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Last week, Lead Developer Chris Wilson had the opportunity to sit down and have a chat with Josh Strife Hayes about game design philosophies and more about Path of Exile. Josh has uploaded the video to his channel, which you can check out below!



Thanks again to Josh for hosting and having a chat!

This weekend, we're running a sale on popular microtransactions! Check out the full selection of sale items here.

The sale ends at Jul 18, 2022 8:00 PM (EDT) (this is displayed in your local time).

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Earlier this week, we announced the winners of the Well Dressed Exile competition. There was an overwhelming amount of excellent submissions, so today we'd like to showcase several of the competition's runners-up!

Each runner-up will receive their choice of any footprint effect from the store as a prize.

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Later this week, we're planning to deploy 3.18.1d which includes a few improvements and bug fixes. In this news post we've prepared a preview of its patch notes.

The following patch notes are still subject to change prior to the patch's deployment. We'll deploy the 3.18.1d update on consoles as soon as possible after its release on PC.

3.18.1d Patch Notes

This patch contains a handful of improvements and bug fixes, alongside fixes for a couple of client crashes.

• Divine Vessels are now able to modify Maps while you have the Stream of Consciousness Atlas Keystone Passive allocated.


• The Soul Conduit monster modifier now raises a maximum of 30 nearby monsters to fight again on death.


• Fixed a bug where defeating Aul, the Crystal King wa...

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As the ongoing Sentinel League progresses, we wanted to shed some light on our next expansion's release date.

The 3.19 expansion will probably launch on August 12th PDT, which means that the Sentinel League will end on approximately the 9th of August PDT. We'll confirm Sentinel's end date later in the news as we get closer to it. As usual, we'll unveil the details of the expansion a week before the launch during a livestream. Please note that the above dates are just our current plan, and we may have to change them if development runs into any issues (if so, it'd likely just be back one week).

As we have said earlier, the 3.19 expansion, as well as all future expansions in the leadup to Path of Exile 2, will contain further improvements to Path of Exile's endgame. And of course, you can expect a new challenge league ... Read more

Last month we launched the Well-dressed Exile competition where players could compete with and without microtransactions to create the best look for some awesome prizes! After going through everyone's submissions, we're now ready to announce the winners!

Prizes

Both the Premium and Natural categories will have their own prize pools.

Top Three

• A custom forum avatar that features the winning outfit
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This weekend, we're running a sale on microtransactions from the Harmony Mystery Box! If you're looking for cosmetic effects themed around Zana and The Shaper, now's your chance to fill your wardrobe! Check out the video below to see what's in the box, or peruse the sale here.



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For the launch of the Sentinel League on consoles, we opened the Boss Kill Event to all our console players to compete for prizes! All winners have been locked in and we'd like to congratulate them!

For this console event, players had to be the first of five to complete all seven Uber Pinnacle Boss Encounters in their respective SSF Sentinel Leagues:

• The Uber Eater of Worlds


• The Uber Searing Exarch


• The Uber Maven


• Uber Sirus


• Uber Venarius


• Uber Uber Elder


• Uber Shaper

The prizes awarded to our winners are as follows, each for PlayStation and Xbox:

• 1st Place: Collaborate on the design of a Divination Card, and receive a Godslayer's Pride microtransaction.


• 2nd-5th P...

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We went through our Hideout Showcase forum again to highlight some of your amazing hideout designs with the rest of the community! If you're looking for a new Hideout or need some inspiration for your next one, check them out in the showcase below!



Here's a list of the hideouts featured in the video (.hideout files are available for download in corresponding forum threads):

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Community streamer Zizaran is back with another 10-day Class Gauntlet Event which starts on July 15th PDT. Racers will level characters and kill challenging bosses to earn points and compete to find out how each of the classes fare against some of Path of Exile's most difficult encounters. The event will take place in a Hardcore Solo Self-Found Event League provided by us with a range of damage and life mods which are now dynamic. The prize pool is funded by the community and Zizaran's event partners.

Information, Start Time and How to Join

The following mods active for the event apply to monsters:
Acts 1-5

• 20% less Damage Taken


• 20% Increased Damage


• 10% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed


• 1 Additional Projectile

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This weekend we are running a Stash Tab Sale! You can view the full selection of discounted tabs here. The Stash Tab sale ends at Jul 04, 2022 9:00 PM (EDT) (this is displayed in your local time).

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" riot42lol wrote: Most of us did not know we needed cool character posing and put it good location. I mean, that has nothing to do with "Well-Dress" part, does it?

The poses and location of each entry aren't part of our judgement requirements. These are screenshots we took by taking player's submitted outfits and recreating them in order to highlight some of the competition entries!

Later today, we're planning to deploy 3.18.1c which includes a few improvements and bug fixes. In this news post we've prepared a preview of its patch notes.

The following patch notes are still subject to change prior to the patch's deployment. We'll deploy the 3.18.1c update on consoles as soon as possible after its release on PC.

3.18.1c Patch Notes

This patch contains further improvements to Path of Exile's texture system, alongside a number of general improvements and bug fixes.

General Improvements and Changes

• Improved the texture system's memory usage and performance.


• Heist Contracts and Blueprints now display which job level requirements are unmet in red.


• You can now change the keybind for openi...

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We're in the final week of the Well-dressed Exile Competition before entries close on July 4th (PDT)! Here's our last set of highlights where we replicated your outfits to take our own screenshots. Feel free to use them as wallpapers! Check them out below!

Premium Category

Vanetrik1

Ximia

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We recently asked Dominic, one of our Sound Designers, to share some insights into the process of designing audio for the Sentinel League. Check out the article below if you're looking for a sneak peek into our development process.

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Hello! I’m Dominic, one of the audio engineers on the team at GGG. Recently you all would have been enjoying our latest league, Sentinel. I thought I would share a little on the design process from an audio team member’s perspective.

The sound design for Sentinel was a challenge. We aim for a dark and gritty sound in Wraeclast, so how do we make these enigmatic and technologically ancient sentinels fit into that world? The first part was easy. We needed a set of emerging, attack/empower and submerge audio. With the words metallic, ancient and enigmatic in mind, I went str... Read more

Our community is filled with heaps of talent, so for today's news post we wanted to share works that we've found from our Community Showcase forum and on Reddit! Check them out in today's news post!

The Void Card by ...

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We've gathered up some pieces of concept art for a range of items and microtransactions. If you enjoy seeing the awesome artwork from our team, make sure you check them out!

Echoes of Creation

Ophidian Armour

Underworld Portal

Soul Harvester's Cloak

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This weekend, we're hosting a sale on a huge selection of Weapon and Shield Effects and Skins! If you're looking to expand what's in your cosmetic armory, be sure to check out the sale here. The sale ends at Jun 27, 2022 9:00 PM (EDT) (this is displayed in your local time).

Not sure what to get? Why not check out the ... 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 Esoro that focuses on using The Devouring Diadem. Check it out below!



For more information on the Vault Pass, be sure to check out www.pathofexile.com/vault. If you're interested in trying out Esoro's build, check out their extremely detailed video guide ... Read more

Disintegrate your foes with the new Demonic Poisonous Concoction Effect! This Microtransaction turns the potion attached to your belt into a red one & also changes the explosions into a red, Demonic Mist! Check it out in the video below, or get yours here!



Thanks for your support!