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Endgame Maps each contain a Map Boss. These Map Bosses are Unique Monsters that have special mechanics and drop increased rewards.

Defeating the Map Boss will complete the Map.

Powerful Map Bosses are that are even more difficult and drop even better rewards.

Powerful Map Bosses frequently drop one Tier higher.

Empowering a upgrades it to a

Map bosses are unique monster that are present in all non-unique maps and some unique maps. Defeating a map boss completes the map.

Each map area has a specific boss that will appear if the map contains a boss. The combinations can be found in List of maps.

Mechanics

Map bosses have significantly increased monster item rarity and quantity. Most bosses are versions of bosses from the campaign, though they may have modified or new skills or different arenas/arena hazards. Map bosses are guaranteed to drop a rare item. In addition, as unique monsters, all items they drop will have an item level 2 levels higher than their monster level.

Occasionally, a map will have an icon on the Atlas that indicates it contains a Powerful Map Boss, strengthening the map's boss while also improving their drops. Waystones dropped by powerful map bosses are always one tier higher than the map you are in. Powerful map bosses also have a base chance to drop a waystone that scales down in higher tier maps; this chance is affected by modifiers to waystone drop chance.

In parties, when fighting a map boss or pinnacle boss, only the map owner can respawn the full party simultaneously, if they have respawn attempts remaining. Doing so will restart the boss encounter from full life.

Deadly map bosses

Deadly Map Bosses are specific that appear in specific Maps and are more difficult and drop better rewards.

These rewards are often accompanied by a specific item, usually from a pool of items. For example Unique Items, or

Deadly Map Bosses can also drop items that grant access to Pinnacle Bosses.

Citadel boss

Citadel bosses, sometimes referred to as uber act bosses, are special map bosses based on the the final bosses of Act 1 to Act 3:


Boss	Map
Count Geonor	The Iron Citadel
Jamanra, the Abomination	The Copper Citadel
Doryani, Royal Thaumaturge	The Stone Citadel

Citadel bosses drop Crisis Fragments, or Calamity Fragments with all ten map boss atlas passive points allocated. These items are used to access The Arbiter of Ash - the pinnacle Atlas boss - and its uber variant respectively.

Anomaly boss

Anomaly bosses are special map bosses based on the final bosses of Act 4 and the Interludes that can be encountered in maps with mysterious anomalies. They require a minimum Tier 6+ waystone to access.


Boss	Map	Anomaly	Anomaly Mechanics
Manoki, the Chosen	The Jade Isles	"Eye of the Storm" Anomaly	Activate a "Karui Beacon" in a nearby map to reveal the connection to the map.
Varloch, the Ashen Lord and Avelyne, the Withered Rose	Derelict Mansion	"Mansion in the Mists" Anomaly	Activate multiple "Draiocht Hengestones" in nearby maps to clear the dark mist. The hengestone is marked by wisps spinning around a map on the Atlas that will move to a new map on completion.
Zahmir, the Blade Sovereign	Sacred Reservoir	"Temporal Sandstorm" Anomaly	Activate three "Temporal Tether" devices in maps around the sandstorm to clear it.
Ytzara, Blood Oracle and Maztli, Flesh-Shaper	Sealed Vault	"Estazunti's Vault" Anomaly	Activate a "Vessel of Estazunti" in one of the connected maps to access the sealed vault.

Anomaly bosses have an exclusive drop pool of lineage supports; they will always drop at least one lineage support.

Related atlas passive skills

The following atlas passive skills are related to map bosses:

Name	Stats
Map Boss Difficulty	+1 to Map Boss Difficulty [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Map Boss Waystone Chance	4% increased Quantity of Waystones dropped by Map Bosses [1] [2]
Beyond Reality	Areas with Powerful Map Bosses have 30% chance to contain Corruption when entered [1]
Brutal Lessons	Map Bosses grant 50% increased Experience [1]
Crystal Realm	Areas with Powerful Map Bosses contain an additional Essence [1]
Directed Worship	Areas with Powerful Map Bosses contain an additional Shrine [1]
Drawn to the Light	Areas with Powerful Map Bosses contain an additional Azmeri Spirit [1]
Fit for a King	25% increased Rarity of Items dropped by Map Bosses [1]
Old Pirate's Trick	Areas with Powerful Map Bosses contain an additional Strongbox [1]
Organised Forces	Non-Irradiated Areas with Powerful Map Bosses have +1 Level [1]
Radiant Waystones	10% increased Quantity of Waystones dropped by Map Bosses [1]
Spoils of War	15% increased Quantity of Items dropped by Map Bosses [1]
The Way Forward	Corruption contaminates an ancient contingency [1]

Version history

Version	Changes
0.4.0	Idols of Estazunti are no longer required to unlock Vaal Vault maps. Existing items will be deleted.
0.3.1	All Maps now contain Map Bosses (except for some Unique Maps and Hideouts). To complete a Map you are only required to kill the Boss, you no longer have to kill any Rares and you can do as much or as little of the rest of the Map as you please. The existing icons that currently indicate there is a Map Boss now instead signify the area contains a Powerful Map Boss that is extra challenging and rewarding.
0.3.0	Mysterious anomalies can now appear on the Atlas.
0.2.0	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. Waystones dropped by Final Map Bosses will now always be one tier higher than the map you are in. Final Map Bosses and the final naturally-occurring Rare Monsters in Tier 1 maps have a 100% chance to drop a waystone. This chance scales down as you get into higher Map Tiers, but will still be guaranteed with appropriate investment into Waystone Suffix Modifiers and through the Atlas Passive Tree. Natual waystone drops have been reduced to compensate.
0.1.1	Added the new Overseer's Precursor Tablet, a currency item which can be placed in completed Towers to add Map Bosses to valid Maps in radius. These tablets drop from Map Bosses, and can roll exclusive modifiers that affect Map Bosses. Adjusted the chance for Maps to contain Bosses, you should be encountering a Boss roughly every 1 in 4 Maps. The chance for Map Bosses to drop a Waystone of the current tier or higher has been reduced to account for the increase in total number of Map Bosses.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.

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 {{stub}}
-A '''map boss''' is a type of map [[encounter]] that can occur in a map which adds a difficult {{c|unique|unique}} [[monster]]. On the [[Atlas]], locations with map bosses are marked with an icon. Maps without this icon will not have a boss appear.
+{{keyword infobox|MapBoss}}
+{{Keyword infobox|PowerfulMapBoss}}
+{{keyword infobox|ContainsMapBoss}}
+'''Map bosses''' are {{c|unique|unique}} [[monster]] that are present in all non-unique [[map]]s and some unique maps. Defeating a map boss completes the map.
 Each map area has a specific boss that will appear if the map contains a boss. The combinations can be found in [[List of maps]].
 ==Mechanics==
-In maps containing a map boss, the map boss must be defeated for the map to count as completed.
+Map bosses have significantly increased monster item rarity and quantity. Most bosses are versions of bosses from the [[campaign]], though they may have modified or new skills or different arenas/arena hazards. Map bosses are guaranteed to drop a {{c|rare|rare}} item. In addition, as unique monsters, all items they drop will have an [[item level]] 2 levels higher than their [[monster level]].
-Map bosses have significantly increased monster item rarity and quantity. Most bosses are versions of bosses from the [[campaign]], though they may have modified or new skills or different arenas/arena hazards.
+Occasionally, a map will have an icon on the [[Atlas]] that indicates it contains a Powerful Map Boss, strengthening the map's boss while also improving their drops. [[Waystone]]s dropped by powerful map bosses are always one tier higher than the map you are in. Powerful map bosses also have a base chance to drop a waystone that scales down in higher tier maps; this chance is affected by modifiers to waystone drop chance.
-Map bosses are guaranteed to drop a {{c|rare|rare}} item. In addition, as unique monsters, all items they drop will have an [[item level]] 2 levels higher than their [[monster level]].
+In parties, when fighting a map boss or pinnacle boss, only the map owner can [[character death|respawn]] the full party simultaneously, if they have respawn attempts remaining. Doing so will restart the boss encounter from full life.
+==Deadly map bosses==
+{{Keyword infobox|DeadlyMapBoss}}
+===Citadel boss===
+'''Citadel bosses''', sometimes referred to as '''uber act bosses''', are special map bosses based on the the final bosses of [[Act 1]] to [[Act 3]]:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+|-
+! Boss !! Map
+|-
+| [[Count Geonor]] || [[File:The Iron Citadel atlas.png|100px]] [[The Iron Citadel]]
+|-
+| [[Jamanra, the Abomination]] || [[File:The Copper Citadel atlas.png|100px]] [[The Copper Citadel]]
+|-
+| [[Doryani, Royal Thaumaturge]] || [[File:The Stone Citadel atlas.jpg|100px]] [[The Stone Citadel]]
+|}
+Citadel bosses drop [[Crisis Fragment]]s, or [[Calamity Fragment]]s with all ten map boss [[atlas passive]] points allocated. These items are used to access [[The Arbiter of Ash]] - the pinnacle Atlas boss - and its uber variant respectively.
+===Anomaly boss===
+'''Anomaly bosses''' are special map bosses based on the final bosses of [[Act 4]] and the [[Interlude]]s that can be encountered in maps with mysterious anomalies. They require a minimum Tier 6+ [[waystone]] to access.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+|-
+! Boss !! Map !! Anomaly !! Anomaly Mechanics
+|-
+| [[Manoki, the Chosen]] || [[The Jade Isles]] || [[File:Eye of the Storm anomaly.png|100px]]<br>"Eye of the Storm" Anomaly || [[File:Karui Beacon screenshot.png|100px|left]] Activate a "Karui Beacon" in a nearby map to reveal the connection to the map.
+|-
+| [[Varloch, the Ashen Lord]] and [[Avelyne, the Withered Rose]] || [[Derelict Mansion]] || [[File:Mansion in the Mists anomaly.png|100px]]<br>"Mansion in the Mists" Anomaly || [[File:Draiocht Hengestone screenshot.png|100px|left]] Activate multiple "Draiocht Hengestones" in nearby maps to clear the dark mist. The hengestone is marked by wisps spinning around a map on the [[Atlas]] that will move to a new map on completion.
+|-
+| [[Zahmir, the Blade Sovereign]] || [[Sacred Reservoir]] || [[File:Temporal Sandstorm anomaly.png|100px]]<br>"Temporal Sandstorm" Anomaly || [[File:Temporal Tether screenshot.png|100px|left]] Activate three "Temporal Tether" devices in maps around the sandstorm to clear it.
+|-
+| [[Ytzara, Blood Oracle]] and [[Maztli, Flesh-Shaper]] || [[Sealed Vault]] || [[File:Estazunti's Vault anomaly.png|100px]]<br>"Estazunti's Vault" Anomaly || [[File:Vessel of Estazunti screenshot.png|100px|left]] Activate a "Vessel of Estazunti" in one of the connected maps to access the sealed vault.
+|}
+*
+*
+*
-In parties, when fighting a map boss or pinnacle boss, only the map owner can [[character death|respawn]] the full party simultaneously, if they have respawn attempts remaining. Doing so will restart the boss encounter from full life.
-If a player rushes to a map boss, dies, and respawns, all monsters other than the map boss and all other encounters in the area will be removed.
+Anomaly bosses have an exclusive drop pool of [[lineage support]]s; they will always drop at least one lineage support.
-===Irradiated===
+==Related atlas passive skills==
-{{Tooltip info
+The following [[atlas passive skill]]s are related to map bosses:
-| name                   = Irradiated
+{{Query base passive skills
-| description            = Area has +1 to Monster level.
+|q_where=passive_skills.is_atlas_passive = true
+  AND passive_skills.is_starting_node = false
+  AND passive_skills.atlas_sub_tree = "Boss"
 }}
-With the [[Organised Forces]] notable [[atlas passive]] allocated, areas with map bosses are '''Irradiated''', increasing the [[monster level]] of all monsters in the area by +1.
-==Citadel boss==
-'''Citadel bosses''', sometimes referred to as '''uber act bosses''', are special map bosses based on the act bosses of the campaign: [[Count Geonor]], [[Jamanra, the Abomination]], and [[Doryani, Royal Thaumaturge|Doryani]]. Citadel bosses drop [[Crisis Fragment]]s, items used to access [[The Arbiter of Ash]], the pinnacle atlas encounter.
 ==Version history==
 {{Version history table header}}
+{{Version history table row|0.4.0|
+* Idols of Estazunti are no longer required to unlock Vaal Vault maps. Existing items will be deleted.
+}}
+{{Version history table row|0.3.1|
+* All Maps now contain Map Bosses (except for some Unique Maps and Hideouts). To complete a Map you are only required to kill the Boss, you no longer have to kill any Rares and you can do as much or as little of the rest of the Map as you please.
+* The existing icons that currently indicate there is a Map Boss now instead signify the area contains a Powerful Map Boss that is extra challenging and rewarding.
+}}
+{{Version history table row|0.3.0|
+* Mysterious anomalies can now appear on the Atlas.
+}}
 {{Version history table row|0.2.0|
 * 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.

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Atlas mechanics	The Atlas Biome Atlas Passive Tree Map Device Map List of maps Waystone Tablet Tower Hideout Realmgate Reliquary Vault Nameless Seer

Encounters	Abyss Azmerian wisp Breach Cleansed map Coalesced Corruption (Beyond) Corrupted Nexus Delirium Essence Expedition Map boss Citadel boss Ritual Rogue exile Shrine Strongbox

Pinnacle encounters	The Arbiter of Ash The Burning Monolith Crisis Fragment Calamity Fragment Xesht, We That Are One Breach SplinterBreach SplinterStack Size: 300Consume at least 50 Splinters at the Realmgate to enter the Twisted Domain. The Simulacrum Simulacrum SplinterSimulacrum SplinterStack Size: 300Consume at least 50 Splinters at the Realmgate to enter the Simulacrum. Olroth, Origin of the Fall Runic SplinterRunic SplinterStack Size: 300Consume at least 50 Splinters at the Realmgate to travel to the Kalguuran Tomb. The King in the Mists Petition SplinterPetition SplinterStack Size: 300Consume at least 50 Splinters at the Realmgate to travel to the Crux of Nothingness. Vessel of Kulemak Kulemak's InvitationKulemak's InvitationSomething awaits you in the Well.Something awaits you in the Well.

Endgame Trials	Trial of the Sekhemas Zarokh, the Temporal Trial of Chaos The Trialmaster