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This guide is meant to give a general layout/type of each [[List of maps|map]] along with notable mob types or encounters. | This guide is meant to give a general layout/type of each [[List of maps|map]] along with notable mob types or encounters. | ||
== | Fubgun has put together a guide on the different maps with tiers here: https://tinyurl.com/Map-rating | ||
==Marrow== | |||
* Cave map type | * Cave map type | ||
* Medium-width corridors that go in random directions | * Medium-width corridors that go in random directions | ||
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* Big square | * Big square | ||
* Lots of roots and trees obstructing movement | * Lots of roots and trees obstructing movement | ||
* Boss is the multi-phase crow boss with the bell | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Blooming_field_map.png|Minimap | File:Blooming_field_map.png|Minimap | ||
File:Blooming_field_boss.png|Boss | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Cenotes_map.png|Minimap | File:Cenotes_map.png|Minimap | ||
</gallery> | |||
==Channel== | |||
* Indoor temple type map | |||
* Has a chest that, when opened, turns a lot of statues into mobs | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Channel map.png|Minimap | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Creek== | |||
* Linear map with wide sides | |||
* Large tree and rock obstacles, but there are large open areas as well | |||
* Boss is the big chainsaw guy | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Creek map.png|Minimap | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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* Swamp map type | * Swamp map type | ||
* Circular map with lots of obstacles | * Circular map with lots of obstacles | ||
* Boss is [[The Rotten Druid]] | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Decay_map.png|Minimap | File:Decay_map.png|Minimap | ||
</gallery> | |||
==Deserted== | |||
* Desert type map | |||
* Long linear-ish map | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Deserted_map.png|Minimap | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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* Long, straight hallways | * Long, straight hallways | ||
* Looks like crucible maps from PoE1 | * Looks like crucible maps from PoE1 | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Forge_map.png|Minimap | File:Forge_map.png|Minimap | ||
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File:Fortress_map.png|Minimap | File:Fortress_map.png|Minimap | ||
File:Fortress_boss.png|Boss | File:Fortress_boss.png|Boss | ||
</gallery> | |||
==Gothic City== | |||
* City type map | |||
* Wide connecting corridors | |||
* Spawns next to Iron citadels | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Gothic city map.png|Minimap | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Hive_map.png|Minimap | File:Hive_map.png|Minimap | ||
</gallery> | |||
==Iron Citadel== | |||
* Maze type map | |||
* Area is like the final area of Act 1 | |||
* Boss is the act 1 boss | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Iron_citadel_map.png|Minimap | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Lofty Summit== | ==Lofty Summit== | ||
* Winter type map | * Winter type map | ||
* Fairly linear | * Fairly linear, but lots of back tracking to fully complete the map | ||
* Long corridors that are wide and narrow at parts | * Long corridors that are wide and narrow at parts | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Lofty_summit_map.png|Minimap | File:Lofty_summit_map.png|Minimap | ||
File:Lofty_summit_boss.png|Boss | File:Lofty_summit_boss.png|Boss | ||
</gallery> | |||
==Mineshaft== | |||
* Cave type map | |||
* A maze of hallways | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Mineshaft_map.png|Minimap | |||
File:Mineshaft_boss.png|Boss | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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* Swamp map type | * Swamp map type | ||
* Thin bridges connecting small islands | * Thin bridges connecting small islands | ||
* Boss is Rinoa, Winter's Cackle | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:mire_map.png|Minimap | File:mire_map.png|Minimap | ||
File:mire_boss.png|Boss | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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File:Oasis_map.png|Minimap | File:Oasis_map.png|Minimap | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Penitentiary== | |||
* Act 1 town type | |||
* Boss is the Executioner | |||
* Map is next to the Iron Citadel | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Penitentiary_map.png|Minimap | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Ravine== | ==Ravine== | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Ravine_map.png|Minimap | File:Ravine_map.png|Minimap | ||
</gallery> | |||
==Rustbowl== | |||
* Fairly linear map with wide sides | |||
* Boss is Gozen, Rebellious Rustlord | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Rustbowl_map.png|Minimap | |||
File:Rustbowl_boss.png|Boss | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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* Long linear map just like strand in PoE 1 | * Long linear map just like strand in PoE 1 | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:Sandspit map.png|Minimap | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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* Forest type map | * Forest type map | ||
* Linear-ish, but mostly wide open space | * Linear-ish, but mostly wide open space | ||
<gallery> | |||
File:Spider_woods_map.png|Minimap | |||
File:Spider_woods_boss.png|Boss | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Steaming Springs== | ==Steaming Springs== | ||
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* Forest map type | * Forest map type | ||
* Circular map with lots of narrow passages | * Circular map with lots of narrow passages | ||
* The boss is the witch that flies around on a broom | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Sump_map.png|Minimap | |||
File:Sump_boss.png|Boss | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Sump== | |||
* Forest map type | |||
* Circular map with lots of narrow passages | |||
* The boss is the witch that flies around on a broom | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Sump_map.png|Minimap | File:Sump_map.png|Minimap | ||
File:Sump_boss.png|Boss | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== | |||
* | ==Untained Paradise== | ||
* | * Beach type map | ||
* Special map type that gives extra exp but no items drop | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:Untainted_paradise_map.png|Minimap | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Vaal Factory == | |||
* Boss is [[Tetzcatl, the Blazing Guardian]] | |||
==Vaal Foundry== | ==Vaal Foundry== | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Vaal_foundry_map.png|Minimap | File:Vaal_foundry_map.png|Minimap | ||
</gallery> | |||
==Wetlands== | |||
* Forest type map | |||
* Extremely open layout with very little obstacles | |||
* Boss is Gorian, the Moving Earth | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Wetlands_map.png|Minimap | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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* Forest type map | * Forest type map | ||
* Lots of tree obstacles | * Lots of tree obstacles | ||
* Mostly open map, good for Breach | |||
* Boss is Connal, The Tormented | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Willow map.png|Minimap | File:Willow map.png|Minimap | ||
File:Willow_boss.png|Boss | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Latest revision as of 09:51, 28 August 2025
This is a guide on the subject of summarising map layouts and encounters.
Last updated on December 11, 2024.
This guide is meant to give a general layout/type of each map along with notable mob types or encounters.
Fubgun has put together a guide on the different maps with tiers here: https://tinyurl.com/Map-rating
Marrow
- Cave map type
- Medium-width corridors that go in random directions
- Spiders spawn from the sides of the map randomly
- Boss is Zar Wali, The Bone Tyrant
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Minimap
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Boss
Augury
- Indoor temple map with a locked inner sanctum
- Must pull 3 levers to open the middle of the map to fight rare mobs
- The 3 levers are in the middle of each side that you did not spawn on
- You cannot cancel pulling the levers - make sure you kill all mobs around them first
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Minimap
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Lever
Backwash
- Forest map type
- Islands connected with bridges
- Lots of tree obstacles
- Boss is Yaota, the Loathsome
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Minimap
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Boss
Bloodwood
- Forest map type
- Fairly linear
- Long winding corridor
- Can easily miss rares if you don't check all sides as you go down the corridor
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Minimap
Blooming Field
- Forest map type
- Big square
- Lots of roots and trees obstructing movement
- Boss is the multi-phase crow boss with the bell
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Minimap
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Boss
Burial Bog
- Swamp map type
- Long winding map with large obstacles along the way
- Similar to Strand in PoE 1
- Boss is Grudgelash, Vile Ent
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Minimap
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Boss
Cenotes
- Beach type map
- Fairly open layout
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Minimap
Channel
- Indoor temple type map
- Has a chest that, when opened, turns a lot of statues into mobs
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Minimap
Creek
- Linear map with wide sides
- Large tree and rock obstacles, but there are large open areas as well
- Boss is the big chainsaw guy
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Minimap
Crypt
- Mausoleum map type
- Long narrow corridors
- Boss is the first floor sanctum boss from PoE 1
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Minimap
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Boss
Decay
- Swamp map type
- Circular map with lots of obstacles
- Boss is The Rotten Druid
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Minimap
Deserted
- Desert type map
- Long linear-ish map
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Minimap
Forge
- Long, straight hallways
- Looks like crucible maps from PoE1
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Minimap
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Boss
Fortress
- Circular map with big open areas
- Boss is Pirasha, The Forgotten Prisoner, which is the map version of Balbala, the Traitor, but the arena is a lot larger
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Minimap
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Boss
Gothic City
- City type map
- Wide connecting corridors
- Spawns next to Iron citadels
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Minimap
Hidden Grotto
- Cave type map
- Circular shape
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Minimap
Hive
- Desert type map
- Lots of rocks and jagged edges to get caught on or stuck
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Minimap
Iron Citadel
- Maze type map
- Area is like the final area of Act 1
- Boss is the act 1 boss
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Minimap
Lofty Summit
- Winter type map
- Fairly linear, but lots of back tracking to fully complete the map
- Long corridors that are wide and narrow at parts
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Minimap
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Boss
Mineshaft
- Cave type map
- A maze of hallways
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Minimap
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Boss
Mire
- Swamp map type
- Thin bridges connecting small islands
- Boss is Rinoa, Winter's Cackle
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Minimap
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Boss
Oasis
- Desert map type
- Long linear corridor
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Minimap
Penitentiary
- Act 1 town type
- Boss is the Executioner
- Map is next to the Iron Citadel
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Minimap
Ravine
- Castle map type
- Long linear map with little to no obstacles
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Minimap
Rustbowl
- Fairly linear map with wide sides
- Boss is Gozen, Rebellious Rustlord
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Minimap
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Boss
Sandspit
- Beach map type
- Long linear map just like strand in PoE 1
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Minimap
Savannah
- Desert map type
- Open layout with long brick walls throughout
- Boss is the desert boss from act 2
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Minimap
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Boss
Seepage
- Indoor temple map with long corridors
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Minimap
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Boss
Slick
- Castle type map
- Long, wide corridors
- Is generally linear but has large tangents
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Minimap
Spider Woods
- Forest type map
- Linear-ish, but mostly wide open space
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Minimap
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Boss
Steaming Springs
- Beach map type
- Open layout in a square with lots of obstacles
- Boss is Manassa, The Serpent Queen
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Minimap
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Boss
Steppe
- Forest/plain map type
- Open layout in a square
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Minimap
Sulphuric Caverns
- Cave map type
- Linear-ish map but you have to traverse the sides quite a bit
- Boss is the dual boss with the beast and the mage
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Minimap
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Boss
Sump
- Forest map type
- Circular map with lots of narrow passages
- The boss is the witch that flies around on a broom
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Minimap
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Boss
Sump
- Forest map type
- Circular map with lots of narrow passages
- The boss is the witch that flies around on a broom
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Minimap
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Boss
Untained Paradise
- Beach type map
- Special map type that gives extra exp but no items drop
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Minimap
Vaal Factory
- Boss is Tetzcatl, the Blazing Guardian
Vaal Foundry
- Layout is similar in every map - head top right
- Boss is the same as the molten vault (lava boss)
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Minimap
Wetlands
- Forest type map
- Extremely open layout with very little obstacles
- Boss is Gorian, the Moving Earth
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Minimap
Willow
- Forest type map
- Lots of tree obstacles
- Mostly open map, good for Breach
- Boss is Connal, The Tormented
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Minimap
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Boss
Woodland
- Forest map type
- Circular'ish map with lots of tree obstacles
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Minimap
