How to find vaal side areas?

[Firiwiri]

I'm doing the season challenges but I can't find any vaal side area, long time ago there was a trick to find these area by calculating loading time for a map but I'm not sure if this trick still works.

[hot gay monster]

put a vaal fragment into the map device. Just 1, can be any. They yield different results depending on which you use.

EZ.

[Firiwiri]

Originally posted by hot gay monster:

put a vaal fragment into the map device. Just 1, can be any. They yield different results depending on which you use.

EZ.

Just did it but didn't see any corrupted area, is it 100% chance ?

[The_Driver]

Originally posted by Billy Snake:

Just did it but didn't see any corrupted area, is it 100% chance ?

That is a 100% chance, but you need to only put the one fragment in and activate it. Don't put a map or anything else in there. It'll spawn next to the map device in the form of 6 portals.

[Firiwiri]

Originally posted by The_Driver:

Originally posted by Billy Snake:

Just did it but didn't see any corrupted area, is it 100% chance ?

That is a 100% chance, but you need to only put the one fragment in and activate it. Don't put a map or anything else in there. It'll spawn next to the map device in the form of 6 portals.

Oh that was, I put the fragmet together with a map, now works, thanks.

[Detergent]

Find out what zones spawn the vaal side areas you need then buy the "Hidden Vaal Pathways" prophecy and enter those zones.

Careful not to pop the prophecy running to the zone.
For example if the area you need is The Weaver's Chambers, its best to teleport to Western Forest before using the prophecy.

[Vakcīnžurka]

right. just run the bloody dry lake with hidden vaal areas. or run fragment side areas. or just run solaris2. do NOT atempt to exploit the game because that just isnt worth it.
the loading time spike was a thing but was patched out when the loading times were reduced by preloading some assets.

[Awesome!]

Originally posted by Billy Snake:

Oh that was, I put the fragmet together with a map, now works, thanks.

just a note, putting a fragment in with a map adds 5% quantity to the map which can be useful.

[svnhddbst]

Originally posted by rolanddeschain:

right. just run the bloody dry lake with hidden vaal areas. or run fragment side areas. or just run solaris2. do NOT atempt to exploit the game because that just isnt worth it.
the loading time spike was a thing but was patched out when the loading times were reduced by preloading some assets.

pretty much every option posted here aren't exploits. they are intentional designs.