[3.3] Gilded Cage's Comprehensive Guide to Maps

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sanan22 wrote:

I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I seem to be stuck at tier 3.
I rarely get tier 4 maps, and the few I got didn't yield any higher tier or same tier maps.
I even tried to alch an arena map..which just resulted in many low tier (1-2) maps.

I try to not run maps with IIQ<30. unless I spend too many alterations

I have 5-6 T1, 8+ T2 , 8+ T3, 2 T4, 1 T5 atm
what am I doing wrong?

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Firestorm wrote:

"Cartographer's Strongbox

If found outside of a map they will only drop tier 1 maps."

It´s possible to get T2 maps.

I found a white box in Act3 Merc and used Transmute/multiple Alterations/Regal/Vaal on it.

I got 8 ilvl 65 maps

1x T2 rare
3x T1 rare
4x T1 White

The suffix was "of Treasure" and the second prefix was "Contaminated" (don´t remember the first prefix)

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fragmentations wrote:

Thank you so much for this guide. I have been using this like crazy at it is my first time through the maps. The one thing I reference a lot is the experience penalty chart. I updated the one you have to include tier 14 and 15 as well as put the map tiers above the map level for quicker look up. Here is the link : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QpJJRuCnp1SeOUchW0EUFGJKOWKA6vGO0Lv42Y4HCJw/edit?usp=sharing

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GildedCage wrote:

Maps like any other item in Path of Exile can be corrupted using a Vaal Orb.

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DSJkaa wrote:

Hi, thank you for the guide. It helped me a lot. I have a few questions:

I'm lvl 95 lightning arrow ranger (not MF, only +24 iir)

My situation: rarely I have a tier 12 map drop and almost no tier 13+. Usually I run chiselled iiq 80+ tier 10\11 maps and barely make any profit from that.

Questions:

1) I have a lot of tier 8 (canyon, dry peninsula) and 9 (arid lake, underground river) maps. Is it efficient to run those WITHOUT chiselling them? I run out of chisels really quickly and therefore I need to buy some (usually it's 2.5-2.2 chisels : chaos).

2) I wonder if there are any reasons to reroll, for example, iiq 80% tier 12+ maps without pack size into something with pack size.

3) What do you think about rotations? Is it better than solo mapping from the mercantile point of view? (gorge, plateau or any tier 9+ rotation) I don't mean party farm with friends or guildmates, but just random global 820 rotations.