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Path of Exile 2’s ‘Last of the Druids’ Launches Dec. 12 With Free Weekend

Grinding Gear Games frames the patch as a major step toward 1.0, with performance gains and endgame streamlining.

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Promotional key art of the Path of Exile 2 druid class. A man accompanied by wolves steps onto a rock in a forest. His body is covered in armor made of leaves and leather and his right arm has transformed into that of a bear.

Overview

  • The update arrives on PC and consoles on December 12 with a free weekend running December 12–15.
  • A new hybrid Strength/Intelligence Druid debuts, shifting between human spellcasting and bear, wolf, and wyvern forms, supported by 21 skills, 30+ support gems, and over 250 passive nodes.
  • Two Druid ascendancies, Shaman and Oracle, are available at launch, with a third planned for a later release.
  • After community feedback, animal forms now support dodge‑roll and sprint, a late engineering and animation addition confirmed by the game director.
  • The Fate of the Vaal league introduces a temple‑building loop culminating in a new Atziri pinnacle fight, while Abyss becomes a core endgame system and GGG says CPU/multithreading optimizations should deliver notable frame‑rate improvements.