Fragment Farming Guide: How to Secure the Ancient Crisis

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The Ancient Crisis Fragment is a key item in Path of Exile 2 required to unlock the Arbiter of Ash encounter. Efficiently farming it involves a combination of map strategy, Citadel clearing, and optimization of Waystone Drop Chance.

Focus on Citadels:

Ancient Crisis Fragments drop from bosses in the Iron Citadel, located in Forest and Grass biomes.

Citadels appear on the Atlas with distinct blue fog beams and must be discovered by exploring fog-covered map areas.

You must defeat the Citadel boss, Count Geonor, to receive Ancient Crisis Fragments.

Maximize Waystone Drop Chance:

Waystones are key to farming Crisis Fragments. Craft Waystones with suffix modifiers to increase the Waystone Drop Chance.

Use Vaal Orbs to corrupt Waystones into having 6 suffixes, which significantly increases fragment yields but also adds challenging map mods.

A Waystone Drop Chance of 300-400% increases the chances of getting 2 fragments per run; 750-900% or more can yield 3+ fragments.

Invest Atlas passive points into nodes that boost Waystone Modifier Effect and Waystone Drop Chance.

Use Precursor Tablets that increase the quantity of Waystones in maps to further raise fragment drops.

Optimize Atlas Progression:

Reveal as much new area on the Atlas per map to maximize Citadel spawns.

Use Towers to uncover large areas of the Atlas.

Explore methodically in a focused direction to uncover more fog and increase Citadel discoveries.

Prioritize Coastal or biome-specific paths where Citadels spawn more frequently.

Prepare for Boss Fights:

Citadel bosses can be difficult, especially on maps corrupted with 6 suffix Waystones.

Optimize your build for damage and survivability.

Consider grouping with others for safer and quicker Citadel clears.

Economic Considerations:

Crisis Fragments are highly valuable; many players sell them for significant currency.

Farming multiple fragments per Citadel run maximizes profit and progress.

To efficiently farm Ancient Crisis Fragments, discover and clear Iron Citadels on the Atlas by exploring fog areas and following blue beams. Maximize Waystone Drop Chance by crafting Waystones with six suffixes and investing in Atlas passives. Use strategy to uncover Citadels quickly and prepare builds for challenging fights. This approach accelerates fragment acquisition, unlocking the Arbiter of Ash fight and valuable endgame rewards in Path of Exile 2.