Our community never misses a beat when it comes to new fanart. Check out some of the highlights in today's post!




















If you've been inspired and would like to share your creations with us, make sure to post them in our Community Showcase Forum!

The Forbidden Sanctum opened its doors last weekend and the community have been discovering lots of new things! Check out today's post which rounds-up some new items, Divination Cards and a few community highlights!

We would first like to show off two new Unique items designed by a couple winners from the Sentinel Boss Kill Event.

While both of their creators have already shown off their creations on their social media, we wanted to highlight them to the community!



Annihilation's Approach are a pair of Unique Boots that were designed by imexile, and drops from the Uber Searing Exarch. While it provides juicy bonuses, you'll need to find a way to mitigate its burning downside!

Nimis is a Unique Ring designed by Jungroan, and drops from the Uber Eater of Worlds. It makes your projectiles return to you after their flight, but it makes them go in random directions too.

The next three uniques are Sanctum League exclusive uniques and have already been discovered by the community!



The Balance of Terror is a Unique Jewel that can roll a plethora of mods based on Hexes that you cast. Think of it as a Watcher's Eye, but for Hexes!

Sandstorm Visage makes your Base Critical Strike Chance of Spells match the Critical Strike Chance of your main hand weapon, but makes it so you can't critically strike with attacks. Great for hand-casting spells, but maybe not so much for Cast on Crit builds!

Finally, The Winds of Fate is a new Unique Staff that gives a huge damage boost, but caps your Maximum Critical Strike Chance at 50% and makes your non-critical strikes deal no damage. You'll need to find the right balance (or combination of mechanics) to take advantage of it.

The next unique item drops from the Uber Maven fight and has a similar theme to the Starforge and Voidforge Unique Swords.



Echoforge's stat ranges are quite high, so you'll either need to be very lucky or sink a lot of Divine Orbs to get a good roll! Echoforge has the following stat ranges:

• Adds (600-650) to (750-800) Chaos Damage
  
• 16% reduced Attack Speed to 16% increased Attack Speed
  
• -200 to 200 to Maximum Life
  
• 40% reduced Area of Effect for Attacks to 40% increased Area of Effect for Attacks

The last Unique that's been discovered by the community was designed by a supporter.



The supporter wanted its visual design to match Shavronne's Wrappings and makes increases and reductions to your Cast Speed apply to your Attack Speed as well!

Outside the Divination Cards that we teased before launch, more cards that were released in The Forbidden Sanctum have been found! If you haven't seen them yet, check them out below!










A lot of Streamers and content creators have been exploring the secrets and mysteries of The Forbidden Sanctum. A few people have conquered the final boss that awaits you at the end too! We've added in some highlights below of some cool Sanctum runs and encounters.

If you do not want to be spoiled on The Forbidden Sanctum's content or lore, please be warned that the videos below contain spoilers!

We have released a new version of Kirac's Vault Pass that contains unique item skin rewards that are exclusive to this league! Each of these rewards visually interacts with gameplay in some way and will leave the store forever when the Sanctum League ends. After purchasing the pass, you can earn its rewards in the Atlas endgame by completing map objectives. Check out the Kirac's Vault Pass in-game by clicking on the icon in the top-left of your Atlas or by pressing M to open the store!



Thank you for your support!

We've just released the Sanctum Mystery Box, a new mystery box without duplicate microtransactions! Each of the microtransactions in this mystery box has visual behaviour that interacts with your gameplay.

There are 14 microtransactions that you can find in the Sanctum 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 Sulphurous Gargoyle Wings variant of the Gargoyle Wings, you may later receive the Pitch-black variant, but you'll never get a duplicate Sulphurous one.

Check out the full details http://pathofexile.com/mystery-box

Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum 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: 8am PST
The servers go live at: 11am PST

If you're unsure what the above times will be in your local time, please refer to the countdown on the front page of pathofexile.com. 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 Sanctum League!

The patch size for the update will be around 4-5GB on Steam.

Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum will launch on consoles at 3pm PST. Downtime will begin for deployment at approximately 12pm PST.

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 Kalandra 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 Kalandra 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 Sanctum 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!

When The Forbidden Sanctum expansion launches, the Kalandra Supporter Packs will leave the store forever, so this is your last chance to purchase them before they are gone! You can find them in the shop by pressing M in-game. The Kalandra Supporter Packs will be leaving the store at: 11am PST.

We can't wait to see your latest adventures through Wraeclast. We'll see you at launch!

In The Forbidden Sanctum expansion, we've introduced several new gems and made some changes to existing ones. As usual, we've prepared the gem data at level 20 with 20% quality for all new and changed gems to help you theorycraft your builds for the upcoming launch.

You can find all the new and changed gems in Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum on our forums here. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

In preparation for the Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum 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 The Forbidden Sanctum.

Item Class: Skill Gem

• Frozen Legion
  
• Volcanic Fissure
  
• Vaal Volcanic Fissure
  
• Vaal Cleave
  
• Vaal Flicker Strike
  
• Vaal Blade Flurry
  
• Vaal Venom Gyre
  
• Vaal Molten Strike
  
• Vaal Caustic Arrow
  
• Vaal Smite

Item Class: Support Gem

• Hex Bloom Support
  
• Cursed Ground Support

Item Class: Divination Card

• Man With Bear
  
• Alivia's Grace
  
• Auspicious Ambitions
  
• Divine Beauty
  
• The Wedding Gift
  
• The Insane Cat
  
• Ever-Changing
  
• A Dusty Memory
  
• The Return of the Rat
  
• The Finishing Touch

Item Class: Stackable Currency

• Fracturing Orb
  
• Fracturing Shard

Item Class: Relic

• Urn Relic
  
• Tome Relic
  
• Coffer Relic
  
• Censer Relic
  
• Papyrus Relic
  
• Candlestick Relic
  
• Processional Relic

Item Class: Sanctified Relic

• Sanctified Relic

Pantheon Souls

• Captured Soul of Captain Clayborne, The Accursed renamed to Captured Soul of Captain Tanner Lightfoot
  
• Captured Soul of Ara, Sister of Light renamed to Captured Soul of Captain Clayborne, The Accursed
  
• Captured Soul of Queen of the Great Tangle renamed to Captured Soul of Maligaro the Mutilator
  
• Captured Soul of Void Anomaly renamed to Captured Soul of Armala, the Widow
  
• Captured Soul of Megaera renamed to Captured Soul of Jorus, Sky's Edge
  
• Captured Soul of Fire and Fury renamed to Captured Soul of Forest of Flames
  
• Captured Soul of Kitava, The Destroyer renamed to Captured Soul of Lord of the Ashen Arrow
  
• Captured Soul of Burtok, Conjurer of Bones renamed to Captured Soul of Corruptor Eedaiak
  
• Captured Soul of Titan of the Grove renamed to Captured Soul of Khor, Sister of Shadows
  
• Captured Soul of Mephod, the Earth Scorcher renamed to Captured Soul of Megaera
  
• Captured Soul of Pagan Bishop of Agony renamed to Captured Soul of Varhesh, Shimmering Aberration
  
• Captured Soul of Visceris renamed to Captured Soul of Pesquin, the Mad Baron
  
• Captured Soul of Lycius, Midnight's Howl renamed to Captured Soul of Gorulis, Will-Thief

Tier 1

• Strand
  
• Mausoleum
  
• Lava Lake
  
• Terrace

Tier 2

• Moon Temple
  
• Arachnid Tomb
  
• Crimson Temple
  
• Castle Ruins
  
• Cage
  
• Forking River
  
• Spider Forest
  
• Alleyways

Tier 3

• Bone Crypt
  
• Museum
  
• Phantasmagoria
  
• Port
  
• Coves
  
• Caldera
  
• Sepulchre
  
• Plateau

Tier 4

• Atoll
  
• Shore
  
• Vaal Pyramid
  
• Residence
  
• Coral Ruins
  
• Spider Lair
  
• Thicket
  
• Arachnid Nest

Tier 5

• Temple
  
• Courtyard
  
• Acid Caverns
  
• Ivory Temple
  
• Laboratory
  
• Bog
  
• Silo
  
• Pier

Tier 6

• Overgrown Shrine
  
• Promenade
  
• Sulphur Vents
  
• Peninsula
  
• Haunted Mansion
  
• Iceberg
  
• Volcano

Tier 7

• Necropolis
  
• Precinct
  
• Mineral Pools
  
• Factory
  
• Burial Chambers
  
• Crater
  
• Frozen Cabins

Tier 8

• Estuary
  
• Primordial Blocks
  
• Arsenal
  
• Dungeon
  
• Academy
  
• Crimson Township
  
• Leyline

Tier 9

• Bazaar
  
• Primordial Pool
  
• Desert
  
• Dark Forest
  
• Colosseum
  
• Arcade

Tier 10

• Underground River
  
• Gardens
  
• Forbidden Woods
  
• Grave Trough
  
• Defiled Cathedral
  
• Lookout

Tier 11

• Wasteland
  
• City Square
  
• Mesa
  
• Infested Valley
  
• Dry Sea
  
• Villa

Tier 12

• Cemetery
  
• Cursed Crypt
  
• Courthouse
  
• Cold River
  
• Colonnade
  
• Shipyard

Tier 13

• Lair
  
• Orchard
  
• Shrine
  
• Plaza
  
• Channel

Tier 14

• Underground Sea
  
• Maze
  
• Canyon
  
• Sunken City
  
• Carcass

Tier 15

• Dunes
  
• Foundry
  
• Overgrown Ruin
  
• Ashen Wood
  
• Grotto

Tier 16

• Ancient City
  
• Toxic Sewer
  
• Graveyard
  
• Ghetto

In the upcoming Sanctum League, you'll be able to earn pieces of the exclusive Victorious Armour Set by completing 40 new challenges. At 4, 6, 8 and 10 challenges, you'll receive the Victorious Boots, Gloves, Helmet and Body Armour respectively. Additional tiers of this armour set are unlocked as you complete more challenges in the Sanctum League. Completing challenges also grants you pieces of the Sanctum Totem Pole Hideout decoration!


You'll be able to check out the full list of challenges you need to complete for these rewards when Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum launches for PC and Mac on December 9th PST and for console on December 14th PST.

Following the recent reveal of The Forbidden Sanctum expansion, there have been many questions from the community on a range of topics discussed during the reveal and the subsequent patch notes. Today's post answers some of the most frequently asked questions.


Yes, you can accumulate up to eight rooms (the size of a full Sanctum floor) before running some or all of them at once.



Your resolve is impacted less by attacks that you're close to, so melee characters can have an easier time.



When you play your next map you'll be able to replay the same room you were up to. Aureus coins and rewards are only locked in upon successful completion of a room.



Yes, the benefits of Sanctified Relics affect you everywhere.



As you start to master the Sanctum at high levels, you'll accumulate more Sanctified Relics to pick between when trying to find the perfect one for your build.



They're shared between your characters within a league. However, if you're currently using a relic in a Sanctum run on one character, it can't be moved until the run ends.



Each of your characters has its own Sanctum runs and progress within them.



We have nerfed Seismic Trap several times this year. We understand that competitive players would like Seismic Trap to be nerfed yet again so they don't feel obligated to play with it for ladder pushing. Outside of this context, it doesn't appear to be used by an extremely large number of people (it's top twenty, but not meta-defining). We will investigate whether we can change it for situations that are relevant to racing but we can't promise anything yet.



When you roll an Awakened Gem to another type, it will keep its level and experience but different gems have different experience values per level so they may not be exactly the same. But essentially, if you start with an Awakened Gem at Level 2 with 50% experience and roll it to another one, it will be Level 2 with 50% experience.



Recovery stats don't work with Blasphemy.



No



No, but we'll look into ways to bring this back in the future in some form.



No, we don't see these effects as necessary to retain. However, we do understand that some players are very interested in them so we will consider them when developing future content though.



We are looking into it and are keen for your suggestions/feedback on the readability of monster mods.



We are balancing around having between 2 and 4 mods per rare monster.



Because 3.20 is a beta of Ruthless, and we're still building the fundamentals of the mode, we needed to have developed challenges well in advance, which was difficult to do with the fundamentals of the mode still being worked on. We currently intend on having challenges available from 3.21 onwards.



Yes, it has been moved back to Uber Atziri. Pledge of Hands has moved from Uber Atziri to regular Atziri.



Yes



No



It's too early to make promises for how Path of Exile 2 works, but our goal is to make sure that microtransactions are updated to be as compatible as possible.



Not for this league.



We are aiming for as early as Tuesday (NZ) but may be as late as Thursday. We'll keep you updated as things become finalised.