Path of Exile

3.26.0f Patch Notes

• Added support for the upcoming Gauntlet Event.

We're once again partnering with Zizaran for another 10-day Class Gauntlet event which will start on July 31st PDT. For the first time ever, this event will also be available on consoles! Racers will need to endure some of the most challenging conditions Wraeclast can throw at them in order to survive the Merciless Gauntlet.

Players participating in the console versions of the event will not be eligible for points or bounties from the PC version of the event.

The Event will take place in a Hardcore Solo Self-Found Mercenaries Event League with a range of dynamic damage and life mods as well as some other surprises... Good luck Exiles!

Information, Start Time and How to Join

The following modifiers will be active and apply to monsters and bosses:

Area Level 1-45

• 20% less Damage Taken
• 20% Increased Damage
• 10% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed
• 2 Additional Projectiles
• 20% Elemental Penetration

Area Level 46-67

• 30% less Damage Taken
• 30% Increased Damage
• 30% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed
• Monsters Have 100% Increased Area of Effect
• 30% Physical Damage as Extra Chaos

Area Level 68-72

• 20% less Damage Taken
• 20% Increased Damage
• 20% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed

Area Level 73-77

• 25% less Damage Taken
• 25% Increased Damage
• 25% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed

Area Level 78-83

• 30% less Damage Taken
• 30% Increased Damage
• 15% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed

Area Level 84 (Excluding tier 17 maps)

• 150% Increased Unique Monster Life (from 100% last time)
• 40% Increased Damage
• Shaper Apparitions (instead of Sirus Apparitions)

Area Level 84 (Tier 17 only)

• No Additional Modifiers
• T17 bosses drop 5 fragments

Area Level 85+ (Uber Bosses)

• 60% Less Damage Taken (from 50% last time)
• 125% Increased Damage (from 100% last time)
• 40% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed
• 3 Additional Projectiles
• Monsters have 50% Increased Area of Effect (from 30% last time)
• Shaper Apparitions (instead of Sirus Apparitions)
• Consume Additional Portal on Entry

The Gauntlet will be held as an Event League that is available to all players during the event by selecting the event in the left side of the character select screen.

Start time: 3PM July 31st PDT. The event will last for 10 days. A countdown is available here.

Mercenary Rule

Doryani's Prototype will be disabled from the Gauntlet. It cannot drop or be chanced.

Console Prizes

Everyone who defeats Hillock will receive a Gauntlet Glove Effect that will keep track of the highest level you reach in Gauntlet Events. If you manage to complete the campaign you'll also receive a Dawn of the Hunt Mystery Box!

The Merciless Gauntlet event on consoles is separate from the event on PC and not eligible for the PC prize pool.

Where to Watch

You can catch exciting moments from the event by checking out Zizaran's Youtube Channel for highlights!

Zizaran and Steelmage will also be joining forces to cast the Merciless Gauntlet this time. You can find out the schedule for this here.

Special thanks to community members Faderon, MrMadakey, Ultimativ, Skryah, OMGItsJousis and Viyro for their contributions to this event.

Good luck to all those participating!

Our Secrets of the Atlas Fan Art Competition, where our community creates Fan Art inspired by content introduced in the Secrets of the Atlas expansion for prizes, is ending soon. Check out some of the submissions in today's news post!

Zana by Powerlord4#1134

Shattered Memories by RxMediEvil#4307

Pure Dread by Charly0#0952

Incarnations by KenyVlwFlw#0018

Zana Corrupting Atlas by Seeint#7122

Entries close today, so this is your final chance to get your entry submitted. Good luck to everyone participating!

All of the prizes for the rerun of the Secrets of the Atlas Boss Kill Event have now been claimed for PC and Consoles.

Top 3 Placings - PC

Congratulations to the top 3 racers, who will each get a Godslayer's Pride Amulet, a Divination Card design, and a Unique Item design for the newest bosses: The Incarnation of Dread, The Incarnation of Neglect and The Incarnation of Fear!

• allexpleblord#4962
• artemzor#6678
• Goratha#2898

Top 10 Placings - PC

Congratulations to the rest of the top 10, who will also get a Godslayer's Pride Amulet as well as a Divination Card design!

• Zlage#2584
• Wyrm_GG#3008
• Quazicx#5244
• soul1027#7002
• Steelmage#5874
• CARNDARAK#3163
• Muximusic#1987

Bonus Prizes - PC

The following players were the first to slay the bosses listed below, allowing them to design a Unique Item for that boss:

• First Catarina Kill: soul1027#7002
• First Uber Uber Elder Kill: Wyrm_GG#3008
• First Uber Shaper Kill: Wyrm_GG#3008
• First Uber Sirus Kill: soul1027#7002
• First Uber Cortex Kill: soul1027#7002

Top 3 Placings - Xbox

Congratulations to the top 3 racers who will each get a Godslayer's Pride Amulet and a Divination Card design.

• LyricalChutoy33#8352
• F3arless3388#8523
• noturavgnoob711#8035

Top 10 Placings - Xbox

Congratulations to the rest of the top 10, who will also get a Godslayer's Pride Amulet.

• lilCazn#2883
• xFrekix#8809
• Fatalredemption#4808
• moku46#8131
• Hail 2the StoRm#8902
• X902133#8376
• TatamiKuo#8059

Top 3 Placings - PlayStation

Congratulations to the top 3 racers who will each get a Godslayer's Pride Amulet and a Divination Card design.

• JSnowder#9223
• FoxMA#9130
• SillySeraphim#9131

Top 10 Placings - PlayStation

Congratulations to the rest of the top 10, who will also get a Godslayer's Pride Amulet.

• XaIo93#9502
• codkill_11#9170
• CrazyToad-#9268
• Terrayn#9666
• Max_Planck#9538
• MikeO-SCFC#9969
• Ermi-96x#9042

Congratulations again to all winners of the second Secrets of the Atlas Boss Kill Event! We're in the process of distributing prizes now. If you earned a Unique Item design, please keep an eye on your Path of Exile inbox. Winners of Divination Card Designs should have already received tokens which you can check here. Godslayer's Pride Amulet will be awarded in the coming days.

You can continue to play your characters in the Event League until it ends, but if you're still in the mood for racing and... you're up for a bit of a challenge, make sure to check out Zizaran's Gauntlet event starting July 31st PDT.

Another week has flown by and entries for our Secrets of the Atlas Fan Art Competition are flying in! The amazing artists from our community are creating pieces inspired by the Secrets of the Atlas expansion for prizes! Check out some of the highlights below.

Zana the Originator by vMWhk2BkU0#7546

Marauder and co VS Incarnation of Dread by naitoweapon2#1398

Brother and Sister by lolozori#1147

Father and Son by DasLewis#4632

Wrath of the Watcher by Daixi#2027

The competition ends next week so make sure to get your entry in before time runs out! Good luck to everyone participating.

3.26.0e Patch Notes

Improvements and Other Changes

• Adjusted the location of the Recombinator in Kingsmarch, as well as its clickable area.
• Impenetrable Bastion's cooldown no longer ticks while the immunity Buff is active on a player or the Mercenary.
• The game now pauses when selecting Eldritch Altar and Memory Altar modifiers when using a Controller.
• You can no longer vendor 5 Valdo's Maps for a new one.
• Incremental audio system improvements.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the Offering Skills triggered by the Queen's Hunger Unique Body Armour would persist after unequipping the item.
• Fixed a bug where Originator-influenced Maps could never roll with Tier 17 Modifiers when they were reforged using an Orb of Horizons.
• Fixed a bug where Originator-influenced Maps could never roll with Tier 17 Modifiers when they were affected by the Twist of Fate Atlas Keystone Passive Skill.
• Fixed a bug where Runegraft of Novamark was not working correctly when Marks were transferred to an Enemy.
• Fixed a bug where large numbers of powerful Impales could result in Call of Steel dealing no damage or incorrect amounts of damage.
• Fixed a bug where the timer during the Abyssal Depths boss fights did not respect you pausing the game.
• Fixed a bug where Flasks Instilled with the "Reused at the end of this Flask's effect" modifier could fail to be reused if the game was paused.
• Fixed a bug where the game did not pause when first interacting with the Ultimatum Altar when using a Controller.
• Fixed a bug where Gold was not dropping in Blighted Maps if you were too far away from the Purification Pump when the encounter was completed.
• Fixed a bug where the visual effects for Blast Rain of Trarthus were not affected by increases and reductions to Area of Effect.
• Fixed a bug where the Illusionist Aura Effect microtransaction was not displaying correctly.
• Fixed a bug where the filter version was not displaying correctly when loading an online Item Filter.
• Fixed a bug where the Valiant Vagabonds Ruthless Challenge had an incorrect description.
• Fixed a bug where toggling Advanced Item Information when comparing items at vendors was not working when using a Controller.
• Fixed three instance crashes.

We'll soon be releasing Patch 3.26.0e for Path of Exile, which contains a handful of improvements, including adjusting the location of the Recombinator in Kingsmarch, and numerous bugfixes. Check out a preview of the patch notes below.

3.26.0e Patch Notes Preview

Improvements and Other Changes

• Adjusted the location of the Recombinator in Kingsmarch, as well as its clickable area.
• Impenetrable Bastion's cooldown no longer ticks while the immunity Buff is active on a player or the Mercenary.
• The game now pauses when selecting Eldritch Altar and Memory Altar modifiers when using a Controller.
• Incremental audio system improvements.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the Offering Skills triggered by the Queen's Hunger Unique Body Armour would persist after unequipping the item.
• Fixed a bug where Originator-influenced Maps could never roll with Tier 17 Modifiers when they were reforged using an Orb of Horizons.
• Fixed a bug where Originator-influenced Maps could never roll with Tier 17 Modifiers when they were affected by the Twist of Fate Atlas Keystone Passive Skill.
• Fixed a bug where Runegraft of the Novamark was not working correctly when Marks were transferred to an Enemy.
• Fixed a bug where large numbers of powerful Impales could result in Call of Steel dealing no damage or incorrect amounts of damage.
• Fixed a bug where the timer during the Abyssal Depths boss fights did not respect you pausing the game.
• Fixed a bug where Flasks Instilled with the "Reused at the end of this Flask's effect" modifier could fail to be reused if the game was paused.
• Fixed a bug where the game did not pause when first interacting with the Ultimatum Altar when using a Controller.
• Fixed a bug where Gold was not dropping in Blighted Maps if you were too far away from the Purification Pump when the encounter was completed.
• Fixed a bug where the visual effects for Blast Rain of Trarthus were not affected by increases and reductions to Area of Effect.
• Fixed a bug where the Illusionist Aura Effect microtransaction was not displaying correctly.
• Fixed a bug where the filter version was not displaying correctly when loading an online Item Filter.
• Fixed a bug where the Valiant Vagabonds Ruthless Challenge had an incorrect description.
• Fixed a bug where toggling Advanced Item Information when comparing items at vendors was not working when using a Controller.
• Fixed three instance crashes.

We're once again partnering with Zizaran for another 10-day Class Gauntlet event which will start on July 31st PDT. Racers will need to endure some of the most challenging conditions Wraeclast can throw at them in order to survive the Merciless Gauntlet!

The Event will take place in a Hardcore Solo Self-Found Mercenaries Event League with a range of dynamic damage and life mods as well as some other surprises... Good luck Exiles!

Information, Start Time and How to Join

The following modifiers will be active and apply to monsters and bosses:

Area Level 1-45

• 20% less Damage Taken
• 20% Increased Damage
• 10% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed
• 2 Additional Projectiles
• 20% Elemental Penetration

Area Level 46-67

• 30% less Damage Taken
• 30% Increased Damage
• 30% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed
• Monsters Have 100% Increased Area of Effect
• 30% Physical Damage as Extra Chaos

Area Level 68-72

• 20% less Damage Taken
• 20% Increased Damage
• 20% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed

Area Level 73-77

• 25% less Damage Taken
• 25% Increased Damage
• 25% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed

Area Level 78-83

• 30% less Damage Taken
• 30% Increased Damage
• 15% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed

Area Level 84 (Excluding tier 17 maps)

• 150% Increased Unique Monster Life (from 100% last time)
• 40% Increased Damage
• Shaper Apparitions (instead of Sirus Apparitions)

Area Level 84 (Tier 17 only)

• No Additional Modifiers
• T17 bosses drop 5 fragments

Area Level 85+ (Uber Bosses)

• 60% Less Damage Taken (from 50% last time)
• 125% Increased Damage (from 100% last time)
• 40% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed
• 3 Additional Projectiles
• Monsters have 50% Increased Area of Effect (from 30% last time)
• Shaper Apparitions (instead of Sirus Apparitions)
• Consume Additional Portal on Entry

The Gauntlet will be held as an Event League on PC that is available to all players during the event by clicking "Join" in the bottom right corner of the character select screen.

Players will receive points once per character based on their level, specific boss kills and select Maven's Invitations. Don't forget, to get boss kill points you must submit your kills in the Path of Exile Community Racing Discord which you can join by clicking here.

Start time: 3PM July 31st PDT. The event will last for 10 days. A countdown is available here.

Mercenary Rule

Unintended interactions such as the Bastion's Immunity Buff that was fixed in 3.26.0D Hotfix 4 are prohibited. If you're unsure please check with Viyro on Discord. This rule is entirely up to the Discretion of Zizaran's Admin Team.

Doryani's Prototype will also be disabled from the Gauntlet. It cannot drop or be chanced.

Portal Limitation Rule

In order to receive Boss Kill Points you must use three or fewer portals to kill them! Entering a fourth portal will make your submission null and void. Uber bosses will have this tech by default, the rest will need to be manually verified.

Public Profile Rule:

Players wishing to compete for the main prize pool, bounties or flash bounties must have their profiles continuously set to Public at the start of the event all the way to the end of the event.

A full set of rules can be found here.

Prize Pool

The prize pool is crowdfunded by Zizaran's event partners and community streamers! In addition, streamers and their communities will be able to create a bounty with the money they fundraise for the event. Bounties are a custom prize that can be awarded to players for achieving a specified goal in the vent. This Gauntlet will also have Flash bounties which are bounties that will pop up in the Racing Discord during the event! Keep an eye out on social media for announcements regarding when these fundraisers will take place and what they will be!

Zizaran's event partners will match donations to the prize pool (up to $25,000).

• The total prize pool minus bounties will be awarded as follows:

  • Rank 1 Overall: 12% Bonus
  • Rank 2 Overall: 4% Bonus

  Witches

  • Top Witch: 8%
  • Second Witch: 4%
  • Third Witch: Heritage Character Effect & Divergence Predator Pet

  Shadows

  • Top Shadow: 8%
  • Second Shadow: 4%
  • Third Shadow: Heritage Character Effect & Divergence Predator Pet

  Rangers

  • Top Ranger: 8%
  • Second Ranger: 4%
  • Third Ranger: Heritage Character Effect & Divergence Predator Pet

  Duelists

  • Top Duelist: 8%
  • Second Duelist: 4%
  • Third Duelist: Heritage Character Effect & Divergence Predator Pet

  Marauders

  • Top Marauder: 8%
  • Second Marauder: 4%
  • Third Marauder: Heritage Character Effect & Divergence Predator Pet

  Templars

  • Top Templar: 8%
  • Second Templar: 4%
  • Third Templar: Heritage Character Effect & Divergence Predator Pet

  Scions

  • Top Scion: 8%
  • Second Scion: 4%
  • Third Scion: Heritage Character Effect & Divergence Predator Pet

Everyone who defeats Hillock will receive a Gauntlet Glove Effect that will keep track of the highest level you reach in Gauntlet Events. If you manage to complete the campaign you'll also receive a Dawn of the Hunt Mystery Box!

Random Draw

Leveling your characters to certain levels will enter you into the random drawings for Microtransactions as well as physical prizes supplied by Zizaran's event partners and Grinding Gear Games! Each character that reaches the goal will give you another entry, so don't delete your characters if you want to be entered for these raffles!

Where to Watch

You can catch exciting moments from the event by checking out Zizaran's Youtube Channel for highlights!

Zizaran and Steelmage will also be joining forces to cast the Merciless Gauntlet this time. You can find out the schedule for this here.

Special thanks to community members Faderon, MrMadakey, Ultimativ, Skryah, OMGItsJousis and Viyro for their contributions to this event.

Good luck to all those participating!

The horde of hideout homesteaders have handcrafted a heap of new hearty havens in Path of Exile 1! Check out a collection of recently created community hideouts in the video below.

Here's a list of the hideouts featured in the video:

• Corrupted Church by Artwolf1987
• Chapel by Vladiuslet
• A Templar's Conservatory by LinearKitsune
• Threads of Memory by RevanBane
• Wildwood Shelter by Lurcel

If you'd like to be featured in a future video, be sure to show it off in our Hideout Showcase forum.

To aid aspiring architects, hideouts and decorations are on sale this weekend. You can find the full list of discounted microtransactions here.

Next Thursday, July 24th at 1 PM PDT, we'll be hosting an additional Boss Kill Event in Path of Exile where players can compete to kill the new Pinnacle Bosses from the Secrets of the Atlas expansion. The prize pool includes Godslayer's Pride microtransactions and the opportunity to collaborate with our devs to create new Unique Items and Divination Cards.

How to Join

The Boss Kill event will be held as an HC SSF Event League (SSF for Consoles) that is available to all players during the event by clicking "Join" in the bottom right corner of the character select screen. Registration opens 30 minutes before the event begins and everyone is welcome to participate!

Start time: July 24th at 1PM PDT or Jul 24, 2025 08:00 PM (GMT) in your local time. The event will last until all the prizes have been claimed.

Prizepool

Prizes will be awarded to the first ten players who kill all three of the new pinnacle bosses, called "The Incarnations" in their non-quest variations (Area level 84).

Prizes for Top Placings - PC

• 1st: Design a Unique for new Pinnacle Boss: Incarnation of Dread or the future-released Uber variant of this Boss Fight & Collaborate on the design of a Divination Card + Godslayer's Pride Microtransaction.

  The first place winner will also get some additional design space with their item if they want to do something a little different. For example, if you would like to design a Unique Map or if you would like to design a Unique Item that requires a unique-piece from each of the three Bosses, then needs to be combined to create something more epic, this is something we will allow, so feel free to stray from the norm! This is something our team will help provide more details on during collaboration.

• 2nd: Design a Unique for new Pinnacle Boss: Incarnation of Neglect or the future-released Uber variant of this Boss Fight & Collaborate on the design of a Divination Card + Godslayer's Pride Microtransaction.

• 3rd: Design a Unique for new Pinnacle Boss: Incarnation of Fear or the future-released Uber variant of this Boss Fight & Collaborate on the design of a Divination Card + Godslayer's Pride Microtransaction.

• 4th-10th place: Collaborate on the design of a Divination Card + Godslayer's Pride Microtransaction.

There is also a set of prizes for defeating bosses that were historically significant to Zana, who has returned in this expansion. Bonus prizes will be awarded to the first players to defeat Uber Sirus, Uber Uber Elder, Uber Shaper or Uber Cortex. There is also a bonus prize for defeating Catarina.

Bonus Prizes - PC

• First Catarina Kill: Collaborate on the design of a Unique Item that will drop from Catarina, you can even input on the custom Veiled Modifiers that will be able to be unveiled on this Unique.
• First Uber Uber Elder Kill: Collaborate on the design of a Unique Item that will drop from the Uber Elder or Uber Uber Elder.
• First Uber Shaper Kill: Collaborate on the design of a Unique Item that will drop from the Shaper or Uber Shaper.
• First Uber Sirus Kill: Collaborate on the design of a Unique Item that will drop from Sirus or Uber Sirus, The Awakener.
• First Uber Cortex Kill: Collaborate on the design of a Unique Item that will drop from Cortex or Uber Cortex.

Consoles

The event will also be available on Consoles with separate prize pools from PC.

Prizes for Top Placings - (both Xbox and Playstation have separate prize pools)

• 1st-3rd place: Collaborate on the design of a Divination Card + Godslayer's Pride Microtransaction.
• 4th-10th place: A Godslayer's Pride Microtransaction.

Additional Rules

• A player can win both a Placing prize and one or more Bonus Prizes.
• Winners of the first Boss Kill event can participate in the second one.
• Players who migrate from a private league to Mercenaries HC SSF during the event are ineligible for prizes.
• Placings and prize eligibility are entirely at the discretion of Grinding Gear Games.
• The prizes that consist of collaborating on the design of a Divination Card or Unique Item do not guarantee that the item will turn out exactly how you want. The design team will try to accommodate your suggestions as best as they can, but the final design is at their discretion. Because these Unique Items are likely to become chase content, it's critical that they fit the overall design vision of Path of Exile. The balance and drop chances of these items after their release is 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.
• Dying or migrating your character out of the league doesn't remove prize eligibility as long as the kill occurred while in the league.
• Prizes cannot be transferred. Only the person who completed the achievements in the event can collaborate on the Unique Item and Divination Card designs. It's fine for these people to seek advice and help from other community members with their design.
• Upon winning, if you take too long to engage in the collaborative design such that the content may have changed context or been removed from the game then you will lose your design opportunity or it will be moved to another Pinnacle Boss or equivalent at Grinding Gear Games' discretion. We will notify you in advance where possible of course!

Good luck in the event!

Today, we'll be showcasing a handful of cool builds from Secrets of the Atlas. This is just a brief overview, so if you want to learn more about any of them, check out the links to the creators!

Paint_Master's Ice Crash Slayer

First up, we have an Ice Crash Slayer created by Paint_Master, as part of their challenge to make a build with a limit of one Divine!

To do this, Paint Master has employed several low cost unique items to get the most bang for your buck, or crash for your chaos in this case.

The Frostbreath unique mace, corrupted with Fortify on Hit, deals double damage to chilled enemies. We have this equipped in our main hand while using Ice Crash of Cadence, which makes hits with our mainhand weapon deal even more damage.

The Bitterdream unique sceptre lets us support our Ice Crash with a whopping eight support gems, without having to shell out for a six-linked body armour.

The Heatshiver unique helmet provides a large amount of our cold damage as extra fire damage against enemies that are chilled, which we can comfortably apply with our heavily supported Ice Crash.

This build clears all but the most pinnacle content with a cool calm demeanor, without a chilling price tag.

Jungroan's Forbidden Rite of Soul Sacrifice Occultist

If you're a cat person, this next build is for you. Actually, it might not. This is frankly far too many cats.

Created by Jungroan, inspired by tech from the aptly named Devilcat - this Occultist uses Forbidden Rite of Soul Sacrifice, to spew an unholy amount of deadly space kitties. The Celestial Cat Skill Effect, makes the theme.

There's a few very important moving parts that require specific breakpoints in order for this build to function correctly, so we strongly recommend checking out Jungroan's video on this build if you'd like to consume the souls of your foes in a cosmic feline frenzy.

Mewfour's Crushing Fist Gladiator

If you're allergic to cats, you can just punch things. Actually, anyone can just punch things. The One Megafisto Man created by Mewfour does this better than most.

This character is built around Crushing Fist, a retaliation skill that activates on block. In order to use it, we first need to block consistently. Megafisto uses the Gladiator for its incredibly high effective chance to block attacks and spells.

Of course your character also needs to scale its damage somehow! Mewfour has taken the Impaler Keystone which lets our single punch apply a bunch of Impale stacks, in the off chance that our initial punch doesn't annihilate our enemies!

BaumisMagicalWorld's Scorching Ray Totem Hierophant

Our final build today is another one that makes great use of Mercenaries. This Scorching Ray Totem Hierophant is still possible to play without a Mercenary, but build creator BaumisMagicalWorld mentions that the addition of Mercenaries rounds out the build and plugs some of its holes.

Scorching Ray is great against single targets, but lacking in clear speed and crowd control effects. This is where the Mercenary comes in. Baumi suggests that any Mercenary with a strong area of effect can be used, but the Merc of choice in this case is a Flamehand.

Equipped with unique items that allow their fire damage to freeze and shock, our mercenary applies ailments and clears monsters while we can focus on taking out the tougher enemies.

This is a great showcase of how Mercenaries can be a powerful ally even when our build isn't specifically designed to buff the Merc's damage.

Thanks to all Exiles out there creating exciting and unique builds, and in particular those Exiles we've highlighted in this news post!

3.26.0d Hotfix 5

• Fixed a bug where migrating characters could cause Eagon to no longer give you Memory Thread options.
• Fixed a bug introduced in 3.26.0d Hotfix 4 where Bastion Mercenaries were no longer using the Prismplate skill on allied players.

The launch of Secrets of the Atlas introduced two new series of supporter packs; the Cryptkeeper series and the Phrecian Magistrate series. Check out some of the concept art for these packs below.

Hallowed Cryptkeeper Armour Pack

Burrowing Bramble Bash Hideout Decoration

Sacred Archives Map Device

Phrecian Grand Magistrate Armour Pack

Phrecian Imperial Magistrate Back Attachment

Spiderblossom Pet

The Phrecian Magistrate and Cryptkeeper supporter pack series are currently available in both Path of Exile 1 and Path of Exile 2.

3.26.0d Hotfix 4

• Increased the memory limit of the DirectX12 renderer. This can help cases where assets keep reloading in performance-heavy situations, such as in Blight-ravaged maps.
• Impenetrable Bastion's immunity Buff is now unaffected by things that modify the expiry rate of Buffs, such as Temporal Chains.
• Impenetrable Bastion's immunity Buff now has a global cooldown of 20 seconds.

You will need to restart your client to patch the client-side changes of this hotfix.

Last week, we launched a Fan Art Competition themed around the Secrets of the Atlas expansion. We've gathered up some highlights from the submissions so far. Check them out below!

Origami Incarnation of Dread by caminschi

I Will Save Her by SaltySpook

Zana's Therapy Isn't Exactly Working by Sabacu

Pixel Art Incarnation of Fear by steelsoldier

Zana, The Catalyst by Zuzanne

There's still plenty of time to make submissions in this competition, good luck to everyone participating!

It's been a while since we've had a fan art competition for community artists, so we're very excited to bring it back! We're launching a fan art competition themed around the Secrets of the Atlas expansion and everything introduced in it. The prize pool includes Path of Exile merchandise and in-game microtransactions.

Prizes

Top Three Winners

• Forum avatar based on the winning submission
• Path of Exile 1 Art Book
• Your choice of one signed Path of Exile poster
• Your choice of two Path of Exile T-shirts
• Chaos Orb Socks
• A random Path of Exile Pin
• Your choice of an Armour Set (an Armour Set from the list below)
• Your choice of a Portal Effect (a Portal Effect from the list below)
• Your choice of Footprints Effect (any Footprints Effect from the store)

4-5th Place

• Path of Exile 1 Art Book
• Your choice of one Path of Exile T-shirt
• Chaos Orb Socks
• A random Path of Exile Pin
• Your choice of an Armour Set (an Armour Set from the list below)
• Your choice of a Portal Effect (a Portal Effect from the list below)
• Your choice of Footprints Effect (any Footprints Effect from the store)

6-10th Place

• Your choice of one Path of Exile T-shirt
• Chaos Orb Socks
• A random Path of Exile Pin
• Your choice of a Portal Effect (a Portal Effect from the list below)
• Your choice of Footprints Effect (any Footprints Effect from the store)

11-20th Place

• Your choice of a Portal Effect (a Portal Effect from the list below)

Runners-Up

• Your choice of a Helmet/Helmet Effect (a Helmet/Helmet Effect from the list below)

Microtransaction Prize Pool

How to Enter

Create still art that is inspired by anything introduced in the Secrets of the Atlas expansion. This excludes video submissions but does include any painting, drawing or model creation. Then just submit your work in this thread.

Multiple submissions are welcome and encouraged. Please note that the submission needs to be your own work and needs to have been created after the launch of the competition.

If you're unsure how to share an image on the forum, just follow these steps:

• 1. Go to imgur.com
• 2. Go to 'new post' and drag your images into the window.
• 3. Once the image has been uploaded, right click it and click 'Copy image address'.
• 4. Click reply to this post and paste the link into the window with [img] at the beginning and [/img] at the end.
• 5. When you click 'post', your image should be displayed!

Conditions

• The competition starts at the time of this post and will end on Tuesday the 29th of July at 10PM PDT. Submissions made after this time will not be counted. We'll post the winners sometime in the following days.
• Any work that is submitted must be your own and must be created after the launch of this competition.
• AI generated art will not be accepted. We reserve the right to disqualify your entry if we believe that it is AI generated.
• Multiple submissions are welcome.

Best of luck to everyone who is participating in the competition!

3.26.0d Hotfix 3

• Fixed a bug where Eldritch Exalted Orb would incorrectly prevent usage on items with Searing Exarch dominance and full suffixes, stating there is no more room for additional modifiers.

You will need to restart your client to patch the client-side of this hotfix.

Phishing Emails Warning

Some players have recently reported that they're receiving phishing emails impersonating our Support team members. We would like to remind everyone to carefully check that the email address you are receiving emails from is support@grindinggear.com before replying, and to never click on any suspicious links without checking the link's location (such as previewing the URL it's directing to or searching the link location through Google).

If possible, our Support team will usually suggest using the verification process located on the Contact Support page of the website, which should be available as long as you have access to your account in game. They will only do more thorough verifications if this is not available to you.

If this is not available to you and you require a more detailed verification via email, you are welcome to send a fresh email to support@grindinggear.com to check that they are the ones you are in contact with. While they will continue the verification process via your main email chain, they should be able to confirm if they are the ones answering your main email chain.

3.26.0d Hotfix 2

• Fixed the macOS Steam client failing to launch.

3.26.0d Hotfix

• The Reanimator Mercenary no longer has Minion Instability while in the Enemy state.
• Fixed a bug where, under very specific circumstances, Ultimatum encounters could unintentionally generate the same encounter.

3.26.0d Patch Notes

Mercenaries League

• Lowered the damage of the following skills on Enemy Mercenaries (not when allied): Shield Crush, Intimidating Cry, Tempest Shield, Purifying Flame, Meteor, Flame Dash, Scorching Ray Totem, Reap, Corrupted Blade Vortex of the Scythe, Vaal Reap, Exsanguinate, Static Strike, Frost Blades, Vaal Burning Arrow, Burning Arrow, Absolution, Raise Spectre of Transience, all Reinforce skills.
• Fixed Mercenaries aligned with all three attributes (Str/Dex/Int) being unable to equip items with all three attribute requirements.
• Gilded Beam Width can no longer spawn on Mercenaries as a support for Unnerving Blast. It did not do anything and was mistakenly a valid option.
• Fixed a bug where the "Cross Contamination 6" Challenge was only counting Ore Deposit Encounters completed in Delirium Maps. It now also counts those completed in Delirium encounters created by Delirium Mirrors.
• Fixed a bug where completing an Abyssal Depth at level 81 or 82 would not award completion for Unreal Undertakings Challenge.
• Fixed a bug where Loreweave would not contribute towards the Peddler's Produce Challenge.
• Fixed a bug where defeating the Elder with an Active Mercenary did not complete the Paired Pinnacles Challenge.
• Updated the description for Mercenary Offering skills to clarify that they affect the minions of the Offering skills' owner, and not all allied minions.
• Improved Mercenary Inventory navigation in Controller UI.
• Fixed not being able to scroll down in the Mercenary Stats Panel in Controller UI.

Other Improvements and Fixes

• Changed the damage dealt by the Trial Horror monster variety to use standard damage scaling instead of percent life based scaling. This also applies to the spectred version of the monster.
• The Memory of Familiarity Petal Skill now converts all dropped non-unique items to be of the same type (previously unique items would be converted to the same type as well).
• Apparition Shrine Buffs from the Domination Scarab of Apparitions have had their damage increased back to where they were before, and now only apply to the buff gained by the player.
• Restored the Dancing Dervish interaction with Chains of Command unique that changed in 3.26. Instead of manifested Dervishes being considered animated only for that unique's modifiers without that being described, the item now specifies it works with animated and manifested minions.
• The following monsters have been fixed visually as spectres and have been enabled again: Despair Remnant, Pain Remnant, Twisted Recollection, Eternal Regret, Feral Memory, Screaming Loneliness, Vicious Memory
• Enabled The Bargain, The Mayor, Squandered Prosperity, Monochrome, Sambodhi's Wisdom, and the Underground Forest Divination Cards to be used on the Currency Exchange.
• Rare monsters are now limited to only display 8 modifier descriptions at most, with more (such as from the Allflame Ember of Propagation) showing as "...and X other modifiers."
• Expedition Remnants associated with a specific civilization in Logbooks now use a different minimap icon to regular Remnants.
• You can now open Dannig's "Exchange Items" screen using ctrl+alt+left click.
• Fixed a bug where Orb of Unravelling could upgrade crafted mods.
• Fixed a bug where Orb of Unravelling could be used on unidentified items.
• Fixed a bug where the 8 Modifier Corruption outcome on Originator Influenced Maps resulted in all Map Modifiers being Tier 17 Map Modifiers (rather than a mixture of Tier 16 and Tier 17).
• Fixed an issue introduced in 3.26.0 where the Shipping and Disenchant options were sometimes not visible for existing characters in Standard League, this can be fixed by using /recheck_achievements after the patch.
• Fixed a bug with The Trickster's Smile Unique Helmet where "When an Enemy Hit deals Elemental Damage to you, their Resistance to those Elements becomes zero for 4 seconds" would apply for self-inflicted damage.
• Fixed a case where a tree could appear on top of the crafting recipe in the Precinct Map.
• Fixed an issue where the Novamark Runegraft wasn't working with Blade Blast Skill variants.
• Fixed a bug where The Dark Monarch unique item could prevent you from having Totems, Traps, and Mines.
• Fixed a bug where the Temporal Chains curse effect was not correctly applying to players when using the Profane Proxy Unique Ring.
• Fixed bug where Tower of Ordeals could be obtained from a Voidborn Reliquary or Valdos Puzzle Box.
• Fixed the Totem limit from Cadigan's Authority Unique Sceptre also incorrectly applying to minions.
• Fixed the Sacred Blossom fragment not being tradable on the Currency Exchange.
• Fixed non-boss monsters in the Mastermind fight not giving drops or experience.
• Fixed a bug in Ruthless where Safehouse Trapped Stashes were not generating any items.
• Fixed cases of some Currencies failing to highlight or highlighting applicable items incorrectly when being used.
• Fixed a bug where the Voidborn Reliquary and Valdo's Puzzle Box were unable to reward Ritual-specific unique items.
• Fixed The Trialmaster being able to move and attack while the game was paused if he was encountered during an Ultimatum encounter.
• Fixed a bug where walls created by summoned map bosses in the Maven's boss fight would continue to block movement even after being removed.
• Fixed the description of Glacial Cascade to correctly state that the final spike has 100% more radius, rather than 100% more area of effect. This is purely a description change.
• Fixed a bug in Controller UI where the Annoint interface would not allow you to overwrite existing annointments.
• Fixed a bug in Controller UI where popups for socketed items would not always be displayed.
• Fixed a bug in Controller UI where the game would not always unpause after closing the Delve map interface.
• Fixed a client crash related to the Ring of the Demon Slayer microtransaction.
• Fixed 4 instance crashes.

Secrets of the Atlas features three new Pinnacle Bosses which you face in order to uncover the secrets of Caeserius family. In this expansion we have also introduced the exclusive Watchers' Wrath Armour Set which you can earn by completing challenges in the league. For this news post we've gathered pieces of concept art for three new Pinnacles and the Armour Set. Check them out below:

Incarnation of Fear

Incarnation of Neglect

Incarnation of Dread

The Watcher's Wrath Armour Set

Eagon Caeserius

We'd like to provide an update on a few important things that have been happening in Path of Exile.

Server Issues

We've been very focused on improving DDoS protection for our servers. Unfortunately, some of the protective measures have blocked legitimate traffic, causing instances to unexpectedly close. We're working closely with our server providers to finish setting up protection and resolve these issues as soon as possible.

Compromised Accounts

There have recently been an increased amount of reports regarding players having their accounts compromised. We've looked into as many reports as we could, and will continue to do so, however we have found no evidence of any kind of security breach on our end. If you're not already, we strongly recommend using secure and unique passwords. If you login through Steam but previously used the Standalone client, your email and password is still a valid login method and you should ensure this password is secure and unique.

Visual Flickering

We're aware that gameplay elements and the game's UI will start to flicker in and out when gameplay gets a bit hectic. The engine team is urgently looking into this and we're hoping to have an update on this issue next week.

Thank you all for your patience as we work through these issues.

No expansion is complete without a soundtrack to set the tone, and the score for Path of Exile: Secrets of the Atlas certainly doesn't neglect this. Check out the tracks for the Secrets of the Atlas Original Soundtrack by Kamil Orman-Janowski and Michael James Collier in today's news post!

These tracks, along with the rest of the Path of Exile Extended Digital Soundtrack, are available for download with the purchase of any Supporter Pack here.