Sep 19 2025, 09:08
Ancient Crisis Fragments are special pinnacle keys needed to access the Arbiter of Ash fight in the Burning Monolith, an endgame pinnacle boss encounter. To challenge the Arbiter of Ash, players must collect three types of Crisis Fragments: Ancient, Faded, and Weathered.
How to Obtain Ancient Crisis Fragments
Ancient Crisis Fragments drop as rewards from defeating the boss found in the Iron Citadel, one of three types of Citadels scattered across the Atlas.
Iron Citadel Location and Characteristics:
Found primarily in forest and grass biomes.
The citadel looks like a large black-walled city surrounded by wooden houses with straw roofs.
The boss of the Iron Citadel is Count Geonor, a modified Act 1 boss.
Defeating Count Geonor guarantees the drop of an Ancient Crisis Fragment.
Stone Citadel (Coastal or mountainous biome): Drops Weathered Crisis Fragments.
Spotting Citadels
Citadels tend to have distinctive architectural styles and are often surrounded by smaller structures.
They can be spotted by colored beams in the fog of war:
Blue beam for Iron Citadel
Orange beam for Copper Citadel
Red beam for Stone Citadel
Farming Tips
Travel far from your starting point on the Atlas to increase your chance of finding Citadels; each new area explored improves the chance of uncovering one.
Follow coastlines or straight paths to maximize map coverage.
High Waystone drop chance significantly increases Citadel spawns and fragment drops.
Efficient farming involves discovering as many new tilesets and map nodes as possible without backtracking.
To get Ancient Crisis Fragments, find and clear the Iron Citadel by defeating Count Geonor.
Look for blue beams and the citadel’s distinctive black fortress with wooden houses.
Maximize exploration and modify your Waystone to boost the drop rate of Citadels and Fragments.
Collecting all three fragment types allows access to the powerful Arbiter of Ash pinnacle boss.
This farming of Citadels and fragments is integral for players aiming to tackle the highest-tier encounters and earn some of the best loot in Path of Exile 2.Ancient Crisis Fragments are obtained by defeating the boss in Iron Citadels—large black-fortified cities usually found in forest and grass biomes. The Iron Citadel boss is Count Geonor, a modified Act 1 boss, and defeating him grants a guaranteed Ancient Crisis Fragment.
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