Path of Exile 2 News

We recently had a chat with musician and instrument maker Thomas Carroll, who contributed significantly to the sound of Act 4. See how his unique instruments translate into captivating game sounds in this video!

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If you'd like to see and hear more of Thomas and his instruments, check him out on Instagram @thomascarrollstudios.

Next week, Path of Exile 2’s Boss Rush Event will be available at Brasil Game Show 2025! If you’re attending the expo, be sure to visit our booth and challenge yourself against 15 bosses. Check out this announcement to find out more about the event.

Brasil Game Show 2025 - Tickets are still available!

• When: 10 October – 12 October 2025, from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM
  
• Where: Booth PO02 - Distrito Anhembi Av. Olavo Fontoura, 1209 - Santana, São Paulo
  

Good luck, Exiles!

Now that players have settled with the changes in The Third Edict, it's time for some more Path of Exile 2 racing action starting from the 5th of October PDT! While the races are open to everyone, the purpose of them is to crown players that are willing to prove themselves against others. With an overhaul to skill and support gems as well as a whole new Act filled with tons of new bosses, the next race is sure to be a thrilling watch!

In this season's set of events, players will compete to be the first to kill Tavakai in Act 4 in a Solo Self-Found Rise of the Abyssal fixed layout environment. While this is not a Hardcore Event, players will incur a penalty upon death where they will not be able to move until a two and a half minute period has lapsed. It will also be the first race to include the new Abyssal league content!

We'll be posting the ladder links below (when they're ready) so you'll be able to check who's leading in real-time during each race, or check the best times after the race to see how you fare against the top players.

In order to join, click the "Join" button for the race in the Character Select screen. You'll then be prompted to create a character. Once you've spawned in, you won't be able to move your character until the race starts.



These races will be open to PC and Console with a shared prize pool.

[h3]Event Times and Dates[/h3]

• Race 1: October 5th 12PM PDT
  
• Race 2: October 12th 12PM PDT
  
• Race 3: October 19th 12PM PDT
  

We suggest that you join the races early, as each race will start at the same time for all players.

[h3]Prizes[/h3]

The Demigod's Virtue Unique item will be up for grabs for the top placement of each class:

• Ranger
  
• Sorceress
  
• Witch
  
• Monk
  
• Warrior
  
• Mercenary
  
• Huntress
  

This means in each race, seven Demigod's Virtues will be awarded. Future events will include other classes when they're added to Early Access.

As we do more race events in the future, we'll cycle through all the Demigod's items. They'll eventually represent an entire armour set including weaponry, so you might be able to collect the entire set if you're good enough!

Upon the conclusion of each race, a Remove-Only stash tab will be added in your core leagues where you can choose to remove the item from the tab to equip it, show it off, link it to others or keep it there as a trophy for the ages. Or you can trade it away if you don't care, your call!

If you want to use it as a cosmetic, you'll be able to convert it into a microtransaction using the /convertracereward chat command.

All future leagues will have this Remove-Only stash tab too, but they will only become available one month into the league.




We're also awarding more prizes in this set of races! The fastest times for each class across all three races will receive their choice of one of the new Official Path of Exile 2 Displates:



Check out the full selection of Displates here.

Finally, a Divination Card design will be awarded to the fastest player out of all three races.

[h3]Rules[/h3]
These races are free to participate in and anyone is welcome to join. Streaming your POV will not be mandatory for this event. There are no limitations to how many races you can join, which means you will be able to win multiple Demigod's Virtues if you're skilled enough!

Please note that the use of inappropriate character names (i.e. those that breach our Terms of Use) during your run will result in you being disqualified from participating in that event or future race events in the series. If you plan to stream your run, these rules will also apply to throw-away stream names for those that are streaming on alternate channels. Please also note that any character names that appear to be attempting to subtly skirt the rules or get around them while still being generally appropriate will count as a breach in this instance. If you want to play it safe, just use your regular stream/race names that people regularly know you by. If you're using an alt to obscure your strategy, that's okay but please keep the above rules in mind.

Grinding Gear Games staff will be excluded from winning prizes in these events.

[h3]Where to Watch[/h3]
Each of these races will be hosted live on twitch.tv/pathofexile with shoutcasting by ZiggyD and RaizQT. Co-streaming is welcome!

Good luck to everyone who is planning to participate! We can't wait to see how old strategies fair with the new Act, or if new strategies will come out on top!

As you know, the improvements to the endgame are a big focus of our next 0.4.0 content update for Path of Exile 2. However, we realised that it might be better to introduce some of the mechanical changes to the endgame sooner than that. Next week, we are planning to release Patch 0.3.1 with major changes and improvements to the endgame. Watch the video below!

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The video covers the broad strokes of the changes coming to the Endgame in 0.3.1, but there are other changes and details that will be important. Below we are covering some of the additional changes included in this patch.

Alchemy Orbs

With the introduction of tiered currency in 0.3.0, Alchemy Orbs became less valuable and had fewer uses. To give them more function and to smooth out the process of crafting your Maps, Alchemy Orbs can now be used on magic items. This will upgrade the magic item into a rare with 4 new random modifiers.

Towers and Tablets

As your tablets are now directly applied to your Maps, this means that you can now apply the content you desire to every single Map you run (assuming you have the tablet supply). However, the ceiling for the amount of content you can apply to a single Map has been lowered. Overall this results in a more streamlined and consistent experience, but in order to not have the ceiling come down too far, we’ve buffed the modifiers on Tablets. Generally the modifiers are approximately two to three times as powerful.

Here's a few examples:

• Collector's now has a value of 10% to 30% increased Rarity of Items found in your Maps (from 7% to 10%)
  
• Teeming now has a value of 25% to 70% increased Magic Monsters (from 15% to 25%)
  
• of Strongboxes now has a value of 50% to 100% increased chance for your Maps to contain Strongboxes (from 30% to 50%)
  

We have also added a few new modifiers:

• of the Devoted - Area contains an additional Shrine
  
• of the Antiquarian - Area contains an additional Strongbox
  
• Crystallised - Area contains an additional Essence
  
• Exiled - Area is inhabited by 1 additional Rogue Exile
  
• Azmeri's - Area contains 1 additional Azmeri Spirit
  
• Summoner's - Area contains an additional Summoning Circle
  
• of the Summoning - Area has 25 to 50% increased chance to contain a Summoning Circle
  

And here’s some other pieces of information to know about Tablets:

• Unique tablets have their own individual number of uses
  
• When using Tablets in the reforging bench, the resultant item will have the sum of the input tablets as its remaining number of uses. However this value cannot exceed the original maximum value
  
• When in an inventory like your personal one or a stash, the number of uses remaining on each Tablet can be seen on the bottom right of its icon
  
• Existing Tablets that have been applied to your Atlas will remain and you will not lose any value due to these changes
  

Map Size

Some Maps took considerably longer than others to navigate or complete, so we've reduced the size of the following Maps:

• Augury
  
• Bastille
  
• Blooming Field
  
• Channel
  
• Epitaph
  
• Fortress
  
• Grimhaven
  
• Hidden Grotto
  
• Oasis
  
• Penitentiary
  
• Rupture
  
• Savannah
  
• Slick
  
• Vaal City
  
• Wetlands
  

Atlas Trees

As a result of changes such as every Map now containing a Boss, we’ve had to make some modifications to the Atlas Tree. For example, the Crystal Realm notable on the Map Boss Tree, which previously added an additional Essence to areas containing a Map Boss, now only applies to areas with Powerful Map Bosses. Note this results in effectively no change; it is the same amount of Essences before and after.

In general the Map Boss Tree applies to all Map Bosses, with only a select few notables now specifically applying to Maps with Powerful Map Bosses. For example, the Fit for a King notable applies to all Map Bosses.

Additionally you’ll notice a number of other nodes changing throughout the core Atlas Tree to account for mechanical changes around Towers. We’ve tried to make sure these are kept approximately the same before and afterwards, so your Atlas Trees will remain the same.

Citadels

Citadels have had their spawn rate increased by 66%.

Other Improvements

Modifiers that cause the area to be covered in Chilled/Shocking/Ignited Ground now cause much less ground to be covered. At least 66% of the ground effects currently covering the ground will be removed, this value is higher on lower tier Waystones.

We have fixed a few problems where Map Boss difficulty was not applying to many multi-form Bosses, so a few of the Maps with Deadly Map Bosses will now be more difficult as a result. It was always pretty odd that the second and third phases of some of these Bosses had ten-times less life than the first phase, this was an unintentional mistake.

Alongside the changes mentioned above, the patch contains various improvements and fixes to a plethora of issues. All the details will be covered in the full patch notes, which we'll post as soon as we can. Stay tuned!

This weekend, Zizaran is hosting a co-op invitational race event where participants will compete in groups of three to clear Act Four with certain rules and limitations. If you're itching for some racing content to watch, tune into his Twitch channel where he'll be casting alongside RaizQT!

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If you're interested in the rules for this event, you can find them here.