Path of Exile News

Our latest expansion, Path of Exile: Scourge, launched last weekend and out the gates come some awesome clips from the Twitch community! From awesome cosplay to highlight reel clips, we've got you covered with snippets of the buzz from the league launch! Check out the clips here.

Over the weekend, we launched Path of Exile: Scourge and were thrilled by the number of people who joined us for launch day. In fact, we reached 254,570 peak player concurrency which is 96% of our previous highest record!

The actual deployment was fairly smooth. We had one issue in the first hour where our regional routers were crashing occasionally when routing chat packets containing linked items. Each of these crashes would disconnect about 10% of players. We temporarily disabled chat, which mitigated the issue, and were then able to restore chat functionality without item linking.

Item linking functionality will be restored in our next realm-restart patch, which also fixes another problem that is causing rarer partial-realm crashes (one so far). If all goes well, we expect to deploy this today at around 10pm PDT.

We are closely monitoring all feedback and will communicate about any patches and improvements later this week. We are planning to make the transformation progress bar on Scourged items visible at a glance on the Crucibles Panel without having to hover over each item. We are also reviewing whether to make the Blood Crucible's resource bar more obvious when it's full (currently there's an effect and a sound but they may be too easy to miss). We've also noted reports of a small number of balance changes that were missed in the patch notes, most notably changes to Veiled Modifiers relating to bows and changes to armour-based shields. Once we've reviewed these, we'll share the patch notes for these changes so that they're clearer.

Later this week, we'll launch Path of Exile: Scourge on Xbox and PlayStation at Oct 27, 2021 4:00PM PDT. Downtime will begin for deployment at approximately Oct 27, 2021 12:00PM PDT.

Later this week on October 28th (PDT) we're teaming up with Twitch Rivals to host another Path of Exile: Royale tournament! This time around, competitors will compete alone, but we've added a unique twist. Towards the end of the match, surviving players may encounter a brutal but rewarding boss fight, which could have significant strategic implications for how they play the match. Twitch Drops will be enabled for viewers and there is $30,000 on the line for contestants alongside a slew of Path of Exile's best cosmetic effects. Tune in at 11am (PDT) at twitch.tv/twitchrivals to check out the action live!

Over the weekend, we also launched the Atlantis Mystery Box which contains 36 new ocean-themed microtransactions. Check out the contents in the trailer below or get yours here.

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Thanks so much to everyone who joined us for Scourge! We can't wait to see the items you krangle during this league.

From the depths of the ocean comes the new Atlantis Mystery Box! It contains 38 new cosmetic effects, some of which can be combined to create a unique version for even deeper character customisation. Check out the full trailer to see what's available!

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Find out more and get yours here!

The ravenous hordes are waiting for you because there is just one day to go before the launch of Path of Exile: Scourge! 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: Oct 23, 2021 9:00AM PDT
The servers go live at: Oct 23, 2021 12:00PM PDT

You can also find a countdown timer on the front page of our website here. 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 Scourge League!

The patch size for the update will be around 5.6GB on the standalone client and Steam. We've also made a torrent available for this update which is around 27GB. Please keep in mind that this method, while available earlier, makes it a larger update as it includes all the existing client content. When patching begins for Path of Exile: Scourge you'll also have a few remaining files that you'll need to update as well.



This torrent only includes the GGPK file, so you'll need to copy it into your actual install folder once the patching server is up, no earlier than three hours before Path of Exile: Scourge launches. Please note that you can't use this GGPK file with the Steam client and macOS.

Path of Exile: Scourge will launch on consoles at Oct 27, 2021 4:00PM PDT. Downtime will begin for deployment at approximately Oct 27, 2021 12:00PM 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 Midnight Pact 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 Midnight Pact 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 Scourge 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.

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

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

We're introducing a range of new skills and making a variety of changes to existing Skill and Support Gems in Path of Exile: Scourge. As usual, we've prepared the gem data at level 20 with 20% quality for all new and changed gems to help you finalise your builds for the upcoming launch.

You can check out all the new and changed Gems in Path of Exile: Scourge here. We can't wait to see what you come up with!