Metamorphic challenge guide: all you need to know to easily complete the challenges of the Path Of Exile 3.9 Metamorphic league!

1. Use in-game currencies

• Armourer's Scrap - improves armor
• Blacksmith's Whetstone - improve weapons
• Orb of Alteration- reforge a magic weapon
• Orb of Augmentation - add a magic mode (magic base)
• Orb of Luck - upgrade a normal item to magic / rare / unique
• Orb of Transmutation - improves a normal item in magic

Super simple, done during leveling

2. Make the Metamorph Encounters I

Super simple, done during leveling.

3. Do the side quests

• The Dweller of the Deep - Act1 - THE DEEP DWELLER - Flooded Depths
• Through Sacred Ground - Act2 - THE HAND - The Crypt Level 2.
• A Swig of Hope - Act3 - DECANTER SPIRITUS - Marketplace, CHITUS 'PLUM - Imperial Gardens, Captain Faigraves - The Docks
• An Indomitable Spirit - In Act4 - SPIRIT - The Mines Level 2.
• In Service to Science - In Act5 - MIASMETER - Blocks.

Simple, you can always do them later if you trick the story mode.

4. Kill Act I bosses

Super simple, done during leveling.

5. Fare the Encounters I

• Kill an Exile rogue
• Kill a tormented spirit
• Kill a monster with an essence
• Open an Abyssal Chest

Super simple, done during leveling.

6. Make the Metamorph Encounters II

Simple, collect the samples and watch the effects when you launch your shapeshifter.

7. Obtain the following currencies from sellers

• Cartographer's Chisel - to use on a map
• Catalyst - 3 catalysts of the same type
• Chaos Orb - A rare set of items with their level between 60 and 74
• Gemcutter's Prism - A set of quality gems (40%)
• Hybrid Flask - Fusing orb, life potion, mana potion
• Orb of Luck - 2 items of the same name (obtained via strongbox) or 4 items of the same base in normal, magic, rare, unique

Simple, takes a little time to collect some coins!

8. Kill Act II bosses

Super simple, done during leveling.

9. Build the map device

Super simple, done during leveling.

10. Make the Encounters II

• Open a Unique Strongbox - a Unique Strongbox - via Obas Cursed Trove or during your random maps (be careful, the challenge is for the one who clicks)
• Make a Legion Encounter - Crystal violet! Kill the creeps that spawn immobile, they will be alive after 15 seconds
• Make a Betrayal Safehouse - Do Jun's missions, maximizing intelligence during your interactions
• Upgrade a "fated" item - Buy the prophecy from Navali and complete the "kill X while wearing Y"

Medium, not a lot of RNG but some time to spend

11. Edit Maps

• Open a map with a sextant. - get a watchstone and put a sextant
• Use a scarab in the map device. - any scarab will do!
• Make a map with at least 8 modifiers. - you will need a rare corrupted map for this
• Make a map with 20% Quality. - Put 4 chisels on a white map

Simple, the basis of maps

12. Craft modifiers

Simple, use your craft on all pieces of equipment. Instead, grab something cheap and unnecessary if you don't need it.

13. Exchanging Divination Cards

Type	Choice
Corrupted Gem	Volatile Power, The Rite of Elements
Item Level: 100 Item	Destined to crumble
Jewel	Shard of Fate, The Endurance
Map	The Encroaching Darkness
Prophecy	Akil's Prophecy, The Mad King
Rare Item	The Lover, Destined to Crumble

Simple, a little trade and you're done.

14. Make the Encounters III

• Erythrophagia - Tier4 + Phantasmagoria Map
• Sebbert, Crescent's Point - Tier3 + Moon Temple Map
• Legius Garhall - Tier3 Ancient City Map
• Avatar of the Hunter, Skies, and Forge - Tier3 Arena Map

Simple, some low level maps.

15. Get Itemized Samples

Simple, make the shapeshifters of the maps

16. Complete these Encounters IV

• Delve Depth 100 Azurite Mine - grind some sulphite with Niko's quests and go to the mine
• Kill a Bestiary Boss - Buy one of the following beasts or farm it by killing Red Beasts of Einhar:
  • Saqawal, First of the Sky
  • Craiceann, First of the Deep
  • Fenumus, First of the Night
  • Farrul, First of the Plains
• Kill an Abyssal Lich - you will find it in the abyss in your maps, quite hard to find
• Kill a Breachlord - collect or buy a breachstone then kill the boss

Normal, a bit of grind but it does well.

17. Make Twinned Maps

Normal, make maps of third difference with the "twinned" modifier (Two bosses).

18. Make the Metamorph Encounters III

Normal, a little more grind but this happens as you transform.

19. Make unidentified maps

Normal, be careful to be without xp, to avoid losing any if you come across a hidden reflect for example.

20. Climb

Do not hesitate to ask players to help you if you have a problem.

• Normal: Act1 The Lower Prison, Act2 The Crypt Level 1, Act2 The Chamber of Sins Level 2, Act3 The Crematorium, Act3 The Catacombs, Act3 The Imperial Gardens
• Cruel : Act6 The Prison, Act7 The Crypt, Act7 The Chamber of Sins Level 2
• Merciless: Act8 The Bath House, Act9 The Tunnel, Act10 The Ossuary
• Uber / Eternal: random in your maps

Normal, necessary but sometimes complicated!

21. Use Catalysts

• Abrasive Catalyst - attack modifiers.
• Fertile Catalyst - life and mana modifiers.
• Imbued Catalyst - cast modifiers.
• Intrinsic Catalyst - attribute modifiers.
• Prismatic Catalyst - modified resistance.
• Tempering Catalyst - defense modifications.
• Turbulent Catalyst - elemental damage modifiers.

Simple, buy them as needed.

22. Make the Encounters V

• Activate 200 Shrines - To farm in the map with or without "dominiation" in the map device
• Kill 50 Beyond Unique Bosses - To farm in the map, zana mission or beyond map device
• Open 50 Legion Monoliths - To farm in the maps, legion map device
• Open 30 Maps with Fortune Favors the Brave - to do with the modification, be careful it will cost you some chaos!

Normal, a bit long on the other hand!

23. Make the Blight Encounters

• Upgrade to max one Tower - during a Cassia event, climb a tower to the max
• Anoint a Ring Ring - any oil will help
• Anoint an Amulet - privilege a useful passive for your build, and buy the good oils
• Make a Blighted Map - do the Cassia event and you will find blighted maps, otherwise buy it.

Normal, and in song!

24. Wait for level 90

Normal, standard level for map

25. Obtain Loots from Metamorphs

Simple, just be careful to choose your pieces of meat before launching the shapeshifter!

26. Identify Influenced Items

• shaper
• Elder
• Crusader
• Redeemer
• Hunter
• Warlord

Normal, make the history of the maps.

27. Kill the Shaper & Elder Guardians

• Guardian of the Chimera
• Guardian of the Hydra
• Guardian of the Minotaur
• Guardian of the Phoenix
• The Constrictor
• The Enslaver
• The Eradicator
• The Purifier

Average, your build must be quite solid, accessible by dropping the map or via Zana mission T14 +.

28. Make the Metamorph Encounters IV

• Amalgam of Nightmares - Tier16 Carcass Map
• Eater of Souls - Tier11 + Core Map
• Nightmare Manifest - Tier14 + Malformation Map
• Shadow of the Vaal - Tier9 + Maze Map
• Skullbeak - Tier3 + Bog Map
• Suncaller Asha - Tier4 + Park Map
• The Blacksmith - Tier3 + Dunes Map
• The Brittle Emperor - Tier3 + Wasteland Map
• The Goddess - Tier4 + Plaza Map
• The Sanguine Siren - Tier14 + Crimson Temple Map

Normal, feel free to buy them from players or drop them by killing the shapeshifter at the right time (when it's in its unique form)

29. Make Unique Maps

Normal, avoid this one: Hall Of Grandmaster, Perandus Manor, The Putrid Cloister, Doryani's Machinarium

30. Awaken the Atlas

Check out Grimro video on how to obtain watchstones

Difficult, longer, more complex, I recommend these two guides:
https://youtu.be/jdgFDlZP-vk : tuer les conquerors
https://youtu.be/a-wR5oD4m80 : améliorer l'Atlas

Or buy all the unique gemstones you need!

31. Kill Awakened Bosses

• Konley, the Unrepentant - Tier16 Basilica Map
• Mephod, the Earth Scorcher -Tier16 Summit Map
• Eater of Souls - Tier15 Core Map
• Portentia, the Foul - Tier14 Waste Pool Map
• Bazur - Tier16 Tower Map
• The Cursed King - Tier16 Dark Forest Map

Normal, after awakening the Atlas, use normal maps to avoid boss buffs.

32. Defeat Conquerors of the Atlas

Simple, if needed take a look here: https://youtu.be/a-wR5oD4m80: improve the Atlas

33. Kill the Shaper and Elder

• The Shaper
• The Elder

Difficult, with a good build and knowing the mechanics you can kill them.

34. Kill 1500 Map Bosses

Normal, but it's long! Some maps have multiple bosses, yes that counts!

35. Kill the conquerors conditionally

• Kill Baran, without being hit by the mana rune and after all slabs have been affected: hard and technical, no miracle walkthrough!
• Kill Veritania, without being hit by tornadoes or the cyclone: less complicated, to avoid and quickly kill
• Kill Al-Hezmin, without tunneling viper: kill him quickly!
• Kill Drox, after destroying 10 banners: count to 10!

Average, Baran's is complex.

36. Make these Encounters VI

• Single Watchstone - buy it
• Guardian's Exalted Orb - buy it
• Awakened Gem - buy it level 4 ready to level up
• Awakener's Orb - buy it

Simple, some exa but a quick challenge!

37. Kill Sirus Conditionally

Difficult, kill Sirus avoiding these 4 big attacks.

38. Complete Deadly Encounters (40/40)

• Uber Elder - collect the fragments from the players
• Mastermind at an area level of 83 -Jun mission level 83
• Chayula, who Dreams in their Domain - Have a player kill him for you
• Abaxoth, the End of All That Is - Be careful, it stings!

Very difficult, one of the most complicated except the endgame grind

39. Do the Epilogue

Medium, complete the zana quests.

40. Make Endgame Grinds

• Level 100.
• Slay 75 Sirus, Awakener of Worlds
• Open 500 chests at the end of the lab
• Slay 175 Metamorphs in Tane's Laboratory
• Have Depth Level 600
• Make 200 Legion Encounters

Very difficult, long and a lot of grind. If you still want to do this challenge, I recommend: Sirus, Metamorph, Legion, Lab or Delve depending on your build.

Hope this guide has helped you, don't hesitate if you have any questions!
A big thank you to vironlawck this guide being translated and revised from the source here.

By Alchemists, December 2019