Path of Exile News

We've just released the Kalandra Mystery Box, a new mystery box without duplicate microtransactions! Each of the microtransactions in this mystery box has visual behaviour that interacts with your gameplay.

There are 14 microtransactions that you can find in the Kalandra Mystery Box. Each of these microtransactions has a varying number of thematic variations, and you'll never receive a duplicate copy of a variation that you have already opened. For example, if you open the Poisonous Torturer's Gloves variant of the Torturer's Gloves, you may later receive the Bloodsoaked variant, but you'll never get a duplicate Poisonous one. Check out the full details at pathofexile.com/mystery-box

Path of Exile: Lake of Kalandra launches soon! In this news post, we've gathered all the information you need to know about what happens on launch day and how to start downloading early.

The realm goes down and patching begins at: Aug 19, 2022 10:00AM (PDT)
The servers go live at: Aug 19, 2022 1:00PM (PDT)

The above times are displayed in your local time zone. You'll need to be logged into your account to see these. To change your local time, go to "My Account", "Manage Account" and "Edit Preferences".

If the timezone is displaying incorrectly for you, please disregard the above timer and refer to the countdown on the front page. Three hours before the end of the countdown, the realm will go down and patching will begin shortly after. When the countdown ends, the servers will be live and you'll be able to join the Kalandra League!

The patch size for the update will be around 4.7GB on the standalone client and 4.7GB on Steam.

Path of Exile: Lake of Kalandra will launch on consoles at Aug 24, 5:00PM (PDT). Downtime will begin for deployment at approximately Aug 24, 2:00PM (PDT)

If you're looking for some extra character slots for the launch, we're running a sale on these right now! This is also your last chance to get Sentinel Mystery Boxes! It will leave the store when our next Mystery Box becomes available! Keep in mind that if you haven't taken advantage of it yet, it's still possible to get one free Sentinel Mystery Box when you spend any amount of points in the store. NOTE: this is only possible once per account. Additional purchases do not grant additional mystery boxes. If you need some extra points, we recommend checking out the Kalandra and Core Supporter Packs.

In case you still haven't decided which build to play with, check out the Class subsections on the forum for suggestions from the community. Many of our community streamers are also providing build guides on YouTube!

For those of you wanting to compete in the upcoming expansion, we are holding a Boss Kill Event where players will race to be the first to kill all seven of the Uber pinnacle bosses available by allocating their respective Atlas keystones! We have exciting prizes lined up for the winners. Find out more in this news post.

If you want a new look to match your build, check out the Nexus stores of your favourite creators for their curated selection of Armour Sets to support them as well as the development of Path of Exile!

When the Lake of Kalandra expansion launches, both the Archnemesis and Sentinel Supporter Packs will leave the store forever, so this is your last chance to purchase them before they are gone! Check out our post here for more information about these packs, or find them in the shop here. The Sentinel and Archnemesis Supporter Packs will be leaving the store at: 19, Aug 1:00PM (PDT)

Don't forget to tune into your favourite Path of Exile stream during the launch of Lake of Kalandra to earn the Arcane Footprints and Arcane Throne Decoration Twitch drops! For more information about how to earn these rewards, check out our recent announcement about this here.

We can't wait to see your latest adventures through Wraeclast. We'll see you at launch!

In the Kalandra League, you'll be able to earn exclusive microtransactions by completing 40 new challenges. At 4, 6, 8, and 10 challenges, you'll receive the Iridescent Helmet Attachment, Iridescent Weapon Effect, Iridescent Character Effect, and Iridescent Wings respectively. Additional tiers of these microtransactions are unlocked as you complete more challenges in the Kalandra League. Completing challenges also grants you pieces of the Kalandra Totem Pole Hideout decoration. Check them out below!

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You'll be able to check out the full list of challenges you need to complete for these rewards when Path of Exile: Lake of Kalandra launches for PC and Mac on August 19th PDT and for console on August 24th PDT.

For a number of years, the PC/Mac version of Path of Exile has used a trade system where players can search for items on a trade website, and then contact those users in-game to arrange a trade. The console version of Path of Exile has used a different system, called the Trade Market. This post details our plans to bring the Trade Site to console players and eventually phase out the Trade Market.

The context for these changes is that of unification. It would be great to see both the console and PC version have the same choice of either mouse/keyboard or game controller. It would be great for them to get the same patches, on the same day, and potentially have cross-play, cross-progression and cross-purchases. All of these are difficult issues that require significant engineering work, platform support and various other factors, so we're not able to promise any of them at this stage. But it's a future we'd love to work towards, and one that requires that Path of Exile is the same on both platforms.

In order for it to be the same, it has to have the same featureset. We have gradually been adding support for the remaining features (guilds were added to console, controller support to PC, lockstep on console is next). But one big difference between the two versions is the way that trade is handled. This will need to be unified as well.

On the console version, the Trade Market tries to make it difficult to find items, but easy to actually purchase them. You have to browse through pages of items in a specific category, a bit like a flea market. When you find something you actually want, you can make an offer that can be asynchronously accepted by the other player.

On the PC version, searching for items on the powerful trade website is extremely easy. Actually trading for the item can be frustrating though, as it's up to you to contact the user in game and complete the trade.

Both of these systems have an element of friction, but this is intentional. We actively want to avoid trade being too fast and easy. For more information, please read our Trade Manifesto. While it may feel obvious to suggest that we combine the two systems so that it's both instant to find items and instant to receive them, we strongly feel this is not the right approach for the long-term health of the game.

We have decided to enable the Trade Site for Path of Exile on console. This does require a web browser to visit, and while the player doesn't necessarily have a computer nearby, they do have access to the console's built-in browser or their mobile devices.

But there's one complexity. Currently, users have to copy/paste a trade message from the website into the game client. This is moderately easy on PC, but would be extremely difficult on console or the website. So we are adding a Direct Whisper button which will detect your current logged-in game session and automatically send the whisper directly from your account to the recipient. This functionality will also apply to the PC version of the trade site.

So either at or a little while after Lake of Kalandra's release, we'll be enabling the trade site for console users. We won't turn off the existing Trade Market just yet (as the trade site for console will essentially be a beta that we want feedback on), but we do plan to replace the Trade Market with this system in the near future.

We believe this feature will both make trade easier for console players overall and will work towards the goal of having Path of Exile be identical regardless of which platform you're playing on. The Direct Whisper button will hopefully also be a nice convenience for players playing any version of the game.