Grinding Gear Games announced today during a dedicated livestream, which new free expansion of Path of Exile, The Forbidden Sanctum, will be available fromFriday 9 Decemberup PC, and fromWednesday 14 Decemberup PlayStation and Xbox.
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While streaming, the co-founder of Grinding Games Chris Wilson has revealed thatPath of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctumwill contain a new Challenge League and various improvements to the endgame by Path of Exile, besides two new Gems Skill, seven new Gems Skill Vaal, beyond 15 new Unique Objects, significant changes to balancing jewelry, hex, modifiers of monsters, weapons and more.
This expansion also introducesRuthless, a new optional way to play Path of Exilewith extreme scarcity of objects.
But let's go see some extra details about this expansion:
- New Challenge League three months -The Forbidden Sanctum is a roguelike that takes place within Path of Exile. Players will explore an ancient sanctuary hidden under the ruins of Fellshrine. Abandoned for a long time, a malignant presence has set foot. In every area of Wraeclast that will cross, players will have the opportunity to explore a Sanctum room in search of its treasures.
- New skills and gems Vaal -Two new gems of skill have been introduced for the characters from the mix. It is Volcanic Fissure, a fiery fiancée, and Frozen Legion, a spell that evokes statues from frozen miskey. Many new Gemme Vaal have been introduced. Vaal gems are alternative versions of existing gems, with a consistent and periodic increase in power.
- Ruthless Mode -A new optional game mode that can be selected during character creation. Ruthless mode is characterized by an extreme scarcity of objects, which offers a challenging and brutal way of playing Path of Exile.
- New unique objects -This expansion introduces over fifteen new unique objects that can be found in Sanctum or throughout Wraeclast. These objects create new opportunities for creating special characters.
- Monster Editers -The Archnemesis monster modification system has been replaced by a refined set of modifiers that each do one thing and indicate exactly what they do. Their rewards have been updated accordingly and are no longer associated with specific modifiers. In general, the fights with magical and rare monsters are now less complex, but can still lead to a combination of modifiers to turn the head.
- Endgame improvements -Improvements have been made to the Atlas Passive Tree that allow players to invest further in the content they love. Now you can also find two new Atlas Memories, which tell the story of Domination and Bestiary.
- Unique weapons of the upgraded endgame -Ten unique endgame weapons have received massive upgrades to align with some of Path of Exile's most iconic objects. Of course, they are now extremely rare.
- Balance changes -Many changes have been made to the balance of Jewels, Hex and Altari Eldritch.
