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In The Forbidden Sanctum expansion, we've introduced several new 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.

You can find all the new and changed gems in Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum on our forums {LINK REMOVED}here. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

In preparation for the Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum expansion, we've gathered up all the Item Filter information you need to help you get ready for the launch.

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 The Forbidden Sanctum.

New Items Item Class: Skill Gem

• Frozen Legion
  
• Volcanic Fissure
  
• Vaal Volcanic Fissure
  
• Vaal Cleave
  
• Vaal Flicker Strike
  
• Vaal Blade Flurry
  
• Vaal Venom Gyre
  
• Vaal Molten Strike
  
• Vaal Caustic Arrow
  
• Vaal Smite

Item Class: Support Gem

• Hex Bloom Support
  
• Cursed Ground Support

Item Class: Divination Card

• Man With Bear
  
• Alivia's Grace
  
• Auspic...

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In the upcoming Sanctum League, you'll be able to earn pieces of the exclusive Victorious Armour Set by completing 40 new challenges. At 4, 6, 8 and 10 challenges, you'll receive the Victorious Boots, Gloves, Helmet and Body Armour respectively. Additional tiers of this armour set are unlocked as you complete more challenges in the Sanctum League. Completing challenges also grants you pieces of the Sanctum Totem Pole Hideout decoration!


You'll be able to check out the full list of challenges you need to complete for these rewards when Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum launches for PC and Mac on December 9th PST and for console on December 14th PST.

Following the recent reveal of {LINK REMOVED}The Forbidden Sanctum expansion, there have been many questions from the community on a range of topics discussed during the reveal and the subsequent {LINK REMOVED}patch notes. Today's post answers some of the most frequently asked questions.


Can we have a way to accumulate Sanctum rooms and attempt them back-to-back? Yes, you can accumulate up to eight rooms (the size of a full Sanctum floor) before running some or all of them at once.



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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 shop in-game.

The 50 Point Sale will run from the time of this post until 4pm December 5th PST.

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

Get a Free Kalandra Mystery Box When You Spend Points Until the launch of Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum, we're offering one free Kalandra 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 Kalandra Mystery Box as a gift from us. If you've already unlocked every item from the Kalandra Mystery Box, you'll get two Warlord Mystery Boxes instead! The offer is avai... Read more

On December 1st at 11am PST we'll unveil the mysteries of the Forbidden Sanctum expansion via an exclusive livestream on {LINK REMOVED}Twitch! This post contains everything you need to know before the livestream starts.

In case you missed it, make sure you check out the teaser video below!



What time does it start? The livestream will start at 11am PST on December 1st. If in doubt, check out the countdown on the front page of our website.

What can I expect? We'll start the livestream by revealing the trailer for Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum, followed by a deep dive into al... Read more

During the livestream reveal of our upcoming The Forbidden Sanctum expansion on December 1st PST, you'll be able to earn the Blood Guard Wings with Twitch Drops, so don't forget to link your Path of Exile account with your Twitch account!



How to Participate Just simply link your Path of Exile account to Twitch (see below) and watch the Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum Livestream at {LINK REMOVED}http://twitch.tv/pathofexile, or any Path of Exile stream* for 45 minutes on Thursday December 1st. Drops will be enabled from 11am PST until 8pm PST.

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Yesterday, we released our final {LINK REMOVED}3.20 balance manifesto that covered topics related to Curses. Today's post answers some of your questions about this manifesto.


Are you changing Bane? Bane will also have a curse penalty similar to Hextouch and Blasphemy.



Will you make Vixen's Entrapment work with Bane? No.



Will Delve keep its depth-scaling curse effect reduction? Yes.



Will the ''Less Curse Effect on Players'' modifier be removed from Temporal Chains? No.



Can you change Hexblast so that the Hex it removes isn't random? Yes, instead of removing a random Hex, Hexblast will remove the Hex with the lowest remaining duration. (i.e. whichever one would naturally ex... Read more

Our last three manifestos covered {LINK REMOVED}Jewels and Ailment Mitigation, {LINK REMOVED}the replacement of Archnemesis modifiers and {LINK REMOVED}Eldritch Altars. In today's final 3.20 manifesto, we're discussing changes to Curses (specifically, Hexes) and our goal of making their effectiveness against different rarities... Read more

This weekend, we're having a huge sale on classic microtransactions in our store! All items that are part of the sale are discounted by 50%, so make sure you look through the store for some great deals! Check out the sale by pressing the 'M' key to open the store in-game!

Not sure what to get? Check out the set below, which includes the Desert Helmet, Victorious Wings, Carnage Body Armour, Warlock Gloves and Boots, Crypt Sword, Radiant Weapon Effect and Seraph Shield, which are all part of the sale!



Short on points? Be sure to check out the Kalandra Supporter Packs, which will leave the store once the Kalandra League ends!



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From zany antics to hardcore racing, community streamer ds_lily's stream has it all to keep you entertained! We sat down with Lily to find out what their life is like outside of gaming, check it out!

Hi ds_lily, thank you for taking part in the interview! Please introduce yourself. Hi I'm Lily. You can find me streaming at {LINK REMOVED}https://twitch.tv/ds_lily. I usually participate in races in HCSSF, typically placing in the top 10.

When did you first get into Path of Exile? I first got into Path of Exile a little bit after its release in late 2013. Youtube recommended a video from Kripparrian, and I thought that it looked like a more modern version of games I played growing up that I enjoyed.

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Yesterday, we shared a balance manifesto that outlined the upcoming changes to Eldritch Altars. Today, we're sharing a short and sweet FAQ to provide more information.

Can we get the Altar mods on the Map Mod UI? Yes, we've added this in 3.20.

Can you make Altars more readable in the heat of combat? We've discussed community feedback around this, specifically to consider options around instance-pausing, colour indicators or reward symbols. Each of these options has their own drawbacks so we won't be making any changes on this front for now. The best thing to do is to finish killing the surrounding monsters before reading the Altar.

How common are Awakened Gems from the Maven? When you kill the Maven herself, the chance of getting an Awakened Gem is quite common. The drop chance from Maven-witnessed map bosses is a lot lower than this because these fights occur more often. The goal is that they're common enough that it feels worthwhile running Maven-witne... Read more

In the Forbidden Sanctum expansion, we're making a number of changes to Eldritch Altars, specifically to their rewards, the monster packs they spawn and the incentives for rushing to map bosses before completing the rest of the map. In addition, we are adding a chance for Maven-witnessed Map Bosses to drop an Awakened Gem (inclusive of the Awakened Gems that are typically exclusive to Maven herself). The overarching aim of these changes is to try to reach a point where the choice between running Maven-witnessed Maps or Eldritch Influence Maps is closer in value while still retaining the gameplay feeling you've come to expect from Eldritch Altars.

TLDR:

• Altars no longer offer some reward types like gems, influenced items, unique items or maps.
  
• The "Basic Currency" reward has been split up into specific currency rewards. For example, they now have "Map Boss Drops Three Vaal Orbs" instead of "Map Boss Drops Three Basic Currency Items".
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Can you hear it, Exile? Madness approaches in the Delirium Everywhere event, where a dense fog has taken over almost every zone!

The fog ranges randomly from 10% to 100% Delirium with the minimum and maximum level of Delirium scaling with the level of the zone. This way, some lower level encounters won't be impossibly difficult and higher level encounters won't be incredibly easy. This has all the usual effects — monsters getting buffed, new monsters spawning, reward bars filling with kills, and Simulacrum splinters dropping. To avoid spam-refreshing areas being the best strategy, each area always has the same Delirium percentage, and Delirium reward types are randomised each time they drop.

Delirium Everywhere starts on all platforms at 12pm November 21st (PST). It will end at 12pm November 28th (PST).

In comparison to the last time we ran a Delirium Everywhere event, we've reduced the amount of Delirium that can be applied to zones earlier in the campaign a... Read more

There have been a lot of questions about the upcoming new system for monster mods that was announced in {LINK REMOVED}yesterday's balance manifesto. In today's post, we're providing answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.

Since the mods are simplified and separated, does that mean rare monsters will now have more mods on average to compensate? How many mods can a rare monster have now? We're currently playtesting the new monster mod system to determine this. At the moment it's 2-4, but this may change as we continue to iterate.

Will the modifiers' effects be made more intense to compensate for their simplification? These are new mods that have similar themes to old ones, but have new balance values. In many cases these are the sam... Read more

Path of Exile 3.20 Expansion Livestream

The details of our fourth expansion of this year will be revealed at 11AM December 1st (PST) at {LINK REMOVED}http://twitch.tv/pathofexile!

In the livestream you'll learn all about the new challenge league and other content of the expansion. As usual, after the livestream, Chris Wilson will answer your burning questions live in a Q&A session with ZiggyD.

Twitch Drops will be enabled for the livestream. We'll announce the reward in a few days. Co-streaming is welcomed!

Path of Exile's Expansion Launch Date

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In our upcoming 3.20 expansion, Archnemesis will be replaced with a system that is more similar to the way monster mods worked in the past.

The issues that players often had with Archnemesis were:

• The keyworded mod names were not fully descriptive of what they did
  
• The mods often had multiple effects bundled which made them harder to understand
  
• Due to how many effects were included in a single mod, it made too many encounters too complex
  
• The way Archnemesis rewards were set up meant that many players felt like they couldn't just kill a monster, they had to consider if they wanted to bring a magic find character in to maximise rewards

The goals of the new system are:

• Mods do one specific thing
  
• Mods say what they do rather than having a thematic name you must learn and remember
  
• Encounters are simplified on average while retaining interesting f...

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