Map

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Maps are endgame areas generated by using a waystone on a specific map node on the Atlas. Maps contain randomized monsters and layouts but use a fixed tileset.

Mechanics

Certain maps may contain a unique map boss; this is indicated on the Atlas itself. Map completion requires killing all rare monsters in the map, as well as map bosses if one is present. An indicator appears pointing to the location of rare monsters in the area after only 200 monsters or less are remaining.

The area level of the map and consequentially the level of monsters and items found are determined by the tier of waystone used to open the map; areas that are Irradiated gain +1 to area level. The modifiers rolled on the waystone are added as area modifiers.

Maps when opened generate 6 portals at the Map Device. Each time a player enters a portal, it is permanently consumed. A player (or each player in a party) may manually enter and exit the map through the portal freely, but dying in a map will prevent re-entry. A failed map can be re-attempted with a new waystone, but it will no longer have additional encounters including map bosses, or modifiers from Precursor Tablets. Completed maps cannot be reattempted.

Points on the map boss skill tree can add map boss difficulty levels. Increased difficulty comes with more damage and life and caps out at difficulty 4. From testing a map boss with difficulty 4 has about 480% increased life.

List of maps

Main page: List of maps

Map	Biome	Base tileset	Boss	Notes
Abyss	Desert, Mountain		Zar Wali, the Bone Tyrant
Alpine Ridge	Mountain		Gelida, the Frost-Tongue Ignatia, the Flame-Sworn	Tower; can activate one or more Tablet to modify nearby maps once completed.
Augury	Grass, Forest, Swamp	Jiquani's Machinarium	Gressor-Kul, the Apex	Contains 3 Stone Altars that need to be activated to access the middle of the map which often contains two or more rares or the boss if the map has the boss modifier
Azmerian Ranges	Mountain	?	The King in the Mists The Brambleghast	Contains multiple Azmerian wisps.
Backwash	Forest, Swamp	Jungle Ruins	Yaota, the Loathsome
Bloodwood	Forest		Gorian, the Moving Earth
Blooming Field	Forest, Grass	Hunting Grounds	The Black Crow	Open area layout
Bluff	Grass		Gressor-Kul, the Apex	Tower; can activate one or more Tablet to modify nearby maps once completed.
Burial Bog	Swamp		Grudgelash, Vile Ent
Canal Hideout	Grass			Can be claimed as a hideout
Castaway	Water	?	Torrek of the Drowned Fleet	(500–1000)% increased Gold found in this Area Contains buried treasure All items dropped are converted to Gold
Cenotes	Mountain
Channel	Faridun City		Hask, the Fallen Son	Only spawns near Copper Citadel
Creek	Forest		Tierney, the Hateful	Open area layout
Crimson Shores	Water	Vastiri Outskirts	Rattlecage, the Eartbreaker	Layout: linear area.
Crypt	Desert, Grass		Meltwax, Mockery of Faith	Circular tube layout. Has switches on the pillars to open locked sections.
Decay	Grass, Forest, Swamp	The Grim Tangle	The Fungus Behemoth
Deserted	Desert	Deshar	Lord of the Pit
Felled Hideout	Forest	Clearfell		Can be claimed as a hideout
Forge	Mountain, Desert	The Titan Grotto	Vastweld, the Colossal Guardian	Circular tube layout
Fortress	Desert	The Manor Ramparts	Pirasha, the Forgotten Prisoner
Frozen Falls	Mountain		Riona, Winter's Cackle
Gothic City	Ezomyte City			Only spawns near Iron Citadel.
Grimhaven	Ezomyte City		Asinia, the Praetor's Consort	Only spawns near Iron Citadel.
Headland	Faridun City		Hask, the Fallen Son	Linear layout. Only spawns near Copper Citadel.
Hidden Grotto	Mountain, Grass, Forest, Swamp		Zar Wali, the Bone Tyrant
Hive	Desert	Infested Barrens (desert part)
Limestone Hideout	Water			Can be claimed as a hideout
Lofty Summit	Mountain		Oloton, the Remorseless	Linear layout with small forks that rejoin the main path
Lost Towers	Forest, Desert	The Spires of Deshar	Chetza, the Feathered Plague	Tower; can activate one or more Tablet to modify nearby maps once completed.
Mesa	Desert		Karash, The Dune Dweller	Tower; can activate one or more Tablet to modify nearby maps once completed.
Mineshaft	Faridun City	Mawdun Mine	Rudja, the Dread Engineer	Only spawns near Copper Citadel.
Mire	Forest, Swamp	Freythorn	Riona, Winter's Cackle
Moment of Zen	Water		—	Contains the Nameless Seer. Contains no monsters.
Necropolis	Ezomyte City	Cemetery of the Eternals but with plants	Tycho, the Black Praetor	Only spawns near Iron Citadel.
Oasis	Desert or Faridun City		Ishtaroth, the Perennial	Linear layout (horseshoe) with wide middle section
Penitentiary	Ezomyte City		Incarnation of Death	Only spawns near Iron Citadel.
Ravine	Mountain or Faridun City	The Trial of Chaos	Tetzcatl, the Blazing Guardian	Very nice linear layout
Riverside	Forest		Zekoa, The Headcrusher	Linear layout
Rustbowl	Desert	Vastiri Outskirts	Gozen, Rebellious Rustlord	Open area layout
Sandspit	Water			Open area layout, two long parallel stretches that are intermittently connected with small passages and a bigger connection at the end
Savannah	Grass, Desert		Caedron, the Hyena Lord	Open area layout
Seepage	Grass		The Fungus Behemoth	Circular layout with small corridors
Shrine Hideout	Desert	Buried Shrines		Can be claimed as a hideout
Sinking Spire	Swamp	Temple of Kopec	Stormgore	Tower; can activate one or more Tablet to modify nearby maps once completed. Has three floors with triangular layout and the Precursor Beacon on the small fourth floor.
Slick	Mountain			Loop layout with large corridors
Spider Woods	Forest	The Grelwood	Rootgrasp, the Hateful Forest
Steaming Springs	Grass		Manassa, the Serpent Queen
Steppe	Grass			Layout: open area.
Sulphuric Caverns	Desert, Mountain		Lord of the Pit and The Bone Colossus	Long wide rectangle with many small passages
Sump	Swamp	Chimeral Wetlands	Brakka, the Withered Crone	Circular layout
Sun Temple	Vaal City	Temple of Kopec	Tonqui, Seer of the Sun
The Copper Citadel	Faridun City	Dreadnought Vanguard	Jamanra, the Abomination
The Fractured Lake	Water	The Lake of Kalandra	—	Rare Monsters Are Mirrored (150–300)% increased number of Rare Monsters The Fragmented Mirror contains an exclusive amulet or ring base type.
The Iron Citadel	Ezomyte City	Ogham Manor	Count Geonor
The Phaaryl Megalith	Forest, Grass	The Grelwood	Random map bosses	Contains a Powerful Boss Encounter Summon up to 9 waves of map bosses, with a double boss on the final wave. Each defeated boss unlocks chests containing random runes, including exclusive greater runes. Requires Waystone Tier 11 or higher.
The Silent Cave	Desert	?	Random map boss	Contains many Rare Monsters trapped in Essences Contains an Imprisoned Boss that absorbs Essences from Rare Monsters Requires Waystone Tier 11 or higher.
The Viridian Wildwood	Forest, Swamp	The Grelwood, The Viridian Wildwood	—	Shrouded in Darkness Contains Omen Altars Contains several chests that contain omens
The Stone Citadel	Vaal City	Jiquani's Machinarium, The Black Chambers	Doryani, Royal Thaumaturge
Trenches	Swamp
Untainted Paradise	Water			(200–400)% increased Experience gain Monsters drop no items
Vaal City	The Stone Citadel	Utzaal	Viper Napuatzi	Only spawns near Stone Citadel
Vaal Factory	Grass, Vaal City	Jiquani's Sanctum	Tetzcatl, the Blazing Guardian	Quadratic indoor layout
Vaal Foundry	Vaal City	The Molten Vault	Gulzal, the Living Furnace
Vaults of Kamasa	Vaal City	Jiquani's Sanctum	—	(100–200)% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area All Chests are Magic or Rare Only spawns near Stone Citadel. Contains several chests. Contains no monsters.
Wetlands	Swamp		2x Gorian, the Moving Earth	open area layout
Willow	Forest		Connal, the Tormented
Woodland	Forest		2x Tierney, the Hateful

Version history

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Version	Changes
0.2.0e	During endgame a common issue is missing a Rare Monster in the corner of the map that you didn't happen to explore. In order to mitigate this issue, we have changed rares to show up on the minimap at all times.
0.2.0d	(Hotfix 1) At higher tiers of Maps, the amount of Waystone chance increase required to guarantee Map drops from Final Rares or Map Bosses is now lower. You now need less Waystone chance to ensure a Map drops from these conditions at Tier12+ Maps, notably changing at Tier14+. This results in easier sustain at the top tiers of Endgame.
0.2.0	You can now respawn and return to a Map if you die. Upon first entering the Endgame, you get up to 6 total attempts per Map. As you add more Modifiers to a Waystone, the number of respawns goes down. You will be able to enter and exit your Maps as much as you like as long as you haven't died. The number of portals is representative of the number of revives you have during the Map. Once you start a Boss fight, the respawning system will change to require the map owner to collectively respawn the entire party. This is so that you must still kill the boss from full life. If you decide to rush to the Map Boss without interacting with any of the other Map content and then die, you will respawn at the Boss checkpoint and only the Map Boss will be present. All of the other monsters and content will be removed. This is to prevent cases where players would be able to farm multiple copies of the same rewards by dying on purpose. Tower Maps can now spawn with all extra content mechanics, including Bosses. Killing Rare Monsters required for Map Completion no longer has a chance to grant Monster Modifiers to the remaining Rare Monsters. Increased the chances for Rare monsters to have 3 or 4 Modifiers in Maps (note this means they drop more items). This is mostly to compensate for the removal of rare monsters granting their modifiers to other rare monsters on death. A checkpoint now spawns when the last-available optional content in a Map has been completed. The Specialities of some Maps have been adjusted to account for the addition of Azmerian Spirits. If you exit the game while in an endgame map area, logging back into the same character will now place you back inside the map instance if it still exists.
0.1.1c	Added more checkpoints to several Map areas and improved the placement of some checkpoints.
0.1.1	Added 4 new Tower Map areas: Alpine Ridge, Bluff, Mesa, and Sinking Spire. The Lost Towers Map area has also been revamped. Added checkpoints to Map areas. Map areas now contain a minimum of 3 Rare Monsters. Maps now display their Biome when hovered in the Atlas UI. Map areas have been adjusted to have more distinct specialities for the content they contain. For example, one Map area might have more total number of monsters, while another is more likely to contain additional content such as Strongboxes, Essences or Shrines. Generally speaking, the more difficult a Map is to clear, or the smaller it is, the more axes it will specialise in. Here's an overview of changes we've made to give Maps more discernibility: A number of Maps now spawn up to double the number of Chests, and twice as many minimum Magic or Rare Chests. A number of Maps now contain up to double the number of Monsters. A number of Maps now contain 50% more Magic Monsters. A number of Maps now contain 50% more Rare Monsters. A number of Maps now have a higher minimum number of Rare Monsters you will encounter. A number of Maps now have a lower minimum number of Rare Monsters you will encounter. A number of Maps now have 50% more chance to contain Essences. A number of Maps now have 50% more chance to contain Strongboxes. A number of Maps now have 50% more chance to contain Shrines. Maps that are only exclusively found in Biomes containing Citadels now have 50% more chance to contain Essences, Strongboxes and Shrines. Unclaimed Hideout Areas now have substantially more Magic Monsters, and fewer Rare Monsters. Monsters in the Untainted Paradise have been breeding. Untainted Paradise now contains 100% more Monsters, of which spawn 100% more (thus quadruple) Magic and Rare Monsters. Reduced visual clutter in many Map areas to improve the visibility of skills and effects. Reduced screen clutter and improved performance of the effect that plays when killing rare monster objectives in endgame maps. Monsters can no longer spawn near the close to the entrance of a map. This often caused the player to be immediately be attacked upon moving.
0.1.0e	Maps no longer have additional elemental resistance penalties inherently applied at Tier 6 and Tier 11 or higher Maps. It is now consistent across all of the Endgame. Packs of Prowling Chimeral's in Maps now contain less of the Prowling Chimerals and spawn alongside some Zombies.
0.1.0c	Rare Monsters in Map areas are now revealed on the minimap when there are 200 Monsters remaining (previously 50). (Not in patch note) Many maps have had additional rare monsters added to them to make sure that there are a minimum number in every map type.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.