0.2.0

Official notes by Grinding Gear Games. View the original forum thread ↗

Content Update 0.2.0 -- Path of Exile 2: Dawn of the Hunt Apr 2, 2025↗

Temporarily disabled the Legion and Scourge Commander microtransactions while we investigate a client crash.
Fixed an instance crash.

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.
This hotfix has been deployed without restarting the servers. You will need to restart your client to receive some of the changes.

Fixed a bug where the Discipline and Purity Auras granted by Sceptres were not applying to the player wielding them.
Fixed an instance crash.

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+.

Apr 04, 2025 2:54 PM (CDT): We've temporarily reverted this as some of the changes require a realm restart to safely deploy. We'll be including it in the next restart which we'll do as soon as we can!

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.