Path of Exile 2: Dawn of the Hunt Launches April 4th – Prepare for a New Era of Ruthless Action!
A new hunt begins in Path of Exile 2 on April 4th at 10:00 PM Turkish Time! Dawn of the Hunt, the first major content update since the game’s Early Access launch last year, introduces a new class, ascendancies, and a host of endgame improvements to deliver a fresh and brutal experience.
Here’s what awaits you in Dawn of the Hunt:
* Master the Huntress: A brand new class specializing in both melee and ranged combat with a unique Spear and Buckler fighting style.
* Unleash Five New Ascendancy Classes: Expand your build options with the Ritualist, Amazon, Smith of Kitava, Tactician, and Lich, each offering powerful and distinctive playstyles.
* Endgame Overhaul: Face dozens of new encounters and significant mechanic revisions designed to challenge even the most seasoned players.
* Extensive Loot and Crafting: Discover over 100 new Unique items and vastly expanded crafting options to enhance your monster-slaying capabilities.
The Huntress: A Deadly Hybrid of Ranged and Melee Combat
Step into the bloodied boots of the Huntress, a skilled and savage warrior exiled from her homeland. This unique class seamlessly blends ranged spear attacks with devastating melee maneuvers, creating a relentless and engaging combat style. Parry enemy attacks, stun them, and unleash devastating counter-attacks. Use Disengage to quickly create distance, gain Frenzy charges, and follow up with a powerful spear throw. Master elemental spear skills for some of the longest combo chains ever designed in Path of Exile 2.
Five New Ascendancy Classes: Shape Your Destiny
Dawn of the Hunt introduces five game-changing Ascendancy Classes, opening up exciting new possibilities for character customization:
* Ritualist (Huntress): Embrace dark Azmeri traditions and sacrifice life force to unleash corrupted power.
* Amazon (Huntress): Become a deadly hunter, mastering elemental fury and unparalleled precision.
* Lich (Witch): Fragment your soul to become an immortal master of chaos, sacrificing life to fuel your power.
* Smith of Kitava (Warrior): Forge weapons of destruction in fire and pain, resonating with the insatiable Kitava.
* Tactician (Mercenary): Bring military-grade brutality to the battlefield, eliminating threats for profit.
Sharpen Your Arsenal with New Skills and Support Gems
Beyond the 20 new Spear Skills designed for the Huntress, Dawn of the Hunt introduces two highly anticipated abilities:
* Raise Spectre: Trap and summon the spirits of nearly any monster in the game! With hundreds of variations in Path of Exile 2, experiment to create the perfect undead army.
* Summon Rhoa Mount: Call a Rhoa to fight alongside you or ride it into battle at full speed. Be warned, taking too much damage will leave you vulnerable.
The expansion also features over 100 new Support Gems, dramatically expanding build diversity. These gems add a wide range of impactful effects to existing skills, modifying them in game-changing ways.
Unleash Untapped Potential with Over 100 New Unique Items
Dawn of the Hunt introduces a stronger focus on mid- and endgame Unique items, providing high-level characters with exciting new rewards to chase.
New Crafting Tools: Forge Your Own Power
New crafting tools are rewarded throughout the game:
* Over 20 New Runes: Craft powerful new mods onto your gear.
* Scalable Runes: Runes now scale progressively, unlocking stronger mods for endgame crafting.
* Customizable Socketable Mods: Crafting options are expanding further, with the first installment coming in the next content update.
Darkness Awaits: New Challenges and Encounters
* Azmeri Spirits: Wisps now appear in Wraeclast, fleeing when approached and empowering the monsters they touch. Capture these Wisps to transform Rare or Unique monsters, granting them powerful new abilities and rewards. Discover twelve different Wisp types, each with its own mechanics and rewards.
* New Maps: Eight new Maps offer new challenges and rewards, each featuring unique encounters. Explore changing realities, battle mirrored monsters, and survive deadly boss waves to earn special Runes.
* Unique Strongboxes: Discover four new Unique Strongboxes, each containing deadly mechanics and valuable rewards.
* Corrupted Essences: Four new Corrupted Essences enhance gameplay with new combat mechanics and crafting results.
* Purify Corruption: Cleanse corrupted areas, defeat the new Corrupted Nexus bosses, and unlock Purified Maps with new monsters, a unique boss, and distinct modifiers and rewards.
* Duel Rogue Exiles: Encounter and duel with Rogue Exiles, each possessing unique skills, items, and the ability to use them effectively. Defeat them to claim their loot!
Dynamic Endgame Improvements
Dawn of the Hunt significantly rebalances the endgame. Towers have been greatly reduced in number but are now much more powerful. Tablets affect twice as many areas, and running higher-level Maps in Towers further increases this number. Each Tower can now consume up to three Tablets simultaneously.
These changes greatly reduce the amount of grinding required while improving your ability to utilize them. Furthermore, Towers can now appear with all mechanics and have their own new Bosses!
Prepare for the Hunt:
Ascend as the hunter or fall as the prey on April 4th! The Dawn of the Hunt content update will also be available in existing Early Access leagues for those who wish to play their current characters. However, to experience the full recommended Dawn of the Hunt experience, a fresh start in the new economy is advised.
Dive into the chaos and download Path of Exile 2: Dawn of the Hunt on PC, Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and the Epic Games Store. Dawn of the Hunt launches simultaneously on all platforms on April 4th (PDT).
For more information, please visit the [announcement page](insert announcement page link here).
Access the Dawn of the Hunt media kit here: [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gfzHU0DHKXsgHHOn80K3tnd2DqDHZZi5?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gfzHU0DHKXsgHHOn80K3tnd2DqDHZZi5?usp=sharing)
About Grinding Gear Games
Grinding Gear Games was founded in 2006 and is based in West Auckland, New Zealand. The team members from various countries have different backgrounds ranging from artificial intelligence and software security to industrial design and professional tournament gaming. GGG released Path of Exile 2 in Early Access in 2024, and remains committed to ongoing expansions and new content releases for the critically acclaimed Path of Exile.