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The 0.4.0c Hotfix 3 update, released on December 19, 2025, is the latest hotfix patch for Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2). See the full patch notes for the 0.4.0c Hotfix 3 below and patch notes for all previous 0.4.0 hotfixes launched for Path of Exile 2.

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Latest 0.4.0 Hotfix

0.4.0c Hotfix 3

・Fixed a bug where Lunar Blessing ignored being manually disabled in a weapon set.

0.4.0c Full Patch Notes and Summary

All Previous 0.4.0 Hotfixes

Below is a list of all 0.4.0 Hotfixes that were made for Path of Exile 2 since the launch of The Last of the Druid.

0.4.0 Full Patch Notes

0.4.0c Hotfix 15

・Reverted the previous change made to Juatalotli's Medallion made in Hotfix 13. This Medallion can once again be placed on almost any Room in the Temple and is no longer restricted to Tier III rooms.

This hotfix was released on January 5, 2026 and focuses on a change with Juatalotli's Medallion.

0.4.0c Hotfix 14

・Reduced the number of rooms destabilised when the Temple is closed (when not killing the Architect or Atziri) by 30%. This allows for the Temple to end up with a stable size around 60 Rooms (compared to the 40~ Rooms currently). The goal of this change is to make it easier to build larger, more interesting, and more rewarding Temples. Also with fewer rooms being destabilised, you will be able to get more Architect and Atziri kills, as well as being able to rebuild after defeating them more efficiently. (If you are doing that strategy of course!)

This hotfix was released on January 3, 2026 and focuses on a Temple Room destabilisation.

0.4.0c Hotfix 13

・Added a Diminishing Returns to the Modifier Values applied by Rooms. This doesn't kick in unless you have four or more of a given room type placed. This change will have a minor impact on average Temple setups, if at all, but have a relatively high impact on top-end Temples. These Temples were causing drastic server performance problems, and in often cases crashing. If you have enough rooms placed to engage the diminishing returns, it will apply to lower tier rooms first, making sure that your higher tier rooms benefit the Temple as much as they can.
・Juatalotli's Medallion can now only be placed on Tier III Rooms. This will not be indicated on the Medallion's hover text for now and will be updated at a later time.
・The rooms which bonuses are increased by Golem Works or Spymaster room types have been swapped. This is to promote different varieties of Temple setups. Having the Legion Barracks and Spymaster feed into themselves was resulting in very repetitive Temple layouts, this should improve variety and add additional importance to some other room types for building optimal Temples.
・Fixed a bug introduced in a post-0.4.0 hotfix that caused Temples to spawn more Magic and Rare Monsters than intended, especially at lower levels. This change has only a minor impact to higher level Temples.

This hotfix was released on January 3, 2026 and focuses on Temple Room changes.

0.4.0c Hotfix 12

・Temporarily disabled Holten Vaal Beacons generating Energized Crystals. This will be fixed in a more permanent way later.
・Map Areas now grant additional Energized Crystals, scaling with Map Tier and number of Modifiers. This results in double the number of temple runs you can do when using 6-mod Tier 15 maps.
・Temple Monster Effectiveness now scales with temple level just like how monsters in Maps do. This results in 40% higher drops and monster life at temple level 80. Just like in Maps, this doesn't affect unique monsters.

This hotfix was released on December 30, 2025, focusing on Energized Crystal changes and Temple Monster scaling.

0.4.0c Hotfix 11

・Fixed a client crash when interacting with a Ritual.
・Fixed 2 instance crashes.

This hotfix was released on December 30, 2025 and focuses on crash fixes.

0.4.0c Hotfix 10

・Players will no longer be able to get Energised Crystals from areas they significantly over-level.

This hotfix was released on December 29, 2025 and focuses on a change with Energised Crystals.

0.4.0c Hotfix 9

・Fixed more cases where Zochama, High Priest could get stuck underground.

This hotfix was released on December 29, 2025 and focuses on a bug with Zochama, High Priest.

0.4.0c Hotfix 8

・Fixed 4 client crashes.
・Fixed a bug where the Exalted, Regal and Alchemy Workbenches were closing upon use when using a controller.

This hotfix was released on December 24, 2025, focusing on crash fixes and a Workbench bug.

0.4.0c Hotfix 7

・Fixed a client crash.

This hotfix was released on December 23, 2025 and focuses on a crash fix.

0.4.0c Hotfix 6

・Fixed a bug where Atziri would sometimes fail to die in phase 2.
・Atziri and The Architect are no longer affected by map modifiers in the Vaal Temple.
・Fixed a client crash.
・Fixed a client crash with Tempest Bell and Imbue Weapon.
・Fixed a Vulkan client crash.

This hotfix was released on December 23, 2025 and focuses on endgame boss changes and crash fixes.

0.4.0c Hotfix 5

・The chance for Magic or Rare monster now scales with the level of the temple, you should see vastly more higher rarity monsters in Endgame temples.
・Atziri's Temple now generates at Level 81 (from 80) when you are Level 90+.
・Energy Shield and Life Recharge is now delayed on logging in.
・Fixed crash when joining an area with multiple tornados

This hotfix was released on December 22, 2025 and focuses on endgame Temple changes.

0.4.0c Hotfix 4

・Fixed an Issue where player stolen Soulflame Geysers would trap the player.
・Fixed a bug where the fight with Xipocado, Royal Architect could be activated before entering the room.
・Fixed a bug where the Organised Forces and Beyond Reality atlas passive nodes did not work with maps whose Powerful Map Bosses were added by Precursor Tablets.
・Fixed a bug where the Extinguishing Exhalation notable was only removing Ignite if your Warcry hit an enemy.
・Fixed an issue where Xipocado, Royal Architect has lower base rarity than intended.
・Fixed a bug where Atziri's Impatience could support Mirage Archer and Mirage Deadeye despite them being Meta gems.
・Reduced the damage over time from pools the Abyss monster Shepherd of the Pit creates. Reduced the damage over time from the following Rare Monster modifiers: Soulflame Geysers, Trail of Fire, Shade Walker.
・The minions spawned in the first phase of the Act 4 boss fight will now get killed when the phase change sequence begins.
・Fixed a bug where modifying Tornado's area of effect would not change the area in which it dealt damage over time to enemies, only the slowing/pulling area.
・Fixed 4 instance crashes.

This hotfix was released on December 22, 2025, focusing on endgame and passive node bugs.

0.4.0c Hotfix 3

・Fixed a bug where Lunar Blessing ignored being manually disabled in a weapon set.

This hotfix was released on December 19, 2025 and focuses on Lunar Blessing bug.

0.4.0c Hotfix 2

・Fixed a visual bug where the Temple UI was displaying a connection between Atziri's Chambers and a non-path room.
・Fixed a bug where players could get into a state where they could no longer perform actions after completing an Ancient Beacon encounter.
・Fixed a client crash.

This hotfix was released on December 19, 2025 and focuses on bug fixes and client crash.

0.4.0c Hotfix 1

・Reduced the damage of the "Trail of Fire" Rare Monster mod.
・Reduced the damage of the ground degen pools the Abyss monster Shepherd of the Pit creates.
・Fixed a bug with Temple Tier 3 bonus unique monsters added in 0.4.0c being the wrong types for each room.
・Fixed a bug where Soulflame Geysers stolen by the player could trap the player inside of them.

This hotfix was released on December 19, 2025, and it focuses on damage adjustments and bug fixes.

0.4.0b Hotfix 5

・The Craving the Slaughter Notable Passive Skill's "Maximum Rage for each time you've used a Skill that Requires Glory in the past 6 seconds" now has a maximum of 5 stacks, the same applies for the Vaal modifier version. Existing items are affected by this change, though their description will be updated in a later patch.
・Fixed a bug where Lunar Blessing's Moonbeams would fail to trigger if you weapon swapped after activating the skill, even if you were still in werewolf form.
・Fixed a bug where the Amor Mandragora unique talisman would sometimes not track the rage you spend while not in Bear form.

This hotfix was released on December 18, 2025, and focuses on bug fixes and adjustments to skills and unique talismans.

0.4.0b Hotfix 4

・Fixed a client crash.

This hotfix was released on December 17, 2025 and focuses on a client crash.

0.4.0b Hotfix 3

・Fixed a common client crash.

This hotfix was released on December 17, 2025 and focuses on a common client crash.

0.4.0b Hotfix 2

・Fixed a bug where portals were disabled in Atziri's Temple.

This hotfix was released on December 16, 2025 and focuses on the bugs for the portals in Atziri's Temple.

0.4.0b Hotfix 1

・Fixed 2 common client crashes.
・Fixed a bug where controller input legends were displayed when purchasing items from Expedition vendors on mouse and keyboard.

This hotfix was released on December 16, 2025 and focuses on client crashes, bugs, and errors.

0.4.0 Hotfix 10

・Fixed a client crash caused by the chickens in Clearfell Encampment.
・Fixed a client crash on Vulkan renderer when resizing the window.

This hotfix was released on December 15, 2025 and focuses on client crashes.

0.4.0 Hotfix 9

・Improved texture streaming for users with low available VRAM.
・Fixed 2 common client crashes.
・Fixed a client crash that could occur in the Fortress Map.
・Fixed a client crash that could occur with Ember Fussilade.
・Fixed a client crash that could occur in party play.
・Fixed a bug where reward rooms in the Temple were not Destabilising after completion.

This hotfix was released on December 15, 2025 and focuses on game crashes and bugs.

0.4.0 Hotfix 8

・Fixed the Stash always opening to a tab with Abyss Affinity set.
・Fixed 3 instance crashes.

This hotfix was released on December 14, 2025 and focuses on game crashes and minor bugs.

0.4.0 Hotfix 7

・Lowered the ignite buildup and damage of the burning ground created from the map mod "Flaming".

This hotfix was released on December 13, 2025 and focuses on the adjustments for the map mod, Flaming.

0.4.0 Hotfix 6

・Boss Damage Reduction will now fall off faster

This hotfix was released on December 13, 2025 and focuses on the boss damage reduction.

0.4.0 Hotfix 5

・Reduced the damage of certain Monster burning ground skills as they were dealing incorrect damage, for example the burning ground from Uxmal, the Beast Lord.

This hotfix was released on December 13, 2025 and focuses on bugs and errors.

0.4.0 Hotfix 4

・Fixed another client crash in cosmetics panel while using a controller.
・Fixed a client crash in the Guild UI.
・Fixed a client crash.
・Fixed a bug where wolves from Pounce/Predator's Mark would deal no damage and be invincible after you die and revive.
・Fixed 5 instance crashes.
・Fixed a client crash on Vulkan renderer.
・Fixed a bug where Raging Cry Support wasn't delaying Rage decay.
・Dying outside of boss encounters in the Atziri's Temple now allows you to respawn at the checkpoint instead of the Vaal Ruins.
・Thrashing Vines will now more consistently target and hit the same enemy repeatedly, improving its Single Target DPS.
・Any existing Cartographer's Chisel and Engineer's Orb will be deleted upon next login.

This hotfix was released on December 13, 2025 and focuses on bug fixes and game crashes.

0.4.0 Hotfix 3

・Fixed a bug where Cartographer's Chisels could drop.
・These items will be automatically removed soon.

This hotfix was released on December 13, 2025 and focuses on bug fixes on the Cartographer's Chisels drops.

0.4.0 Hotfix 2

・Fixed a client crash in cosmetics panel while using a controller.
・Fixed a common client crash.
・Fixed an instance crash.
・Fixed an instance crash when using Unearth.
・Fixed an issue where the game would not pause properly sometimes.

This hotfix was released on December 13, 2025 and focuses on game crashes.

0.4.0 Hotfix 1

・Fixed a client crash that could occur in party play with a Druid.
・Fixed an instance crash.

This hotfix was released on December 13, 2025 and focuses on game crashes.

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