In less than a day we're kicking off our December events with the One-Week Mayhem starting at noon December 4th (PST) on PC and Consoles!

The Mayhem event takes classic Path of Exile league modifiers from Anarchy, Invasion, Breach, Ambush, Torment and Harbinger and pushes them to the extreme. In each area you'll encounter one of the following scenarios: 20 Rogue Exiles, 20 Strongboxes, 20 Invasion Bosses, 10 Breaches, 20 Tormented Spirits or 20 Harbingers. Each area in Wraeclast will have one of these mods. The mod that an area has will change every hour.

If you're interested in participating, you can find more information about these events and prizing here. If you're unable to play from the start, don't worry, the Mayhem events will be running for the whole week until 10am December 11th (PST), so you have plenty of time to join them and to win some awesome prizes.

Best of luck everyone! Don't forget to check out the action live on Twitch!

We're continuing to share the artwork of one of our artists, Yong Yi Lee who has created concept art for many popular Path of Exile microtransactions. Today we've gathered sketches of some of the Thaumaturgy, Temple and Twilight cosmetic effects.

Last week we announced the winners of our recent Hideout Competition. Due to a high amount of great submissions, we decided to reward more hideouts with a special prize, the Malachai Heart Decoration.

• Amongalen
  
• AzazeIIe
  
• CauldronGeal
  
• Christopher93
  
• Elpenor
  
• Fireflyxx
  
• LAGROSSESIMONE
  
• mel_976189
  
• MrMonkeyPlay
  
• Noooberino
  
• PickMyNose
  
• Rykozic
  
• thescarecrow
  
• unoF
  
• VengvesH
  
• woozel

Congratulations! We'll distribute the prizes in the next few days. A big thank you to everyone who submitted your hideout!

About a year ago we released a set of Core Supporter Packs inspired by five Conquerors of the Atlas. Before the end of this year, we're planning to replace them with new ones, this means the current Core Supporter Packs will leave the store forever!

Please note that while we're trying our best to release the new Supporter Packs this year, there is still a possibility that they will require more work and testing and might be delayed until the beginning of next year. These new 'Core' Supporter Packs will exist alongside the future league packs.

Each Core supporter pack contains points to spend in the store and exclusive in-game microtransactions which are only available in supporter packs and will not appear in the store. There are also physical items available, like a pack of signed Path of Exile prints, a cloth Atlas and "The Lord's Labyrinth" Gamebook. Check out the awesome cosmetic effects from these supporter packs by watching videos below!











If you'd like to reserve a supporter pack so you can purchase it after these Core supporter packs leave the store, you can set up a payment plan with our customer support team at support@grindinggear.com. Creating a payment plan can reserve a supporter pack for you for up to three months after the commencement of your plan. The payment amounts and times are totally flexible, you just have to pre-arrange this with the team before the sale of these supporter packs end.

Thank you so much for your continued support!

Last week, we announced that we will host the highly-requested Endless Delve Event starting on December 11. The gameplay of this event happens exclusively in the Azurite Mine, which means you're going to need a little help to get started. We've got you covered!


We will enable 11 starter items that will be available to new characters in the Endless Delve event. Characters will be given an appropriate selection of these items suited to their class, but you can share the items between characters via your stash. Veteran Path of Exile players may recognise these items from past Descent races.

Check them out here!

We've just commenced one of the biggest sales of all time! This Thanksgiving weekend, we'll host a rotation of tantalising microtransactions that have been discounted by 30-90%! Each hour will feature a batch of themed microtransactions. Everything featured in the sale will have at least a deeper discount

There are 24 themes that will be on sale four times each at an offset time throughout the weekend, so that no matter which time zone you're in, you'll have the opportunity to snatch an excellent deal! We've included the schedule below so that you know exactly when to be here to grab the deals you want.

If you're wondering just how immense the Thanksgiving discounts are, check out the following stats!

• 3 microtransactions discounted by more than 90%
  
• 32 microtransactions discounted by more than 80%
  
• 96 microtransactions discounted by more than 70%
  
• 221 microtransactions discounted by more than 60%
  
• 400 microtransactions discounted by more than 50%
  
• 564 microtransactions discounted by more than 40%
  
• Everything else that's included in this sale is discounted by at least 30%!

• Dark and Gloomy
  
• Glimmerwood
  
• Celestial
  
• Stygian
  
• Ice and Water
  
• Blood and Bone
  
• Hellfire
  
• Sin and Innocence
  
• Heralds, Auras, Golems, Movement Skills
  
• Hideout Decorations
  
• Violent Violets
  
• Necrotic
  
• The Devil Wears Red
  
• Ghosts and Pirates
  
• Thaumaturgy
  
• Sun and Light
  
• Random
  
• Apocalypse
  
• Chaos and Order
  
• Thunderous Blues
  
• Open Beta Micros
  
• Forest Dwellers
  
• Oriath's Elite
  
• Frontier

Some categories see larger discounts as a whole than others. For example, the microtransactions in the 'Random' theme have some of the largest discounts. Note that not every store item will be featured in the sale. Stash Tabs are not on sale this weekend.

Click here to view the full schedule.

Alongside the current Twilight Mystery Box, we've brought back a selection of past mystery boxes! These have the same odds and values as when they were originally released. None of these mystery boxes are ones that contained any completely exclusive microtransactions. If you're interested to find out more, check out their original posts.

• Chaos and Order Mystery Box - Original Post - Trailer
  
• Fire and Ice Mystery Box - Original Post - Trailer
  
• Sin and Innocence Mystery Box - Original Post - Trailer
  
• Apocalypse Mystery Box - Original Post - Trailer
  
• Oriath Mystery Box - Original Post - Trailer
  
• Fairgraves Mystery Box - Original Post - Trailer
  
• Glimmerwood Mystery Box - Original Post - Trailer
  
• Frontier Mystery Box - Original Post - Trailer
  
• Carnival Mystery Box - Original Post - Trailer
  
• Polaris Mystery Box - Original Post - Trailer
  
• Thaumaturgy Mystery Box - Original Post - Trailer
  
• Angels and Demons Mystery Box - Original Post - Trailer

For the duration of this sale, we're offering one free Twilight Mystery Box when you spend any amount of points in the store. This means you could purchase any item from the sale, one of the past mystery boxes or anything your heart desires and receive one free mystery box.

NOTE: It's only possible to receive one free mystery box per account. Additional purchases will not grant additional mystery boxes.

If you're looking for some points to spend on the sale, be sure to check out our supporter packs. Now is the best time to grab them as the core supporter packs will be replaced in December and the Harvest Supporter Packs (Insatiable Malice and Divine Benevolence) will be replaced alongside our 3.13 Expansion Announcement on January 7.

Thank you so much for your support. We hope you enjoy the sale! There won't be another one quite like this any time soon.

Path of Exile has been nominated for 'A Labor of Love' in the upcoming Steam Awards! Show your support for Grinding Gear Games' commitment to Path of Exile by casting your vote. Heck, if you're feeling the love - ask your friends to vote too!

Last week we concluded our Hideout Competition. Over the past several days we've checked out hundreds of impressive and creative hideouts and are ready to announce the winners today!

Check out the video with the top five winners below!


Click here to view the rest of the winners.

This December, we've lined up three epic events for Path of Exile players to test themselves against. We've planned a one-week Mayhem Event (December 4), a one-week Endless Delve Event (December 11) and three-week Heist Flashback (December 18).

Find out all the juicy details and prizes in the full announcement

We've recently discovered a number of great pieces of artwork created by our players and we're excited to showcase them to the wider community today. Check them out below!

Uniques Personified by Gunoo



'What do You See in the Mirror?' by HoldimProvae


Einhar and Niko's Crazy Azurite Alter Ego by mecmb



Check out more submissions here!