We're continuing our work on addressing feedback around Archnemesis modifiers and will communicate these changes with you soon. In the meantime, we always love to see Path of Exile-inspired fan art from our players and have gathered some recent pieces of fan art to share with the wider community. Check them out!
Sentinel launched last Friday and with what's become a tradition in the community, we've compiled all of our favourite cosplays from Twitch while the team are working on the things we outlined yesterday! Check them out in today's news post, which you can find on our forum by clicking here.
We've just released the Sentinel Mystery Box, a brand new take on Path of Exile's classic mystery boxes but without duplicate microtransactions! Each of the microtransactions in this new mystery box has visual behaviour that interacts with your gameplay.
There are 14 microtransactions that you can find in the Sentinel Mystery Box. Each of these microtransactions has a varying number of thematic variations, and you'll never receive a duplicate copy of a variation that you have already opened. For example, if you open the Vulcan variant of the Stormstrider Boots, you may later receive the Radiant variant, but you'll never get a duplicate Vulcan one. Check out the full details at http://pathofexile.com/mysterybox
Path of Exile: Sentinel launches soon! In this news post, we've gathered all the information you need to know about what happens on launch day and how to start downloading early.
The realm goes down and patching begins at: May 13, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT) The servers go live at: May 13, 2022 1:00 PM (PDT)
You can also refer to the countdown on the Path of Exile website front page. Three hours before the end of the countdown, the realm will go down and patching will begin shortly after. When the countdown ends, the servers will be live and you'll be able to join the Sentinel League!
The patch size for the update will be around 4.9GB on Steam.
Path of Exile: Sentinel will launch on consoles at May 18, 2022 5:00 PM (PDT). Downtime will begin for deployment at approximately May 18, 2022 2:00 PM (PDT).
If you're looking for some extra character slots for the launch, we're running a sale on these right now! This is also your last chance to get Harmony Mystery Boxes! It will leave the store when our next Mystery Box becomes available! Keep in mind that if you haven't taken advantage of it yet, it's still possible to get one free Harmony Mystery Box when you spend any amount of points in the store. NOTE: this is only possible once per account. Additional purchases do not grant additional mystery boxes. If you need some extra points, we recommend checking out the Sentinel and Core Supporter Packs.
In case you still haven't decided which build to play with, check out the Class subsections on the forum for suggestions from the community. Many of our community streamers are also providing build guides on YouTube!
For those of you wanting to compete in the upcoming expansion, we are holding a Boss Kill Event where players will race to be the first to kill the brand new Uber pinnacle bosses available by allocating their respective Atlas keystones! We have exciting prizes lined up for the winners. Find out more in this news post.
If you want a new look to match your build, check out the Nexus stores of your favourite creators for their curated selection of Armour Sets to support them as well as the development of Path of Exile!
We can't wait to see your latest adventures through Wraeclast. We'll see you at launch!
To celebrate the launch of Sentinel, we're hosting a Boss Kill Event where Path of Exile players can compete to kill the new Uber Pinnacle Bosses in Sentinel HC SSF mode. We have put together a prize pool that gives the winners the opportunity to collaborate with our design team to create new Unique Items and Divination cards that will be added to Path of Exile.
Prizes are awarded to the first seven players who complete all seven Uber Pinnacle Boss Encounters:
The Uber Eater of Worlds
The Uber Searing Exarch
The Uber Maven
Uber Sirus
Uber Venarius
Uber Uber Elder
Uber Shaper
This event runs during the Sentinel HC SSF league, starting on May 13 (PDT), until each prize has been won.
Prizes for Top Placings - PC:
1st-7th Place: Collaborate on the design of a Unique Item that will drop from one of the Uber Pinnacle Encounters of your choice, and collaborate on the design of a Divination Card.
The winners will pick which encounter their Unique drops from in the order of their placing (so first place gets first pick, etc). Each encounter will receive one Unique item as a result of this competition.
All of the above prize winners will also receive the Godslayer's Pride microtransaction amulet.
Prizes - Console (both Xbox and Playstation have separate prize pools):
1st Place: Collaborate on the design of a Divination Card, and receive a Godslayer's Pride microtransaction.
2nd-5th Place: Receive a Godslayer's Pride microtransaction.
Due to HC SSF player populations on Console realms, the competition will run in the equivalent SC SSF (non-HC) Sentinel league for Console players.
Additional Rules:
If there are operational problems with the event (like significant realm stability issues at launch), Grinding Gear Games may restart the event at any point. The way we will do this is to create a new event league and indicate that players who wish to compete in the new event must make new characters there.
Players who migrate from a private league to the event league 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.
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.
Players who have played on the Alpha realm since May 5, 2022 (when the expansion was first deployed) 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 Unique Item and Divination Card designs. It's fine for these people to seek advice and help from other community members with their design.
With the addition of 20 new keystones and a variety of other updates to the Atlas Passive Tree in Path of Exile: Sentinel, we wanted to share the full details of the tree so that you can prepare for launch. Check it out in our forum post here or view the full tree in your browser here.
In the Sentinel league, we're revamping our challenge system, giving you harder challenges to complete in order to earn even greater rewards. There are still 40 challenges but you'll start earning pieces of the Ophidian and Ophidian Lord Armour Sets and Wings from as early as six completed challenges. Completing challenges also grants you pieces of the Sentinel Totem Pole Hideout decoration!
To give you an idea of what to expect from the challenges, we've included the details of all 40 challenges in the Sentinel league for you in this news post. You can also check out the challenge rewards in the video below.
Sentinel League Challenges
Learning the Ropes
Complete each of the following tasks.
Purchase a Gem from a Vendor
Socket a Jewel into your Passive Skill Tree
Equip an Item with 4 or more Linked Sockets
The Basics of Sentinels
Complete each of the following encounters.
Deploy a Sentinel
Defeat a Rare Monster which is empowered by a Sentinel
Defeat a Rogue Exile which is empowered by a Sentinel
Defeat an Act Boss which is empowered by a Sentinel
Complete Vendor Recipes
Complete vendor recipes to receive each of the following items. A vendor recipe is when you trade a specific combination of items to a vendor, not when you buy items from their purchase screen.
Magic Boots with at least 10% increased Movement Speed
Orb of Chance
Unique Item
Skill Gem
Defeat these Act Bosses I
Defeat each of the following Unique Act Bosses.
Act 1: Merveil, the Twisted
Act 2: Vaal Oversoul
Act 3: Dominus, Ascendant
Act 4: Malachai, The Nightmare
Act 5: Kitava, the Insatiable
Complete Encounters I
Complete each of the following encounters.
Complete a Vaal Side Area
Choose an Ascendancy
Complete encounter at Bestiary Blood Altar
Defeat an Incursion Architect
Use Sentinels
Use each of the following Sentinels to Empower monsters.
Rusted Stalker Sentinel
Bronze Stalker Sentinel
Cobalt Stalker Sentinel
Brimstone Stalker Sentinel
Emberstone Stalker Sentinel
Obsidian Stalker Sentinel
Cryptic Stalker Sentinel
Primeval Stalker Sentinel
Ancient Stalker Sentinel
Bronze Pandemonium Sentinel
Cobalt Pandemonium Sentinel
Brimstone Pandemonium Sentinel
Emberstone Pandemonium Sentinel
Obsidian Pandemonium Sentinel
Cryptic Pandemonium Sentinel
Primeval Pandemonium Sentinel
Ancient Pandemonium Sentinel
Bronze Apex Sentinel
Cobalt Apex Sentinel
Brimstone Apex Sentinel
Emberstone Apex Sentinel
Obsidian Apex Sentinel
Cryptic Apex Sentinel
Primeval Apex Sentinel
Ancient Apex Sentinel
Cosmic Apex Sentinel
Defeat these Act Bosses II
Defeat each of the following Unique Act Bosses.
Act 6: Tsoagoth, The Brine King
Act 7: Arakaali, Spinner of Shadows
Act 8: Lunaris, Eternal Moon and Solaris, Eternal Sun
Act 9: The Depraved Trinity
Act 10: Kitava, the Insatiable
Defeat Magic or Rare Monsters
Defeat Magic or Rare Monsters with 18 of the following Modifiers.
Abberath-touched
Arakaali-touched
Brine King-touched
Crystal-skinned
Effigy
Empowered Elements
Empowering Minions
Innocence-touched
Invulnerable
Kitava-touched
Lunaris-touched
Magma Barrier
Mana Siphoner
Mirror Image
Opulent
Shakari-touched
Solaris-touched
Trickster
Tukohama-touched
Voidspawn of Abaxoth
Complete Breach Encounters
Complete each of the following Breach encounters.
Complete 100 Breaches
Defeat Chayula, Who Dreamt outside of its Domain
Defeat Xesht-Ula, the Open Hand
Complete a Flawless Breachstone
Defeat Possessed Rogue Exiles
Defeat each of the following Possessed Rogue Exiles.
Ailentia Rac
Ainsley Varrich
Antalie Napora
Armios Bell
Ash Lessard
Augustina Solaria
Aurelio Voidsinger
Baracus Phraxisanct
Bolt Brownfur
Damoi Tui
Dena Lorenni
Eoin Greyfur
Igna Phoenix
Ion Darkshroud
Jonah Unchained
Kirmes Olli
Lael Furia
Magnus Stonethorn
Minara Anemina
Ohne Trix
Orra Greengate
Oyra Ona
Sevet Tetherein
Thena Moga
Thom Imperial
Tinevin Highdove
Torr Olgosso
Ultima Thule
Ulysses Morvant
Vanth Agiel
Vickas Giantbone
Wilorin Demontamer
Xandro Blooddrinker
Zacharie Desmarais
Complete Essence Encounters
Complete each of the following Essence encounters.
Crack open 150 Essence Monoliths
Defeat an Essence Monster which has at least 5 Rare Modifiers
Defeat an Essence Monster that has 8 Essences in an area level of 80 or higher
Defeat an Essence Monster that has at least 2 of the following Essences: Hysteria, Horror, Delirium, Insanity
Assemble Sentinels
Assemble Sentinels in each of the following ways.
Assemble a Sentinel using a Power Core
Assemble a Sentinel that can't be naturally obtained
Assemble a Rare Sentinel with six modifiers
Assemble a Unique Sentinel
Complete Domination Encounters
Defeat each of the following targets while affected by the Covetous Shrine buff.
Map Boss
Breach Boss in the Wild
Essence Monster
Metamorph
Delirium Boss
Shaper or Elder Guardian
Complete Metamorph Encounters
Complete each of the following Metamorph encounters.
Defeat a Metamorph which is comprised of five Unique body parts
Defeat a Metamorph which has 5 different Rare modifiers
Defeat a Metamorph and a Rogue Metamorph within five seconds of one another
Defeat a Metamorph in Tane's Laboratory
Complete Harvest Encounters
Complete each of the following Harvest encounters.
Defeat a Harvest Boss
Harvest the Heart of the Grove
Sacrifice a stack of at least four Divination Cards and receive double that amount back
Harvest at least 7 Crops in a single Sacred Grove
Complete Delirium Encounters
Complete each of the following Delirium encounters.
Defeat a Map Boss while Delirious
Obtain at least 200 Simulacrum Splinters from a single Delirium Mirror
Complete a 100% Delirious Tier 16 Map which has at least four modifiers
Complete Wave 30 of Simulacrum
Use Recombinators
Use Recombinators in each of the following ways.
Combine a Six-linked item with an Enchanted item*
Combine a Corrupted item with an item that has a Synthesis implicit modifier
Combine an item with a Fractured modifier with an item that has been Split
Combine an Influenced item with an item that has an Abyssal socket
*This challenge will be changed
Use Eldritch Altars
Use Eldritch Altars in each of the following ways.
Activate 250 Searing Exarch Altars with Wrath of the Cosmos allocated
Activate 250 Eater of Worlds Altars with Eldritch Gaze allocated
Defeat a Tier 16 Map Boss in a Rare Map after having activated at least 6 Searing Exarch Altars in an area with Wrath of the Cosmos allocated
Defeat a Tier 16 Map Boss in a Rare Map after having activated at least 4 Eater of Worlds Altars which have modifiers that affect the Map Boss with Eldritch Gaze allocated
Sheer Arrogance
Complete each of the following Invitations while they have at least five modifiers and are affected by Height of Hubris.
Writhing Invitation
Screaming Invitation
Polaric Invitation
Incandescent Invitation
Maven's Invitation: The Formed
Maven's Invitation: The Twisted
Maven's Invitation: The Forgotten
Maven's Invitation: The Hidden
Maven's Invitation: The Feared
Maven's Invitation: The Elderslayers
Cosmic Wounds: The Shaper
Defeat The Shaper in The Shaper's Realm while the area is level 85.
Memento Mori
Defeat High Templar Venarius in Cortex while the area is level 85.
Powering the Sentinels
Complete each of the following objectives on your Sentinel Controller.
Power up all three Sentinel Slots
Reach 30 Power Units
Complete Unique Maps
Complete each of the following Unique Maps.
Acton's Nightmare
Caer Blaidd, Wolfpack's Den
Death and Taxes
Doryani's Machinarium
Hallowed Ground
Maelström of Chaos
Mao Kun
Oba's Cursed Trove
Olmec's Sanctum
Pillars of Arun
Poorjoy's Asylum
The Coward's Trial
The Putrid Cloister
The Twilight Temple
The Vinktar Square
Vaults of Atziri
Whakawairua Tuahu
The Perfect Storm
Defeat Sirus, Awakener of Worlds in Eye of the Storm while the area is level 85.
Cosmic Wounds: The Elder
Defeat The Elder in The Shaper's Realm while the area is level 85.
Throw the Gauntlet
Defeat The Maven in Absence of Mercy and Empathy while the area is level 85.
Defeat Empowered Encounters
Defeat each of the following encounters while they are Empowered by a Sentinel.
Defeat a Map Boss while it has at least 50 Empowerment in an area of level 80 or higher
Defeat a Delirium Boss while it has at least 50 Empowerment in an area of level 80 or higher
Defeat a Breach Boss in its domain while it has at least 50 Empowerment in an area of level 80 or higher
Defeat a Metamorph while it has at least 50 Empowerment in an area of level 80 or higher
Thirst for Knowledge
Defeat The Searing Exarch in Absence of Patience and Wisdom while the area is level 85.
Insatiable Appetite
Defeat The Eater of Worlds in Absence of Symmetry and Harmony while the area is level 85.
Atlas Grinds
Complete each of the following Atlas Grinds.
Activate 1,000 Searing Exarch Altars
Activate 1,000 Eater of Worlds Altars
Defeat 200 Witnessed Map Bosses
Defeat The Shaper Conditionally
Defeat The Shaper while fulfilling each of the following conditions.
While The Maven is Witnessing the encounter
Without being affected by The Shaper's Beam
Without detonating any Volatile Anomalies
While both The Shaper and You are Chilled
Complete Encounters II
Complete each of the following encounters.
Complete an 8-mod Blight-ravaged Map
Defeat an Expedition Unique Boss in an area level of 81 or higher
Defeat at least 10 Unique Bosses in Domain of Timeless Conflict with at least four Unrelenting Emblems
Defeat Aul, the Crystal King
Defeat The Black Star Conditionally
Defeat The Black Star while fulfilling each of the following conditions.
While the area has at least 80% Item Quantity
Without gaining more than 5 stacks of Crushing Darkness or Annihilating Light
While you have at least 30 stacks of Annihilating Light and without gaining any stacks of Crushing Darkness
While you have at least 30 stacks of Crushing Darkness and without gaining any stacks of Annihilating Light
Defeat The Infinite Hunger Conditionally
Defeat The Infinite Hunger while fulfilling each of the following conditions.
While the area has at least 80% Item Quantity
Without being hit by Vomit
While you have at least 50 stacks of Corrosive Hunger
Without gaining more than 20 stacks of Corrosive Hunger and after having been pulled under at least three times
Defeat The Searing Exarch Conditionally
Defeat The Searing Exarch while fulfilling each of the following conditions.
While the area has at least 80% Item Quantity
Without being affected by Cauterised Flesh
After completing a Rolling Meteors phase without being hit by any Rolling Meteors from a set of Meteors cast while Searing Exarch is below 20% health and without using any Movement Skills
Without being hit by Annihilation
Defeat The Eater of Worlds Conditionally
Defeat The Eater of Worlds while fulfilling each of the following conditions.
While the area has at least 80% Item Quantity
After beginning to drown at least 10 times
Without being affected by more than 10 stacks of Inescapable Doom
With "Unique Boss has 70% increased Area of Effect" modifier affecting the area
Defeat Empowered Map Bosses
Defeat each of the following Map Bosses in Rare 8-mod Tier 16 Maps while they are Empowered by Unique Sentinels.
Defeat Suncaller Asha in Park Map while they are Empowered by The Angel of Vengeance
Defeat Maligaro the Mutilator in Overgrown Shrine Map while they are Empowered by The Epiphany
Defeat Amalgam of Nightmares in Carcass Map while they are Empowered by The Twisted Trinity
Defeat Stone of the Currents in Wharf Map while they are Empowered by The Unbridled Tempest
Defeat Shavronne the Sickening in Cells Map while they are Empowered by The Narcissist
Defeat Doedre the Defiler in Sepulchre Map while they are Empowered by The Depraved
Defeat Fire and Fury in Lava Chamber Map while they are Empowered by The Raging Inferno
Defeat The Restless Shade in Grave Trough Map while they are Empowered by Insomnia
Defeat Uber Elder Conditionally
Defeat The Elder in The Shaper's Realm while fulfilling each of the following conditions.
After defeating 3 Madness Propagators within 5 seconds
Without taking damage from The Shaper's Beam
Without detonating any Volatile Anomalies
After detonating 20 or more Volatile Anomalies
Defeat The Maven Conditionally
Defeat The Maven while fulfilling each of the following conditions.
Without being hit by Cascade of Pain
After successfully completing the Memory Game at least 5 times
While affected by Maven's Punishment
Without being affected by Gravity Well
Complete Endgame Grinds
Complete any four of these encounters the specified number of times.
Level 100
Use the Divine Font in the Endgame Labyrinth 250 times
Defeat 100 5-mod Rare Monsters in Tier 16 Maps
Defeat 100 Uber Bosses
Solo Delve Depth 600
Defeat 200 Tier 16 Map Bosses with at least 50 Empowerment
In preparation for the Path of Exile: Sentinel expansion, we've gathered up all the Item Filter information you need to help you get ready for the launch.
If you're not sure what to do with this information, don't worry too much! We'll update Path of Exile's built-in item filter alongside the launch of Sentinel.
New Items
Item Class: Support Skill Gem
Awakened Enlighten Support
Awakened Enhance Support
Awakened Empower Support
Item Class: Divination Card
Altered Perception
Further Invention
The Brawny Battle Mage
A Fate Worse Than Death
The Destination
Rebirth and Renewal
The Forward Gaze
The Apothecary
Home
The Dungeon Master
From Bone to Ashes
Darker Half
Item Class: Stackable Currency
Power Core
Transforming Power Core
Amplifying Power Core
Augmenting Power Core
Armour Recombinator
Weapon Recombinator
Jewellery Recombinator
Item Class: Quest
Sentinel Controller
New Base Types
Item Class: Sentinel Drone
Rusted Stalker Sentinel
Bronze Stalker Sentinel
Cobalt Stalker Sentinel
Brimstone Stalker Sentinel
Emberstone Stalker Sentinel
Obsidian Stalker Sentinel
Cryptic Stalker Sentinel
Primeval Stalker Sentinel
Ancient Stalker Sentinel
Bronze Pandemonium Sentinel
Cobalt Pandemonium Sentinel
Brimstone Pandemonium Sentinel
Emberstone Pandemonium Sentinel
Obsidian Pandemonium Sentinel
Cryptic Pandemonium Sentinel
Primeval Pandemonium Sentinel
Ancient Pandemonium Sentinel
Bronze Apex Sentinel
Cobalt Apex Sentinel
Brimstone Apex Sentinel
Emberstone Apex Sentinel
Obsidian Apex Sentinel
Cryptic Apex Sentinel
Primeval Apex Sentinel
Ancient Apex Sentinel
Cosmic Apex Sentinel
Other changes
Pantheon Souls
Captured Soul of Captain Clayborne, The Accursed renamed to Captured Soul of Shock and Horror
Captured Soul of Armala, the Widow renamed to Captured Soul of Murgeth Bogsong
Captured Soul of Forest of Flames renamed to Captured Soul of Sumter the Twisted
Captured Soul of Varhesh, Shimmering Aberration renamed to Captured Soul of Herald of Thunder
Captured Soul of Shock and Horror renamed to Captured Soul of The Sanguine Siren
Captured Soul of Pagan Bishop of Agony renamed to Captured Soul of Piety the Empyrean
Captured Soul of The Hallowed Husk renamed to Captured Soul of Drek, Apex Hunter
Captured Soul of Drek, Apex Hunter renamed to Captured Soul of Stalker of the Endless Dunes
Captured Soul of Lycius, Midnight's Howl renamed to Captured Soul of The Forgotten Soldier
We've just started a 50 point sale with a huge assortment of cosmetic microtransactions available for 50 points or less! The sale includes Skill Effects, Pets, Hideout Decorations and many more! Check out the full list of specials here.
The 50 Point Sale will run from the time of this post until Monday 9th of May, 6:00PM PDT
In case you need points for this sale, we recommend checking out our new Sentinel Supporter Packs!
Get a Free Harmony Mystery Box When You Spend Points
Until the launch of Path of Exile: Sentinel, we're offering one free Harmony Mystery Box when you spend any amount of points in the store. This means you can purchase a discounted cosmetic effect or any other microtransaction from the store and receive one Harmony Mystery Box as a gift from us. The offer is available on both PC and Consoles.
Please note: it's only possible to get one free Harmony Mystery Box from this promotion. Making additional microtransaction purchases will not grant additional mystery boxes. Purchasing a Supporter Pack will not grant a free Mystery Box but spending points from a Supporter Pack can grant a free Mystery Box.
This offer will end at Friday 13th of May, 1:00PM PDT
Last Chance to Buy Kirac's Vault Pass
You only have a few days left to purchase Kirac's Vault Pass! When the Archnemesis League ends, the current items available in Kirac's Vault Pass will be permanently locked away and replaced with new, exclusive cosmetic effects when Sentinel launches. Check out the unique item skins in the video below or get your Pass here.
Path of Exile: Sentinel Content Reveal and Patch Notes
If you missed the content reveal for the Sentinel expansion, you can check it out below or view the full patch notes here.
Thank you so much for your support! See you all next week!
We are excited to announce Path of Exile: Sentinel in our exclusive livestream on Twitch! Find everything you need to learn about this expansion in this news post.