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In Path of Exile: Expedition League, we introduced the Kalguurans, a group of hardy adventurers from a distant continent. Our narrative designer, Matt Dymerski, has written an overview of creating them from a lore perspective.

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This League, I was presented with a unique challenge in terms of creating Path of Exile content. The premise was fairly simple, but it was something we've never done before: there would be four entirely new types of merchant. We started with a Gambler, a Dealer, a Haggler, and one wildcard who would serve as the leader of this merry band.

At that time, the design team had also determined these NPCs would be bombing the terrain to uncover items and monsters. The question became: why are a group of merchants risking themselves in this manner? These are not the typical divas that stand around in town posing while the Exile saves the world. These are men and women on a quest. They're battle-hardened true believers in a cause.
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Later on today, we plan to deploy Patch 3.15.1 which includes a variety of fixes. To give you an idea of what to expect, we have prepared a preview of the patch notes for you! We've also noted what we're working on beyond the patch.

Please note that the patch notes may be changed prior to their deployment.

3.15.1 Patch Notes:

Improvements

• Added vendor recipes for converting Instilling Orbs to Enkindling Orbs and vice versa. You'll need to discover these recipes for yourself, but they're not hard to work out.
• Quality on the Divergent Flamethrower Trap Skill Gem no longer grants 0-20% increased Cast Speed. It now grants 0-20% increased Trap Throwing Speed.
• Quality on the Phantasmal Seismic Trap Skill Gem no longer grants 0-60% reduced Cast Speed. It now grants 0-60% reduced wave frequency.
• Maven's Memory Game no longer restarts upon re-entering the area if you died and left the area durin...

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Add a touch of dark whimsy to your life with this mysterious new track for your playlists! You can now download the soundtrack to the {LINK REMOVED}Midnight Pact Mystery Box for free. You can find the links below.

To download the Midnight Pact Mystery Box soundtrack, click (or Right-click, “Save link as”) on the file type you prefer: {LINK REMOVED}.flac or {LINK REMOVED}... Read more

Our community is always finding new ways to amaze us with their creative Path of Exile fan art! We've curated a variety of these pieces to share with you today. Check them out below!

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Last week, we had our very first Path of Exile: Royale event hosted by Twitch Rivals. The event was a lot of fun to watch, so if you missed it, we've compiled a few of our favourite highlights from the event! You can check out the highlight clips {LINK REMOVED}here. Royale ends today, so if you haven't played it yet be sure to hop on to give it a go!

We'd like to give a huge congratulations to Team Havoc616 and Waggle for their amazing first place run, as well as to all the other competitors for participating in the event. We'd also like to thank everyone for tuning in to watch the event with us!

We hope you enjoyed watching the Twitch Rivals event as much as we did! If you didn't have time to play Royale this weekend, don't worry as it will make a... Read more

Yesterday, we released {LINK REMOVED}Patch 3.15.0e which introduced several changes and bug fixes to Path of Exile alongside some balance changes for Royale ahead of our next Royale weekend. We are also working on a couple of other improvements we want to keep you in the loop about.

If you missed out on getting your Rhoa Dinners last time, this is your chance to get in on the action! If this is your first time playing Royale, you can find out more about the game mode {LINK REMOVED}here.

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We are excited to announce that tomorrow, we're teaming up with Twitch Rivals for the first time in order to showcase a Path of Exile: Royale event full of your favourite streamers! Competitors will compete in teams of two, earning points for their rank and kills to determine the overall tournament winner.

Tune in on July 29th at 10am PDT at {LINK REMOVED}http://twitch.tv/twitchrivals to check out the action live! The event will be shoutcast by Path of Exile veterans {LINK REMOVED}RaizQT and {LINK REMOVED}... Read more

Brutus' Prison renovation was one of our favourite changes for the Expedition Expansion. We couldn't wait to see how players would react, and we've collected some of our favourite reactions in today's news post. Check them out on the news post on our forum {LINK REMOVED}here!

NOTE: If you have not experienced this fight since Expedition's launch and do not want to be spoiled, you should know that the clips contain spoilers.

The hidden figures of Wraeclast emerge from the shadows in the new Midnight Pact 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 below to see what's available or get yours {LINK REMOVED}here!

Over the weekend, we launched Path of Exile: Expedition! We've been really enjoying watching the community play through the new content and conquer the challenges that lie within. We have deployed many hotfixes and a restartless 3.15.0b patch so far, and have more coming! This post provides more details.

A lot of players have tried to derive our player concurrency numbers based on the data shown for Steam users, and have expressed concern that fewer people played this expansion than the previous two. To be transparent, the number is that 23% fewer players joined us at launch compared to our all-time record, and this is something we were prepared for. In addition to the normal variance between releases, we completely understand that Path of Exile had a lot of changes in 3.15 and this is definitely unnerving to some players. Thank you to everyone who has tried it out so far. We're really enjoying reading about your experiences playing with the recent changes.

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The secrets of the Kalguur will soon be unearthed when Path of Exile: Expedition launches in less than a day! 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: July 23rd, 10:00AM (PDT)
The servers go live at: July 23rd, 1:00PM (PDT)

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 Expedition League!

The patch size for the update will be around 8GB on the standalone client and Steam. We've also made a torrent available for this update which is around 25GB. Please keep in mind that this method, while available earlier, makes it a larger update as it includes all the existing client content. When patching begins for Path of Exile: Expedition you'll also have a few remaining f... Read more

Alongside 19 new skill and support gems, we're making a variety of changes to existing gems in Expedition. We've prepared all gem data at level 20 with 20% quality to help you plan your builds for launch.

Check out the threads on our forum for the Skill Gems {LINK REMOVED}here, or the Support Gems {LINK REMOVED}here.

The full patch notes for Path of Exile: Expedition are now available!

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In order to help you prepare your builds and item filters we've also gathered the Passive Tree and Item Filter information.

Passive Tree Data We've listed the changes to the passive tree in the Patch Notes but if you're a community tool creator, you can find the JSON data {LINK REMOVED}here. 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 in the game and the ... Read more

With every league release, we review and rebalance many aspects of Path of Exile to update and reinvigorate old mechanics while trimming some power from strategies that stand too far above the rest. This time around, our changes are far more thorough. You can read the full Expedition Balance Manifesto {LINK REMOVED}here.

In the Expedition League, you'll be able to earn exclusive microtransactions by completing 40 new challenges. At 12, 24 and 36 challenges, you'll earn the Expedition Footprints, Expedition Weapon Effect and Expedition Portal Effect respectively. Completing challenges also grants you pieces of the Expedition Totem Pole Hideout decoration. You can have a look at them below!


You'll be able to check out the full list of challenges you need to complete for these rewards when Path of Exile: Expedition launches for PC on July 23rd and for console on July 28th.

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 July 20 at 4pm NZT.

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

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We are excited to share with you the announcements from our {LINK REMOVED}exclusive Path of Exile: Expedition livestream! In this news post, we've put together the links to everything that was revealed.

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On July 15th at 1pm (PDT), we will reveal the full details of our upcoming 3.15 expansion via an exclusive livestream. 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 to figure out any last-minute league predictions!


What time does it start? The livestream will start at 1pm (PDT) on July 15th. If in doubt, check out the countdown on the front page of our {LINK REMOVED}website.

What can I expect? We'll start the livestream by revealing the trailer for our 3.15 expansion followed by a deep... Read more

There are just two days to go until our 3.15 expansion announcement livestream. Following the announcements, we have an action-packed week of news planned. We want to let you know what to expect and when you'll be able to begin planning your builds in earnest, so we've prepared next week's news schedule to share with you. Check out the full details below!

This schedule is in PDT

• July 15 - 3.15 Announcement and new supporter packs.
  
• July 16 - 👀
  
• July 17 - 👀
  
• July 18 - Challenge Rewards Revealed.
  
• July 19 - Ultimatum League Ends at 3pm (PDT).
  
• July 19 - 3.15 Private Leagues Are Now Available.
  
• July 19 - 3.15 Balance Manifesto.
  
• July 20 - Patch Notes, Item Filter and Passive Tree Information.
  
• July 21 - All New and Changed Gems.
  
• July 22 - Launch Day Information and Possible Torrent Link.
  
• July 23 - 3.15.0 Expansion L...

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Whether resenting your victories or revelling in your losses, the Trialmaster had the perfect quips for every occasion. Before we say goodbye to the undead entity of Chaos in our 3.15 expansion, we wanted to share some of our favourite lines from Ultimatum.

Should you be skilled and lucky enough to claim victory, you may hear lines such as:

• You've been winning, but can you keep it up?
  
• Random chance must dictate you win... occasionally.
  
• I hope you have enjoyed your brief string of victories.
  
• I am being punished, aren't I?
  
• This time you will finally lose.
  
• I should have become a priest of Yaomac instead…

Challengers that are acquainted with a loss or two may be familiar with these lines:

• You never win, yet you keep trying…
  
• You know the goal is to succeed, yes?
  
• Yes, come lose a trial. Productive.
  
• H...

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