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Shacknews recently interviewed Chris Wilson and Rory Rackham to discuss ExileCon and the design of endgame bosses. Watch the video below:

Later today, we're planning to deploy patch 3.18.1 which includes general improvements and bug fixes. In this news post we've prepared a preview of its patch notes to give you an idea of what to expect.

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

3.18.1 Patch Notes

This patch contains a number of general improvements and bug fixes of both small- and medium-importance.

General Improvements and Changes

• Improved the behaviour of some travel skills when repeated through Echoing Shrine or the Echoist modifier gained by killing monsters. Flame Dash, Whirling Blades and Dash now repeat in the same direction as the initial use. Shield Charge is now able to repeat, though only the larger area attack performed upon reaching your target is repeated. Attacking in place with Leap Slam now repeats in the same direction as the initial use.
  
• The Thorned Vines debuff ...

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To continue on with stories of our supporters, we had a chat with frozensteinpp about their card Desecrated Virtue. Check it out below!



Hello! So here is my story:

I have always liked RPGs. I sank a lot of hours into the Elder Scrolls series, Diablo 2-3 and even tried some tabletop RPGs with friends. I've been playing Path of Exile since the spring of 2018. Mainly on Standard because I don't have that much time to play (only managed to accumulate 930 hours in 4 years), but I started some characters in challenge leagues too, because it was cheaper to gear them there.

A friend of mine suggested PoE to me when he heard I like Diablo. The game was on my wishlist for a while, but I always postponed trying it out. Well, I like to read up on games before I start them, so basically I was reading the Wiki for 2-3 weeks be... Read more

Kirac's Vault Pass features a plethora of awesome microtransactions for specific unique items. Today, we wanted to feature a build by community member Kay that focuses on using Arakaali's Fang. Check it out below!


For more information on the Vault Pass, be sure to check out {LINK REMOVED}https://www.pathofexile.com/vault. If you're interested in trying out Kay's build, check out her detailed guide on the forum {LINK REMOVED}... Read more

This weekend we are running a Stash Tab Sale! You can view the full selection of discounted tabs by pressing 'M' in-game to access the store. The Stash Tab sale ends at Jun 13, 2022 6:00 PM PDT

If you're missing points for the sale, be sure to check out our {LINK REMOVED}supporter packs!

Thanks for your support!

The BPL Command Team are organising a co-operative, team-based community event which takes place this coming weekend! This time, participants will be randomly split into five teams with class restrictions, where they'll compete for points which are awarded for achieving things such as collecting certain thematic sets of unique items, leveling up, killing specific bosses and more!


League Starts: Jun 18th, 2022 12:00 PM PDT
League Ends: Jun 23rd, 2022 12:00 PM PDT

This event is open to everyone and this time there is a cap of 450 players per team (2250 spots in total). All you need to participate is a Path of Exile account and a Discord account.

Sign ups for the event are open until Jun 17th, 2022 1:00 PM PDT or as long as there are available slots. If you'd like to get involved or want more informat... Read more

Microtransactions from the Harmony Mystery Box are now available in the store! It's also still possible to combine some of the individual Heritage and Divergence cosmetic effects into the Harmony ones.

The Harmony Stash Bundle is also being released today! This microtransaction applies a skin to your Stash and Guild Stash in your hideout to make them look like the Harmony Box! Check it out in the video below.


Check out all the other Harmony microtransactions by watching the video below. You can also view the full range by pressing 'M' to access the in-game store.


Thanks for your support!

The Path of Exile runway is reopening for the next Well-dressed Exile Competition! With two categories and tons of prizes up for grabs, now's your chance to show the world your dazzling outfits!

The Well-dressed exile competition starts from the time of this post and ends on Monday 4th July, 4:59 AM PDT.

There will be two categories: Premium and Natural. The Premium category includes the use of Microtransactions, whereas the Natural category does not (with the exception of Skin Transfers). All you need to do is take a screenshot of your stylish character, front and back, and submit it in this thread. To reiterate, Skin Transfers are allowed in both categories.

You may participate in both categories, but we are only accepting one submission per category.

Once your image is complete, upload it to an image hosting site like {LINK REMOVED}... Read more

Today we'd like to highlight a few pieces of work submitted to our {LINK REMOVED}Community Showcase forum by our amazingly talented community members! Check them out below!

Necromancer Walks Their Pets by {LINK REMOVED}Reverendwyrm

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For today's news post we spoke with OmegaAxis to learn about the backstory of creating a series of Divination Cards: The Journey, The Side Quest and The Destination.




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This weekend we are running a Wings and Back Attachment Sale! You can view the full selection in the specials tab by pressing 'M' to open the store in-game. The sale runs all weekend and ends on Jun 06, 2022 6:00 PM PDT.

During the sale, we’re also offering one free Sentinel Mystery Box when you spend points! If you've already unlocked every item from the Sentinel Mystery Box, you'll get Two Twilight Mystery Boxes instead! This promotion is available on both PC and consoles.

Have a look at the what’s in the box below.


Please note: it's only possible to get the free Mystery Box(es) once from this promotion. Making additional microtransaction purchases will not grant additional mystery boxes. Purchasing a supporter pack will not grant the free Mystery Box(es) but spending points from a supporter pack ... Read more

It's been a while since we last did a Q&A about Path of Exile's game mechanics and we're keen to answer your questions about its intricacies! We'll collect your questions and present the answers sometime in the next few weeks.

The intention of this Q&A is to be exclusively about game mechanics rather than game design or other Path of Exile topics - for example, how specific passives interact with particular unique items, etc. It's unlikely that we'll be able to get to every question due to time constraints but we aim to answer as many as we can.

We look forward to your questions!

We sat down with Ben, one of our UI Programmers who {LINK REMOVED}fixed the "mangled text" bug that's been affecting Path of Exile for a long time. Because there was some interest in the bug itself, he was kind enough to write up a post-mortem for us. Check it out below!


After announcing we finally found a fix for the infamous "mangled text" bug players have been encountering for the past 6 years, some players expressed interest in getting a post-mortem on this age-old issue. I'd always been interested in trying my hand at a technical details post someday so here you are! The bug has been known by a few different names, referred to by things such as "jumbled", "corrupted" or "krangled" text. Internally we mostly referred to it as being "mangled" so tha... Read more

We went through our {LINK REMOVED}Hideout Showcase forum again to highlight some of your amazing hideout designs with the rest of the community! Some of the hideouts featured make use of the new Timekeeper's and Ghost-lit Graveyard Hideouts, both exclusive to the {LINK REMOVED}Sentinel Supporter Packs! If you're looking for a new Hideout or need some inspiration for... Read more

Today, we have a variety of both concept art and 3D art for items featured in Kirac's Vault Pass! The pass contains item skins and effects for specific unique items that unlock as you complete Atlas objectives! Check out the art below!

If you want to find out more about Kirac's Vault Pass, check out the Vault Pass page {LINK REMOVED}here.

Rumi's Concoction



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We're continuing to share backstories of Divination Cards created by our supporters. This time we spoke with Quelex about the story behind the Imperfect Memories, a Divination Card from the Siege of the Atlas expansion.



I have played games like Path of Exile since Diablo 1 came out when I was young. I've always enjoyed coming up with different ideas and testing how well they will work. I stumbled upon the website for PoE during its closed beta and thought it looked cool (especially as a person who loves Final Fantasy X's passive tree) but I didn't know anyone that played it. When the open beta came around my friend and I finally gave it a shot and we have been hooked and played every league since.

As with many other cards, the idea for the reward came first. I've always felt it was important to have special mods tied to conte... Read more

As the Archnemesis league ended on consoles last week, we'd like to announce the winners of the Siege of the Atlas Boss Kill Event for our console players! We'd like to thank everyone for participating and congratulate the winners!

PlayStation The following players were the first to defeat The Maven, The Searing Exarch and The Eater of Worlds in the Hardcore Solo Self-found Archnemesis League on PlayStation:

• #1: camuflado_cz
  
• #2: NeuroIsCool
  
• #3: shawn_33179
  
• #4: Shade_AU
  
• #5: Denton860

Bonus Prizes:

• First Uber Elder Kill: Denton860
  
• First Shaper Kill: NeuroIsCool
  
• First Sirus Kill: camuflado_cz

Xbox The following players were the first to defeat The Maven, The Searing Exarch and The Eater of Worlds in the Hardcore Solo Self-found Archnemesis League on Xbox:

• #1: ReignerRuler
  
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Our {LINK REMOVED}Sentinel Mystery Box is our first Mystery Box with non-repeating rewards that features microtransactions that have different levels of effects based on gameplay elements! They were a lot of fun to design, so we thought you'd like to take a peek at the process through its concept art! Check it out below.

If you want to find out more about the Sentinel Mystery Box, check out the Mystery Box page {LINK REMOVED}here!

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Sometime this week or early next week, we're planning to deploy the 3.18.0d patch that includes further changes to monster modifiers and some bug fixes. Check out a preview of its patch notes below.

3.18.0d Patch Notes

This patch includes changes to monster modifiers that provide ailment immunity, as well as a few improvements and bug fixes of both small- and medium-importance.

Monster modifier changes

• Frostweaver: No longer grants immunity to Cold Ailments. It now grants 80% reduced effect of Cold Ailments.
  
• Permafrost: No longer grants immunity to Freeze and Chill. It now grants 80% reduced effect of Cold Ailments.
  
• Flameweaver: No longer grants immunity to Scorch. It now grants 80% reduced effect of Scorch.
  
• Stormweaver: No longer grants immunity to Lightning Ailments. It now grants 80% reduced effect of Lightning Ailments.
  
• Dynamo: No longer grants immunity to...

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The Sentinel Boss Kill Event on PC concluded earlier this week. Seven players have managed to kill seven Uber Pinnacle Bosses in Sentinel HC SSF mode! Congratulations to all winners and thank you to everyone who participated. All winners will be granted the Godslayer's Pride microtransaction and we're currently working with them to design their unique item prizes.

The following 7 players were the first to defeat seven Uber Bosses (the Uber Eater of Worlds, the Uber Searing Exarch, the Uber Maven, Uber Sirus, Uber Venarius, Uber Uber Elder, Uber Shaper) in the Hardcore Solo Self-found Sentinel League on PC:

• #1 Darkee
  
• #2 nickexile11
  
• #3 Zizaran
  
• #4 GucciPradas
  
• #5 Jezie
  
• #6 Steelmage
  
• #7 z4kur

The Sentinel Boss Kill Event on consoles is still running.

Twitch Highlights Check out the Twitch Highlights on our forum post by clicking ... Read more