News Archive

With Patch 2.2.1 we're introducing the Solaris Mystery Box, which is on sale until the end of the Perandus Leagues (May 30)! Each box grants you one random Solaris-themed microtransaction, with value equal to at least that of the box (25 points). There are 32 awesome prizes to win including two new armour sets! Check out this video compilation of all the microtransactions contained in the Solaris Mystery Box! Read More.

Chris, Jonathan and Erik are going to be in San Francisco next week for the Game Developers Conference. If you're interested in meeting with the founders of Path of Exile, they'll be hosting a fan meet-up on Sunday March 13th at 3pm! If you're in or around the area, you should come on by! Read More.

With the weekend's initial launch of Ascendancy out of the way, our development team is now focused on fixing follow-up issues and making improvements based on player feedback. Today's news post details some of the areas we're working on. Read More.

Clear the day, get your snacks, throw the cat outside - Ascendancy launches tomorrow! At 9am Pacific time the realm will go down for three hours. At this time you'll be able to start patching the expansion. At noon Pacific time the realm will come back and Path of Exile: Ascendancy and the Perandus Challenge leagues will be live! Read More.

We've gathered the relevant information you'll need to update your item filter in time for Ascendancy. If you're following someone else's loot filter it's likely that they'll update it and you'll need to download it again. If you're writing your own filter, here's some information you might need! Read More.

The Perandus Challenge Leagues launch on March 4th alongside Path of Exile: Ascendancy. In the midst of taking on the Lord's Labyrinth and hunting for Perandus' treasure, there are also forty challenges to test yourself against for exclusive rewards. Completing thresholds of these challenges can earn you the Perandus Footprints, Perandus Weapon Effect and Perandus Portal Effect. Interested? Check out a video of these effects! Read More.

A very hot topic in the Path of Exile community is the upcoming improvements to trade. I'm happy to announce that the first wave of these improvements is complete. The first is removing the need to use third party tools to index your items by adding public stash tabs, and the second is adding support for third-party indexing websites to be able to find out if users are online reliably. We expect these to be deployed tomorrow alongside the updates to the third-party websites that we have been working with. Read More.

Alongside the Ascendancy expansion on March 4th, we're introducing a selection of new skills for Melee characters. Sunder is one of them, a mid-level skill that excels at destroying large groups of monsters. Read More.

When Ascendancy launches in less than two weeks, we're introducing many new Unique items. Today's news post showcases five of them. Read More.