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Zizaran’s Class Gauntlet Event Starts on April 8th

We’re once again partnering with Zizaran for another Class Gauntlet event which will start on April 8th PDT. Racers will need to endure some of the most challenging conditions Wraeclast can throw at them in order to survive the Rapture Gauntlet!

The Event will take place in a Hardcore Solo Self-Found Mirage Event League with a range of dynamic damage and life mods as well as some other surprises… Good luck Exiles!

[h2]Information, Start Time and How to Join[/h2]
The following modifiers will be active and apply to monsters and bosses:

New Modifiers
  • Act Bosses and Endgame Point Related Bosses inflict Ruin with some abilities, 7 stacks of Ruin will cause you to instantly die.
  • Some Monster packs in areas are replaced with Ultimatum Enemies


Area Level 1-45
  • 20% less Damage Taken
  • 20% Increased Damage
  • 10% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed
  • 2 Additional Projectiles
  • 20% Elemental Penetration


Area Level 46-67
  • 30% less Damage Taken
  • 30% Increased Damage
  • 30% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed
  • Monsters Have 100% Increased Area of Effect
  • 30% Physical Damage as Extra Chaos


Area Level 68-72
  • 20% less Damage Taken
  • 20% Increased Damage
  • 20% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed


Area Level 73-77
  • 25% less Damage Taken
  • 25% Increased Damage
  • 25% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed


Area Level 78-83 (Note: Applies to Nightmare Maps)
  • 30% less Damage Taken
  • 30% Increased Damage
  • 15% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed


(New) Nightmare Maps
  • Bosses drop 4 fragments


(New) Regular Pinnacle Bosses
  • 150% Increased Unique Monster Life
  • 40% Increased Damage
  • Trialmaster Apparitions


Area Level 85+ (Uber Bosses)
  • (New) 150% Increased Unique Monster Life
  • 100% Increased Damage
  • 40% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed
  • 3 Additional Projectiles
  • Monsters have 50% Increased Area of Effect
  • Trialmaster Apparitions
  • Consume Additional Portal on Entry



The Gauntlet will be held as an Event League on PC and Console that is available to all players during the event by clicking "Join" in the bottom right corner of the character select screen.

Players will receive points once per character based on their level, specific boss kills and select Maven's Invitations. Don't forget, to get boss kill points you must submit your kills in the Path of Exile Community Racing Discord which you can join by clicking here.

Start time: 3PM April 8th PDT. The event will last for 7 days. A countdown is available here.

[h2]New Rules[/h2]
The following will be drop disabled for the Gauntlet:

  • Transfusion Support
  • Minion Pact Support



[h2]Portal Limitation Rule[/h2]
(This rule now only applies to Uber Bosses in Area Level 85)
The player will receive 3 portals to complete their boss as the game itself has the Consume Additional Portal on Entry modifier for Area level 85+.

[h2]Public Profile Rule:[/h2]
All participants that wish to compete for ANY Cash or Class Prizes will need their profile to be public at all times. Raffles are exempt from this rule.

A full set of rules can be found here.

[h2]Prize Pool[/h2]
The prize pool is crowdfunded by Zizaran’s event partners and community streamers! In addition, streamers and their communities will be able to create a bounty with the money they fundraise for the event. Bounties are a custom prize that can be awarded to players for achieving a specified goal in the vent. This Gauntlet will also have Flash bounties which are bounties that will pop up in the Racing Discord during the event! Keep an eye out on social media for announcements regarding when these fundraisers will take place and what they will be!

Zizaran's event partners will match donations to the prize pool (up to $25,000).

  • The total prize pool minus bounties will be awarded as follows:


  • Rank 1 Overall: 12% Bonus
  • Rank 2 Overall: 4% Bonus


Witches
  • Top Witch: 8%
  • Second Witch: 4%
  • Third Witch: Maraketh Character Effect & Harmonious Weapon Effect


Shadows
  • Top Shadow: 8%
  • Second Shadow: 4%
  • Third Shadow: Maraketh Character Effect & Harmonious Weapon Effect


Rangers
  • Top Ranger: 8%
  • Second Ranger: 4%
  • Third Ranger: Maraketh Character Effect & Harmonious Weapon Effect


Duelists
  • Top Duelist: 8%
  • Second Duelist: 4%
  • Third Duelist: Maraketh Character Effect & Harmonious Weapon Effect


Marauders
  • Top Marauder: 8%
  • Second Marauder: 4%
  • Third Marauder: Maraketh Character Effect & Harmonious Weapon Effect


Templars
  • Top Templar: 8%
  • Second Templar: 4%
  • Third Templar: Maraketh Character Effect & Harmonious Weapon Effect


Scions
  • Top Scion: 8%
  • Second Scion: 4%
  • Third Scion: Maraketh Character Effect & Harmonious Weapon Effect

Everyone who defeats Hillock will receive a new Gauntlet Glove Effect that will keep track of the highest level you reach in the Gauntlet. If you manage to complete the campaign you’ll also receive a Last of the Druids Mystery Box!

[h2]Random Draw[/h2]
Leveling your characters to certain levels will enter you into the random drawings for Microtransactions as well as physical prizes supplied by Zizaran’s event partners and Grinding Gear Games! Each character that reaches the goal will give you another entry, so don’t delete your characters if you want to be entered for these raffles!


[h2]Where to Watch[/h2]
You can catch exciting moments from the event by checking out Zizaran’s Youtube Channel for highlights!

There will be live casting every day of the Gauntlet on Zizaran's Twitch Channel. More information on the cast will soon follow!

Special thanks to community members Rasmuskl, MrMadakey, Ultimativ, Skryah, Kikis, OMGItsJousis and Viyro for their contributions to this event.

Good luck to all those participating!

New Microtransactions - Weekend Weapon and Shields Sale

Raise your shields! This weekend we’re running a massive sale for Weapon, Shield and Finisher Effects with over 600 microtransactions available at a discounted price. The sale ends on March 30th at 5pm PDT.

Challenge the Afarud with the ancient magic of the Harmonious Weapon and Harmonious Weapon Effect. Match them with the Gold Fluttering Scarab Shield, Harmonious Armour Set and Wasteland Character Effect for a striking set worthy of any Sekhema.



In case you’re looking for something new to customize your character with, there are more Originator’s and Awakener’s cosmetic effects available now, including Character and Weapon Effects.

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Thanks for your ongoing support!



Community Showcase

The community showcase is back! In this post, we’re highlighting creative art submissions in audio and visual form inspired by Path of Exile 1 and Path of Exile 2.

Submit your art at our Community Showcase forum for a chance to be highlighted in our future post!

[h2]Path of Exile 2 - The Last of the Druids (aTension remix) by aTension[/h2]
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[h2]Path of Exile - Mirage (Metal Remix) by Squeeze Feat. Neel Sinha[/h2]
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[h2]Templar by QueenNie[/h2]

[h2]Disciple of Varashta Botanical Sorceress by USGCreative[/h2]

[h2]Orbs are Everywhere Tattoo shared by Rahim[/h2]

[h2]Orb of Annulment Tattoo shared by brawlingpanda01[/h2]

[h2]Solaris & Lunaris Tattoo shared by SenorAsssHat[/h2]

[h2]Maven Tattoo shared by Tough-Ad-2190[/h2]

[h2]Mirror of Kalandra by ixdigol[/h2]

[h2]Divine Orb Patch by mgrad[/h2]

3.28.0e Patch Notes Preview

Later this week, we’ll be deploying the 3.28.0e patch for Path of Exile: Mirage. The patch will allow certain buff effects to persist through combat areas, as well as introduce further Atlas UI/UX improvements and some bug fixes. Here is a preview!

The Mirage Challenge League
  • Some buff effects now transition with you through combat areas like temporary minions. These include Rage, Fortify, most charges, and Shrines (excluding Evolving Shrine).
  • On first moving after entering a Mirage, a powerful shockwave will trigger to stun enemies near the player. This is to mitigate situations where the player is immediately swarmed on entering a Mirage.
  • Corrected the error message that displays when trying to use the Divine Font on an Imbued Gem.
  • Fixed a bug with several wishes that added extra monster packs to the Mirage, where the added packs could be spawned outside the Mirage zone and therefore not appear.
  • Mirages will no longer spawn in a particular City Square room that made them unable to spread very far.
  • The Astral-touched modifier now has special font colouring
General Improvements
  • Unique Maps will no longer show the "Bonus Objective" line when viewing the advanced mod descriptions.
  • Fixed a UI bug where some Atlas nodes in the far corners of the Atlas were not hoverable when the corresponding Voidstone had been unlocked.
  • Added more informative error messages when applying Memory Threads to invalid nodes on your Atlas.
  • While viewing the Atlas, hovering or holding a map will cause Atlas nodes of that map tier to highlight with a white glow.
  • The Map Device will no longer show the Maven/Eater/Exarch influence buttons for Unique maps that can't be Witnessed.
  • All uncompleted Unique maps on the Atlas will stop pulsing blue once you have completed any 10 Unique maps.
  • Kirac's Invitation UI will no longer show the Maven/Eater/Exarch influence buttons.
  • While using Chaos Orbs, you can now hold Alt to swap to using an Exalted Orb.
  • Added extra reminder text to the Transfusion Support to state that it prioritises the closest Minion that isn't already at maximum Souls.
Bug Fixes
  • Harvest Bosses will transition back into their regular forms 40 seconds after starting a vine phase.
  • The Misty Reflection skill from the Delirious Bloodline can no longer be repeated. Fixes a bug where if the skill repeated your character would be invisible and unusable for the rest of that area.
  • Fixed a bug where you couldn't get Remembrance charges for Legacy of the Rose staff after entering a boss room.
  • Fixed a bug where the last shard fired by Eye of Winter of Transience was in the wrong location
  • Fixed a bug where magic monsters around bismuth ore could have duplicate monster mods
  • Fixed a bug where the Influencing Scarab of Interference couldn't be used alongside the Horned Scarab of Awakening.
  • Fixed a bug where the Shaper time stop during the Nightmare of Lycia boss in the Sanctuary Map could prevent the Nightmare of Lycia from transitioning to her Storm Call phase, rendering the fight incompletable.
  • Fixed a bug where the Incarnation of Dread could rarely leave an invisible donut area of Fire damage over time after the Incarnation of Dread had died.
  • Fixed a bug where the Incarnation of Dread in the Feared Maven Invitation would continue to spawn areas of Chilled Ground after dying.
  • Fixed a bug where Serpent Warrior Spectres were not using skills when Defensive.
  • Fixed an issue where vaal impurities did not apply their buff to you.
  • Fixed the Harvest Craft for +0.1 metres to Weapon Range per 10% Quality having an incorrect description at the Horticrafting Station.
  • Fixed a display bug where Corrupted Maps were not displaying "Area is Corrupted"
  • Fixed a bug introduced in 3.28, where the array of beams from the mirror in the Nightmare of Uhtred fight no longer had a medium-sized gap in the middle of the array.
  • Fixed a bug where players could not toggle Eldritch influence when interacting with Eagon's Map Device when using a controller.
  • Fixed a client crash on macOS.
  • Fixed 2 client crashes.

Mirage Supporter Packs Concept Art - Curator of Wisdom Series

With the launch of the Mirage League, we introduced two new Supporter Packs. One of them is the Curator of Wisdom Series, featuring a selection of microtransactions themed around the scholar of the desert with their magical scrolls. We’ve gathered some pieces of concept art in today's post.

Check them out below!

[h2]Grand Curator of Wisdom Armour Pack[/h2]

[h2]Travelling Wisdom Back Attachment[/h2]

[h2]Titan Apex Hideout[/h2]

[h2]Scroll Portal Bundle[/h2]

[h2]Scrollshaper Familiar Pet[/h2]