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.
Read “The Simulacrum” as text
Enter the Simulacrum
Run the Simulacrum map on your Atlas. Inside is the Simulacrum of Delusion: a set of connected arenas where you fight 7 waves.
If it goes wrong: PoE 1's Simulacrum had 15 waves and a Realmgate. Guides that say so are describing the wrong game.
Survive seven waves
Deliriousness runs from 100% at the first wave to 200% at the seventh, so each wave is harder. Since 0.5.5 it respects your Waystone's revive count, and room portals close during waves.
The wiki says these monsters leave no corpses, so on-death effects don't trigger.
Pick a shard between waves
With the You can't just wake up from this one. passive, a shard appears before each wave. Your pick applies to every wave after it.
- Escalating Threats: An extra area modifier. Pick it when: You're comfortable and want more. The cost: Every later wave is harder.
- Apex Predators: An extra boss. Pick it when: You want more boss drops. The cost: Bosses stack up.
- Pure Emotions: Extra packs. Pick it when: You want more Liquid Emotions. The cost: More to kill each wave.
Take Raven's Reflection
Every wave drops at least one Liquid Emotion. Clearing wave 7 gives a Simulacrum unique and Raven's Reflection, the key to the pinnacle. The wiki's numbers say sometimes two.
Get back in with Splinters
Take the Is this about me... or you? passive and Simulacrum Splinters start dropping in level 75 and higher maps. 300 make a Simulacrum, which you use on a map that's already at 100% Deliriousness or more.
If it goes wrong: No passive, no Splinters. That's a common reason players think they've stopped dropping.