Path of Exile Dev Tracker

We've previously indicated that our upcoming 3.7.0 expansion will have a balance focus on Melee. Our team has written a development manifesto to outline the scope of our current plans.

Betrayal Loading Lag

In the Betrayal league content, there are 17 members of the Immortal Syndicate who can appear in areas that you play through. As with all other content in Path of Exile, it's important that the game assets for these enemies are loaded before you encounter them, otherwise your client will have to load them synchronously, which stalls it for a period of time.

Because multiple Betrayal encounters occur in an area, and the results of one encounter can affect which Syndicate members spawn in the subsequent encounters, it's not possible to know in advance which specific Syndicate members need to be loaded, so we have to preload all of them.

On most users' machines, this preloading is complete before any Syndicate members are encountered in the area, with no performance impact. However, on slower machines or ones with platter-based hard drives, preloading can take so long that the right enemy ... Read more

We've just released the Stygian Frost Blades Effect that replaces the standard effect of this skill gem with a black and blue version. Check it out by watching the video below or click here to get yours.



For a matching outfit, use the ... Read more

Do you know what today is, Exile? That’s right! It is the one-week anniversary of the slightly-more-than-a-year anniversary of me, Einhar! Did you know there is an Einhar-Themed Talent Competition right now? Many Exiles have already proved themselves to be worthy with impressive poems, wonderful art, and even music! The music was like music to Einhar’s ears! Here are just a few that Einhar particularly liked, but there are many, many other great creations, and... Read more