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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.

Fracturing Orb Effects and How to Get

Path of Exile 2 Related Guides

Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) Atlas of Worlds

Atlas of Worlds Endgame Explained

Atlas Guides

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

Atlas Maps

Atlas Maps
Abyss Augury Backwash
Bloodbowl Bloodwood Blooming Field
Burial Bog Cenotes Channel
Cleansed Maps Corrupted Nexus 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
Wetlands Willow Woodland

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