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Path of Exile 2 - Cleansed Maps Explained

Cleansed Maps are an Atlas mechanic in Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2), where previously corrupted maps become purified after you clear a nearby Corrupted Nexus. Learn how Cleansed Maps work and what rewards you can earn from them.

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Cleansed Maps Explained

Cleansed Maps Mechanics
Checkmark Purified Lands with Powerful Potential
Checkmark Fight New Foes and Discover Rare Rewards
Checkmark Corrupt First or Cleanse Early?

Purified Lands with Powerful Potential

Path of Exile 2 - Cleansed Maps
Cleansed Maps are a special reward for completing a Corrupted Nexus. Once you defeat the Nexus boss, Doryani purges the corruption, and all surrounding Corrupted Maps become Cleansed.

Though less punishing than their corrupted counterparts, these newly purified areas are still dangerous, featuring new monster types, unique bosses, and their own set of modifiers and loot rewards. These maps present a fresh challenge that requires players to adapt to new threats while reaping greater rewards.

Mapping Guide and List of Atlas Maps

Fight New Foes and Discover Rare Rewards

Path of Exile 2 - Cleansed Maps Enemies
Cleansed enemies drop Fracturing Orbs, powerful crafting items that lock one of a Rare gear’s modifiers in place, making it permanently unchangeable. This creates vast crafting potential for players looking to maximize their gear's value.

Corrupt First or Cleanse Early?

Path of Exile 2 - Cleansed Maps vs Corrupted Map
With Cleansed Maps offering their own rewards, players must choose: clear all Corrupted Maps first, then complete the Nexus... or rush the Nexus and return later to the now-Cleansed zones.

Both approaches come with challenges and incentives — making Cleansed Maps a valuable part of your Atlas strategy.

Cleansed Maps Rewards

Fracturing Orbs

Path of Exile 2 - Cleansed Maps Fracturing Orb

Fracturing Orbs are powerful crafting tools that allow you to fracture a modifier on a Rare equipment, making it permanent and unchangeable.

Finding the right base with the right fractured mod can open the door to top-tier crafting potential, giving players more control over powerful builds.

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Mapping Guide and List of Atlas Maps Atlas Skill Tree Guide
Expedition Guide Breach Guide
Ritual Guide Delirium Guide
The Burning Monolith Explained Realmgate Explained
Azmerian Wisps Guide All Unique Maps
Idol of Estazunti Deadly Map Bosses

Atlas Maps

Atlas Maps
Abyss Augury Backwash
Bloodbowl Bloodwood Blooming Field
Burial Bog Castaway Cenotes
Channel Creek Crimson Shores
Crux of Nothingness Crypt Decay
Deserted Forge Fortress
Fractured Lake Gothic City Hidden Grotto
Hive Lofty Summit Lost Towers
Mineshaft Mire Moment of Zen
Necropolis Oasis Penitentiary
Phaaryl Megaliths Ravine Reliquary Vault
Riverside Rustbowl Sandspit
Savannah Seepage Silent Cave
Simulacrum Slick Spider Woods
Steaming Springs Steppe Sulphuric Caverns
Sump Sun Temple Twisted Domain
Untainted Paradise Vaal City Vaal Factory
Vaal Foundry Vaults of Kamasa Viridian Wildwood
Wetlands Willow Woodland

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