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Our latest expansion, Path of Exile: Scourge, launched last weekend and out the gates come some awesome clips from the Twitch community! From awesome cosplay to highlight reel clips, we've got you covered with snippets of the buzz from the league launch! Check out the clips {LINK REMOVED}here.

Over the weekend, we launched Path of Exile: Scourge and were thrilled by the number of people who joined us for launch day. In fact, we reached 254,570 peak player concurrency which is 96% of our previous highest record!

The actual deployment was fairly smooth. We had one issue in the first hour where our regional routers were crashing occasionally when routing chat packets containing linked items. Each of these crashes would disconnect about 10% of players. We temporarily disabled chat, which mitigated the issue, and were then able to restore chat functionality without item linking.

Item linking functionality will be restored in our next realm-restart patch, which also fixes another problem that is causing rarer partial-realm crashes (one so far). If all goes well, we expect to deploy this today at around 10pm PDT.

We are closely monitoring all feedback and will communicate about any patches and improvements later this week. We are planning to make the tra... Read more

From the depths of the ocean comes the new Atlantis Mystery Box! It contains 38 new cosmetic effects, some of which can be combined to create a unique version for even deeper character customisation. Check out the full trailer to see what's available!



Find out more and get yours {LINK REMOVED}here!

The ravenous hordes are waiting for you because there is just one day to go before the launch of Path of Exile: Scourge! 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: Oct 23, 2021 9:00AM PDT
The servers go live at: Oct 23, 2021 12:00PM PDT

You can also find a countdown timer on the front page of our website {LINK REMOVED}here. 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 Scourge League!

The patch size for the update will be around 5.6GB on the ... Read more

We're introducing a range of new skills and making a variety of changes to existing Skill and Support Gems in Path of Exile: Scourge. As usual, we've prepared the gem data at level 20 with 20% quality for all new and changed gems to help you finalise your builds for the upcoming launch.

You can check out all the new and changed Gems in Path of Exile: Scourge {LINK REMOVED}here. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

In the Expedition League, we teamed up with Twitch Rivals to run our first ever Path of Exile: Royale live tournament. This event saw our favourite content creators teaming up in pairs to compete for awesome prizes. We're excited to announce that following the launch of Path of Exile: Scourge, we're doing it again!

This time around, competitors will compete alone, but we've added a unique twist. Towards the end of the match, surviving players may encounter a brutal but rewarding boss fight, which could have significant strategic implications for how they play the match.

Twitch Drops will be available for viewers on all participant channels. They will be enabled when the event starts and will be available for 5 hours. After 30 minutes of watch time, you'll be awarded with the {LINK REMOVED}... Read more

In preparation for the Path of Exile: Scourge expansion, we've gathered up all the Item Filter information you need as well as the changes to the Ascendancy classes 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 Scourge expansion. We've posted the changes to Ascendancy classes in a separate news post which you can check out {LINK REMOVED}here.

While we have you here, we also wanted to clarify that Tornados are only affected by projectiles that can collide with enemies. Skills like Rolling Magma and Cremation can't use their projectiles to add to Tornado's damage.

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In Path of Exile: Scourge, we've halved the number of regions in the Atlas and made each Atlas Passive Tree slightly larger to streamline the Atlas of Worlds endgame. Today, we've gathered up the Atlas Passive Trees for the 3.16 expansion to help you plan your endgame progress! Please note, you'll still receive the same amount of Atlas Passive skill points as before.

For a full written list of all Atlas Passives, please {LINK REMOVED}click here.

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50 Point Sale We are running a 50 Point Sale with a massive variety of cosmetic effects available for only 50 points or less; including Skill Effects, Pets, Hideout Decorations and many more! Check out the full list of specials {LINK REMOVED}here.

The 50 Point Sale will run from the time of this post until October 18th 8pm PDT.

In case you need points for this sale, we recommend checking out our new {LINK REMOVED}Scourge Supporter Packs!

Get a Free Midnight Pact Mystery Box When You Spend Points Until the launch of P... Read more

On October 14th at noon PDT, we'll reveal the full details of our upcoming Scourge expansion via an exclusive livestream. This post contains everything you need to know before the livestream starts.

Before we get started, make sure you check out the teaser video below!



What time does it start? The livestream will start at noon PDT on October 14th. 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: Scourge followed by a deep dive into all of the new content and features that are being introduced in the expansion.

Following the reveals, ZiggyD will join Chris Wilson live for a Q&A with questions from Twitch chat. The entire livestream, including the Q&A, will most likely be just over ... Read more

Alongside introducing other forms of {LINK REMOVED}uber endgame content, Path of Exile: Scourge also changes the way players access the Eternal Labyrinth.

Problems: Finding all six Trials of Ascendancy often took a very large number of maps. Assuming players were playing alone, it averaged to around 150 maps to find them all, but could be much more if players were unlucky. By this point, players were often over-levelled for the content and were starting to encounter difficult-enough endgame content where the extra Ascendancy skills were sorely needed. This problem would be further exacerbated by the reduction in Atlas size taking place in the Scourge expansion.

We recently added a means to open random Trials of Ascendancy in the Map Device by con... Read more

Early next year, we will release our 3.17 expansion which includes a full rework to Path of Exile's Atlas of Worlds. In the meantime, we wanted to make some small improvements to the experience of setting up your Atlas. As such, in our October Scourge expansion, we're halving the number of regions to four and number of watchstones to sixteen. The idea is that it should be much faster to complete your Atlas setup in 3.16. Today's news post outlines what to expect if you're playing in Standard and worried about what will happen to your Atlas when Scourge launches.

We are removing the following regions: Tirn's End, Lex Proxima, Lex Ejoris and New Vastir.

Any quest Watchstones that have come from the above regions will be deleted. Note this does not mean where the Watchstones are socketed, but which region they were obtained from originally. The unfortunate part about this is that any sextants that are applied to these quest Watchstones will also be deleted.

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The Expedition League ends on PC on Monday October 18th at 2PM PDT, so this is your last week to complete any unfinished challenges. On consoles, the Expedition League will end when the 3.16 expansion goes live for consoles on October 27th PDT.

When Expedition ends, private leagues for 3.16 will become available shortly after so that you can prepare ahead of time for its launch. The exclusive {LINK REMOVED}Expedition Brimmed Hat will also leave the store forever! If you want to show your support for the league, be sure to check it out.


Don't forget to tune into the livestream announcement for th... Read more

In our upcoming 3.16 expansion, we're making a number of balance changes. Over the last two days, we talked about our plans for {LINK REMOVED}Flasks and Ailment Mitigation and {LINK REMOVED}Core Character Defences and Recovery. We strongly recommend reading those posts prior to this one. Today's post covers our plans for Auras, Curses and Elemental Damage Over Time.

We've assembled this article as a set of identified problems and our intended solutions. Below each solution is a spoiler tag with the specifics of what we're currently int... Read more

In our upcoming 3.16 expansion, we're making a number of balance changes. Yesterday we began our three part series by talking about our plans for {LINK REMOVED}Flasks and Ailment Mitigation. We strongly recommend reading that post prior to this one. Today's post covers our plans for Core Character Defences and Recovery. Tomorrow, we'll reveal the third part to this series which covers our plans for Auras, Curses and Elemental Damage Over Time.

We've assembled this article as a set of identified problems and our intended solutions. Below each solution is a spoiler tag with the specifics of what we're currently intending to change. Please note that as we're still a couple of weeks out from release, anything here is subject to change based on our further testi... Read more

In Path of Exile: Scourge (our October 3.16 expansion), we're making a number of changes to improve how characters mitigate ailments, use flasks, and build the defence of their characters. We're also addressing the extreme power of Auras and Curses in parties, while improving the strength of these mechanics for builds with a smaller investment. Finally we're changing Elemental Overload and Elemental Equilibrium and massively buffing elemental damage over time to be less dependent on them.

We're planning to share our balance changes across three news posts. Part 1 covers Ailment Mitigation and Flask Improvements, Part 2 covers Core Character Defences and Recovery and Part 3 covers Auras, Curses and Elemental Damage over Time. Today, we're talking about Ailment Mitigation and Flask improvements and will share parts 2 & 3 in subsequent days.

We've assembled this article as a set of identified problems and our intended Solutions. Below each Solution are the specifics of ... Read more

During our {LINK REMOVED}Path of Exile: Scourge Livestream reveal on October 14th PDT, Twitch Drops will be enabled! Just link your Path of Exile account with your Twitch account, watch our livestream and you can earn your own Dragonfly Wings!


How to Participate Just simply link your Path of Exile account to Twitch (see below) and watch the Path of Exile: Scourge Livestream at {LINK REMOVED}... Read more

On the 14th of October (PDT), we'll be announcing Path of Exile: Scourge. At that time, we’ll introduce a new set of League Supporter Packs, which means the {LINK REMOVED}Ultimatum Supporter Packs will permanently leave the store.

There are two pairs of Ultimatum Supporter Packs available in the store; the Sun Supporter Pack and the Crescent Supporter Pack. Each of the two pairs is designed in its own style with different contents, so you can choose whichever you prefer; or if you can’t decide, you can get both! If you have previously purchased a smaller pack, you have the option to upgrade to the larger one. All of the microtransactions included in the Supporter Packs are exclusive and will not be available in the store again.

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We'll be hosting an exclusive livestream to reveal the Path of Exile: Scourge expansion! Watch live on October 14th at 12pm (PDT) at {LINK REMOVED}twitch.tv/pathofexile to get the full details on what to expect. Twitch Drops will be enabled for the event, so make sure you don't miss it.

Play for free on October 22nd (PDT).

Path of Exile Livestream Announcement
Tune in at noon on October 14th (PDT) to find out all about our next expansion!

In the livestream, you'll learn all about 3.16's new content and features. It's followed by a live Q&A between ZiggyD and Chris Wilson.

You can catch everything you need to know at {LINK REMOVED}http://twitch.tv/pathofexile. Twitch Drops will be enabled for the livestream so make sure to encourage your favourite streamers to watch along with us!

Path of Exile's Expansion Launch Date
You'll be able to play the new Path of Exile expansion for fre... Read more