PoE How to Use Remnants of Corruption

League mechanics: Essence. Kirac map mods: Area contains 2 additional Essences(cost: 3 Chaos Orbs). PoE Essence Scarab: Area contains 2 additional Essences. List of PoE Essence Atlas Tree.

Use Remnants of Corruption

Remnant of Corruption Remnant of Corruption corrupts the Essences trapping a monster, modifying them unpredictably

Essences can be corrupted by using a Remnant of Corruption on an essence monolith before releasing the imprisoned monster.

This will result in one of the following outcomes chosen at random:

  1. Imprisoned monsters are released with no changes to essences.
  2. All essence tiers are increased by 1 (e.g. 'Screaming' upgraded to 'Shrieking').
  3. Adds an additional essence type.
  4. Transform each essence to a random essence type of the same tier in the next group of the same tier (e.g. "of Fear" (Group B) transformed to "of Wrath" (Group C)). Additional caveats:
    1. Note that this outcome can also increase the tier of the essence if the original essence is a lower tier than the minimum tier for the next group. (e.g. Muttering Essence of Fear will upgrade into a Weeping Tier C Essence).
    2. Essence of Hysteria, Essence of Insanity, Essence of Horror and Essence of Delirium can only be obtained by corrupting monsters with an essence of group E, which can be remembered using the mnemonic "Purple MEDS" (e.g. Shrieking Essence of Misery, Shrieking Essence of Envy, Shrieking Essence of Dread, Shrieking Essence of Scorn). The tier of essence does not matter.

The Crystal Resonance Atlas passive skill prevents trapped monsters from being released when corrupted. However, this does not affect the outcome of using the Remnant, and the odds for each outcome remain the same.

Kirac Map Mods

Name Kirac’s league modifiers Cost
Essence Area contains 2 additional Essences. 3 Chaos Orbs

List of PoE Essence Scarabs

Name Description Limit
Essence Scarab
  • Area contains 2 additional Essences
 Limit: 4
Essence Scarab of Ascent
  • Essences found in Area are a tier higher
 Limit: 1
Essence Scarab of Stability
  • Using a Remnant of Corruption in Area can only result in upgrading or transforming Essences
 Limit: 1
Essence Scarab of Calcification
  • All Rare monsters in Area are imprisoned by Essences
 Limit: 1

Essence Atlas Passive Tree

Count Name Category Description
5 Imprisoned Monster Additional Essence Chance Normal
  • Imprisoned Monsters in your Maps have 5% chance to have an additional Essence
1 Crystal Lattice Notable
  • Imprisoned Monsters in your Maps have 15% chance to have 3 additional Essences

Essence Atlas Passive Tree

Count Name Category Description
4 Essence Chance Normal
  • Your Maps have 5% chance to contain an additional Essence
2 Remnant of Corruption Essence Chance Normal
  • Monsters Imprisoned by Essences have a 10% chance to contain a Remnant of Corruption
1 Crystal Resonance Notable
  • A Map Boss is granted a random Essence Modifier from any Imprisoned Monsters slain in your Maps
  • Using Remnants of Corruption on Imprisoned Monsters in your Maps replaces all Essences with one of the Essences on the Imprisoned Monster

Essence Atlas Passive Tree

Count Name Category Description
1 Amplified Energies Notable
  • Imprisoned Monsters in your Maps have at least 1 Essence at the highest possible tier

    • Reminder Text:

  • (Essences in White Maps can reach a maximum tier of Screaming, and Essences in Yellow or Red Maps can reach a maximum tier of Shrieking)

Essence Atlas Passive Tree

Count Name Category Description
4 Essence Rare Chance Normal
  • Imprisoned Monsters in your Maps have 25% chance to drop an additional Rare Item with an Essence Modifier
1 Prolific Essence Notable
  • Your Maps contain an additional Essence

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