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The Forbidden Sanctum Item Filter Update

The upcoming 3.20.1 content update includes some new items obtainable in The Forbidden Sanctum, so today we're providing the Item Filter information you need to get ready for this update.

If you're not sure what to do with this information, don't worry too much! We'll update Path of Exile's built-in item filter alongside the 3.20.1 update.

[h3]New Items[/h3]
Item Class: Stackable Currency
  • Lycia's Invocation of Minion Instability
  • Lycia's Invocation of Conduit
  • Lycia's Invocation of Acrobatics
  • Lycia's Invocation of Iron Reflexes
  • Lycia's Invocation of Resolute Technique
  • Lycia's Invocation of Unwavering Stance
  • Lycia's Invocation of Eldritch Battery
  • Lycia's Invocation of Blood Magic
  • Lycia's Invocation of Pain Attunement
  • Lycia's Invocation of Elemental Equilibrium
  • Lycia's Invocation of Iron Grip
  • Lycia's Invocation of Point Blank
  • Lycia's Invocation of Arrow Dancing
  • Lycia's Invocation of Ancestral Bond
  • Lycia's Invocation of Ghost Reaver
  • Lycia's Invocation of Vaal Pact
  • Lycia's Invocation of Zealot's Oath
  • Lycia's Invocation of Avatar of Fire
  • Lycia's Invocation of Mind Over Matter
  • Lycia's Invocation of Elemental Overload
  • Lycia's Invocation of Perfect Agony
  • Lycia's Invocation of Crimson Dance
  • Lycia's Invocation of Runebinder
  • Lycia's Invocation of Wicked Ward
  • Lycia's Invocation of Call to Arms
  • Lycia's Invocation of Eternal Youth
  • Lycia's Invocation of Glancing Blows
  • Lycia's Invocation of Wind Dancer
  • Lycia's Invocation of The Agnostic
  • Lycia's Invocation of Supreme Ego
  • Lycia's Invocation of Imbalanced Guard
  • Lycia's Invocation of The Impaler
  • Lycia's Invocation of Hex Master
  • Lycia's Invocation of Magebane
  • Lycia's Invocation of Iron Will
  • Lycia's Invocation of Solipsism
  • Lycia's Invocation of Ghost Dance
  • Lycia's Invocation of Divine Shield
  • Lycia's Invocation of Versatile Combatant
  • Lycia's Invocation of Lethe Shade
  • Lycia's Invocation of Precise Technique


3.20.1: Improved Kirac's Vault Pass and Sanctum Content Update

Next week we're planning to deploy the 3.20.1 update which improves the current Kirac's Vault pass, introduces new Sanctum content (including Unique Relics and their special rewards), and the 2023 Core Supporter Packs. Find out more in this news post.

[h3]Improved Kirac's Vault Pass[/h3]
We launched this league's Kirac Vault Pass a few days ago, with nine exclusive unique item skins. In 3.20.1, we're adding five more microtransactions to the pass, in the form of these additional mystery boxes from Path of Exile's past: Warlord, Polaris, Twilight, Harmony and Sin/Innocence.

If you've already bought your pass, it'll be automatically updated to include the new mystery boxes that can be unlocked, when 3.20.1 releases next week.

[h3]Unique Relics and New Rewards[/h3]


The 3.20.1 update introduces the concept of Unique Relics. Every time you defeat the final form of the Sanctum Boss, she'll drop a Unique Relic which challenges you to complete an entire run of The Forbidden Sanctum at area level 80+ under special rules. If you're able to complete such a run, you'll be rewarded in new and special ways. However, the Unique Relic will be destroyed regardless of the outcome of your run, so if you fail to complete it, you'll forfeit your potential rewards.

We'll go into more detail about Unique Relics and their rewards in the patch notes next week, but for the time being, here's a teaser of one of the possible rewards you can earn:



[h3]Other Improvements to Sanctum[/h3]
We're making Sanctum more multiplayer-friendly in 3.20.1 by changing it so that party members get to store a Sanctum room for later when the map owner runs their Sanctum room for the area.

The patch also contains a variety of other smaller improvements, such as having the Resolve Bar flash when your Resolve changes, and adding notifications for which specifics Afflictions have been removed by Accursed Pacts or Radiant Fountains.


[h3]New Core Packs Available Soon[/h3]
The 2023 series of Core Supporter Packs will be released next week! This means it's your last chance to get the 2022 set of Imperator, Nullifier, Annihilator, Ravager, and Incinerator Core Supporter Packs. If you don't want to miss out, get yours in-game by pressing M to open the store.

Thanks for your support!

Community Showcase

Our community never misses a beat when it comes to new fanart. Check out some of the highlights in today's post!

[h2]Divinia by envatilea via Reddit[/h2]




[h2]Super Neck 3 by Sk_Gunoo via Reddit[/h2]




[h2]Encounter with Braom, the First Experiment by @NieNieArt via Twitter[/h2]




[h2]Shaper by Nez4rk[/h2]




[h2]Divinia by Conqista via Reddit[/h2]



If you've been inspired and would like to share your creations with us, make sure to post them in our Community Showcase Forum!

What's been discovered so far?

The Forbidden Sanctum opened its doors last weekend and the community have been discovering lots of new things! Check out today's post which rounds-up some new items, Divination Cards and a few community highlights!

[h3]New Unique Items[/h3]
We would first like to show off two new Unique items designed by a couple winners from the Sentinel Boss Kill Event.

While both of their creators have already shown off their creations on their social media, we wanted to highlight them to the community!



Annihilation's Approach are a pair of Unique Boots that were designed by imexile, and drops from the Uber Searing Exarch. While it provides juicy bonuses, you'll need to find a way to mitigate its burning downside!

Nimis is a Unique Ring designed by Jungroan, and drops from the Uber Eater of Worlds. It makes your projectiles return to you after their flight, but it makes them go in random directions too.

The next three uniques are Sanctum League exclusive uniques and have already been discovered by the community!



The Balance of Terror is a Unique Jewel that can roll a plethora of mods based on Hexes that you cast. Think of it as a Watcher's Eye, but for Hexes!

Sandstorm Visage makes your Base Critical Strike Chance of Spells match the Critical Strike Chance of your main hand weapon, but makes it so you can't critically strike with attacks. Great for hand-casting spells, but maybe not so much for Cast on Crit builds!

Finally, The Winds of Fate is a new Unique Staff that gives a huge damage boost, but caps your Maximum Critical Strike Chance at 50% and makes your non-critical strikes deal no damage. You'll need to find the right balance (or combination of mechanics) to take advantage of it.

The next unique item drops from the Uber Maven fight and has a similar theme to the Starforge and Voidforge Unique Swords.



Echoforge's stat ranges are quite high, so you'll either need to be very lucky or sink a lot of Divine Orbs to get a good roll! Echoforge has the following stat ranges:
  • Adds (600-650) to (750-800) Chaos Damage
  • 16% reduced Attack Speed to 16% increased Attack Speed
  • -200 to 200 to Maximum Life
  • 40% reduced Area of Effect for Attacks to 40% increased Area of Effect for Attacks

The last Unique that's been discovered by the community was designed by a supporter.



The supporter wanted its visual design to match Shavronne's Wrappings and makes increases and reductions to your Cast Speed apply to your Attack Speed as well!

[h3]New Divination Cards[/h3]
Outside the Divination Cards that we teased before launch, more cards that were released in The Forbidden Sanctum have been found! If you haven't seen them yet, check them out below!





[h3]The Forbidden Sanctum[/h3]
A lot of Streamers and content creators have been exploring the secrets and mysteries of The Forbidden Sanctum. A few people have conquered the final boss that awaits you at the end too! We've added in some highlights below of some cool Sanctum runs and encounters.

If you do not want to be spoiled on The Forbidden Sanctum's content or lore, please be warned that the videos below contain spoilers!

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Kirac's Vault

We have released a new version of Kirac's Vault Pass that contains unique item skin rewards that are exclusive to this league! Each of these rewards visually interacts with gameplay in some way and will leave the store forever when the Sanctum League ends. After purchasing the pass, you can earn its rewards in the Atlas endgame by completing map objectives. Check out the Kirac's Vault Pass in-game by clicking on the icon in the top-left of your Atlas or by pressing M to open the store!

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