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Delirium
Delirium is a type of map encounter.
Mechanics
Certain maps may contain a Delirium Mirror near the starting area of the map. Walking through the mirror will create Delirium Fog that spreads and dissipates outwards from that point in a ring shape. While in the fog, Delirium monsters may spawn, and existing monsters deal more damage and take less damage based on the absolute distance from the starting point. The longer and farther the fog travels, the higher the Delirium. Additionally, rare and unique monsters may gain Delirium modifiers, often manifesting as arena hazards or mirages that attack the player.
Defeating monsters builds up the reward counter that appears near the life globe; after the Delirium encounter ends by leaving the fog for over 5 seconds or manually ending the Delirium, the accumulated rewards will drop in the form of Distilled Emotions (1 random type per reward icon) and Simulacrum Splinters.
Delirium fog is paused temporarily during the following situations:
- While not in the area
- For X seconds after killing a rare monster
- For X seconds during certain encounters
- For 10 seconds after opening a strongbox
- etc.
Fracturing Mirrors

Fracturing Mirrors are structures that appear as spires of glass emitting pulses of light that are found in the Delirium fog. They shatter when players approach, spawning packs of Delirium monsters.
Instilled maps
By instilling a map with up to 3 Distilled Emotions, it is possible to add an enchantment that also causes a permanent Delirium fog to persist throughout the entire map. The Deliriousness is determined by the combination of Distilled Emotions and is a static value.
When Delirium is added this way, there is no reward counter and it is not possible to end the Delirium fog. Distilled Emotions cannot be obtained in these kinds of maps. However, Delirium monsters can still be encountered and will drop Simulacrum Splinters directly.
Delirium scaling
The exact effects and scaling of Deliriousness are currently unknown. However, it appears to grant a scaling amount of increased damage, less damage taken, and extra item rarity to monsters.
Delirium by default scales from 0%-100%; however, it is possible to exceed this value in the Simulacrum at higher Difficulties, (up to 140% Deliriousness at Difficulty 4) or in instilled maps (up to 150% Delirious in maps instilled with 3x Distilled Isolation).
Related items
Item | Stats | Drop level |
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Delirium Precursor Tablet![]() | (5-10) Maps in Range contain Mirrors of Delirium | 65 |
Simulacrum![]() | — | — |
Simulacrum Splinter![]() | — | — |
Unique items
The following unique items are obtained only in the Simulacrum.
Item | Base item | ![]() | Stats |
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Megalomaniac![]() | Diamond | 1 | Allocates <2-3 random notable passive skills>Corrupted |
Assailum![]() | Closed Helm | 45 | (50–100)% increased Armour and Evasion +(200–400) to Accuracy Rating (30–50)% increased Critical Hit Chance Skills have a (100–150)% longer Perfect Timing window |
Perfidy![]() | Knight Armour | 45 | (100–150)% increased Armour and Evasion (10–40)% chance to Avoid Physical Damage from Hits (10–40)% chance to Avoid Chaos Damage from Hits Enemies in your Presence are Intimidated |
Strugglescream![]() | Stellar Amulet | 52 | +(5-7) to all AttributesCan have 2 additional Instilled Modifiers |
Melting Maelstrom![]() | Ultimate Mana Flask | 60 | Effect is not removed when Unreserved Mana is Filled (200–250)% increased Duration Every 3 seconds during Effect, deal 50% of Mana spent in those seconds as Chaos Damage to Enemies within 3 metres Recover all Mana when Used Deals 25% of current Mana as Chaos Damage to you when Effect ends |
Collapsing Horizon![]() | Wyrm Quarterstaff | 65 | 100% increased Elemental Damage with Attacks +(5-10)% to Critical Hit Chance +(2-4) to Level of all Elemental Skills Trigger skills refund half of Energy spent |
Distilled emotions
Distilled Emotions are a currency item type obtained as a reward from Delirium encounters.
Related Atlas passive skills
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Version history
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0.1.1 |
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0.1.0f |
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0.1.0 |
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