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A heavy melee class specializing in powerful physical attacks, stuns, and durable combat. Notable Ascendancies include Titan, Warbringer, and Smith of Kitava.

An elemental spellcasting class with lightning, fire, and cold build options. Ascendancies include Stormweaver, Chronomancer, and Disciple of Varashta.

A spellcasting class associated with minions, chaos damage, and specialized life-based mechanics. Ascendancies include Infernalist, Blood Mage, and Lich.

A mobile ranged combat class focused on bows, projectiles, and positioning. Deadeye and Pathfinder offer different approaches to projectile damage and utility.

A martial combat class combining staff attacks, mobility, and elemental techniques. Ascendancy options include Invoker, Acolyte of Chayula, and Martial Artist.

A tactical ranged class featuring crossbows, grenades, and ammunition-based combat. Its Ascendancies include Witchhunter, Gemling Legionnaire, and Tactician.

A spear-focused combat class combining mobile attacks with specialized martial abilities. Ascendancies include Amazon, Ritualist, and Spirit Walker.

A shapeshifting class featuring animal forms and nature-based abilities. Oracle and Shaman provide distinct approaches to spellcasting and transformation-focused builds.

An Orb of Transmutation upgrades a normal item to a magic item with one random modifier, providing a basic starting point for equipment crafting.

A Regal Orb upgrades a magic item to a rare item while adding a random modifier. It is an important step when developing equipment with promising existing affixes.

An Exalted Orb adds a random modifier to a rare item that has available modifier space. It can improve valuable equipment but does not guarantee a desirable affix.

A Chaos Orb removes one random modifier from a rare item and adds a new random modifier. Its crafting behavior differs from the complete rare-item reroll associated with the original Path of Exile.

A Divine Orb rerolls the numerical values of existing modifiers without replacing the modifiers themselves. It is useful for refining equipment with desirable affixes.

The in-game Currency Exchange allows players to exchange supported currency items through market-driven orders. Exchange rates depend on supply, demand, and league economy conditions.

Active Skill Gems grant combat abilities such as attacks and spells. Uncut Skill Gems can be used to create eligible skills or upgrade existing skills to higher gem levels.

Support Gems modify compatible active skills, changing properties such as damage delivery and combat behavior. The gem system supports up to five Support Gems for an individual active skill.

Spirit Gems provide persistent skills and effects that reserve the character's Spirit resource. Available Spirit can depend on character equipment and other progression mechanics.

Jeweller's Orbs increase Support Gem socket capacity on eligible Skill Gems. Different orb tiers provide access to higher socket capacities as characters progress.

Uncut Skill Gems and Uncut Spirit Gems can be obtained through combat rewards and other in-game sources. Their acquisition is an important part of character progression and build development.

The Act 1 finale boss encountered in Ogham Manor. His battle includes a dangerous wolf transformation, cold damage, and attacks that reward careful positioning and movement.

A major Act 2 antagonist encountered as Jamanra, the Risen King and later Jamanra, the Abomination. His encounters feature lightning attacks, sandstorm mechanics, and multiple dangerous attack patterns.

Doryani, Royal Thaumaturge, is the final boss of Act 3. His encounter features multiple phases and powerful attacks, and Doryani subsequently plays a major role in endgame progression.

Tavakai, the Chieftain, is the final boss of Act 4. The encounter features distinct combat phases and represents a major milestone in the campaign.

A major Atlas boss associated with the Burning Monolith and Fortress progression. Defeating this boss forms part of the route toward the Arbiter of Divinity.

A pinnacle boss associated with the Origins of Divinity and Fortress endgame storyline introduced in patch 0.5. The encounter is connected to advanced Atlas progression and repeatable endgame objectives.

The October 2026 update added a Texture Quality setting for systems with low VRAM and fixed issues involving Ritual encounters, area loading, and access to the Tomb of the Fallen Knight.

This update addressed Atlas tablet interactions, Ritual reward display issues, Delirium progression behavior, and several gameplay and visual bugs.

This patch fixed progression problems affecting the Legacy of the Precursors storyline, including conditions for obtaining items associated with the Arbiter of Divinity and Arbiter of Ash encounters.

The Forbidden Rites event league introduced campaign Ritual encounters, new challenge rewards, and an economy separate from previous leagues. The update also made changes to the Trial of Chaos and several endgame systems.