The developers of Path of Exile 2 have revealed all content for the game’s Early Access launch. MeinMMO shows you what’s in the game.
What’s the status of Path of Exile 2? In just a few weeks, on December 6, 2024, Path of Exile 2 will start Early Access on Steam, PS5, and Xbox. The sequel to the popular action RPG will be available for €30 starting at that time, and it will already offer some content at launch.
What you can expect and what is included in Early Access, we will reveal here.
Here you can watch the movie-like intro for the Early Access launch of Path of Exile 2:
Classes, Leveling, and Story
What is the structure of Path of Exile 2? Path of Exile 2 is based on its predecessor when it comes to class variety. Initially, six classes will be available to you:
- Monk: A fast and deadly fighter who defeats his opponents with precise attacks and momentum mechanics.
- Warrior: A heavy melee fighter who crushes armor with powerful blows and obliterates enemies.
- Ranger: A nimble ranged fighter who shoots while on the move and remains mobile with her escape abilities.
- Mercenary: A versatile fighter who uses his crossbow and various types of ammunition, relying on explosions as well.
- Witch: A master of the undead and chaos spells, tormenting her enemies with minions and chaos damage.
- Sorceress: A ranged fighter who masters the elements and uses powerful magic to plunge her foes into chaos.
Another six classes will be released later. In the end, you will be able to choose from twelve classes. As expected from PoE-1, you can select skills from any class and combine them as you see fit.
The large passive skill tree also returns in Path of Exile 2. Although it has been altered, it has not shrunk in size. However, it is new that two classes will share a starting point, such as the Witch and the Sorceress.
How does leveling and the story proceed? In Path of Exile 2, you start at level 1 and fight through the first three acts, by which you will reach about level 45. Once you have completed Act 3, the difficulty increases, and you will start again in Act 1.
This mode is called Cruel
and replaces the actual Acts 4 to 6, which will only be available at the full release of the game in favor of the endgame.
After completing Act 3 in Cruel mode, you will have reached about level 65. From then on, the endgame of Path of Exile 2 begins, where you can level up to level 100 again.
Here you can watch the livestream afterward:
Path of Exile 2 already has an endgame in Early Access
What endgame content is available at Early Access? Although the game is not finished yet, the developers have already prepared a lot of endgame content for players at the start of Early Access. From the start, the following modes are available:
- Trial of the Sekhemas: A challenging trial with rogue-like mechanics that tests your skill and patience all the way to the endgame.
- The Trial of the Chaos God: A trial in the Vaal jungle, where you must choose between safe rewards or more dangerous challenges for greater gains.
- Expedition: A digging adventure with explosives, where you can fight against resurrected dead and gain valuable artifacts through rising risks.
- Ritual: Here you sacrifice defeated monsters to ritual altars to fight them again in enhanced form and earn powerful rewards.
- Delirium: A foggy chaos that draws you into dangerous nightmares, where increasing risks lure with richer rewards.
- Pinnacle: A dangerous fortress with a central flame labyrinth that tests your abilities.
Some of the endgame content comes from Path of Exile, but has been altered for the sequel. The Trials that players know from the first part have been expanded, for example. The Pinnacle mode is entirely new, and the developers have so far revealed little about it.
The endgame modes are now located on the so-called Atlas, a separate map that you can explore infinitely. There you will find various map types and particularly interesting points to work towards. But beware: If you die on a field in the Atlas, that path is blocked, and you must go a different way.
In the endgame, each game mode will receive its own skill tree where you can progress. Those who want to get the most out of their character will have to play all game modes, as each offers different loot.
How many bosses are available at launch? Path of Exile 2 is expected to launch with 50 different bosses and over 400 enemy types. Many of the still missing content are also said to be “80% complete,” explains game director Jonathan Rogers in an interview with MeinMMO.
According to him, the Early Access period is expected to last at least until May, but at most until the end of 2025. So if you prefer to wait until your class of choice is in the game, you will have to be patient for a while longer. MeinMMO author Cedric Holmeier is certainly looking forward to a change that is new to the game: Path of Exile 2 is getting a new feature that makes it much easier for beginners – But even I as a veteran am excited
