poe 3.25 Path of Exile: Blight Atlas Progression and Strategy

The speaker plans to focus on the atlas tree, prioritizing map connected nodes, kir nodes, and map tier up nodes for a straightforward approach.

### Path of Exile 3.25 Blight Atlas Strategy Guide
* 🗺️  The author's plan is to focus on **blighted maps and the Atlas tree**, aiming to **complete the Atlas by day three**.
* 🌲  The initial strategy involves **rushing through the campaign** and then focusing on the Atlas tree, particularly the **blight-related nodes**.
* 🌀  Key nodes include those that **increase the chance of blight encounters** and **improve blight tower effectiveness**.
* 📊  The strategy also includes nodes that **increase monster density in blight encounters** and **offer additional rewards from blight chests**.
* 🌟  The author plans to experiment with new nodes related to **salvaging blight towers for potential rewards**.
* 🔴  The guide suggests considering **red altar nodes for early benefits**, but the author personally prefers **blue altars**.
* 🛠️  The strategy will be adjusted based on the **character's progression** and the **new content introduced in 3.25**.
* 🎥  The author plans to create videos and stream live gameplay to share **updates and insights** during the league start.

all right 3.25 is Friday. It is right around the corner, and I have been asked by you guys to talk about the atlas tree and how I plan to progress the atlas tree. I've done a couple of tests. I've done different, you know, I've talked to different people, and I think I know the way that I personally want to handle the atlas. Now what I'm going to talk about today is how I'm going to personally approach it, how I'm going to be spending my points. I have a bunch of different planners kind of giving away different points. I'll walk you through the thoughts that I have in terms of how I want to do it, and this is going to be my Approach. I don't know if this is going to be the best approach for everybody. My plan will be very simple and straightforward. My plan is to get some map connected nodes, my plan is to get some kir nodes so I can have kir missions, and then some map tiar up nodes. Now note the best part about the atlas.

is we get three Atlas trees. We get one when we start and get to the atlas. We get one at 50 points. And then we get another one at 100 completed points. So you have atlases to really mix and match and play around and do all kinds of things. And if you mess one up, it's really, really easy to unlock another one. One thing that I will say with the atlas and you know not to spend a whole lot of time yapping about it is in one of my test runs, I didn't take these K nodes. And I just kind of went a completely different route. And I really regretted it. I think these K nodes for like day one hour 9 hour 10 pushing into the atlas are really, really, really strong. So don't discredit them. I think I think they're great. The only thing I'm not too sure about and hopefully you guys can give me some insight on is I didn't take any of these Atlas nodes down here for more kirak. So if you guys have an

opinion on them. I'd love to hear about it. But let's get into what's going on. Like I said, day one, I plan on blitzing through the campaign, either as, like, a hit of the spectrum or poison concoction of bouncing. I haven't really decided on that yet. What I have really decided on, and one thing that I'm really set in stone, is I know I want to do Blight, and I know I want to approach the Atlas in that way. So I've devised the plan, and as you can see, I've built it into a bunch of different tabs. And essentially what I'm going to do is I'm going to blitz right up the middle. I'm going to grab these Kak nodes, and I'm going to grab this for an extra map mission. And then I'm going to come up here and grab map tier up nodes. You want to take map tier up nodes. They're really important. This entire wheel is essentially going to help you, like, kick up your maps from tier one to tier two.

tier two to tier three, and it's really going to help you work your way up the overall Atlas until we get to the eater and xar fight. Once we start getting the void stones, things start to get a little bit easier. The minute we get voidstone one, getting voidstone 2 becomes a lot easier. The one minute we have voidstone 2, we could start doing a lot of really cool things. Now overall this, I've been on the fence about. Sometimes this is really good, sometimes really not. In the past, it used to be really good. It gives you that second mission every day, but now it gives you 6%, so we're definitely going to take it. We're going to take this entire wheel, and the only thing I'm not really too sure about is when we go into phase two of the atlas, the next 30 points where I want to go. This is where this question originally comes back in from over here. Do we want to take these couple of Atlas points or not? I leave it

to your discretion, to really experiment. If you find that you're not getting enough Kirak missions, you want more Kirak missions, you want to rely more on Kirak, it's probably worth going towards these. If you're not too worried about it, don't go towards them. I personally, as of recording this right now, don't think I'm going to be going towards this. What I will say is when I get to this tree here, the first thing I am going to go for is shaping the skies. I'm going to stay on the left side of the tree because all the blight stuff is on the left side of the tree, and I'm going to want to go for shaping of the Skies. It gives you more percent chance, 15% more chance to tier up your Maps. You get more map tier chances here, and then from there, we're going to go start taking into our blight notes. There is an argument to go over here and grab shaping the mountains. You can actually go like this next and come.

here and grab this. I'm not sure we need this, this, and this to tear up our Maps, but if you find that your Maps aren't really tearing up enough or you're having a hard time progressing your Atlas, it is okay to come this way and grab this node. Once again, this is another one of those. I leave it to your discretion to figure out what you want or don't want. Now I'm going to start by coming here and taking these blight nodes. This is just going to give us basic chance to get blight in the atlas sh. You see from this note alone, this gives us 76%, and then the base 10% to get any Atlas gives us an 86% chance. So we have a really overall good chance to get blight on almost every single map. Starting if your build struggles, you know it'll get easier essentially. After we get this, we're going to go right up here and we're going to take sturdy construction. Sturdy construction is essentially going to allow us to make the blight mobs take

more damage, and just overall make our blight encounters really easy. So this is going to guarantee that we have blight in every map, and then this is going to guarantee, or almost guarantee, that we have a lot of an easier time doing things. This wheel is really, really, really important. Having the monsters take increased damage, especially when you're struggling and even more relying on Towers, is really, really, really impactful. Now, Cassus' Pride is a big one. Cassus' Pride says blight monsters in your map take 75% less damage from players and their minions, but blight towers and their minions deal 300% more damage. Cassus' Pride, in my experience with playing this node, has been this weird hit or miss. Sometimes I play with Cassus' Pride and I'm like, this is the best node in the world. I love this thing. It does everything I want it to do. And sometimes I play with Cassus' Pride and I'm like, oh dear God, why did I do this? This has been a nightmare. Dear God, save

me help. Oh my God, so I don't know. I honestly don't know. I think Cassie's pride is really dependent on the types of maps that you're running and where you're going. In 3.25, toxic sewer is back and we get to scry div cards to toxic sewer. So ideally, once we have two watch zones, we're doing toxic sewer. Or we have one watch zone, we're doing toxic sewer. We're doing toxic sewer as fast as we can. And then Cassie's Pride on toxic sewer might not be the best choice. But while progressing through the atlas, Cassie's Pride might be really good only due to the fact that there are a lot of maps that do that whole spiderweb thing. And you know you click on Cassie's pride and then a lane goes this way and a lane goes this way and a lane goes this way and a lane goes this way and a lane goes this way and you're like where do I build what do I do this.

is ridiculous. And then, like, she's screaming, they're branching, and there's boss and things coming from all different directions. That's where Cassia's Pride really shines because it allows you to build a tower, a tower, a tower, and then fingers crossed they're not Arc immune, and your Arc Tower kills everything, and you feel good. So honestly, for one point and how respecing is and like the new Auction House system, it might be worth experimenting with. I'm really going to kind of like hit or mistake it depending on the day of and how I'm feeling when I get here. I might actually just do this, start coming down here, and then if I struggle, take it, but it's really hit or miss, and you should play with it and try it and see how you feel about it. After we take this wheel for more Monster damage, I'm going to be coming down here, and you see I path this note, this note, and then I come to this entire wheel. This wheel's really interesting. I like this wheel a lot. I think this wheel

is really impactful. This node here gives you 8% more non-unique monsters in your blight, which just gives you 8% more monsters and you know just more loot. This one, again 8% more monsters and more loot. 6% more monsters and more loot. I think these are great. These are going to get you tons of like extra mobs and extra stuff dropping out of your blight. We're going to take these two nodes here to give us the mythical 100% chance for blight. This node has been changed. This is the weird blight Towers in your Maps can be salvaged node. This is one of those things where like if we Salvage towers and get oils, this is going to be insane. I don't know what this is going to give yet. I can't wait to experiment and play with this node. This node might actually be the reason we don't do toxic sewers anymore. This might this no by itself if it's insane might be the reason that we do wide open.

maps like I don't know, like a jungle Valley or something, because or a city Square because if deconstructing the towers gives like high-end oils and deconstructing the towers gives a bunch of extra maps and currency and stuff like that, this might be the play to do a map that splinters out and spiderwebs out and gives us tons and tons of tons of towers. Reason why I don't say toxic sewers is toxic sewers is known to be like a one or two lane BL and you don't get a lot of towers, and if constructing the towers is going to be our plan and how we're going to make up for the loss of oils or the loss of plus one oils and oil extractors, we really want to take advantage. But you know, when this comes out and we can play with it, I'll test it and see what's going on. If it ends up being really good, I'll let you guys know. If it ends up being really bad, I'll let you guys know. But I plan on grabbing

this I plan on testing it and experimenting with it. And the last really good thing is these two nodes down here give you the reduced cost of building on your Towers, which is really good and pairs really nicely with this wheel up here. Moving on, you see right here, we just essentially, we're just going to every blight do node right. We're just going the entire way. I like coming to this wheel next. I like grabbing this for blight chest. They lucky. I also like the fact that we have a 20% chance to open our blight chest again, and then lanes in your blights have a 10% chance for additional rewards. I think this whole wheel is really good. Originally, this wheel used to give you tons of extra blighted maps, and it has been changed so that it gives you lucky chest and chest are reopened. I think this wheel is really strong. I like the fact that we don't have to worry about Scarab anymore. I think 20%, while not 40%, 20% still nice.

little bit of a Nerf, but I'd rather have any chance to reopen the chest, then no chance to reopen the chest. I know this wheel used to be really big on giving you the blight maps, and it's not that anymore, but I think having this for more loot is going to be really good. Now the blight map node has moved up here to the north side, so Fungal Horizon now gives us blight chest in your map have a 60% chance to drop bled Maps. I know there's an aren't to go to this first before this, um, I don't think it's going to matter which way you do it. I think it'll be fine either way. I mean this is only 64 Maps completed, not including uniques and other stuff. There's probably a really good argument to do this first, like a really good argument to do this to start bringing in bled maps, and then to come here and then finish out this wheel. Either way you slice it, I think it's

going to be fine. I know overall I don't plan on spending a lot of time in the Atlas. My plan is no surprise to run blighted maps day one, day two, day three and really get the currency train rolling. I do plan on spending time in maps to get Kings March up and running. I do plan to spend time in maps to build up the town, get gold, and start those shipments to get going. Those shipments look like they have a really long timer like 3, 4, 5 hours. I really want to have shipments going at all times, and I really want to balance my time between blighted maps and shipments, and regular maps to just make sure everything in the town is right. But I won't lie, I do want to have my Atlas done by no later than day three, like 115 to 115. I'd like to have all my points. I'd like to not worry about it if possible. So I don't see 64 points being that big of a deal, and depending on which way you want to

go odds are you like. I said you probably want to go fungal Horizons to start bringing in blighted maps and sell them as early as possible. And then go here for extra blight chest to be opened up. But it's not really going to be that big of a difference because nah. It's not going to be that big of a difference. You're just going to blister through the maps anyways. You're going to buy your bladed Maps. I know me personally I'm buying tier 13 the minute tier 13 bladed maps are available. I'm buying them. I assume you guys are doing the same. But if you're not going to be buying blade and Maps you really want to farm your own. You're really determined to get them yourself. You're really determined to do everything. I would then go up here and then come down here and grab these. I wouldn't hesitate on this wheel though like I wouldn't. This wheel is really insane. This whole wheel is really good. The last

thing I will say though moving forward into the next Atlas stre for 82 points you notice that we don't take blight spawn blight spawn is a really interesting wheel this is used to be the old oil en the oil wheel and it's now been changed to blate bosses in your map have a 10% chance to get an additional reward chest one late of blight Encounters in your map guarded only by blight bosses I I can't wait to play with this I know I know me personally I'm going to spec like this and then have this node ready to go I think this going to make your blights really hard I do a blight boss and as every mob and you think about how many mobs spawn this note is either going to be cracked out of its mind or terrible I'm assuming it's going to be insane and I'm assuming it's going to be great I just don't know I just don't know what we're supposed to play to do this yet

I'm sure ignites or bleeds or explosions are going to be really good, and as soon as my character, I'm just my plan is to get this as soon as possible. Um, when I feel like my character is ready and really try to mess with it. I'm really excited about this note a lot. I'm not including this node right away simply due to the fact that I don't know how your character is going to progress. I don't know how you're going to be doing things, and I don't want you guys to click this node and then you struggle and then you're, you know, you're just, you know, dead in the water because blight bosses. That's the same thing with the epidemiology node or the immune response node. I should say it's called immune response. This node to I'm not taking this node at any time in my early progression of the tree simply due to the fact that this node spawns monsters at 100% increased rate and between like

it being non-stop light bosses and monster spawning at an increased rate. Like it's insane. I know there's going to be somebody who's going to say that immune response um doesn't scale with this node and you're right. They don't. This is non-unique M mobs, this is blight, this is blade bosses. But this node still really good if you take take that blight boss node simply due to the fact that blight monsters in your Maps SP 100% faster. And you want you don't want to sit in maps for an hour. You really don't. You don't you don't want to S blight en counters for an hour. This node ends up being really good just to like save you time right. But this is going to be one of those nodes again when your character is strong enough to do it you're going to click it because this node will really really really overrun you and give you a hard time. So after I grab this you see I come up to this entire Quant wheel I start.

getting extra quantity amount can I get some more Quant and Rarity Maps just just to get a little bit more loot from here. The world is really your oyster more or less from here. The world is really your oyster. Me personally, I think I'm going to go here and take this big ass Quant wheel and just start to get more loot in my map. And then I really don't know what I want to do. I do know I want to do some sort of alter strategy. I think personally I always gravitate towards the blue side. I'm a big big big believer in the blue alars. I don't like the red alter Alters at all. But for those of you guys who are in the red altars or are into red Alters especially early, you can unclick this whole thing here. You can come over here and you could take a bunch of red alters and really get rolling on the red side of things. I think if I ever click another red alter again and get domed by a meteor or die to chaos damage by running

around and having my FL running, I'll cry myself to sleep and never want to do Alters again. So I personally don't think I'm taking red Alters. There is a really good argument for red Alters early as they have chaos orbs and other really cool stuff. So when you get to about here, you're in a really good spot to just like grab the alter nodes and really experiment. Like I said, I personally prefer blue Alters. I think red Alters are stronger earlier and blue Alters are stronger later, but it's really a personal preference. And the reason why I think I'm going to be going blue Alters, especially early on, is my plan is to complete the atlas relatively quickly. And then I think I might hop into a little bit of expedition. Expedition day one, day two, day three, even day four is really strong. People like log books, people like doing rag, people like doing all kinds of stuff like that. Especially if I'm at this point by day two, I might just like experiment and just like put

points into tuen put points into rag just to get some extra rag stuff. Rag Expeditions tuen Expeditions and then just kind of like really figure it out. And then you know go towards more log books and you know. I don't know I haven't really fully fleshed out what I want to do yet or how I want to approach post blight and how I want to do blight stuff. I'm really kind of like on the fence about a lot of things and you know you can really really experiment at this stage in the game. I do think there's a really good argument to take early Expedition. Uh Expedition slows down your Maps a whole ton but I think if I end up playing poison concoction AB bouncing which is what I'm more or less leaning towards this might be like really really really good. But you know like I said I'm not honestly too too sure what I want to do. This might not be an expedition angle this might be a beast angle depending on what Beast during the pool this might.

end up being a June angle to just maybe try to get a veil orb or two. This might be a harvest angle. I honestly I'm not too sure at all, and you should really like make the decision on what kind of content you like and what you think really benefits you. I will include this Atlas here with the Expedition stuff on it. Like I said, disclaimer, I'm really, really, really not sure what I want to do. The last possible thing I'm going to leave with you with, and the last thing that I'm going to talk about, is singular focus. And I'm going to put a little chapter for this singular Focus. Says Maps found have a 200% more chance to be your favorite map, non-favored Maps found in your map drop as basic currency. This will indeed break your blighted Maps. There's a reason I don't click it. It will 100% break your blighted Maps. They will no longer drop as blighted Maps. They will convert into other things. I do not like singular Focus for this strategy.

do not click it. Do not break your Maps if you have have bricked your maps and you say, oh my God Trav, they're not dropping, the first thing I'm going to ask you every single time is did you click singular Focus. Don't do it. Don't click it. But yeah, I think that's about it. I think I've yapped for much longer than I intended to, but this is my overall starting plan. Um, I don't know about the Expedition stuff. I'm still on the fence. I'm really going to explore and look into things and test different things and look into things, but I can say with confidence that I will end up at least here at sometime day two, day three, and then eventually Respec out of this and figure it out as I progress and do different outlets and find different things I like. I will 100% make videos. I will 100% put them out. So if you're not following the YouTube, make sure you click that subscribe button. Make sure you click that Bell icon to be notified.

about future updates, especially with 3.25 coming out. And if you want to keep up to date with what's going on. And then lastly, if you want to see everything going live about, you know, how I'm progressing, where the character is, what I'm doing, by all means, come check out the live streams. I'll be live on Twitch for the entire league start. I'll be live on YouTube for the league start. And then we'll go from there. But for now, friends, I'm going to get this video out to you guys. And I hope 3.25 brings you many divines. See you on the next one.

[POE 3.25] Day 1 Blight Atlas Strategy. My Plan For Tackling The Early League Atlas Progression!

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Personal Approach to Progressing the Atlas Tree in PoE

The speaker plans to focus on getting map-connected nodes, kir nodes for kir missions, and map tier-up nodes in their approach to the Atlas tree.

They highlight the flexibility of having three Atlas trees and emphasize the importance of the K nodes for early progression.

The speaker is set on blitzing through the campaign and prioritizing Blight, with a clear plan to progress through the middle of the Atlas tree for a map tier upgrade.

Transitioning from tier two to tier three in the Atlas is crucial for advancing towards the Eater and Xar fight.

Acquiring void stones significantly eases the gameplay, with the second voidstone opening up opportunities for various actions.

The decision to pursue Kirak missions or focus on the left side of the tree for map tier chances depends on individual preferences and the need for Atlas progression.

Maximizing Blight Encounters in Path of Exile

Prioritizing the "Monster Damage" wheel is crucial for ensuring easier and more successful blight encounters.

Cassus' Pride node can be unpredictable, but it shines in maps with complex layouts, making it worth experimenting with.

The decision to use Cassus' Pride may depend on the specific maps being run and the player's current progress in the game.

Maximizing Blight Rewards in Path of Exile

Investing in nodes that provide more monsters and loot can significantly increase rewards from Blight encounters.

The "Salvage Towers" node has the potential to offer high-end oils and extra maps, changing the way players approach certain maps.

The reduced cost of building on towers, combined with other nodes, offers a strong strategy for maximizing Blight rewards.

Prioritize Fungal Horizon for early access to blighted maps, potentially increasing profits.

Balancing time between blighted maps, shipments, and regular maps is crucial for town development.

Aim to complete the Atlas and maximize points by day three for a smooth gameplay experience.

The Impact of the Blight Spawn Node in Path of Exile

The Blight Spawn node offers the potential for additional reward chests and encounters guarded by Blight bosses, making the game more challenging.

It is recommended to wait until your character is strong enough to handle the increased monster spawning rate before taking this node, as it can quickly overwhelm you.

The node can be beneficial for saving time in Blight encounters, but it should be approached carefully to avoid struggling or facing unexpected difficulties.

Players discuss their preference for Quant and Rarity Maps to increase loot.

The debate between using blue or red altars for strategies, with a personal leaning towards blue altars.

The player is considering different approaches for expeditions and post-blight strategies, still uncertain about the best course of action.

Uncertainty and Plans for the Future in Gaming Content

The speaker is unsure about the content direction and encourages the audience to choose what benefits them.

They are hesitant about the Expedition stuff and plan to explore and test different strategies.

The speaker commits to making videos and keeping the audience updated on the upcoming release, inviting them to follow on YouTube and join the live streams.