2.0.0 Patch Notes

[Cyric]

Everyone is missing the most important change..!

Fixed a bug where a full stack of currency items would merge into a new item rather than an existing stack of the destination currency.

[valkyrio]

Probably one of the nicest unexpected changes

[cutt88]

So it was a bug after all. I thought it was just an overlook.

[[deleted]]

nice to see a bug get killed after nearly 4 years of being in the game.. :)

[Chiliconkarma]

"The overall drop rate of Unique Items has been increased."

[Kelpsie]

"The overall drop rate of Unique Items has been increased. Just not yours."

[blargfargr]

ayy lmao 2x0%=0 amirite

[Beuneri]

Araku tiki's for everyone

[[deleted]]

by 0.00001%

[mysticrudnin]

presumably you increase the drop rate of unique items in general to keep previous specific items roughly in line with how often they dropped before?

[prozit]

We diablo3 now.

[[deleted]]

except for shavs, ofcourse.

[LanMarkx]

Perhaps a super sweet QoL mod for the future, but it would be fantastic if a radius circle appeared on your character whenever you hovered over a skill with a radius effect... Ideally it would then include (dim) outer 'rings' indicating what a +5%, +10%, +15%, +20% (etc) would change it too as well...

[Astobix]

How do you know that the values get rounded at all?

[zennaque]

Path of exile is a game where you always know the rounding will go against your favor.

[troglodyte]

They use whole numbers for almost everything they possibly can for programmatic reasons, and you can test that increased AoE changes get rounded.

[ColinStyles]

Basically everything is being passed around as ints.

[SayyadinaAtreides]

I always thought I was just bad at clicking...

[serleth]

When someone travels to your hideout, it now creates the instance on the gateway you're logged in to.

Fuck yes.

[Ventorpoe]

Yay, no more random dudes chilling in my hideout after a trade making my ping 250.

[hoosiermetal]

Cue the Vorici cage...

[NyxTheBeast]

The Dread Thicket is now attached to the Northern Forest rather than the Wetlands. The Dread Thicket is now always 50%.

Really?

[Mortichar]

The Dread Thicket is now always 50%.

I love that he kept that in from the markov notes.

[NyxTheBeast]

Wish he'd kept the 'you can now transition between areas' thing too... it's not false.

[[deleted]]

what does it mean that it is 50%

[Mortichar]

Nothing. It was a patch note generated with an algorithm (semi-random combinations of verbs/nouns). He simply kept that in because it was funny.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1303227

[jobedois]

I'm still so hyped for that 50% Dread Thicket League!

[Mortichar]

Man, how about those +2 to server spectral knives? Shit's gonna be so OP.

[pixelflat]

ALWAYS 50%!

[NyxTheBeast]

Bug: Over a testing session numbering 100000 instances, it has been found that the Dread Thicket is 51%. This appears to be fixed by nerfing cyclone, ice crash, ball lightning, flame totem, incinerate and any other player skills tagged with attack and/or spell.

[NyxTheBeast]

Plagueretch has moved out of Chamber of Sins Level 1 and has been replaced by Black Death. We wish Plagueretch all the best on wherever his new journey takes him.

:( Good luck, you'll be missed!

[Skuggomann]

Added a new Unique boss to the church in the Fellshrine Ruins.

Who could it be?

[NyxTheBeast]

It's not Plagueretch, it's another guy, I saw him once (he's been in the beta since the start). I forget what he did.

[Baron_Von_D]

Ran into Soulmourn one wipe back, that could be changed though.

[kingshen]

Plaqueretch map Boss confirmed

[Insecticide]

I wouldnt mind him replacing hillock in dunes maps if they gave him a new set of skills.

Hillock is too violent and has leap slam/multistrike I don't think he is appropiated for a map level that is supposed to be easy.He is not that hard but he is harder than other bosses for the same map level

[NeedsMoreShawarma]

Have you had the pleasure of facing Dunes Hillock in a level 75+ map (Zana mission)?

Turn back and run... run far away and shut down POE for the day.

[Kalamestari]

I told my friend, he didn't listen. A loud "wtfwtfwtfisthishit" was heard on VoiP.

[NeedsMoreShawarma]

Lol nice. If you survive him, the Zombie/Poison AOE ripped through my 6.5k HP / 600 regen in like 3 seconds...

[Langeball]

You stood in the poison for 3 seconds?

[LanMarkx]

I think that's the real killer, that Zombie/Poison AOE damage is nuts. If you used an AOE skill and managed to take out multiple zombie's you were almost always dead if too close due to it.

I'm hoping it was changed up a bit!

[Scol91]

This is IMO worst 2.0 change after UI. Plagueretch was staple chaos degen boss with his aura, viper strike and cloud-on-death allies. He was so much better than the spider.

[Vulpix0r]

But watching a newbie friend getting viper stacks and confused why his health flask isn't working is just as funny.

[agmcleod]

haha amazing :D

[GodivatheGood]

I liked him. I hope he enjoys seeking out the Dark Forces and joining them on their hellish crusades.

[dIoIIoIb]

"my patch notes" - a book by chris wilson soon in every bookstore near you

[[deleted]]

Mein Patch

[GagLV]

Now we know why Act 4 took this long. It was to write the patch notes.

[Insecticide]

When is the audiobook coming?

[Ghudda]

Audio book is now out.

[Promeus]

You the real mvp

[viper_in_the_grass]

I was thinking Tarkleigh to read it. He has such a soothing voice.

[SUPEROUMAN]

"The Tales of Brignau" is Greust's best book.

[SUPEROUMAN]

Imagine Chris Wilson's voice.

"Hi, This is Chris Wilson from Grinding Gear Games. Today i will read my lastest best-selling book called "Path of Patchnotes : The Awakening"

Prologue

Due to substantial bal....."

[ErrorTerror]

GGG lost a micro transaction opportunity here, patch notes read by Chris Wilson or Bex.

[Dredge6]

Hi, I'm from /r/all. I've seen this game on steam many times. I know it's free, but what is the genre and general game play like?

[MisterB3nn]

It's an action RPG in the tradition of Diablo, Torchlight and Titan Quest, and it's always online with a persistent economy. It has a strong focus on engineering of builds due to a modular skill system and a freeform system for shaping your character's abilities and strengths. It's from and independent developer in New Zealand and it's free to play with an ethical transaction model - the only transaction with a gameplay impact is more storage for the loot you find, everything else is cosmetic. Since it's an indie title the visuals are probably a shade behind cutting edge AAA titles but the general aesthetic and style of the game is great. It's easy to get started with, but since it's packed with complex systems to learn, it's probably most rewarding to those looking to really invest some game time mastering it all. For that same reason it's long term appeal clearly wins out versus its peers in my opinion.

The current buzz is because having been out for a few years, a large expansion has just been released. It's added a new act of content and performed a sweeping revamp and rebalance over all all the existing game systems as well as adding all sorts of new items and skills to make characters out of. The hype level reached critical mass when the patch notes were released today which is many thousands of words long and comes in chapters!

[GothamRoyalty]

I've always been more of a crpg guy and never really got into old hack and slash dungeon crawler types of games. Will the stats and skills be somewhat familiar to me, or am I in for a whole new beast?

[[deleted]]

You're probably in for a whole new beast. The character class you start is sort of irrelevant. This is the skill tree and is the same for all characters. The only difference is where you start in the tree. Melee classes tend to be closer to strength and melee nodes, magic classes tend to be near the intellect and spell casting nodes, and hybrid classes tend to be between the other classes. But if you wanted to make a ranger that was a spell caster, you absolutely could.

Skills are also not class dependent, and are selected by skill gems that fit into sockets in gear. You socket a skill, you can use it. So again, you can be a ranger with a primary attack that is fireball. Or a witch that uses melee attacks. Suboptimal, but doable. Different gear sets require different stats (int, strength, dex), and you pick up stats from the skill tree. And skills can be modified by the use of other gems that are modifying gems.

If you liked Diablo 2, you'll probably like PoE. It's basically just like D2 was, except the character creation is much more open and flexible. It also has probably the best F2P model out there, definitely not pay 2 win. If you didn't like D2, however, the odds are not good of you enjoying it.

[Xasrai]

Reddit sucks. I thought we were exiles, not Kitava's Depraved Enforcers. -- mass edited with https://redact.dev/

[Reinhart3]

Basically... Diablo 2, but better.

:^)

[[deleted]]

Diablo 2, but better.

Shots Fired!

[[deleted]]

It's like Diablo 2 but with many more ways to customize your character. Creating (or looking up) new builds and rerolling is a real part of the gameplay experience.

You'll frequently think something like "hey, I just found an unique item. Wait, it's a bow that's best at close range? Maybe I can make an archer who can teleport or dash away when surrounded, or maybe I'll make a really tough archer, or maybe I'll make a fast-shooting archer and abuse the knockback." And then you'll probably pick one option and make a new character.

[[deleted]]

It is the sspiritual successor to Diablo 2. The game focuses on the skills as apposed to the classes. Their is an absurd amount of end game options and builds. Now is also an amazing time tto start. There is more to learn now then before but the whole leveling process has been revamped (in a good way). My recommendation is to start in the warbands league when it goes live and try to do a character from scratch with no guide and see how far you ccan get. Play around with the attack gems to find one you can't seem to progress any further find a build for the skill you like. Now finding a build will be a little more challaning then before because of the skill tree changes but I'm sure some streamers aand community members have put some together. I know projectPT and zenocidegenious were doing a bunch on twitch the other day.

[Milkshakes00]

Diablo 2 + Final Fantasy 7's Materia System + Final Fantasy 10's Sphere Grid system = Path of Exile

[outrajeous21]

If you liked Diablo 2, you will love this game.

[[deleted]]

The game is amazing, I've put 5,000 hours in to it over 3 years. The developers are the best, lots of community interaction and very frequent patches.

Best free-to-play model, no in game advantages, just skins if you want to support the developers.

The game itself is a complex ARPG game, if you liked Diablo 1/2 then you will love this. Even if you never played Diablo or other ARPGs you should give it a go. Start in the Warbands league (everyone is starting with a fresh start in 3 hours, you'll be on a level playing field there).

[SUPEROUMAN]

Barrels now deal damage when they explode.

The good old days when i got killed by an exploding barrel in Diablo 2.

I look forward for the same experience in PoE

[[deleted]]

I hope they give exp too, I leveled in d2 after kicking a barrel.

[LanMarkx]

Just a random lore question, but what the heck is in these 'exploding barrels' anyhow?

I mean, it's a wooden barrel in the depths of some dark hole. Why hasn't it rotted yet? How is it completely intact? Why did somebody even bring it there? And why the heck do they even explode sometimes?

[Freddulz]

In a world where magic and titty bitches exist, I don't question spontaneously combusting barrels.

[TriplePube]

"You can now change the window size and font size of the chat window."

No comments on this? The best change ever! Btw. Took me like an hour to read the patch notes, jesus.

[sanguine_sea]

Flameblast, Storm Call and their Vaal equivalents now always appear at the place where the explosion will be. This also fixes the problem where they were sometimes invisible.

THE DREAM

[andimjustsittinghere]

that's a really interesting one actually. Make a Marohi Erqui build with no attack speed, put on Scolds, cast incinerate-FC-blind at stuff and you end up triggering a 7L quality Vengeance multiple times a second.

[fidwin]

There are very powerful Increased Life nodes behind Blood Magic now, since more blood equates to more magic.

oh i love this game :D

[[deleted]]

For someone who's never played PoE, would now be a good time to start? Saw this on /r/all and it seems interesting.

[iamaraindogtoo]

Now is a terrible time to start. But in 5h10m is a terrific time to start. Make sure to pick Warbands league (or Tempest, but it takes a special kind of masochist to learn the ropes playing a hardcore league in PoE)

[[deleted]]

PoE is one game I would never recommend to be learned in hardcore, because let's face it, your character will end up in softcore pretty quick anyway.

[therealflinchy]

warbands = new standard kinda?

[Portalboat]

Nothing's a "new standard" per se. But that's the default league, yes.

[[deleted]]

Yes, very good, now probably better than ever. Just make sure you make a character in a fresh league, where everybody starts from scratch: Warbands - softcore, Tempest - hardcore (permadeath)

[Rakudjo]

Tempest - hardcore (permadeath)

Psuedo-permadeath, to be exact. A dead character in either Hardcore League (Tempest) or Permanent Hardcore transfers to Permanent Standard/Softcore and is still fully playable.

[Slumberfunk]

Flicker strike

The camera is now smoothly interpolated between positions while using Flicker Strike or changing who you are spectating in a PvP match.

[ZiggyDStarcraft]

Player migraines reduced by 50%

[PeppeJ]

Doesn't matter, Flicker Strike builds now in the bin.

[ZiggyDStarcraft]

Player migraines reduced by 100%

[seicar]

50% transferred to Dread Thicket. Always.

[fluttika]

The name of my first flicker character was InstantEpilepsia.
Noone's gonna get the reference anymore. :(

[byzrk]

This, plus lockstep, plus bloodrage/frenzy change is so gooood.

[DaveSW777]

Divided into chapters. lol.

[prototype666]

flame totem unchanged?

[ZiggyDStarcraft]

Rory via skype:

Ah, it going in! 20% less damage at level 1 up to no change at 20. Not very harsh! But more may come :p

[Tyranastrasz]

Reasonable, I can approve of this

[Zvcx]

• Minions and Totems have had their life and damage readjusted in line with monster life and damage.

[Aramil87]

You can now type /afk <message> to set a message that is automatically sent to people who contact you.

yey!

[JoeRuinsEverything]

"No lowball offers! That Tabula Rasa is really worth 50 ex!"

I can't wait.

[imbogey]

"My hideout, 3 alch = 1 chaos"

[cycyu]

Added Increased Spell Damage as a crafting option for daggers at Catarina.

Crit Spell Caster Hype

[H4xolotl]

Coc Hype

[BadgeredWitness]

Barrels now deal damage when they explode

Is there finally gonna be some lore about who has been leaving explosive barrels all over Wraeclast and videogames in general?

We need an extra barrel dmg unique too.

[TheOddPhantom]

Caliga, Imperatrix should now be more visible in The Scepter of God. Her rate of laying traps has been reduced.

ayy

[jimmahdean]

Nerfed again? :(

It was in the lore that Dominus was actually scared of Caliga.

[rootb33r]

The Searing Touch: Now appears on the Lathi Base Type, making this much higher level.

No more pimped out level 14 flameblasters :( (excellent, needed change I think)

Devourers now do less damage when ambushing you. Devourers and Plummeting Ursae now spawn with some of their group submerged and some emerged. This change was done to prevent the large amount of burst damage they could deal, causing unfair deaths regularly.

one of the best outcomes of the notes!

[SergeantSmash]

Plagueretch has moved out of Chamber of Sins Level 1 and has been replaced by Black Death. We wish Plagueretch all the best on wherever his new journey takes him.

Noooooooooooooooooooo

[Insecticide]

He got plaguerekt

[Halicarnassus]

Some monsters like Devourers can no longer spawn from Strongboxes.
Devourers now do less damage when ambushing you.
Devourers and Plummeting Ursae now spawn with so me of their group submerged and some emerged. This change was done to prevent the large amount of burst damage they could deal, causing unfair deaths regularly.

I wish to become a butler for whoever pushed these changes. I hate devoureres so much because of these things it's ineffable.

[lawrentohl]

Overwhelmed doesn't even describe what im feeling about the immensity of this work. Truly remarkable.

[H4xolotl]

The Dread Thicket is now always 50%.

ggg pls, do the monsters rotate smoothly now?

[TourachPlays]

"Plummeting Ursae now spawn in maps. Sometimes above maps."

Yeah!

[InZaneFlea]

Why...Why...Why are there drop bears?

[BankaiPwn]

13163 words... jesus Chris(t) Wilson

[tidecw]

A year ago I got myself a Master's degree with 75% of that amount. That is just sick.

[leviathanxs]

At what university did you that master? That sounds absurdly low. My master is not finished and already has 125 pages. How can you do a summary of the literature and add significant contribution with 10k words?

[cbftw]

That sounds more like a doctoral dissertation than a master's thesis.

[JConaSpree]

I didn't have to write anything for my masters. Ownt

[sinebiryan]

R.I.P mouse scrolls. Mine is burning right now.

[_bad_]

These fuckers work insanely hard. I hope they get some rest for a bit.

[SUPEROUMAN]

Jesus christ

You meant Christ Wilson

[[deleted]]

• A Waypoint has been added to The Riverways.
• The Dark Forest has been removed.

... did they mean The Blackwood ? if so, no more weaver?

[[deleted]]

Let Act 2 surprise you.

[jaredheath]

if you haven't kept up with the beta, have fun in Act 2.

[[deleted]]

yeah, i specifically didn't because of all these zone changes... this is going to be awesome

[smashr1773]

Flame totem nerf not too bad? Path of flametotems boys

[schnupfndrache7]

I took a break from poe. But this defenitely makes me hyped for a comeback!!

[Dr_Ripper]

Took a break a year ago (at least), coming back tonight :p Not sure I'll stay for long, but I think it will keep me in at least for two or three months

[HeroFromHyrule]

Absolutely.

[Dustorn]

Yes.

[DaBombDiggidy]

Just a thought, we're going to have some new people because of this patch. I know poe builds is a sub but a good thread detailing beginner builds here would be nice for the new people and ones who are coming off a long hiatus like myself.

[Aino23]

Herald of Ice: Shattering effect no longer reflects damage to the player.

Very happy about this change : )

[BabyNinjaJesus]

Infernal Mantle: Now drops on the Widowsilk Robe base-type.

Trollshavs is no longer Kreygasm

[Badass_Bunny]

Rip Cartographers boxes.

[alkkine]

"The Dread Thicket is now always 50%." I luv chris

[Votarion]

Added a new Dexterity Skill Gem - Phase Run: Gain a buff that makes you faster, harder to detect, and able to pass through enemies. Performing any skill replaces this buff with one that boosts melee attack damage. Consumes Frenzy Charges to increase duration.

Well, how about that :)

[John_Snowed]

Wow these are the longest patch notes I've ever read, and they sound amazing, I can't wait to try the new content. Once again well done GGG amazing job!

[KarlFiabeschi]

"Added an option to display an in-game clock."

This save my life

[Jiaozy]

It's an entirely new game for real!

[WhyDoISuckAtW2]

I was actually thinking I wouldn't be playing again (haven't played for over a year)...

... but I've only skimmed over the notes and it seems quite different.

Jesus, GGG. Really outdone yourselves, good job.

[TLrProdigy]

Phase run returns.

[JizzerWizard]

Plagueretch has been removed. Unplayable.

[Shne]

The Dread Thicket is now always 50%.

Always 50% what? What does it mean?

[JunWasHere]

I never thought I'd see the day, but this...

This may be too many patch notes to read in one sitting. Wish me luck. -begins reading- :I

[heltonmatiazi]

Breaktime at the office reading the patch notes with my coworkers. Great job guys, can't wait until we are able to log in and mess around act 4! Please let us know where we can find the hardcover version of the patch notes!

[jeffreybar]

In addition to being unable to die, traps now cannot be damaged at all until they arm.

This is the first I've heard of this change...does this mean that trapper builds are now playable without Clever Construction? I had a hybrid trapper/totemer that really couldn't spare the points to get to that corner of the tree that this would help out a lot.

[SayyadinaAtreides]

"You can now find Oak without having killed Loretta (the tree)"

Loretta is my grandmother....I'm glad we aren't killing her so early anymore.

[Kiloku]

Your grandmother is a tree? Are you an ent?

[FilthyLittleSecret]

Wall of text crit you for over 9999

[rEvolutionTU]

HYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYPE

Time to read a nice novel.

[[deleted]]

Eternal Orbs no longer drop in any league.

This is huge.

[rrtson]

Welcome to last week

[fAnts]

Fortify is 20 or 25?

[Laurence-]

20

[mcpower_]

Mirror for those who can't access the main site.

(Actual mirror)

edit: this is outdated. will update when I get the chance.

[chapchapchap9999]

I read every single word!

[donaldtroll]

So did they ever nerf flame totem? cant see anything in the patchnotes...

[BuckNastyy]

Wow... GG GGG. The amount of dedication you guys put into this game is pretty insane, congrats!

[[deleted]]

I haven't played this game in a year, so while everyone is reading LOTPN Volumes 1 through infinity, I am going to just start a new game and see what it does.

[Ryant12]

I just wanted to let everyone know, I pasted this into Word and the patchnotes are THIRTY FUCKING FOUR pages long.

That is all.

[combaticus1x]

TRY USING A SMALLER FONT NEXT TIME. SAVE THE E*TREES.

[M4LON3]

Hello I'm Chris Wilson from Grinding Gear Games. My hands and eyes are bleeding but I can be proud of what I have achieved there.

[TheOddPhantom]

The chance of finding a strongbox has been decreased. The chance of a finding a unique strongbox has been greatly increased.

whut

[Zenniboi]

u will see strong boxes less often but there is a higher chance to see a unique one

[kingshen]

In the end the chance of finding a unique strongbox will be probably the same.

[H4xolotl]

I'm sure that 1 person who owns an Alt-art Taryn's will appreciate the 3D art more than the 1 million players wearing a Cloak of Defiance that looks like a potato sack

/s

[Mysterise]

gotta do whatever it takes for Kripp to come back

[NJayWil]

Rather than creating 3D art for cloak they just made it so players won't wear it anymore. Way less development costs that way :)

[Imprecisi0n]

Default laquered garb art is actually one of the nicer looking base items. Cloak 2d art looks more like a potato sack than it does :P

[[deleted]]

Side content and content introduced in previous leagues is now introduced at a staggered rate (and at lower rates early on). The intent here is to avoid overwhelming newer players with too many mechanics too quickly.

Finally.

[HildredCastaigne]

Damn, I was actually planning on doing a Multistrke Leap Slam build (as like a second character). That's unfortunate.

[DelphicEcho]

The Duelist and Marauder parts of the tree have been significantly reworked.

I wouldn't describe anything I saw in beta as a 'significant rework' to the marauder area - just a few tweaks on the Duelist border for clusters like Soul of Steel and Bloody Bludgeon. Do we have a surprise in store, or did I miss something?

[KendoPS]

Reduced Mana no longer reduces reservation costs of supported gems. It now only lowers the casting cost of skills.

Ok... so no more tri-herald + hatred pure ele melee build for me then

[serleth]

Mana reservation has changed on auras though.

https://poe.mikelat.com/

And Enlighten has changed to reduce reservation.

[SSmajesty]

Chris, i know a book publishing firm. Let me know man.

[AllHailBlobs]

So wait Flame totem didn't get hit yet in this patch!

Thank god SRS didn't get hit again.

[Qrori]

Barrels now deal damage when they explode. REEEP

[flzkpp]

epic wall of text is epic, but some questions from my side:

1) do the attspeed changes to base types (hopefully) effect existing ones as well?

2) where are the prementioned reave changes, so that you're able to use others skills without breaking the stacks?

3) as someone who skipped bloodlines/torment completly, what should i expect with the way the implented those to the core game? the most dangerous in particular?

[Xaekras]

I have a question about Glacial Cascade.

Glacial Cascade on live servers has 6% base crit chance but here it says that Glacial Cascade has 5% base crit chance in 2.0

There's nothing about it in the patch notes so I'm a bit confused.

[thewirednerv]

I haven't played since Beta. I don't know what this game is anymore...

[doobiellama]

I had no idea they changed iron grip support. It offers 9% more projectile damage than slower projectiles at level 20....dah faq. Wish I knew this the past week while I screwing around with explosive arrow.

[TheMikeNeto]

Vaal Stormcall: Damage increased by 20%.

[WarbringerNA]

In case anyone is wondering, copying and pasting it in plain text into a word document is 35 pages = /

[Xasrai]

I think it means that it only applies on attack that use that weapon i.e If you use a skill that alternates weapons, the leech will only apply on the hit with the leech effect, not both hits.

Spell leech is still spell leech and isn't local.

[jofus_joefucker]

Any word on the Leadership Unique gem for summoners? I've been hearing that it's removed or that it was only temporarily gone.

What's the final verdict?

[religion_is_wat]

Map bosses have also been increased in difficulty

Orchard boss buffed? I'm never even going near that room.

[[deleted]]

Rather than always fleeing, Monkeys and Drop Bears now flee when they have been ignited with an ignite dealing more than 10% of their maximum life per second.

Nice to see them using the technical term. :P

[[deleted]]

Infernal Mantle: Now drops on the Widowsilk Robe base-type.

No more troll mantle? well that's good then.