Overview
- Grinding Gear Games announced at ExileCon that Path of Exile 2 will leave early access for a full 1.0 release and ship with two new playable classes.
- The Shadow is a dagger-focused class that uses stealth, trap interactions, a shade that distracts enemies, and a new Darkness resource with ascendancies including Assassin and the new Infiltrator.
- The Duelist brings swords and new weapon options with skills like cyclone and hemorrhage plus stances and choices to two-hand, dual-wield, or use sword-and-board.
- A new league, Conquerors of Wraeclast, adds base-building, army recruitment, commanders and three factions that fight for control of castles that change map access and rewards.
- The 1.0 update completes acts five and six, adds more than 25 endgame maps, trims the atlas skill tree and overhauls skill/support gems and item pools, changes that will force players to adjust long-standing builds and progression strategies.