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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: Dec 09, 2022 11:00 AM (EST)
The servers go live at: Dec 09, 2022 2:00 PM (EST)

The above times are displayed in your local time zone. You'll need to be logged into your account to see these. To change your local time, go to "My Account", "Manage Account" and "Edit Preferences".

If the timezone is displaying incorrectly for you, please disregard the above timer and refer to the countdown on the front page. Three hours before the end of the countdown, the realm will go down and patching will begin shortly after. When the countdown ends, ... Read more

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.

Below are all the new and changed gems in Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

New Gems

Updated Gems

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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 ...

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Private Leagues for Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum are now available!

Private Leagues for Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum expansion launch are now available! Those of you who are planning to play in a Private Sanctum League at launch are now able to create them beforehand. Click here to set up your Private League (don't forget to double check the start time of your league upon creating)! Ruthless will also be available as an option for your private leagues. Please note that you won't be able to participate in these events until they officially launch on December 9th (PST).

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 The Forbidden Sanctum expansion, there have been many questions from the community on a range of topics discussed during the reveal and the subsequent ... Read more

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 here.

The 50 Point Sale will run from the time of this post until Dec 05, 2022 7:00 PM (EST) (This is displayed in your local time).

In case you need points for this sale, we recommend checking out our new ... Read more

On December 1st at 11am PST we'll unveil the mysteries of the Forbidden Sanctum expansion via an exclusive livestream on 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 Decemb... 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 www.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 3.20 balance manifesto that covered topics related to Curses. Today's post answers some of your questions about this manifesto.

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Are you changing Bane?

Bane will also have a curse penalty similar to Hextouch and Blasphemy.

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In this post we will compile all the Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum teasers as they're posted. The most recent will always be at the top.

Here are a some new small Blight-related Atlas Passive nodes, as well as a new Notable!

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Check out these Expedition notables on the Atlas Passive Tree

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Otherworldly Artefacts is another new Breach-related Notable Pas...

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Our last three manifestos covered Jewels and Ailment Mitigation, the replacement of Archnemesis modifiers and 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 of monsters more balanced.

TLDR:

• Hidden monster penalties against curses have been removed.


• Hexes are now stronger against unique monsters and at least twice as strong against pinnacle bosses, but are weaker against regular monsters.


• The Doom mechanic has been removed, to simplify the Hex system. Anything related to Doom has been reworked so that it's comparable to before.


• The Occultist ascendancy class has had some stats removed and moved around to counteract some of the pow...

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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 here!

Not sure what to get? Check out the set below, which includes the ... Read more

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 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.

What one thing caught your attention ...

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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. Show AllHide All

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. Th...

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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 ...

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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) which is Nov 21, 2022 3:00 PM (EST) (Log ... Read more

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

Since the mods are simplified and separated, does that mean rare monsters wi...

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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 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!

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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 rat...

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