Path of Exile 2: The important update 0.2.0. should bring many players back, now the first content has been revealed

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Many fans of the hack & amp; Slash are waiting for the next big update. The developers are showing new content bit by bit, but patch notes are not yet available. Here is all the information about the update.

Path of Exile 2 is off to a good start, but Diablo’s biggest competitor is still in early access, and unsurprisingly, there are still many teething problems. The studio behind the action role-playing game is aware of this and is determined to improve with many patches.

The next really big patch is supposed to be update 0.2.0. Fans of Path of Exile 2 are eagerly awaiting it, especially since the studio has already stated that they want to use it to get back many of the players who have been lost.

When is patch 0.2.0 coming?

Grinding Gear Games has not yet set a specific date for the new patch, but a rough release timeframe for the all-important patch has already been announced:

  • The patch is scheduled for release at the end of March 2025

We will update this news item as soon as a date for the patch is revealed.

New content for PoE 2

The patch is not only intended to fix bugs, optimize performance and increase stability. The patch is also intended to introduce new game content. However, this new content is still being revealed. We summarize here what Grinding Gear Games has revealed so far:

New Unique Items

The first thing revealed was new unique items for Path of Exile 2. The developers have said in advance that there are currently too few of these usually extremely powerful items in the game. These items have already been revealed:

  • The Bringer of Rain:;A gladiator’s helmet that you can don at level 52. In addition to decent stats, the helmet also ensures that you can no longer wear chest armor. But you can wield all two-handed weapons one-handed.

  • The Hammer of Faith:This two-handed hammer helps you offensively and defensively, because it not only deals damage but also grants you resistance to elemental attacks. Most importantly, it gives you a random shrine buff every 10 seconds.

New Support Gems

These new gems are to be added to the game in larger quantities with patch 0.2.0 and are then intended primarily for active skills for which you can currently collect relatively few gems. A few new gems have already been announced:

  • Derange: This gem increases the damage of your skills depending on your intelligence. But the skills consume your energy shield.
  • Volcanic Eruption: Your melee attacks trigger an eruption if they burn on hit.
  • Embitter:When a damaging skill deals damage in addition to a specific damage type, the damage type always becomes cold damage.

What the patch is supposed to improve

There are no patch notes available for update 0.2.0 yet, but the team talked about a whole range of issues the patch is supposed to address. This included current annoyances that are bothering many players in the game at the moment. The following improvements can be expected:

  • The balance is to be fundamentally overhauled and many builds that are too weak or too strong are to be adjusted accordingly.
  • The endgame should feel more appealing and thus keep more people playing in the long term.
  • The entire loot system is to be improved so that you can get more exciting items, especially in the endgame.

As soon as we have specific patch notes, they will be added here!

Of course, there is a very long list of desired content that should either be added to the game or improved. Just a glance at the comments shows that you have high hopes for the new patch. For example, trading is repeatedly mentioned as a problem area.

Many players also expect a new class to be added with update 0.2.0. However, this has not yet been confirmed.