Path of Exile is still one of the most played ARPGs on Steam. A wealthy player has now been banned and is losing a lot of items. The community finds this quite good.
Which player is involved? The PoE player Jenebu is not an unknown figure in the scene. He is the head of the Discord server The Forbidden Trove (TFT), which has been serving as a trading platform for items for several years.
Over 700,000 players meet there and exchange PoE items with each other. Jenebu himself says he owns 1,500 items, some of which are no longer craftable today and therefore increase significantly in value.
He also offered a service where he received the so-called “Mirror of Kalandra” from players and could copy his strong items with it. He then traded the copy back to the player and was paid a small fee.
Jenebu was finally banned by the developer Grinding Gear Games on March 26, 2026. In Discord, the wealthy player wrote a longer message about his situation. He does not mention the reason for the ban. Regarding the ban, Jenebu says: “This is the worst day of my life.” (Source: reddit.com)
Community celebrates the ban of the player
What does the community say about the ban? On Reddit, his message from Discord was also posted. One player from Path of Exile commented that this league, i.e., the season, is the best.
Another player writes something similar and refers to the ban of Jenebu as the highlight of the season. Both comments have over 1,000 upvotes (as of March 28, 2026, at 9:40 AM).
Why are players celebrating the ban? In the comments of an other Reddit post, a player explains that The Forbidden Trove was required for high endgame content for a while before direct trades and currency exchanges were introduced into the game.
There are also allegations that the platform would engage in RMT, i.e., Real-Money Trading. This refers to exchanging in-game items for real money and is not allowed in most online games and is a reason for a ban in Path of Exile. However, this allegation cannot be confirmed.
Another Reddit user adds that while he was neutral towards TFT, he is glad that the developers have intervened now because interacting with the platform was not fun.
With the new season Mirage in Path of Exile, the developers have adjusted the Atlas system. This system introduces players to the endgame of the ARPG. While the new features are quite good, the user experience is said to need improvement: Players plead with the developers of Path of Exile to revise a system: “This bothers me so much”
