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# Siege of the Atlas

* After defeating Kitava, you will meet Commander Kirac in the Karui Shores and join his militia to safeguard the Atlas of Worlds. The Envoy will inform you that two Eldritch Horrors, The Searing Exarch and The Eater of Worlds, are approaching and will consume everything.
* By completing maps affected by their influence, you can hunt down their sub-bosses, The Black Star and The Infinite Hunger, before finally facing The Searing Exarch and The Eater of Worlds themselves. Defeating these formidable foes yields valuable rewards including exclusive new unique items.
* The Atlas of Worlds has been revised, and regions have been removed. The regional Atlas Passive Trees have been replaced with one gigantic Atlas-wide Passive Tree that affects all maps you run. You can earn points by completing bonus objectives of maps and finishing certain Atlas quests.
* The Watchstone system has also been removed, and replaced with Voidstones which are obtained by defeating The Uber Elder, The Maven, The Searing Exarch and The Eater of Worlds. These Voidstones raise the tiers of maps on your Atlas and can be augmented by Sextants.

## A New Era Begins

Having assumed responsibility for the defense of the Atlas, Commander Kirac has established a base in the Karui Archipelago with several map devices. He has heard rumours of your prowess and invites you to join his militia in order to scout the Atlas to learn about threats to Wraeclast. You encounter the Maven and discover that two new Eldritch Horrors are here: The Searing Exarch and The Eater of Worlds. They must be stopped before they consume everything.

* [[Singular Scouting Report]]
* [[Otherworldly Scouting Report]]

## Two Eldritch Horrors

The Searing Exarch and The Eater of Worlds are the most powerful beings that Wraeclast has ever seen. The path to defeating them involves exploring many influenced maps and slaying their formidable subordinates, The Black Star and The Infinite Hunger, yielding valuable rewards.

## Reworked Atlas Mechanics
Most Atlas mechanics have been reworked with a goal of creating deeper systems that are easier to understand. Regions have been removed, so your Atlas specialisation affects every map you run. Where you'd previously collect 16 Watchstones, you must now earn four Voidstones which let you raise the tier of all maps on your Atlas until they are uniformly tier 16. Sextants can apply to Voidstones and be itemised and traded. Commander Kirac offers a large variety of Atlas objectives that add valuable content to your maps.

* Watchstone Replacements
* Dropped by Maven, Uber Elder, Eater, Exarch Fights upon killing for the first time
* Raise Level of all maps when socketed
* Only way to access sextants now
* They raise all map tiers by 4 up to tier 16
* All maps now cap at t16, no more T14-16
* Endgame Mapping requirements might be a little higher since average HP of Map Bosses will be fixed to T16 HP
* Presumably with a full socketed atlas, ONLY T16 maps can drop as Atlas Map Drops

Boss | Uniques
- | -
[[The Black Star]] [[MonsterVarieties:The Infinite Hunger]] | [[Sudden Dawn]] [[Polaric Devastation]] [[Ceaseless Feast]]
[[The Searing Exarch]] [[The Eater of Worlds]] | [[Melding of the Flesh]] [[Ashes of the Stars]] [[The Annihilating Light]] [[Forbidden Flesh]] [[Dissolution of the Flesh]] [[Crystallised Omniscience]] [[Forbidden Flame]]

### Favorite Maps

12 Favoured map slots, grants 10x multiplier to drop weight.

* Complete a Tier 16 Map
* Defeat an Elder Guardian

### Sirus

Sirus is a fragment boss and A8 difficulty.

* [[Drox's Crest]]
* [[Baran's Crest]]
* [[Al-Hezmin's Crest]]
* [[Veritania's Crest]]

## The Atlas Passive Skill Tree
Say goodbye to regional Atlas Passive Trees and hello to one gigantic Atlas-wide Passive Tree with over 600 skills to specialise in. Every map as well as various Atlas quests you complete will earn you an Atlas skill point. In addition to the best skills from the regional trees, we have created many completely new ones that let you choose your own level of risk and reward for Atlas content.

* 1 point per Map Bonus Objectives: 117 points
* 1 point per Maven watch 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 Bosses: 5 points
* 1 point Maven's Invitation: 5 points
* Maven, The Searing Exarch, The Eater of Worlds, The Black Star and The Infinite Hunger: 5 points

## Eldritch Implicit Modifiers

The Searing Exarch and The Eater of Worlds each have a powerful set of Eldritch Implicit Modifiers, which can be imbued onto items using Eldritch Embers and Eldritch Ichor, respectively. Although this process replaces existing implicit mods, it's possible to have both types of Eldritch Implicits on an item at the same time.

You can use an Orb of Conflict to manipulate the tiers of these modifiers on your item, within the six tiers of modifiers available. When applied, the Orb randomly increases the tier of one modifier and lowers the tier of the other. The new Eldritch Chaos Orb, Eldritch Exalted Orb and Eldritch Orb of Annulment can manipulate the prefixes or suffixes of an item depending on whether The Searing Exarch or The Eater of Worlds has a higher Eldritch modifier on it.