As with all league releases, in Path of Exile: Delirium we introduced a number of unique items. For this news post we asked our design team to share their thoughts and processes behind creating these unique items.Our core goal for modern unique design is to create an item that you'd want to pick up and use, either by creating a new way of playing or enhancing a certain playstyle. For League uniques, many items are intended to be widely usable at a lower level of progression, while being greatly desirable for very specific builds late in progression. There are always exceptions to the rule though!Keystone JewelsThe Keystone jewels were created from a long list of over 30 suggestions by designers, many of which weren't possible. More build-specific than normal keystones, these ones aimed to create or enhance niche interactions that could potentially promote new builds.One with Nothing and its keystone Hollow Palm Technique were the special case; originally suggested by an effects artist,... Read more

For today's news we're releasing a talk by our senior graphics programmer! In his presentation from ExileCon, Alex explains a process of creating rendering tech in Path of Exile and talks about various related topics, including lightning and upcoming grass technology from Path of Exile 2.

The stylish microtransactions from our previous Polaris Mystery Box are now available in the store! It's also still possible to combine some of the individual Black and White pieces into the new 'Polaris' cosmetic effects. Watch the Polaris Mystery Box trailer below to see everything that's available or check out the new cosmetics in the store by pressing M. Thank you for your support! Read more

Since 2003, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts have included Games alongside Film and Television in their annual award ceremonies. This year, Path of Exile was nominated in the Evolving Game category, alongside Apex Legends, Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers, Fortnite and No Man's Sky. We are incredibly proud to announce that Path of Exile won the 2020 BAFTA award for Evolving Game.It's such an honour to win this prestigious award. We're so proud of Path of Exile's entire development team and what we have achieved together. We'd like to especially thank our entire community for their support. The Evolution in Evolving Game comes from your feedback and encouragement over the years.The pinnacle of our game's evolution is our vision for Path of Exile 2, and we can't wait until the next time we reveal more of what we have planned. Read more

Later this week (Thursday or Friday NZ) we'll be releasing our next patch which contains further improvements to Delirium and some bug fixes. We've prepared a preview of what this patch contains by putting together the patch notes early.Delirium Improvements

• Active Legion encounters now cause Delirium mist to pause its movement during both the Frozen phase and the Combat phase (previously it was just the Frozen phase).
  
• Active Blight encounters now cause Delirium mist to pause its movement while you are within a large radius of Blight Portals, rather than the Ichor Pump. This is because Blight Portals can sometimes spawn very far away!
  
• Reduced the height of Delirium reward bars so that the top of the images is actually where you receive rewards.
  
• Reduced the volume of Vengeful Skyfire's meteor impact sound effects.
  
• The Purposeful Harbinger notable now grants "10% increased Effect of Aura Buffs from Skills on You for each Herald affecting you".
  
• Reduced the value of "Auras from your Skills...

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Good news for everybody who likes Path of Exile music - we have a new track for your playlist. The Thaumaturgy Mystery Box soundtrack is now available as a free download!To download the Thaumaturgy Mystery Box soundtrack, click (or Right-click, “Save link as”) on the file type you prefer: .flac[web.poecdn.com] or .mp3[web.poecdn.com].It's also still possible to redeem your free redeem your free Thaumaturgy Mystery Box[www.pathofexile.com]! Just open the in-game shop in the client and the Mystery Box will be automatically added to your account (no purchase is required). The offer ends on Sunday, April 5th. Read more

We're in the process of deploying the 3.10.1 update that contains a fair amount of improvements and fixes to the Delirium League, including a small adjustment that will further increase performance. We'll continue to monitor your reports and make additional improvements to Delirium where possible. Thank you for your feedback and support! 3.10.1 Patch Notes Delirium Improvements

• Simulacrum Splinters now drop in stacks at the completion of a Delirium encounter.
  
• Made various visual adjustments to Delirium mist to improve visibility of effects below the mist.
  
• Added a variety of coloured lights to monsters and packs with Delirium on-death modifiers to more clearly represent the type of damage their skills will deal.
  
• Added visual identifiers to monsters with the following Delirium modifiers to more clearly indicate that they have a modifier: Spatial Distortion, Cascading Storm, Banishing Flame, Winter Whorl, Crushing Terror, Spawn Dead, Shatter Dead and Putrify Dead.
  
• Improved the telegraphin...

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As part of the Delirium league, we introduced a strange voice who doesn't interact with players directly but instead manifests right in their heads. Nick, one of our narrative designers, has written an article about creation of the Strange Voice and the process behind it. We hope you enjoy it! __________________________________________________________When a new league is in the works, there typically comes a point when we have to give the collection of planned mechanics a theme. Delirium was first described to me as an ever-expanding ring that would affect all monsters in an area, granting them powerful effects and making them harder to kill and more dangerous. It would be something that passes through the area quickly, encouraging players to move rapidly between monster packs, but would drop off if the player couldn't keep up with it. Whatever theme we gave this league had to allow for extremely broad but temporary effects.The idea of something playing tricks on the player character's... Read more