Join your fellow Exiles in Private League Events starting at 3pm May 1st (PDT)! There are 15 free templates to choose from in both Hardcore and Standard leagues which will be available until 3pm May 30th (PDT). Check out the templates below:

Here's five options for those just wanting to try things out, nothing complicated and nothing too dangerous!

• Settlers
  
• Settlers + Idols
  
• Settlers + Alternate Ascendancies
  
• Settlers + Necropolis
  
• Settlers + Shifting Stones

Here's five for the thrillseekers out there, warning: Danger!

• Settlers + Gauntlet Boss + Gauntlet modifiers
  
• Settlers + Idols + Gauntlet Boss + Gauntlet modifiers
  
• Settlers + Alternate Ascendancies + Gauntlet Boss + Gauntlet modifiers
  
• Settlers + Necropolis + Gauntlet Boss + Gauntlet modifiers
  
• Settlers + Shifting Stones + Gauntlet Boss + Gauntlet modifiers

And here's five more for those wanting to combine some new mechanics with some old ones!

• Settlers + Affliction
  
• Settlers + Idols + Kalandra
  
• Settlers + Alternate Ascendancies + Sentinels
  
• Settlers + Necropolis + Beyond
  
• Settlers + Shifting Stones + Atlas Invasion

How can I create/join a free Private League?

The free Private League templates will be available on this page[www.pathofexile.com] after a patch later this week. When those go live, you will be able to choose a template from the drop down list.

When the Private League based on the selected template has been created, the owner will be able to generate a link which they can share to invite up to 20,000 players. Simply accept the invite and then you’ll be able to create a character when the Private League starts.

Will these templates always be available going forward?

No, these templates will only be available during the event period (May 1st - May 30th PDT).

What happens with Alternate Ascendancies and the Idols system after these templates are no longer available?

They may return in the form of Private League templates or separate events in the future. We are not planning to add them to the core game.

Are the events voided?

No.

Are there Hardcore options?

Yes, all templates are available in Hardcore and Standard.

How will Affliction work?

Affliction will behave as it does in 3.25, just not exclusive to t16+ maps. This means no Wildwood Ascendancies or Charms.

How will Sentinels work?

Sentinels will also behave as they do in 3.25, just not exclusive to t16+ maps.

We hope you'll have fun playing in these Private Leagues. See you soon!

With the Legacy of Phrecia event coming to an end on April 23rd PDT, and 3.26 still slated for a June release, we’re creating free Private League templates to help fill the gap! Today’s news post goes into more detail about what to expect!

Next week we’ll add 15 Private League templates for PC that you'll be able to create for free with up to 20,000 players in each event. We are planning to have these templates available for a month, approximately until the end of May.

A private league template means you will not be able to add your own modifiers like you would normally be able to.

We’ve tried to ensure there is an event for every type of player! All of these events are based on Settlers league. For players who just want to try things out with nothing too complicated or dangerous we have:

• Just Settlers - Pretty self explanatory, it's just Settlers league.
  
• Idols - Atlas Passive Tree has been replaced with the Idol system from Legacy of Phrecia[www.pathofexile.com].
  
• Alternate Ascendancies - All Ascendancies have been replaced with Alternate Ascendancies from the Legacy of Phrecia[www.pathofexile.com] event.
  
• Necro Settlers - Monsters in every area are affected by a pool of mods which you will be able to manipulate upon entering that area, these will rotate every hour!
  
• Shifting Stones - In each area you will encounter a league mechanic that has been enhanced by a corresponding Atlas Keystone! These will change every 15 minutes.

For the thrillseekers out there, warning: Danger! We’ve taken each of the events above and turned the difficulty dial right up by including Gauntlet Boss Enhancements and some dangerous modifiers from the Gauntlet. These Gauntlet mods are from the most recent Gauntlet event[www.pathofexile.com], however we've toned down some of the modifiers for the Uber Bosses (Area Level 85+) so they're a bit more reasonable but still challenging:

• From 50% Less Damage Taken to 25%
  
• From 100% Increased Damage to 50%
  
• From 40% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed to 20%

We’ve also created some new events for those who want to use new mechanics with some old ones!

• Affliction - Free wisps trapped in the Wildwood, doing so will empower monsters and improve their rewards!
  
• Idols + Kalandra - Reflect upon your Idols; Influence the Lake of Kalandra in every zone and replace Path of Exile's Atlas Passive Tree with the Idols system!
  
• Alternate Ascendancies + Sentinels - Explore alternative Ascendancy Classes while harnessing ancient Sentinels to control the risk and reward of combat.
  
• Necro Settlers + Beyond - Noticing your use of the Lantern of Arimor, Beyond demons have begun invading!
  
• Shifting Stones + Atlas Invasion - On top of each area having enhanced league mechanics, each area will also be invaded by Atlas Bosses.

We’ll have another post next week that will include any extra information you might need, such as when these events will begin! Thanks to everyone who played Legacy of Phrecia!

Complete the Path of Exile 2: Dawn of the Hunt quest on Discord to receive the exclusive Face of Corruption avatar! You can find more information here[discord.com].

Start: 10am April 11 PDTFinish: 4:59pm April 17 PDT

PC

Accept the quest in the Discord client here[discord.com].Play Path of Exile 2 for 15 minutes with the Discord client open.Receive your exclusive Face of Corruption Avatar!

Console

Select Console when accepting the quest in the Discord client here[discord.com].Sign into your PlayStation or Xbox account and link it to Discord. You can find instructions for PlayStation here[support.discord.com] and Xbox here[support.discord.com]. Play Path of Exile 2 for 15 minutes.Receive your exclusive Face of Corruption Avatar!

No.

No. You can receive it only by participating in this quest.

As the week wraps up, we've pulled together a list of changes we're targeting for deployment in a patch mid next week. We've been busy making improvements to Path of Exile 2—here’s what’s on the way.

One of the most requested features we have had is the ability to respec Ascendancy classes. However, something that was important to us is to make sure that while it can be done, it does require some level of effort.

We have implemented it in the following way:

• Redoing an Ascendancy Trial allows you to respec which Ascendancy Class you have chosen at the Ascension device, but only if the Trial would grant you the number of points you already have.
  
• In order to respec your Ascendancy class, you must have zero points allocated in it, but you can now open the Respec window at Balbala or the Trialmaster who are standing next to the Ascension device.
  
• Ultimatums that have 7 chambers and thus grant up to 4 Ascendancy points now can be done from level 55 down from 60.
  
• Ultimatums that have 10 chambers and thus grant up to 6 Ascendancy points can now be done from level 65 down from 75.

This change should be deployed in the next restart patch, currently anticipated to be mid next week. In addition, we have some other changes that have been made today that will be in that patch as well.


An unintentional problem with Tower maps and Hideout maps is that they don't currently spawn the rare monsters for the clear condition. Due to this, they also don't drop the extra map that is designed to allow for guaranteed map sustain.

• We have added extra rares to Tower and Hideout maps, and also the extra map drop that can come from the final rare kill. This is still not required to complete the map.

• As each new Rune Tier is unlocked we are removing the lower runes from the drop pool. This is to stop you getting spammed with lesser runes at high levels. We will adjust drop rates as that occurs so that you get a more reasonable number of total runes.
  
• We are adding the ability to add sockets to Scepters and adding mods to some Talismans for Scepters to allow upgrades to your minions at mid to late game.

We have had quite a few reports of totems not surviving at endgame due to not gaining as much elemental resistance as the player does. In order to solve this problem we have made the following changes

• Totems start gaining elemental resistances from gem level 15 up to 75% at level 20.
  
• The Ironwood support also adds some Maximum Elemental Resistance to totems.

The Shard Scavenger reservation wasn't doing enough to be useful to most players, so we made the following change.

• Shard Scavenger, in addition to its current effects, now also restores one cooldown use for all your Grenades and grants a buff for 2 seconds that prevents your Crossbow Attacks consuming bolts.

When using an uncut skill gem, it was often annoying to find the skills that you were using from off-classes to level up. In order to fix that, we have added a new tab to the gemcutting window that shows you all the gems you have equipped.


This list of the changes are just the changes that have been made so far, these are not the only changes we are investigating and they do not represent a full list of what players are reporting to us.

The ongoing Legacy of Phrecia event for Path of Exile 1 has had a lot of exciting moments caught on camera, and we've gathered up some of the recent highlights to share with you. Check them out in today's news post on the Path of Exile website here[www.pathofexile.com]!

The Legacy of Phrecia event ends on April 23rd (PDT), so there's still plenty of time to jump in and earn the Autumn Knight Armour Set while experiencing the 19 alternate ascendancies and the Idol endgame system.

The Legacy of Phrecia event in Path of Exile 1 is in full swing! Due to its popularity within the community we are extending the event by a month until April 23rd PDT.

If you feel this extra month will not be enough to try out the builds you wanted, you’ll be able to further experiment with the Phrecia content with a set of Private League templates that we'll be making available at no cost!

After the end of the event on April 23rd, we’ll be adding a list of these Private League templates which will be available for a month. Each Private League template will have a limit of 20,000 player slots and you will be able to create as many as you want while they’re available. We’ll reveal more details as well as the full list of Private League templates in a few weeks.

We would also like to share a tentative timeline for the 3.26 expansion. We are looking to launch the expansion in June, so you might expect us to begin talking about it some time after the end of Legacy of Phrecia. We have solid plans for 3.26 and we’re sure you’ll love it. Stay tuned!

The Legacy of Phrecia event is well underway, and we've loved seeing the crazy new creations players have been putting together. Check out some of the highlights from launch in today's news post on the Path of Exile website, which you can find here[www.pathofexile.com]!

Celebrate the start of the Legacy of Phrecia event in style with a selection of cosmetic bundles themed around alternate Ascendancy Classes. Face the Emperor in full glory and prove yourself worthy!

Most of the bundles contain a full armour set as well as extra cosmetic effects that come at a bigger discount than we usually offer in our daily deals rotation. The bundles will be available for the duration of the Legacy of Phrecia event, so don’t miss out on them. Check out the full selection here![www.pathofexile.com]

In case you need more points to spend on the bundles, the Settlers of Kalguur Supporter Packs[www.pathofexile.com] are still available in the store and coincidentally enough one of them already comes with a full Armour Set themed around Paladin! In addition, all Supporter Packs contain a set of exclusive microtransactions that will not be available for purchase ever again once they leave the store. Take a look at the contents of these packs below:

This weekend we’re also offering one free Settlers Mystery Box when you spend any amount of points in the store in Path of Exile 1 or Path of Exile 2. This means you can purchase a glorious new look or any other microtransaction and receive one Settlers Mystery Box as a gift from us. The offer is available now on both PC and Consoles now and will end at 12pm February 24th PST.

Please note: it's only possible to get one free Settlers 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. Please also note that while it’s currently not possible to open the free box in Path of Exile 2, you will still receive it and should be able to open it in Path of Exile 1 client or just wait until we add support for Mystery Boxes in Path of Exile 2 (which should not take long).

Players who have unlocked all microtransactions from the Settlers Mystery Box will receive two Polaris Mystery Boxes instead.

If you’re looking for a truly grim outfit as well as some more Mystery Boxes to open, this season’s Kirac’s Vault Pass has it all! The Vault Pass is enabled in the Legacy of Phrecia event, so exploring the Atlas with the Idols system will not only bring you tons of fun but also earn pieces of the exclusive Rot Shaman Armour Set and other bonuses. Find out more about the Kirac’s Vault Pass here[www.pathofexile.com].

Thanks for your ongoing support! We hope you enjoy the Legacy of Phrecia event!

The Legacy of Phrecia event for Path of Exile 1 is just around the corner! In today's news post we've gathered some additional information you might find helpful, such as new Item Filter info and adjustments to the event Ascendancy classes. Check it out below!


Puppeteer

Rotting Might will stack with The Baron Unique Helmet

Harbinger

The Harbingers granted by the Ascendancy class can now be used alongside Harbingers granted by Unique items. Harbingers granted by the Ascendancy class have shorter cooldowns on their skills compared to Harbingers granted by Unique items.The notable that granted bonuses while channeling now instead grants 30% of Non-Chaos Damage taken bypasses Energy Shield, Gain 20% of Maximum Mana as Extra Maximum Energy Shield, Gain 10% of Maximum Life as Extra Maximum Energy Shield.

Herald

Damnation now grants

For each Element you've been hit by Damage of Recently, 20% reduced Damage taken of that Element20% of Cold Damage taken Recouped as Life20% of Fire Damage taken Recouped as Life20% of Lightning Damage taken Recouped as Life.

Do the idols drop identified?

No, except for the usual exceptions.

Do the idols have itemlevel based scaling?

Yes, but you'll have to figure this out.

Will the Idol class remain part of the base game in Path of Exile 1?

No, but it will be safe to be in filters if Idols are not enabled.

Item Class: Idol

Minor IdolKamasan IdolTotemic IdolNoble IdolBurial IdolConqueror Idol

The JSON file for the Passive Skill Tree in Path of Exile: Legacy of Phrecia Event is now available for tool creators! Download it here[github.com]. We can't wait to see the builds you'll create in this event.