Path of Exile Dev Tracker

By the end of this week (or early next week) we're planning to deploy Patch 3.16.1 on PC which contains several bug fixes. To give you an idea what to expect from this patch, we've prepared a preview of its patch notes. Check them out below!

Please note that these are still subject to change prior to the patch's deployment.

Improvements

• The Maximum Life of Non-Reaper Minions displayed in Skill tooltips is now affected by the less Maximum Life modifier from a Summoned Reaper. This is not a functional change.
  
• Added a 10 second Grace Period when visiting the Mine Encampment from within the Azurite Mine.
  
• Added 3D art for Atziri's Acuity.

Bug Fixes

• Characters that were previously able to equip a Wand and Melee Weapon at the same time have had their Wand disabled.
  
• Fixed a bug where Delirium encounters in Scourged Maps with the "Rare Scourged Monsters d...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

It's time for our players to prove themselves not only in slaying hordes of the Scourge creatures, but also in creating pieces of fan art inspired by the content introduced in this expansion. We're launching a Scourge Fan Art Competition which focuses on any content from our current expansion, including The Last to Die, new Skill Gems, Uber Endgame content, Expedition and of course, the Scourge demons.

Prizes Top Three Winners

• A custom forum avatar made from your submitted art
  
• A special forum badge
  
• Your choice of two Path of Exile T-shirts* - (Chaos Orb[web.poecdn.com], Shaper...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Grinding Gear Games is looking to hire Animators, Artists, Designers and Programmers to support the development of Path of Exile and Path of Exile 2, ideally from our office in Auckland, New Zealand (when travel restrictions lift).

Our current opportunities:

• Art Director
  
• Level Designer
  
• 3D Art Generalists
  
• Environment Concept Artist
  
• Senior Materials Artist
  
• C++ Gameplay or User Interface Programmer
  
• Visual Effects Artist
  
• Senior Animators
  
• 3D Game Environment Artist
  
• Game Lighting Artist/Environment Designer

Art Director Responsibilities

• Provide artistic leadership, direct and lead your team to produce and maintain high quality and consistent aesthetic across all areas in the game and related material.
  
• Facilitate and lead art reviews, directing and providing positive,...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Our recent Atlantis Mystery Box introduced three new different microtransaction designs, united by the mystery of the dark waters of Wraeclast. Today we'd like to share pieces of the concept art from the Deepwater themed cosmetics. Check them out below!

Concept by Veli Nyström[www.artstation.com]



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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

From his "ACTUAL" Path of Exile trailers to his awesome Path of Exile content on Youtube, you're sure to have come across some of the many types of content produced by ItsYoji! Continuing our series of interviews with community streamers, we took a moment to chat with him about his life inside and outside of streaming.

Hi ItsYoji, thank you for taking part in the interview! For those who may not be familiar with you, can you please introduce yourself? I'm Yoji, a 34 year old gamer, dad, RPG nerd and chemist from Germany who also happens to be a legacy content creator based around Path of Exile.

When did you first get into Path of Exile? Shortly before Path of Exile released the 1.0 version a friend back during uni started bugging me to try this weird, deep, crazy difficult, complex Action RPG he recently started playing. He was relentless about it and insisted it was a game I would enjoy. Eventually I got around to try it. I started out in Hardcore, which was the p... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Like the song of a siren, the soundtrack to our recent Atlantis Mystery Box[www.pathofexile.com] is mysterious and alluring. It's also now available as a free download. Find the links below.

To download the Atlantis Mystery Box soundtrack, click (or Right-click, “Save link as”) on the file type you prefer: .flac[web.poecdn.com] or .mp3[web.poecdn.com].

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

We are in the second week of Path of Exile: Scourge and we are preparing to deploy Patch 3.16.0d which includes a variety of changes and bug fixes including a fix that will address the counteracting modifiers on Scourge Items. We will be releasing this patch tomorrow. In the meantime, we've prepared a preview of the patch notes for you.

Please note that this is a preview only and some patch notes may be added or removed before it is deployed.

3.16.0d Patch Notes

This patch contains improvements to Scourged items and maps, and fixes a variety of small- and medium-importance bugs.

Scourge Improvements

• Scourged items are no longer be able to generate downsides that would directly counteract their upside. For example, an item with "Added Physical Damage" will not be able to generate "Deal no Physical Damage" as a downside.
• The description of the Scourged Map modifier that shifts into Nightmare on ...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

The Scourge League is well and truly underway so we wanted to give you a behind the scenes look at the expansion's development! Check out some of the demonic concept art below.











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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

It's that spooky time of year and our Community Director, Bex, managed to drop in on a zoom meeting with Path of Exile's senior team members in the middle of brainstorming future plans for Path of Exile. She managed to get a screenshot to leak to the community before the ghosts in her internet disconnected her.

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

We're just under one week from the launch of Path of Exile: Scourge and have been closely monitoring feedback ever since. We've deployed a number of hotfixes including the most recent {LINK REMOVED}3.16.0b patch and wanted to let you know what else was on our radar.

Here are the patches so far:

3.16.0 Hotfix 1

• Fixed a bug with Energy Blade where it could delete the player's weapon if they logged out in town after activating it.
• Fixed a bug with Nightgrip unique gloves causing the player to take more damage than intended.
• Fixed a bug introduced in 3.16.0 where the Duskdawn unique staff granted "Critical Strikes deal no damage" instead of "120-150% increased Spell damage if you've dealt a Critical Stri...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.