[Guide] How to upgrade your Atlas (with pictures)

I'm seeing a lot of confusion about how to upgrade your Atlas, with some of us running hundreds of maps and not successfully moving the quest along. The game doesn't really provide that clear of instructions on how to go about it, so I figured i would post a quick guide.

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#Step 1: Complete maps in the four corner quadrants of your Atlas until you get influence.

https://i.imgur.com/affPn66.png

The four corner quadrants are the areas with a green checkmark. Do them until you see influence, like in my bottom left quadrant in the screnshot. You will know it is influenced when the Atlas area changes color (red, green, etc..).

#Step 2: Do random maps that are inside of the influenced quadrant.

To progress the quest you now must do maps inside the influenced quadrant. You need to do 3 maps where your Elderslayer is present, which are random. This means you can not spam the same map over and over, but instead must mix up which you do (for example, mine were in Park -> Toxic Sewers -> Moon Temple). There will be special abilities and mobs present, with the Elderslayer talking randomly, if you are in one where he is present. Find him successfully in 3 maps and you will move on to the next step.

#Step 3: Talk to Officer Kirac.

https://i.imgur.com/rffsKef.png

After completing the 3 maps the Elderslayer is in, you must now talk to Officer Kirac in your hideout to progress the quest. After speaking with him you should have a Citadel on your Atlas, shown below.

https://i.imgur.com/9ZRHoqT.png

Now on to the next step...

#Step 4: Talk to Zana.

https://i.imgur.com/vbK7fZV.png

Now talk to Zana, and you should see a new option to "Travel to x Citadel", shown above. Clicking this option opens up new portals to a map from the influenced quadrant, which you will clear like a normal map. After killing the final boss, a new portal will open, shown below.

https://i.imgur.com/D8xmWK4.png

Go through it.

#Step 5: Kill the Elderslayer.

https://i.imgur.com/ImMU6YZ.png

You will now be in an arena, simply kill the Elderslayer to progress.

#Step 6: Loot the Watchstone.

https://i.imgur.com/CZDw9Pd.png

Pretty self-explanatory.

#Step 7: Socket the Watchstone.

https://i.imgur.com/zonCHWu.png

Congrats, you've successfully upgraded a section of your atlas! Now on to the final step...

#Step 8: Repeat.

Now go do the other corners.

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Hopefully someone found this at least a little helpful, I know I was about to tear my hair out running white maps thinking something would simply trigger. I guess it helps to have quest objectives turned on when new Atlas reworks come out...