Players should farm the Atlas for better loot and do trials for ascendancy points once in the endgame of Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). See a guide to the endgame and what players can and should do after the campaign here!

What to Do After the Campaign?

Things To Do in the Endgame
Explore the Atlas Ascend Characters with Higher-Tiered Trials Trade Items and Farm Currencies Min-Max and Build Your Character

Explore the Atlas

Upon finishing Act 3 of the Cruel Campaign, players will gain access to the Atlas, an infinitely expanding map hub where players can experience various end-game content and mechanics.

Atlas of Worlds Endgame Explained

Experience Different Endgame or League Mechanics

Endgame Mechanic	Description
Breach	A mechanic where a players open a portal to another dimension and defeat swarms of other dimensional monsters.
Delirium	A mechanic where players enter a Delirium Mirror to enter a foggy nightmare and defeat monsters.
Expedition	A mechanic where players use explosives to excavate and dig up Runic Monster and Chests to gain artifacts and other loot.
Ritual	A mechanic where players kill enemies within a ritual site to gain tributes to be exchanged for favors.
Burning Monolith	A map containing the hardest pinnacle boss in the game and requiring three crisis fragments from Citadels to enter.

Out of the various endgame mechanics in the Atlas, the most significant ones are listed in the table above, with a brief description of each.

Ascend Characters with Higher-Tiered Trials

After the campaign, players may also complete and conquer harder versions of the Trial of Sekhemas and Trials of Chaos to get all eight ascendancy points.

Players can also do these trials to face the Pinnacle Bosses Zarokh and the Trialmaster to get valuable loot and rewards.

All Ascendancy Trials

Trade Items and Farm Currencies

Another major thing to do in the endgame is to start divulging into currency collection and trading. The more players explore the Atlas, the more likely they will obtain higher-valued currencies and items. They can sell these items in the marketplace, earning more currency.

With more currency, players can get better items for themselves, which inevitably helps them acquire more items or currencies faster and more efficiently, creating a cycle.

Best Ways to Farm Currency

Min-Max and Build Your Character

As implied earlier, one of the player's objectives during the endgame is to improve and min-max their builds. This involves increasing their levels and continuously optimizing their gear and stats when possible. The more built a character is, the more they'll thrive and be capable of playing different content in the endgame.

PoE 2 Best Builds

Endgame Guide

Endgame Tips and Tricks
Increase Survivability Through Better Gear Secure Waystones for Continuous Mapping Maximize the Atlas Skill Tree Utilize Currencies and Items Avoid Dying

Increase Survivability Through Better Gear

Players should increase their survivability upon arriving at the endgame by getting decent gear and equipment. The biggest wall players face when starting the endgame is survivability, as enemies deal more damage, especially in higher-tiered Waystones or maps.

Prioritize Resistances, Life, and Energy Shields

Given this, players must prioritize increasing elemental and chaos resistances alongside either maximum life or energy shields, depending on what the player uses. Doing so gives them exponentially higher defenses against attacks and hits.

Players should aim for at least 30-40% elemental resistances with lower-tiered Waystones and continue to cap them to 75% as they run higher-level maps.

Trade to Easily Get Better Equipment

Players can trade with other players using Exalted Orbs or items obtained throughout the campaign to get better equipment. Decent equipment for the start of the Atlas is relatively cheap, only costing around one exalt per armor piece or accessory.

Trading Website Guide and How to Trade

Secure Waystones for Continuous Mapping

After increasing survivability, the next priority is to secure a stable source of Waystones to map continuously. Getting these Waystones will be difficult at first since they are relatively rare. However, below are a few methods to acquire them more often.

Kill All Enemies and Break and Open Containers

While players can finish an Atlas map by only killing the rare monsters, they should aim to clear out all enemies as they can drop Waystones. Likewise, players should open and break containers as they can also drop Waystones.

Instill Suffixes or Negative Modifiers on Waystones

Another method to obtain more is to instill more negative modifiers (suffixes) on Waystones before using them. Doing this increases the chances of Waystones dropping while running a map. However, players should prioritize staying alive and avoid instilling modifiers they cannot handle.

Buy Waystones From Doryani or Farm Them in the Campaign

Players can also purchase Waystones from Doryani in their Hideouts or Ziggurat Encampment as a last resort. He usually sells tier 1 Waystones, but can sometimes sell Waystones up to tier 5.

Alternatively, players can run maps in the cruel campaign, as Waystones can drop there. However, this method is not optimal as the drop chances are considerably low.

Maximize the Atlas Skill Tree

Players should also maximize their Atlas Skill Tree to make their Atlas progression smoother and more efficient. They will want to prioritize nodes that increase Waystone drop chances, like Constant Crossroads, to make mapping sustainable.

Afterward, players can prioritize increasing the number of rare monsters on maps with nodes like Twin Threats to receive more valuable loot per map.

Atlas Skill Tree Guide

Utilize Currencies and Items

To better their endgame experience, players can utilize different items and currencies. For example, players can use Regal Orbs, Exalted Orbs, or Distilled Emotions to better Waystones by adding more modifiers.

Another example is to use Precursor Tablets to instill maps with specific map mechanics like Breach, making it easier to farm these endgame mechanics.

List of Items

Avoid Dying

While mapping in the endgame, players should avoid dying at all costs, as they lose 10% of their total XP bar when they die.

This could set players back significantly, especially if they are min-maxing their builds and characters. The higher level they are, the more experience they lose.

What Happens When You Die?

Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) Related Guides

Beginner's Guide

Gameplay Mechanics

Character Creation Guide	Currency Exchange Explained
How to Ascend Classes	How to Block
How to Dodge	How to Fast Travel
How to Get and Use Sacred Water	How to Get Through the Red Walls
How to Refill Flasks	How to Show the Overlay Map
How to Trade	How to Unlock Pets
What is the Max Level?	What Happens When You Die?

Game and Character Progression

Best Ways to Farm and Spend Gold	Endgame Guide: What to Do After the Campaign?
Hardcore Guide	Hideout Location and How to Unlock
How to Ascend Classes	How to Farm Uniques
How to Increase Damage	How to Increase Defense
How to Make a Good Build	How to Power Level Alts
Leveling Guide: How to Get XP Fast	List of Permanent Buffs from the Campaign
Missables and One-Time Events Guide	-

Gear and Crafting

Are There Vendor Recipes?	Crafting Guide
How to Always Show Items on Ground	How to Get Corrupted Items
How to Hide Your Helmet	How to Identify Items and Equipment
How to Increase Inventory Size	How to Use Corruption Altars
How to Use Reforging Benches	Item Rarity Explained
Sell, Salvage, or Disenchant Equipment?	Sockets Explained

Stats and Skills Guides

Best Defensive Stat	How to Get and Use Persistent Buffs
How to Get Ascendancy Skill Points	How to Get More Skill Slots
How to Increase Charm Slots	How to Increase Support Gem Slots
How to Level Up Skills	How to Respec Passives
How to Use Jewel Sockets	Weapon Set Skill Points Explained
Weapon Specialization Guide: How to Swap Weapons	-

Settings and Multiplayer

Can You Adjust Game Difficulty?	Best PC Settings and Keyboard Bindings
Gateway Guide	Guild Features and How to Join
How to Change Your Character's Name	How to Change Voice and Text Language
How to Get Loot Filters on Console	How to Get More Character Slots
How to Link Items in Chat	How to Revive Party Members
How to Use and Customize Chat Box	List of All Chat Commands
Is There Controller Support?	Multiplayer Guide: How to Play Coop
Party Bonuses and Group Scaling Explained	Stash Tab Sale Schedule and Prices
Should You Choose Mouse or WASD?	-