[PoE 3.14] Leapfrog Atlas Progression Guide. Get Your Watchstones Faster!

[@xRawPower]

I have tried to wrap my head around this strategy before, it never clicked until this video. Very concise, dumbass friendly guide, thanks so much!

[@bennana0192]

@Tory Vassall yea nah nobody gives a shit

[@hisokamorow6709]

Same my dude, don't mind the other fella.

[@nilskunze830]

M.

[@Ashimar_]

I’m such a dumbass I didn’t understand dumbass strategy lol

[@jougetsu]

Thank god there´s a normal person to explain this. Thank you very much

[@alexparra7979]

exactly how i feel about this video haha, everything else ive watched about this strategy was so hard to follow

[@Nuggetmonk]

same here....other videos i watched were way to "hyped" "heeey there guys woooooooa now this awesooome technique...blablabla"...and i thought "man just get to the point of it"

[@Warfalcon]

The funny part is I know EXACTLY which videos you have watched that made you think this. LOL

[@ariyako]

agree with this, more perfect if he recording the atlas progress from zero to full. anyway thank again so much for this guide and info!

[@jakeshively5092]

Finally a guide that is literally step by step.

[@YeOldeMachina]

First full league and first time completing the game. Your videos are a godsend. I feel like most poeTubers are speaking Aramaic backwards

[@Dooministry]

Glad I could help!

[@primalysk]

This was by far the best explanation of the leap-frog progression, thank you!

[@dogegaming9036]

This was the easiest to understand explanation I've seen of the leap-frog strategy, great video!

[@flavioescame3373]

Agree

[@Theta40]

I have watched many leapfrog strategy videos and been only confused by them. I have read written guides on the leapfrog strategy and not understood them. This is the first guide I’ve understood and been able to follow. You are VERY clear and tell me EXACTLY what to do. I followed your advice last league and for the first time I got this to work, and it worked like a charm. Thank you!

[@Dooministry]

That’s awesome!

[@deciett]

Just a quick comment to supplement this strategy: When you start running red maps (so after you start running maps in regions with 3 or more watchstones socketed), it's best to start boosting atlas completion bonus and awakener level as much as you can to help out with sustain. There are two parts to this. First, you want to start running all uncompleted maps that are lower than the lowest tier map in your current target region. At the 3-watchstone step, that means freely running anything tier 9 and lower for extra map completion. At the 4-watchstone step, that means running anything tier 13 or lower. Additionally, you can safely socket any number of watchstones in other regions to increase your atlas bonus as long as you aren't introducing too many new maps that overlap with either your current or target region. Due to how much overlap there is in map tiers between 2 and 3 watchstone inner-regions, it's best not to do this until you're working on the fourth inner region. At that point (and through until the end of the rotation) you can socket up to 3 watchstones in any inner region or up to 2 watchstones in any outer region. This will increase your awakening level and enable you to earn awakening bonus, but more importantly, any map that fails to drop at tier 14 or higher can yield uncompleted maps from these regions. You can run these maps to boost your atlas bonus and make it easier to get drops in your target regions. This is a very good breakdown of the strategy though, good job!

[@modrn_]

Dude I swear to you, this was the most beneficial video I've ever watched for PoE. This shit was so confusing to me for so long and I watched this one time and I'm like, "Holy shit, it's that easy?!". THANKS SO MUCH.

[@Dooministry]

Glad it helped!

[@blizzinitupgaming197]

Awesome. I found it easier to understand your explanation than other content creators.

[@fullblownherp]

I’ve watched ever streamer that made videos on this, and I have to be honest, yours is the first I have fully understood. Thank you big time I will sub for sure for this.

[@yourlocalnpc]

Not sure if you're still reading comments, but I just wanted to say thanks for making this video, I'm new to the game and this video really helped me get a good grasp of the atlas. Much love.

[@Dooministry]

Glad I could help!

[@LuisTein]

i've been doing what you said in the beginning of the video, just aimlessly running maps in different regions, trying to complete as many maps as i could for the bonus, so that's how the top players do it, thanks for the awesome video explaining it in simple clear language

[@realAgitated]

I watched like 6 of these guides, this one is the best.

[@neoblackchaos05]

Thanks mate for the clear explaination. You by far the best youtuber that explains bout atlas clearly and it helps me a lot as a returned player after stop play for almost 4 years.

[@Edigor100]

I was struggling to get higher maps than t4, this made it incredibly easy to get to red maps in the same amount of time. Thanks a ton

[@MoistYoghurt]

I've watched so many of your videos just for simple mechanics and it has helped me so much THANK YOU

[@Dooministry]

Glad you like them!

[@andeeznation]

Agreed with everyone below!! I have never had more than like 10 watchstones. I have stuffed it up soooo much. Listened to soooo many videos but this definitely is the first that makes complete sense. Tomorrow I will be trying this straight away

[@richardroyster405]

I've encountered this multiple times. This is the only time I've understood it. Thanks!

[@ThePHoenixX99]

This is Def the best Leapfrog Atlas video.. One suggestion, was from another vid. After getting your first Corner use Orb of Horrizon to get those other 4

[@Daddywaah]

I watched this vid 3 times to make sure I had a good grasp on the leapfrog mechanic. Very well explained. Cudos to you Doom for explaining it so well, and shame on GG for making such a horribly unintuitive mechanic! lol.

[@arjunratnadev]

I couldn't sleep but watching this half way through strained my brain so much that I fell asleep

[@TheRealSgtTrulyOdd]

This needs more visibility. Best explanation I've found!

[@Eravis671]

Thanks great guide, almost unlocked all the watchstones for the first time thanks to this :D

[@Dooministry]

Glad I could help!

[@exileblayde]

This is an awesome guide, I've just restarted playing PoE after 2 yrs and so much has changed in the game tats so confusing. This really helps so much, thanks !

[@Dooministry]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@zengrath]

Thanks, i was going with the keep running random map strategy but this league I haven't had any luck getting to yellows yet, this is a lot different and makes sense. Thank you for this guide.

[@heglem]

Finally an understandable guide! Thank you so much!

[@Dooministry]

Glad you liked it!

[@bdsean]

Coming back to this again in 3.15. A great video to learn, or refresh on the Leap Frog strat.

[@Francorocco]

this is the best guide about it i have seen, thanks

[@SyI16]

I've watch guides of the atlas before, but man. This one shits on every single one. Great video, thanks!

[@egbatten03]

Subbed. This was a wonderful, concise guide. Very well done!

[@Dooministry]

Glad it helped!

[@StuartBaron]

Thanks for the video, I really struggled last league progressing the map and it took me weeks to get to T16, this will help me massively this time round. This filthy casual is pleased.

[@ronald3602]

One of the most clear guides on this, thanks

[@RedDragonFlayer]

Why couldn't I find this like 8months ago when I was bored of the atlas grind, great vid

[@nullharmonic]

Wow, this makes me realize how much I've been bumbling around my atlas the past few leagues. Can't wait to try this!

[@MrShaggrock]

Thanks for this guide, I will aim to do things right come next league!

[@SusejFTW]

Sweet, ill keep this in mind for next League. Already finished my Atlas by running all over the map device like a monke

[@wolfsolitude2654]

Hey man great video. Question though why do you unsocket the watchstones once you are done with a region, shouldnt you leave them for the awakening level bonus?

[@Dooministry]

It's so that you don't drop maps in regions you have already completed.

[@djJaXx101]

Go go go! super excited, league start is awsome :D

[@johnstam1314]

Thanks for the video!! Very helpful , will save me a lot of time!! Looking forward for more video like this from you.

[@fensizor]

Thank you, I'll finally progress atlas much faster

[@Berry-Dingle]

Thanks for this, an actual useful poe video.

[@Dooministry]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ВеселинВеселинов-ж4о]

Best video for the atlas even for a beginner like me

[@johnshell6572]

Great guide and good job explaining it. It helps a lot. Thank you.

[@Dooministry]

Glad you liked it!

[@blech71]

Very good video and actually easy to follow. A little weird for the outer areas but overall the idea stays the same which is cool. I will definitely work on this method. I was just randomly checking maps against the atlas for the maps that were not complete and grabbing those to run. Slow and tedious and now I have a method that is deterministic to get me where I need to go faster and methodically. Thanks for the awesome vid! Very helpful my dood! Oh and def SUBBED!

[@anthonyg6083]

Absolutely brilliant !

[@KfPRewierw]

Briliantly explained. Cheers!

[@CheapHugs4All]

As always very clear explanation, and fantastic video! Thank you for the help man!

[@bawzzzz]

This so helpful and properly explained. Thanks a lot!

[@EvandroPastor]

Excelent guide! Finally I understand how to do it.

[@ciciv6721]

best guide on the tubes

[@Stagonas]

Amazing video. Really easy to comprehend and follow! 2 questions: 1) Do you (typically) need to juice your maps (other than alch and go) even on low tiers in order to self-sustain? 2) When working on step 8, can the conqueror that spawned at step 1 spawn again at the same region and mess up the cycle?

[@Dooministry]

Hey thanks for that. Here's the answers to your questions. 1. I usually alc and go for white and yellow maps, then start chiseling and vaaling on red maps. Because this strategy advances you so fast in the atlas, map sustain can sometimes be an issue, so sometimes you have to farm the maps you've done already a bit to get the drops. 2. Yes that is possible to spawn the same conqueror again. However, it will always spawn the unspawned conquerors first (if possible), which means it won't spawn one you've done already until you have killed the unspawned ones in the zone. Once you've done that make sure you don't spawn another conqueror there or it will spawn one that you've completed and mess up your cycle. I hope that makes sense.

[@Stagonas]

@@Dooministry Thank you for the clarifications. I asked the first question because a friend of mine just started this strategy but he had already gathered 9 watchstones from random mapping (of which some he removed to be in line with step 5) and he's telling me he's experiencing very low map drops. Maybe it's because he sometimes runs fewer maps since he already has 1-2 watchstones in some regions. Anyway, I just started leapfrogging as well on a fresh atlas so I'll see for myself. Thanks again for both the video guide and your answers!

[@AldonxFacts]

love the video. very easy to understand and well-informed guide..thank you sir! :)

[@reznovvazileski3193]

I see :') This is definitely faster than randomly doing it lol. Even knowing how the atlas works so I'm never truly running out of maps to run towards a conqueror, and how to not brick a cycle by spawning a conqueror where it's completed already, AND never spawning a conqueror that would lock out another region from spawning its last possible conqueror which is a risk you run if you're not careful with a multi-region strategy :P Basically how I used to do it is this idea with the socketing the next region ahead of time to collect maps but I'd go back and forth between inner and outer regions all 4 at once. It works just as well for the systematic part of it, but the slowness really is in the indecisiveness of your next move. The Leapfrog method really is clear about what maps to run at which time while with 4 regions at a time no matter how safe the atlas is, you'll always be checking 4 times as many regions for maps to run and trying to decide which one to do now. It takes a lot of time to constantly make new plans and scramble all the maps together to set up the next session of runs so knowing how to do it 1 by 1 properly really does help a lot as far as time is concerned :')

[@sobhanrajabi8294]

THIS WORKS LIKE A CHARM HELL YES

[@vasquezv244]

Dude, good shit. This was easy af to follow. THANK YOU

[@MushroomGlow]

Well informative! Thank you

[@Dooministry]

Glad it was helpful

[@silkavenger]

First I’ve heard of this. Makes a ton of sense. I already may have kicked up my atlas this season by spawning 2 conquerers but maybe I can get it back on track!

[@SpicysushiPoE]

going to watch this during maintenance thank you doom XD great league start amiright

[@Dooministry]

lol thanks Spicy. Man this league start's been rough. Can't seem to make any progress. Been on for 12 hours now, have about 5 in game hours. That means I've spent 7 hours staring at the login screen, as I'm sure you have as well LOL

[@Akitorbenov]

Best wishes having a build that grow up in equip this fast....

[@zexs]

Ty man, very good guide!

[@Dooministry]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@kinglear6802]

Thank you sir, u explained it flawless

[@SouLtobi]

great vid, easy to to understand - thanks

[@mrjasoncape]

Fantastic fricken video holy crap huge help

[@buitrankhacha]

Best atlas guide ever!

[@sobhanrajabi8294]

this gave me hope

[@abbrah]

Definitely the clearest guide I've found. Thanks!

[@janggz7620]

Tried this, did the whole loop: 1 watchstone in Tirn, not a single upgraded tier map in tirn dropped. amazing

[@czarniutka852]

great ! never "leaped frog" Atlas .... will try this league . Ty !

[@pdtRamon]

Thanks for the video and informations Really appreciated. Liked

[@jerrymoostache7821]

I've always valued objective completion over watchstones count, but I have a question for people who follow the strategy in this video: does your map sustain not suffer? Do you ever burn through your high tier map pool and get forced to start over?

[@jamiej5229]

yes and it is annoying af. plus - if you do any map in the wrong region(because you run out of maps) it can spawn a conquerer where you dont want to have him and the whole strat is f'ed. but i think the poor map sustain is a 3.15 problem, last league i had tons of maps.

[@charpad6690]

amazing guide! ty

[@ٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴ-ٴٴ]

At minute 10:00 is it important to unsocket the just-finished area? Can't we just let it sit there?

[@Dooministry]

You can leave it there if you want, it won't make a difference at that point.

[@ricardohamc]

i'm running maps in Glennach cairns, but i'm not getting drops for the maps in the next region which is Valdo's rest. If i'm not mistaken, from what i've been reading, choosing the first region to start socketing the watchstones is indeed fixed, and should be: First Valdo's rest, second Lex proxima, third Tirn's end and fourth Glennach cairns. Now i messed up my whole atlas progression. Feelssadgeman.

[@Dooministry]

Hey Richie, sorry to hear that it's not working that well for you right now. Where you start for the inner regions does not matter. For example I did not start in Valdo's and it worked fine. The only thing you have to be cognizant about is that your map drops are obeying the drop rules. For example if you are running T6 maps, and are collecting maps for the next region with 1 more watchstone, you can only drop up to T8 maps. In other words if you are looking for a T9 map, it will never drop from T6's. If you are unclear about the drop rules you can check out my other atlas video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHjOZq14f7qSiMU

[@patricklarson5808]

super helpful video - thank you! quick question: what’s the reason for unsocketing watchstones after finishing the conquerors in each region, instead of leaving them in?

[@Dooministry]

Hey thanks. The reason for unsocketing watchstones after finishing is so that you don't drop the maps in that region anymore (since you don't need them anymore), which will increase the drops of the maps you need in the regions that you are working on.

[@patricklarson5808]

@@Dooministry got it, thanks!

[@LimeraMath]

INSANE THANK YOU!!!

[@yakusensei542]

i love your videos, you explain everything very well :D keep it up man ¡¡¡

[@rej6ix7]

so i just attempted this strategy, got my first watchstone in haewark hamelet, but cannot socket the watchstone into tirn's end b.c i didnt unlock the citadel in tirn's end yet... so how does this strat work?

[@mitzulika01]

I have the same question. Also how you go to other regions without maps from there? Map drop is so bad at start... dont know how they do the path they want... xD

[@rej6ix7]

@@mitzulika01 i see now, you have to at least complete a t3 for that area to unlock the citadel for that area. as for maps you dont have, need to buy them.

[@Dooministry]

You need to unlock the citadel in tirn's end so that you can put the watchstone in. You can unlock it as Sixy has mentioned.

[@Dooministry]

You traverse the path of maps to get to the regions you want. You start in the 4 middle regions and you have to follow the path to get to the corner regions.

[@nassimhaiouani3772]

And i was wondering how people got to hight tier maps on day 1 i wish i saw that before league start now my atlas is messed up and i dont know how i will fix it

[@Dooministry]

Hey if you'd like, you can pop by my Twitch stream and I can see if I can help you sort it out if you describe to me where your atlas is at, even though you're probably far in to the atlas by the time my next stream rolls around..

[@thealarm7057]

12:15 Actually, a bit easier way to do the outer regions would be first, put watchstones in as many outer regions as you can, get 1-3 maps for each. Once you reach 3/4 watchstones for the final inner region, look what the color is and pick the outer region that has the OTHER 3 watchstones still unobtained. Now you're 100% sure you won't get that conc there. Another way is when you do the first outer region and get the first conc, swap to another outer region which already has the conc you just got in the first outer region.

[@TheKobool]

really nice guide. one question tho. i just did the first guardion in hamlet, and im seposed to put the watchstone in one of the other zones right ? but hamlet is the only one with a citadel. how do i spawn the others without messing anything up Never mind. i got it to show up by doing a tier3 in that zone

[@MyMy-fy9rw]

@9:10 if i have 1 watchstone socketed, how many maps does it take to spawn all four conquerer??

[@xRawPower]

There is some RNG, so there is no concrete answer to your question, but I believe it is either 3 or 5 maps per conqueror, so something like 12-20 maps - roughly.

[@LovelyCooK]

Thanks that was so helpful!!!

[@charpad6690]

i got some bad map drop rng; i got 4 sockets into the next zone while im working on the 3 stone and no maps are dropping for the 4 stone zone :[

[@Dooministry]

Ya one tough thing about running an aggressive atlas progression strategy (which this is, getting to as high tier as possible in as few maps as possible), is that it's hard to keep that high tier map pool going. Sometimes you have to rerun maps to get those drops, but also make sure the maps that you are looking for can actually drop from the maps you are running as per the map drop rules. Sometimes it's just not even possible to drop the maps you're looking for if the tier of the map you're running is too low.

[@MrForsesss]

yeah me too any idea how to drop the next map we need for the 4 stone zone?

[@PhotriusPyrelus]

What a surprise. I've been doing Atlas wrong. I had no idea all four conquerors could spawn in the same region in a cycle. No wonder I've been having such a hard time with it...

[@larsnordin6760]

Is this still valid in 3:16? I´ve followed your guide step by step and I've the first 4 watchstones. No higher level mapdrops, however. Now when I start to work on watchstones 5-8 I´m out of maps (all conquerors spawned very quick). I'm trying to run tier 1-2 maps I get a warning sign that says " the watchstone level of this Atlas region is too low for any conqueror to occupy the region" (Citadel of Haewark hamlet). How to proceed?

[@lameristotel]

I had to socket a second watchstone in tirns end in order to spawn the 4th conqueror.

[@gunfugames7430]

Unable to comply. I run out of maps around tier 8...

[@ThePHoenixX99]

Have a question regarding this leap frog.. your trying to get to the corners without unlocking many maps in the lower area. I tried the coves and wharf(that you mentioned)... but course i ran outta those 2 maps real quick lol. Do you just start buying them?

[@Dooministry]

I wouldn't. I would just run other maps that you have. Completing more maps before you get to the corner is not a negative. Feel free to complete as many white maps until the corners as you want.

[@mrbaron6141]

hey Bro, a have a question about ur guide of atlas. why when i run a region for some watchstone it says '' number of socketed watchstones: 2 required'' and other watchstone in same region is '' number of socketed watchstones: 3 required'' ??

[@Dooministry]

That is telling you the number of watchstones you need to socket in to the region to spawn the conqueror there. You must meet the requirement in order to spawn them. Hope that helps.

[@Fungorrr]

i still do not understand the rules for what determines which maps can spawn from a given node. atlas bonus gives you a chance for a higher tier map to spawn then it's about what maps are attached by a dotted line to the one you are running then it's also about what region is physically adjacent to the map you are running? because of this lack of understanding, i've finished 4 conquerors on one watchstone, then when i get to the two watchstone region i do not have enough maps to run the 2 watchstone region

[@Dooministry]

Hey, sounds like you're having trouble with the map drop rules. I explain it in detail in this video (timestamped): kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHjOZq14f7qSiMU

[@Fungorrr]

@@Dooministry dam okay fine take my sub, that's very nice of you.

[@sgtbrett1974]

Atlas explanation video isn't linked in the description.

[@Dooministry]

Thank you for the reminder. It is now, and it is here as well kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHjOZq14f7qSiMU

[@sgtbrett1974]

@@Dooministry

[@iuliumesesan7675]

bro my adiacent area doesnt have the sockets unlocked , to place the 2 watchstones , after completing the 1 socket spawns , I did glen and only lex proxima is unlocked ...

[@ashrasmun1]

As a noob in 3.16, I'm confused. I have only 4 areas, so I cannot rush to the "outer" ones.

[@IForminaSage]

man ive done everything you said but im getting literally 0 map drops when im trying to farm tirns ends 4 conqs... =[

[@KingKatura]

So anyone got a list of best maps to do to get to the corners in the rest, already got coves>wharf>cemetary. how about the other corners?

[@Dooministry]

Hey if you just want to get to the corners in as few maps as possible here are some options New Vastir corner: arcade > infested valley > ancient city > laboratory Lira Arthain corner: pen > lair > arid lake > lookout Lex Ejoris corner: jungle valley > underground sea > courtyard > primordial pool

[@KingKatura]

@@Dooministry Merci last time i played their before a few leagues ago their were only certain maps worth unlocking and running the rest not really unless you just wanted the bonus thats what i was asking. Thanks for the list.

[@R_a_X]

Followed this up to the 1st inner region. I have 1 watchstone in Proxima and 2 in Valdo's. I've been running T6-7 maps and have killed 3 conquerors in Proxima so far but I've only gotten 2 Valdo's maps in the process, and I think one of them was from temple. Why isn't my Valdo's pool bigger at this point? What sort of quant should I be aiming for on these maps?

[@Dooministry]

Hey it might be because the maps you have available to drop in Valdo's are outside of the drop rules for the atlas. When you run a map, only the same tier and below can drop from white monsters, +1 from magic and rare packs and +2 from boss. So for example if you are running T6 maps, and in Valdo's all of the maps available to drop are T9, then you won't be able to drop them. To correct this you can complete some more lower tier maps in valdos without any watchstones in, so that they are lower tier when you socket 2 watchstones. Hope this answers your question.

[@Warfalcon]

I'm a little late to this video and already about 8 or so watchstones in. Is there any reason I shouldn't stick 3 in say Lex Prox & Lira Arth while I have 2 in Valdo and working Valdo? I figured since I'm late and already didn't do it right this may improve my chances of red map drops since I'm covering two areas instead of one. Great video!

[@Dooministry]

Yup that's not a problem. The reason you want to only do 1 zone with 3 watchstones at a time is to target farm those maps, but if you're already a bit of a mixed bag then that is a great way to get the maps you need for the particular zones. Cheers

[@Warfalcon]

@@Dooministry Thank you sir!

[@arturasnesakysiu6025]

i followed everything correctly. i dropped 0 2watchstone maps to glennach while doing tirns end

[@awemowe2830]

Thanks for the guide. Do you realize your nose is completely blocked? Is it covid or are you due for a surgery?

[@Dooministry]

Neither, it's just how I sound. Maybe it has something to do with my mic settings too, not sure.

[@awemowe2830]

@@Dooministry I'll be honest and say it was very distracting, the nasal voice - BUT EVEN so, your guide was clearly the best out of the 8 guides I've tried to find, to share to people that were struggling. Not trying to be rude, like for real, it might come off as rude, but it's honest criticism/suggestion... I think it's worth if you looked into why your voice sounds nasal (at least it does in this video, extremely so)

[@TorbLlorts]

who are you supposed to get into the other corners? same as first?