Across two massive weekends, veteran community member, streamer and racer, Havoc616, will be hosting the Havoc Blitz event! Players will compete to earn points for each race throughout the four day event, with the final standings being determined by their cumulative points total. This event is an opportunity for experienced and upcoming racers to hone their skills prior to the launch of our 3.14 expansion.



Day 1 Start: April 3 8AM PDT (countdown available here)
Day 2 Start: April 4 8AM PDT (countdown available here)

Day 1 Start: April 10 8AM PDT (countdown available here)
Day 2 Start: April 11 8AM PDT (countdown available here)

• 1st: $500
  
• 2nd: $450
  
• 3rd: $400
  
• 4th: $350
  
• 5th: $300
  
• 6th - 10th: $250
  
• 11th - 15th: Transcendence Helmet and 2x Warlord Mystery Boxes

• 1st: $50

Additionally, Transcendence Helmets and 2x Warlord Mystery Box MTX Packs will be given away on Twitter and during the live cast.

If you would like to catch the action live, RaizQT will be casting the event over on his Twitch channel. Highlights will also be posted on RaizQT’s YouTube channel and Havoc616’s YouTubeChannel.

For more information about the event, how to enter or what rules are in place, click here. You can also join the POE Racing Discord here.

Shout out to community members Faderon, Rex, Brittleknee, SK_Gunoo, RaizQT, Muqve, DadBodGamingGod and Xayazi for their work behind the scenes to help make this event a reality.

Good luck to everyone who’s participating!

In just two weeks, we'll be hosting an exclusive livestream to reveal Path of Exile's April expansion! Watch live on April 8th at 1pm (PDT) at twitch.tv/pathofexile to get the full details on what to expect. In the meantime, check out our teaser trailer!




Tune in at 1pm on April 8th (PDT) to find out all about our next expansion and get your first look at Path of Exile 2 since its debut at ExileCon.

The livestream will consist of new content reveals, followed by a live Q&A with ZiggyD and Chris Wilson, closing out with the Baeclast podcast featuring Senior Designer, Rory Rackham.

You'll catch everything you need to know at twitch.tv/pathofexile - We welcome co-streaming so be sure to encourage your favourite streamer to watch along with us. And yes, Twitch Drops will be enabled from the start of the livestream until 9pm April 8th (PDT) and for all channels streaming Path of Exile during that time.



You'll be able to play Path of Exile: Ultimatum for free on April 16th (PDT) on PC and on April 21 (PDT) on console.

We can't wait to see you then!

For the final poll in our community-designed Divination Card series, we are inviting you to vote for the card’s artwork! In the second poll, our community voted that the card will redeem for ‘Any Unique Watchstone’ and in last week’s poll, you decided that ‘The Hook - Every obsession began with a single, innocent taste’ will be the name and flavour text of the card. Check out the ‘hook’ inspired art and vote for your favourite here.

Once the artwork has been decided, the card will be complete! We are expecting to release the Divination Card alongside our 3.14 expansion. Thank you to everyone who participated in this process. We can’t wait for you to find your creation on your adventures through Wraeclast!

Over the years, our community has shared their love for Path of Exile with us by creating incredible pieces of art inspired by the world of Wraeclast. Join us in looking back at some of the wonderful works from the past that celebrate some of our favourite characters and bosses.

























If you have any Path of Exile inspired creations that you would like to share with us and the community, be sure to post them in the Community Showcase forum.

In the coming weeks, we will be announcing our 3.14 expansion. At that time, we’ll introduce a new set of League Supporter Packs, which means the Heist Supporter Packs will permanently leave the store.

There are two pairs of Heist Supporter Packs available in the store; the Spellblade Supporter Pack and the Eagle Supporter Pack. Each of the two pairs is designed in its own style with different contents, so you can choose whichever you prefer; or if you can’t decide, you can get both! If you have previously purchased a smaller pack, you have the option to upgrade to the larger one. All of the microtransactions included in the Supporter Packs are exclusive and will not be available in the store again.



If you're interested in getting one of the Heist Supporter Packs but you're not sure you'll be able to do so in time, we'd recommend setting up a payment plan which can reserve a pack for you for up to three months after the commencement of your plan. Just email us in advance at support@grindinggear.com; we'll be happy to help you!



Additionally, if you have purchased any plain points packs since September 1st 2020 (PDT), you can use this in an upgrade to one of the Heist Supporter Packs! You can credit up to 80% of the value of your desired supporter pack towards an upgrade. For example, if you purchased a $10 point pack you could then upgrade to the Spellblade or Eagle Supporter Pack for $20. You'd then receive the remainder of the contents of the pack, excluding the points you already purchased before the upgrade.

The Heist Supporter Packs will be replaced with the new ones on consoles alongside the launch of our next expansion.

Thank you so much for your continued support!

While you’ve been collecting bosses for the Maven, we’ve been collecting screenshots of bosses from Path of Exile’s campaign for you! These screenshots include much loved characters from Path of Exile’s first act such as Captain Fairgraves and Merveil. Check them out below! If you are interested in having a look at even more screenshots, you can check them out clicking here, here or here.

With our 3.14 expansion announcement lurking in the near future, we can't help but think back to our biggest reveal ever at ExileCon. Today, we wanted to look back at some of our favourite memories from the event to celebrate the past and future of Path of Exile!

Shortly after ExileCon, we put together a montage of highlights featuring some of the best moments from the entire weekend. In case you missed it, you can check it out below.


Getting to hear the founders of Grinding Gear Games share their passion for Path of Exile and spilling secrets from the game's early development is one of the many insightful talks that took place at Exilecon. Watch it below!


If you are curious to know more about how the technology of Path of Exile has changed over the years, be sure to watch this video about the evolution of the Path of Exile renderer.


Thank you for joining us on this trip down memory lane. We can't wait to share more about the future of Path of Exile with you soon!

Up next in our series of polls for the upcoming community-designed Divination Card is to decide on the name and flavour of the card. The options in this poll are based on the theme ‘Temptation of the Atlas and its consequences’, which our community voted for in last week’s post.

This poll will be open for one week so if you would like to participate in the process, make sure to cast your vote here.

Whether you are celebrating a win or cursing at a loss, we love seeing the emotional moments you capture in Path of Exile. Today, we have gathered up some of the most joyous and heartbreaking clips you’ve shared during the Ritual league. You can check them out here.

Last week we announced the winners and first sixteen runners-up of the 2021 Talent Competition. Today, we’d like to announce and showcase seventeen more of the competition's runners-up!

We’d like to thank everyone from our community again for all the amazing submissions! The competition has further shown that our community is filled with very creative and talented people! Congratulations again to all the winners! You can check out the selection of runners-up by clicking here.