Path of Exile 2: How To Get & Upgrade Waystones

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Waystones are an important resource in 's endgame. Once you've completed the entirety of the main quest and officially entered the endgame content, you'll unlock a new mechanic called the Atlas of Worlds — or, more colloquially, mapping. This is a unique game mode in which you'll travel around the map from node to node, defeating enemies to reclaim each area from corruption. However, in order to unlock new, higher-level maps and continue making your way through the endgame quest "," you'll need to use unique items called Waystones.

In short, Waystones fuel your progress through the endgame, so you'll need to become familiar with the processes of finding them, upgrading them, and using them quickly. You'll also soon learn that many Waystones have unique effects, affecting conditions of the maps they unlock: for example, increasing enemy difficulty, boosting the chances of rare loot drops,

It is possible to find Waystones as random drops from enemies throughout the world of. This is likely the most common method of finding Waystones. Like almost everything else in the game, though, they're totally random drops, and there's really no way to guarantee you'll get a Waystone from any particular battle. Nor is there an established meta for farming Waystones like there is for Spirit Gems. Of course, you'll only find them in high-level and endgame areas, so make sure you stick to those locales to increase your chances.

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Using a high-tier Waystone to unlock a map does increase the chances of further Waystone drops on that map, so the more mapping you do, the more map nodes you'll be able to unlock. If you're low on Waystones, try cashing in a high-value one with several modifiers to unlock a new node, and you'll be more likely to find more while you're clearing it. And if you don't even have high-tier Waystones to use, you can follow the