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Jul 31 2025, 08:07
To efficiently farm Citadels and secure the Ancient Crisis Fragment in Path of Exile 2, which is essential for unlocking the pinnacle boss Arbiter of Ash, follow these key strategies:
Accessing Citadels:
You need to unlock and run Tier 15+ Waystones, as Citadels only appear at these high tiers on the Atlas.
Citadels are special map nodes that spawn randomly and contain bosses whose defeat awards Crisis Fragments.
The Ancient Crisis Fragment comes specifically from the boss of the Iron Citadel, which appears primarily in Forest and Grass biomes.
The Iron Citadel’s boss is Count Geonor, a tough encounter requiring good build preparation.
Maximizing Citadel Spawns:
Progress steadily and linearly on your Atlas to increase the chance of Citadel appearances; avoid backtracking and try to explore new map areas.
Use Atlas Towers and Precursor Tablets to quickly reveal large map areas, enhancing spawn chances.
Focus on running maps in Grass and Forest biome clusters to have a higher chance to find Iron Citadels.
Optimizing Atlas Passive Tree:
Invest points into nodes that increase Waystone Quantity and Waystone Modifier Effect, as these improve the chance of Waystone drops and the number of Crisis Fragments received from Citadel bosses.
The Unstable Energy Keystone further boosts Waystone drop chance.
When farming for multiple fragments, respec your Atlas passives to maximize these bonuses; then switch back after the farm.
Waystone Crafting and Corruption:
Use or acquire Waystones with multiple suffix modifiers to maximize drop chances.
Corrupting Waystones with Vaal Orbs can let them hold up to six suffixes, vastly increasing Waystone drop chance.
Higher Waystone drop chance means more Citadel runs and potentially multiple fragment drops per boss kill.
Efficient Map Clearing and Boss Fighting:
Use fast, survivable builds to complete maps quickly and handle Citadel boss fights efficiently.
Clearing maps rapidly increases your Citadel discovery rate per hour.
Prepare for tough Citadel bosses like Count Geonor by optimizing defenses, damage, and mobility.
Additional Tips:
Blue beams in the fog of war on your Atlas indicate the location of Iron Citadels.
Running 6-suffix corrupted Waystones greatly increases reward but also map difficulty; if too risky, begin with easier Waystones.
If you lack the build strength for Citadel bosses, consider teaming with others or selling the Crisis Fragments once obtained.
The best approach is to push Tier 15+ maps, develop an Atlas path focusing on Forest/Grass biomes, optimize your Atlas passives for Waystone and fragment gains, craft and corrupt your Waystones for maximum effect, and maintain fast map clears with a build strong enough to kill the Citadel bosses reliably. This method maximizes the number of Citadels you find and the quantity of Ancient Crisis Fragments you can farm from the Iron Citadel boss.
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