| # | Expansion Name | Release date | Notes | Patch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Path of Exile (full release) | 23 October 2013 | In October of 2013, Path of Exile officially launched leaving what had been Open Beta, the launch was an expansion that changed the shape of the game. Originally Open Beta version 0.10.0 in January 2013 marked the point where Path of Exile was opened to the public as a free-to-play game. Half way through the Open Beta the first pair of Challenge Leagues were released Anarchy and Onslaught, with the official launch of the game new Challenge Leagues launched alongside the release Domination and Nemesis. The launch of the game introduced the second half of Act 3 (six new world areas) and made Dominus the final boss of the game, it introduced the seventh character class the Scion and more. | 1.0 |
| 2 | Sacrifice of the Vaal | 5 March 2014 | Path of Exile’s first digital expansion, Sacrifice of the Vaal, was released on 5 March 2014. The expansion included new bosses, currency, areas, Ambush and Invasion leagues, and PvP modes. Shrines from Domination and Nemesis mods on monsters have been added to the core game. | 1.1 |
| 3 | Forsaken Masters | 20 August 2014 | The second expansion, Forsaken Masters, was announced on 31 July 2014 and released on 20 August 2014. It comes with a host of new features, including crafting, recruitable NPCs called Masters (who remain at the player’s hideout offering them daily training missions and specialized items), customized personal hideouts, reworked passive skill tree, new gems, Beyond and Rampage were leagues in 1.2, former Ambush and Invasion content added to core game and more.
The next major patch, 1.3, was considered part of the expansion, which adds another NPC, the PVP Master, Leo, new leagues Bloodlines and Torment, new gems and more. Former Rampage and Beyond content added to core game. |
1.2 and 1.3 |
| 4 | The Awakening | 10 July 2015 | The Awakening, entered closed beta on 20 April 2015 and fully released on 10 July 2015. It includes the addition of a fourth Act containing new map tilesets, quests, and monsters. Other additions include new skills and items, passive skill tree sockets and jewels, item filters, two new challenge leagues, and game balance. Also an optional “Lockstep” mode was added in an effort to fix the desync network synchronization issues at the cost of latency. The two new challenge leagues were Warbands and Tempest. Bloodlines and Torment content was added to the core game. | 2.0 |
| 5 | Talisman | 11 December 2015 | The expansion update added the Standard and Hardcore version of the Talisman challenge leagues, the first league to be shared across Standard and Hardcore instead of there being two leagues in parallel. It was the start of a rough three month expansion schedule for the game. This update also added twelve new gems. | 2.1 |
| 6 | Ascendancy | 4 March 2016 | The expansion included more than the usual new items and new skills adding 19 ascendancy classes. This expansion was also timed to be made live at the same time as the Perandus challenge leagues. The ascendancy classes are each tied to one of the base classes, with three ascendancy classes for each base class, except the Scion which only has one ascendancy class. Each of these new classes contain its own unique ascendancy skill tree to advance. These new skill trees are much smaller than the base classes full-blown passive trees, but provide a unique specification to one’s class not previously seen in the game. | 2.2 |
| 7 | Prophecy | 3 June 2016 | The expansion introduced the Prophecy league, it also introduced the Endgame Labyrinth, five new skills and more. | 2.3 |
| 8 | Atlas of Worlds | 2 September 2016 | The expansion introduced a new end-game, 30 new maps and 19 new bosses. Also started the three-month Essence challenge league. Previous Prophecy league system added to the core game. | 2.4 |
| 9 | Breach | 2 December 2016 | The expansion introduced the Breach league. Essence league content added to the core game. | 2.5 |
| 10 | Legacy | 3 March 2017 | The expansion featured the Legacy challenge leagues that payed homage to the leagues and items of the past. | 2.6 |
| 11 | Fall of Oriath | 4 August 2017 | The expansion added six new acts and was the largest expansion released to date. The expansion replaced cruel and merciless difficulties with Acts V-X. A new Character Selection Screen was added. A help panel has been created for players to use as well as eight new Vaal side areas with new bosses. There is also a new passive skill tree planning system. There are three new skill gems and numerous support gems added as well. 24 new unique items have been added, five of them being designed by supporters of the game. The areas of the first five acts are revisited with changes to the environment that were the result of the players’ actions. The Pantheon system has also been added, where a player can obtain interchangeable buffs from boss gods found in the new content. The associated league of 3.0 patch is Harbinger. Breach added in maps by default. | 3.0 |
| 12 | War for the Atlas | 8 December 2017 | The expansion was revealed on 16 November 2017, and released on 8 December 2017. It focused on overhauling the “Atlas of Worlds” end-game system, adding 32 new maps, as well as other new items including ten new gems. Alongside the expansion the Abyss challenge league was introduced. | 3.1 |
| 13 | Bestiary | 3 February 2018 | The expansion added the Bestiary league, the uber elder encounter, new gems and more. Abyss was added to the core game. | 3.2 |
| 14 | Incursion | 6 June 2018 | A Vaal-themed expansion that features the Incursion league, new gems and reworked twenty existing gems. | 3.3 |
| 15 | Delve | 31 August 2018 | The expansion features an infinite dungeon and socketable currency items, new skill gems and more. | 3.4 |
| 16 | Betrayal | 7 December 2018 | The Betrayal expansion and league was revealed on 13 November 2018, and was released on 7 December 2018. The Betrayal expansion offered a rework of in-game systems: the Master, crafting system as well as other content. The leagues Bestiary, Incursion and the Delve became permanent mechanics in the Betrayal expansion. | 3.5 |
| 17 | Synthesis | 8 March 2019 | The expansion contains the Synthesis challenge league, new gems, a complete rebalance of spells, an integrated version of the Betrayal league and more. | 3.6 |
| 18 | Legion | 7 June 2019 | The expansion contains the Legion challenge league, new gems, a game-wide overhaul of melee combat and more. | 3.7 |
| 19 | Blight | 6 September 2019 | The expansion contains the Blight challenge league, three revamped balance archetypes with new skills and support gems, integration of Legion and the boss fights from Synthesis into the core game and more. | 3.8 |
| 20 | Conquerors of the Atlas | 13 December 2019 | The expansion overhauled the end-game system. It also shipped with bow attacks rebalance and new bow skills. At the same time the temporary league of 3.9 would be Metamorph. Blight mechanics added to the core game. | 3.9 |
| 21 | Delirium | 13 March 2020 | The expansion contains the Delirium challenge league, the new Cluster Jewel system, new skills and support gems, new unique items, and further improvements to the Atlas endgame. Metamorph mechanics added to the core game. | 3.10 |
| 22 | Harvest | 19 June 2020 | Harvest adds a new NPC named Oshabi who is cultivating the Sacred Grove where you plant seeds, grow them into monsters and kill them for items, crafting, and life-force. The expansion adds new crafting options, eight new skills, two new support gems, revamps of Two-handed Weapons, Warcry skills, Brands, Slams and the Passive Skill Tree itself. In addition, twelve new unique items were introduced, as well as a rebalancing of over fifty existing ones. Former Delirium league integrated to the core game. | 3.11 |
| 23 | Heist | 18 September 2020 | The expansion introduced Heist league as well as other features such as rework of curse and “Steel” skills that can be use by in-game player character. The studio also started the public beta access of their MacOS port. The Heist mechanic of the league, which added to the core game in 3.13, introduced the ability to hires combat NPC to perform special role in a heist, as well as new unique item subset called “Replica” and new skill gem that have alternative skill effect. | 3.12 |
| 24 | Echoes of the Atlas | 16 January 2021 | Echoes of the Atlas expansion reworked the end game “Atlas of Worlds” system by introducing atlas passive skill, 11 new end-game map areas and new end-game pinnacle boss, the Maven. The patch also reworked some of the Ascendancy character classes as well as a new end game mechanic, Maven’s Invitation, that deals with fighting multiple bosses at the same time. The associated temporary league of the patch is Ritual, which introduced new item basetypes. Versions of former leagues Harvest and Heist are incorporated into the core game. | 3.13 |
| 25 | Ultimatum | 16 April 2021 | The expansion introduced Ultimatum league as well as overhauling the loot of past leagues content that incorporated into core game in the past. Ritual was also added to the core game. | 3.14 |
| 26 | Expedition | 23 July 2021 | The expansion contains the Expedition challenge league, four new NPC traders, nineteen new skill and support gems, a massive balance changes to make the game more challenging, including a full rework of the flask system and more | 3.15 |
| 27 | Scourge | 22 October 2021 | The expansion contains the Scourge challenge league, a rework to the passive skill tree including the addition of Passive Skill Masteries, new skill gems, the Expediton league going core, retiring the Perandus league, improvements to the Atlas endgame, new guild features and more. | 3.16 |
| 28 | Siege of the Atlas | 4 February 2022 | In the expansion two new Eldritch Horrors threaten to consume the Atlas of Worlds. Join Commander Kirac’s militia and defend the Atlas and Wraeclast itself against these celestial foes. This large endgame expansion contains new Atlas systems, pinnacle bosses, one gigantic Atlas passive skill tree, Eldritch implicit endgame crafting, new unique items, the Archnemesis challenge league, the Prophecy mechanic is removed from the game with many rewards moved to other content and much more. | 3.17 |
| 29 | Sentinel | 13 May 2022 | The expansion contains the Sentinel challenge league, 20 atlas keystone passives, seven uber version boss fights, new pinnacle unique items, revamped monster modifiers taken from the Archnemesis league mechanics and some Bloodlines and Nemesis mechanics which are removed as leagues from the core game, game controller support and more. | 3.18 |
| 30 | Lake of Kalandra | 2022-08-19 | As you travel throughout Wraeclast, you'll occasionally discover a Mirrored Tablet. Build up this Tablet by placing reflections of dangerous encounters at specific locations. Once you have assigned a reflection to every empty location on your Tablet, you may open a portal to the Lake of Kalandra, which will manifest your creation for you to experience. | 3.19 |
| 31 | ? | 2022-11-18 | The release date of PoE 3.20 is subject to change. | 3.20 |
| 32 | Path of Exile 2 | Beta 2023
Full 2024 |
Announced in 2019, Path of Exile 2 features a new seven-act storyline that is available alongside the original campaign. Both the current and new storyline lead to the same shared endgame. Path of Exile 2 will retain all expansion content that has been created and introduces a new skill system, ascendancy classes, and engine improvements. | 4.0 |