In recent weeks, the community of Path of Exile 2 has discussed changes to the endgame. Now the developers are explaining how the game is truly set to change.
Why is the endgame changing? The current season of Path of Exile 2 has been running since August 29, 2025. For players, it brought many changes along with a new act and removed the challenging Cruel mode from the campaign.
However, the endgame remained largely unchanged compared to other parts of the game. This is a sore point for players, especially veterans who spend many hundreds of hours in the endgame with the same contents.
For them, it was clear that a change was needed. They discussed this for weeks in various posts on Reddit and in the forum. While some wanted to improve the system with small adjustments, some even suggested doing it like WoW. The developers have also been thinking about this topic and are now explaining what will change soon.
Here you can watch the trailer for the current season:
Everything is different, and quickly
What have the developers presented? In their new video on YouTube and the accompanying blog post on PathofExile.com, the developers announced that they will implement significant changes to the endgame in the midseason patch 0.3.1.
They are changing the towers in the endgame. While these still have a boss and provide visibility of surrounding parts of the map, they will no longer be needed to apply bonuses to surrounding maps. Instead, players can now equip each map with bonuses themselves to enhance them.
The developers also want to change the maps themselves. They have reduced the 15 largest maps so that players do not have to take so long to complete them.
Additionally, each map is supposed to receive a boss through the update, instead of just elite enemies. There will still be maps with boss symbols, which will then offer a more challenging boss encounter. To complete the maps, it will be sufficient to defeat the respective boss.
What other changes are yet to come? The mentioned changes are not the only ones for the midseason patch, and more will be announced. So far, the developers have revealed that they also want to increase the spawn rate of the citadels by 66%.
Additionally, starting with the update, Alchemy Orbs can also be used on magic items, turning the respective item into a rare counterpart that will have new, random mods.
The developers of Path of Exile 2 clearly show with their announcement that they listen to the players and recognize the problems. They also explain that they are bringing these changes before the next season update to allow enough time for final adjustments and improvements. The small update to the Alchemy Orbs could help a streamer: Twitch streamer accidentally destroys their most valuable item in Path of Exile 2, warns: This could happen to you too
