PoE 2 Dawn of the Hunt Best Atlas Tree & Map for Currency Farming (0.2.0)

Farming currency efficiently in Path of Exile 2: Dawn of the Hunt is all about smart decisions — not just in combat and gear, but in how you structure your Atlas and run your maps. This guide breaks down the best early and endgame Atlas tree builds and mapping strategies to help you generate Exalts, Divines, and other rewards efficiently.

PoE 2 Dawn of the Hunt Best Early Atlas Tree Build & Map Strategies for Fast Currency Farming

The first few days after finishing the campaign are crucial for building your economy. Currency is needed for crafting, gearing, trading, and progressing. Here’s how to build a strong currency base early on with efficient mapping and Atlas choices.

1. Salvaging Items for Currency

One of the easiest early-game strategies is salvaging gear with sockets or quality. Use the Salvage Bench to break these down into:

• Artificer Orbs: Commonly sell at 3:1 for Exalts.

• Blacksmith Whetstones: Exchangeable at 4:1.

• Armor Scraps: Go for around 5:1.

These trade rates fluctuate, but they’re consistently valuable in the early league. Once you accumulate enough Exalts from salvaging, convert them into Divines for more stable value.

2. Smart Selling: Dump Tabs & Item Pricing

Create dump stash tabs and list everything you loot. Set a baseline price (e.g., 5 Exalts). If an item gets spammed with messages, raise the price. If there's no interest, it may be overpriced or irrelevant.

Check item mods before selling:

• POE 2 Items with only life + res may not be worth selling in raw form.

• Consider using crafting currency to add a third mod before listing — it could increase the value from a few Exalts to a Divine.

Other things to sell:

• Level 19 gems: Often 2 Exalts each.

• Uncut support gems: Sold dozens early league.

• Flasks: Random ones can still sell for 1 Exalt.

• Valuable Essences: Especially early, when players need them for gear crafting.

3. Trials and Ascendancy Carries

If you can complete level 79–80 trials, you can sell boss carries to other players. For example:

• Third Ascendancy: Sell for 10–15 Exalts per person.

• Fourth Ascendancy: Up to 35 Exalts per run.

Invite up to five buyers at once and split the profit. Use trusted communities like TFT Discord to prevent scams and ensure smooth trades.

4. Chance Orbing for Profit

A niche but viable method is buying base items (like Rampart Tower Shields) and using Chance Orbs to try to roll into popular uniques used in meta builds.

Example:
The Lyosid Tower Shield was worth 3 Divines early league. Buying cheap bases and chance-orbing them can lead to big flips — but you need a bankroll and patience.

5. Basic Atlas Tree (Early League)

You don’t need many points to reach Tier 15 maps. For early progression, focus on:

• Rising Danger: +50% rare monsters in maps.

• Constant Crossroads: More waystone drops.

• A few small passives for waystone quantity.

This small tree ensures rare monsters drop more loot and helps sustain map progression.

6. Juicing Maps with Tablets

Start using tablets early to boost your early maps:

• Run Tier 15 maps with 6 mods.

• Use tablets like Radiated, Breach, and Ritual.

• Place them in towers to affect nearby maps.

Breach is especially good early — splinters sell well, and the mechanic is fast and rewarding. Ritual is average early on but becomes better later. Delirium can be sold or used for extra rewards.

7. Market Flipping

If you're willing to stay in your hideout and trade, market flipping is a fast way to build currency. Look for:

• Belts with life + resistances: Buy cheap, slam with Exalts, and resell.

• Use market trends: If Exalts are cheap and Divines are expensive, profit margins widen.

Flipping requires time and attention but offers some of the highest returns per hour.

PoE 2 Dawn of the Hunt Best Endgame Atlas Tree Build & Map Strats for More Divines & Loot

Once your Atlas is nearly complete (around 40/40), it's time to shift toward long-term income strategies using fully optimized Atlas trees and high-investment maps.

1. Core Atlas Tree Setup (Endgame)

The foundation of a good endgame tree includes:

• Precursor Influence: More tablets for map juicing.

• Remnants of Power: 20% chance for tablets to have double effect.

• Enigmatic Intensification: Increases impact of mods from towers.

• Unstable Energies: Boosts effect of prefixes and suffixes (more quantity, rarity, pack size).

• Rising Danger: Must-have for rare monsters = more loot.

These nodes boost map content, improve monster density, and increase the reward potential for every map.

2. Additional Tree Options

• Fortunate Path: Waystones drop rare (pre-rolled), saving Alchemy/Regal costs.

• Kan’s Journey: Improves explicit mod effects on maps.

• Twin Threats: Duplicates one rare monster per map (good with Breach or Deli).

• Shrines: Use Places of Worship and Prayer Guidance to increase shrine frequency and effect. Focus on Seeking Shrines (more rarity) and Speed Shrines (faster clear).

Avoid:

• Ecological Shift: Adds extra content but reduces monster packs.

• Corrupted Infusion: Risk of ruining valuable map mods.

3. Efficient Map Rolling

Use Dextral Alchemy or Omens of Sinestral Coronation to roll 3-prefix maps with 1 suffix. This gives:

• High reward from prefixes (quant, rarity, rares).

• Manageable difficulty (enough revives to finish the map).

Avoid maps with Temporal Chains — it heavily slows you and makes maps feel terrible.

4. Tower Tablets & Juicing

Run Tier 15 maps with 6 mods in towers to get 3 tablet slots and apply mechanics to 30+ maps in the area. Best tablet types include:

• Radiated: Higher monster level.

• Breach, Delirium, Ritual: Adds league content.

• Overseer Tablets: Focus on map bosses.

Layering 3 mechanics across a region gives massive value, especially when combined with high prefix maps.

Best League Mechanic Focus for Max Currency & Loot Farming

League mechanics are one of the main sources of currency in PoE 2: Dawn of the Hunt, especially when layered into juiced maps. Choosing the right mechanics to invest your Atlas points in can make a noticeable difference in your returns. Here's a breakdown of the four main league mechanics and how they perform in this patch, along with tips for each.

1. Breach Atlas Tree Build Strategy

Breach remains one of the most efficient and straightforward mechanics for currency generation.

• What to Expect: Fast-paced gameplay; tons of monsters; good loot density.

• Why It Works: Breach splinters sell well and can be exchanged at decent ratios (e.g., 3–4:1 for Exalts early on).

• Tablet Synergy: Use Breach Tablets to expand the number of Breach zones across your maps.

• Atlas Points: Invest in nodes that increase Breach frequency, splinter drops, and clasped hands.

• Tip: Breach works best in juiced, high-mod maps. It also scales well with rare monster bonuses from the tree.

Verdict: Efficient, fast, and profitable with minimal micromanagement.

2. Delirium Atlas Tree Build Strategy

Delirium has seen major improvements in 0.2.0 and is now one of the top mechanics for pure loot farming.

• What Changed: Visual clutter reduced, music updated, and mirrors now last 2.5x longer.

• Why It Works: Maps infused with emotions or influenced by Delirium mirrors spawn large numbers of rare monsters with great loot potential.

• Tablet Synergy: Pair with Delirium Tablets to extend the mechanic to multiple maps.

• Atlas Points: Prioritize nodes like:

• Get Out of My Head – Chance for maps to drop with emotions.

• Would You Like to See My Face – More Simulacrum splinters.

• They're Coming to Get You – Makes encounters last longer.

• Tip: Stick to the left side of the Delirium tree; the right side favors instilled emotion builds, which are less consistent.

Verdict: One of the best currency mechanics right now. Great for mapping-focused builds.

3. Expedition Atlas Tree Build Strategy

Expedition remains a high-risk, high-prep, slower-reward mechanic.

• What to Expect: Slower, methodical gameplay. Requires careful placement of explosives and reading modifiers.

• Why It Works: Logbooks are the main profit driver and can be sold for large sums depending on the vendor and mods.

• Tablet Synergy: Use Expedition Tablets to apply the mechanic to multiple maps.

• Atlas Points:

• Detailed Records – More runic monsters.

• Unearthed Anomalies – More remnants with stronger effects.

• Time Detonations / Legendary Battles – Boosts currency and remnant effect.

• Tip: If you’re not interested in running logbooks yourself, sell them. They hold strong value in trade leagues.

Verdict: Better for players who enjoy a slower pace and deeper engagement. Not as profitable per minute as Breach or Deli but still valuable.

4. Ritual Atlas Tree Build Strategy

Ritual is in a better place now, thanks to a guaranteed Omen on every completed page.

• What to Expect: Stand-in-place combat in ritual circles. Slower than other mechanics, but offers upfront loot decisions.

• Why It Works: Omens can be sold or used for crafting/rolling. Ritual rewards have improved consistency.

• Tablet Synergy: Use Ritual Tablets to spread the mechanic across your map region.

• Atlas Points:

• Ominous Portents – More Omens.

• He Approaches – Increases ritual monster pack size.

• Tempting Offers – Easier to roll better rewards.

• Spreading Darkness – Ensures 4 altars per map.

• Tip: If your build is fast, Ritual may feel clunky. Best used when you want more control over loot and valuable crafting items.

Verdict: Reliable and consistent. Slower pacing, but solid returns over time.

More Farming Mechanics Worth To Try

• Essences: Easy to kill, decent returns. Worth it early or in SSF.

• Shrines: Dangerous but helpful. Prioritize speed and rarity shrines.

• Rogue Exiles: Not worth investing points into right now.

• Strongboxes: Buffed, but still underwhelming unless targeted.

• Wisps: Clunky and underperforming. Avoid until improved.