PoE 2: Delirium Mechanics, Skills, Rewards Unveiled

Path of Exile 2's Endgame: A Comprehensive Guide to Delirium

Path of Exile 2 introduces four major endgame map 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 boss encounter.

Understanding Delirium and the Fog Mechanic

On the Atlas, map nodes hosting Delirium are marked with a distinctive white and black icon resembling the Delirium Mirror. 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 fog that expands across the map. The fog's difficulty increases as it progresses, and leaving the fog ends the encounter.

Enemies within the fog are empowered and drop unique rewards: Distilled Emotions (used in crafting) and Simulacrum Splinters (for summoning the pinnacle boss). Fractured Mirrors within the fog spawn additional waves of enemies and loot. Be wary of Kosis and Omniphobia, full-fledged bosses that may appear randomly.

The Simulacrum Pinnacle Event

Each endgame event offers a pinnacle boss. Delirium's pinnacle boss is summoned using Simulacrum Splinters, dropped by enemies in higher-tier Waystones. Collect 300 splinters to create a Simulacrum and place it in the Realmgate.

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

The Delirium Passive Skill Tree

The Delirium Passive Skill Tree, located on the Atlas Passive Skill Tree (top-right), modifies Delirium events. It features eight Notable nodes and eight nodes increasing Simulacrum difficulty. Each Simulacrum completion grants two passive points, necessitating increased difficulty for each new Notable node.

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 Rewards

Delirium enemies affected by the fog 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 also add guaranteed modifiers to Waystones, increasing enemy density and power within the Delirium fog. Simulacrum Splinters, also dropped by enemies, combine to create the Simulacrum for the pinnacle boss fight, rewarding Delirium Passive points and a guaranteed unique item.