What changed in Path of Exile in 2021

New Core Supporter Packs were released last week, available for purchase.

Delirium has spread throughout every area of Wraeclast. The event starts at Noon December 31st PST and will run for 10 days.

Players can claim a free holiday Mystery Box by pressing 'M' in game.

New event type for 10 days starting December 31.

The Scourge mechanic will not be enabled during the Delirium Everywhere event.

A sale on Stash Tabs will be running all weekend.

Receive the Divine Demon King Portal Effect after 2 hours of accumulated watch time on any channel streaming Path of Exile on Twitch.

New Core Supporter Packs have been released, accessible by pressing 'M' in game.

Royale featuring Brutus for 1 day on December 29.

Players can redeem a free Atlantis Mystery Box by accessing the in-game shop.

Sale on a huge assortment of popular Path of Exile microtransactions including Celestial, Twilight, and more.

Every area in Path of Exile will be invaded by 5 endgame map bosses for 10 days.

New event type for 10 days starting December 24.

Receive the Malachai Portal Effect after 2 hours of accumulated watch time on Twitch during the first day of the event.

Scourge is not enabled for the Atlas Invasion and Delirium Everywhere events.

New Core Supporter Packs released earlier this week.

Players can upgrade from one Supporter Pack to another in the same series.

Royale featuring Brutus for 1 day on December 22.

Five new Supporter Packs with exclusive cosmetic microtransactions and physical items.

Details on the contents of each Supporter Pack, including points, armour packs, wings, and more.

A small update requiring a realm restart is planned for December 21st at 4pm PST during the Endless Heist event.

Addressed an issue that failed the conversion of the entire map stash tab when converting an old map without enough room.

Offering a refund option for players who bought a single map stash solely for collecting legacy maps.

Convert Maps no longer converts the current map stash in-place and instead converts as many maps as possible into the non-remove-only current series map stash.

Convert Maps now includes a progress bar and can be cancelled/resumed.

You can only change the map series if you have at least one non-remove-only map stash set to the current series.

Your first purchased map stash will always be set to the current map series and will become remove-only if the series changes and it is not empty.

Twitch Drops will be available for the first day of the Endless Heist, allowing players to earn the Temple Portal Effect.

New event type for 10 days starting December 17.

The Endless Heist Event starts at Noon December 17 (PST) and lasts for 10 days.

Zizaran's Gauntlet event for 10 days starting December 10.

Royale featuring Brutus for 1 day on December 8.

Endless Delve returns for 10 days starting December 3.

10-day Endless Delve event begins on December 3rd (PST). Registration opens 30 minutes before the event.

Cursed Supporter Pack introduced on Nexus, costs 60 USD and includes various cosmetic items.

Atziri’s Reflection will no longer be a Fated Unique and will be moved to a rare drop from Uber Atziri.

Fated Unique items will be disabled, and base Unique items will be modified to be similar to the old Fated versions.

Unique items previously exclusive to Prophecy chains or the Pale Council fight will be added to the core drop pool.

Items that grant Prophecy rewards will be updated to grant a different reward type.

Divination Cards that grant itemised prophecies will be redesigned in collaboration with their creators.

Lilly Roth will be added as a new hideout NPC, taking over divination card turn-ins and providing a gem shop.

Fated Unique Items not mentioned will have a chance to drop from any endgame map boss temporarily.

Prophecy will be removed from Path of Exile in the upcoming 3.17.0 expansion.

Silver coins, itemised Prophecies, and Pale Council fragments will be deleted from inventory and stash upon logging in after 3.17.0 launch.

Certain Fated Unique items will no longer be obtainable outside of trading in permanent leagues.

Introduction of six types of events, including three new ones never run before.

Massive discounts on most store items, ranging from 10-90% off, excluding new cosmetics from the Scourge expansion.

The 'Specials' section of the shop has been temporarily disabled due to the large number of microtransactions on sale.

Receive one free Atlantis Mystery Box when spending any amount of points in the store during the sale.

The Midnight Pact Stash Bundle can be equipped to your Stash and Guild Stash via the Hideout Cosmetics UI.

Microtransactions from the Midnight Pact Mystery Box are now available in the store.

The accompanying Midnight Pact Character Effect has been released.

Fixed a bug where Elemental Overload was not working with Totems, Traps, Mines, or the secondary projectiles of some skills such as Cremation or Molten Strike.

Fixed a bug where some modifiers were missing the Attribute tag.

Fixed a bug where Temporal Rift would have to be reactivated after logging out.

Fixed a bug where Belts with some Energy Shield and Armour modifiers could not be reforged with random modifiers, including a Defence modifier, through Harvest crafting.

Fixed a bug where, after dying, Necromantic Aegis was not applying bonuses from an Equipped Shield to your Minions instead of you.

Fixed a visual bug where '20% chance to Impale on Hit' granted by the Physical Mastery was not displayed in the Character Panel.

The Maximum Life of Non-Reaper Minions displayed in Skill tooltips is now affected by the less Maximum Life modifier from a Summoned Reaper.

Fixed a bug where The Lord's Labyrinth quest implied you were still required to complete multiple Trials of Ascendancy in Maps before being able to access the Eternal Labyrinth.

Characters that were previously able to equip a Wand and Melee Weapon at the same time have had their Wand disabled.

Fixed a bug where some Synthesis hideout decorations were not being exported to hideout template files.

Fixed a bug where the Viscera Cauldron quest item description was incorrect.

Fixed a bug where Delirium encounters in Scourged Maps with the 'Rare Scourged Monsters drop 1 additional stack of Simulacrum Splinters' modifier would cause splinters to drop at the end of the Delirium encounter.

Fixed a bug where the chance to Suppress Spell Damage per Frenzy Charge modifier on Legacy Darkray Vectors was not functioning correctly.

Fixed a bug where the Laboratory Map boss could become inaccessible if the final lever was used during a Scourge encounter.

Fixed a bug where, after dying, the Survival Secrets Unique and the Profane Chemistry Notable Passive were not causing Flasks to gain Charges.

Fixed a bug where Brands could be hidden under the floor in some areas.

Fixed 3 instance crashes.

Fixed a bug where the 'Link Skills can target Damageable Minions' Minion Defence Mastery allowed Link Skills to target Totems.

Fixed a bug where some Veiled modifiers on the Cane of Kulemak Unique were not having their magnitudes increased.

Added a 10 second Grace Period when visiting the Mine Encampment from within the Azurite Mine.

Fixed a bug where some effects on the Oblivion Toxic Rain Effect Microtransaction were ending prematurely.

Fixed a bug where Tempest Shield would have to be reactivated after logging out.

Fixed a bug where the Flask modifier which grants Immunity to Maim or Hinder for a duration if used while Maimed or Hindered was not functioning correctly.

Fixed a bug where the Blackflame Unique Ring was not granting kill credit for enemies killed by the Ignite.

Scourged items are no longer be able to generate downsides that would directly counteract their upside.

Fixed a bug where party members were sometimes unable to see the party leader's map portals in a Guild Hideout.

The damage of the exploding pods in the Stagnation Map boss fight has been reduced.

The Rank 1 Defences Crafting Bench options now have a cost of 4 Orbs of Transmutation (previously 6 Orbs of Alteration).

Scourged Maps that shift into Nightmare on reaching maximum Blood can no longer teleport you into an Incursion upon shifting out of Nightmare.

Fixed a bug where Delve darkness damage over time was slightly higher than intended at depths shallower than 1000.

Fixed a bug where the Suffix modifier that provides reduced Flask Charges gained and Flasks applied to you have increased Effect was categorised as Prefix modifier in the Crafting Bench.

Fixed a bug where the effects of the Wind Dancer Keystone Passive could be triggered from being hit by a spell.

The description of the Scourged Map modifier that shifts into Nightmare on killing a Rare or Unique Enemy has been updated to more accurately reflect its functionality.

Fixed two instance crashes.

Fixed a bug where Plague Bearer displayed the incorrect Maximum Plague Value on the Skill Bar tooltip if you had allocated the Passive Mastery that increases this Value.

Fixed a bug where Jaesyn and Maker of Mires were unable to create clones in the Hallowed Ground Unique Map.

Fixed a bug where opening a Chronicle of Atzoatl did not grant credit toward the Assist the Forsaken Masters Challenge.

Fixed a bug where Raise Spectre could sometimes raise the wrong minion.

Fixed a bug where Monsters in Nightmare could prevent discovered Hideouts from being fully cleared.

Fixed a bug where Mirage Archer Support could support Power Siphon, causing the Skill to become unusable.

The amount of Blood obtained from killing enemies in Maps with this modifier has also been increased.

Fixed a bug where party members could not interact with Zana mission portals after leaving the mission area.

Fixed a bug where Sentinels of Absolution summoned through Intuitive Link would not attack.

Fixed a bug where the Lethality Notable Passive was not affecting rain skills.

The damage of the Delve Spider Flicker Strike skill has been reduced.

Fixed a bug where the Reef Map boss could continue to spawn minions after dying.

Fixed a bug where the Stagnation Map boss could sometimes summon vines at their location, rather than their target's location.

The amount of Blood lost on Killing a Scourge Monster has been reduced to 0.4% (previously 0.5%).

The Scourged Map modifier that causes you to shift into Nightmare on reaching maximum Blood now has a slight drain of Blood over time.

Fixed a bug where the Veiled Suffix modifier on Bows which grants a percentage to Fire Damage over Time Multiplier was using two-handed values.

Fixed a bug with Energy Blade where it could delete the player's weapon if they logged out in town after activating it.

Acknowledging missed patch notes related to armour-based shields and bow craft.

We are aware of a crash with Explosive Arrow Triggering Summon Phantasms and will fix it in an upcoming patch.

Fixed a bug where the '20% chance to Avoid being Stunned' Resistance and Ailment Protection Mastery was not granting Stun Avoidance.

Fixed a common client crash occurring with Scorching Ray.

Looking at updating two Scourge Map modifiers for clarity and gameplay balance.

Fixed a client crash that occur when using Spectral Shield Throw with Vanishing Dye applied to an equipped Shield.

Fixed a bug where Watchstones could sometimes fail to drop from a Conqueror's Citadel.

Reduced the armour provided by the top end shields, but raised the average defence of other shields.

The damage of Ravenous Bloodshaper's Blood Orb and Spike Barrage skills has been decreased.

Fixed a client crash that could occur with the Automaton Divine Ire Skill Effect Microtransaction.

Quivers now have additional tiers of Damage Over Time Multiplier, and bows now use one-hand Damage Over Time Multiplier values.

Fixed a bug where the Duskdawn unique staff granted 'Critical Strikes deal no damage' instead of '120-150% increased Spell damage if you've dealt a Critical Strike recently'.

Path of Exile: Scourge will launch on consoles on October 27, 2021.

Reduced the number of Monsters with Proximity Shield that can spawn in some Scourge encounters.

Fixed a bug where players were sometimes unable to return from side areas or missions within maps.

Fixed the Scholar's Mod on Flasks from being able to incorrectly roll % Increased Charges per use instead of Reduced.

Fixed a bug where Item Filters would incorrectly assign Weapons and Jewellery a BaseDefencePercentile value of 0 rather than 100.

Fixed a bug where some Redeemer Influence Amulet Modifiers were providing reduced Mana Reservation Efficiency instead of increased.

The Tainted Mythic Orb can now unpredictably upgrade Corrupted items to Unique items even if their item level is lower than when it would normally be able to drop.

There is a bug where Ballistas used via Totem Support only have -45% damage taken instead of -80%. This will be fixed in an upcoming patch.

Fixed a client crash that could occur when entering Vaal Side Areas.

Fixed a bug where the Guardian's Challenge Divination Card sold by Zana did not have a price.

Monitoring feedback related to Scourge and discussing potential improvements.

Fixed a common client crash.

Making the sound effect and visual effect more obvious when the Blood Crucible is full.

Fixed a bug in Scourge League where the Blood Crucible could mistakenly upgrade an explicit mod on unique items.

Upon encountering a Boss in Nightmare, the drain of blood from the Crucible is now paused for 5 seconds.

The Corruption Absorbed progress bar now displays underneath items stored in the Blood Crucible.

Fixed a bug where the colour of sockets on the Skin of the Loyal Unique could be modified.

Addressing issues with Elemental Overload not working with Traps, Mines, and Totems.

Fixed a bug where Merveil, the Siren was not spawning Golden Statues.

The damage of Demon Herder's Vomit and Beam skill has been decreased.

Fixed a crash that could occur when loading hideout templates containing pets.

Fixed two instance crashes.

Fixed a bug with Nightgrip unique gloves causing the player to take more damage than intended.

Fixed a bug where remaining portals for Zana missions were closing earlier than they should.

Fixed a bug where it was not possible to open portals to a Betrayal Safehouse or the Temple of Atzoatl from within a Guild Hideout.

Fixed a bug where Zana's Fortune Favours the Brave Map Device option would fail to open a Map.

The damage of Baranite Thaumaturge's ground explosions has been decreased.

Improving the system for Standard Map conversion to handle overflowed maps better.

Fixed a bug where Mansion Contracts sold by Whakano did not have a price.

Item linking functionality will be restored and partial-realm crashes addressed in the next patch.

Path of Exile: Scourge launched with a peak player concurrency of 254,570.

Noted reports of missed balance changes related to bows and armour-based shields.

Plans to make the transformation progress bar on Scourged items visible on the Crucibles Panel.

New ocean-themed microtransactions available in the Atlantis Mystery Box.

Path of Exile: Scourge will launch on Xbox and PlayStation on October 27, 2021.

Reviewing the visibility of the Blood Crucible's resource bar when full.

Twitch Rivals tournament on October 28th with a unique boss fight twist.

Temporarily disabled chat to mitigate crashes caused by linked item packets.

The new Atlantis Mystery Box contains 38 new cosmetic effects for character customization.

Path of Exile: Scourge League launches on October 23, 2021.

The new Path of Exile expansion will be available for free on October 22nd (PDT) for PC and on October 27th (PDT) for console.

A torrent for the update is available, which is around 27GB and includes all existing client content.

Sale on extra character slots for the launch of Scourge.

The patch size for the update will be around 5.6GB on the standalone client and Steam.

Last chance to get Midnight Pact Mystery Boxes before the next Mystery Box becomes available.

Get one free Midnight Pact Mystery Box when spending any amount of points in the store, limited to one per account.

Several items including Perandus Leaguestone and various Scarabs have been removed.

First ever Path of Exile: Royale live tournament featuring content creators competing for prizes.

New divination cards added including Desperate Crusade, A Stone Perfected, and others.

Added a new base item type: Unset Amulet.

$30,000 in prizes including various cosmetic effects and microtransactions.

Added item filter support for Scourged Items and Blight Ravaged Maps.

New map tiers have been added, expanding the variety of maps available.

Added new active skill gems including Poisonous Concoction, Temporal Rift, Tornado, and others.

Introduced new stackable currency items such as Sacred Orb, Tainted Blessing, and others.

Viewers can earn Two-Legged Goat Pet and Divine Arcane Portal Effect by watching the event.

Clarified that Tornados are only affected by projectiles that can collide with enemies.

New map fragments including Xoph's Flawless Breachstone and others have been added.

A variety of changes have been made to existing Skill and Support Gems.

A range of new skills has been introduced in Path of Exile: Scourge.

Several Pantheon Souls have been renamed for clarity.

Surviving players may encounter a brutal but rewarding boss fight towards the end of the match.

Halved the number of regions in the Atlas and made each Atlas Passive Tree slightly larger.

A variety of cosmetic effects available for only 50 points or less.

Get a free Midnight Pact Mystery Box when you spend any amount of points in the store until the launch of Path of Exile: Scourge.

Path of Exile: Scourge will launch on October 22nd at noon PDT.

A livestream on October 14th (PDT) will reveal new content and features of the upcoming expansion.

Earn Dragonfly Wings by watching the livestream for 45 minutes during the event on October 14th.

It is no longer mandatory to complete any Trials of Ascendancy in maps prior to entering the Eternal Labyrinth.

The level requirement to access the Eternal Labyrinth has been raised from level 60 to level 68.

Players no longer need to complete all Trials of Ascendancy to access the Eternal Labyrinth; only one Offering to the Goddess is required.

The Offering to the Goddess can still be obtained from Trials of Ascendancy, trades, or other rewards, but has no function in the map device.

Trials of Ascendancy will now only spawn in yellow maps and higher, addressing the rarity in white maps.

Watchstones socketed in removed regions will be moved to remove-only Stash tabs.

Magic and Unique Watchstones from removed regions will be converted to other regions.

Regions Tirn's End, Lex Proxima, Lex Ejoris, and New Vastir will be removed.

Quest Watchstones from removed regions will be deleted, including applied sextants.

Atlas Passives in each region will be unallocated due to changes in Atlas Trees.

Unique maps remain completed; other maps will be marked incomplete as per league-launch rules.

Halving the number of regions to four and watchstones to sixteen for faster Atlas setup.

Maven Witness progress, favorite maps, and Conquerors’ Influences will be reset.

Completing legacy maps will complete all lower tiers but won't provide Atlas progress.

A new set of supporter packs will be revealed during the livestream to replace the Ultimatum supporter packs.

A livestream announcement for the Path of Exile: Scourge expansion will take place on October 14th.

Twitch Drops will be enabled for the livestream, allowing players to earn a set of Dragonfly Wings.

The Expedition League ends on PC on October 18th and on consoles when the 3.16 expansion goes live on October 27th.

Players need to relink their Twitch and Path of Exile accounts to be eligible for Twitch Drops due to recent issues.

Private leagues for the 3.16 expansion will become available shortly after the Expedition League ends.

The exclusive Expedition Brimmed Hat will leave the store forever when the Expedition League ends.

New mechanic allowing Evasion builds to mitigate spell damage, enhancing defense diversity.

Energy Shield provided by base types increased by up to 20%.

Major balance pass to improve core defenses, making them more effective and accessible to all characters.

Power of the Energy from Naught notable passive reduced to balance Energy Shield scaling.

Buff to Vaal Molten Shell's Armour grant and damage mitigation mechanics.

Review and adjustments to mechanics that scale off Armour and Evasion for better balance.

Determination now grants a flat bonus to Armour in addition to its existing multiplier.

Evasion is significantly buffed, and Attack Dodge is removed to enhance Evasion's effectiveness.

Armour now provides better mitigation against physical damage, reducing required values for effective defense.

New passive skills added to protect against various ailments.

Many Pantheon powers updated to better mitigate ailments.

New modifiers grant immunity to ailments during flask effect with reduced duration.

Several unique items have been updated to improve their effectiveness against ailments.

Crafting modifiers for avoiding ailments have been updated for better effectiveness.

New modifiers for various items to enhance ailment mitigation.

Aura now grants immunity to all elemental ailments and increases elemental resistances.

Buff now grants immunity to bleeding during effect.

Removed many flask effect modifiers and added impactful new ones for Life and Mana flasks.

Now grants immunity to shock.

Now grants increased effect of aura instead of chance to avoid elemental ailments.

Players can access the game for free starting October 22nd (PDT).

Exclusive livestream to reveal the Path of Exile: Scourge expansion on October 14th.

The prize pool is funded by the community and Zizaran's Event Partner, with a total of up to $25,000.

Players will earn points by leveling characters, killing bosses, and delving.

Players leveling characters to certain thresholds will be eligible for randomly-drawn prizes.

Streamers can create bounties for players achieving specific goals during the event.

Community streamer Zizaran is organizing a 10-day Class Gauntlet Event starting on Sept 11th PDT.

Live casting will occur daily on Zizaran's Twitch Channel with a detailed schedule.

The event will feature Increased Monster Damage, Monster Life, Monster Speed, and Reduced Player Resistances.

X new avatars featuring various NPCs from Wraeclast have been added to the forums.

Armour provided Physical Damage reduction even if the Transcendence Keystone was allocated.

Portals could open around the player instead of Jun in Map areas.

The 3D Art had lost some of its glow.

Filtering with a quoted search term was not working properly.

Zana would not offer another mission if portals to the previous mission failed to open.

Catarina could become stuck and fail to perform any actions.

Some sound effects, such as the gong in Oba’s Cursed Trove, were not playing.

The outer ring of the storm skill is now more discernible.

Adding an Itemised Beast to the Bestiary would not unlock relevant Beast Recipes.

The Flask Enchantment could reuse a Flask multiple times incorrectly.

Some modifier value ranges would sometimes not show on Unique Flasks.

The description now accurately reflects its functionality.

Notches have been added to gem sockets to indicate their color, corresponding to the layout of the passive skill tree.

Plans to merge splinter drops and reduce the frequency of less valuable items to improve player experience.

Feedback from players regarding defensive options for self-cast characters will be addressed.

Potential improvements to players' sources of Ailment mitigation are being considered.

Plans to declutter item drops to enhance player experience and item upgrades.

Fortify will be further nerfed to align with its intended use as a defensive tool for melee characters.

New crafting options for ailments like Shock, Chill, Ignite, Poison, and Bleed are being considered.

Working towards adding controller support to PC and mouse support for consoles.

Plans for better colourblind support and making sockets visually differentiable are in progress.

The Atlas will be reduced to four regions, requiring players to defeat 16 Conquerors instead of 32.

Plans to revisit all mods on flasks and create two mod pools for proactive and reactive use.

Ideas for new challenging content, including Uber versions of existing encounters, are being explored.

A new Hideout Competition has started, with entries closing on September 12th.

The community podcast with Chris Wilson has been rescheduled to September 2nd.

Disconnecting from an in-progress match now grants experience from your death to the players who attacked you within the last 5 seconds.

The size of the Royale Island has been increased by 50%.

The out-of-bounds debuff now stacks for every 10 seconds you stay outside of the play area.

Community streamer ThisIsBadger is hosting a team vs team private league with a cap of 600 players per team.

A JSON file has been released for tool creators to work with the Royale exclusive passive skill tree.

Fixed a bug where Divergent Boneshatter was not displaying all of its Additional Effects From Quality.

Updated the description for Blight chests to accurately reflect its functionality regarding item duplication.

Fixed a bug where the Reflected Damage from Divergent Molten Shell was not penetrating Enemy Fire Resistance.

Updated the description to clarify that it does not affect Life Recovery from Instant Leech.

Fixed a bug where Heist Trinkets causing Orbs of Transmutation to drop as Regal Orbs could also drop them as Orbs of Alchemy or Chaos Orbs.

Unwalkable terrain is no longer automatically revealed on the minimap in Expedition Logbook areas.

Updated the description on Blight Scarabs to clarify Areas contain a single Blight Encounter.

Fixed a bug where Modifiers for Breach Splinters to drop as Breachstones were not working correctly.

Fixed a bug where some Heist Rogues could get stuck in doors.

Updated the description to clarify it does not provide Intelligence for the current Encounter’s Safehouse.

Fixed two client crashes.

Fixed a visual bug where non-damaging Ailments could show the wrong effective value on players.

Fixed a bug where Heist Trinkets causing Orbs of Transmutation to drop as Orbs of Alchemy or Chaos Orbs had no effect.

Fixed a bug where some Heist Rogues were not affected by increased Job speed Modifiers.

Fixed an instance crash.

Fixed a bug where the beams in The Purifier’s arena during the second phase of the fight were not working correctly.

Fixed a bug where the beam skill used by a Maven-created clone of the Plaza Map boss would not cancel when a player entered a Conqueror arena.

Fixed a bug where Modifiers proposed to be removed by Rog were not being highlighted if Advanced Mod Descriptions Option was off.

Fixed a bug where killing Sevet Tetherein would deafen audio as if the player died.

Fixed a bug where Olroth could briefly stop using skills if taunted by a minion in the first phase of his fight.

Fixed a bug where the Passive Skill Points available button would disappear in areas where you previously died.

Opening a Map with a 'Area contains a Blight Encounter' Enchantment will no longer consume a charge of the Watchstones Modifier.

An option to stop items on the ground from rendering if they're hidden by your item filter has been added to improve performance.

Fixed a bug where you were unable to confirm a haggle with Tujen if you had clicked in the Vendor window search bar.

Added an option for propagating Supporter Pack Weapon Effects to your off-hand in the Cosmetics Panel.

Fixed a bug where Modifiers for Legion Splinters to drop as Legion Emblems could cause only a single Legion Emblem to drop.

Fixed a bug where multiple increased Quantity of Items found in this Area Zana Modifiers could be seen when viewing the Map Device.

Fixed a bug where the Soul of the Brine King Pantheon Power was not working correctly.

Community streamer ThisIsBadger organizes a team-based event with three teams competing for points.

The Expedition expansion introduces new skills and bosses to the game.

The Act 1 Brutus fight has been reimagined as part of the Expedition expansion.