Path of Exile 2 Forbidden Rites: How to Unlock All 336 Atlas Skill Points

The Atlas in Path of Exile 2 no longer asks you to grind out the entire Precursor Fortress node by node. In the Forbidden Rites event league, the fortress hands over its full pool of Atlas passive points in one lump once you beat a second, harder version of the Arbiter of Divinity. That single change turns what used to be a long clearing job into a short quest chain with one boss fight as the gate.

Quick answer: Finish the Precursor Fortress quest line and kill the Arbiter of Divinity once, then collect a second Origin Cradle and Origin Spark, combine them into an Origin Core, and defeat the Arbiter of Divinity again at the Origin Tower. All 336 Atlas skill points are granted the moment that second kill lands.

What you need before the second Arbiter of Divinity fight

Everything hinges on three items. Two of them are drops from specific fortress areas, and the third is what you craft from the other two to open the second Origin Tower encounter.

Item	Where it comes from
Origin Cradle	The Matriarch Halls, either inside the fortress or as a separate area out on the world map. Also buyable on the Currency Exchange.
Origin Spark	The Patriarch Halls, inside the fortress or on the world map. Also buyable on the Currency Exchange.
Origin Core	Crafted by combining an Origin Cradle with an Origin Spark. Can be bought outright instead.

Note: the Arbiter of Divinity in 0.5.5 has lower Fire Resistance and higher Lightning Resistance than before. If your damage is mostly lightning, expect the second fight to take noticeably longer.

How to unlock all 336 Atlas skill points

Complete the introductory quest that opens the Precursor Fortress. Until that quest is done, the fortress areas and the Origin Tower are not available to you.

Follow the quest markers down the left and right wings of the fortress and clear the chambers along each path. This includes areas such as the Eastern Gateway and the Western Enigma Chamber.

Precursor Fortress endgame area in Path of Exile 2 during the Forbidden Rites league

Defeat the Arbiter of Ash. Killing it opens the inner middle section of the fortress, which is where the halls you need are located. This boss now has lower Cold Resistance and higher Fire Resistance.

Clear the Patriarch Halls and the Matriarch Halls inside the fortress. Each one gives you one half of the pair you need for the first Origin Tower summon.

Bring both items to the Origin Tower and summon the Arbiter of Divinity. Beat it. This first kill is part of the main quest line and grants zero Atlas skill points, which is intended.

Running through the Plateau of the First with the Abyssal Power quest tracker on the right — The Plateau of the First, one of the fortress areas you cross on the way to the Origin Tower. Image: Grinding Gear Games

Head back out to the world map and find a second Patriarch Halls and a second Matriarch Halls. Clear both for another Origin Spark and Origin Cradle. In 0.5.5 these areas can spawn closer to the Ziggurat Refuge, so the hunt is shorter than it used to be.

Combine the Origin Cradle and the Origin Spark to create an Origin Core. This is the key for the harder version of the fight.

Return to the Origin Tower inside the fortress, use the Origin Core, and defeat the Arbiter of Divinity a second time. Every remaining Atlas skill point is granted at once.

Skip the map hunt by buying Origin items on the Currency Exchange

Step 6 is the slow part, and you do not have to do it. Origin Cradles, Origin Sparks, and finished Origin Cores all trade on the Currency Exchange. Buying a Core directly skips both the world map search and the crafting step, dropping you straight to the second Origin Tower summon.

Buying Origin Cradle, Origin Spark and Origin Core listings on the Currency Exchange — The Currency Exchange, where Origin Cradles, Sparks and Cores can be bought instead of farmed. Image: Grinding Gear Games

Prices move with a fresh league economy, so check both routes. If Cores are expensive early, buying a single missing half is often cheaper than buying the finished item.

How to confirm the Atlas points were granted

The game tells you outright. After the second kill you get a PRECURSOR FORTRESS COMPLETE notification followed by All ATLAS SKILL POINTS GRANTED. Open the Atlas Skills screen and the counter at the top should read 336/336 if you have not spent anything yet.

Atlas Skills passive tree screen open with the full point pool available to spend — The Atlas Skills screen, where the point counter confirms the full 336 have been handed over. Image: Grinding Gear Games

If no points appear, the usual cause is that you only completed the quest line kill. That first Arbiter of Divinity fight is not the one that pays out. You need a fresh Origin Core and a second, harder run at the same boss before the fortress unlocks in full.

Where to spend the points first

With the whole tree available at once, the fastest return comes from in-map league mechanics rather than the ones that pull you out of a map. Abyss, Breach, and Ritual all trigger inside the map you are already running, so investing there speeds up currency and gear income without adding detours. Master missions can wait.

Abyss is the standout early pick. Its nodes push the mechanic toward Omens such as Omen of Light and Omen of Abyssal Echoes, plus Ancient items like the Ancient Jawbone. Abyss Tablets also got stronger in 0.5.5, now granting 2-3 rare monsters instead of 1-2.

Slot Abyss Tablets into a Precursor Tower on the Atlas to guarantee the encounter across the maps that tower influences, then run those maps back to back. Abyssal Ravines can also appear as you travel the Atlas, and each closed ravine adds bonuses to the next map in the chain, with a guaranteed pit boss at the end.

World map view with the Well of Souls Abyss region highlighted and its tooltip open — The Well of Souls on the world map, the region tied to Abyss encounters. Image: Grinding Gear Games

One practical consequence of the rework is that the Atlas tree stops being a long-term project. Get the second Arbiter of Divinity kill done, dump everything into one profitable mechanic, and the rest of the league is about running maps rather than unlocking the ability to plan them.