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Version History
0.9.6h
March 7, 2012
0.9.7
March 18, 2012
0.9.7b
March 19, 2012

Patch notes[ | ]

These are the official patch notes for version 0.9.7 released by Grinding Gear Games.

Notes[ | ]

  • Path of Exile's higher difficulty levels are a lot more difficult than before! It's expected that players will have to pick defensive options in order to be able to survive.
  • We've wiped all the passive skills again. Please take care reallocating your passives so that you can use your equipment and gems.

New Content[ | ]

  • Added a new monster type, the Goatman Shaman, which uses Fireball and Molten Shell.
  • Added a new skill - Puncture inventory iconPuncturePunctureAttack, Projectile, Duration, Melee, Strike, Physical, Bow
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: 6 Mana
    Attack Speed: 70% of base
    Attack Damage: (134-164)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135-165)%
    Punctures enemies, causing a bleeding debuff, which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. Puncture works with bows, daggers, claws or swords.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4PhantasmalBleeding inflicted by this Skill deals Damage 0.5% fasterProjectiles Pierce 0.1 additional TargetsMelee Strikes target 0.1 additional nearby Enemies0.5% chance to Maim on HitDeals (134.74-164.56)% of Base Attack Damage
    Base duration is 8 seconds
    (3-75) to (4-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
    (30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding
    Causes Bleeding
    +(0-2) to Melee Strike Range
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Puncture skill icon
    Puncture inventory icon
    : Punctures the target, causing them to bleed. While bleeding, they take damage over time based on how much damage was dealt in the initial hit. The bleeding deals more damage while they move. Puncture works with bows, daggers, claws or swords.
  • Added a new skill - Lightning Arrow inventory iconLightning ArrowLightning ArrowAttack, AoE, Projectile, Lightning, Bow
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (7-11) Mana
    Attack Damage: (130-154)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (130-154)%
    Projectile Speed: 3260
    Requires Level 12Fires a charged arrow at the target, causing them to be struck by a bolt of lightning which damages nearby enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% chance to Shock enemies1% increased Area of Effect1% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage1% chance to Hit an additional EnemyDeals (130-154)% of Base Attack Damage
    50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
    Hits up to 3 additional enemies near the target
    (1-9) to (13-179) Added Lightning Damage
    Shocks Enemies as though dealing (100-290)% more Damage
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Lightning Arrow skill icon
    Lightning Arrow inventory icon
    : Fires a charged arrow at the target, causing them to be struck by a bolt of lightning which damages nearby enemies.
  • Added a new skill - Summon Skeletons inventory iconSummon SkeletonsSummon SkeletonsSpell, Minion, Duration
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (4-12) Mana
    Cast Time: 0.50 sec
    Requires Level 10Summon Skeleton Warrior minions at the targeted location. They use a melee attack and die after a duration. If made aggressive, Skeleton Warriors will also dash towards nearby enemies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4PhantasmalMinions deal 1% increased DamageMinions can't be Damaged for 0.1 seconds after being SummonedMinions' Attacks have 0.5% chance to Maim Enemies on Hit5% chance to Summon a Skeleton Archer instead of a Skeleton WarriorSummons (2-3) Skeleton Warriors
    Maximum (5-7) Summoned Skeletons
    Base duration is 20 seconds
    Minions gain 50% more Added Damage
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Summon Skeletons skill icon
    Summon Skeletons inventory icon
    : Summons a group of slow moving skeletal minions. They last 20 seconds before expiring and do not require a corpse when casting.
  • Added a new skill - Burning Arrow inventory iconBurning ArrowBurning ArrowAttack, Projectile, Fire, Duration, Bow
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost: (5-8) Mana
    Attack Damage: (150-184)% of base
    Effectiveness of Added Damage: (150-184)%
    Projectile Speed: 3260
    Fires a burning arrow that deals fire damage. If it ignites an enemy, it will also inflict an additional debuff for a duration, dealing burning damage based on the magnitude of the ignite. This damage is not affected by your damage modifiers. Up to five of these debuffs can apply simultaneously to an enemy.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent+0.5% to Fire Damage over Time Multiplier3% increased Critical Strike ChanceProjectiles Pierce 0.1 additional TargetsDeals (150-184.2)% of Base Attack Damage
    Base duration is 4 seconds
    50% chance to Ignite enemies
    (50-88)% more Damage with Ignite
    100% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
    If this Skill Ignites an Enemy, it also inflicts a Burning Debuff
    Debuff deals Fire Damage per second equal to (30-39)% of Ignite Damage per second
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Burning Arrow skill icon
    Burning Arrow inventory icon
    : Fires an arrow that deals fire damage to its target and has an increased chance of setting it on fire.
  • Added nine player aura skills: Anger inventory iconAngerAngerAura, Spell, AoE, Fire
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 50% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 36
    Requires Level 24Casts an aura that adds fire damage to the attacks and spells of you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Area of EffectYou and nearby Allies deal 0.25% increased Burning DamageYou and nearby allies gain 0.05% increased Movement SpeedYou and nearby allies deal (16-109) to (23-155) additional Fire Damage with Attacks
    You and nearby allies deal (15-99) to (21-140) additional Fire Damage with Spells
    +(0-19) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Anger skill icon
    Anger inventory icon
    (Fire Damage), Hatred inventory iconHatredHatredAura, Spell, AoE, Cold
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 50% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 36
    Requires Level 24Casts an aura that grants extra cold damage based on physical damage to you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Area of EffectYou and nearby Allies have 0.5% increased Chill and Freeze DurationYou and nearby Allies have 0.5% increased Movement Speed while on Chilled GroundYou and nearby allies gain (16-25)% of Physical Damage as Extra Cold Damage
    You and nearby allies deal (14-18)% more Cold Damage
    +(0-19) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Hatred skill icon
    Hatred inventory icon
    (Cold Damage), Wrath inventory iconWrathWrathAura, Spell, AoE, Lightning
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 50% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 36
    Requires Level 24Casts an aura that adds lightning damage to the attacks of you and your allies, and makes your spells deal more lightning damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Area of Effect0.25% increased effect of Aura0.1% reduced Mana ReservedYou and nearby allies deal (2-16) to (37-248) additional Lightning Damage with Attacks
    You and nearby allies deal (15-21)% more Spell Lightning Damage
    +(0-19) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Wrath skill icon
    Wrath inventory icon
    (Lightning Damage), Discipline inventory iconDisciplineDisciplineAura, Spell, AoE
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 35% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 36
    Requires Level 24Casts an aura that grants additional energy shield and increased energy shield recharge rate to you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Area of EffectYou and nearby Allies have 0.25% increased Damage while on Full Energy ShieldYou and nearby Allies have 0.5% slower start of Energy Shield Recharge
    You and nearby Allies gain 0.5% increased Energy Shield Recharge rate
    You and nearby allies gain (60-217) additional Energy Shield
    You and nearby Allies gain 30% increased Energy Shield Recharge rate
    +(0-19) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Discipline skill icon
    Discipline inventory icon
    (Energy Shield), Grace inventory iconGraceGraceAura, Spell, AoE
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 50% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 36
    Requires Level 24Casts an aura that grants evasion to you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Area of EffectYou and nearby Allies have 0.1% chance to avoid Elemental AilmentsYou and nearby Allies have 0.05% chance to Avoid Chaos Damage from HitsYou and nearby allies gain (227-2575) additional Evasion Rating
    +(0-19) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Grace skill icon
    Grace inventory icon
    (Evasion), Determination inventory iconDeterminationDeterminationAura, Spell, AoE, Physical
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 50% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 36
    Requires Level 24Casts an aura that grants armour to you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Area of EffectYou and nearby Allies have 0.25% chance to Avoid being StunnedYou and nearby Allies gain 0.1% of Evasion Rating as Extra ArmourYou and nearby allies gain (32-51)% more Armour
    +(0-19) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Determination skill icon
    Determination inventory icon
    (Armour), Purity of Elements inventory iconPurityPurity of ElementsAura, Spell, AoE
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 50% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 36
    Requires Level 24Casts an aura that grants elemental resistances and elemental ailment immunity to you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentYou and nearby allies gain +(0.25-5)% to all Elemental Resistances0.5% increased Effect of AuraYour and nearby Allies' Damage Penetrates 0.05% Elemental ResistancesYou and nearby allies gain +(20-34)% to all Elemental Resistances
    +(0-19) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Purity of Elements skill icon
    Purity of Elements inventory icon
    (Elemental Resistances), Haste inventory iconHasteHasteAura, Spell, AoE
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 50% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 36
    Requires Level 24Casts an aura that increases the movement speed, attack speed and cast speed of you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal2% increased Area of EffectYou and nearby Allies have 0.5% increased Totem Placement speedYou and nearby Allies have 0.2% increased Projectile SpeedBuffs on You and nearby Allies expire 0.25% fasterYou and nearby allies gain (9-16)% increased Attack Speed
    You and nearby allies gain (9-16)% increased Cast Speed
    You and nearby allies gain (4-9)% increased Movement Speed
    +(0-19) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Haste skill icon
    Haste inventory icon
    (Attack Speed and Cast Speed) and Vitality inventory iconVitalityVitalityAura, Spell, AoE
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: (28-233) Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: Instant
    Radius: 36
    Requires Level 10Casts an aura that grants life regeneration to you and your allies.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent2% increased Area of EffectYou and nearby Allies Leech 0.02% of Physical Attack Damage as LifeYou and nearby Allies deal 0.2% increased Damage while on Full LifeYou and nearby Allies Regenerate (15-247) Life per second
    +(0-19) to radius
    Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Vitality skill icon
    Vitality inventory icon
    (Life Regeneration).
  • Added a new support gem - Elemental Proliferation Support inventory iconElemental Proliferation SupportElemental Proliferation SupportCold, Fire, Lightning, Support, AoE
    Icon: S
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%
    Supports any skill that hits enemies, or could otherwise apply elemental ailments.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent0.5% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on EnemiesSupported Skills have 1% increased Area of EffectSupported Skills deal 1% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments per Freeze, Shock or Ignite on EnemyElemental Ailments caused by Supported Skills spread to other enemies in a Radius of (12-15)
    Supported Skills have 20% chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite
    (0-19)% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on Enemies
    This is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Elemental Proliferation Support inventory icon
    : Elemental status effects (for example, freezing or burning) caused by this skill also affect nearby enemies.
  • Added a new support gem - Blood Magic: This skill is cast using life rather than mana.
  • Converted the old Multiple Projectiles support gem to Greater Multiple Projectiles Support inventory iconGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
    Icon: P
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%
    Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Projectile DamageSupported Skills have 1% reduced Mana Cost
    Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Projectile Speed
    Projectiles Fired by Supported Skills have 1% increased Projectile spread
    Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles
    Supported Skills deal (35-26)% less Projectile Damage
    This is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Greater Multiple Projectiles Support inventory icon
    and added a new Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support inventory iconLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
    Icon: l
    Level: (1-20)
    Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%
    Requires Level 8Supports projectile skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack Speed
    Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Cast Speed
    Supported Skills have 1% reduced Mana Cost
    Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Projectile Speed
    Projectiles Fired by Supported Skills have 1% increased Projectile spread
    Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles
    Supported Skills deal (15-6)% less Projectile Damage
    This is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.
    Lesser Multiple Projectiles Support inventory icon
    support gem. These add four and two projectiles respectively (with different penalties) but can be stacked.
  • Added a new keystone passive - Phase Acrobatics: 20% chance to dodge spell damage.
  • Added a new keystone passive - Arrow Dodging: Doubles chance to evade projectiles.
  • Moved the "Monsters can have one additional curse" ability to a new keystone passive - Whispers of Doom.
  • Added 11 new Unique items.

Major Features[ | ]

  • We've updated the party screen, both cosmetically and functionally. It now uses consistent user interface that will also be used elsewhere to represent characters.
  • There are now popup notifications that appear at the bottom right of the screen when new party events occur.
  • Added support for skills that can be toggled on/off and reserve a portion of your mana while they're on. Examples are Tempest Shield, Righteous Fire and the new player auras. If you have the Blood Magic keystone passive, then life is reserved instead.
  • Substantially less data about external entities is sent now. Players will notice less lag when first approaching other characters.
  • Added taunt animations to many monsters.
  • Added larger custom icons for keystones and notable passives. Improved the visibility of connections between selected passives.
  • Improved the website passive skill tree planner functionality to include a search, minimum distance finder and ability to show similar passives.
  • Revamped chest spawning to include clusters of barrels and similar chests. Overall, chests are now less common than before but drop more items.
  • Experience is now only shared with other players who are near you (roughly two screens). Monsters are still made harder by players elsewhere on the level.

Minor Features[ | ]

  • Many monsters have new skills - Ghost Pirates cast Flicker Strike, Oak casts Immortal Call, Kraityn's Bandits use Explosive Arrow and Water Elementals use Ice Nova.
  • Improved forum search functionality.
  • Currency items now have blue text that describes what they do in a much clearer way.
  • Small chests (that can be opened with damage) no longer show hover text unless you put the mouse cursor over them.
  • Chests are no longer spawned very close to entrances/exits of areas.
  • The passive tree now starts off slightly zoomed out and its maximum zoom distance is greater.
  • Spiders now have a random delay before they crawl out of the pit.
  • Gems now display their mana cost, mana multiplier or mana reservation amounts.
  • Raised Spectres don't leave corpses any more.
  • Reduced the size of skill popups so that the text isn't too large.
  • Standardised the font sizes and colours used in the UI.
  • Keystone passives now have flavour text.
  • Removed the Weaver's Chambers waypoint.
  • Most locations on the quest screen map now have new hover art.
  • Renamed most placeholder monsters.
  • Brutus now explodes shortly after being slain.
  • Merveil's Lair now has a new exit.
  • Updated several of the audio tracks with extended versions.
  • Small spiders now sometimes leap before they attack.
  • The rewards for most quests have changed to a different set of gems.
  • Improved the effects of many skills including Spark, Shock Nova and Poison Arrow.
  • The layout of the Upper Prison has been changed in preparation for upcoming improvements.
  • Transitions between various world areas have been improved so that they don't have repeated exits.
  • Stash tabs are now loaded when accessed.
  • Continued to incrementally improve the art, effects, environments and sound.

Balance[ | ]

  • Made higher difficulties substantially harder so that defensive choices are more necessary.
  • You now receive your first support gem once you enter Merveil's caves, rather than in Act Two.
  • You can now purchase Jeweler's Orbs and Orbs of Fusing from Act Two vendors.
  • Changed the armour and evasion calculations to result in those defensive properties yielding around 25% more mitigation than before.
  • Increased the physical damage reduction (armour) cap from 75% to 90%.
  • Most skill gems have changed starting levels.
  • The mods on rare items are now picked and generated differently.
  • Reduced the amount that shields vary between tiers.
  • Defensive properties of armour pieces and many defensive mods on items now ramp up more than before after level 30.
  • Changed damage reflection and the PvP damage multiplier to both be linear.
  • Increased the block values of dexterity shields.
  • Improved the progression of flasks so that higher levels are never downgrades.
  • Rebalanced critical strike multiplier values across the board.
  • Reduced the level that three-socket items start appearing.
  • Increased the chances of finding two linked sockets on items (by reducing how often they appear without links).
  • The damage of the first Wand has been increased.
  • Level 2 gems have become level 1 gems so that they're usable even if you haven't gained a level by the time you arrive at town.
  • Base maximum charges for each class are now 3 of each type rather than 2 of each type.
  • "Life gain per target" mods have been reduced in size and made available on fewer item slots.
  • Made Unique items slightly more common.

Monster Balance[ | ]

  • Increased the damage and reduced the attack speed of monsters that appear in groups.
  • Bosses now scale up their life, energy shield and item drop bonuses more with additional players. Higher rarity bosses have more scaling.
  • Rebalanced the rate of random boss packs throughout the game.
  • Damage reflection auras now only occur on level 40+ monsters and reflect a flat 25% of damage dealt rather than a sliding scale based on level. This is not more reflection than before.
  • Reduced the maximum attack distance (and substantially increased the damage) of Skeletal Casters.
  • Additionally increased rate of rare bosses in the Maelstrom of Chaos.
  • Rhoas now have a much lower aggression-trigger-distance but are more dangerous.
  • Reduced the likelihood of Auras spawning on rare monsters.
  • Shadow Fragments now deal half physical, half chaos damage with their attacks.
  • The Maelstrom Hillocks are now tougher.
  • Slightly reduced the deadliness of the "deadly" monster mod.
  • Reduced the amount of items dropped by "of Wealth" boss monsters.

Passive Skill Balance[ | ]

  • The passive skill tree now has new and more powerful defensive options.
  • Reduced the values of some Life Regeneration per Second nodes on the passive tree.
  • The maximum number of additional charges you can get from the passive tree is now +3.
  • The two "gain power charge under condition" passive skills were removed. These type of effects will come from active skills (more are coming).
  • All passives that gave bonus effects to charges were removed for now. This allows us to balance the charges to be more useful without making them mandatory.

Active Skill Balance[ | ]

  • Power Siphon now acts like Infernal Blow in that it counts kills that occur a short time after the skill is used (so that it's useful in party situations). It also now has the Culling Strike effect (outright killing targets that reduced to less than 10% life).
  • Normalised the balance of Cleave and Sweep slightly so that there isn't such a large disparity.
  • The multiple projectiles support gems now grant additional projectile damage when they level up, rather than physical damage.
  • Rain of Arrows is now affected by the Point Blank Archer keystone passive.
  • Sweep now hits in a full circle again (rather than a 300 degree arc).
  • Removed Cleave's bonus against the selected target. The damage against non-targeted enemies is now higher.
  • The damage of Fireball and Freezing Pulse have been increased.
  • Discharge's damage has been nerfed.
  • Slightly increased the radius of Detonate Dead's explosion.
  • Spark now fires three sparks by default.
  • Reduced the number of Raised Zombies available at early levels.

Bug Fixes[ | ]

  • The bug where the top 5% of the screen was blurred under some graphics drivers is now fixed. If you disabled anti-aliasing or post-processing to temporarily fix this issue, we recommend turning at least post-processing back on again. Some old cards will not be able to enable anti-aliasing while post-processing is enabled now.
  • Fixed a client crash related to kicking people from a party that they've already left.
  • Power Siphon now works correctly with the Multiple Projectiles support gem.
  • Fixed a bug where a vendor recipe would allow you to gain information on how many mods an unidentified rare has.
  • Fixed a bug where the rare name matching vendor recipe worked with unidentified items.
  • Restored the limit of 32 players per town instance after fixing problems with joining a town that had too many players.
  • Fixed a bug where decals could cause performance problems.
  • You can no longer sell quest items.
  • Removed distortion from all auras to prevent the effect of players/monsters being doubled up.
  • Monsters now face you when taunting, which fixes the problem where they'd arbitrarily turn away in combat.
  • Fixed a bug where auras would rotate with their owners.
  • Fixed some of the blue areas that would appear in some levels.
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