Path of Exile News

Previously, we featured some art and portfolios of some of our artists at Grinding Gear Games and in today's post we're highlighting the last of them! If you missed them, you can find the first post here and the second post here, otherwise check out this week's featured artists below!


Note: If you're keen to check out the artist's portfolio, just click their name!


[h3]Jowie - 2D Artist[/h3]


[h3]Timothy - 2D Artist[/h3]


[h3]Mariya - 2D Artist[/h3]


[h3]Pavel - 2D Artist[/h3]


[h3]Jared - 3D Artist[/h3]


[h3]Kevin - 3D Artist[/h3]


[h3]Yee Foong - 3D Artist[/h3]


[h3]Eugene - 3D Artist[/h3]

We've got more stunning hideouts made by our community to share from our Hideout Showcase forum! If you're looking for a new Hideout or need some inspiration for your next one, check out the video below!

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Here's a list of the hideouts featured in the video (.hideout files are available for download in corresponding forum threads):

• Celestial Clockwork Cathedral by Revan_Bane
  
  
• The Autonomous Furnace by G4nzo
  
  
• Suburban Quarter by moonretealoud
  
  
• The Beast's Return by Sihgilanu
  
  
• The Zerg Swarm by Arthur_von_Schreyer
  
  

This weekend, we're having a sale on cosmetic effects from the Sanctum Mystery Box! All microtransactions from the Sanctum Mystery Box as well as their variations (except for the Winged Vilemorph Pet) will be on sale! Check out the full list of specials here.

Because the Winged Vilemorph Pet was released into the store at a later date, it will not be available at a discounted price during this sale, but will be discounted in future sales.

Not sure what's in the box? Be sure to check out what's in the box in the video below.

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If you need some inspiration on what to get, check out the Gold Treasure Hunter Helmet, Infernal Summoning Ring, Demonic Flesh Wound Gloves and Automaton Flamestrider Boots which are all on sale, paired with the Automaton Necrolord Body Armour and Cloak, Warlock Dagger and the Demonic Summon Skeletons Skin in the screenshot below!



The sale will run from the time of this post until 5pm on June 5th (PDT).

Thanks for your support!

Today, we wanted to share a story from one of our supporters about their Divination Card, "Justified Ambition"! Inspired by the Synthesis League and added in the Siege of the Atlas Expansion, blah2k6 expands on their design choices for the card's reward and flavour. Check it out!





I have always been a fan of ARPG/Hack&Slay type of games - looting and leveling is just my thing. After having spent almost a decade of playing Diablo 2, I got first contact with Path of Exile during the closed beta in January 2013. At the time I didn't really get hooked and quit the game around level 40.

It took until 2016 when me and some of my Diablo 2 friends were giving Path of Exile another shot. The game was a lot more advanced, Ascendancies were just introduced and there was a lot to learn about the game. Here we are now, 7 years later and I played every single league since Perandus.

One league that particularly stood out to me was Synthesis. Not because of the mechanic itself, but especially because of the voice lines, the music, the whole atmosphere created. So when I purchased the possibility to design a divination card I knew it had to be something around Synthesis league. As I play a lot of SSF and getting access to Synthesis content can be quite difficult I really wanted there to be an additional way to obtain the Synthesis unique maps. I was also very happy to see that it drops from Conquerors and I was able to fill multiple sets of the card in SSF last league.

One particular moment that stuck from Synthesis league was the cut-scene where the player finds out that Cavas (Synthesis League NPC) is actually High Templar Venarius. I wanted the art of the divination card to resemble this cut-scene and was very impressed with the result.

I struggled a bit with an appropriate name and flavor text for the card and was not that happy with what I came up with by myself. Luckily the designers came back with this great suggestion that I really liked. High Templar Venarius was a very ambitious person who had the mindset: the end justified the means. He wanted to save Wraeclast at all costs even if it meant torturing Valdo Caesarius (The Shaper) and threatening to kill his daughter Zana.

I also like the fact that the card has different outcomes and you can end up getting "the jackpot" (Cortex). It has become a well established meme in my guild to post a Cortex resulting from a set of these cards in guild chat followed by a German message thanking me ("danke Robin").

Earlier this week, we announced the winners of the Crucible Fan Art Competition. There were so many incredible entries, so today we'd like to announce the runners-up of the competition. Check them out below!

Thank you again to everyone who submitted their amazing entries! We've once again been blown away by the massive amount of talent in our community. Runners-up can pick a Helmet Effect in the list below as their prize. We'll be contacting them over the next few days to arrange their prizes.

[h2]List of Helmet Effects[/h2]
Abyss Eyes
Antlers
Apocalypse Helmet Attachment
Aquila Crest Helmet Attachment
Arcane Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
Arcane Halo
Arcane Mark of the Phoenix
Arcane Visage
Arctic Crown
Arctic Skull
Assassin Halo Helmet Attachment
Assassin Seer Helmet Attachment
Aureate Halo
Automaton Halo
Bent Horns
Black Headband
Black Pirate Bandana
Bleached Skull Helmet
Blood Guard Helmet Attachment
Brilliant Crown
Brilliant Feathers
Chaos Orb Helmet
Coliseum Helmet Attachment
Corrupted Skull
Cow Skull
Curved Horns
Darkprism Helmet Attachment
Demon King Horns
Despair Helmet Attachment
Divine Ice Crown
Divine Sign
Divine Skull
Dragon Mask
Eye Patch
Faith Guard Helmet Attachment
Fiery Eyes
Fiery Visage
Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
Frost Viking Alternate Helmet
Frost Viking Helmet Attachment
Ghostflame Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
Ghostflame Skull
Glowing Red Eyes
Gore Skull
Gorgon Snakes Helmet Attachment
Guardian Mask
Harmonious Helmet Attachment
Harmonious Hood
Holy Eyes
Ice Crown
Ice Horns
Incursion Hood
Infernal Skull
Innocence Laurel Helmet Attachment
Iron Brand
Iron Maiden
Lightning Eyes
Lightning Skull
Mark of the Phoenix
Medusa Snakes
Misery Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
Misery Helmet Attachment
Nightfall Helmet Attachment
Oriath Helmet Attachment
Plague Doctor Helmet
Purple Divine Sign
Purple Eyes
Purple Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
Purple Skull Helmet
Purple Smoking Hood
Rapture Helmet Attachment
Red Headband
Red Pirate Bandana
Rose Skull
Serrated Mohawk
Sin and Innocence Helmet Attachment
Sin Talon Helmet Attachment
Skull Hood
Smoking Hood
Spirit Charm
Steam-powered Skull
Suffering Helmet Attachment
Sunrise Helmet Attachment
Swan Crest Helmet Attachment
Thorned Skull
Twilight Helmet Attachment
Twisted Bone Horns
Twisted Horns
Undead Outcast Helmet
Vaal Orb Helmet
Wasteland Horns


[h2]Einhar Eating Melted Cheese by Meowlock[/h2]


[h2]The Forge of Destiny by Charly0[/h2]


[h2]Waiting by Aireta[/h2]


[h2]PoE Widowhail by 51R3N[/h2]


[h2]Crucible Encounter by Remdah[/h2]


[h2]Champion Forging by Sk_Gunoo[/h2]


[h2]Relics of the Past by ƙloƙɱacɧine[/h2]


[h2]Lithomancer Armour Set by Lorian69[/h2]


[h2]Crucible Scion by Mmidli[/h2]