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PoE 2 Guide

0.5 Atlas Tree Ascendancy (Masters of the Atlas)

Mechanics

By Dreamcore

Updated on Jun 16, 2026

Jun 16, 2026

Overview

In patch 0.5 for Path of Exile 2, Return of the Ancients, you'll be able to specialise your endgame mapping experience by selecting special Atlas Masters that enhance your strategies.

Jado, Doryani & Hilda

Guide

Atlas Tree Ascendancies

The Masters of the Atlas are NPC characters that essentially act as a form of Atlas Tree Ascendancy, allowing for another layer of gameplay customization in the endgame. In patch 0.5 there are 3 Masters that can provide their exclusive bonuses: Doryani, Hilda and Jado.

Each Atlas Master has a total of 12 node options made up of 4 rows with 3 choices in each row. You'll be able to acquire 4 points in total to place in these nodes, so you'll be able to apply up to 4 nodes to your maps. Note: you are not limited to placing a point into each Tier or row, for example once the full Ascendancy is unlocked, you could allocate 3 options from the 4th row if you wish.

Jado

Jado's Spycraft is an Atlas Master Ascendancy with a focus on Strongboxes, layout manipulation and Anomaly maps.

Four nodes taken on Jado's Spycraft Atlas Ascendancy

How to unlock Jado's Spycraft

By finding and completing your first Anomaly Map, you'll first encounter Jado who will grant you access to Jado's Spycraft Atlas Ascendancy with the first point to place into any Tier 1 or first row option.

Jado will then send you on a Quest to seek out and complete each of the remaining Anomaly Maps, with each one unlocking further Tiers and providing further points to specialise into his Ascendancy.

Full Jado's Spycraft Atlas Master Ascendancy

Tier

Nodes

1 Unexpected Missions

Corrupted Waystones open a Random Map Area when used on Basic Maps
Corrupted Waystones open Maps with 1 additional random Modifier

In The Wrong Hands

Powerful Map Bosses drop an additional unique item

Trove Seekers

100% increased amount of Rare Chests
Strongboxes have 100% increased chance to be Unique

2 Mysterious Gifts

Rare Strongbox Monsters have 5% chance to drop a Cryptic Key
Unique Monsters have 1% chance to drop a Cryptic Key

Eastern Knowledge

Verisium Remnants have 10% chance to be rolled an additional time, keeping the rarest outcome

Unforeseen Threats

5% chance on completing Maps for a nearby Anomaly Map to be revealed

3 Partial Translations

20% chance for double effect of Explicit Modifiers on Tablets

Long Days

20% more chance of Random Extra Content

Stolen Relics

Unique Strongboxes may be the Legacy of the Order, dropping a Twilight Reliquary Key

4 Ancient Activations

Powerful Map Bosses have 5% chance to add a Ancient Modifiers to a nearby Map

Keen Appraisal

50% increased Exceptional Items found

Untold Histories

35% increased chance to find Lineage Supports
Pinnacle Bosses take 35% less Damage
Pinnacle Bosses have an 50% increased chance to drop Lineage Supports

Hilda

Hilda's Hunting is an Atlas Master Ascendancy with a specialisation into Unique Monsters, Azmeri Spirits and Pinnacle Bosses.

How to unlock Hilda's Hunting

You must visit Hilda's Campsite, located south-west of the Atlas starting location. Hilda will task you with defeating Powerful Map Boss Beasts, and will point you in the direction of the first. After defeating this threat, you'll unlock Hilda's Hunting with the first point to allocate into a node.

Further quests to take down Great Beasts will require a minimum Waystone Tier to progress:

Tier 5+
Tier 10+
Tier 15+

Each of these quests will reward an additional point for Hilda's Hunting, also unlocking further rows for more options to specialise into.

Full Hilda's Hunting Atlas Master Ascendancy

Tier

Nodes

1 Breeding Season

15% increased Rare Monsters
Rare Monsters have 25% increased chance of Monster Modifiers

Mighty Prey

25% chance to upgrade Map Bosses to Powerful Map Bosses

Scarred Lands

15% increased number of Runic Monster Markers
20% increased number of Rare Expedition Monsters

2 Soul Eaters

Map Bosses have 2% increased Effectiveness per 100 Power of Monsters slain in the Area

Dangerous Game

Rogue Exiles have 20% chance to Flee to an adjacent Map and upgrade their Equipment

Will of the Draíocht

Azmeri Spirits cannot Possess Rare Monsters

3 Lethal Adaptation

40% increased Effectiveness of Unique Monsters with Modifiers

Call of the Spirits

Possessed Unique Monsters release Spirits on death

Ancient Inscriptions

8% increased effect of Explicit Modifiers on Tablets for each type of Tablet affecting Map area

4 Gutting and Skinning

Pinnacle Bosses may be scavenged for 5% chance to drop an additional Unique item
1% chance Unique Monsters may be scavenged for a Unique item

Claimed Territories

Overlord's Influence and Overlord's Domain Atlas Passive Skills have 45% chance to add twice as much content

Patient Battue

5% chance 3 additional Rare Monsters are replaced by a random Map Boss
25% chance 1 Rare Monster is replaced by a random Map Boss

Doryani

Doryani's Science is more of a jack-of-all-trades Atlas Ascendancy, with options to aid in traversing the Atlas or provide additional Revives.

How to unlock Doryani's Science

Seek out Corrupted Nexus' on the Atlas. Successfully cleansing your first area of Corruption will unlock Doryani's Science and grant the first point to be allocated into this Ascendancy.

You'll need to seek out further areas of Corruption on the Atlas to unlock further Tiers and points, and upon finding and cleansing the third area, Doryani will point you towards the Immured Fury Boss, which will need to be defeated to receive the final point.

Full Doryani's Science Atlas Master Ascendancy

Tier

Nodes

1 Evolutionary Pressure

1% increased Rarity of Items Dropped by Monsters per Explicit Modifier on the Map
2% increased Effectiveness of Monsters per Explicit Modifier on the Map
Rare Monsters have a 3% increased chance of Monster Modifiers per Explicit Modifier on the Map

Stitch the Flesh

Your Maps have an additional Revival

Refined Formula

150% increased Expedition Explosive Radius
100% increased Expedition Explosive Placement Range
Expeditions have only 1 Explosive

2 Disengaged Safeties

Map Areas are Irradiated

Improved Calibration

Waystones have 25% more effect of Prefix Modifiers or 25% more effect of Suffix Modifiers when opening Maps

Doryani's Procurement

Magic Monster Packs have 35% chance to have an additional Modifier

3 Mechanical Guardians

Non-Unique Strongboxes are guarded by a dormant Construct
These Strongboxes only roll Modifiers which apply to the Construct
Opening the Strongbox activates the Construct
Strongboxes have 2% increased Item Quantity per Modifier