areas require you to complete the maps around them and activate a pillar when you’re done to unlock the central map inside.
Once you have completed the Jade Isles, Derelict Mansion and Sacred Reservoir, you will have completed all of Jado’s Missions and unlocked his points.
These maps are great for farming expensive Lineage Supports by adding “Many Waystones” to your tablets.
Here are the buffs you can unlock in Jado’s Spycraft:
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Name |
Explanation |
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Unexpected Jobs |
Corrupted Waystones unlock Maps with one additional random Modifier and Corrupted Waystones unlock a Random Map Area when used on Base Maps. |
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In the Wrong Hands |
Mighty Map Managers throw in something different |
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Trove seekers |
100% increased amount of Rare Chests & Strongboxes with 100% increased chance to spawn |
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Mysterious Gifts |
Rare Strongbox Monsters have a 5% chance to drop a Cryptic Key & Rare Monsters have a 1% chance to drop a Cryptic Key |
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Oriental Knowledge |
Verisium Remnants has a 10% chance to be rolled overtime, which maintains a rare effect |
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Unexpected Threats |
5% chance to clear Maps to reveal a nearby Anomaly map |
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Translation Section |
20% chance of double effect of Clear Modifiers on Tablets |
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Long Days |
20% more Chance of Extra Random Content |
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Stolen Relics |
Unique Strongboxes may be Legacy of the Order, dropping the key to the Twilight Reliquary |
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Ancient Actions |
Powerful Map Masters have a 5% chance to add Ancient Modifiers to the nearby map |
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Critical Assessment |
50% increased Unique Items found |
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Untold Histories |
35% increased chance of getting Lineage Supports, Pinnacle Bosses take 35% less Damage and Pinnacle Bosses have a 50% chance to drop more Lineage Support |
Jado is great for a few reasons. Similar to Hilda, their allies are very good at farming large area bosses, with similar buffs In the Wrong Hands again Untold Histories.
However, you can also try to focus on upgrading your tablets to create stronger maps with similar buffs Translation Section again Unexpected Jobs. Using all this with Tier 15, a 6-stack 3-tablet map will have great results!
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Doryani’s science
Finally, we come to Doryani. This is very similar to how you might remember unlocking Atlas in previous Leagues. You must first go to a Corrupted Nexusa large piece of blood shrivel on Atlas, then finish off the middle Node, killing both the main boss and the corrupted boss that comes after.
Make sure you talk to Doryani before completing your first nexus, or you won’t start her quest. If you do this, you will have to get another one to get your first point.
You must clear 3 patches of corruption from the map, giving you the first 3 points. However, after the 3rd episode of corruption, you will now need to go to A special Clean Node with an Immured Fury indicator.
This will randomly spawn a special boss within the map that you need to find and kill. This not located in the main boss arena, but elsewhere outside, so make sure you find it before leaving the map. Once you take out the Cleated Boss, Dorian it will appear and give you your last point.
The best way to find the Wasted Nexus is to go to the towers located around the map. These disperse much of the black mist, allowing you to see the edges of the red damaged areas.
Here are the buffs you can unlock in Doryani’s Science:
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Name |
Explanation |
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Evolutionary Pressure |
1% increased Small Item Availability Reduced Large Monsters per Map Clear Modifier, 2% increased Monster Performance per Map Clear Modifier & Rare Monsters have 3% increased Monster Change Chance per Map Clear Modifier |
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Sew the Meat |
Your maps have more Revival |
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A Refined Formula |
150% increased 150% Expedition Explosive Radius, 100% increased 100% Expedition Explosive Placement Range & Expeditions only have 1 explosion |
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Disengaged Safeties |
Areas of the map are Irradiated |
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Advanced Measurement |
Waystones have 25% more effect of Prefix Modifiers or 25% more effect of Suffix Modifiers when opening Maps |
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Shopping With Care |
Magic Monster Pack has a 35% chance to have an additional modifier |
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Machine Guards |
Non-Unique Strongboxes are monitored by Silent Building, These Strongboxes only roll Modifiers that apply to Construction, Unlocking a Strongbox makes Construction & Strongboxes have 2% increased Item Max per Modifier. |
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Hidden Patterns |
10% chance when completing a Map to make nearby Maps accessible |
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Dynamic Communication |
15% of the opportunity areas are either Clean or Damaged |
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The Serpent’s Head |
Pinnacle Bosses have a 25% chance to drop another Unique item, Pinnacle Bosses have a Revive & Powerful Map Bosses have a 5% chance when defeated to reveal a nearby Citadel. |
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Dam the River |
Azmeri Spirits Become monsters only after gaining maximum power |
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Remains of Greatness |
Map Masters have a 20% chance to guard a Precursor Terraformer that can be used to change the biome of a group of nearby maps |
Doryani is a bit of a game changer. If you just started the end game, then it makes sense to speed up this master first. If you don’t feel comfortable with 6-mod big mapsDoryani gives you a more healthy safety netso that you do not pass away immediately when you die.
You can add this regeneration buff to a group of others that help kill bosses, like him Remains of Greatness again The Serpent’s Head.
There is a high chance that more Atlas Masters are also coming, with their own unique buffs, so look forward to that in future Path of Exile 2 patches!
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December 6, 2024
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Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Nudity, Strong Violence, Sexual Themes, Language, User Interaction, In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items)
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Grinding Gear Games
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