During our Path of Exile: Scourge Livestream reveal on October 14th PDT, Twitch Drops will be enabled! Just link your Path of Exile account with your Twitch account, watch our livestream and you can earn your own Dragonfly Wings!


Just simply link your Path of Exile account to Twitch (see below) and watch the Path of Exile: Scourge Livestream at http://twitch.tv/pathofexile, or any Path of Exile stream* for 45 minutes on Thursday October 14th. Drops will be enabled from noon PDT until 5pm PDT.

You will get the Dragonfly Wings after 45 minutes of accumulated watch time on any channel streaming Path of Exile during the event. This means that the drop is guaranteed for everyone who has watched any Path of Exile stream for this amount of time. This promotion is available for all accounts.

*If you're planning to stream Path of Exile during our livestream and want to enable Twitch Drops for your viewers, you can do it via your Twitch Creator Dashboard here.

Visit your Twitch Settings page while logged in. If your account isn't connected, click the "Connect" button for Twitch under "Other Connections". Complete the process on Twitch and you will be redirected back to your Twitch Settings page. If your account is already connected, this page should say "Your Path of Exile account is currently linked to your Twitch account."

After you have accumulated enough watch time to earn your Dragonfly Wings, you must redeem them from your Twitch Inventory before they will be available in your microtransactions list in Path of Exile.

We've got plenty of teasers in store before the announcement, so make sure to keep up to date via our Twitter, Facebook and Forums. We'll see you at the livestream at http://www.twitch.tv/pathofexile!

On the 14th of October (PDT), we'll be announcing Path of Exile: Scourge. At that time, we’ll introduce a new set of League Supporter Packs, which means the Ultimatum Supporter Packs will permanently leave the store.

There are two pairs of Ultimatum Supporter Packs available in the store; the Sun Supporter Pack and the Crescent 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 Ultimatum 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 April 7th 2021 (PDT), you can use this in an upgrade to one of the Ultimatum 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 Sun or Crescent 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 Ultimatum 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!

We'll be hosting an exclusive livestream to reveal the Path of Exile: Scourge expansion! Watch live on October 14th at 12pm (PDT) at twitch.tv/pathofexile to get the full details on what to expect. Twitch Drops will be enabled for the event, so make sure you don't miss it.

Play for free on October 22nd (PDT).

Path of Exile Livestream Announcement
Tune in at noon on October 14th (PDT) to find out all about our next expansion!

In the livestream, you'll learn all about 3.16's new content and features. It's followed by a live Q&A between ZiggyD and Chris Wilson.

You can catch everything you need to know at http://twitch.tv/pathofexile. Twitch Drops will be enabled for the livestream so make sure to encourage your favourite streamers to watch along with us!

Path of Exile's Expansion Launch Date
You'll be able to play the new Path of Exile expansion for free on October 22nd (PDT) on PC and on October 27th (PDT) on console.

We can't wait to see you then!

You've decided that our next community designed microtransaction will be a set of Epic and Dark Wings! Now that we have a general direction for the cosmetic effect, we are opening up to suggestions from the community as to what you would like the design to be.

To help give you an idea of what type of concepts fit this theme, check out the Void Wings, Sin Wings, Dragon Hunter Wings, Malice Wings, Doomcrow Wings, Thaumaturgy Wings and the Rapture Wings.

Leave your ideas on the forum post here and we'll look through them all to compile the best/most feasible ideas to begin the next steps of the process. We are looking forward to hearing your suggestions!

There is so much talent in our community, so today we wanted to gather up some of the incredible fan art we have seen throughout the Expedition league and share them with you all! Check them out below!


















We love seeing your creativity in action so if you’d like to share any artwork with us and your fellow Exiles, please post your submissions on the Community Showcase forum!

If you've ever been stuck in a Labyrinth, you may have had a hand from SuitSizeSmall who operates and updates the Lab notes on PoELab! Continuing our series of interviews with community streamers, we took a moment to chat with SuitSizeSmall about his cosplay, running the Labyrinth and life outside of streaming.

Thank you for inviting me to be interviewed! I’m SuitSizeSmall, I primarily operate and update the Lab notes for PoELab. I stream Path of Exile and occasionally other games such as souls-likes, metroidvanias and crafting/factory games. I also make cosplays semi-regularly.

I started playing Path of Exile around August or September of 2014.

The primary thing that caught my attention was the sheer volume of skill gems, passives and items. I moved over from Diablo 3 so seeing this much variety and potential builds really got my attention. This is also the reason I keep coming back. I like making and trying out different builds. Granted this causes problems where I always end up making a bunch of level 70 characters and never commit but it is still fun to try out different skills.

Back in Incursion I had a triple Hatred Watcher's Eye drop that I still have in Standard. This was also during the peak time of Glacial Cascade Mines so the build got me into farming Uber Elder. The more recent highlights were my Oshabi and Maven cosplays. They got a lot of traction and support despite being thrown together in a week. And of course going to ExileCon was great. I had a lot of fun meeting everyone, I just wish I was less anxious and stayed out more.





When Ascendancy first released Elementalist Fire Trap was very satisfying to play due to how Elementalist would proliferate ignites and shocks. A little time after that Voltaxic Spark was also very fun due to being reflect immune and having great clear. Finally my recent favourite build has been Guardian Summon Holy Relic. Fairly tanky, good enough clear and can boss reliably.

I’m a little biased but the Ascendancy expansion has to be one of my favourites simply because it added the Labyrinth. Additionally, I really enjoyed Harvest as it was the first time I felt I was slowly improving each of my items through crafting rather than accumulating a mass of currency to maybe make a new item.

I started streaming probably around April or May of 2016. After some encouragement from the PoELab website team and guild I started streaming my daily Lab runs of mapping out the Labyrinth. Eventually I grew more comfortable streaming content outside the Labyrinth as well as other games.

You caught me at an unfortunate time as I recently started another semester in university. Normally I stream every day, mapping out all the Lab notes when the Labyrinth resets, 7pm CST. However, with school going on and the nature of Path of Exile being a large time sink I’m currently on a bit of a stream break. I do plan on doing some streams on the weekend if I have time, these will be a bit shorter and might be of other games and occasionally cosplay content. I don’t really have a schedule for these, it's just if I have time and am in the mood.

So when I started the Lab notes and streaming I was in my first semesters of community college. I have since been going to a regular University studying Mathematics. Unfortunately, my life has primarily been school and it has been regularly extended due to changing fields of study, problems with pre-requisites and inability to take a full set of courses due to mental stress.

I’ve been gaming most my life and this continues off stream. Recently I’ve been getting more and more into cosplay. Learning how to make costume accessories, how to sew, wig styling, makeup and photography.

As previously mentioned I really liked what I managed to pull off for Oshabi and Maven in such a short period of time. Also those costumes included one of my favorite props to use which was UV contact lenses which is how I made my eyes glow. I also had a lot of fun putting together the budget Vorana armor for my expedition cosplay. The 1 week constraint has been difficult to work around but it has shown me what I can manage to do if I plan out my time.



Surprising a lot has both changed and not changed. As mentioned, due to a variety of reasons I’m still going to university so not much has changed there. But I do plan my time around Labyrinth reset a lot so my time management is a bit more strict. Streaming and PoELab is more or less my first job and having a source of income has been incredibly impactful.

Taking your time when playing PoE. It is easy to feel like you are “behind” when seeing people get to maps in 24 hours or have already killed Maven before you’ve done a T16. However everyone plays at a different pace and enjoys different parts of PoE. Take your time and don’t worry if you are “behind”.

The main draw to Labyrinth to me was how different you had to plan a farming character and how strong simply having knowledge of the Lab could be. It was interesting to focus a build much more on moving quickly and smoothly and somehow having enough damage to fight Izaro. Defense could somewhat be neglected if you knew how to navigate the traps very well, or fast enough that they wouldn’t damage you. Additionally Izaro has fairly well telegraphed attacks so with enough practice it is easy to do the fight with low defense.

The Lab build I used for years was a Toxic Rain Pathfinder. It was incredibly low budget, normally less than an Exalted Orb to get started and it would have around 400% movement speed. This was a great starter Labyrinth build for new Lab runners and league starters however with flask changes in 3.15 hit the build much harder than anticipated. Now I’m back to an old school Leap Slammer with Ancestral Warchief Totems.

Practice is the key to doing well in Lab. Knowing the Izaro fight, room layouts and trap layouts help tremendously in getting through Lab. If you don’t get through a Lab your first time it's ok, the layout is the same so try again and be patient (unless you are in Hardcore, sorry).

I tend to lurk in channels a lot but my usual go to’s are AphelionPoE, KittenCatNoodle, Arkaynan, piebypie, BrittleKnee, Octavian0 and Smashley. Additionally, Vanhilla and Denipon are two new streamers I recently came across. The fantastic artist NieNie has started streaming as well.

As mentioned, I’m on a bit of a streaming break as I focus on school. But I plan on doing some sporadic streams. Best to just follow me on Twitter to see if anything happens streaming related. I recently started a Fanhouse where I post more cosplay and makeup focused content. With October around the corner I’ve been working on my Halloween costume. It isn’t Path of Exile themed but it is spicier than what I usually do so I hope everyone enjoys it nonetheless. If time permits I would also like to do some additional costumes/makeup looks throughout October.

Thank you so much for participating in the interview! If you'd like to follow SuitSizeSmall, you can do so on Twitter and Twitch.

It's that time again - announcement of announcements! In today's news, we'll give you an overview of what to expect in the coming weeks as we prepare for the launch of our 3.16 expansion at the end of October.

Later this week, we'll share a follow-up news post that confirms the exact dates of both the 3.16 expansion announcement and its launch. The announcement will take place via Twitch at http://www.twitch.tv/pathofexile with Twitch Drops enabled! While we've revealed some of 3.16's details on recent community podcasts, there's still a lot to uncover. Like all Path of Exile expansions, it contains a new challenge league, skills, items, balance changes and more.

Next week, we're planning to start sharing a few minor teasers of things coming in this expansion, like items and divination cards to whet your appetite for what's coming. We're also planning to share many of our planned balance changes ahead of the announcement, including changes to ailments, defences, flasks and more.

As we mentioned in recent podcasts, we're planning to reduce the number of maps and regions in the Atlas. While the details of this are still to come, it's worth noting that this will affect existing Atlases for players in permanent leagues. If you're playing in these leagues, please keep an eye out for a coming news post that indicates what will happen to your watchstones, sextants etc.

There's a lot to talk about, and while this post didn't reveal much, we'll unveil everything in due time.

This weekend, we're having a sale on Skill Effects! What better way to complement them than with pieces from our Supporter Packs? To give you some inspiration, we've brought together a few costume ideas that take advantage of pieces from the Expedition Supporter Packs! Check them out below, or take a look at the Skill Effects sale here!



The above consists of the Soulkeeper Demigod Weapon Skin, Soulkeeper Weapon Effect, Dragon Hunter Armour Set and Footprints, Apocalypse Helmet Attachment and Pandemonium Wings.



The above screenshot contains the Soulkeeper Vizier Armour Set, Sunrise Wings, Sunrise Aura Effect, Rapture Weapon Skin and Brimstone Weapon Effect.



Pictured above are the Aesir Warrior Wings and Aesir Weapon Effect, Overseer Armour Set, Hood and Weapon Skin as well as the Sunprism Shield and White Footprints.



Finally, the above includes the Aesir Warrir Armour Set, Aesir Demigod Weapon Skin, Aesir Weapon Effect, Lightning Eyes, Footprints and Character Effect, Frost Viking Cloak and White Wolf Pet.

We hope these screenshots have inspired you! Don't forget, if you're short on points for the sale our Supporter Packs are a great option!

Last week, we launched a brand new community designed microtransaction series and the results are in! You've voted to create cosmetic wings! Now, we need your help to decide a general direction for the design to go in. Cast your vote in the poll on our forum here!

This poll will be open for one week. Over the coming weeks, we will open up additional polls to decide other aspects of the design. We can't wait to see the results!