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

As a follow up, we've also released the accompanying Midnight Pact Character Effect and the Midnight Pact Stash Bundle. Please note that the Midnight Pact Stash Bundle can be equipped to your Stash and Guild Stash via the Hideout Cosmetics UI and are only available in your hideout which means that they will not be displayed in town instances.

Check out the Midnight Pact microtransactions by watching the videos below. You can also view the full range in the store by clicking ... Read more

We're ending 2021 with an action-packed series of Path of Exile events in December! We'll share the full announcement in just over a week but in the meantime we wanted to let you know what to expect.

We have six event types planned which begin in early December and run through to the first week of January. While you wait for the full announcement, we can confirm the event dates, duration and that Endless Delve is making a return! We'll also have several days of Path of Exile: Royale featuring Brutus, a version of Royale which made its debut during our recent Twitch Rivals tournament. Zizaran is also hosting another Gauntlet event which will be supported by us in the schedule and with bonus prizes.

Check out the schedule below. These events will all start at Noon Pacific Time.

• December 3 - Endless D...

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If you can't get enough of purple-coloured cosmetics, then you'll love the new Direblade Wings! A pair of black and purple wings on a metallic base perfectly complement the recently released Direblade Armour Set and many other outfits designed in corresponding colours. Watch the video below or get yours ... Read more

For today's news post, our Tech Art Lead Saveun has written about using the Subsurface Refraction technology in Path of Exile. Check it out below!

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Hey, I’m Saveun, Tech Art Lead at Grinding Gear Games and this is a post about my second most favorite piece of rendering tech we have, it’s a shader we refer to as Subsurface Refraction, how it came about and how we use it.

Unsure when exactly we started looking into it but I know this was doing the rounds internally. Focusing on the crystal here, we were trying to pull off that same look. Was cool seeing artists at the ... Read more

The Onyx Oblivion Armour Set introduces a whole new look to one of the popular armour sets. Complete the outfit with the corresponding Onyx Oblivion Wings and other Onyx Oblivion cosmetic effects which were introduced earlier this week. Watch the videos below or click here to get yours!





This weekend we're holding a sale on a huge selection of Skill Effect microtransactions, so make sure to check your watchlist if you've been waiting for a discount for your favourite Skill Effect! The sale includes... Read more

From his "ACTUAL" Path of Exile trailers to his awesome Path of Exile content on Youtube, you're sure to have come across some of the many types of content produced by ItsYoji! Continuing our series of interviews with community streamers, we took a moment to chat with him about his life inside and outside of streaming.

Hi ItsYoji, thank you for taking part in the interview! For those who may not be familiar with you, can you please introduce yourself?

I'm Yoji, a 34 year old gamer, dad, RPG nerd and chemist from Germany who also happens to be a legacy content creator based around Path of Exile.

When did you first get into Path of Exile?

Shortly before Path of Exile released the 1.0 version a friend back during uni started bugging me to try this weird, deep, crazy difficult, complex Action RPG he recent... Read more

Raise an army of undead in a menacing new style with these Oblivion and Onyx Oblivion Necromancer microtransactions! These new cosmetic effects for the Raise Spectre, Raise Zombie, Summon Raging Spirits and Summon Skeleton skills are available in both the Oblivion and Onyx Oblivion themes.

These microtransactions are available for purchase individually and as part of a themed bundle at a discounted price! Take a look at them below or get yours here.





Match your minions with the ... Read more

We are in the second week of Path of Exile: Scourge and we are preparing to deploy Patch 3.16.0d which includes a variety of changes and bug fixes including a fix that will address the counteracting modifiers on Scourge Items. We will be releasing this patch tomorrow. In the meantime, we've prepared a preview of the patch notes for you.

Please note that this is a preview only and some patch notes may be added or removed before it is deployed.

3.16.0d Patch Notes

This patch contains improvements to Scourged items and maps, and fixes a variety of small- and medium-importance bugs.

Scourge Improvements

• Scourged items are no longer be able to generate downsides that would directly counteract their upside. For example, an item with...

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Obliterate your enemies in style with the new Oblivion and Onyx Oblivion Weapon Skins! These weapon skins give your weapons a menacing new look with silver and blue designs on the Oblivion style and black and gold designs on the Onyx Oblivion style. Check them out below or get yours here.





Complete your menacing look with the Oblivion ... Read more

The Scourge League is well and truly underway so we wanted to give you a behind the scenes look at the expansion's development! Check out some of the demonic concept art below.

















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Style yourself with smoky wisps of death and despair with these new Oblivion and Onyx Oblivion themed cosmetic effects! The Oblivion Toxic Rain Effect replaces the regular look of the skill with clouds of silvery blue smoke and eerie grey tendrils that reach out to entangle your enemies. Check it out below or get yours here.



The Oblivion and Onyx Oblivion Weapon Effects give your weapons a sinister new look with blue and black smoke respectively. Check them out below or get yours ... Read more

It's that spooky time of year and our Community Director, Bex, managed to drop in on a zoom meeting with Path of Exile's senior team members in the middle of brainstorming future plans for Path of Exile. She managed to get a screenshot to leak to the community before the ghosts in her internet disconnected her.

If you want to take a trip down memory lane, check out our Halloween meetings from ... Read more

This weekend we're running a sale on most Stash Tabs! You can view the full selection of discounted tabs here. The sale ends at Nov 01, 2021 11:00 PM (EDT) (this is displayed in your local time).

Note that this weekend's sale doesn't include the recently-introduced guild stash tabs. Microtransactions only go on sale once they've been in the store for over four weeks. However, it's still possible to purchase the ... Read more

It's been one week since we launched Path of Exile: Scourge! In addition to the What We're Working On post we described yesterday, we wanted to share what's changing about Scourge's rewards in today's patch.

Problem:
It is too difficult to create enough Scourged Maps to engage with the content as much as players wanted to.

Solution:
Maps now require approximately 50% less corruption to be transformed. This means that at some... Read more

If you're after a new style for your Tornado Shot or looking for a new place to hang out with your friends, we've just released microtransactions for you! The Celestial Tornado Shot replaces the regular look of the skill with a swirling sea of stars. The Tavern Hideout is a spacious new hideout set atop a rocky mountain, ready for you and your friends to chill out in after your adventures through Wraeclast. Check them out below or get yours here.





Thank you for your ongoing support! ... Read more

Path of Exile: Scourge Console Launch and Twitch Rivals Reminder

Path of Exile: Scourge has launched on Xbox and PlayStation consoles!

Console realms have received the 3.16.0 version of Scourge which includes a variety of hotfixes from the PC version that were deployed before and including patch 3.16.0b in addition to console specific fixes. The full console patch notes can be viewed for PlayStation here and for Xbox ... Read more

We're just under one week from the launch of Path of Exile: Scourge and have been closely monitoring feedback ever since. We've deployed a number of hotfixes including the most recent 3.16.0b patch and wanted to let you know what else was on our radar.

Here are the patches so far:

3.16.0 Hotfix 1 Spoiler

• Fixed a bug with Energy Blade where it could d...

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