POE 3.22 - Top 10 Maps To Farm - Mageblood, Headhunter, Divine Cards, Layouts + More - Path of Exile

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16-Dec-2023 update: 3.23 version in render now, should be online soon. Burial Chambers is the new number 1.
Top 10 lists can feel a bit overdone at times - but some maps are way better than others in the current endgame and I wanted to recommend the best maps for farming in the Ancestor league with the extremely high price of Mageblood and the higher than typical value of Headhunter.
Note that the mirror cards that can be farmed are the ones that award mirror shards - House of Mirrors directly awards a mirror, but it drops from the Alluring Abyss, a boss zone rather than a map.
0:00 Intro
0:16 The List
0:36 What's Changed Since 3.21: Fire Of Unknown Origin & Why You Shouldn't Farm It
1:50 What's Changed Since 3.21: The Fortunate (Divine Orb Card), And Why You SHOULD Farm It
3:05 What Is Likely To Change In 3.23: Why Burial Chambers Is The Best Map You Can't Run This League (It Gained The Fortunate)
4:17 Ranking The Best Divination Cards To Farm In 3.22. Apothecary First. Headhunter Cards Second, Divine Orb Cards Third, Mirror Shard Cards Fourth. Subject To Change With League Economy
5:15 The S Tier Maps For Divination Cards - Crimson Temple, Haunted Mansion (Crimson Is Better)
6:14 The A Tier Maps For Divination Cards - Lots Of Them
6:55 What About Boss-Only Divine Orb Cards? What About Mineral Pools?
7:52 Other Considerations - Layouts & Atlas Synergies
8:58 Other Considerations - Eldritch Altars, The Mausoleum Trick, And Mesa
10:29 Summary - The Top 10 And Why
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[@anonymeserpent9678]

Very nice video. As a regualr player but not veteran, i find this very very informative and i know now what maps i want to farm. Thank you !

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[@charlespanache7047]

I enjoy it. Lately I watch these videos at work. Less fluff and more info is why I come back.

[@JamesPeacock]

Thank you. Love direct videos like this and get very bored farming same map. Cheers.

[@Recreancy]

Great video!

[@DeusO73]

I love the top 10 Maps Series!

[@sirgog]

I try to get this out each league as it's something people always ask for & I see heaps of people search for the now-out-of-date 3.21 one.

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[@darrellsongy309]

Thanks for your time and imput its always appreciated

[@Tuloth]

Thanks for this video! Only my second league so has no idea what to do with my favorited maps

[@JohnPatchesMicallef]

City Square is definitely worth an honourable mention here. Extremely good for harbinger farming (which is also quite profitable on its own) as well as being a small fairly dense and open map with narrow corridors on the side so dece or good layout for basically every mechanic. Also very easy to boss rush on and is connected to Crimson Temple so you can sell connected map drops quite easily. It does have Home (random exceptional gem with quality) but all the other div cards are meh, which is probably what held it back on Gog's list.

[@Floyder...]

Yeah im jumping between this and crimson temple at the moment

[@Erdbeerenserver]

one of my favourite for boss rushing with maven influence. Also the bosses are low HP and just roll over before they can launch that one dangerous move.

[@Intestine_Ballin-ism]

I really like it because it works very well with Deli Beyond Blue altar strat I chose! My chieftain lacks in single target but the boss always spawns with a pack of magic mobs to explode all over them, and the lack of GG card drops isn't that big of a deal since I managed to get the "Div cards that drop other div cards" altar that prints Patients and Nurses

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As always, love your insight man.

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Fantastic presentation. I usually hate the "tier list" type videos where people just use the format because well, its meta to deliver this type of information. Then they proceed to drop information in a one liner fashion where your only left with more questions than questions answered. Your delivery was clear and detailed in why you reach these conclusions, great job! Shirt did give me acid flashback tho .

[@slloyd1316]

Worth mentioning that the only two fortunate-drop-enabled maps that connect with eachother feature on your top 10: Dunes/Mesa. This makes it much easier to sustain just those maps and think deserves a bump up as a result, or at least a mention.

[@leothedel]

Came looking for this, thanks for the heads up!

[@nmb4y]

I am very surprised by Strand not being in the top 10. Best map for delirium miror farm which is very popular this league. Also a very good map to rush content and be sure you won't miss it like you mentioned with Heist. Great video as always tho

[@glorybringer8817]

strand has shitty mob density

[@mitchelallen1222]

I was literally just looking for which maps to swap my favorites to 😁

[@fooginc]

sirgog's continuity editor missed the shirt change at 2:16

[@opticsrus9981]

For new players and old players alike, don't forget that expedition logbooks yield a great number of divination cards. You will get higher end div cards at a faster rate than running juiced maps. And if you do decide to run maps for cards, try using monstrous treasure option on your map device with winged or gilded scarabs for divination cards and extra strong boxes. If you are lucky, you will get between 1-3 diviners strong boxes. Take your time to with diviner strong boxes. Use engineer's orbs for 20% quality. Then spam the diviners strong box like a normal piece of gear. Alt and Aug spamming boxes with Regal orb is the cheapest way to craft strong boxes. Chaos orb the strong boxes if the got the extra $$$. Hope this helps. This method also works for obtaining high level boots for 35 movement speed. Just role +3 level to strong box in tier 16 maps, and always get level 86 boots for elevated speed mod.

[@Fidtz]

Thanks, very useful and comprehensive. I wish there was a better blight map than tower in the list.

[@rubikmonat6589]

I was going to say atoll, but she always seems to spawn in the big intersection area right near the start.

[@Wilikrdp]

Underground river is nice for blight

[@johnwickfromfortnite5744]

One other aspect i like to see adressed: I am mainly farming delve and harvest this league, so div cards are hardly a factor in what i choose, as i don't get many anyways. I am loving city square because you can run through the entire map very quickly and the boss is easily rushed. It would also be BIS for metamorph strats as well

[@FrontalHardcore]

breach with delirium farm on beach and strand was for me the way to got ,and it was awesome how many fortunate i farmed

[@pumpy_jack]

i love running strand!!

[@inwector]

Excellent video. I am currently running Cemetery with legion, but might change to Crimson Temple, I just dislike the layout and the depressing tone of it. Maybe I'll change my monitor settings.

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[@peterheath7960]

Looking to rejoin the channel next week, it's been a while but my financial situation has improved. Great work!

[@TheKyle096]

One map that has the fortunate card that I enjoyed farming is leyline. Ez layout to get to the boss quickly and expeditions would spawn in great places for the new atlas keystone

[@ItsPureLuck27]

What would you guys suggest among the top 10 here for Rituals? Was thinking either Cemetery or Haunted Mansion (Haunted seems to have better mob count than crimson temple)

[@marksutherlandjr.2121]

[@Henbe_]

I've had a nice success bouncing between Haunted Mansion and Orchard: adjacent maps are easy to sustain without Singular Focus, you don't get bored farming one map exclusevily, very consistent and simple layouts. Also Haunted Mansion hideout is a nice bonus you can sell as well, while Sanguine hideout is basically free.

[@shellshocktrophies2975]

Are you doing a challenge guide like during last league?

[@gremiocopeiro83]

Had a Divine beauty drop from eater shrine “drop divination cards that give currency”. Didnt know it was possible, as its boss specific, but yeah

[@Saskobest]

i always wondered about Boss boosting(quant and things like tormented spirits), how do they affect certain drops? for example writhing invitation well rolled , would that mean The Infinite Hunger has bigger chance to drop his card(stranglegrasp and high tier currency like exceptional ember) or just means he drops more rare/unique random drops?Same goes for elder bosses etc, is it worth it to make them harder od one should just speed rush white maps and just do invitations

[@jean-philippegagne2987]

Hi sirgog - any recommandation to best map to farm for delirium. Using strand for now because of the layout but not sure of my choice.

[@maximilianpfefferle1375]

Any recommendations for Breaches? Have considered Beach/Shore pingpong but dunes doesn’t really have a good connected map iirc :/

[@salihkizildag]

I'd like to mention racecourse for a specific strategy. I've been doing legion, harbinger and strongboxes with eater altars, and multi boss maps are pretty good with the harbinger sextant because each boss drops additional shards in that case. Racecourse also has a pretty decent layout for legion, so it works pretty well for harbinger/legion strats. I gave up chasing cards after I got 0 nurse in 100 juiced towers and 0 apo in about 500 ct

[@UnknownString88]

It's pretty narrow though, I feel like you would lose area for legion compared to maps like dunes

[@salihkizildag]

@@UnknownString88 it's wide enough to spawn a decent legion, nothing like crimson temple or toxic sewer

[@tobiaslarsen2302]

Nice video. I would like to see some more videos of this with ssf or casual gaming. I dont think about grinding ages to get headhunter pr magebllod but think about better progress. Mesa was a good tip to farm altars. Any other suggestions for fast boss rush with nice layout?

[@sirgog]

The Fortunate is definitely self compileable.

[@padronic]

city square

[@tobiaslarsen2302]

@@sirgog Is the fortunate map tier dependend or farmable with essences in low tier maps. The fastest way to get ssf divines?

[@jrgenarnsted9896]

another map where the boss isnt spawned is arachnid nest. You can bounce between it and underground sea.

[@Olvenskol]

One thing the Crimson Temple analysis overlooks is the very high variance in the results. While it is best on average, by far, the "average" is determined over an infinite number of runs. For a fixed number, it is not that unusual to end up with a zero result. For myself, I farmed CT almost exclusively for 2 leagues with a pretty high juicing strategy and have yet to see an Apothocary card! It was fun, but definitely not successful ;)

[@aerifarius2390]

Crimson temple also connected with undisputed best bossrush map (city square) so you get extra money for being you if you farming on crimson temples

[@alewis514]

ye crimsontemple itself is a cool boss rusher too because the boss is very easy to reach. I run metamorph atlas strat due to how expensive catalysts are and alternate between these 2. It's quite fun.

[@SpiritMEOW]

I snorted at « where nothing can shine at all » I really like the fortunate because it gives me even more reason to run my favourite map - atoll . It’s sunny, which feels much better than dreary ct

[@KillAllNoobs0]

i want to point out that of these maps, mesa and dunes can be connected for map sustain.

[@tronax22]

It all depends on what strat you are using. There are lower investment strats that have higher income per hour than most players have while farming crimson, but they require a suitable map. When you do 3 maps in the time a crimson farmer does one (with all the boss rushing and altar backtracking on a complicated layout), you can afford to make slightly more than 1/3 of their profit to still come ahead. There are strats that accomplish more than that. Those won't beat the uber-high investment fast builds with high MF farming crimson, but those guys can farm anything with huge profit.

[@joeanon8568]

Should we also factor in favoriting a connected map?

[@pedrolopa2]

how does fortunate rarity compare to brothers? is it 30 times more common?

[@SlardaTorakka]

at 0:30 mark, after not seeing phantasmagoria on the list, must ask why? o,o It's noijz tunnel-run-map with doctor card drop?

[@sirgog]

It would make a top 20. Second tier card drop. I think Tower is slightly better for layout though, and both have basically the same cards (nurse at 8 times the drop rate of doctor)

[@scottd52843]

I had a 5 Divine Dev card as a prize for the Ancestral trial yesterday. Blew me away.

[@sirgog]

Ah, Brother's Gift, the reason people run Cemetery.

[@deaddreamdance]

I'm currently farming Crimson temple with Beyond + delirium. Is there a better set of mechanics for me to be doing if I want to farm more div cards?

[@Emilgod]

strongboxes are a banger especially if u buy the sextant that gives them 500% quant

[@Machinex11]

Why are only 'clean' HH cards considered valuable and not The Fiend & Demon included? Since you cannot craft on the belts? Or because you require more to complete a set?

[@lucagaratti]

Hi sir, shat should i favour if i run expedition+delirium? Thank you

[@sirgog]

I'd go Tropical Island. Best Deli map, serviceable for Expedition, serviceable for div cards. Or Promenade. Same reason.

[@StokerGamer]

Great video with clear explanations, idk why but poe guides either expect you to know evertthing and give little to no guidance or they are very well explained theres no in betwteen 😂

[@tmnumber1]

I was wondering what an Orchid map was for a few minutes. 😅

[@christianpadilla4336]

Might be nice to have a separate list for boss rushing? I’ve been having fun trying to find a nice 10 map boss rush rota to farms invitations, conquerer maps, etc. It’s a reasonable strat this league, IMO.

[@DeathByMinnow]

The new Maven node has really made it a lot easier to get large numbers of guardian/conq/synth maps, I've been doing this too. I think its probably still worse than altar farming but it's nice to do something else for a bit.

[@petersvensson9454]

I would like to add another category that adds value. It's maps with good maps next to it for easier juggle/drop rates of maps to avoif running out of your good maps. Mesa+Dunes. Just to avoid having to juice or buy maps. Alch and go strategy.

[@petersvensson9454]

Super nice rundown and explanation❤

[@martinmystery4610]

What source do you use forknowing div cards rarity/drop rates? Is Apothecary as rare as 7 Yeards Bad Luck or rarer?

[@sirgog]

PoorFishWife's research. There should be a 3.22 spreadsheet up soon. Apothecary is drop weight (about) 7.5. Seven Years about 65. For comparison with common cards, The Fortunate is about 1250, The Journalist about 12k, and Rain Of chaos, the most common card, about 120k.

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Ty for answering@@sirgog

[@Bodomi]

Is the title supposed to say 3.23? Edit: Video title is now fixed.

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[@MrVvulf]

2:45 - Is Marshes available in 3.22? I'm at 115/115 and couldn't find it on my Atlas, nor in my map stash...

[@sirgog]

oh i might have done an oopsie there

[@lordtulkus40]

What about Lava Chamber and the not finishing it for Kirac missions?

[@aerifarius2390]

Seems nerfed

[@todorstoev8576]

So what atlas strat would be best for farming crimson temple?

[@sirgog]

There's a lot of options at the moment, delirium with the new Deli keystone works for some people, the new Torment keystone with a very specialised setup works for others, and there's a lot of other things people experiment with. Ideally you are hitting at least 15 Journalist cards per highly-invested map, at that point one Apothecary per hundred maps is the expectation long term.

[@mattb6646]

Ill run crimson temple because blight works good there... divs wont matter though i wont be finding any 😂

[@sheriffrick6103]

no phantasmogoria?

[@SloRush]

Is there something good about Waterways? Everytime I put that map in my stash I constantly get spammed by buyers to purchase the map (I list it for 3 chaos)

[@sirgog]

Shouldn't be, just likely people who need it for atlas progression or something. It's not an awful map and is pretty good for Blight, but I wouldn't put it top 10 or close.

[@smokenotes7655]

It's for the anti-freeze pantheon upgrade. Usually a stepping stone for people progressing.

[@CouchOwner2]

i think i have favorited each of those maps except Tower because Tower's layout is on the borderline of obnoxious. i like a little variety rather than running the same map until the heat death of the universe and i like running Maven so favoriting a spread is nice. i'd favorite to block bad maps dropping through that keystone to get even more variety but i haven't heard anything about them fixing that stupid system by which that keystone blocks certain influenced/unique maps from dropping and so i can't be bothered to sort that out... so i don't

[@zZlolloHD]

would be awesome if expedition wasn't that bad in crimson temple

[@AnonyMeowr]

as far as layouts go, isn't city square the best map for altars? (except the ones without a boss), and it's right next to crimson temple. I personally ping pong between these 2.

[@sirgog]

It's close. Mausoleum and Mesa are a bit better. City Square there's a couple layouts that are less obvious where the boss is than Mesa.

[@aerifarius2390]

@@sirgog city square have only 3 layouts and all of them 100% predictable

[@whydidyoutubeaddthis]

Lol i did like 15 calderas at the beginning of the league with 0 The Fortunate drops

[@Shadowkeeperzord]

Hey man, i like to run 100% deli maps , do you think you can recommend me a good 100% deli map layout where fortunate drops? i tried dunes but barely reach 18 rewards , thats 2 less then strand

[@Wilikrdp]

Beach!

[@Shadowkeeperzord]

I tried beach, it was not that good.@@Wilikrdp

[@g.waits4gainz205]

cheeeeeeeeeeeeers~ still trying ot do some rounds of strats nad mechanics to see what i enjoy and how much i can profit and how much im willing ot trade etc! i realyyyyyyyyyy want to be on atleast A useful map in some capacity hahaha~ but beach has not been friendly though ill try juicing it soon, but im probably taking my exped deli harvest plans to tropical island cause that sounds wildly better im sure cheeeeers

[@tembelg.gr.4486]

May my divination card drops be Apothecary not Fortunate

[@williamstda]

Why not Silo the map layout is insane!

[@dhu2071]

peninsula is not on this atlas time stamp 3:05 neither is marshes or arid lake

[@jiri7449]

60 Dunes maps with Polished div scarabs, compasses for pack size and 80IQ/350IR not a single fortunate

[@sirgog]

Alright that's a loot filter issue. Alch and go with Expedition nuke I get at least one per tenth map.

[@Intestine_Ballin-ism]

Hold on, can Blue Oyster Cult sue for that reference 0:50 lmao

[@sirgog]

It would be fair use as it doesn't compete with the original in any way. Ditto Surgebinders unique (reference to Brandon Sanderson books), The Forbidden Power div card (reference to Robert Jordan books) and likely others.

[@LastShaddow]

Isnt graveyard the better density Cemetery with the same drops?

[@SpiritMEOW]

Graveyard boss takes a lot longer to run though

[@g.waits4gainz205]

ohh wow............. 60% more common than patient????????? huh........ ok so my 80+ quant maps on beach with deli aint doing me any favors hahaa~ rusted div scarabs and 120+ quants with blue altars soontm cant WAIT to see if and how many of this div card i can put together as a special bonus during those runs lol cheers

[@sirgog]

At that juice level I'd anticipate self-compiling a set of 12 cards about every second time you get an Eater invitation.

[@sirgog]

might just add to that - if in doubt, turn on "The Journalist" in your loot filter and run some Apothecary maps with that juice level. When you shift back to Fortunate maps, Fortunate is almost exactly 10 times as rare as The Journalist. Believe drop rates are 12000 (Journalist) and 1250 (Fortunate) when no div scarabs are in play.

[@youtubeSuckssNow]

Anyone know how good blight is for mf on crim temple?

[@sirgog]

I believe it's a few % worse than Abyss or Expedition (without the nuke keystone), but still fine. Just not a common choice as other options are a little better.

[@youtubeSuckssNow]

@@sirgog guessing legion isn't advised for ctemple?

[@sirgog]

@@youtubeSuckssNow yeah not a good layout for it, good mechanic but not there

[@onionsky8328]

Tower is bad for blight

[@PastyNoob]

may-sah not mee-sah

[@ishotth3sheriff839]

Dude slow down. 😅