PoE2: Delirium Guide to Mechanics, Passives, and Rewards

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

Path of Exile 2's Atlas 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 the Delirium Fog Mechanic

On the Atlas, Delirium-enabled map nodes 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 Delirium 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 Delirium rewards: Distilled Emotions (used in crafting) and Simulacrum Splinters (for summoning the Pinnacle Boss). Fractured Mirrors, found within the fog, trigger additional mob waves and loot. Be aware of Kosis and Omniphobia, full-fledged bosses that can randomly appear during the encounter (and also during the Simulacrum).

The Simulacrum Pinnacle Event

Each endgame event offers Pinnacle Boss encounters. In Delirium, high-tier Waystones yield Simulacrum Splinters. Accumulate 300 splinters to create a Simulacrum, placing it in the Realmgate for access to a challenging 15-wave event. Difficulty escalates with each wave, increasing the likelihood of encountering Delirium bosses. Completion rewards two Delirium Passive Skill points.

The Delirium Passive Skill Tree

Located within the Atlas Passive Skill Tree (top-right section), the Delirium Passive Skill Tree (distinctly white, mirror-shaped) modifies Delirium events. It features eight Notable nodes and eight nodes increasing Simulacrum difficulty. Each Simulacrum completion grants two passive points, requiring increased difficulty for each new Notable node.

Notable Delirium Passive Nodes:

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 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 enhance Waystones with guaranteed modifiers, boosting mob numbers and power within the Delirium Fog. 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

Mastering the Delirium encounter significantly enhances your endgame experience in Path of Exile 2.