Zizaran's Gauntlet has now concluded and what a thrilling event it was! The action never stopped, with bounties getting claimed up until the last minutes of the Gauntlet! Check out these nail-biters and highlights in today's news post by clicking here!

Continuing with our series of Divination Card Stories from supporters, we wanted to share LostArtz's story about their Divination Card, "Divine Beauty". Check it out!



Hello everyone, I'm LostArtz.

I started playing Path of Exile way back in 2014 during the Ambush league. I'd recently bought a GTX 750 TI to be able to actually play Skyrim and it came with a few game 'vouchers' one of which happened to be for Path of Exile. Between that and seeing a high-school friend on Steam playing, I decided to give the game a go which turned into a 8 year long addiction. Thanks Chris.

Throughout those 8 years I've been lucky enough to have the opportunity to work with GGG to design a number of unique items; Cospri's Will, Cospri's Malice, The Iron Fortress (formerly Iron Heart), and also 2 Divination Cards; Anarchy's Price and now Divine Beauty. Suffice to say I find the idea of being able to leave a permanent mark on the game an extremely awesome concept even if my wallet doesn't.

Anyway, for a while I'd been sitting on my 2nd and final Divination Card design unsure of what I wanted to submit. I'd had a few card ideas in mind over the years such as; 10 Mirrors, Tempering/Tailoring Orbs, and Tainted Currency, however I wasn't particularly fond of any of them.

I eventually submitted a card for 10 Mirrors called 'Inconceivable' which was meant to be a reference to the character Vizzini from The Princess Bride, but for reasons I don't remember it was automatically instantly rejected. Submitting a card for 10 Mirrors was an idea I'd had since the very introduction of Divination Cards and I told myself if no-one else ever submitted one I would. I suppose in a sense I did submit that card, it just never made it into the game. Seriously though, how has no one submitted (and finished) a card for 10 Mirrors yet? Somebody get on it!

I also submitted a card for 10 Tainted Currency called 'Black Market Goods' featuring It That Fled in the artwork despite having nothing to do with Tainted Currency. Genius, I know, however this was during 3.18 when Scourge hadn't yet been reworked into the new version of Beyond so my submission was once again rejected and left in limbo. GGG rejects Divination Cards if the reward isn't obtainable in the current version of the game.

When patch 3.19 came around this left me with a Divination Card submission which I decided to use on Divine Orbs. If your assumption is that this was in response to the Exalt and Divine Orb swap, you'd be correct. Regardless of that, the inspiration for this card's design came naturally and was submitted within mere hours of its conception.

The design was now centered around my favorite K-pop singer, who I had intended to reference in the cards flavour text but was instead changed to "a maiden most fair" to avoid any potential legal issues on GGG's part which is completely understandable. I've been listening to K-pop since 2009 and I'd intended for the cards flavour text to be a hidden in plain sight reference for the Korean player base, alas it wasn't meant to be. As for the Divination Card's name I'd set my mind on either 'Beauty Divine' or 'Divine Beauty', ultimately choosing 'Divine Beauty' which is both a reference to both what the card rewards, and her appearance.

The flavour text itself is also rather straightforward too.

"In a land far away lived a maiden most fair.
Her smile melted the coldest of hearts,
Her song made men and beast cry,
Her beauty unparalleled; Divine."

The first line is simultaneously about the actual distance between where we both live, however it's also something of a classical fairy-tale beginning to which the rest follows.

The second line is about her infectious smile and ability to make her fellow group-members laugh.

The third line is about her truly outstanding voice and how a number of her songs can make me cry without fail.

The fourth line is a reference to what the card rewards and her looks.

As for the artwork - I saw some speculation about it so I'd like to clear a few things up. To those of you who noted that the artwork is 'Disney-Princess'-esque, that was exactly my intention. The maiden in the artwork is meant to be singing to the beasts of the forest and the god-rays were meant to play into the angelic/divine theme of the card.

Some people noted that the dress she's wearing may be a reference to the Queen of the Forest unique, this was not my intention - it is also not a perfect 1:1 representation, although the artist who created the artwork may have intended for it to be the case. I don't mind either way.

There was also some speculation as to whether or not this card was a reference to Snow White and the Seven dwarfs given the number of Divine Orbs rewarded and the amount of cards needed to finish a set.

Here's what I'll say to that; originally I'd intended for this card to reward 5 Divines upon completion, however I was asked if I'd be willing to change the amount of Divine Orbs rewarded to a different amount as someone else wanted to create a card for 5 Divines. Divination Cards and their reward are done on a first come, first serve basis - so I could have said no, but I didn't mind changing the number to 7 which is often considered to be something of a Divine/Holy number anyway.

As for the number of cards required to finish a set, GGG decides that number. You can probably request a specific number such as 22 for 'Imperial Legacy' or 27 for 'Rebirth', but I didn't request a specific amount.

Each Card being worth 58.33333333333% of a Divine is unfortunate, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it and neither should you.

All this is to say, I didn't intend for the card to include any Snow White or Queen of the Forest references, but I certainly don't mind people making these connections given that I intended for the artwork to be 'Disney-Princess'-esque.

Hopefully you all like the card and its design, and to GGG: thank you for allowing me, and everyone else the chance to leave an impact on the game through unique items and Divination Cards.

P.S. Chris, where is my Mirror drop? Chris please.

In today's news, we wanted to share some concept art from our The Forbidden Sanctum Supporter Packs! We're featuring concept art and some work-in-progress pictures from the Forge series today. We'll share concept art from the Gemling series next week!

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.