Path of Exile News

On May 29th and 30th, veteran community member, streamer and racer, Havoc616, will be hosting the Havoc Blast Event! Across four sessions over the two days, teams will compete for points in a Private Ultimatum League. The winners will share in a crowdfunded cash prize pool as well as microtransactions provided by us.

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Schedule
Day 1 Start: May 29, 2021 04:00 AM (PDT) (Countdown is available here)
Day 2 Start: May 30, 2021 04:00 AM (PDT) (Countdown is available here)

Prize Pool:

• 1st: 30%
  
• 2nd: 25%
  
• 3rd: 20%
  
• 4th: 15%
  
• 5th: 10%
  
• 6th - 10th: Sin Armour Pack, Footprints & Weapon Effect
• 11th - 15th: Smoking Hood and Void Weapon Skin

If you would like to catch the action live, RaizQT will be casting the event over on his Twitch channel. Highlights will also be posted on Havoc616’s YouTube Channel.

Click here to learn more about the event, how to join, the rules in place, the point system, prizes, or to contribute to the event's prize pool. You can also join the POE Racing Discord here.

Shout out to community members Faderon, Brittleknee, SK_Gunoo, Muqve, Xayazi, Nerfox and Pertinax for their work behind the scenes to help make this event a reality.

Good luck to everyone who’s participating!

We love seeing the creativity within our community and wanted to take a moment to showcase some of the incredible pieces you've shared with us recently. Check them out below!

[h2]Solaris and Lunaris by rain8owghost[/h2]


[h2]Glimpse of Chaos by WidoXx[/h2]


[h2]Pixel Twilight Strand by gentlemanWiz[/h2]


[h2]Ship Graveyard by WidoXx[/h2]


[h2]Crochet Jun and Zana by Hellfirenerk[/h2]


[h2]Still Alive - Music Arrangement by thetigerblack[/h2]
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If you are inspired to create an artwork of your own, make sure you check out our Path of Exile Fan Art Competition, which we launched earlier this week. We can't wait to see what you all come up with next!

About a week ago, we asked for your questions about game mechanics to help the community understand some of the intricacies of Path of Exile! We've collected a variety of questions and have answered them on our forum here!

Within the next few days (possibly as early as tomorrow), we're planning to deploy Patch 3.14.1d which includes the video memory utilisation improvements that we discussed last week.

[h3]3.14.1d Patch Notes[/h3]

• The Path of Exile client now utilises your system's video memory more efficiently, which means that assets will stay loaded for longer. For systems with sufficient video memory, this will result in significantly fewer assets being visibly loaded during gameplay.
  
• Added 'Wipe Cache' button in Options. While we clear Path of Exile's cache periodically, this button can be used on demand to attempt to troubleshoot issues that may be due to invalid files, or if the cache grows too large.
  

We'll be keeping a close eye on players' reports of their experiences after this patch. As we mentioned last week, this patch is not a panacea for every single graphical/performance issue in the game, but we expect it to have a large impact on making things feel a lot better for most users.

We have a few other performance/graphics related things to talk with you about (for example, cases of invisible monsters and their skills), and a couple of small tools on the way that will make diagnosing performance issues more efficient. We don't have a timeline for this just yet as we want to iterate further before announcing anything. In the meantime, we at least wanted to let you know this is on our radar.

We look forward to your feedback about the upcoming patch.

Community streamer, ThisIsBadger, has organised an exciting team vs team event which takes place this coming weekend! Participants will be randomly split into three teams to compete for points which are awarded for cumulative team level, Boss bounties, Delve depth, Heist collections and more! Teams will be assigned 72 hours prior to the event start.

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League Starts: May 21, 2021 1:00 PM PST
League Ends: May 25, 2021 1:00 PM PST

This event is open to everyone although there is a cap of 700 players per team (2100 spots in total). If you'd like to get involved, make sure you register here so that you don't miss out!

Good luck to all those participating!