Delirium
Free Elder Madox, kill bosses in the fog, spread it with a Grand Mirror, survive the Simulacrum, and face the Raven Trickster through the mirror at the Withered Willow.
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The way to the Raven Trickster
Six stops, in order. Tick each one when you've done it in game.
0 of 6 done in game.
- Stop 1
Strange Reflection
Free Elder Madox from a Delirium Mirror in a map. He sends you to the Withered Willow.
The quest is in your log and Madox has sent you to the Willow.Taught in Delirium fog and Deliriousness
- Stop 2
A boss in the fog
Run the Willow's fogged maps and kill a map boss inside the fog.
You've killed a map boss inside Delirium fog.Taught in Delirium fog and Deliriousness
- Stop 3
The Grand Mirror
It can appear on a nearby map. Kill the boss and its reflection, then use the Mirror.
The Grand Mirror's fog is on your Atlas.Taught in Grand Mirrors and the Trial of Madness
- Stop 4
Trial of Madness
Kill Rares, Uniques and bosses in the fogged maps until they reach 100% Deliriousness.
A fogged map has turned into a Simulacrum.Taught in Grand Mirrors and the Trial of Madness
- Stop 5
The Simulacrum
Clear 7 waves, from 100% to 200% Deliriousness.
Wave 7 is cleared and Raven's Reflection is in your inventory.Taught in The Simulacrum
- Stop 6
The Raven Trickster
Put Raven's Reflection into the mirror at the Withered Willow and beat Tangmazu.
Strange Reflection is complete.Taught in Liquid Emotions and the Raven Trickster
Ten maps, packs capped
A Grand Mirror now spreads the fog to exactly 10 maps. Delirium monster packs stop growing past 100% Deliriousness, though monsters still get harder.
From GGG's 0.5.5 patch notes.
The Simulacrum comes at 100%
Since 0.5.3 it appears when the fog bank reaches 100%, not when the fog first spreads. Its 7 waves run from 100% to 200%.
The scaling didn't work at all before 0.5.3.
Getting back in
With the Is this about me... or you? passive, Splinters drop in level 75 and higher maps. 300 make a Simulacrum, used on a map that's already at 100% Deliriousness.
The item is called a Simulacrum. It turns the map into the Simulacrum of Delusion.
Lessons
- Delirium fog and DeliriousnessElder Madox, the Mirror, Deliriousness, shards and Tablets.Up next
- Grand Mirrors and the Trial of MadnessThe boss and its reflection, 10 fogged maps, and climbing to 100%.Open
- The SimulacrumSeven waves, shards between them, the key, and Splinters.Open
- Liquid Emotions and the Raven TricksterJewels, instilling, and the fight through the mirror.Open
- The FogPass it to light up the test node on the map.After the lessons
Liquid Emotions
Delirium monsters drop them, and map bosses drop the Potent ones.
- Jewels: one Emotion on a Rare jewel removes a random modifier and adds a guaranteed one, like a greater essence.
- Amulets: three Emotions instill a notable passive at the bench by the Withered Willow. Their order matters, and a new instill replaces the old.
- Potent and Ancient: Potent Emotions come from map bosses. Ancient ones need an Atlas passive and only work on Time-Lost jewels.
- Combining: three lower Emotions make one higher at the Reforging Bench.
Farm it
Delirium Tablet starterThe Withered Willow's maps with one Delirium Tablet: stay in the fog, kill the boss inside it, and finish the quest for its Atlas points. Our suggestion, not tested in game.BudgetOpen the loopDelirium boss rushCity maps with a Splinter Tablet, a unique-boss Tablet and an Overseer Tablet, rushing bosses for Emotions. By Argie Maputi at gamesfuze (guide, June 2026, patch 0.5). Written before 0.5.5's fog changes.MidRead the guideSimulacrum and key farmThe pinnacle path on the Atlas tree plus Splinters, a fog bank kept at 100% or more, and Simulacrums for Raven's Reflection. Our suggestion, not tested in game.AdvancedOpen the loopMore Delirium strategies will show up here as creators publish them.
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Free Elder Madox
The storyline starts in a map, where Elder Madox is trapped by a Delirium Mirror. Activate the mirror, survive the fog, and talk to him. That starts the quest Strange Reflection and sends you to the Withered Willow, the Delirium hub south-west of where your Atlas starts.
The maps around the Withered Willow always have Delirium, and they give Delirium Atlas points.
Walk through the Mirror
In a map, a Delirium Mirror appears near the start. Walk through it and the fog spreads out in a ring, then flows toward the map boss. A bar at the top shows how much of the map it covers and how deep you are.
If it goes wrong: The wiki says that if you stay out of the fog for more than 5 seconds, the encounter ends. Move with it.
Go deeper for more
The further you get from the mirror, the higher your Deliriousness, up to 100% in a normal map. It makes monsters hit harder and drop more. The map boss is always at 100%.
Inside the fog, Fracturing Mirrors shatter into packs as you get close, and Rares and Uniques can gain extra Delirium modifiers.
Pick up the shards
Special shards appear at set depths along the bar, and you don't know what each does until you reach it. The wiki sorts them into three families.
If it goes wrong: Some guides teach the shards by colour, but the colours they give don't agree with each other. Go by the family.
- Escalation: An extra modifier on a Rare, a pause in the fog, or Pure monsters. Pick it when: You want a harder, richer map. The cost: Monsters get tougher.
- Deceptive: A Delirium boss, or a portal to the Loathsome Mire. Pick it when: Your build can take a boss fight. The cost: The Mire's muck hurts, and monsters keep coming until you reach its island.
- Capricious: An extra map boss or a guaranteed Grand Mirror. Needs the I see your true nature now! passive. Pick it when: You're pushing toward the pinnacle. The cost: A second boss at once.
Know the Loathsome Mire
The Loathsome Mire is a side area full of damaging muck. Monsters keep spawning until you reach the island and touch the offering there. It drops a Distorted or Twisted Amulet that already has two instilled notables.
Stack Delirium Tablets
A Delirium Tablet adds a Delirium Mirror to a map. Since 0.5.3 the fog's scaling was halved, and each extra Delirium Tablet scales it back up; three Tablets match the old strength.
The wiki lists a unique Tablet, Clear Skies, whose fog never dissipates.