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This is a list of Patch Notes for all patches, updates, and hotfixes to Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2), showing all the changes the game has had since launch.
List of Contents
| Update | Details |
|---|---|
| 0.2.0h 5/15/2025 |
・New Stash Tabs ・Updates to Endgame Content, mainly Azmerian Wisps and Breach ・Introduction to Private Leagues ・Item Improvements |
| 0.2.0g Hotfix 1 5/2/2025 |
・ Fixed an instance crash that could occur when weapon swapping while using Spectres. |
| 0.2.0g 5/2/2025 |
・ Loot drop improvements.
・ Buffs to Expedition and Delirium rewards. ・ Better Accessibility to Pinnacle Content. ・ Numerous improvements and bug fixes. |
| 0.2.0f Hotfix 6 4/23/2025 |
・ Fixed a bug where spectres could spawn in towns.
・ Temporarily disabled the Gilded Beetle as a Spectre. |
| 0.2.0f Hotfix 5 4/17/2025 |
・ Fixed an issue where you could not interact with the Altar of Ascendancy in the Trial of the Sekhemas if you had already received Ascendancy points from the Trial of Chaos.
・ Fixed Simulacrum Splinters not working with the Delirium Affinity. ・ Fixed a bug where unique belts could receive multiple charm slot implicit modifiers. ・ Reduced the amount of particle effects created by Shockwave Totem's slams. |
| 0.2.0f Hotfix 4 4/17/2025 |
・ Fixed an issue where Tempered, Robust, Adept and Resolve Runes were not working with the Socketables Stash Affinity.
・Temporarily disabled the Vile Vulture as a Spectre. |
| 0.2.0f Hotfix 3 4/16/2025 |
・ Reverted rendering updates in 0.2.0f that could result in other cases of black screens or missing lighting. |
| 0.2.0f Hotfix 2 4/16/2025 |
・ Fixed a bug introduced in patch 0.2.0f where monsters had higher chance to Light Stun players, rather than lower chance as described by the 0.2.0f patch notes.
・ Added a Trialmaster NPC to the boss arena after Trialmaster has been defeated to let you refund passive points. |
| 0.2.0f Hotfix 4/16/2025 |
・ Fixed a bug with Dynamic Resolution that could cause the game to just show a black screen for players with AMD GPUs.
・ Fixed a bug where the Atlas Map was only displaying one objective on Map Nodes. |
| 0.2.0e Hotfix 4 4/11/2025 |
・ The maximum number of Volatility stacks is now 200. This is additive with the Passive Skill Tree Notable 'Controlled Chaos'. This is a stop-gap fix to temporarily prevent abuse cases that were infinitely stacking Volatility to gain absurd amounts of damage, we will be doing a more final fix at a later time.
・ Fixed a bug where ongoing life-per-second costs didn't realise you couldn't pay them when the Lich's Eternal Life notable prevented life from changing. |
| 0.2.0e Hotfix 3 4/11/2025 |
・ In Endgame Maps with Bosses, if you now die after defeating the boss it will no longer create a new area and remove all the other content. It will instead respawn you at the previous checkpoint within the same area. |
| 0.2.0e Hotfix 2 4/10/2025 |
・ Fixed a bug where some Vines, like those used by Brambleghast, were able to be bound as a spectre. |
| 0.2.0e Hotfix 4/10/2025 |
・ Fixed an issue where the Queen of Filth was not present in the Apex of Filth. |
| 0.2.0e 4/10/2025 |
・Changes to Monsters
・Changes to Bosses ・Changes to Minions ・Changes to Crafting ・Various Bug Fixes |
| 0.2.0d Hotfix 2 4/8/2025 |
・ During party play in campaign areas, "Respawn at Checkpoint" now automatically respawns all players together into the new Instance of the area. ・ During party play in campaign areas, "Respawn at Checkpoint" is now only allowed if either the game is paused or all other players are dead. ・ The game now automatically pauses while a respawn is in progress. ・ Being dead no longer prevents party members from pausing. |
| 0.2.0d Hotfix 4/8/2025 |
・ Reduced the amount of Waystone chance needed to guarantee Map drops from Final Rares or Map Bosses at higher Map tiers. This change becomes most noticeable at Tier14+, improving Map sustain at the top end of the Endgame. ・ Temporarily disabled Treant Foulspawn as a Spectre. ・ Fixed a bug where Skeletal Clerics would fail to follow the player. ・ Fixed a client crash related to the Ancestral Warrior Totem. ・ Fixed a client crash related to using Storm Lance while in a party. ・ Fixed another client crash that could occur while in a party. |
| 0.2.0d 4/8/2025 |
・Freedom of Faith Nerf and Exploit Fix
・New Spear Skill: Cull the Weak ・Elemental Sundering and Whirlwind Lance Improvements ・Various Bug Fixes |
| 0.2.0c 4/7/2025 |
・Minion Buffs
・Ranged Spear Skills Buffs ・Boss Skill Rebalance ・Various Bug and Crash Fixes |
| 0.2.0b Hotfix 3 4/6/2025 |
・ Fixed a bug where skills that have a percentage of damage gained as a specific element didn't get bonuses from certain combinations of other elemental damage types. This mostly affected Twisters being empowered by ground effects when using weapons with some types added elemental damage. ・ Fixed a bug where Doryani, Royal Thaumaturge's corrupted flamethrower ability was dealing significantly more damage than intended. ・ Fixed a bug where Enemies were unable to hit Lingering Illusions. ・ Fixed an instance crash related to using the Trinity Skill. ・ Fixed another instance crash. |
| 0.2.0b Hotfix 2 4/6/2025 |
・Reduced the life bonus of the minions of Rare monsters from 400% to 94%. This undoes a change that was made in 0.2.0 that when paired with the life change made yesterday, significantly improves the grindy feeling in 0.2.0. |
| 0.2.0b Hotfix 4/6/2025 |
・Fixed a bug which was causing "Elemental twisters Gain 50% of damage as damage of the corresponding Type" on Twister to gain an extra 50% for each Projectile fired. So one of the projectiles was gaining 50%, another 100%, another 150% and so on. |
| 0.2.0b 4/5/2025 |
・Various monster life nerfs
・Grenade Skills adjustments ・Tempest Bell combo nerf reverted ・Adjustments to Curse Skill Gems radius |
| 0.2.0 Hotfix 7 4/5/2025 |
・Temporarily disabled Volatile Boar as a Spectre, until we can make it not repeatedly explode without actually dying.
・Temporarily disabled the death effect of the Bloodthief Queen as a Spectre. |
| 0.2.0 Hotfix 6 4/5/2025 |
・All non-unique monsters have less life tapering from 100% to 75% of what they had between levels 8 and 15. All monsters between level 15 and 46 now have exactly 25% less Life. All monsters between level 46 and 64 now have less life tapering up from 75% to 100%. This results in all monsters in Endgame having the same Life as before this change. Their thresholds for Crowd Control and Ailments have been adjusted proportionately by the same amount. ・Rogue Exiles have had their Life reduced by 40% (on top of the change above). ・The "of the Hydra" (Life Regeneration) Monster Modifier now only appears at Level 65+. |
| 0.2.0 Hotfix 5 4/5/2025 |
・Fixed a bug where the Discipline and Purity Auras granted by Sceptres were not applying to the player wielding them. ・Fixed an instance crash. |
| 0.2.0 Hotfix 4 4/5/2025 |
・Fixed an issue where the Smith of Kitava Ascendancy could not be selected. You will need to relaunch your client to receive this fix. ・Monsters spawned from Strongboxes can no longer be Spectred. ・Forsaken Miners that have minecarts no longer explode instantly when being summoned as a Spectre. ・ Temporarily disabled NVIDIA Reflex while we investigate issues. ・Increased the damage area of Shield Bash from the Raise Shield Skill. ・Fixed a bug where Storm Lance and Lightning Spear were not able to be supported by Perpetual Charge. ・Fixed a client crash that could occur with the Nocturne Unique Item. ・Fixed a client crash that could occur with Storm Lance in party play. ・Fixed a client crash that could occur when previewing unavailable microtransactions when using a controller. ・Fixed a client crash that could occur on the Passive Tree UI when using a controller. ・Fixed 4 other client crashes. ・Fixed 4 instance crashes. |
| 0.2.0 Hotfix 3 4/5/2025 |
・Fixed the "Unknown object type serialized by server" client crash. |
| 0.2.0 Hotfix 2 4/5/2025 |
・Fixed a client crash that could occur in The Red Vale. |
| 0.2.0 Hotfix 4/5/2025 |
・Temporarily disabled the Legion and Scourge Commander microtransactions while we investigate a client crash. ・Fixed an instance crash. |
| 0.2.0 4/2/2025 |
・Content information for Dawn of the Hunt update.
・Class balancing through Ascendancy Skill and Passive changes. ・Item tweaks and rebalancing. ・General game improvements. ・Bug fixes revolving unintended build interactions. |
| 0.1.1g Patch Notes 3/27/2025 |
・Added support for our upcoming Path of Exile 2 announcement.
・Enabled the microtransactions from the Penance and Paladin Series of Supporter Packs. |
| 0.1.1f Hotfix 3/6/2025 |
・Fixed Steam Deck and other Wine-based clients being incorrectly warned for modifying the client. |
| 0.1.1f 3/5/2025 |
・Added another checkpoint to the Ogham Farmlands. ・Fixed the Defiance Banner Skill granting the incorrect quality. It now grants more Aura effect per Valour, matching other Banner skill qualities. ・Fixed a bug where the DPS values in the Skills Panel were sometimes not updating correctly. ・Fixed a bug where clicking on the Corruption Altar in Jiquani's Sanctum with an item on your cursor would result in the item on your cursor becoming invisible. ・Fixed the quality stat on the Dark Effigy Skill not functioning and applying Wither. ・Fixed a bug where the chance to not consume a Cooldown from the Now and Again Chronomancer Ascendancy Passive Skill was not applying to Shield Charge. ・Fixed a bug where the Increased Experience Modifier on Untainted Paradise was displaying double the correct value on the Atlas UI. ・Fixed a bug where the Divergence and Heritage hideout decoration microtransactions could not be placed in hideouts. ・Updated Ember Fusillade's Skill description to clarify that additional projectiles affect the number of Embers accumulated. ・Updated the description on The Three Dragons Unique to clarify that Cold Damage from Hits does not contribute to Freeze Buildup. ・Improved the performance of the Atlas Map. |
| 0.1.1e Hotfix 2 2/27/2025 |
・Fixed a bug with the Trial of Sekhemas Quick-Travel button failing to work. |
| 0.1.1e Hotfix1 2/27/2025 |
・Fixed 2 Currency Exchange bugs introduced in 0.1.1e ・The item slots becoming un-interactable. ・Market updates resetting the entered values on Gamepad. |
| 0.1.1d Hotfix 2/18/2025 |
・Fixed 2 client crashes related to Stash Tab UI. |
| 0.1.1d Hotfix 2/18/2025 |
・Fixed 2 client crashes related to Stash Tab UI. |
| 0.1.1c Hotfix 1 2/10/2025 |
・Fixed an Instance Crash. ・Meta Gems will no longer trigger in town areas. |
| 0.1.1b Hotfix 1/31/2025 |
・Fixed a common client crash. |
| 0.1.1b Patch Notes 1/24/2025 |
・Added a new client command line option which sends us additional debug information (API markers, NVIDIA Nsight Aftermath, and DRED) from DirectX 12 client crashes. If you're experiencing a large number of crashes and using DirectX 12, then temporarily enabling this will assist us in identifying the cause. This can be enabled by adding "--ex-crash-report" to your Path of Exile 2 command line arguments/launch options. ・Fixed a bug where on rare occasions Zarokh, the Temporal could kill all targets of the hourglass time trial skill without giving a chance to avoid it. ・Fixed a bug where Una was not playing the audio for her song selections. ・Fixed a client crash related to checkpoint UI. ・Fixed an instance crash. |
| 0.1.1 Hotfix 4 1/21/2025 |
・Fixed a bug where trading was not calculating the amount of free space correctly when using the Titan Inventory Expansion. |
| 0.1.1 Hotfix 3 1/20/2025 |
・Fixed Jamanra, the Risen King's zombie skirt once more, as it was still spontaneously exploding on death. ・Fixed another bug where characters with specific quest states were incorrectly receiving "You do not have the required quest state" errors. ・Fixed a bug that could sometimes prevent you from leaving the boss arena in the Burial Bog Map. ・Fixed several instance crashes. |
| 0.1.1 Hotfix 2 1/17/2025 |
・Temporarily disabled some elemental explosions from Rare Monster minions due to them being invisible when destroying the corpse on kill, most commonly through methods like shatter. |
| 0.1.1 Hotfix 1/17/2025 |
・Fixed a bug where Shockwave Totem would sometimes fail to attack if surrounded by enemies or if there were no nearby enemies at all. ・Fixed a bug where Scavenged Plating could grant stacks above its Maximum of 10. ・Fixed a bug where characters with specific Act 3 quest states were receiving "You do not have the required quest state" errors. ・Fixed a bug where the Sulphuric Caverns Map was not spawning both bosses. ・Fixed an instance crash. |
| 0.1.1 Patch Notes 1/17/2025 |
・Balancing changes and additions to Endgame Mapping such as four more Lost Tower Maps and increased Boss map appearances ・Increased appearances and drop rates of Ritual and Delirum related items ・Balancing changes and buff fixes to items, such as buffs to Unique items ・Added ability for console players to use item filters ・Other minor changes such as Armor buffs and added effects for charms |
| 0.1.0f Hotfix 3 1/10/2025 |
・Fixed a bug where the Corrupted Skill Gem Level Modifier wasn't applying. ・Fixed a bug where inherent Weapon Skills weren't showing when linked in chat or trade windows. ・Fixed a client crash related to Power Siphon. ・Fixed a buffer underflow client crash. |
| 0.1.0f Hotfix 2 1/9/2025 |
・Fixed a bug introduced in Patch 0.1.0f where players could lose Life or Energy Shield from actions such as using flasks. |
| 0.1.0f Hotfix 1 1/9/2025 |
・Adjusted thread priorities to reduce CPU over-utilization. This can help prevent crashes under specific circumstances.
・Fixed a client crash that could occur in Ultimatums. |
| 0.1.0f Patch Notes 1/9/2025 |
・Bug fixes involving monsters, bosses, and game mechanics.
・Fixes to potential client crashes. |
| 0.1.0e Hotfix 7 1/7/2025 |
・Fixed a bug that could cause some characters to be disconnected, most notably when trying to use the Demon Form skill granted by the Demonic Possession Infernalist Ascendancy Passive Skill.
・Fixed a visual bug with item deferral cost in Ritual. ・Fixed a client crash. ・You will need to restart your client to receive the client changes from this patch. The Demon Form disconnection fix applies to new instances. |
| 0.1.0e Hotfix 6 1/6/2025 |
・Fixed a bug where allocating Chaos Inoculation would incorrectly count you as being on Low Life. |
| 0.1.0e Hotfix 5 1/3/2025 |
・You can no longer use the instance manager to create multiple instances of the Trial of the Sekhemas. |
| 0.1.0e Hotfix 4 12/19/2024 |
・Volcanic Fissure Aftershocks can no longer create Jagged Ground.
・Fixed a bug where characters who hadn't completed the campaign could enter endgame areas through other players hideouts. |
| 0.1.0e Hotfix 3 12/18/2024 |
・Fixed 4 instance crashes.
・Take 2, fixed a bug where certain rare monsters would respawn at checkpoints after Culling them with Lightning Warp. |
| 0.1.0e Hotfix 2 12/18/2024 |
・Fixed a bug where Shapeshift Weapon Set points weren't applying in instances after allocating them.
・Fixed a bug introduced in patch 0.1.0e where the Spell Gem Level from the Demon Form buff did not apply unless you resocketed affected gems. ・Fixed unintentionally lowering the base minion critical damage bonus from +50% to +30% in patch 0.1.0e. We have buffed base minion critical damage bonus to be +100% (higher than pre 0.1.0e values) to match the base player critical damage bonus. This will display incorrectly in the character panel until a later patch. |
| 0.1.0e Hotfix 1 12/18/2024 |
・Fixed a bug where Unearth wasn't raising temporary minions in some cases.
・Fixed an instance crash with Totem skills. ・Fixed an instance crash with Wind Dancer. ・Fixed an instance crash with Lightning Warp. ・Fixed an instance crash in Trial of the Sekhamas. ・Fixed a bug where the Passive Skill Notable 'Ancient Aegis' didn't work. |
| 0.1.0e Patch Notes 12/18/2024 |
・Adding fast travel between checkpoints
・Adding more checkpoints ・Respecs will be cheaper, especially at higher levels ・Take less Honour Damage when closer to enemies ・Difficulty of Endgame Maps has been toned down ・Various item, Skill, and Support Gem balancing ・Various bug fixes |
| 0.1.0d Hotfix 5 12/14/2024 |
・Fixed a bug where The Trail of Corruption quest in Act 2 could fail to progress when clearing the Sandstorm if you disconnected during it's animation. Those who were progression blocked by this should be able to use the marker to trigger this event again. |
| 0.1.0d Hotfix 4 12/14/2024 |
・Fixed a bug where the Arbiter Atlas Tree notable stats weren't correctly applying to the area. |
| 0.1.0d Hotfix 3 12/14/2024 |
・Fixed two instance crashes.
・Fixed a bug where Summon Raging Spirits failed to cleanup on death when they were killed on the same frame they were created. |
| 0.1.0d Hotfix 2 12/13/2024 |
・Fixed a bug which prevented the elevator at end of The Trial of Chaos from working to access the Trialmaster Boss.
・Fixed a bug which could prevent the Portal from appearing on Floor 4 of Trial of the Sekhamas. |
| 0.1.0d Hotfix 1 12/12/2024 |
・Cast on Critical Strike now also cares about the Damage of the hit when determining how much energy to gain to prevent the use of high-crit low level skills, this should mean using lower hit frequency skills that hit harder are also now much stronger for this. |
| 0.1.0d Patch notes 12/12/2024 |
・General improvement and bug fixes
・Changes on Trigger Gems and Energy Gain ・Ultimatum Changes |
| 0.1.0c Hotfix 2 12/11/2024 |
・Demon form now has a minimum of 1 life lost per second, per stack. |
| 0.1.0c Hotfix 1 12/10/2024 |
・Summon Raging Spirits now only summons 5 Raging Spirits per cast at all levels ・Summon Raging Spirits can no longer be spawned from triggered Fire Skills. |
| 0.1.0c Patch Notes 12/10/2024 |
・Numerous drop rate and modifier adjustments ・Rare Monsters now shown on minimap with 200 Monsters remaining ・Several bug and crash fixes |
| 0.1.0b Patch Notes 12/8/2024 |
・Damage reduction for Gas Grenade and Gas Arrow ・Disabled Bloodsoaked Character Effect microtransaction ・Bug and crash fixes |
| 0.1.0 Hotfix 9 12/8/2024 |
・Fixed unable to log in bug ・Fixed monster life scaling bug in parties ・Fixed instance crashing |
| 0.1.0 Hotfix 8 12/7/2024 |
・Fixed client crashes due to DirectX12 renderer ・Reduced damage of Magnetic Salvos explosions by around 40% |
| 0.1.0 Hotfix 7 12/7/2024 |
・Disabled Shielding Monsters modifier in the Temple of the Chaos Gods temporarily ・Reduced amount of energy shield gained by monsters from the Extra Energy Shield rare modifier |
| 0.1.0 Hotfix 6 12/7/2024 |
・Reduced Supcharged Slam damage by around 60% (at max stages) ・Reduced Lightning Cascade damage in the Bahlak, the Sky Seer Ultimatum boss fight ・Reduced Ball Lightning Explosions in the Uxmal, the Beastlord Ultimatum boss fight ・Reduced number of Lightning Runes from Stormcaller Runes Ultimatum Modifier ・Fixed Invoker's "...and Protect me from Harm" Ascendancy Passive, where Evasion Rating granting Physical Damage Reduction was applying to all damage types |
| 0.1.0 Hotfix 5 12/7/2024 |
・Fixed several instance crashes ・Fixed client crashes ・Fixed pack purchasing issue on Steam |
| 0.1.0 Hotfix 4 12/7/2024 |
・Fixed crashing due to Shield Wall ・Fixed crashing due to Skeletal Arsonists |
| 0.1.0 Hotfix 3 12/7/2024 |
・Fixed Act 2 progression bug ・Fixed Gambler's stock bug |
| 0.1.0 Hotfix 2 12/6/2024 |
・Fixed multiple client crashes |
| 0.1.0 Hotfix 12/6/2024 |
・Fixed NPCs appearing in hideout bug ・Fixed client crashes |
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