Discover sunken artefacts and battle the horrors of the deep in Path of Exile: Curse of the Allflame. Our July expansion introduces a new challenge league, significant improvements to Abyss and Legion, the return of the Mercenaries of Trarthus, another new Ascendancy Class for the Scion, an all-new endgame system, and much more!
Meet Valerie, a dangerous corsair captain who needs your help retrieving long forgotten treasures from the icy depths of Wraeclast's oceans. Find Charts scattered across Wraeclast, board The Sovereign, and set sail! Dive to the ocean floor where lanterns imbued with the spark of the Allflame will shield you from the crushing waves. Explore and claim what you can while you can! Lost gold, valuable chests, and lurking threats await you... As the lanterns flicker and fade you'll need to rush back to the safety of the Bathysphere, to escape the clawing creatures that despise the light you bring. Once you have charted enough areas, connect them together to create a Voyage - one giant seafloor excursion. Revisit each chart to claim its rewards again, while also amplifying those rewards in several different ways. Any area you chart reveals a modifier that applies during a Voyage. The edges of the Voyage Board also feature randomised effects that influence adjacent Charts each Voyage, adding extra rewards. Head belowdecks, and you'll find the heart of the ship at work. Feed it an item, and it will split into a multitude of ghostly outcomes, one of which you can keep for yourself. Find valuable Ducats on the seafloor and use them to warp and twist items in ways not seen in centuries. The Mercenaries of Trarthus are once again roaming Wraeclast, seeking challengers. Defeat one in a duel to claim a powerful item they're carrying and recruit them as an ally for the rest of the area. In Maps, if you don't like a Mercenary's items, you can request a Warrant that summons that specific Mercenary in a future Map with the same skills but a new set of items. In Curse of the Allflame, the Scion is getting a new Ascendancy class, the Luminary. Upon becoming a Luminary, you can permanently hire a Mercenary as an active ally in combat. Unlike regular Mercenaries, Luminary's hired Mercenaries can have their equipment changed, unlocking countless new build possibilities. Abyss has been significantly reworked in Curse of the Allflame. Abyssal cracks are now open, spilling their energy into the surrounding area, influencing nearby enemies. Slay them to draw the attention of Abyssal hordes that emerge from the depths to tear you apart. There is now much more visceral feedback in the moment-to-moment gameplay of Abyss with audio and visual cues drawing you along. You can gain Abyssal Jewels and Stygian vises through the Abyss, and this mechanic has also received a complete refresh of Scarabs and passive tree investment. Legion has received a major reward overhaul. Use the new Enshrouding Crystals currency on your Unique Armours, then place them in a crystal within the Domain of Timeless Conflict to create a Vestigial Unique Item with powerful modifiers transferred from the Unique you've selected. Vestigial Unique Items are exclusive to Legion and replace the Incubators.
In this expansion, strange locations have begun to manifest across the Atlas. When you complete Maps affected by a Voidstone, there is a chance that an anomaly will appear on the Atlas. Anomalies are areas that can be run once, granting potentially powerful rewards. Examples include Cadiro Perandus, a mysterious trader offering strange curios for your Gold, or a fully revealed Heist Blueprint wing. There are many anomalies to discover, each tied to a specific Atlas quadrant. Socket colours will no longer restrict which Skills and Supports you can put in them, allowing any gem to be socketed regardless of its colour. The majority of sockets on items are now white, with red, blue and green sockets being fairly rare. Red, blue, and green sockets still serve a purpose, granting additional quality to socketed gems of the matching colour.
Spellcasters have received major improvements across the board, particularly for those that cast Spells themselves. We've rebalanced over one hundred existing spells, trying to add more points of difference for spells of different damage types.
The Assassin, Inquisitor and Occultist Ascendancies all have new or reworked notables supporting Casters.
We have improved caster itemisation, particularly staves, added new ways to help solve Mana as a caster, buffed several caster Unique Items, and much more.
In this expansion, we are adding a new set of Exceptional Skill Gems called Pacts that you can get from Beyond bosses and Lycia in the Forbidden Sanctum. Make a bargain with a powerful Beyond Demon to empower your Spells at the cost of afflicting yourself.
In addition we've added a new reservation skill for spellcasters using staves called Mana-Infused Staff, as well as several new Transfigured Skill Gems.
Play Path of Exile: Curse of the Allflame for free on July 24th (PDT) on all available platforms!