Path of Exile News

Community Showcase

Let me bend your ear for a moment! In today’s news post, we have gathered some awesome creations from our community including a remix of the Maven theme and guitar cover of the Sirus theme, as well as more fantastic fan art. Take a look at their great work below.

[h2] Path of Exile - Maven (aTension Remix - no meme version) by aTension[/h2]

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[h2] Path of Exile: Orion - Guitar Jam Edition by Helscream[/h2]

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[h2] Maven by Cursedone66[/h2]

[h2]Oshabi by Tartharos[/h2]

[h2] Simple Breach Fanart by HoldimProvae[/h2]

[h2] The Envoy by WidoXx[/h2]

[h2] Quin69 - commissioned piece by Mihai Radu[/h2]

If you are inspired and want to create your own fan art, don’t forget to share them with us and your fellow Exiles by posting your submissions on the Community Showcase forum or our subreddit.

Path of Exile's thriving community reminds me of MMOs like WoW

Jumping into Path of Exile in 2021 took me several days of preparation. This wasn't my first time with the free-to-play action-RPG, but it had been a couple of years since my last visit. Path of Exile is bewildering enough to wrap your head around as a new player, but even as a lapsed one there's a lot to learn thanks to quarterly events called challenge leagues. These keep the game brimming with new content and loot to discover, but also include new mechanics for players to assimilate into their grinding.

To give you a little context on just how daunting PoE is to a new player, the passive skill tree boasts over 1,300 nodes to pick from every time you level up. Every item is loaded with stats and attributes to check, and many have buffs associated with skills on that baffling passive skill tree. The prospect of starting out in Path of Exile is aggressively complicated.

However, as a new challenge league was about to start (named 'Ritual'), this seemed like the best opportunity to dive back in. New leagues, much like seasons in Diablo 3, offer players an incentive to build brand-new characters and barrel through the game at breakneck speeds.

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New Discoverable Hideouts

In the Echoes of the Altas expansion, we added two new discoverable hideouts for you to find as you make your way through the Atlas. The Nocturnal Hideout and Primeval Hideout can be obtained from the Moon Temple Map and Primordial Blocks Map respectively. Check them out below.

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We can’t wait to see how you personalise your Hideouts! Don’t forget you can share your creations with us and your fellow exiles in the Hideout Showcase section of the forum.

Echoes of the Atlas Week Two Report

We are near the end of Week 2 in the Echoes of the Atlas expansion. Yesterday, we deployed Patch 3.13.1 which included several improvements. Before we begin the next week, we wanted to give you an update on other things we're working on.

[h2]Texture Streaming[/h2]
Yesterday, we released a Development Manifesto that explains the purpose of Texture Streaming and how we're improving it. Please check it out here.

[h2]Echoes of the Atlas[/h2]
Is the Maven blocking natural master missions from spawning?
We have investigated this and it is working correctly. It appears to just be a streak of bad luck for some players.

Taking Harvest Altas passives in Haewark Hamlet reduces their spawn rate
We've investigated this and haven't found any issues but will run a few more tests for good measure.

I captured 10 bosses and didn't get an invitation from the Maven
This issue should now be fixed. If you have already captured 10 bosses and haven't yet received an invitation, you should receive a guaranteed invitation drop upon your next boss kill within that region.

[h2]Ritual[/h2]
Some Rituals can't be completed because of invisible enemies
We're aware of an issue that prevents influenced monsters from displaying when they're revived in a Ritual. This is fixed internally and should be deployed in one of our next patches.

[h2]General[/h2]
Forking River Map boss is too hard
We've made some improvements to the difficulty of this fight which will be included in a future patch.

Can you add Pure Breachstones and Winged Scarabs to the Fragment Stash Tab?
We're working on something for this, hopefully as part of 3.14.0.

Can you make it more obvious which Master Mission is active on the map device?
Yes, we've recently improved the way this looks. This change should be live now.

Can you increase the capacity of the Horticrafting Station?
Limiting the number of crafts that can be stored is the trade-off for keeping very powerful crafts accessible. We don't have any current plans to increase the storage limit.

[h2]Bugs and Technical Issues[/h2]
The 'Attack Without Moving' toggle is resetting every instance on some skills
We're investigating a few reports like this but don't have any updates to provide just yet.

The Blackflame visual effect is bugged
We don't have a fix for this just yet but are working on the issue.

My Sacred Grove Is Empty
If you find a Sacred Grove that appears empty, it's most likely that you've spawned the Heart of the Grove fight. Travel to the centre of the grove and interact with the vines to begin the fight. We're also working on better signalling that this is the case by adding an icon to the minimap as well as potential other visual indicators to draw people toward the fight.

The Anomalous Golem gem doesn't grant its increased buff effect
We are aware of this and are working on a fix.

Sometimes my Zana mission won't count as completed
We have a fix on the way.

Warlord's Mark on Hit grants less rage than it should
We have a fix for this internally and will deploy it as soon as we can.

Crashes
We have resolved many of the common causes of crashes and continue to monitor and investigate reports as they arise. If you are still experiencing crashes, please post a report on the Tech Support part of the forum. If it appears to be related to a specific game mechanic then please post your report to the Bug Reports forum.

Community Showcase

Detailed replicas of waypoints, beautiful re-imaginings of the Maven and even kitchen knives made of felt! These are just a few examples of the incredible creations our community regularly post in our forums. We’ve gathered these artworks and more in today’s news post to share with you all. Check them out below!

[h2]Maven by FudgeCakeDevil[/h2]

[h2]Project Highgate - Pt1 - Waypoint by ihasaKAROT[/h2]

[h2]The Maven by yy6242[/h2]

[h2]Necromancer Fan Art by AbstractMore[/h2]

[h2]Tattoos by raulguilherme[/h2]

[h2]Witch Fan Art by Gizliat[/h2]

[h2]Maven Fanart by WidoXx[/h2]

[h2]Repentance, Bino’s Kitchen Knife and Herald of Agony Crawler by altair6661486[/h2]

We love seeing your creativity in action so if you’d like to share any artwork or fan art with us and your fellow Exiles, please post your submissions on the Community Showcase forum or our subreddit.