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Known for his Youtube content focussing on efficiency and blazingly fast blasting of maps on his stream, community streamer Grimro took a moment to talk to us about his experiences in and outside of Path of Exile. Check it out!

Hi Grimro, thank you for taking part in the interview! Please introduce yourself. Yo what is up Grim here, I’m a Path of Exile Streamer and Youtuber best known for currency making and Path of Exile science content. What is Science content you might ask? If the community has a question about anything in the game about a new mechanic or how rare an item is off a boss, I’m your man and I’m keen to grind out the answers.

When did you first get into Path of Exile? I first got into Path of Exile after watching one of my favorite streamers Kripparrian pick up the game in the early beta phase back when there were only 2 acts!

At the time Hardcore was the primary way to play and if you werent playing it you werent really playing Path of Exile... Read more

The seasonal winter microtransactions are now available in the store for a limited time! A selection of seven snowy cosmetic effects, including a helmet, a character effect, fireworks, pets and hideout decorations will help to set a festive mood for the upcoming holidays!

The Demonic Arctic Reindeer Pet, Yeti Mask, Polar Bear Cub, Snowman Hideout Decoration, Ice Sculpture Hideout Decoration, Frigid Character Effect, and Frigid Fireworks will only be available in the store until January 8th (NZT) and won't return until the next December/January holiday period! Check them out by watching the videos below, or press M in-game to open the store and get yours.

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The upcoming {LINK REMOVED}3.20.1 content update includes some new items obtainable in The Forbidden Sanctum, so today we're providing the Item Filter information you need to get ready for this update.

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 3.20.1 update.

New Items Item Class: Stackable Currency

• Lycia's Invocation of Minion Instability
  
• Lycia's Invocation of Conduit
  
• Lycia's Invocation of Acrobatics
  
• Lycia's Invocation of Iron Reflexes
  
• Lycia's Invocation of Resolute Technique
  
• Lycia's Invocation of Unwavering Stance
  
• Lycia's Invocat...

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Next week we're planning to deploy the 3.20.1 update which improves the current Kirac's Vault pass, introduces new Sanctum content (including Unique Relics and their special rewards), and the 2023 Core Supporter Packs. Find out more in this news post.

Improved Kirac's Vault Pass We launched this league's Kirac Vault Pass a few days ago, with nine exclusive unique item skins. In 3.20.1, we're adding five more microtransactions to the pass, in the form of these additional mystery boxes from Path of Exile's past: Warlord, Polaris, Twilight, Harmony and Sin/Innocence.

If you've already bought your pass, it'll be automatically updated to include the new mystery boxes that can be unlocked, when 3.20.1 releases next week.

Unique Relics and New Rewards

The 3.20.1 update introduces the concept of Unique Relics. Every time y... Read more

Our community never misses a beat when it comes to new fanart. Check out some of the highlights in today's post!

Divinia by envatilea via Reddit



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The Forbidden Sanctum opened its doors last weekend and the community have been discovering lots of new things! Check out today's post which rounds-up some new items, Divination Cards and a few community highlights!

New Unique Items We would first like to show off two new Unique items designed by a couple winners from the {LINK REMOVED}Sentinel Boss Kill Event.

While both of their creators have already shown off their creations on their social media, we wanted to highlight them to the community!



Annihilation's Approach are a pair of Unique Boots that were designed by imexile, and drops from the ... Read more

We have released a new version of Kirac's Vault Pass that contains unique item skin rewards that are exclusive to this league! Each of these rewards visually interacts with gameplay in some way and will leave the store forever when the Sanctum League ends. After purchasing the pass, you can earn its rewards in the Atlas endgame by completing map objectives. Check out the Kirac's Vault Pass in-game by clicking on the icon in the top-left of your Atlas or by pressing M to open the store!



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Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum 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: 8am PST
The servers go live at: 11am PST

If you're unsure what the above times will be in your local time, please refer to the countdown on the front page of {LINK REMOVED}pathofexile.com. 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 Sanctum League!

The patch size for the update will be around 4-5GB on Steam.

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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