Path of Exile 2: Conquer the Fog in Delirium

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

Path of Exile 2's Atlas features four major endgame encounters: Rituals, Breaches, Expeditions, and Delirium. This guide focuses on Delirium, a returning mechanic from previous PoE leagues, detailing its initiation, mechanics, rewards, and the Simulacrum Pinnacle event.

Understanding Delirium and the Fog Mechanic

On the Atlas, map nodes hosting guaranteed Delirium events are marked with a distinctive white and black icon resembling the Delirium Mirror. You can guarantee a Delirium event by placing 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 across the map, increasing enemy difficulty with its reach. 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, when activated, spawn additional mobs and loot.

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

The Delirium Pinnacle Event: Simulacrum

Each endgame event offers Pinnacle Boss summoning items. High-tier Waystones in Delirium Fog yield Simulacrum Splinters. Accumulate 300 splinters to craft a Simulacrum, placing it in the Realmgate to access the Simulacrum event – a challenging 15-wave encounter with escalating difficulty. Delirium bosses have an increased chance of spawning in later waves. Completion rewards two Delirium Passive Skill points.

The Delirium Passive Skill Tree

Accessed via the Atlas Passive Skill Tree (top-left button on the Atlas Map, then top-right), the Delirium Passive Skill Tree (distinguished by its white coloration and mirror shape) offers modifiers to enhance rewards or add complexity. It features eight Notable nodes and eight nodes increasing Simulacrum difficulty.

Each Simulacrum completion grants two passive points; increasing Simulacrum difficulty is necessary to reach new Notable nodes.

Notable Delirium Passives and 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.

PoE 2 Delirium Event Rewards

Delirium Fog-affected enemies drop Distilled Emotions. Bosses also frequently drop them. These Currencies are combined to Anoint amulets with Notable Passive Skills, avoiding the need to allocate passive skill points.

Distilled Emotions can also add guaranteed modifiers to Waystones, increasing Delirious debuff and mob strength. Simulacrum Splinters, also dropped by 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 Ire Distilled Guilt Distilled Greed Distilled Paranoia Distilled Envy Distilled Disgust Distilled Despair Distilled Fear Distilled Suffering Distilled Isolation