Patch of Exile 2: Update 0.1.0d brings 82 changes

On December 12, 2024, Path of Exile 2 received a new patch. Update 0.1.0d brings a total of 82 changes and bug fixes. MeinMMO has the official German patch notes for you.

When is the patch available? The update is already live on the servers of Path of Exile 2. All users should be able to download a new version of the game on their platform. The servers are also back online after they went into maintenance for a few minutes while the patch was being applied. You can now start playing with the new changes immediately.

The patch 0.1.0d brings 82 changes. Among the improvements are balance changes, for example, “leeching” has been buffed. Additionally, small monsters can now be pushed away by the dodge roll, making them more efficient.

There have also been many changes in the Ultimatum that mainly affect the balance. Here, primarily the monsters that were much stronger than the rest have been nerfed, and the monster density is now intended to be more consistent. In addition to these and other improvements, the patch also brings many bug fixes. Below you will find the official patch notes for Update 0.1.0d in German.

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Official Patch Notes for Update 0.1.0d

General Improvements and Changes

The passive block chance now applies to blockable hits from all directions and no longer just to front hits.
The player size is now set to zero units when dodging instead of one unit.
Some smaller monsters can now be pushed when dodging. This includes monsters like the Adorned Beetles in Keth.
Inscribed Ultimatums and Djinn Baryas now indicate whether you receive Ascendancy skill points after completing the Trial of Chaos or the Trial of Sekhem.
World map pins for encounters that do not originate from specific locations in areas, e.g., from monster drops, have been removed.
The behavior of attacks while standing still has been improved.
Rain of Arrows and Firestorm now have a hit cap to prevent them from completely wiping out large bosses. This will have little to no effect outside of boss fights with very large hitboxes.
Leech has been buffed.
Boneshatter now hits the target more reliably.
The duration of Armour Break has been increased to 12 seconds (previously 6).
To improve performance, ‘Incinerate’ now creates circular areas of ignited ground instead of segments.
CTRL+Click shortcut added to open currency exchange with the relevant NPCs.
A button has been added to travel to the Trial of Chaos on the world map.
Graphics for melee support have been added.
2D graphics for the one-time amulet ‘Defiance of Destiny’ have been added.
The keyword “Ascendancy Skill Points” has been added, detailing how sets of Ascendancy points are obtained.
A search function for Gemcutting and merchant inventory when using a controller has been added. The key bindings for searching the stash on a controller have also been updated.
Option to restrict Gemcutting for gamepad has been added.
Recommended supports for “Time of Need” have been added.
The suggested supports for “Bonestorm” have been updated.
An option to open the trading website has been added to the main menu for consoles.
Runes can now be sold to vendors for more gold.
The graphic for Reserved Life and Mana has been updated.
The description of runes has been updated to clarify that once socketed, they can no longer be replaced.
Auras and curses that affect the resistances of allies or enemies now display values in the skill popup window.
The sound of kiwi pets, chimera pets, and baby crowbell pets has been improved to reduce their impact in town areas.
The wording of the passive ascendancy skill “…and Protect me from Harm” of the summoner has been updated to clarify its functionality.
The description of “Hexblast” has been updated to clarify that it only triggers a single curse per enemy in its radius.
The description of “Fiery Death Support” has been updated to clarify that the supported skill does not need to kill the ignited enemy itself.
The defense of monsters from the modifier “Magma Barrier” has been decreased.
Walking Goliaths no longer use their suicide attack when they are rare.

Trigger Gems and Energy Gain

The energy gain from trigger gems was in the wrong place, and it was much too easy to use ailments to trigger spells. One problem with the previous system was that, in a balance designed to allow triggering in boss fights, triggering happened far too often during clearing. To address this, we introduced “Monster Power” as part of the calculation for energy gain. This means that it is much easier to trigger skills from unique monsters than from normal monsters, but you also hit many more normal monsters while fighting. Another issue was the use of low-level skills with unconditional ailment effects like Flame Wall to ignite enemies for triggering. To make the source of Ignite more relevant, energy gain now depends on the strength of Ignite. We also comprehensively rebalanced the entire energy gain.

Ultimatum Changes

The balance of Ultimatum monsters, bosses, and modifiers has been generally improved, mainly adjusting outliers that were too difficult to align them.
The monster density in Ultimatum encounters has been made more consistent.
Stormcaller Runes, Blood Globules, Heart Tethers, and Impending Doom Rings no longer appear while a player is on a lift or near the altars in the Vaal Soul Core area.
A bug has been fixed where player minions could get stuck on top of the lift in the Trials of Chaos.

Bug Fixes

A bug was fixed that caused enemies to be prepared for stun or electrocute earlier than intended while playing in a party.
A bug was fixed where Gemling Legionnaires with the Integrated Efficiency Ascendancy Passive Skill could lose their 3 additional skill slots if they were empty when entering a new area.
A bug was fixed that allowed reviving party members with WASD input from too far away.
A bug was fixed where “Waystones found have a chance to be a tier higher” on the Atlas Passive Tree was not functioning.
A bug was fixed where the Audio Mix setting was not saved after restarting the game.
A bug was fixed where one of the small passive skills in the Fleshcrafter cluster was not connected to the notable passive skill. It is possible your passive skill tree will be reset if you had assigned this cluster – sorry!
A bug was fixed where you could not open a portal on Cruel difficulty in the area The Riverbank.
A bug was fixed where some of the abilities of Zalmarath, the Colossus, persisted after their death.
A bug was fixed that prevented opening a fullscreen panel during the unmaking, which blocked actions until you logged in again.
A bug was fixed where some fire spells, like Volatile Dead and Incinerate, did not function correctly with Raging Spirits.
A bug was fixed where “Buffs on you expire Slower” from the Prolonged Assault Notable Passive Skill and other Chronomancer Ascendancy Passive Skills was also applied to debuffs and other effects instead of only to buffs.
A bug was fixed where non-revivable minions created a Remnant of the Grim Feast Buff upon dying near you.
A bug was fixed where Infernalists with the Pyromantic Pact Ascendancy Passive Skill were considered “on Low Infernal Flame” when at 50% or less of their max Infernal Flame instead of at 35%.
A bug was fixed where the world map icon for Candlemass was not updated correctly in Cruel.
A bug was fixed where you could not upgrade gems even though you met the attribute requirement because the “Adaptive Capability Gemling Legionnaire Ascendancy” passive skill was assigned.
A bug was fixed where Fiery Death Support did not apply damage correctly.
A bug was fixed where Infusion Support Gems applied the extra elemental damage for all attacks instead of only to the Herald skill damage.
A bug was fixed where Expedition encounters could not be generated in the Decay Map.
A bug was fixed where the quality of the Sacrifice Skill caused minions to resurrect 0-5% slower instead of faster.
A bug was fixed where the exit portal for the final boss in the Trial of the Sekhemas was not visually shown after the boss was killed.
A bug was fixed where skills that you did not meet the requirements for did not display their name in the Skills Menu when using a controller.
A bug was fixed where the Elemental Storm skill granted by the Stormweaver’s Tempest Caller Ascendancy Passive Skill sometimes placed the storm beneath you.
A snapshotting bug with the “Loads an Additional Bolt” crossbow modifier was fixed.
A bug was fixed where the Contagion skill did not spread the poison.
A bug was fixed where the Tempest Bell could become invisible.
A bug was fixed where NPCs in hideouts were missing their name labels when using a controller.
A bug was fixed where logging in with a guest account on the PlayStation 5 could delete your in-game friends list.
A bug was fixed where you sometimes could not enter your hideout on the PlayStation 5.
Eight instance crashes were fixed.
Six client crashes were fixed.
A client crash that could occur on Xbox was fixed.
Three client crashes that could occur on PlayStation 5 were fixed.

0.1.0d Hotfix 1

We missed a bug! Cast on Critical Strike now also takes into account the damage of the hit when determining how much energy is gained to prevent the use of high crit, low-level skills. This should mean that using abilities with low hit frequency that hit harder is now much stronger for this mechanic.