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Path of Exile: Trial of the Ancestors launches soon! In this news post, we've gathered all the information you need to know about what happens on launch day and how to start downloading early.

The realm goes down and patching begins at: August 18th, 10AM PDT
The servers go live at: August 18th, 1PM PDT

Please refer to the countdown on our {LINK REMOVED}front page if you are unsure. Three hours before the end of the countdown, the realm will go down and patching will begin shortly after. When the countdown ends, the servers will be live and you'll be able to join the Ancestor League!

The patch size for the update will be 7GB on Steam.

This is also your last chance to get {LINK REMOVED... Read more

We'll be in Cologne for {LINK REMOVED}Gamescom 2023, and while we're in the area we'll be doing a fan meetup! If you'd like to meet Chris, Jonathan, and some of the other Path of Exile game designers, come along and say hi!

The details for the fan meetup are as follows:

Date and time: Tuesday 22 August at 7 pmLocation: {LINK REMOVED}Stadtgarten Restaurant

We have a reservation for 40 seats outside in the beer garden. A selection of food (including vegetarian and vegan options) and drinks is available for purcha... Read more

To help you get ready for the launch of Path of Exile: Trial of the Ancestors, we've prepared all the Item Filter Information you need in this news post.

If you're not sure what to do with this information, don't worry too much! We'll update Path of Exile's built-in item filter alongside the launch of Trial of the Ancestors.
Item Class Changes

"Active Skill Gem" changed to "Skill Gem""Support Skill Gem" changed to "Support Gem"

New Items Item Class: Sanctum Research

Forbidden Tome

Item Class: Relic

Censer RelicProcessional RelicCandlestick RelicUrn RelicCoffer RelicTome RelicPapyrus Relic

Item Class: Support Gem

Trauma SupportDevour SupportSadism SupportFlamewood SupportSacrifice SupportSpellblade SupportFresh Meat SupportLocus Mine SupportVolatility SupportFrigid Bond SupportReturning ProjectilesCorrupting Cry SupportControl...

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In the Trial of the Ancestors expansion, we've introduced several new support gems and made some changes to existing ones. As usual, we've prepared the gem data at level 20 with 20% quality for all new and changed gems to help you theorycraft your builds for the upcoming launch.

Check out all the new and changed gems in Path of Exile: Trial of the Ancestors on our forums {LINK REMOVED}here. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

To celebrate the launch of Trial of the Ancestors, we're hosting a Boss Kill Event where Path of Exile players can compete within each Ascendancy Class to kill the Uber Pinnacle Bosses in Ancestor Hardcore SSF mode.

Prizes are awarded to the first player in each Ascendancy Class who complete all seven Uber Pinnacle Boss Encounters:

The Uber Eater of WorldsThe Uber Searing ExarchThe Uber MavenUber SirusUber VenariusUber Uber ElderUber Shaper

Prizes for First Place Overall

One of every piece of ExileCon 2023 Merchandise{LINK REMOVED}A piece of original art from the Path of Exile comic. This is an actual raw page from the artist (in black and white) prior to it being coloured. There's only one copy of each page in e...

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50 Point Sale This weekend we're running a 50 point sale with a huge assortment of cosmetic microtransactions available for 50 points or less! The sale includes Skill Effects, Pets, Hideout Decorations and many more! Check out the full list of specials by pressing M to open the store in-game.

The 50 Point Sale will run from the time of this post until 5pm, August 14 (PDT).

In case you need points for this sale, we recommend checking out our new Ancestor Supporter Packs!

Get a Free Crucible Mystery Box When You Spend Points Until the launch of Path of Exile: Trial of the Ancestors, we're offering one free Crucible Mystery Box when you spend any amount of points in the store. This means you can purchase a discounted cosmetic effect or any other microtransaction from the store and receive one Crucible Mystery Box as a gift from us. If you've already unlocked every item from the Crucible Mystery Box, you'll get two Angels and Demons Mystery Boxes instead!
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{LINK REMOVED}When the Crucible League ends next week, the current items available in Kirac's Vault will be sealed away forever and replaced with new, exclusive cosmetic effects alongside the launch of the Trial of the Ancestors expansion. The cosmetics in the pass for consoles will be replaced alongside the Trial of the Ancestors expansion console launch. Check out the Igneous Emperor Armour Set in the video below or get your Pass by pressing M to open the store in-game.



The Crucible Supporter Packs on PC will also be leaving the store when the Trial of the Ancestors expansion launches on August 18th... Read more

One of the highlights of ExileCon 2023 was all the incredible cosplays! Check out some of the well-dressed Exiles in today's news post on the Path of Exile website {LINK REMOVED}here!

After ExileCon 2023, we invited Subtractem to our office to interview Chris Wilson, Managing Director at Grinding Gear Games, and Mark Roberts (Neon), one of the Game Directors of Path of Exile 2. Check out the interview in today's news post!

Crucible will not be going core, but there are components of it that we really like that we may find a way to bring back in future expansions.

We loved watching everyone develop their Crucible trees to create unique builds utilising all the different Crucible skills available, so all your items with Crucible trees will move with you to Standard. However, the "Totems Explode on Death" Crucible Skill will likely be adjusted when that happens.

When the current league ends in a few weeks, all your existing Geodes, Remnants and Magmatic Ores will be deleted. If you have any Crucible challenges to complete, you still have some time to do so!

Thanks to everyone who got a chance to play Crucible!

Very soon, we’ll kick off ExileCon 2023, where we will reveal everything there is to know about Path of Exile 2 and the upcoming 3.22 Path of Exile expansion.

The official livestream begins at 2:30PM Friday 28th July (PDT) with a 30 minute pre-show. The keynote presentation will begin at 3PM Friday 28th July (PDT). You can follow the countdown timer on the front page if you’re unsure - the keynote starts when this countdown ends! If you’ve missed our schedule, check it out {LINK REMOVED}here.

For those who are attending ExileCon in person, we wanted to remind you that you will need to pick up your tickets by showing the QR code found on your {LINK REMOVED}... Read more

Join us as on {LINK REMOVED}twitch.tv/pathofexile where we will unveil everything there is to know about Path of Exile 2 and Path of Exile 1

At ExileCon, attendees will have exclusive first access to a variety of new Path of Exile merchandise. Today we'd like to give you a glimpse of the goodies that are available.

Our new merchandise includes 17 new t-shirts, a selection of hoodies, 24 enamel pins, posters, the incredibly popular Celestial Cat Socks as well as the new Chaos Orb Socks and a range of desk pads.





For now, the only way to purchase this merchandise is to attend ExileCon this weekend. If there is any leftover stock, we will investigate ways to make it available to the wider community.

Please note that we won't be accepting cash at the ExileCon M... Read more

ExileCon 2023, the second official Path of Exile convention, is in a week! We have updated the {LINK REMOVED}ExileCon web page with the schedule for the event. There are a number of gameplay demonstrations and developer talks, as well as appearances from your favourite Path of Exile content creators and special guests. We'll continue to tweak the schedule over the next week if various presentations or speakers change.

Apply for an NZeTA before travelling!

The first and most important reminder is that New Zealand has a system where you must apply for an "NZeTA" online before arriving in the country. As far as we can see, almost all ExileCon visitors from overseas must apply for one. We recommend doing this as soon as possible. Thankfully, the... Read more

During the ExileCon, you will be able to earn the Heartseeker Portal and Raven Demon Wings as Twitch Drops by watching online! To be eligible to earn your drops, make sure you’ve linked your Path of Exile account and your Twitch account!



How to Participate

Step 1) Link your Path of Exile account to Twitch (see below).Step 2) Watch the ExileCon Livestream (29th-30th July NZT) at {LINK REMOVED}http://twitch.tv/pathofexile, or any ExileCon stream in the Path of Exile category.

To receive the Raven Demon Wings, you will need to watch any channel streaming ExileCon for at least one h... Read more

For streamers that would like to share the ExileCon experience with viewers that aren't able to make it in person, we've put together a Code of Conduct for live streaming the event. If you plan to be IRL streaming during ExileCon, please adhere to the following guidelines so the event can remain fun and safe for everyone.

Please respect people's space. If someone is giving social cues that they don't want to be included in your stream, please respect that and move on. The comfort of ExileCon attendees will always take priority over IRL Streaming.Please do not crash any presentations or interviews. You can watch them with your audience but do not be disruptive in any way to the normal flow of the convention.Please do not talk during any of the developer talks.Please do not film or stream any meet and greets. However, you can film/stream your own meet and greet. If your meet and greet is happening alongside another booked guest, please get their consent before ...

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For almost ten years, we've posted news at least five times a week, sometimes more! In the lead-up to ExileCon, we will be breaking this streak in order to focus on preparing for ExileCon. Our community team (and the development team) is all-hands-on-deck preparing for ExileCon itself and want to focus all of our efforts on this work. This means that unless there's an important update to make, we won't be posting anything.

We will still be posting all important news like how to prepare for ExileCon, the ExileCon content schedule, what Twitch Drops you can expect etc - it's just that we won't fill the other days with things like fan art showcases etc.

After ExileCon, we'll resume posting on our normal schedule in the lead up to our 3.22 expansion. We appreciate your understanding and can't wait to show you what we're working on!

The week after GamesCom, our team will be headed over to Seattle to show off Path of Exile 2 at {LINK REMOVED}PAX West! We'll be there throughout the event from September 1st to the 5th.

If you aren't able to make it to ExileCon or GamesCom, this will be a great opportunity to get your hands on trying out Path of Exile 2 and meet some of the GGG team!

Due to time constraints, we won't be able to have a fan meet-up before or after the event, but we'd love to have a chat during it if you're there!

See you there!

This weekend we are running a Stash Tab Sale! You can view the full selection of discounted tabs by pressing M to open the store in-game. The Stash Tab sale ends at 5pm on July 10th (PDT).

If you're missing points for the sale, be sure to check out the Crucible and Core Supporter Packs!

Thanks for your support!

We've seen a lot of people asking when our 3.22 expansion will launch. It's currently looking like it will launch on August 18th (PDT). This isn't fully locked in yet. However, we will confirm its launch date at ExileCon in just a few weeks.

We've also noted that quite a few people have asked whether or not we'll be hosting end-of league-events before Crucible ends. We are currently all-hands-on-deck working on ExileCon, Path of Exile 2 and the 3.22 expansion so we aren't able to host any events this time around.

By the way, don't forget to get your {LINK REMOVED}Premium Vault Pass because it leaves the store when the Crucible League ends! The Premium Crucible Vault Pass features the Igneous Emperor Armour Set, which provides a variety of cosmetic... Read more