Earlier this week, Game Director Jonathan Rogers sat down with Wudijo to talk about Path of Exile 2. If you missed seeing it live, you can catch the exclusive insights from this interview in the video below.



We’ve also had several other developer interviews with community members recently, which you can check out below:

• Zizaran interview w/Jonathan and Hrishi
  
• ZiggyD, RaizQT and Nugiyen interview w/Jonathan and Rory
  
• Tavern Talk Podcast w/Jonathan and Mark
  
• Kripparrian interview w/Jonathan

The Misery Gauntlet has now concluded! Congratulations to Ben for taking first place in an incredible show of skill and determination. Check out some of the highlights from the event in today's news post on the Path of Exile website here.

Last week, we announced the winners of our Affliction Talent Competition! Today, we'd like to announce and highlight the runners-up Check them out below!

Thank you again to everyone that participated! We had a lot of fun looking through all your submissions! Runners-up will be contacted soon to arrange prizes.

• Your choice of Footprints Effect (any Footprints Effect from the store)

This weekend we’re running a sale on Character, Portal and Footprint Effects. There’s such a massive range of discounted effects that you’re sure to find the perfect match for your next outfit! Check out the full selection of discounted cosmetics by pressing M in-game. This sale will run from the time of this post until 4PM Monday 12th February PST.

Looking to add some heat to your collection? Included in this sale are the Dragon Hunter Portal and Apparition Effect paired with the Dragon Hunter Armour set, Dragon Hunter Sword and Dragon Hunter Weapon Effect.



If you need points for the sale, don't forget about our 2024 Core Supporter Packs which you can find by pressing M in-game.

Thanks for your support!

In this episode of Build of the Week, Subtractem causes such a racket that his enemies are blown right off the court. This build is a grand slam of yelling, creating corpses, poison, and explosions. Check it out!


For more information about Subtractem's build, you can find his guide here. If you would like 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 on YouTube!

On Sunday PST, popular ARPG Content Creator Wudijo will join Game Director Jonathan Rogers to discuss Path of Exile 2!

Join us live on Wudijo’s Twitch Channel on February 11th at 12:30PM PST. We hope to see you there!

If you have missed any of the recent Path of Exile 2 podcasts you can find them below:

• Zizaran Interview
  
• Kripparrian interview w/Jonathan
  
• Tavern Talk Podcast w/Jonathan and Mark
  
• ZiggyD, RaizQT and Nugiyen interview w/Jonathan and Rory

Last week our Affliction themed Talent Competition for 2024 concluded! 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 next week!

Prize Pool

• Path of Exile Art Book
  
• Signed Atlas Passive Tree Art Print
  
• Your choice of two Path of Exile T-shirts
  
• A random Path of Exile Pin
  
• Chaos Orb 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 one Path of Exile T-shirt
  
• A random Path of Exile Pin
  
• 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

• A random Path of Exile Pin
  
• 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)

While these entries weren't Affliction themed, they were too awesome to go unnoticed! Honourable Mentions will be awarded with a Portal Effect of their choice from the list below.

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List of Armour Sets

• Arcane Armour Pack
  
• Automaton Armour Pack
  
• Black Armour Pack
  
• Bleached Demon King Armour Pack
  
• Blood Guard Armour Set
  
• Carnage Armour Pack
  
• Coldsnap Armour Pack
  
• Coliseum Armour Pack
  
• Corsair Armour Set
  
• Darkprism Armour Pack
  
• Deicide Armour Pack
  
• Demon Parasite Armour Set
  
• Desert Armour Pack
  
• Dragon Armour Pack
  
• Elite Armour Pack
  
• Executioner Armour Pack
  
• Extinction Armour Set
  
• Faith Guard Armour Set
  
• Fallen Angel Armour Pack
  
• Fire Armour Pack
  
• Gargoyle Armour Set
  
• Ghostflame Armour Pack
  
• Gloom Armour Pack
  
• Gore Armour Pack
  
• Gorgon Armour Pack
  
• Gothic Armour Pack
  
• Gryffon Armour Pack
  
• Harpyon Armour Pack
  
• Heartseeker Armour Pack
  
• Huntsman Armour Set
  
• Ice Armour Pack
  
• Innocence Armour Pack
  
• Ivory Chaos Armour Pack
  
• Lightning Armour Pack
  
• Lunaris Armour Pack
  
• Mageguard Armour Set
  
• Malachai Armour Pack
  
• Merchant Armour Pack
  
• Miracle Armour Set
  
• Mystic Armour Set
  
• Necrotic Armour Pack
  
• Obsidian Seraph Pack
  
• Project Armour Pack
  
• Pure Light Armour Pack
  
• Purple Crystal Armour Pack
  
• Purple Pyre Knight Armour Pack
  
• Pyre Knight Armour Pack
  
• Radiant Armour Pack
  
• Raven Armour Pack
  
• Ringmaster Armour Set
  
• Scientist Armour Pack
  
• Seawitch Armour Pack
  
• Sin Armour Pack
  
• Sphinx Armour Pack
  
• Steam-powered Armour Pack
  
• Stormcaller Armour Pack
  
• Ultimate Chaos Armour Pack
  
• Vampiric Armour Pack
  
• Verdant Armour Pack
  
• Viper Armour Set
  
• Warlock Armour Pack
  
• Wasteland Armour Set
  
• Wasteland Warrior Armour Pack
  
• White Armour Pack
  
• Wrangler Armour Set

List of Portal Effects

• Arcane Portal
  
• Arcane Voidgate Portal Effect
  
• Arctic Crystal Portal Effect
  
• Arctic Portal Effect
  
• Automaton Portal
  
• Balefire Portal Effect
  
• Black Portal Effect
  
• Corsair Portal
  
• Daresso Portal Effect
  
• Darkprism Portal Effect
  
• Demon King Portal Effect
  
• Divine Arcane Portal
  
• Divine Demon King Portal
  
• Divine Stygian Portal Effect
  
• Dreadspire Portal Effect
  
• Fire Portal Effect
  
• Frost Viking Portal Effect
  
• Ghostflame Stygian Portal Effect
  
• Golden Angel Portal
  
• Gore Portal Effect
  
• Havenwood Portal
  
• Huntsman Portal
  
• Infernal Demon King Portal
  
• Infernal Stygian Portal Effect
  
• Innocence Portal
  
• Kaom Portal Effect
  
• Kraken Portal Effect
  
• Legion Portal Effect
  
• Madcap Portal
  
• Malachai Portal Effect
  
• Maraketh Portal
  
• Miracle Portal
  
• Myrmidon Portal Effect
  
• Mystic Portal
  
• Necrotic Demon King Portal
  
• Project Portal Effect
  
• Pure Light Portal Effect
  
• Ringmaster Portal Effect
  
• Scientist Portal Effect
  
• Seraph Portal Effect
  
• Spectre Portal Effect
  
• Steam-powered Portal Effect
  
• Stormcaller Stygian Portal Effect
  
• Sulphite Portal
  
• Temple Portal Effect
  
• Vampiric Portal
  
• Wasteland Portal
  
• Wild Portal

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

In the final Concept Art post, we're bringing art from the last two of our newest set of Core Supporter Packs, the Karui Elemancer and Sandwraith Assassin Supporter Packs! Check them out below.















Looking for more Concept Art? Check out the links below!

Azmeri Wanderers & Challenge RewardsMystery Box and Kirac's Vault PassCore Supporter Packs Part 1Core Supporter Packs Part 2

We love to hear what our community has been talking about, and there have recently been a bunch of podcasts discussing Path of Exile and more! If you missed any of them, check them out below.







This interview is conducted in Russian, however community members have provided a translated summary in English, which you can find on the Path of Exile 2 subreddit here.


If you enjoyed these as much as we did, you'll be glad to hear that we're lining up more podcasts with Grinding Gear Games developers for the near future, so stay tuned!

Looking for some new companions? A New Hideout? Maybe both? We’ve got you covered this weekend when all pets and hideouts go on sale. You can view the full range of discounted microtransactions by pressing M in-game.

If you need some inspiration, check out these awesome pets chilling in the Trial of the Ancestor Hideout!

Featured below: Celestial Necrolord Armour Set, Celestial Necrolord Wings, Necrolord Weapons, Chaotic Ethercraft Pet, Celestial Baby Elephant Pet, Celestial Cat Pet



Don’t forget, we love to see the incredible hideouts you create, so be sure to post your creations over in our hideout showcase forum! For some more inspiration, check out the recently featured hideouts from the forum in our latest showcase video below.



Until the end of the sale, we’re offering one free Affliction 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 Affliction 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 Affliction 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 Affliction Mystery Box will receive two Midnight Pact Mystery Boxes instead.

This offer will end at 4PM February 5th PST



Thanks for your support!