There are some regular tickets and balcony tickets available for ExileCon! Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to interact with the developers and community, play the Path of Exile 2 and Path of Exile Mobile game demos, and much more!

If you're interested in attending ExileCon in person, go to http://pathofexile.com/exilecon to get your ticket now!

Please note that the name on your ticket needs to match your photo ID, so when purchasing a second ticket for your friend or a family member, make sure that the name on that ticket matches their photo ID.

ExileCon 2023 is just around the corner! We can't wait to see you in New Zealand in July!

Our Crucible Fan Art Competition where we asked the community to show off their artistic talent by creating content themed around the Crucible 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.

Forum avatar based on the winning submission
Path of Exile Art Book
Signed Atlas Passive Tree Art Print
Your choice of one Path of Exile T-shirts - (Kitava, Vaal Orb or Exalted Orb)
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)












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)







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













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
































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

This weekend we are running a Stash Tab Sale! You can view the full selection of discounted tabs by pressing M to open the store in-game. The Stash Tab sale ends at 5pm on May 29th (PDT).

If you're missing points for the sale, be sure to check out the Crucible and Core Supporter Packs!

Thanks for your support!

The final ExileCon Qualifier event begins in 30 minutes and you are now able to join the event. Tune into the official stream at http://twitch.tv/pathofexile to find out who will join imexile, tytykiller and Havoc in the ExileCon 2023 Finals in this last chance qualifier, casted by ZiggyD and RaizQT!

For more information about Qualifier events and their prizepool, check out this announcement.

We also want to remind everyone that the use of inappropriate character and stream names during your run will result in disqualification from this event or future race events in the series. You can find out more in our PSA last week here.

We'd also like to mention that while the event is fixed seed, when Einhar spawns by chance in an area, he can slightly affect parts of the layout of the zone but the rest of the area will be the same.

If you want to watch the last few qualifier events, you can check out the VODs below:

• Qualifier 1
  
• Qualifier 2
  
• Qualifier 3

Good luck everyone!

In today's news post, we sat down with long-time community member Waggle! Competing as a finalist in ExileCon 2019, Waggle is a multi-talented player that dabbles in both competitive and community events! Check out the interview below!


Hey, thanks for having me. I'm Waggle, a mostly HC trade enjoyer, but I've dabbled in just about every game/league mode Path of Exile has had to offer because I really like trying different things (except ruthless, sorry Chris, it's too RUTHLESS)


I heard about Path of Exile very shortly before the open beta at the start of 2013. A buddy I had played Everquest with told me about it, and I decided to give it a shot with basically no info on the game other than that it was an ARPG.


Definitely the character customization, the passive tree in particular, was a huge pull for me when I first started playing. Final Fantasy 10 was one of my favorite games growing up and having the same reaction a lot of players did of "hey this is kinda like a newer, cooler sphere grid". Planning out new characters & builds is also the second biggest thing that keeps me coming back, with the main reason being the constant content updates themselves.


If I had to pick one, I think I would have to go all the way back to beating Uber Atziri for the first time in Ambush League (I was but a simple SC gamer at the time), that was the point where Path of Exile went from being "a" game that I played, to being THE game that I played.


This is a question I get asked on stream from time to time, and it's always a hard one to answer because I really enjoy the process of making builds, and it's a very similar experience even if the builds themselves are extremely different. If I had to pick 1 build I think it would probably be Essence Drain CI Trickster, back when Trickster had Ghost Shrouds on the Ascendancy... and they were really OP :)


EASILY Sentinel League, even ignoring how it was super OP for exp grinding, loot drops, AND crafting. The way it took a lot of items/mods that hadn't really been relevant, and gave you huge incentive to go farm them, was a really cool feeling. Plus the overall state of the endgame was (and still is) in a really good spot with that league YES EVEN ARCHNEMESIS GOING CORE IT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD AFTER THE FIRST LIKE TWO WEEKS!


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I started streaming sometime in early-mid 2016, initially just to stream races during the old race seasons. Was watching my friends streaming their races and thought "hey I could do this too"


When I'm playing Path of Exile, it's a lot of build planning/theorycrafting, farming new league stuff, and crafting gear. Occasionally mix in a league start race, or maybe some race commentary if there's an event going on. My usual schedule is somewhere in the neighborhood of 4pm-midnight EST, most days of the week.


Before I started streaming I had recently graduated college with a degree in computer science. While in school I also worked part time at a preschool as an after school daycare teacher, the best training for dealing with twitch chat.


Whether I'm streaming or not, I'd say the majority of my free time is either spent gaming or on twitch, or both. I really enjoy watching esports in particular, mainly CSGO.


Lifestyle wise I wouldn't say much has changed. But streaming has introduced me to a ton of people I probably otherwise wouldn't have met, which is really cool.


I would personally love to see more 1-2 day long community races/competitive events, but I think it can be a really hard thing to do well & find timing inbetween all the other community/official events.


Probably a generic answer, but definitely don't start streaming with the intention of making it into a career. Start because you think you might enjoy it, and if you do, then maybe try and find one specific aspect of whatever you are streaming (for example, playing Righteous Fire builds in Path of Exile), and become THE Righteous Fire person. You probably all know who that is already which shows how well it can be done :)


I'm generally not up to date with newer streamers, but with the recent ExileCon qualifier races I can shout out some very solid racers that may or may not stream other stuff as well. keld0rn, stone_cold_poe, phazeplays, sargetwo, allexpleblord, & gaijinlag (and probably more tbh, there's a lot of very solid racers now it's hard to keep track of them all)


I pretty much plan things day by day so I generally don't have any big projects in the works, the closest thing would be I set a goal for myself that I want to get a mirror to drop in Path of Exile before Path of Exile2 launches. Probably gonna have to roll SC trade and spam feared invitations and pray pretty soon to make that come true...


Nah, no memorable moments, especially not any within the very first minute of the race. I randomly ended up in the same PC cafe as Havoc the day of the race, both of us completely focused practicing while probably nobody else there even knew what we were playing.


Sitting out ExileCon this year, I'll be at home restreaming the event and doing insanely top tier REACTION content, heckin love reacting!!!


Thank you so much for participating in the interview! If you'd like to follow Waggle, you can do so on YouTube, and Twitch.

Over the years, many of our amazing content creators have taken the time to answer some questions in our Streamer Interview series. In case you've missed any of them, we've gathered up all of our streamer interviews in today's post. Check them out!

• Kripparrian
  
• Subtractem
  
• Havoc616
  
• SuitSizeSmall
  
• Palsteron
  
• Tripolarbear
  
• ds_lily
  
• Ben_
  
• Mathil
  
• RaizQT
  
• NeverSink
  
• Octavian0
  
• BrittleKnee
  
• ZiggyDLive
  
• GhazzyTV
  
• TarkeCat
  
• slipperyjim8
  
• Empyriangaming
  
• BalorMage
  
• Uberelite
  
• tytykiller
  
• KittenCatNoodle
  
• Velyna
  
• Zizaran
  
• Grimro
  
• Denipon
  
• mbXtreme

Has your favourite streamer not been interviewed yet? Let us know who we should interview next!

Last week, we highlighted some artwork and portfolios from some of our artists at Grinding Gear Games! In today's post, we're featuring even more of them! Check out their art and portfolios in today's news post!

Note: If you're keen to check out the artist's portfolio, just click their name!

Entries for our Crucible Fan Art Competition close tomorrow at 5PM NZT, so make sure you get your submission in before then! For now, we're featuring a few more entries in this last competition highlights post! Check them out below!



































Remember, entries close tomorrow at 5PM NZT! If you've got an entry to submit, you can post it in this thread.

Best of luck to all entrants!

We're having a sale on Weapon and Shield Microtransactions this weekend so if you were hoping to add a new cosmetic sword or board for your collection, be sure to check out what's on sale by pressing M to open the store in-game. The Weapon and Shields sale ends at 5pm on May 22nd (PDT).

Until the end of the sale, we're offering one free Crucible 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 Crucible 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 Crucible 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.

Players who have unlocked all microtransactions from the Crucible Mystery Box will receive two Angels and Demons Mystery Boxes instead.

Not sure what to get from the sale? The Pyromaniac Weapon Effect is great for giving any of your weapons a fiery theme and pairs well with the Sunrise Shield! Check them out below, alongside the Vulcan Armour Set!



In case you need points for this sale, we'd recommend checking out the Core or Crucible Supporter Packs!

Thanks for your support!

The Third and second to last ExileCon Qualifier event begins in 30 minutes and you are now able to join the event. Who will join imexile and tytykiller at the ExileCon Finale in July? Tune into the official stream at http://twitch.tv/pathofexile to find out in this nailbiting race, casted by ZiggyD and RaizQT!

If you aren't able to compete in today's event, there is still one last ExileCon Qualifier after this one, same time next week on Thursday at 2PM PDT! For more information about Qualifier events and their prizepool, check out this announcement.

We also want to remind everyone that the use of inappropriate character and stream names during your run will result in disqualification from this event or future race events in the series. You can find out more in our PSA last week here.

We'd also like to mention that while the event is fixed seed, when Einhar spawns by chance in an area, he can slightly affect parts of the layout of the zone but the rest of the area will be the same.

If you missed the last couple of qualifiers, you can check out the VOD of the first qualifier here or the second qualifier here!

Good luck everyone!