Fog of War Resetting

Recently, I've noticed that when I explore an area, go to town (via portal or waypoint), sell items, and then return — well within 1-2 minutes, if not less—the fog of war resets. I can click a checkpoint and still see all the ones I've unlocked, but the whole map is blank.
The map is still the same and the monsters have not reset - so it's not like the 8-15 minute map-timeout that happens when you leave an instance for too long.

I've even had it happen in the Manor (Act 1) and the crypts, which have side rooms you have to enter through actual doors. You run in, grab the treasure, read a book/listen to the audio, and then return to the main map, and the fog of war resets.

This had not happened before this past weekend (Dec 20). So I'm not sure if there was a patch or not that caused this.

I'm on PS5.
Last edited by LordMallus#9697 on Dec 23, 2024, 12:35:55 PM
Last bumped on Feb 20, 2025, 3:04:36 PM
Agreed. Fog of War should ONLY reset on death and map reset. If the map hasn't changed and monsters haven't reset, it should NEVER return FoW. The only thing this brings to the game is aggravation.
I totally agree too.

It is an other thing, among many others, that is frustrating in Path of Exile 2 and this is nonsense obviously. There is no reset when we teleport in town for 30 seconds or 2 minutes, to finish a quest or talk to a NPC for a new quest.

Please, GGG, Fix that awful behavior.
Same here, I'm also on PS5. I really hope GGG fixes this in the near future. It's very annoying that fog of wars resets only because you went back to town to sell an item. Forces you to re-run over the areas you have already cleared just to be sure you are not missing anything in the map.

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