PoE2 Delirium: Unveiling Fog Abilities, Bonuses, and Gameplay

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 leagues, detailing its initiation, mechanics, rewards, and the Simulacrum Pinnacle event.

Understanding Delirium and the Fog Mechanic

On the Atlas, map nodes with guaranteed endgame events are marked with specific icons. Delirium Mirrors are denoted by a distinctive black and white icon. To guarantee a Delirium event, place a Delirium Precursor Tablet in 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 and resets the map.

Enemies within the Fog are enhanced and drop unique rewards: Distilled Emotions (used in crafting) and Simulacrum Splinters (for summoning the Pinnacle Boss). Fractured Mirrors within the Fog spawn additional mobs and loot.

Random boss encounters with Kosis and Omniphobia may occur; these are full-fledged bosses, not just rare enemies. They can also appear during the Simulacrum Pinnacle event.

The Delirium Pinnacle Event: Simulacrum

Each endgame event offers items to summon a Pinnacle Boss. High-tier Waystones in Delirium drop Simulacrum Splinters. Accumulate 300 splinters to create a Simulacrum, placing it in the Realmgate to initiate a 15-wave challenge. Difficulty escalates with each wave, and 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, 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 grants two points, necessitating increased difficulty for each new Notable node.

Notable Delirium Passives 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 rewards 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 for passive skill point investment.

Distilled Emotions can also add guaranteed modifiers to Waystones, increasing the Delirious debuff and mob strength. Simulacrum Splinters, also dropped by enemies, combine to create a Simulacrum for the Pinnacle event, rewarding Delirium Passive points and a 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