Path of Exile 2: New Season Alien Map Features

After clearing the six chapters, you will come to the alien map.

Introduction to the Alien Map

The birthplace of the first alien world is the Highland God Tower Shelter. After arriving at this map, we go up the stairs and a map device will appear. After clicking it, it is the sky map. The ridges next to it are the rift bosses, altar bosses, and fog bosses that challenge various ultimate bosses. You can enter by inserting the map key.

We can see many map device points in the sky map. The green ones are the maps that have been challenged, and the blue ones are the unexplored maps. Put the map key in the unexplored map device and you can go in to explore.

The map key can be obtained through drops, or purchased through NPC Doriani. He will sell different map keys according to your level. There are 15 levels of maps in total, and the map key of level 1 can be purchased unlimitedly. Three map keys of the same level can be synthesized into a key of a new level, such as 3 level 1 keys synthesized into a level 2 key. Each time you upgrade, a map key of another level will be randomly refreshed. If you are short of map keys in the early stage, you can find an NPC to buy it. If we are short of gold coins, we can steadily obtain map keys by adding points in the talent tree.

In the new season, the number of times a map can die has been increased. A white map can die 6 times. As the map affixes increase, the number of map deaths has been reduced. Maps with more than 6 affixes can only die once. At the same time, the last rare monster in each map will stably drop a map key of no less than the current level, which can greatly alleviate our pressure of breaking maps in the early stage.

The points added to the talent tree of the otherworldly talent in the new season have changed. After unlocking the task, you will need to unlock and complete the sanctuary of the corrupted area and get 30 points of the otherworldly talent points. At the same time, complete 5 new dark gold maps to get the remaining 10 talent points in the alien world.

Introduction to Alien World Map Icons

After entering the alien world map, we will find that there are various icons on the map device, corresponding to various functions and gameplay.

• Map boss logo: represents that there is a BOSS in this map.
• Illumination map logo: represents that the monster level of the illumination map is +1 level.
• Corruption map logo: represents that the monster level of the corruption map is also +1 level, and killing monsters at the same time will have a chance to generate a stronger monster.
• Legendary map logo: mainly to increase the monster's experience.
• Hideout: Every time you complete a map area, the map location will become your hideout.
• Wandering merchant logo: represents that there is a wandering merchant in this map, and there will be merchants who sell various dark gold equipment for free, and can buy all the equipment in the alien world, including high-value Balance Talisman-Star Necklace, Dream Trace-Blue Jade Ring and other legendary equipment.
• We found many such towers on the map. After completing the challenge, we can insert tablets into these towers, add gameplay to these maps within the range, and increase our income. One way to increase the income of the alien world map is to find several towers that cover each other and add various gameplay to them. The more gameplay, the more income.
• There are also various fortresses on the map. After completing the fortress, we can get the map key of the flame and the peak boss. In the early stage, these map keys are also relatively expensive. You can consider selling them through the trading market to increase your income.

Making Map Keys

1. The principle of map key affixes

If you want to get higher income, then we have to learn how to make map keys. The affixes of map keys are the same as equipment. They are divided into white maps, magic maps and rare maps, which can be made through various currencies. The principle of crafting is the same as crafting equipment. For example, a white map uses an amplification stone to add an affix, and then uses a rich stone to add 2 affixes, etc. The map key has a total of 3 prefixes and 3 suffixes. The 3 prefixes are all positive affixes, such as increasing income, monster group size, etc. The 3 suffixes are all negative affixes, such as increasing monster damage, reducing your resistance, etc., which will increase the difficulty of playing the map.

2. How to use the Vaal Orb to craft a map key

The Vaal Orb has 4 effects when crafting a map key. 1 is no change, 2 is to add 1~4 random affixes, 3 is to improve and reduce the level of the map key by 1 level, 4 is to delete the corresponding prefix and add the corresponding suffix; or delete the corresponding suffix and add the corresponding prefix, you can make the map key into a full prefix, because you can add up to 4 affixes, which can become 10 affixes. The suffix of the map key has high requirements for the genre, because they are all negative affixes. When we craft a map key, we can stop when we have 3~4 positive affixes.

3. How to Oil a Map Key

In addition, if it has rare attributes, you can use Refining to oil the Map Key first, and then use the Vaal Orb to process it. It should be noted here that the cost of oiling is high, and you can use it discerningly to maximize the benefits. The map key cannot be oiled directly after the Vaal Orb is corrupted. You need to use the Stained Oil Bottle to oil it, so you must oil it first and then corrupt it. The Vaal Orb will make the map key have unpredictable changes, such as making it a six-affix or even a seven-affix map.

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