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Rolling Waystones and Precursor Tablets

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Last Updated:April 4, 2025|Changelog

The Rolling Waystones and Precursor Tablets Guide for Path of Exile 2 teaches you the best affixes to roll on Waystones (Tier 15) and your Precursor Tablets. This is important knowledge for every player to understand, especially now with the new Content Update 0.2.0 in Path of Exile 2: Dawn of the Hunt:

  • You need properly rolled Waystones for Breach farming, Delirium farming, Citadel completion, and many future potential juiced mapping and farming strategies!
  • Understanding the correct Precursor Tablet and Waystone (Tier 15) modifiers to use can have extreme differences in loot obtained.
  • With the newest update to Path of Exile 2, Towers and Tablets are more powerful than ever!

Most importantly, this guide teaches you how to start obtaining much more Currency and Gear to finally get that upgrade you've been looking at!

Early Access

Path of Exile 2 is in Early Access and map affixes, Precursor Tablet types, and even mapping strategies can change rapidly. Pin this article to be notified of any updates!

What's New in the Path of Exile 2: Dawn of the Hunt Update?

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Important Mapping Updates for the new patch

The latest patch has significantly changed how Waystones and Precursor Tablets function, with major improvements to Tower mechanics and adjustments to farming strategies:

  • Tower and Tablet Overhaul: Towers are less frequent but more powerful, with Tablets providing twice the mechanics and scaling up to four times as many with Waystone tiers.
  • Waystone Drop Changes: Waystones can no longer drop as a tier lower than your current Map, and Map Bosses now guarantee a Waystone one tier higher.
  • New Respawn System: You can now die and re-enter portals in Maps up to 6 times during early Waystone tiers, with portals decreasing as Waystone tiers increase.
  • League Mechanics: Breach, Delirium, and Expedition have been adjusted at all Waystone tiers.
  • Atlas Passive Tree: Now supports 40 Atlas Passive points (previously 30) with new notables for Azmerian Spirits and Rogue Exiles.

Why Rolling Matters

Rolling Waystones and Precursor Tablets Guide
Begin with the basics and learn from there!

You may understand the very basics of improving Waystones (Tier 1) with an Orb of Transmutation and an Orb of Augmentation then using a Regal Orb. But where do you go from there and why would you do anything more?

  • The difference between running a Regal Orb'd Map and a fully juiced and Distilled Greed Map is massive.
  • Your better rolled Maps will generate more monsters, more loot, more experience, and helps progress your build much faster.
  • It doesn't take too much longer to properly roll a map, and is more than worth the time investment with Keystones like Unstable Energies and Notable Atlas Passives like Enigmatic Intensification providing so much reward for such little effort.
  • You want to ensure the correct Tablet modifiers to take advantage of Remnants of Power and the fact that all Maps in the Radius of your Tablet will obtain it's modifier bonuses!
  • You wouldn't want to waste a lucky TEN Breach proc of your Crumbling Walls Map would you?

Learning these skills and applying them to future farming strategies is key to generating more Currency in Path of Exile2!

Learn How to Roll for Breaches

If you're knowledgeable in the basics and want to skip ahead, check out the Rolling for Breach section of this guide to learn how!

Basics of Rolling Waystones and Tablets

Rolling Waystones and Precursor Tablets Guide
Begin with the basics and learn from there!

Here's a quick refresher for new players on terminology and the Currency's used in Path of Exile 2:

Modifiers: The "Things" that can appear on Waystones (Tier 1) and Precursor Tablets are called it's "Mods" or "Affixes".

  • Magic items can have up to 2 affixes, and Rares typically have up to 6.

Prefix / Suffix: Modifiers are categorized into "Prefixes" or "Suffixes".

  • A Magic item can have only 1 Prefix (the name of which appears before the item's name) and only 1 Suffix (which appears after the item's name).
  • Rare items can (normally) have 3 Prefixes and 3 Suffixes. You can otherwise bypass this limit through the use of Vaal Orbs to obtain as many as 6 Prefixes or 6 Suffixes based on our Corruption outcome (covered later).

Currency for Rolling Waystones:

  • An Orb of Transmutation, Orb of Augmentation and Regal Orb should be used only when just starting to complete Waystones.
  • Orbs of Alchemy should be used on every Waystone (Tier 15). This ensures 4 Modifiers right away, making it much easier to find which maps you should run and which get thrown out.
  • Exalted Orbs are used to fill the rest of your Waystone (Tier 15) Mods out to take advantage of Grueling Journey for running League Mechanics like Breach.

Waystone Tier: Waystones are given a tier based on the Level of the Area it dropped in, and the Rarity of the Monster that dropped it. The tier of Waystones determine what Level the monsters and Bosses are, and thus dictates how much experience you obtain and how good the loot is.

  • In general, a Waystone (Tier 16) generates "better" loot than a Waystone (Tier 1). This is because the Modifiers have larger ranges that can be rolled for them, making the higher tiers more dangerous and valuable as you progress! There are also drops like Breach Splinters and Simulacrum Splinters that are gated behind certain Waystone Tiers before they begin dropping more plentifully (or at all).
  • Waystone Tier determines the Level of the Monsters in Maps, so it also determines the Item Level that your Gear drops at. Some modifier tiers are locked behind higher Item Level Gear, so it's important to run the highest Level maps you can handle to obtain the best Gear possible!

Precurser Tablet Types (Bases): Each Tablet adds a certain mechanic to a number of Maps in radius. Right now the following tablets are available during Early Access, with more to come before the full release:

Implicits: Your tablets have "Implicits", with a number of Maps in Range that gain the mechanic.

  • The Implicits can be an important consideration, but they are not the only thing that determines the value of each Tablet! The modifiers, namely the Prefixes that increase the Quantity/Rarity of items dropped in your Maps, are a larger consideration of value on tablets.

Corruption: Waystones can be Corrupted with a Vaal Orb, just like your Gear. Some corruptions can add a lot of "juice" to your maps:

  • 25% Chance: No Change
    The Waystone remains the same without any modifications.
  • 25% Chance: Increase or Decrease Waystone Tier by 1
    The Waystone’s tier goes up or down by one, and its modifiers are randomized.
    Tip: This is the main method to obtain a Tier 16 Waystone.
  • 25% Chance: Prefix or Suffix Lock and Reforge
    One set of modifiers (prefixes in this example) are locked, preventing them from being removed. The suffixes are cleared and replaced with a new set of prefixes with the same number of modifiers, ignoring normal crafting limits.
    Tip: This is the main method of obtaining 6 Prefix or 6 Suffixes Waystones.
  • 25% Chance: Reforge with Extra Modifiers (Rare Waystones Only)
    Both prefixes and suffixes are locked in place. The Waystone is reforged with a chance to add extra modifiers, up to a maximum of 5 prefixes and 5 suffixes, ignoring normal crafting limits.

Enchantments: A Waystone may receive an enchant from Distilled Emotions like Distilled Greed. This not only adds additional bonuses to your loot, but to the monsters too! The monsters get much tougher the higher your Delirious %, but also drop more Simulacrum Splinters so balance the difficulty and rewards based on your builds power.

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A breakdown of the tooltip of a Rolled, Enchanted, and Corrupted Waystone in Path of Exile 2. Holding Alt allows you to display the advanced tooltip information. Note the golden lines that separate Enchantments and the Explicit Modifiers, and the separation of Prefixes and Suffixes.

Waystone rolling Tips and Tricks

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I know what the words mean, but now what?

Before getting into the Endgame Map juicing paradise, let's start with the updated basics for Content Update 0.2.0 - Path of Exile 2: Dawn of the Hunt:

How to Drop your First Waystones (Tier 1)

The latest patch has completely changed how Waystones drop, making sustaining higher tier maps much more reliable:

  • Waystones can no longer drop at a lower tier than the map you are in.
  • Waystones dropped by Final Map Bosses are always one tier higher than the map you are in.
  • Final Map Bosses and the last Rare Monsters in Tier 1 maps have a 100% chance to drop a Waystone. This chance scales down as you get into higher Map Tiers.
  • Doryani now has up to 10 Waystones available to purchase at Tier 1, or one Tier below your highest-completed Tier.
  • Unidentified Waystones now provide 30% increased Waystone drop chance, instead of 30% increased Quantity.

These changes mean you are less reliant on on quantity modifiers for Waystone sustain, and can focus less on having to run punishing Maps to progress your Atlas.

How to Roll your First Waystones (Tier 1)

  • Your first Maps should be rolled with an Orb of Transmutation and Orb of Augmentation. They ensure extra mods for loot and dropping more Waystones at nearly no cost, especially now that you have up to 6 portals (attempts) at low Waystone Tiers.

Not Dying and Want More Loot?

  • As you progress your Quests and unlock your Atlas Passive Points, simply add a Regal Orb to your Rolling. This adds 1 Prefix or Suffix, which can make your Maps drop better and more loot, or adds an additional difficult Map mod which gives your Map extra chance to drop additional Waystones.

Later this guide explains how to best filter out mods your build cannot run.

Your First Breach Map

  • As you progress through the Atlas, you encounter Maps with things on them. They can all be run for some solid early upgrades, but the best one to focus on is Breach.
    • Early in your Atlas progress don't spend too much time worrying about these, but consider the bare minimum of using an Orb of Alchemy to add 4 Mods to your Highest Tier Waystone.
    • Keep in mind, you cannot drop Breach Splinters until higher Waystones, so don't invest too much into these just yet!

Max Juicing with Breach is covered Later in the article so don't worry!

Atlas Complete, Time to farm Waystone (Tier 15)

  • Once you reach the point of Waystone (Tier 14) or Waystone (Tier 15) farming, it's time to get serious about rolling your Maps.
    • Every Normal Waystone should be rolled with an Orb of Alchemy, if it's Magic then use an Orb of Augmentation followed by a Regal Orb, and if it's already Rare then you may consider using an Exalted Orb if you have a solid build and want a juicy Breach or Boss Map.

Bulk Rolling Waystones and Precursor Tablets

  • Fill a Stash Tab (as much as you can) and Roll all at once. This saves so much time, and allows you to search for Mods your build cannot run, or for the juicy Mods to use on those Breach Maps you've been saving.
    • Putting Mods in quotes highlights anything with that exact wording.
      • To highlight the Increased Quantity of Items found affix, simply put in quotes "ntity of item"
    • To highlight your "Bad" Mods:
      • Players have 60% less Recovery Rate of Life and Energy Shield simply put in quotes "60% less Rec"
        • Notice you only need to type enough of the mod to separate it from anything else that can show up on the Waystone. (Just putting "ty of item" shows Quantity of Items found AND Rarity of Items found)
    • Putting Quotes around Mods separated with a pipe "|" (the vertical line key above most Enter Keys) allows any of those Mods to be highlighted.
      • To highlight 60% less Recovery Rate of Life and Energy Shield, #% increased Ailment Threshold, and -#% Maximum Player Resistances, put them within Quotes and Separated by "|"
        • "ailment th|60% less|player res"

Use these above tricks to highlight any bad and good Mods builds want to avoid or run!

Waystone Stash Regex Example
With "ailment th|60% less|player res" in the Stash Search, all maps with these bad mods are highlighted.

Rolling Waystones and Precursor Tablets

Rolling Waystones and Precursor Tablets Guide
Welcome to the big leagues
Early Access Farms

Breach has been nerfed in the latest Content Update for Path of Exile 2, but it's most likely still the king of loot mechanics. No king rules forever, so make sure to pin this article to stay up to date with who's next in line!

How to Roll Breach Waystones

The ability to properly farm Breach isn't even too complicated if you've mastered the basics from above!

  • The best modifiers for Breach farming are:
    • #% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area
    • #% increased number of Rare Monsters
  • The 2nd best are any of the following:
    • #% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area
    • #% increased Magic Monsters

Next you simply instill your Waystone, depending on what level of Deliriousness your build can handle.

  • Distilled Greed is a great budget option to dip your toes into Delirium with 24% increased Rarity.
  • Distilled Paranoia provides +45% Rare Monsters, but is expensive and should be used only on your best Waystones!
Rare Monster Breach Map Example
A well rolled Waystone with Quantity, Rarity, and very High Rare monsters

This Waystone is the perfect example of a very lucky roll! Most won't look like this, but put the good ones aside for the next step!

Rolling the Correct Precursor Tablets

Tablets are just as important for squeezing out tons of loot from your Breach maps.

  • You can use Breach Precursor Tablet or even Precursor Tablet if you have Breaches on your good layout Maps already. (Good and Bad Layouts are covered below)
  • The best mod you can get on your Breach Precursor Tablet is:
    • #% increased Quantity of Items found in your Maps
  • Some other OK mods you could run are:
    • #% increased Rarity of Items found in your Maps
    • #% increased Rare Monsters in your Maps
    • Rare Monsters in your Maps have a #% chance to have an additional Modifier
    • #% increased Magic Monsters in your Maps
Quantity Tablets Example
Example of Quantity and Rare Monsters added with Tablets

This Map was in the radius of 9 Towers, allowing it to stack up lots of Quantity for a TON of Loot.

Learn How to Squeeze the Juice

This is more than enough to get into some Breaches and start dropping Exalted Orbs and Divine Orbs, but there's still juice to squeeze if you can handle it! Check out the Further Map Juicing section to learn how!

Setting up Towers for Precursor Tablets

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Finding the right spot

Updates to Towers in Patch 0.2

The number of Towers on the Atlas has been drastically reduced, but each Tower is now much more powerful. This makes planning and executing the best Tower and Tablet strategy possible is even more important for maximizing your loot rewards.

  • Tablets (except Overseer Tablets) now inherently add twice as many mechanics to Towers.
  • Using higher tier Waystones in Towers increases the number of mechanics applied by Tablets. By Tier 15, the bonus is double, allowing one Tablet to add four times as many things as before.
  • Tower Maps can now spawn with all extra content mechanics, including Bosses and the deadly new Rogue Exiles.
  • The number of Maps affected by Tablets has been doubled on average, and now scales based on Map Tier.
  • Overseer Tablets now cause up to 2-4 Maps in Range to contain Bosses (previously 3-7).

Finding Towers through Fog

The first thing you have to do is find some Towers to use all these Waystones and Tablets on. Luckily they're easy to spot within the Fog.

Just head in one direction, using Waystones (Tier 13) or lower if you'd like an easier time traveling. This process can take a bit of time, so it's recommended to set aside a chunk of playtime towards traveling through your Atlas in search of Towers.

Look for ~2 or more Towers in the distance, and be mindful of areas with multiple Towers nearby!

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Citadel's have bad layouts around them for Breaches. But the Boss drops are very valuable, so make sure to check out the Rolling for Citadel's section below!

Blocking bad Layouts

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Augury, Mire, and others have been "Blocked" from receiving Tablet Mechanics like Breach by Attempting them before using up the Tablets.

An important part of getting Towers setup is to try and find a path to each tower than doesn't use up any Map layouts you enjoy.

It can be a bit annoying, but getting those bad layout Maps completed if they're on the path to your Towers ensures they cannot receive Breaches you would otherwise want on good Map layouts.

  • One last step is to "Attempt" any bad Layout maps around your path to the Towers. This is simple, only requiring a Waystone (Tier 1) to open portals to that area.
    • There's no need to complete the Map to have it Attemped, simply purchase Waystones (Tier 1) from Doryani and open portals to all the bad layouts to block them!

Use Tablets, Obtain Loot

Choosing where to use your good Breach Precursor Tablet and Waystone (Tier 15) is important to achieve the most out of your Atlas Passive Tree!

On the right is an area with tons of Towers nearby. This was before the 0.2.0 update but don't be jealous. With the buffs to Towers, even a lower number clustered nearby is much more powerful!

  • Bad layout Maps Attempted or Completed ensure Breaches land on the remaining good layout Maps.
  • Towers in Radius used Breach Precursor Tablets with increased Quantity of Items and increased Number of Rare Monsters rolled onto them
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A dream Tower placement, with good layout Maps within the radius of many Towers.

This was the PERFECT spot for some very high loot Maps. With 9 Towers and well rolled Waystones and Precursor Tablets, this spot is sure to drop tons of loot!

Further Map Juicing

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Other Farms and Bigger Breaches?

Rolling Waystones for Citadels

Farming Citadels for Ancient Crisis Fragment, Faded Crisis Fragment, or Weathered Crisis Fragment is a great way to make Currency. Understand the following to get the most out of Citadels:

  • Waystone Drop Chance affects the number of Fragments the Bosses drop (as of 0.1.0)
    • ~300-400% = 2 Fragments
    • ~600-700% = 3 Fragments
    • ~1200% = 4 Fragments
  • To obtain such a high Waystone Drop Chance, combine the following:
    • A Corrupted Waystone that rolled additional Prefixes.
    • Tablets with Waystone Drop Chance
    • Lucky rolls on your Atlas Passive Tree Keystones like Unstable Energies or Corrupted Infusion alongside generic Waystone Quantity.
High Waystone Drop Chance Example
An example of a Waystone that ensures up to 3 Fragments drop from the Citadel Boss.

Keep in mind, your Atlas Passive Tree affects the Citadel! Learn more, check out our Citadel farming article!

Ritual, Delirium, and Expedition

For Delirium farming Simulacrum Splinters, you generally want the Players in Area are #% Delirious to be as high as possible to obtain more Splinters.

Delirium has been rebalanced in Content Update 0.2.0 to make Simulacrum Splinter farming more accessible:

  • Delirium Encounters in Maps now reward 1 Simulacrum Splinter each time a reward type is filled.
  • Simulacrum can now be obtained through Delirium Encounters in all Map Tiers, with the amount scaling up per Map Tier.
  • The base number of Monsters spawned in Delirium Encounters has been reduced, and the number that emerge by touching Fracturing Mirrors has been greatly increased.
  • Reduced the intensity of the fog in Delirium encounters, making it easier to see what's happening.

Expedition in Path of Exile 2: Dawn of the Hunt

Expedition now features a powerful new crafting mechanic called Recombination:

  • Recombination allows you to select mods on two items, hoping to get your chosen mods of each on a single item.
  • The more mods you choose, the less your chance of success becomes.
  • If your Recombination fails, your item goes poof.
  • Recombination is unlocked after completing your first Expedition.
  • Using the Recombination device requires Artifacts found during Expedition encounters. These Artifacts fuel the machine to power it's poofing of every item you wanted to craft!

This adds a powerful new crafting option for creating specialized gear while farming Expedition content, especially when combined with the Expedition Vendors ability to modify the Gear you purchase from them!

Deli Map Waystone Example
Example of a good [poe2-item id=fc4ebecd]Simulacrum farming Map

Further Breach Juicing

Super Juiced Breach
High rolled Prefix Corrupted Waystone

Oops! This exile forgot to Anoint this Waystone with Distilled Paranoia before Corrupting. Don't make the same mistake!

The last steps to take your Breach Waystones and Precursor Tablets to the next level is a combination of the following:

  • Corrupting your Waystones with a Vaal Orb to turn the Waystone into a Tier 16, or add Prefixes for more Rare Monsters, Quantity, Rarity or Packsize.
  • Using a Chaos Orb on Waystones with only 1 good modifier, looking to land 2 good mods.
  • Looking through the modifier rolls for high Rare Monsters or Quantity and ensuring these Waystones are Anointed with Distilled Paranoia.
  • Consider using Orbs of Annulment and Orbs of Augmentation on Breach Precursor Tabletss with 9+ Maps in Range and a good suffix to try and roll for increased Quantity /Rarity of Items or the following:
    • Your Maps which contain Breaches have 8+% chance to contain an additional Breach
    • Your Maps which contain Breaches have 3+% chance to contain three additional Breaches
    • Breaches in your Maps spawn 20+% increased Magic Monsters

Summary

  • Towers are now fewer but more powerful - so find a good cluster of Towers to maximize your Tablet potential.
  • Roll for increased Quantity of Items (now 3-7%) and increased Number of Rare Monsters on your Waystones and Tablets.
  • Waystones now always drop at your current map tier or higher, with Map Bosses guaranteeing a +1 tier Waystone.
  • Breach and Delirium have been rebalanced, with splinters now available at all map tiers and scaling with tier level.
  • Utilize the new Recombination mechanic from Expedition to craft powerful gear.
  • The respawn system allows multiple attempts in the same map, with highly modified maps offering fewer respawns.
  • Take advantage of the expanded Atlas Passive Tree with 40 points and new notables for Azmerian Spirits and Rogue Exiles.

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