PoE How To Find King In The Mist

Finding the King in the Mist in Path of Exile can be a frustrating experience due to its elusive nature. However, there are some strategies you can use to increase your chances of encountering him:

Key Points:

He's hidden within the Wildwood map: The King in the Mist only appears in the "Forest of Mist" variant of the Wildwood map. You can either find this map naturally or use the Cartographer's Sextant mod "Area contains The Hunter's Trail" to force it.
Follow the wisps: Once you're in the Forest of Mist, look for white wisps that flicker throughout the map. These wisps lead you through a branching maze, potentially towards the King's portal.
Ignore blue wisps: Blue wisps lead to minor encounters and are not connected to the King. Focus on following the white ones.
Explore systematically: Instead of blindly chasing every white wisp, try exploring the maze in a controlled manner. Some players suggest sticking to one side of the map and systematically following wisps, or using a "diagonal exploration" approach.
Patience is key: Finding the King can take multiple maps and be quite random. Don't get discouraged if you don't find him immediately.
Community resources: Check out online guides and resources like Reddit threads and YouTube videos for specific strategies and tips from other players.

Additional tips:

Run higher tier Wildwood maps: Higher tiers can increase the chance of encountering the King, although difficulty also scales up.
Use divination cards: The card "The Fool's Vision" can directly spawn the King in the Wildwood map.
Consider trading or buying: If you're really struggling to find him yourself, consider trading for the King in the Mist completion or buying it from other players.

Remember, even with these strategies, there's still an element of randomness involved in finding the King in the Mist. Persistence and dedication are key to finally facing this elusive boss!

I hope this information helps you on your quest to track down the King in the Mist!

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PoE the King in the Mists

The King of the Mists is the major antagonist of Affliction league and the Viridian Wildwood.

The King of the Mists Location

The location of The King of the Mists is Crux of Nothingness. It can be accessed in the Viridian Wildwood of area level of 81+, indicated by three pedestals called "Dark Offering" and a lore object "Determination". The War for the Wildwood quest must be unlocked before accessing him.

Skills

Phase 1

The battle begins in a circular arena with three raised platforms that can be accessed using walkways. A large Ritual altar stands in the center of the arena, and three smaller "Mystic Fetish" altars on the platforms.

Vine Cascade - Thorngrip!/Lonnsaigh! - Creating a cascade of phys+chaos conversion tendrils.
Vine Nova - Invasive growth!/Grow!/Sprout!/Fás! - Raises his staff before slamming it, creating an Ice Nova that Chills the player.
Teleport - Nothingness approaches!/Bid the darkness! - Teleports to a platform, activating a Mystic Fetish which causes the following arena hazards:
- Exploding Toads - Creates a patch of Viscous Swamp, spawning purple toads that hop towards the player before exploding, dealing chaos damage.
- Blood Ritual - Creates large red patches of boiling blood that inflict physical damage over time.
- Caustic Ground - Creates small green patches of Caustic Ground.
- All altars activated - Embrace nothingness!/The darkness, exultant!
Summon Effigy - Dark effigy!/Marked for death!/Leth-creag!/Agrik armach! - Creates an effigy.
Ritual of Dance - Traveler's bane!/You are seen!/Rith! - Inflicts a debuff for 8 seconds, imprisoning players if they stand still and inflicting Maim afterwards.
Ritual of Meditation - Keep running!/Slaogarn! - Inflicts a debuff for 8 seconds, imprisoning players if they move and inflicting Maim afterwards.
Maze Teleport - The border of my realm grows closer.../A sliver of what my home feels like. - Teleports players to a maze, starting phase 2.

Mystic Miasma

Phase 2

The player is teleported to a very large arena covered in a maze of thick vines which cannot be crossed. The arena fills with Branching Affliction, a stacking debuff that deals physical and chaos damage over time. Follow the Sacred Wisps' path towards the large purple portal back to the arena.

Phase 3

The player is returned to the arena from phase 1, where the King in the Mists' body disintegrates and emerges as a large treant. The platforms are now covered in purple fire.

Become a Treant - The Wildwood's power... is mine! - Starts phase 3
Treant Slam - Oblivion awaits!/An dire ed! -
Soulrend - The end of meaning is nigh! - Central ritual altar fire slow moving purple Soulrend projectiles
Bug Bomb - /The end of meaning is nigh! - Fires a large purple orb, dealing physical and chaos damage and inflicting Shadow Surge, an accelerating physicial DOT.
Summon Effigy - Dark effigy!/Marked for death!/Leth-creag!/Agrik armach! - Creates an effigy.
Ritual of Dance - Traveler's bane!/You are seen!/Rith! - Inflicts a debuff for 8 seconds, imprisoning players if they stand still and inflicting Maim afterwards.
Ritual of Meditation - Keep running!/Slaogarn! - Inflicts a debuff for 8 seconds, imprisoning players if they move and inflicting Maim afterwards.
Exploding Toads - Creates a patch of Viscous Swamp, spawning purple toads that hop towards the player before exploding, dealing chaos damage.
Blood Ritual - Creates large red patches of boiling blood that inflict physical damage over time.
Caustic Ground - Creates small green patches of Caustic Ground.

Standing near the King in the Mists while he has his staff raised to use a skill inflicts a short-duration debuff of Mystic Miasma, dealing cold and chaos damage over time.

List of The King of the Mists Skills

Name	Description
Vine Cascade	Vine Cascade - Thorngrip!/Lonnsaigh! - Creating a cascade of phys+chaos conversion tendrils.
Vine Nova	Vine Nova - Invasive growth!/Grow!/Sprout!/Fás! - Raises his staff before slamming it, creating an Ice Nova that Chills the player.
Mystic Fetish	The battle begins in a circular arena with three raised platforms that can be accessed using walkways. A large Ritual altar stands in the center of the arena, and three smaller "Mystic Fetish" altars on the platforms. eleport - Nothingness approaches!/Bid the darkness! - Teleports to a platform, activating a Mystic Fetish which causes the following arena hazards: Exploding Toads - Creates a patch of Viscous Swamp, spawning purple toads that hop towards the player before exploding, dealing chaos damage. Blood Ritual - Creates large red patches of boiling blood that inflict physical damage over time. Caustic Ground - Creates small green patches of Caustic Ground. All altars activated - Embrace nothingness!/The darkness, exultant!
Exploding Toads	Exploding Toads - Creates a patch of Viscous Swamp, spawning purple toads that hop towards the player before exploding, dealing chaos damage.
Blood Ritual	Blood Ritual - Creates large red patches of boiling blood that inflict physical damage over time.
Caustic Ground	Caustic Ground - Creates small green patches of Caustic Ground. Caustic Ground is a detrimental ground effect that deals chaos damage over time. The amount of damage per second inflicted by caustic ground depends on its source. You are taking Chaos Damage from standing in Caustic Ground.
Summon Effigy	Summon Effigy - Dark effigy!/Marked for death!/Leth-creag!/Agrik armach! - Creates an effigy.
Ritual of Dance	Ritual of Dance - Traveler's bane!/You are seen!/Rith! - Inflicts a debuff for 8 seconds, imprisoning players if they stand still and inflicting Maim afterwards. Maimed Debuff: 30% reduced movement speed on the affected target for 4 seconds.
Ritual of Meditation	Ritual of Meditation - Keep running!/Slaogarn! - Inflicts a debuff for 8 seconds, imprisoning players if they move and inflicting Maim afterwards. Maimed Debuff: 30% reduced movement speed on the affected target for 4 seconds.
Maze Teleport	Maze Teleport - The border of my realm grows closer.../A sliver of what my home feels like. - Teleports players to a maze, starting phase 2.
Mystic Miasma	Standing near the King in the Mists while he has his staff raised to use a skill inflicts a short-duration debuff of Mystic Miasma, dealing cold and chaos damage over time.
Branching Affliction	Phases 2: The player is teleported to a very large arena covered in a maze of thick vines which cannot be crossed. The arena fills with Branching Affliction, a stacking debuff that deals physical and chaos damage over time. Follow the Sacred Wisps' path towards the large purple portal back to the arena.
Become a Treant	Become a Treant - The Wildwood's power... is mine! - Starts phase 3
Treant Slam	Treant Slam - Oblivion awaits!/An dire ed! -
Soulrend	Soulrend - The end of meaning is nigh! - Central ritual altar fire slow moving purple Soulrend projectiles. Fires a projectile that turns towards enemies in front of it, damaging and piercing through those it hits, and leeching some of that damage as energy shield. As the projectile travels, it repeatedly applies a short but powerful chaos damage over time debuff to each enemy in an area around it.
Shadow Surge	Bug Bomb - /The end of meaning is nigh! - Fires a large purple orb, dealing physical and chaos damage and inflicting Shadow Surge, an accelerating physicial DOT.

the King in the Mists

While exploring the Wildwood, you might find some of the last few Azmeri wanderers who have managed to survive in the forest since it was cursed. Each of them have different survival specialisations, and they are willing to teach you if you agree to help them defeat the source of the Affliction: the King in the Mists.

The wanderers' quests will lead you towards the ultimate goal of the Azmeri: Finding the King in the Mists, defeating him, and cleansing the forest of its Affliction once and for all.

Affliction Bosses 3.23

War for the Wildwood(quest)

Icon	Description
	War for the Wildwood MasterQuest Act: -1 You have been tasked with finding and defeating the King in the Mists. Search for his stronghold.

#	Name
1	Search for the King in the Mists You have been tasked with finding and defeating the King in the Mists. Search for his stronghold. Search for the King in the Mists' stronghold
2	Defeat the King in the Mists Defeat the King in the Mists in the Crux of Nothingness. Defeat the King in the Mists
3	Tell someone about your victory over the King in the Mists Find someone in the Viridian Wildwood who will reward you for defeating the King in the Mists. Find someone in the Viridian Wildwood who will reward you for defeating the King in the Mists NPC: The Breaker of Oaths War for the Wildwood Complete: The nectar of victory is utterly sweet, and so is the drink of devotion I am now sapping from his altars. Together, we have taken the first steps toward harnessing the Wildwood's curse for our own ends. There are no more lessons, just a sip of raw faith... yes, drink it down, savour the taste... that is the lifeblood of living souls, Sacred humors made manifest, given willingly by fools... delicious, yes? Now, you have truly become a Warlock of the Mists. The Primal Huntress War for the Wildwood Complete: The Wildwood echoed with your defeat of the King in the Mists! The final lesson is simple: you make your own lessons. All I can give you is clarity: {you} are the apex hunter now. There is none in this realm that can stand against you, and it is your role to run wild, free, and dangerous through the mists. The Warden of Eaves War for the Wildwood Complete: I felt it, the moment you felled the King in the Mists. The Draíocht sang of your victory. He {will} return... but not for some time, and we will have peace in the meantime. I will teach you the last of the secrets of the Maji, and you will be a bearer of our traditions. You have earned our trust.
4	Return to the Primal Huntress Return to the Primal Huntress as the new apex hunter of the Wildwood. Return to the Primal Huntress NPC: The Primal Huntress War for the Wildwood: It is time. You are ready for your final struggle. To achieve the summit, you must hunt the most powerful creature in the Wildwood. That would be {me}, but I would not be able to fight you with my full ferocity, because I have begun to consider you a friend. The fight must be real. It must truly be life-or-death. There is only one I know that can give you this final challenge: the King in the Mists. When you have defeated him, return to me, and I will teach you my final lesson. The Primal Huntress A Merciful Hunt: Climbing the hierarchy of the wilds will not be easy. A great many Nameless creatures crawl the Wildwood, existing in perpetual agony and sorrow. They are dangerous, and they deserve mercy, so they shall be your prey. When you have completed your hunt, return to me, and we will train together. The Primal Huntress Hunt for the Crow: You are becoming more than you were. The Sacred Wisps tell me that you are ready to continue the fight toward the summit of the natural order. Seek the most dangerous of the Nameless, the crow most foul, the Black Mórrigan. It is a brutal beast, driven mad and enraged by its affliction. Evade its strikes, or don the heaviest armour you can find. When you have finished this hunt, return to me, and we will run the Wildwood together. The Primal Huntress Journey's End: We will still encounter one another, my friend, but my time has passed, and I will gradually become less... I do not think death awaits me at the end of my path, merely a slow fading, until eventually those that knew me will wonder at how long it has been since they last saw me. They will share tales of the good times and the bad, as if they will never see me again, for time will put to rest all their concerns before our paths recross. This is not farewell. It is merely... goodbye for now. The Primal Huntress Formal Greeting: By the way, my friend... my name is Flavia. It is good to truly meet you. The Primal Huntress War for the Wildwood Complete: The Wildwood echoed with your defeat of the King in the Mists! The final lesson is simple: you make your own lessons. All I can give you is clarity: {you} are the apex hunter now. There is none in this realm that can stand against you, and it is your role to run wild, free, and dangerous through the mists. The Primal Huntress Return Later: Continue to struggle and grow. When you are ready, I will have more to teach you. The Primal Huntress Return Later: Continue to struggle and grow. When you are ready, I will have more to teach you. The Primal Huntress A Merciful Hunt Complete: I sense the Primal energy growing within you. Yes, you are ready to learn. The Primal Huntress Hunt for the Crow Complete: You have defeated the Black Mórrigan! I can see it in the way the Wisps dance around you. The beast will return, for it is merely a silhouette, a shadow cast by an afflicted piece of the Draíocht's essence, but the battle is no less meaningful.
5	Return to the Breaker of Oaths Return to the Breaker of Oaths so that the two of you may take advantage of your victory. Return to the Breaker of Oaths NPC: The Breaker of Oaths War for the Wildwood: You are ready, my apprentice. We must make our greatest move yet. Find the King in the Mists himself, and engage him directly. You must defeat his physical form in combat, however you see fit. It will not slay him utterly, but it will banish him for a time... and that will give me an opportunity to begin tapping into the flow of devotion from his altars. Go, complete this final task, and then I will make you a full Warlock. The Breaker of Oaths Culling the Cultists: Your first task shall be a simple culling. The King in the Mists has created a religion to ensnare travelers through the Wildwood. These unwitting travelers have become his fanatical followers, and their faith fuels his plans. Diminish that fuel by eliminating his cultists. Return to me when the bloody work is done, and we shall see about your schooling. The Breaker of Oaths Become the Darkness: It is time to expand our campaign against the King in the Mists. Key to his plans are countless ritualistic altars that he has built throughout the forest. These altars are nails hammered through three layers of meaning: your world, the Wildwood, and the void of the Nameless. It is time we bent one of those nails. I task you with finding the King in the Mists during one of his rituals. Cause as much havoc as you can. A ritual disrupted may cause far more damage than meets the eye... return to me after you enact mayhem, and I will teach you further. The Breaker of Oaths Formal Greeting: You have impressed me beyond measure, and, perhaps, surpassed me in some ways. I think I can trust you with my True Name. I am called Dromion Ley, and it has been a pleasure teaching you. The Breaker of Oaths War for the Wildwood Complete: The nectar of victory is utterly sweet, and so is the drink of devotion I am now sapping from his altars. Together, we have taken the first steps toward harnessing the Wildwood's curse for our own ends. There are no more lessons, just a sip of raw faith... yes, drink it down, savour the taste... that is the lifeblood of living souls, Sacred humors made manifest, given willingly by fools... delicious, yes? Now, you have truly become a Warlock of the Mists. The Breaker of Oaths Culling the Cultists Complete: Ah, I see you have attuned yourself with Wild energies by trafficking in death, exactly as I intended. You are ready to learn more. The Breaker of Oaths Become the Darkness Complete: Just as I predicted: when you disrupted that ritual, the energies involved burned back onto existing altars, severing his connection to several of them, and leaving them free for a new master. Yes, yes... this is a fruitful tactic... it is time I taught you darker secrets... The Breaker of Oaths Return Later: You are not ready for the darker secrets of our craft. Go, learn what you can, and return to me when you are ready. Only then will I teach you further. The Breaker of Oaths Return Later: You are not ready for the darker secrets of our craft. Go, learn what you can, and return to me when you are ready. Only then will I teach you further.
6	Return to the Warden of Eaves Return to the Warden of Eaves and tell her of your righteous victory over evil. Return to the Warden of Eaves NPC: The Warden of Eaves War for the Wildwood: I have been loathe to assign you this most deadly task, but now I know that you are ready. I cannot leave my post here at the border of our two realms, but I am seething to put right the injustice that saps the soul of our Wildwood. You have the strength. You have our teachings. Find the King in the Mists and deal him a lethal blow. It will not win the war outright... but it will give us time to heal the Wildwood faster than the affliction grows. The Warden of Eaves Vivid Rescue: If you truly wish to become a Warden of the Maji, then you must understand that the battle against evil is never simple. We must protect the entire Wildwood, even its most fundamental denizens, and sometimes that means pruning diseased branches. Seek out afflicted treants, rescue the Vivid Wisps that they have captured. When you have completed your work, return to me, and I will teach you further. The Warden of Eaves Spiteful Winter: You have earned my trust, but the struggle against evil never ends. Among the Draíocht, there are a number of sacred trees, and some of them have become afflicted despite my best efforts. The spirits of those diseased Bíles seek to bring an untimely winter out of pure spite against their original purpose. As before, we must destroy a small afflicted part of the Wildwood to save the rest of it. Find the trio, disrupt their efforts, and then return to me. You will know them by their bone-white bark. The Warden of Eaves War for the Wildwood Complete: I felt it, the moment you felled the King in the Mists. The Draíocht sang of your victory. He {will} return... but not for some time, and we will have peace in the meantime. I will teach you the last of the secrets of the Maji, and you will be a bearer of our traditions. You have earned our trust. The Warden of Eaves Vivid Rescue Complete: You carry an aura of vivid energy about you. You are ready to learn more. The Warden of Eaves Spiteful Winter Complete: The Wildwood is already warming in the wake of your victory over the Bíles. You are worthy of further education in our ways. The Warden of Eaves Return Later: Continue to battle against the darkness. Practice what I have taught you. When you are ready, we will train further. The Warden of Eaves Return Later: Continue to battle against the darkness. Practice what I have taught you. When you are ready, we will train further. The Warden of Eaves Formal Greeting: Now that you are a full-fledged Warden of the Maji, I can truly meet you. My people call me Greeneyes. Greeneyes Ryann. I look forward to fighting alongside you.
7	Quest Complete Quest Complete - You have defeated the King in the Mists at the Crux of Nothingness, and achieved mastery of your Wildwood Specialisation. NPC: The Breaker of Oaths Formal Greeting: You have impressed me beyond measure, and, perhaps, surpassed me in some ways. I think I can trust you with my True Name. I am called Dromion Ley, and it has been a pleasure teaching you. The Primal Huntress Journey's End: We will still encounter one another, my friend, but my time has passed, and I will gradually become less... I do not think death awaits me at the end of my path, merely a slow fading, until eventually those that knew me will wonder at how long it has been since they last saw me. They will share tales of the good times and the bad, as if they will never see me again, for time will put to rest all their concerns before our paths recross. This is not farewell. It is merely... goodbye for now. The Primal Huntress Formal Greeting: By the way, my friend... my name is Flavia. It is good to truly meet you. The Warden of Eaves Formal Greeting: Now that you are a full-fledged Warden of the Maji, I can truly meet you. My people call me Greeneyes. Greeneyes Ryann. I look forward to fighting alongside you.

How do you earn Wildwood Ascendancy Points?

Your first 2 Wildwood Ascendancy Points are acquired when you first meet the associated NPC and choose their specialisation.
The next 4 points come from 2 quests from each NPC.
The final 2 points come from defeating the King in the Mists, which will unlock the final 2 points for all three Wildwood Ascendancies. If you do this quest in advance (e.g. through Multiplayer), it will count towards the points even if you aren't on that stage of the quest.