Path of Exile 2 0.1.0 Atlas & Endgame Baseline: How the Original Maps, Waystones and League Mechanics Worked

Path of Exile 2 launched its endgame at 0.1.0 as a standalone Atlas of Worlds. Rather than a single map pool, the launch endgame combined Waystones that opened map nodes, Towers that projected buffs across regions, Tablets that modified those towers, and Citadels that anchored the late map ring.

On top of the Atlas, four league mechanics — Breach, Expedition, Ritual and Delirium — were present in maps from day one. This page is the total-entry history of that original endgame: what 0.1.0 shipped, how it was stabilised in the first weeks, and which systems still resemble the current client versus what later patches rebuilt.

• Standalone Atlas of Worlds at launch with Waystones, Towers, Tablets, Citadels
• Breach, Expedition, Ritual and Delirium active in maps from day one
• First weeks tuned Waystone prefixes and map sustain before larger rebuilds

The launch Atlas presented a ring of map nodes that players progressed through using Waystones. Towers sat on the overworld map and, once captured, projected a modifier across nearby map nodes; Tablets slotted into Towers to change that modifier, and Citadels appeared in the outer ring as high-threat encounters.

This structure let a single region feel different from the next, but the exact rules for Waystone rarity, Tower coverage and Tablet effects were in their first form and changed soon after.

• Waystones open map nodes on the Atlas ring
• Towers project modifiers; Tablets change those modifiers
• Citadels anchored the outer high-threat ring