Cartographer’s Sextant Mods & Guide 3.7: Apprentice, Journeyman, Master

Cartographer’s Sextants are used on the Atlas of Worlds to add a random mod to a map. This effect has a radius on the Atlas, so any map with a sextant mod can apply that mod to other nearby maps on the Atlas within a certain range.

PoE Sextant Limit

Sextant mods applied to the Atlas last a total of 3 uses of maps within the radius.

• +1 Maximum Sextants for completing all bonus objectives on yellow Maps.
• +1 Maximum Sextants for completing all bonus objectives on Red Maps.
• +1 Maximum Sextants for completing all of Zana’s quests

Each sextant will have 3 map uses. 1 use of a Sextant is consumed per map opened in the map device that is within that sextant red circle, no completion or entrance of the map required. So you will get 3 map creations before you need to re-apply sextants. Adding a Sextant Beyond your Maximum will remove your oldest Sextant.

The number of sextants allowed is effectively tied to your Atlas Completion Bonus Objectives. Within that counter, it will show you your oldest sextant that will be removed if a sextant is applied past your limit to a map base without a sextant. Maps that currently have sextants can just be re-rolled without having the oldest removed if you are at the limit.

Sextants three variants

An Apprentice Cartographer’s Sextant can only be applied on a map up to Map Tier 5. A Journeyman Cartographer’s Sextant can only be applied on a map up to Map Tier 10. A Master Cartographer’s Sextant can be applied on any map. The matching tiers can be recognized by the color or name:

Cartographer’s Sextant	Maps Tier
Apprentice Cartographer’s Sextant	Low-tier maps (Tier 1 to 5)
Journeyman Cartographer’s Sextant	Mid-tier maps (Tier 1 to 10)
Master Cartographer’s Sextant	Top-tier maps (Tier 1 to 16)

Cartographer’s Sextant Guide 3.7

• Apprentice Cartographer’s Sextant adds an atlas modifier to a white map (tier 1 to 5) on the Atlas of Worlds. The drop level is 68.
• Journeyman Cartographer’s Sextant adds an atlas modifier to a white or yellow map (tier 1 to 10) on the Atlas of Worlds. The drop level is 74
• Master Cartographer’s Sextant adds an atlas modifier to a any map on the Atlas of Worlds. The drop level is 79.

Cartographer’s Sextant Vendor Recipes

Result	Recipes	Notes
1×  Journeyman Cartographer’s Sextant	3×  Apprentice Cartographer’s Sextant
1×  Master Cartographer’s Sextant	3×  Journeyman Cartographer’s Sextant
1×  Apprentice Cartographer’s Seal	3×  Apprentice Cartographer’s Sextant 1×  Orb of Scouring
1×  Journeyman Cartographer’s Seal	3×  Journeyman Cartographer’s Sextant 1×  Orb of Scouring
1×  Master Cartographer’s Seal	3×  Master Cartographer’s Sextant 1×  Orb of Scouring

Cartographer’s Sextant Divination Card

• 3x Monochrome = 10x Cartographer’s Sextant

Drop maps: Maelström of Chaos • The Vinktar Square • The Coward’s Trial • Pillars of Arun • The Twilight Temple • Whakawairua Tuahu • Poorjoy’s Asylum • Oba’s Cursed Trove • Vaults of Atziri

Cartographer’s Sextant Strategy

The best way to make use of sextants, is to apply them on and around a certain map base that you will be running numerous times (generally a minimum of 3). For the most part, players chose to do this on maps they have shaped or that are above tier 11. It is important to note, that sextants affecting the same maps are unable to roll the same modifiers. This was originally used to create massive Sextant Blocks, but now due to the Sextant Limit on the Atlas, you are only able to do this at a small scale. This makes this strategy useful to minimize the cost of re-rolling your sextants as they can be used to block bad modifiers.So when you are applying your Sextants at and around your chosen map base, you will want to use the cheaper sextants first, moving up into the more expensive ones until you hit your sextant limit or number applicable modifiable maps available.

This usually results in rolling the poor modifiers first on the cheaper sextants, blocking the chance of getting bad modifiers on the more expensive sextants. You can then go back and re-roll them in the reverse order to get them to valuable modifiers, hopefully minimizing the re-roll cost.

After these sextants have been applied, you can simply use a map base within the sextant modification area to activate and use those sextant modifiers!

Cartographer’s Sextant Mods

Name		Stats
MapAtlasBossAdditionalUnique	1	unique Bosses drop 1 additional Unique Item [Avoid to this modifier]
MapAtlasBossDropsCorruptedItems	73	Items dropped by Unique Bosses are Corrupted [Avoid to this modifier]
MapAtlasUnIDedMapsGrantQuantity	1	30% increased Quantity of Items found in Unidentified Maps Found Items drop Identified in Identified Maps 15% increased Pack Size in Unidentified Maps
MapAtlasBloodlinesDropAdditionalCurrency	78	Nemesis Monsters drop 3 additional Currency Items
MapAtlasContainsMaster	1	Areas contain Forsaken Masters
MapAtlasContainsAdditionalRandomBoss	1	Areas are inhabited by an additional Invasion Boss
MapAtlasMoveAttackCastSpeed	1	20% increased Player and Monster Movement Speed 20% increased Monster Attack Speed 20% increased Monster Cast Speed [Avoid to these modifiers]
MapAtlasFireDamageAndPacks	1	Areas contain additional Monsters that deal Fire Damage Players and Monsters take 10% increased Fire Damage
MapAtlasColdDamageAndPacks	1	Areas contain additional Monsters that deal Cold Damage Players and Monsters take 10% increased Cold Damage
MapAtlasLightningDamageAndPacks	1	Areas contain additional Monsters that deal Lightning Damage Players and Monsters take 10% increased Lightning Damage
MapAtlasPhysicalDamageAndPacks_	1	Areas contain additional Monsters that deal Physical Damage Players and Monsters take 10% increased Physical Damage
MapAtlasChaosDamageAndPacks_	73	Areas contain additional Monsters that deal Chaos Damage Players and Monsters take 10% increased Chaos Damage
MapAtlasGroundHaste	1	Areas contain Slipstreams [Avoid to this modifier]
MapAtlasUniqueMonstersDropCorruptedItems	73	Unique Monsters drop Corrupted Items [Avoid to this modifier]
MapAtlasMapsHave20PercentQuality	1	Maps have 20% Quality Unique Bosses deal 20% increased Damage
MapAtlasMapQualityBonusAlsoAppliesToRarity	73	Quality bonus of Maps also applies to Rarity of Items found Unique Bosses have 20% increased Life [Avoid to these modifiers]
MapAtlasPlayersDamageDealtAndTakenWhileStationary_	1	Players deal 100% increased Damage while stationary Players take 10% increased Damage while stationary [Avoid to these modifiers]
MapAtlasOnslaughtWhenHitAndOnslaughtEffect	1	Players and Monsters have Onslaught if they have been Hit Recently 100% increased effect of Onslaught on Players and Monsters [Avoid to these modifiers]
MapAtlasFishy	78	Areas are Alluring
MapAtlasContainsZanaMission	73	Areas contain Zana
MapAtlasStrongboxesAreCorruptedAndUnided	73	Strongboxes in Areas are Corrupted Areas contain an extra Strongbox Strongboxes in Areas are at least Rare Rarity
MapAtlasCorruptedMapBossesDropAdditionalVaalItems	78	Unique Bosses of Corrupted Maps drop an additional Vaal Item Found Items have a 5% chance to drop Corrupted in Areas
MapAtlasMagicPackSize	1	30% increased Magic Pack Size
MapAtlasRogueExilesDamageAndDropAdditionalJewels	1	Rogue Exiles deal 20% increased Damage Rogue Exiles have 20% increased Maximum Life Rogue Exiles drop 2 additional Jewels Areas are inhabited by 1 additional Rogue Exile
MapAtlasMagicAndRareMapsHaveAdditionalPacks	1	Magic Maps contain additional Magic Monsters Rare Maps contain additional Rare Monsters Normal Maps contain additional Normal Monsters
MapAtlasReducedReflectedDamageTakenMirroredRares	1	Players cannot take Reflected Damage Areas contain additional Packs with Mirrored Rare Monsters
MapAtlasClustersOfWealthyBarrels	1	Areas contain 30 additional Clusters of Mysterious Barrels
MapAtlasClustersOfVolatileBarrels	1	Areas contain 30 additional Clusters of Mysterious Barrels
MapAtlasClustersOfBloodwormBarrels	1	Areas contain 30 additional Clusters of Mysterious Barrels
MapAtlasClustersOfParasiteBarrels	1	Areas contain 30 additional Clusters of Mysterious Barrels
MapAtlasClustersOfBeaconBarrels	1	Areas contain 30 additional Clusters of Mysterious Barrels
MapAtlasStrongboxMonstersEnrageAndDrops	1	Strongbox Monsters have 500% increased Item Quantity Strongbox Monsters are Enraged Areas contain an extra Strongbox
MapAtlasPoisonEffectsAndParasites	1	Players deal 10% increased Damage for each  Poison on them Players have 5% increased Movement Speed for each  Poison on them Areas contain additional Poisonous Monsters
MapAtlasHighValueEnemiesOnOwnTeam	1	Areas contain hunted traitors
MapAtlasMontersThatConvertOnDeath__	1	Areas contain additional Monsters that Convert when Killed
MapAtlasInstantFlasksAndHealingMonsters	1	Player’s Life and Mana Recovery from Flasks are instant Areas contain additional Monsters that Heal
MapAtlasBodyguardsAndBossMapDrops	1	Unique Bosses are accompanied by Bodyguards An additional Map drops on Completing Areas
MapAtlasCurseEffectOnPlayersAndMonsters	73	20% reduced Effect of Curses on Monsters 60% reduced Effect of Curses on Players [Avoid to these modifiers]
MapAtlasAdditionalBreaches	1	Areas contain an additional Breach Areas can contain Breaches
MapAtlasAdditionalAbysses	1	Areas can contain Abysses Areas contain an additional Abyss
Crafted	73	Areas contain Einhar
MapAtlasContainsAlvaMission	73	Areas contain Alva
MapAtlasContainsNikoMission	73	Areas contain Niko
MapAtlasContainsJunMission	73	Areas contain Jun
MapAtlasGloomShrineEffectAndDuration	1	50% increased Duration of Shrine Effects on Players Areas contain an extra Shrine Areas contain an extra Gloom Shrine
MapAtlasResonatingShrineEffectAndDuration_	1	50% increased Duration of Shrine Effects on Players Areas contain an extra Shrine Areas contain an extra Resonating Shrine
MapAtlasAdditionalEssencesAndRemnantChance_	73	Areas contain 2 additional Essences Monsters Imprisoned by Essences have a 50% chance to contain a Remnant of Corruption
MapAtlasHarbingerAndBossAdditionalCurrencyShards	73	Unique Bosses drop additional Currency Shards Harbingers drop additional Currency Shards Unique Bosses are accompanied by a mysterious Harbinger
MapAtlasVaalSoulsOnKillAndExtraVaalPacks	73	Areas contain additional Corrupted Vaal Monsters Players have 100% chance to gain an additional Vaal Soul on Kill
MapAtlasCorruptedDropWithExtraVaalPacks	1	Areas contain additional Corrupted Vaal Monsters Items dropped by Corrupted Vaal Monsters in Areas have 20% chance to be Corrupted
MapAtlasBeyondAndExtraBeyondDemonChance	78	Slaying Enemies close together has a 6% chance to attract monsters from Beyond Beyond Portals have a 33% chance to spawn an additional Beyond Demon
MapAtlasTormentedBetrayerAndScarabDropChance	1	Areas contain an additional Tormented Betrayer Possessed Monsters drop an additional Rusted Scarab
MapAtlasTormentedBetrayerAndPolishedScarabDropChance	73	Areas contain an additional Tormented Betrayer Possessed Monsters drop an additional Polished Scarab
MapAtlasTormentedBetrayerAndGildedScarabDropChance	78	Areas contain an additional Tormented Betrayer Possessed Monsters drop an additional Gilded Scarab
MapAtlasTormentedHereticAndMapDropChance	78	Areas contain an additional Tormented Heretic Possessed Monsters have a 25% chance to drop an additional Map
MapAtlasTormentedGraverobberAndUniqueDropChance	1	Areas contain an additional Tormented Graverobber Possessed Monsters drop an additional Unique Item
MapAtlasUniqueStrongboxChanceWithExtraVaalPacks	1	Areas contain additional Corrupted Vaal Monsters Area has 50% chance to contain Gifts of the Sacrificed per Sacrifice Fragment used Area has 50% chance to contain Gifts of the Red Queen per Mortal Fragment used
MapAtlasNoSoulGainPreventionWithExtraVaalPacks	78	Areas contain additional Corrupted Vaal Monsters Players’ Vaal Skills do not apply Soul Gain Prevention

Related unique items

Item	Base Item		Stats
Flamesight	Solaris Circlet	59	(240-280)% increased Energy Shield +(30-40)% to Fire Resistance (30-40)% increased Elemental Damage 25% chance to Scorch Enemies Cannot inflict Ignite 10% increased Elemental Damage per Sextant affecting the area
Galesight	Solaris Circlet	59	(240-280)% increased Energy Shield +(30-40)% to Cold Resistance (30-40)% increased Elemental Damage 25% chance to inflict Brittle Cannot inflict Freeze or Chill 10% increased Elemental Damage per Sextant affecting the area
Thundersight	Solaris Circlet	59	(240-280)% increased Energy Shield +(30-40)% to Lightning Resistance (30-40)% increased Elemental Damage 25% chance to Sap Enemies Cannot inflict Shock 10% increased Elemental Damage per Sextant affecting the area