Controlled Metamorphosis Diamond is a unique Jewel in Path of Exile 2 that serves as a huge upgrade for certain endgame builds that require the optimal spread of passive skill tree points to maximize damage.
It can only be obtained by defeating one of the strongest pinnacle bosses in PoE 2, which is only possible for a small percentage of the player base with MF endgame-ready characters. Here's the breakdown.
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How to Get Controlled Metamorphosis Diamond in PoE 2
The Controlled Metamorphosis is an exclusive drop from Xesht, We That Are One, the pinnacle Breach boss at Difficulty 4.
Where to Find Xesht, We That Are One
Xesht, We That Are One can be fought by using a Breachstone at the Realmgate in the Atlas. Breachstones can be created by combining 300 Breach Splinters, which can be farmed from Breach nodes.
How to Unlock Xesht, We That Are One Difficulty 4
Defeating Xesht, We That Are One at base difficulty using a Breachstone will award players with two Breach Atlas points. Every two points unlock +1 Difficulty in the Breach Atlas, which means players can unlock Difficulty 4 by defeating Xesht four times at progressively higher difficulties.
Only the player who owns the Breachstone will obtain Breach Atlas points for defeating Xesht; party members will not.
How Does Controlled Metamorphosis Diamond Work in PoE 2
The Controlled Metamorphosis creates two rings around itself when it's placed inside a Jewel socket. This radius is variable, with eight different values. They are:
- Very Small
- Small
- Medium-Small
- Medium
- Medium-Large
- Large
- Very Large
- Massive
Two rings are created around the Jewel socket corresponding to the radius, and you can allocate passive skill points to any node inside these rings without having to connect to them through the skill tree.
Unlike Time-Lost Jewels, the Controlled Metamorphosis does not allow allocating points to any node inside the circle, only the ones that fall inside the two rings at the perimeter.
Additionally, Controlled Metamorphosis comes with two debuffing modifiers. They are:
- (-20)-(-5)% to all Elemental Resistances
- (-23)-(-3)% to Chaos Resistance
The lower these values are, the better this Jewel will be. A perfectly rolled Controlled Metamorphosis will have -5% to all Elemental Resistance and -3% to Chaos Resistance.
A Keystone in the passive skill tree called Chaos Inoculation makes characters immune to all Chaos damage. Builds that use this Keystone don't have to worry about the -#% to Chaos Resistance from a Controlled Metamorphosis.
Unlike with Time-Lost Jewels, having a small radius isn't necessarily worse than having a large or massive radius. This is because the passives you need or want may be nearer to the jewel socket than farther. In the end, which Controlled Metamorphosis you need depends on your build, the exact location of the Jewel socket in the passive tree, and the useful nodes surrounding it.
However, for trade purposes, the larger the radius, the more valuable the Jewel is. As a result, Controlled Metamorphosis Diamonds with a Massive radius are the most expensive on the trade site.
Path of Exile II
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- Released
- December 6, 2024
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- Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Nudity, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Language, Users Interact, In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items)
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