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To celebrate the launch of Trial of the Ancestors, we're hosting a Boss Kill Event where Path of Exile players can compete within each Ascendancy Class to kill the Uber Pinnacle Bosses in Ancestor Hardcore SSF mode.

Prizes are awarded to the first player in each Ascendancy Class who complete all seven Uber Pinnacle Boss Encounters:

The Uber Eater of Worlds
The Uber Searing Exarch
The Uber Maven
Uber Sirus
Uber Venarius
Uber Uber Elder
Uber Shaper

[h2]Prizes for First Place Overall[/h2]

One of every piece of ExileCon 2023 Merchandise
A piece of original art from the Path of Exile comic. This is an actual raw page from the artist (in black and white) prior to it being coloured. There's only one copy of each page in existence! The example page linked isn't necessarily the one that you receive. The pages are 29.7cm x 42cm in size.
A Divination Card Design

[h2]Prizes for Second and Third Place Overall[/h2]

A Divination Card Design

[h2]Prizes for First in Each Ascendancy Class[/h2]
A Demonic Microtransaction Bundle including the following:

Demonic Armour Set
Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
Demon Wings
Vulcan Weapon
Demonic Weapon Effect
Demonic Character Effect
Pandemonium Footprints
Demonic Portal
Hell Horse Pet

Due to HC SSF player populations on Console realms, the competition will run in the equivalent SC SSF (non-HC) Ancestor league for Console players. In addition, console prizes will not be awarded per Ascendancy class.

[h2]Console Prizes[/h2]
The first player of each platform to beat the above bosses on Xbox and PlayStation will win the following:

A Divination Card Design

[h2]Additional Rules:[/h2]

If there are operational problems with the event (like significant realm stability issues at launch), Grinding Gear Games may restart the event at any point. The way we will do this is to create a new event league and indicate that players who wish to compete in the new event must make new characters there.

Players who migrate from a private league to the event league during the event are ineligible for prizes.
Placings and prize eligibility are entirely at the discretion of Grinding Gear Games.

While the event being SSF reduces a lot of scope for outside help, any form of account sharing (or other breaches of the Terms of Use) will disqualify a player from receiving prizes.

Grinding Gear Games Employees (past or present) are not eligible for prizes.

Players who have played on the Alpha realm since August 4th 2023 (when the expansion was first deployed) are not eligible for prizes.

Changing your Ascendancy Class during this event will cause you to be disqualified from earning prizes.
You must kill all seven pinnacle bosses on a single character. Accumulating kills between characters, or using multiple characters to kill a boss will not count.

Dying or migrating your character out of the league doesn't remove prize eligibility as long as the kill occurred while in the league.

You may only earn prizes for ranking overall and first in a single Ascendancy Class. You will not earn prizes for coming first in subsequent Ascendancy classes.

[h2]50 Point Sale[/h2]
This weekend we're running a 50 point sale with a huge assortment of cosmetic microtransactions available for 50 points or less! The sale includes Skill Effects, Pets, Hideout Decorations and many more! Check out the full list of specials by pressing M to open the store in-game.

The 50 Point Sale will run from the time of this post until 5pm, August 14 (PDT).

In case you need points for this sale, we recommend checking out our new Ancestor Supporter Packs!

[h2]Get a Free Crucible Mystery Box When You Spend Points[/h2]
Until the launch of Path of Exile: Trial of the Ancestors, we're offering one free Crucible Mystery Box when you spend any amount of points in the store. This means you can purchase a discounted cosmetic effect or any other microtransaction from the store and receive one Crucible Mystery Box as a gift from us. If you've already unlocked every item from the Crucible Mystery Box, you'll get two Angels and Demons Mystery Boxes instead!

Please note: it's only possible to get one free Crucible Mystery Box from this promotion. Making additional microtransaction purchases will not grant additional mystery boxes. Purchasing a Supporter Pack will not grant a free Mystery Box but spending points from a Supporter Pack can grant a free Mystery Box.

This offer will end at 1pm, August 18 (PDT).

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[h2]Path of Exile: Trial of the Ancestors Trailer and Patch Notes[/h2]
If you missed the trailer for the Trial of the Ancestors expansion, you can check it out below or view the full patch notes here.

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Thank you so much for your support! See you all next week!

When the Crucible League ends next week, the current items available in Kirac's Vault will be sealed away forever and replaced with new, exclusive cosmetic effects alongside the launch of the Trial of the Ancestors expansion. The cosmetics in the pass for consoles will be replaced alongside the Trial of the Ancestors expansion console launch. Check out the Igneous Emperor Armour Set in the video below or get your Pass by pressing M to open the store in-game.

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The Crucible Supporter Packs on PC will also be leaving the store when the Trial of the Ancestors expansion launches on August 18th (PDT). Check out the Lithomancer and Enchanter series of Supporter Packs in the videos below, or get yours now by pressing M to open the store in-game before they're gone forever!

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Thank you for your support!

One of the highlights of ExileCon 2023 was all the incredible cosplays! Check out some of the well-dressed Exiles in today's news post on the Path of Exile website here!