In Path of Exile 2, the developers made a change just before the release of the new season. This will ensure more loot and directly addresses the players’ requests.
What is this innovation? The developers of Path of Exile 2 have announced that the new season, starting on April 4, 2025, will overhaul the well-known resurrection system. The maps that players conquer in the endgame will also receive respawn portals, just like those in the campaign.
In a conversation with MeinMMO, the developers justified this step by stating that there had been a significant break between the campaign and the endgame. While the campaign is designed to present players with significant challenges that should only be overcome after several attempts, the endgame is ruthless and requires everything to be completed in one attempt.
This very situation is what the developers aim to combat with the introduction of revivals in the endgame. The maps will have a varying number of respawn options depending on the difficulty level of the map. However, players saw this as a problem.
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Last-Minute Change
What was the problem? After this and all other innovations of the new season of Path of Exile 2 were announced, there were many questions for the developers. One concern was that the limitation of respawn portals would effectively reduce the loot in the game.
Previously, players could return to their stash up to 6 times as long as their characters were alive to store loot. However, this consumed one of the portals each time. With the reduction of portals to just one at higher difficulty levels, the innovation would lead to significantly less loot.
How did the developers respond? The developers of Path of Exile 2 acknowledged the valid concerns of the players and came up with a new concept over the weekend on how to ensure plenty of loot despite the new resurrection system in the endgame.
In a recent statement (via PathofExile.com), the creatives announced that visits to the stash will no longer consume portals. This means that all characters can return to the stash an unlimited number of times to store their loot.
It will now be possible for the first time to loot and store every item on every map, provided that the character survives. Overall, there is now more instead of less loot due to this innovation.
With Dawn of the Hunt, a major update for Path of Exile 2 is launching, bringing many items, skills, a new class, and further expansion classes to the ARPG. We have already highlighted the most important features of the new season patch upon its announcement: Path of Exile 2 changes all classes, saying: You can say goodbye to your OP builds
