The Crucible expansion is now live on PC and our community has had an action-packed weekend. In today's post, we've collected a few of our favourite highlights from Twitch. You can find today's news post on the Path of Exile website here.

If you're looking for updates regarding the Crucible expansion, we're maintaining the Live Updates thread and will continue to do so as things unfold.

We've just released the Crucible 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 20 microtransactions that you can find in the Crucible 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 Solar Paladin Portal Effect variant of the Paladin Portal Effect, you may later receive the Lunar variant, but you'll never get a duplicate Solar one. Check out the full details at http://pathofexile.com/mystery-box.

We have released a new version of Kirac's Vault Pass! This league's pass can be purchased with points, and for the first time, has a free track available. Its premium track contains a new exclusive armour set and some mystery boxes, rather than unique item skins.

Get yours now by pressing M to open the store in-game!



The free track of Kirac's Vault rewards you with items such as Scouting Reports, Scarabs, Sextants and Breachstones for completing bonus objectives of maps in Path of Exile's endgame. You can complete it once in each Crucible league you play, such as Crucible or Hardcore Crucible. The free track does not grant items in Ruthless modes.

You'll earn your first reward upon entering the Karui Shores, after defeating Kitava. You'll earn additional rewards by completing sets of map bonus objectives while exploring your Atlas. If you complete the bonus objectives of all 115 maps, you'll have earned all available rewards!

Purchase your premium pass and complete Atlas objectives to earn mystery boxes and the exclusive Igneous Emperor Armour Set. This armour set is purely cosmetic and does not affect your character's power or progression.




How do I purchase the Pass and track my progress through it?
On the Atlas screen, there's a new Kirac's Vault Pass icon at the top left. Clicking that will let you buy the pass, see the rewards and travel to Kirac's Vault.


How do I claim my rewards?
The Pass has a progress bar that tracks how many bonus objectives of maps on the atlas you have completed. Once you have unlocked a reward, you can click a button on the Pass screen to travel directly to Kirac's Vault, where a chamber containing that reward will unlock for you to claim.

Once claimed, items are dropped on the ground, while the cosmetics are stored in your microtransaction stash, alongside your existing microtransactions.


Is the Premium Pass still good value?
You're now able to buy it using 300 points, rather than $30 cash. Note that spending $30 on a supporter pack gets you 300 points, so for the same cost of the Kirac's Vault Pass, you're now able to receive an entire supporter pack as well as the Kirac's Vault Pass and its contents.


Do I get anything right away for buying the Pass?
Yes. The first reward is available to claim as soon as you purchase the Pass, providing you are able to access the Karui Shores (at the end of the campaign) in order to enter Kirac's Vault.


Is this pay-to-win in any way?
No. Access to Kirac's Vault and its cosmetic skins offer no gameplay advantage over other players. Items from the free track are available to all players regardless of what they've paid.


Do I need to have bought the Pass before I complete my Atlas? Is there a penalty for just waiting until near the end of the league and buying it then?
No. The Pass costs the same amount regardless of how many objectives you have already completed, and the relevant rewards will unlock instantly if you buy the Pass after completing objectives. There's no penalty for delaying your purchase until later in the league, though you'll need to purchase it before the league ends.


Can I pay more money to unlock rewards that I have not been able to unlock through gameplay?
You can't pay to unlock rewards (other than the first one, which comes with the Pass). Everyone you see with one of the exclusive skins from Kirac's Vault will have completed the bonus objectives required to earn it.


Is the Pass available for Standard players?
No. At this stage it is only available to players in the current challenge league because many Standard players can instantly unlock their whole Atlas by completing a single map.


Will I have access to my exclusive skins in Standard or future leagues?
Yes. Any cosmetics earned during this league will be available account-wide and can be equipped to any character you make in any league.


Are the Pass or its cosmetic skins available after this league ends?
No. The Pass can only be purchased during this league and its cosmetic skins are exclusive to this Pass. They will not be available again. If you want to have them in your collection forever, you must purchase the Pass this league and complete the objectives for any skins that you want.


What happens if I'm playing in multiple Crucible leagues? Which league does the Pass track progress from?
The pass tracks your highest Atlas progress from any Crucible league you are playing in (including private leagues based on Crucible).

Path of Exile: Crucible 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: 10am April 7th PDT
The servers go live at: 1pm April 7th PDT

If you are unsure, please refer to the countdown on the 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 Crucible League!

The patch size for the update will be around 8.5GB on the standalone client and 8.5GB on Steam.

This is also your last chance to get Sanctum 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 Sanctum 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 new Crucible 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!

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

To celebrate the launch of Crucible, we're hosting a Boss Kill Event where Path of Exile players can compete to kill the Uber Eater of Worlds and Searing Exarch in Crucible Ruthless Hardcore Solo Self-found mode.

Prizes are awarded to the first three players who defeat both The Uber Eater of Worlds and The Uber Searing Exarch.

• Transferable Ultra VIP Ticket to ExileCon (Ticket only - flights and accommodation are not included. This ticket can be gifted or sold to others if you're unable to attend)
  
• Work with our design team to design a new Unique Item to add to Path of Exile

• Transferable VIP Ticket to ExileCon (Ticket only - flights and accommodation are not included. This ticket can be gifted or sold to others if you're unable to attend)

The first players to beat both The Uber Eater of Worlds and The Uber Searing Exarch on Xbox and PlayStation will win the following:

• Transferable VIP Ticket to ExileCon (Ticket only - flights and accommodation are not included. This ticket can be gifted or sold to others if you're unable to attend)

• 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.
  
• 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 March 30th 2023 (when the expansion was first deployed) are not eligible for prizes.
  
• You must kill both bosses on a single character. Accumulating kills between characters, or using multiple characters to kill a boss will not count.
  
• Dying or migrating your character out of the league doesn't remove prize eligibility as long as the kill occurred while in the league.

In the upcoming Crucible League, you'll be able to earn pieces of the exclusive Chaosborn Armour Set by completing 40 new challenges. At 4, 6, 8 and 10 challenges, you'll receive the Chaosborn Boots, Gloves, Helmet and Body Armour respectively.

In Ruthless, you will receive the full Chaosborn Armour Set at 2 challenges, and each challenge completed after that will upgrade pieces of the set with the entire set fully upgraded once 8 challenges are completed.

Additional tiers of this armour set are unlocked as you complete more challenges in the Crucible League. The final tier of the Chaosborn Armour Set includes both Tiers 4 and 5 when unlocked. Both tiers are the same visually, but Tier 5 has the armour set's voice lines enabled and Tier 4 has them disabled. You can change the armour set's tiers in the "Cosmetics" tab in your inventory (bound to 'K' by default). You must have the tier unlocked to be able to set it to that tier. Completing challenges also grants you pieces of the Crucible 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: Crucible launches for PC and Mac on April 7th PDT and for console on April 12th PDT.

In the Crucible expansion, we've introduced several new support and Vaal 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.

Check out all the new and changed gems in Path of Exile: Crucible on our forums here. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

To help you get ready for the launch of Path of Exile: Crucible, we've prepared all the Item Filter Information you need in this news post.

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 Crucible.

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• Values: True/False

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• Values: True/False

Item Class: Stackable Currency

• Igneous Geode
  
• Crystalline Geode
  
• Magmatic Ore

Item Class: Active Skill Gem

• Vaal Firestorm
  
• Vaal Arctic Armour
  
• Vaal Ice Shot
  
• Vaal Absolution
  
• Vaal Domination
  
• Vaal Lightning Arrow
  
• Vaal Animate Weapon
  
• Vaal Reap
  
• Vaal Rejuvenation Totem
  
• Snipe

Item Class: Support Skill Gem

• Momentum Support
  
• Manaforged Arrows Support
  
• Prismatic Burst Support

Item Class: Divination Card

• Brother's Gift
  
• Soul Quenched
  
• Poisoned Faith
  
• A Chilling Wind
  
• Matryoshka

• Onslaught Support
  
• Xoph's Charged Breachstone
  
• Tul's Charged Breachstone
  
• Esh's Charged Breachstone
  
• Uul-Netol's Charged Breachstone
  
• Chayula's Charged Breachstone
  
• Xoph's Enriched Breachstone
  
• Tul's Enriched Breachstone
  
• Esh's Enriched Breachstone
  
• Uul-Netol's Enriched Breachstone
  
• Chayula's Enriched Breachstone
  
• Xoph's Pure Breachstone
  
• Tul's Pure Breachstone
  
• Esh's Pure Breachstone
  
• Uul-Netol's Pure Breachstone
  
• Chayula's Pure Breachstone

Item Class changed from "Map Fragment" to "Breachstone"

• Xoph's Breachstone
  
• Tul's Breachstone
  
• Esh's Breachstone
  
• Uul-Netol's Breachstone
  
• Chayula's Breachstone
  
• Xoph's Flawless Breachstone
  
• Tul's Flawless Breachstone
  
• Esh's Flawless Breachstone
  
• Uul-Netol's Flawless Breachstone
  
• Chayula's Flawless Breachstone

Divination Cards

• "The Iron Bard" renamed to "The Rusted Bard"

Wands

• "Serpent Wand" renamed to "Coiled Wand"

Abyss Jewel Mod Names

• Tier 1 Chance to Avoid Ignite "of Extinguishing" changed to "of Fireproofing"
  
• Tier 2 Chance to Avoid Ignite "of Extinguishing" changed to "of Inflammability"
  
• Tier 1 Chance to Avoid being Frozen "of Warming" changed to "of Heating"
  
• Tier 1 Chance to Avoid being Shocked "of Insulating" changed to "of the Lightning Rod"
  
• Tier 1 Chance to Avoid being Poisoned "of tolerance" changed to "of Immunity"
  
• Tier 1 Chance to Avoid Bleeding "of Mending" changed to "of the Tourniquet"
  
• Tier 2 Chance to Avoid Bleeding "of Mending" changed to "of Stemming"
  
• Tier 1 Chance to Avoid being Stunned "of Unwavering" changed to "of Poise"
  
• Tier 2 Chance to Avoid being Stunned "of Unwavering" changed to "of Balance"

Pantheon Souls

• Captured Soul of Captain Tanner Lightfoot renamed to Captured Soul of Puruna, the Challenger
  
• Captured Soul of Captain Clayborne, The Accursed renamed to Captured Soul of Captain Tanner Lightfoot
  
• Captured Soul of Merveil, the Returned renamed to Captured Soul of Pirate Treasure
  
• Captured Soul of The Primal One renamed to Captured Soul of Maligaro the Mutilator
  
• Captured Soul of Maligaro the Mutilator renamed to Captured Soul of Hybrid Widow
  
• Captured Soul of Armala, the Widow renamed to Captured Soul of Queen of the Great Tangle
  
• Captured Soul of Jorus, Sky's Edge renamed to Captured Soul of Bin'aia, Crimson Rain
  
• Captured Soul of Forest of Flames renamed to Captured Soul of The Infernal King
  
• Captured Soul of Lord of the Ashen Arrow renamed to Captured Soul of Jorus, Sky's Edge
  
• Captured Soul of Corruptor Eedaiak renamed to Captured Soul of Khor, Sister of Shadows
  
• Captured Soul of Khor, Sister of Shadows renamed to Captured Soul of Captain Clayborne, The Accursed
  
• Captured Soul of The Restless Shade renamed to Captured Soul of Terror of the Infinite Drifts
  
• Captured Soul of The Cursed King renamed to Captured Soul of Tahsin, Warmaker
  
• Captured Soul of The Sanguine Siren renamed to Captured Soul of Drek, Apex Hunter
  
• Captured Soul of Pesquin, the Mad Baron renamed to Captured Soul of Stalker of the Endless Dunes

Tier 1

• Bone Crypt
  
• Scriptorium
  
• Alleyways
  
• Colonnade

Tier 2

• Dunes
  
• Stagnation
  
• Silo
  
• Dry Sea
  
• Excavation
  
• Belfry
  
• Precinct
  
• Grotto

Tier 3

• Overgrown Shrine
  
• Strand
  
• Lair
  
• Infested Valley
  
• Shrine
  
• Primordial Blocks
  
• Primordial Pool
  
• Fields

Tier 4

• Cemetery
  
• Moon Temple
  
• Vaal Pyramid
  
• Lighthouse
  
• Orchard
  
• Laboratory
  
• Port
  
• Tower

Tier 5

• Atoll
  
• Courtyard
  
• City Square
  
• Marshes
  
• Mineral Pools
  
• Plateau
  
• Arcade
  
• Residence

Tier 6

• Shore
  
• Promenade
  
• Pit
  
• Phantasmagoria
  
• Castle Ruins
  
• Waste Pool
  
• Toxic Sewer

Tier 7

• Cursed Crypt
  
• Canyon
  
• Sulphur Vents
  
• Relic Chambers
  
• Chateau
  
• Coral Ruins
  
• Forbidden Woods

Tier 8

• Crimson Temple
  
• Shipyard
  
• Caldera
  
• Armoury
  
• Arachnid Tomb
  
• Flooded Mine
  
• Crystal Ore

Tier 9

• Wasteland
  
• Ramparts
  
• Pier
  
• Overgrown Ruin
  
• Cold River
  
• Siege

Tier 10

• Underground Sea
  
• Foundry
  
• Arachnid Nest
  
• Cells
  
• Factory
  
• Plaza

Tier 11

• Malformation
  
• Fungal Hollow
  
• Beach
  
• Geode
  
• Crimson Township
  
• Frozen Cabins

Tier 12

• Museum
  
• Necropolis
  
• Desert Spring
  
• Conservatory
  
• Jungle Valley
  
• Wharf

Tier 13

• Arid Lake
  
• Leyline
  
• Defiled Cathedral
  
• Crater
  
• Thicket

Tier 14

• Temple
  
• Maze
  
• Barrows
  
• Dungeon
  
• Terrace

Tier 15

• Underground River
  
• Tropical Island
  
• Colosseum
  
• Core
  
• Racecourse

Tier 16

• Dig
  
• Volcano
  
• Coves
  
• Arsenal

We recently announced the upcoming Path of Exile: Crucible Expansion where players will discover the Titan's Crucible and forge powerful passive skill trees onto their weapons. We've received a number of questions about this expansion and have prepared answers for many of them in this news post.

Following our livestream of reveals, Chris Wilson and ZiggyD hosted a Q&A session to answer many of your questions. Check out the video below!



The following are mostly questions that were asked outside of the above Q&A.

For any questions we answer after this post, we'll include them in our RAQ post here.

Will Crucible become a core game mechanic?
We'd like to see how the community receives Crucible once it's playable at launch before we make decisions on whether or not it should become a core game mechanic.


Can we get a list of the Crucible passives, and which weapon types they can appear on?
We'd like to watch the community discover the intricacies of the Crucible Passive Trees, so we'll leave it to you to discover!


How many portals does the Forge of the Titans area have?
Six


Are the Crucible trees randomly generated each time and are the skills specific to the weapon or shield type?
Crucible Trees are randomly generated, though the types of skill a weapon can get will be dependent on its item level and class. For example, bows will have access to particular bow passives and will not have access to particular sceptre passives.

Note that an existing Crucible Tree can be removed if you are able to access and complete a special Crucible Endgame encounter.


Are there any restrictions to how many times you can merge trees on a weapon or shield?
There are no restrictions to the number of times an item's Crucible tree can be combined with another. However, only weapons with revealed trees can be combined with each other.


Did you forget to post Minion Mastery changes?
No, there were no changes to Minion Masteries in this expansion. We are aware of feedback asking for these in the future.


Will unequipping Blood Price, the new helmet that reserves nearby enemy monsters' life, heal enemies? (i.e. could you use it as a helmet swap for a free 8% extra damage against bosses)
It follows the same reservation rules that are on players, so it will not heal enemies.


Will Master Distiller work with Mageblood?
Master Distiller consumes flask charges, so you will still need to feed flask charges to gain the bonuses.


Can you clarify how the new “10% of leech is instant” Mastery option works? Does it recover 10% of your maximum total life per second from leech?
Each individual leech still has a maximum amount. If you leech the max amount per leech, you'll get 10% of that instantly and 90% over time. However, there is also a maximum on the total recovery rate of all leech. Instant leech isn't part of that because it has no rate.


Regarding, “Skills cost Life instead of 30% of Mana Cost.” Does this mean that a skill that costs 10 mana will only cost 3 life with this node, or does it just transfer 30% of cost to life, as in 3 life + 7 mana?
A skill that costs 10 mana will instead cost 3 life and 7 mana with this Mastery allocated.


With the introduction of the new Life Mastery “15% increased maximum Life if there are no Life Modifiers on Equipped Body Armour”, will unique modifiers on items currently tagged as Life modifiers get a passover to make more uniques work with this Mastery?
There are no changes to uniques as a result of this Mastery being added.


The Gain Adrenaline for 1 second when you switch stance Mastery seems too strong. Will you change it?
We are looking into this and will let you know the results via the RAQ post.


Do you know if the Triggerbots will work with things like Summon Holy Relic minions?
Triggerbots only work with things you trigger yourself. They don't work with things your minions trigger.


What are the implications of the changes to the way projectiles return to you for both Kinetic Blast and Fireball when used with the Nimis Ring linked with fork? Do they still explode on walls and your character, and on contact with fork?
Nimis changes from "Projectiles Return to you at the end of flight" to "Projectiles Return to you". This means projectiles will return if they collide with a target and don't pierce/chain/fork/etc from it, where before they would not have done so.

Fireball already did not explode when it forked (or pierced, chained, etc), fireball's explosion destroys the projectile, and only happens when the projectile can't move further through any behaviour.

Kinetic Blast does not itself explode, it causes explosions around when it impacts something, this is still the case.


Did United in Dream also lose its poison chance?
The poison chance was only removed from Severed in Sleep.


Has the Balance of Terror Jewel been removed from the game?
It is not obtainable in 3.21, as it only dropped from Sanctum content.


What is Spark's Projectile Speed now?
The base projectile speed of Spark has been reduced by 25%. This has been updated in the https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3361403]patch notes.


Was the removal of Books of Regression intended to nerf the strategy that involved using them for Heist?
Books of Regression were removed because their intended purpose (related to PvP characters) is no longer relevant. The way they were being used in Heist was not intended.


With Ruthless offering a different, smaller set of challenges to complete than the base game, will it be possible to complete some challenges in Ruthless and others in the main league in order to get these rewards?
You can't mix and match. They are separate challenge tracks.


Why is the Boss Kill Event being hosted in Ruthless?
We want this event to represent the ultimate challenge in Path of Exile, which is to kill these two pinnacle bosses under the constraints of Hardcore, Solo Self-found and Ruthless simultaneously.


Is there a prize pool for the Boss Kill Event on consoles?
Yes, the first place winner for each console platform will receive a transferable ExileCon VIP ticket.

This weekend we're running 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 by pressing M to open the store in-game.

The 50 Point Sale will run from the time of this post until April 3rd at 6pm PDT.

In case you need points for this sale, we recommend checking out our new Crucible Supporter Packs!

Until the launch of Path of Exile: Crucible, we're offering one free Sanctum 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 Sanctum Mystery Box as a gift from us. If you've already unlocked every item from the Sanctum Mystery Box, you'll get two Glimmerwood Mystery Boxes instead! The offer is available on both PC and Consoles.

Please note: it's only possible to get one free Sanctum 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 1pm on April 7th PDT.



You only have a few days left to purchase Kirac's Vault Pass! When the Sanctum League ends, the current items available in Kirac's Vault Pass will be permanently locked away and replaced with new, exclusive cosmetic effects when Crucible launches. Check out the unique item skins in the video below or get your Pass in-game by pressing M to open the store.



If you missed the content reveal for the Crucible 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!