Path of Exile Dev Tracker

Community Race Organizers Brittleknee and Rex are teaming up to host an Alternate Start Duos event this weekend. It takes place over two days, where Day One is centred around strategy and preparation, and Day Two is the Alternate Start race itself. Racers will compete from A10 Kitava until they defeat Awakener at Awakening Level 5.

Day One: October 23rd: 9:00PM (PDT) (countdown available here[www.timeanddate.com])
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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/238960/announcements/detail/2966143248198925433]here[/url].

This year has been tough for our team and has thrown a lot of unexpected challenges at us. This has caused us to adjust how we're developing Path of Exile, which will affect what's happening with our December expansion. We want to let you know what to expect and this post covers that in more detail.

From Path of Exile's release in 2013 until late 2015, we struggled to grow the community and were getting worried as the game's popularity started to slowly decline. We tried releases of many different sizes and cadences, before eventually settling into a 13-week cycle with the launch of Talisman in December 2015. Since then, we have developed 19 leagues with this cadence and had a lot of success with it. Path of Exile grew exponentially and allowed us to put even more content into each expansion to meet the expectations of our growing community. Chris even ... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/238960/announcements/detail/5409345509745678580]here[/url].

Earlier this week we concluded the Awakener Kill event, arranged with the support of Zizaran and Shopify. More than 200 players have defeated Awakener at the highest Awakening Level! Check out the winners of the event below:

Winners of the Awakener Kill Event, PC Heist HC SSF (cash prize provided by Zizaran and Shopify)

• First Awakener Kill ($11000) - Darkee
  
• Second Place ($6000) - PoEDan79
  
• Third Place ($3000) - AlkaizerX
  
• Fourth - Fifteenth Place ($750) - zyphxyz, orionbip, Karvarousku, Nixielol, NicParry, Fightgarr, KuschelKatze, Steelmage, Oskarmln, BigPomelo, sss111, RealLifePleb
  
• First Atziri Kill in the Apex of Sacrifice ($750) - Darkee
  
• First Uber Atziri Kill ($2500) - PoEDan79
  
• First Shaper Kill ($1500) - zyphxyz
  
• First Elder Kill ($750) - Karvarousku
  
• First Uber Elder Kill ($2500) - Darkee
  
• Deepest De...

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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/238960/announcements/detail/5409345509742144017]here[/url].

We've been working on a new update with a number of bug fixes and improvements to the Heist league. We're planning to deploy the 3.12.4b patch within a few days. We've prepared a preview of its patch notes so you know what to expect. Check them out in this news post.

Note that the patch notes below may be changed prior to release of the 3.12.4b update.

• Reward Room Chests in Heists and Grand Heists can now contain Unique Contracts.
  
• Traps in Heist encounters no longer activate during the Imminent Lockdown period. They will now only activate when Lockdown begins.
  
• You can now use the Instance Manager to create or join Rogue Harbour areas.
  
• Improved the location accuracy of Heist Patrol minimap icons.
  
• It is no longer possible to change your Hideout by talking to Helena in a map. This is to prevent unintentionally losing access to the map that you are currently in.
  
• Fixed a bug ...

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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/238960/announcements/detail/5409345509738846975]here[/url].

Last week we asked our community to determine a type of a future Skill Effect we're designing together. As a result, the players chose one of the Top 10 Active Skills in Heist. Today we're opening a third poll in order to know which Active Skill Gem would receive a new Skill Effect.

Cast your votes in this news post! [www.pathofexile.com]

The poll is available until October Thursday 22nd (PDT).

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/238960/announcements/detail/5409345509727995805]here[/url].

We're continuing to showcase pieces of Path of Exile fan art created by our community. For this round we've gathered several artworks and a music submission. Check them out!

Huck, the Soldier by GunToad

Good Old Necromancer by ... Read more

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/238960/announcements/detail/2925610215567431243]here[/url].

We're deploying the 3.12.4 update with improvements and bug fixes to the Heist League. Check out the full patch notes below.

Heist Improvements

• Enabled the questline that leads toward the Freidrich Tarollo, Slave Merchant boss encounter.
  
• Increased the range that you can move away from your Rogue Allies before they are interrupted from a Job that they are performing.
  
• Fossils can now be used on Heist Contracts, Blueprints and Ally Equipment.
  
• Reduced the maximum range at which several Heist monsters can use their skills.
  
• Reduced the amount of damage that Heist bosses deal to minions.
  
• Reduced the impact damage of Senior Necroscientists' and Auto-Enforcer's Orb projectile skills.
  
• Corpsewalker unique boots can now drop in Heist leagues.
  
• Unique Contracts can now be placed in the Unique Collection Tab.
  
• The Fulcrum unique staff can n...

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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/238960/announcements/detail/2927861384152571182]here[/url].

For today's news post, one of our narrative designers, Nick, gathered some interesting bits about Heist's lore. If you've been enjoying the Heist storyline and NPCs, check it out!

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Before we get too deep into this, this article is likely to contain spoilers -- both major and minor. Read at your own peril!

• Some of the characters may have familiar last names -- Vic and Vinny Vox are likely related to Cardinal Sanctus Vox, one of the Legion bosses. The timeframes are inexact, but there are at least a few generations separating them.
  
• The Clients for general contract targets include The Midnight Tinkerer, who you may also know as Riker Maloney, and Anton Laffrey, who is possibly related to Aisling Laffrey.
  
• You may have seen some familiar faces around the Rogue's Harbour: Tarkleigh, Hargan and many others can appear at random. In fact, you c...

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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/238960/announcements/detail/2927861384148781344]here[/url].

Last week we talked about the changes[www.pathofexile.com] to the Heist league we've been recently working on. The team is finishing preparations for the 3.12.4 update with the mentioned improvements, as well as other fixes. The patch will be deployed in the coming days, we're aiming to release it as soon as possible. In the meantime, check out a preview of its patch notes below.

The 3.12.4 patch on consoles will be released as early as possible after its deployment on PC.

Note that the patch notes below may be changed prior to release of the 3.12.4 update.

Heist Improvements

• Enabled the questline that leads toward the Freidrich Tarollo, Slave Merchant boss encounter.
  
• In...

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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/238960/announcements/detail/2927861384145505873]here[/url].

At the beginning of next week, we're planning to deploy another patch (with a short server restart) which includes more improvements for Heist. While we prepare this patch for deployment, we wanted to give you some insight into what it contains.

Alternate Quality Gems We're implementing fixes for various Alternate Quality Gems that weren't working correctly.

• Alternate Quality Gems can now be supported by gems which match the bonuses granted by their Alternate Quality.
  
• Divergent Heavy Strike (x% reduced Knockback Distance) can no longer cause enemies to be pulled towards you when the gem has greater than 20% quality. At 20% quality, the skill will not provide any Knockback effect.
  
• Fixed a bug where Alternate Quality effects on the following gems didn't work as intended: Anomalous Slower Projectiles Support (Projectiles from Supported Skills deal increased Damage with Hits to nearby Enemies), Phantasmal Rallying Cry (Exe...

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: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/238960/announcements/detail/2927861384134370907]here[/url].