Wrath of the Cosmos - Path of Exile

Wrath of the Cosmos Keystone

Wrath of the Cosmos is a an Atlas Keystone. Mastery: The Searing Exarch.

• Eldritch Altars Influenced by The Searing Exarch have 50% chance to have an additional Upside
• Eldritch Altars Influenced by The Searing Exarch which have an additional Upside have 100% increased Effect of Downsides

Flavour Text: A fiery dawn illumines the horizon, and it becomes apparent that all that glitters is not gold…

Searing Exarch Eldritch Altars will have a chance to have two Upsides instead of one. If the Altar has two Upsides, its Downside is doubled.

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Wrath of the Cosmos 3.20 Changes

The Wrath of the Cosmos Keystone encouraged players to risk a level of danger that was outside their capability because of how valuable its rewards were. In some cases, it made more sense to die a few times per map than forgo the level of rewards this keystone offered. This is not ideal, to say the least.

We have redesigned this keystone. It now only affects Altars in maps influenced by the Searing Exarch. Each Altar now has a 50% chance for an additional upside. Altars with an additional upside will have their downside effect increased by 100%. The overall risk vs. reward nature of this keystone is still in place, it's just a lot less intense now.

The Eldritch Gaze keystone now only affects Altars in maps influenced by the Eater of Worlds. The main reason for this is that we want you to invest Atlas Passives into the influence type that you're currently farming. It feels wrong to have to get the passives from the opposite influence cluster in order to maximise the rewards you get from the influence type that you're currently farming. The small passives near these keystones are already specific to influence types and it's nice and tidy to keep things consistent in this way.

Just to explicitly call a spade a spade, this is a nerf to how much you can scale your rewards from these keystones, if you were one of the subset of players who were taking both keystones in the past.
Balance Manifesto: Eldritch Altars.

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List of Eldritch Currency

Tier	Name	Description	Drop Level	Drop Location
5-6	Orb of Conflict	Unpredictably raise the strength of one Searing Exarch or Eater of Worlds modifier on an item and lower the strength of another. Lesser modifiers that have their strength lowered will be removed.	1	The Maven and her encounters have a chance to drop the Orb of Conflict. This requires some luck and planning.
	Eldritch Chaos Orb	If The Searing Exarch is dominant, reroll prefix modifiers. If The Eater of Worlds is dominant, reroll suffix modifiers.	81
	Eldritch Exalted Orb	If The Searing Exarch is dominant, add a prefix modifier. If The Eater of Worlds is dominant, add a suffix modifier.	81
	Eldritch Orb of Annulment	If The Searing Exarch is dominant, remove a prefix modifier. If The Eater of Worlds is dominant, remove a suffix modifier.	81
1	Lesser Eldritch Ichor	Adds a Lesser Eater of Worlds implicit modifier to a Body Armour, Boots, Gloves or Helmet. This replaces any existing implicit modifiers other than Searing Exarch implicit modifiers.	68	Drops in all maps.
2	Greater Eldritch Ichor	Adds a Greater Eater of Worlds implicit modifier to a Body Armour, Boots, Gloves or Helmet. This replaces any existing implicit modifiers other than Searing Exarch implicit modifiers.	73	Come from exploring maps influenced by The Eater of Worlds.
3	Grand Eldritch Ichor	Adds a Grand Eater of Worlds implicit modifier to a Body Armour, Boots, Gloves or Helmet. This replaces any existing implicit modifiers other than Searing Exarch implicit modifiers.	78	Come from exploring maps influenced by The Eater of Worlds.
4	Exceptional Eldritch Ichor	Adds an Exceptional Eater of Worlds implicit modifier to a Body Armour, Boots, Gloves or Helmet. This replaces any existing implicit modifiers other than Searing Exarch implicit modifiers.	81	Drop from The Eater of Worlds.
1	Lesser Eldritch Ember	Adds a Lesser Searing Exarch implicit modifier to a Body Armour, Boots, Gloves or Helmet. This replaces any existing implicit modifiers other than Eater of Worlds implicit modifiers.	68	Drops in all maps.
2	Greater Eldritch Ember	Adds a Greater Searing Exarch implicit modifier to a Body Armour, Boots, Gloves or Helmet. This replaces any existing implicit modifiers other than Eater of Worlds implicit modifiers.	73	Come from exploring maps influenced by The Searing Exarch.
3	Grand Eldritch Ember	Adds a Grand Searing Exarch implicit modifier to a Body Armour, Boots, Gloves or Helmet. This replaces any existing implicit modifiers other than Eater of Worlds implicit modifiers.	78	Come from exploring maps influenced by The Searing Exarch.
4	Exceptional Eldritch Ember	Adds an Exceptional Searing Exarch implicit modifier to a Body Armour, Boots, Gloves or Helmet. This replaces any existing implicit modifiers other than Eater of Worlds implicit modifiers.	81	Drop from The Searing Exarch.

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Problem:
The Wrath of the Cosmos Keystone encouraged players to risk a level of danger that was outside their capability because of how valuable its rewards were. In some cases, it made more sense to die a few times per map than forgo the level of rewards this keystone offered. This is not ideal, to say the least.

Solution:
We have redesigned this keystone. It now has "Eldritch Altars Influenced by The Searing Exarch have 50% chance to have an additional Upside" and "Eldritch Altars Influenced by The Searing Exarch which have an additional Upside have 100% increased Effect of Downsides." It no longer has any of its former stats. The overall risk vs. reward nature of this keystone is still in place, it's just a lot less intense now.