Welcome back to another episode of Build of the Week! Both Jungroan and his ring Nimis are featured in today's build, demonstrating a well built character with great offensive and defensive capabilities! Check out the episode below!



For more information about Jungroan's build, check out their detailed video guide here.

If you're keen to get your build featured in Build of the Week, make sure you post your build in our Classes/Builds sub-forum, which you can find on our forum homepage, or post a video build guide on Youtube!

As always, Zizaran's Gauntlet has provided the community with a jam-packed event filled with mayhem and destruction! Congratulations to Ben who has already taken rank 1 overall by completing all the objectives! Check out some of the highlights in today's news post on our forums, which you can find here.

Earlier this week, we announced the winners of The Forbidden Sanctum Talent Competition! Today, we'd like to announce the runners-up of the competition as we had so many great entries! Check them out!






























































Once again, we want to thank everyone who submitted their entries. Runners-up can pick a Helmet Effect in the list below as their prize. We'll be contacting them over the next few days to arrange their prizes.

List of Helmet Effects

• Abyss Eyes
  
• Antlers
  
• Apocalypse Helmet Attachment
  
• Aquila Crest Helmet Attachment
  
• Arcane Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
  
• Arcane Halo
  
• Arcane Mark of the Phoenix
  
• Arcane Visage
  
• Arctic Crown
  
• Arctic Skull
  
• Assassin Halo Helmet Attachment
  
• Assassin Seer Helmet Attachment
  
• Aureate Halo
  
• Automaton Halo
  
• Bent Horns
  
• Black Headband
  
• Black Pirate Bandana
  
• Bleached Skull Helmet
  
• Blood Guard Helmet Attachment
  
• Brilliant Crown
  
• Brilliant Feathers
  
• Chaos Orb Helmet
  
• Coliseum Helmet Attachment
  
• Corrupted Skull
  
• Cow Skull
  
• Curved Horns
  
• Darkprism Helmet Attachment
  
• Demon King Horns
  
• Despair Helmet Attachment
  
• Divine Ice Crown
  
• Divine Sign
  
• Divine Skull
  
• Dragon Mask
  
• Eye Patch
  
• Faith Guard Helmet Attachment
  
• Fiery Eyes
  
• Fiery Visage
  
• Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
  
• Frost Viking Alternate Helmet
  
• Frost Viking Helmet Attachment
  
• Ghostflame Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
  
• Ghostflame Skull
  
• Glowing Red Eyes
  
• Gore Skull
  
• Gorgon Snakes Helmet Attachment
  
• Guardian Mask
  
• Harmonious Helmet Attachment
  
• Harmonious Hood
  
• Holy Eyes
  
• Ice Crown
  
• Ice Horns
  
• Incursion Hood
  
• Infernal Skull
  
• Innocence Laurel Helmet Attachment
  
• Iron Brand
  
• Iron Maiden
  
• Lightning Eyes
  
• Lightning Skull
  
• Mark of the Phoenix
  
• Medusa Snakes
  
• Misery Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
  
• Misery Helmet Attachment
  
• Nightfall Helmet Attachment
  
• Oriath Helmet Attachment
  
• Plague Doctor Helmet
  
• Purple Divine Sign
  
• Purple Eyes
  
• Purple Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
  
• Purple Skull Helmet
  
• Purple Smoking Hood
  
• Rapture Helmet Attachment
  
• Red Headband
  
• Red Pirate Bandana
  
• Rose Skull
  
• Serrated Mohawk
  
• Sin and Innocence Helmet Attachment
  
• Sin Talon Helmet Attachment
  
• Skull Hood
  
• Smoking Hood
  
• Spirit Charm
  
• Steam-powered Skull
  
• Suffering Helmet Attachment
  
• Sunrise Helmet Attachment
  
• Swan Crest Helmet Attachment
  
• Thorned Skull
  
• Twilight Helmet Attachment
  
• Twisted Bone Horns
  
• Twisted Horns
  
• Undead Outcast Helmet
  
• Vaal Orb Helmet
  
• Wasteland Horns

Continuing with our series of Divination Card Stories from supporters, we wanted to share ixtermanator's story about their Divination Card, "A Dusty Memory". Check it out!



I started playing Path of Exile at the start of 2014 amidst the Nemesis and Domination leagues. At the time I was in high school and would often look at free to play games on Steam. Eventually I found Path of Exile which has become a constant enjoyment in my life. Through good times and bad, through awesome leagues and less amazing leagues, I could always come back to Path of Exile as something to escape with. While playing I heard that some players had been able to help design their own uniques, and even a mob. I thought that was such a cool thing, especially for a game I loved and spent so much time with. Thankfully I was able to acquire the ability to design a Divination Card before they became unavailable. However I sat on my design for a couple of years because I wanted to make something meaningful to both myself and hopefully to the awesome Path of Exile community as well.

Another constant positive force in my life was my family dog, Dusty. He was a small, excited and loveable dog. Everyday when I would get home after another rough long day of school he would be there to cheer me right up, or sit in my lap and cuddle while watching entertainment. No matter what was happening Dusty was always there for me. He helped me through many difficult times in my life. Unfortunately in 2020 Dusty passed due to some medical issues he had his whole life complicating further. This was, and in some ways still is, very hard on me losing my best friend. Thankfully part of what helped me get through that was Path of Exile as something to find enjoyment in during that difficult time.

Once in a while I would try and think of an idea for what kind of Divination Card I wanted to make. However I never really found an idea that I enjoyed until I thought of this card in a different way. I tried to think of what kind of thing in Path of Exile was my favorite to find. Interestingly I came to realize fractured items were among my favorite things to find pretty quickly, because as a solo self found player every time I found a fractured item it meant I could have an awesome new base to craft on with a constant mod. Fractured items have helped me progress through several of my SSF characters. Sometimes fractured items can even drop with an insane mod locked in, but the highest tier mods are usually harder to get fractured naturally as their item level can be an issue. The rest of the card fell into place very nicely. I knew that I would like to involve my beloved dog, Dusty, as part of the card in some way. The fact that no other Divination Cards rewarded fractured items was just icing on the cake. Since fractured items were connected to the Synthesis league, which I thought was a fun league, the choice of this card being themed around memory became very apparent and flavorful. It amazed me at how much the pieces fit together to form "A Dusty Memory", it just felt right in every aspect.

Dusty holds a special place in my heart and I hope that my Divination Card "A Dusty Memory" can give players some awesome consistency, with fractured items, to their characters.

Our Talent Competition for 2023 where we asked our community to show off their talents by creating content related to The Forbidden Sanctum expansion concluded last week! All your entries were amazing and we're now ready to announce the winners!

Thank you to everyone from our community for your incredible submissions and congratulations to all the winners! We’ll be contacting you soon to arrange your prizes. We’ll also award runners-up in a follow-up post later this week.


Prize pool

• Path of Exile Art Book
  
• Signed Atlas Passive Tree Art Print
  
• Cloth Map of Wraeclast
  
• Your choice of two Path of Exile T-shirts - (Kitava, Vaal Orb or Exalted Orb)
  
• Foam Exalted Orb
  
• Celestial Cat Socks
  
• Your choice of an Armour Set (an Armour Set from the list below)
  
• Your choice of a Portal Effect (a Portal Effect from the list below)
  
• Your choice of Footprints Effect (any Footprints Effect from the store)

Prize pool

• Your choice of an Armour Set (an Armour Set from the list below)
  
• Your choice of a Portal Effect (a Portal Effect from the list below)
  
• Your choice of Footprints Effect (any Footprints Effect from the store)

Prize pool

• Your choice of a Portal Effect (a Portal Effect from the list below)
  
• Your choice of Footprints Effect (any Footprints Effect from the store)

Prize pool

• Your choice of a Portal Effect (a Portal Effect from the list below)

List of Armour Sets

• Arcane Armour Set
  
• Arctic Armour Set
  
• Arctic Crystal Armour Set
  
• Automaton Armour Set
  
• Balefire Armour Set
  
• Blood Guard Armour Set
  
• Carnage Armour Set
  
• Coliseum Armour Set
  
• Darkprism Armour Pack
  
• Demon King Armour Set
  
• Desert Armour Set
  
• Dragon Armour Set
  
• Elite Armour Set
  
• Extinction Armour Set
  
• Executioner Armour Set
  
• Fallen Angel Armour Set
  
• Faith Guard Armour Set
  
• Ghostflame Armour Set
  
• Gloom Armour Set
  
• Gorgon Armour Set
  
• Gore Armour Set
  
• Gothic Armour Set
  
• Gryffon Armour Set
  
• Harlequin Armour Set
  
• Harpyon Armour Set
  
• Huntsman Armour Set
  
• Ice Armour Set
  
• Ivory Chaos Armour Set
  
• Lightning Armour Set
  
• Lunaris Armour Set
  
• Mageguard Armour Set
  
• Malachai Armour Set
  
• Madcap Armour Set
  
• Merchant Armour Pack
  
• Miracle Armour Set
  
• Mystic Armour Set
  
• Necrotic Armour Set
  
• Pitch Black Armour Set
  
• Polar Armour Set
  
• Pure Light Armour Set
  
• Purple Necrotic Armour Set
  
• Purple Crystal Armour Set
  
• Radiant Armour Set
  
• Raven Armour Set
  
• Rapture Armour Set
  
• Ringmaster Armour Set
  
• Seawitch Armour Set
  
• Seraph Armour Set
  
• Sphinx Armour Set
  
• Steam-Powered Armour Set
  
• Stormcaller Armour Set
  
• Temple Armour Pack
  
• Vampiric Armour Set
  
• Verdant Armour Set
  
• Warlock Armour Set
  
• Wasteland Warrior Armour Set
  
• Wild Armour Set
  
• Water Elemental Armour Set
  
• Wrangler Armour Set

List of Portal Effects

• Arcane Demon King Portal
  
• Arcane Portal
  
• Arcane Voidgate Portal Effect
  
• Arctic Crystal Portal Effect
  
• Arctic Portal Effect
  
• Automaton Portal Effect
  
• Balefire Portal Effect
  
• Daresso Portal
  
• Darkprism Portal Effect
  
• Demon King Portal
  
• Divine Arcane Portal Effect
  
• Divine Demon King Portal
  
• Divine Stygian Portal Effect
  
• Dreadspire Portal Effect
  
• Faith Guard Portal Effect
  
• Infernal Demon King Portal Effect
  
• Golden Angel Portal Effect
  
• Gore Portal
  
• Gorgon Portal Effect
  
• Havenwood Portal Effect
  
• Huntsman Portal Effect
  
• Kaom Portal
  
• Kraken Portal Effect
  
• Madcap Portal Effect
  
• Malachai Portal
  
• Maraketh Portal Effect
  
• Miracle Portal Effect
  
• Mystic Portal
  
• Necrotic Demon King Portal
  
• Necrotic Portal Effect
  
• Orange Portal Effect
  
• Project Portal Effect
  
• Pure Light Portal
  
• Resonator Portal Effect
  
• Ringmaster Portal Effect
  
• Scientist Portal Effect
  
• Sentinel Portal Effect
  
• Seraph Portal Effect
  
• Spirit Portal Effect
  
• Steam-Powered Portal
  
• Stygian Ghostflame Portal Effect
  
• Sulphite Portal Effect
  
• Temple Portal Effect
  
• Ultimate Chaos Portal
  
• Vampiric Portal Effect
  
• Wasteland Portal Effect
  
• Wild Portal Effect
  
• Wrangler Portal Effect

Today's episode contains a tonne of mechanics, but hits as hard as a wrecking ball! Check out the culmination of Ifnjeff's creativity below!



For more information about Ifnjeff's build, check out their well-explained forum guide here.

If you're keen to get your build featured in Build of the Week, make sure you post your build in our Classes/Builds sub-forum, which you can find on our forum homepage, or post a video build guide on Youtube!

Continuing on with sharing concept art pieces for the recently released Core Supporter Packs, the final showcase features the Voidborn Supporter Pack! If you're looking for more concept art from the Core series, be sure to check out the Tormentor, Hellfire, Bloodthirsty, and Chronomancer posts.

Once again, community streamer KittenCatNoodle has done a thorough investigation of the new tidbits of lore that were introduced in our latest expansion, The Forbidden Sanctum! While this is very speculative, KittenCatNoodle does an outstanding job putting together old and new lore, coming up with interesting theories and raising some good questions…

Check out KittenCatNoodle's video below!



If you are interested in checking out more of KittenCatNoodle's lore videos, check out her YouTube channel or follow her on Twitch or Twitter for updates about the series!

Entering the store today are the new Celestial Turtle Pet and Oblivion Fireball Effect! The Celestial Turtle Pet drifts alongside you, leaving a trail of stars and the Oblivion Fireball Effect changes the standard Fireball effects into an Oblivion themed one.

Check them out in the videos below or get yours by pressing M to open the store in-game!





Thanks for your support!

We had a chat with Denipon about her life inside and outside of Path of Exile! If you're looking for a cozy stream to chill out in with friendly community members, Denipon should be your go to! Check out the interview below!

Thank you so much for inviting me! My name is Deni but, you might know me as denipon! I stream Path of Exile over on twitch.tv/denipon almost everyday!

It took me a few tries to really get into Path of Exile. My friend EZ1801 suggested that I give the game a try since D3 was getting a bit stagnant. I ended up so engrossed in the game that I accidentally streamed for 24 hours!

It still took some time before I fully got into Path of Exile, but I remember very happily cyclone-ing away during Legion.

Even though I was shocked the first time I opened the passive tree, it really reminded me of the sphere grid in FFX. It was both intimidating and familiar at the same time. I figured if I was able to parse that out for several characters, I’d be able to figure out the skill tree in Path of Exile.

I keep coming back for all the new leagues. I love that there is always something new to look forward to in a few months.

I honestly feel like there are so many moments that will live in my memory from the last year.

Sentinel league I double corrupted a Headhunter and a Mageblood back to back!

Recently having my scuffed Divinia cosplay featured on the forums for the start of the league was amazing!

Also, this league finally finding something great in Ritual, has finally forced me to interact with the mechanic again xD

My first truly non-zDPS was MoM CoC Ice Nova Scion. I’ll never forget her. Now, I’ve gotten to the point where I’m just looking for builds that are fun and archetypes I haven’t had a chance to try.

I have to be honest, Forbidden Sanctum has been so much fun!

There are tons of ways to enjoy and play POE.

Please play for fun more, and not what is the “best” according to POB.

I started my account almost around the time Justin.TV went offline. I had found out about it from going to fighting game tournaments back in the day. I loved the idea of playing games and getting to build a community that also loved and focused on these very niche things.

I would sign on from time to time and stream Retro games late at night hoping I’d find my people. Eventually, I started to stream and play Diablo 3 and really found a groove with my late night NA audience. After my friend encouraged me to play Path of Exile the rest has been history.

I would say you can expect some good tunes, lots of laughs, and definitely some kitties! It’s a nice place for new players and veterans to all hang out. I haven’t really gotten into build making yet, so I feel like the most value I give to my community is a positive space to learn and help each other out. I’m on almost every day at the league start! My hours are a bit varied so it’s always best to check in my discord or on my Twitter to know exactly when I go live.

In the off season, I still go live as often but will throw in some variety: Apex, Tekken, Street Fighter, Soulsborne/like, city builders, and sims.

I ended up taking a break from streaming around 2018. I had moved to a new apartment that ended up having awful options for my ISP, effectively forcing me to to take a break from streaming. During that time period I was working in Corpa America while going to school full-time as well.

I didn’t get to start streaming again until COVID happened. Like many others, I was eventually let go as businesses were shut down across the nation. Streaming became a way for me to connect with people and kindled the hope to be an entertainer.

Outside of streaming I really love to read (sci-fi and fantasy), crafting and working on cosplays, working on or sharing new music, and spending a lot of time with my two kitties, Apollo and Ozi.

I had always had a difficult time finding the thing I was meant to do in life. I’ve tried a few different things, but streaming was always something that kept a pull on me. What could happen if I gave it a real committed effort?

Streaming has granted me more opportunities than I ever thought imaginable. I owe a lot to my community for believing in me and completely changing my life for the better. I really can’t explain how grateful I am that the space and things I create are appreciated.

I really love the Path of Exile streaming community. It feels a bit unique in a way, I feel like there is a stream home/vibe for everyone.

It can be long hours, and lots of planning, and hard work for very little returns in the beginning. Try not to compare yourself to other people and their journey, because everyone’s path is different. It will feel so rewarding when all the things you’ve been working on are finally getting a chance to shine. Be patient with yourself!

Some of my favorite channels to watch or lurk in: Donk_aeden, SuitSizeSmall, Iiyra, Subtractem and Nizmat

I have some POE content plans for my Youtube soon! So definitely keep your peepers out for that.

Thank you so much GGG and Bex for inviting me to participate in this interview. It really means the world to me!!



Thank you so much for participating in the interview! If you'd like to follow Denipon, you can do so on Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch. Also, don't forget that you can support both Denipon and the development of Path of Exile by buying microtransactions from her Nexus page!