Alluring Vaal Side Areas are more dangerous and drop Mortal Fragments. Once placed in the map device, along with the other Mortal fragments, it will grant access to the The Alluring Abyss(where the battle with Atziri, Queen of the Vaal takes place.).
For Love of the Queen is a Atlas notable passive skill. Mastery: Vaal Side Areas.
Count | Name | Description |
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1 | For Love of the Queen |
(Alluring Vaal Side Areas are more dangerous and drop Mortal Fragments) |
3 | Vaal Side Area Chance |
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To fight the Uber Atziri, players must use the following Mortal fragments in their map device:
Mortal fragments | Stats | Drop Monster | Vaal side area | Price |
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Mortal Grief | 10% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area | Atziri, Queen of the Vaal(location: The Apex of Sacrifice) | Level 72 | 4x Chaos Orb |
Mortal Hope | 10% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area | Atziri, Queen of the Vaal(location: The Apex of Sacrifice) | Level 75 | 5x Chaos Orb |
Mortal Ignorance | 10% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area | Atziri, Queen of the Vaal(location: The Apex of Sacrifice) | Level 74 | 10x Chaos Orb |
Mortal Rage | 10% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area | Atziri, Queen of the Vaal(location: The Apex of Sacrifice) | Level 73 | 5x Chaos Orb |
A Vaal side area is a randomly-generated optional area indicated by a glowing, beating heart and swirling ribbons of blood. Every corrupted area contains a boss, guarding a Vaal Vessel that drops Vaal Skill Gems, Vaal Fragments, and corrupted equipment. At least one Vaal skill gem is guaranteed to drop. Near the vessel, there is a Vaal Letter or Research Journal, which provides Vaal-related lore.
Vaal side areas have own exclusive set of modifiers, similar to end-game maps, which substantially increase their difficulty. Vaal side areas found in act zones spawn have 1 to 2 affixes (magic), while Vaal side areas found in maps spawn with 4 to 6 affixes (rare). They may also contain an implicit modifier. Vaal side areas spawn corrupted, but the Lucid Dreams Atlas keystone passive cause them to spawn uncorrupted and allows their mods to be modified with crafting currency (They cannot be modified without the keystone, including with tainted currency).
A variation known as an Alluring Vaal Side Area can be accessed in maps; these are identical to the regular variant but has extra implicit modifiers: Vaal Vessel contains Mortal Fragments, 60% more Monster Damage, Monsters in Area are at least Magic. It can only spawn if the player allocates For Love of the Queen Atlas Notable or its preceding atlas passives, or uses a special Map Device craft.
Due to the small size of the area, league mechanics are generally disabled from spawning during challenge leagues. Masters, Vaal side areas, and Trials of Ascendancy also cannot spawn in Vaal side areas. Notable exceptions which CAN spawn inside include Strongboxes, Shrines, Rogue exiles and Tormented Spirits. Many of the corrupted area bosses were also formerly Invasion bosses.
A Vaal fragment or Mortal Fragment can be used in the Map Device to generate a random Vaal side area of a fixed area level.
Vaal side areas do not spawn in Ruthless mode.