Mastering the Atlas: A Comprehensive Guide to Obtaining 132 Atlas Passive Points in Path of Exile

The Atlas Passive Tree is a critical system in Path of Exile (PoE), allowing you to customize your endgame experience by enhancing monster encounters, loot drops, and league mechanics. Achieving the maximum of 132 Atlas Passive Points unlocks the full potential of this system, enabling you to specialize in specific content and optimize your farming strategies. This guide will break down exactly how to acquire all 132 points, along with answers to frequently asked questions to solidify your understanding.

The Path to 132 Atlas Passive Points

To obtain all 132 Atlas Passive Points, you need to engage with various aspects of Path of Exile’s endgame content. The points are earned through four primary methods:

1. Atlas Map Completion Bonuses: This is the most significant source of Atlas Passive Points, accounting for a whopping 115 points. To earn these points, you must complete each of the 117 maps on the Atlas for the first time under specific conditions. These conditions differ based on the map’s tier:

   • White Maps (Tier 1-5): Must be completed with a Magic rarity.
   • Yellow Maps (Tier 6-10): Must be completed with a Rare rarity.
   • Red Maps (Tier 11-16): Must be completed with a Corrupted Rare rarity.

   You can monitor your progress by hovering over the map icon on your Atlas, which will display a checkbox for completion status. Prioritize completing maps you haven’t cleared yet, ensuring you meet the required rarity conditions. Using Corrupted Rare maps is crucial for acquiring the maximum number of Atlas points. This involves crafting or trading for maps of appropriate tier and applying a Vaal Orb on the map to obtain a Corrupted modifier. Note that Unique Maps don’t grant Atlas completion bonus and are for different purposes.

2. The Maven Questline: This questline rewards you with 5 Atlas Passive Points upon completion. The Maven’s questline requires you to defeat 10 different map bosses in her presence. After that, you have to fight the Maven herself to complete the questline and earn your 5 points. While this questline might seem daunting at first, it’s an essential step towards maximizing your Atlas Passive Tree.

3. Pinnacle Boss Defeats (Kirac’s Reward): For each Pinnacle Boss you defeat for the first time (The Infinite Hunger, The Searing Exarch, The Eater of Worlds, The Uber Elder, The Maven, and The Shaper), you’ll receive an Atlas Book of Skill from Kirac, awarding you 6 Atlas Passive Points. This is a one-time reward, so focusing on conquering the Pinnacle Bosses is important for building your Atlas tree. Completing each of those bosses once will provide the 6 skill points in total, this means each boss rewards 1 point and does not matter the order in which they are completed.

4. Endgame Invitations: Completing Endgame Invitations for the first time will award you with an additional 6 Atlas Passive Points. These are more difficult challenges and will require a stronger character and setup. These invitations have various challenges that can add many layers to the end-game content for Path of Exile.

By systematically focusing on these four objectives – completing maps with proper rarities, progressing the Maven questline, conquering Pinnacle Bosses, and finishing endgame invitations, you will be able to reach the maximum 132 Atlas Passive Points and become a master of your Atlas.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Here are 15 frequently asked questions about Atlas Passive Points, designed to further clarify the mechanics and nuances of this system:

1. What are Atlas Passive Points used for?

Atlas Passive Points are used to allocate skills on the Atlas Passive Tree. This tree offers a variety of bonuses that can influence monster density, loot quality, league mechanics, and more, allowing for highly customized and efficient mapping strategies.

2. Can I reset my Atlas Passive Tree?

Yes, you can reset your Atlas Passive Tree using Orb of Unmaking. Each Orb of Unmaking consumed provides one refund point, allowing you to reassign your allocated Atlas Passive Points as needed. Orb of Unmaking can also be purchased from Kirac for 2 Orb of Regret each or randomly dropped during maps.

3. How can I check my progress on Atlas Passive Points?

You can check how many Atlas Passive Points you have earned and how many you are missing by using the command /atlaspassives in your chat window.

4. What happens if I complete the same map more than once?

Completing the same map multiple times will not give you additional Atlas Passive Points. You only earn a point the first time you complete the map under the specified conditions.

5. How do I know which maps I have completed for the bonus?

When you open your Atlas, maps that are completed for bonus will have a checkbox on the top left corner of the map icon. The maps that are not completed will show without a checkmark in the same location.

6. Does map tier matter for Atlas bonus?

The map tier matters only in determining the rarity requirement for completion bonus. You will receive completion bonus for a white, yellow, or red map of that tier as long as the rarity matches the requirement. For example, a tier 1 map will award the completion bonus if it’s completed as a magic rarity, or a tier 16 map with corrupted rare rarity.

7. Do Blighted Maps count towards the completion bonuses?

Blighted Maps do not count towards the Atlas completion bonuses. They exist outside of the main Atlas map structure and are not part of its normal completion system.

8. What are Voidstones and how do they relate to Atlas Passives?

Voidstones are obtained by defeating specific endgame bosses and can be used to change your Atlas region. They do not directly give Atlas Passive Points, but they increase the difficulty of your maps and can help you progress further in the Atlas, which facilitates the process of acquiring map completion bonuses and thus passive points.

9. How do I obtain Orb of Unmaking?

Orbs of Unmaking are purchasable from Kirac, using Orb of Regret as the currency, or can drop randomly from maps, especially when running The Maven’s challenges.

10. How much accuracy should my character have?

Accuracy requirements will vary based on the class you are playing. If you don’t have high dexterity, then it is recommended to have 2-3 affixes of 200-400 accuracy somewhere on your gear, which will total around 2500-3000 accuracy which should suffice. Aiming for an 85%+ chance to hit in the late game is generally considered adequate.

11. Do Blighted maps benefit from Atlas passives?

Only regular maps with the “contains a blight” enchantment are affected by your atlas passives. Blighted and Blight Ravaged maps are not affected, because those maps do not exist on your atlas.

12. Can I use the same map boss to complete the Maven’s 10 map boss kills?

No, the Maven requires you to witness the defeat of 10 unique Map Bosses. Defeating the same boss multiple times will not progress the Maven’s invitation questline.

13. What do I do after I have completed the 117 maps?

After completing all 117 maps, you should focus on tackling Pinnacle Bosses and engaging with Endgame Invitations to obtain the remaining Atlas Passive Points. You can also begin using the Atlas tree for specific strategies.

14. Does increased item quantity affect Atlas point drop?

No, increased item quantity does not affect the drops of the Atlas Books of Skill, Orb of Unmaking, or the Atlas Passive Points themselves. These are given based on certain objectives being met.

15. What is the fastest way to acquire all the Atlas passives?

The fastest way is to focus on one map tier at a time, getting all of the completion bonuses. Use Corrupted Rare Maps as the highest map tier possible, and work your way down, since the lowest tiers only need to be magic rarity. Then work on the remaining challenges required for the passive points.

Conclusion

Achieving the maximum 132 Atlas Passive Points is a crucial milestone in Path of Exile. By understanding the mechanics outlined above and focusing on map completion, boss encounters, and engaging in Endgame Invitations, you’ll fully unlock the potential of the Atlas Passive Tree. Use this knowledge to customize your endgame experience, optimize your farming strategies, and conquer the challenges that await you in Wraeclast. Happy mapping!