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It's been a while since we've had a fan art competition for community artists, so we're very excited to bring it back! We're launching a fan art competition themed around the Secrets of the Atlas expansion and everything introduced in it. The prize pool includes Path of Exile merchandise and in-game microtransactions.

Prizes

Top Three Winners

• Forum avatar based on the winning submission
• Path of Exile 1 Art Book
• Your choice of one signed Path of Exile poster
• Your choice of two Path of Exile T-shirts
• Chaos Orb Socks
• A random Path of Exile Pin
• Your choice of an Armour Set (an Armour Set from the list below)
• Your choice of a Portal Effect (a Portal Effect from the list below)
• Your choice of Footprints Effect (any Footprints Effect from the

Phishing Emails Warning

Some players have recently reported that they're receiving phishing emails impersonating our Support team members. We would like to remind everyone to carefully check that the email address you are receiving emails from is [email protected] before replying, and to never click on any suspicious links without checking the link's location (such as previewing the URL it's directing to or searching the link location through Google).

If possible, our Support team will usually suggest using the verification process located on the Contact Support page of the website, which should be available as long as you have access to your account in game. They will only do more thorough verifications if this is not available to you.

If this is not available to you and you require a more detailed verification via email, you are welcome to send a fresh email to [email protected] to check that they are the ones you are in contact with.

We'd like to provide an update on a few important things that have been happening in Path of Exile.

Server Issues

We've been very focused on improving DDoS protection for our servers. Unfortunately, some of the protective measures have blocked legitimate traffic, causing instances to unexpectedly close. We're working closely with our server providers to finish setting up protection and resolve these issues as soon as possible.

Compromised Accounts

There have recently been an increased amount of reports regarding players having their accounts compromised. We've looked into as many reports as we could, and will continue to do so, however we have found no evidence of any kind of security breach on our end. If you're not already, we strongly recommend using secure and unique pas

No expansion is complete without a soundtrack to set the tone, and the score for Path of Exile: Secrets of the Atlas certainly doesn't neglect this. Check out the tracks for the Secrets of the Atlas Original Soundtrack by Kamil Orman-Janowski and Michael James Collier in today's news post!

These tracks, along with the rest of the Path of Exile Extended Digital Soundtrack, are available for download with the purchase of any Supporter Pack here.

The Secrets of the Atlas Boss Kill Event for PC has now concluded! The race for the top 10 was close, and all bonus boss kills have been claimed!

Top 3 Placings - PC:

Congratulations to the top 3 racers, who will each get a Godslayer's Pride Amulet, a Divination Card design, and a Unique Item design for the newest bosses: The Incarnation of Dread, The Incarnation of Neglect and The Incarnation of Fear!

• Ben_#4007
• allexpleblord#4962
• nickexile11#5507

Top 10 Placings - PC:

Congratulations to the rest of the top 10, who will also get a Godslayer's Pride Amulet as well as a Divination Card design!

• Sarge2#0184
• Dsfarblarwaggle#7862
• Wyrm_GG#3008
• akuryo#0061
• Kunagi_JP#6612
• CARNDARAK#3163
• 김겨울#7178

Bonus Prizes - PC: The following p

Yesterday, Game Designer Octavian joined CardiaDarkhill, Jousis and Balormage to talk about his role at Grinding Gear Games. If you missed seeing it live, you can check it out in the video below.

Video: The Laboratory: Ft Octavian (GGG Game Designer), Jousis and Balormage!

We hope you enjoyed Octavian's unique insights.

The Mercenaries of Trarthus edition of Kirac's Vault Pass has an exclusive cosmetic armour set as a reward from the premium track, themed around Path of Exile's first ever Pinnacle Boss - the Shaper. Check out some concept art for this set below!

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We wanted to give an update talking about how the launch went and what we're immediately working on.

Over the weekend we launched Path of Exile: Secrets of the Atlas. We are so thrilled to see the number of people who joined us for launch day. Welcome back, Exiles!

Starting with the elephant in the room, unfortunately primarily our European servers but also servers across the globe have been facing a barrage of DDOS attacks. We understand that this issue has ruined such an anticipated launch for many players. This is unacceptable service and we are deeply sorry. We want to assure you that we are taking this very seriously and it is the highest priority problem for our company to solve. Due to the nature of these attacks, we're unable to provide a timeframe on when it will be res

Secrets of the Atlas Additional Boss Kill Event

Due to the networking issues causing Europe and some regions in Asia to be unstable and getting disconnected we will be running a SECOND pinnacle boss race event later in the league once we have addressed the problems or can be certain there won't be disruptions to this degree.

The entire prize pool will be awarded again (the same prizes too) on top of the current event, we will clarify how this will work exactly in a follow up post once we can schedule a date.

We will make sure this is run later to give everyone enough time to get practice and familiar with the content so that it can be as fair as possible and will let people know in advance the date.

To confirm, the existing event will continue and the prizes will still be valid so that the efforts of the unaffected players are not in vain.

Since the Path of Exile: Secrets of the Atlas reveal last week we've continued to make changes to the Mercenaries league. One such change is the introduction of the Renown system. We've made a quick video for you to checkout but if you'd prefer to read it at your own pace we've included that too!

As you defeat Mercenaries, you will gain Renown among the Trarthan arrivals to Wraeclast. Successfully defeating a Mercenary will push you up one rank of Renown, to a maximum of three, whereas either losing or backing out of a fight will cost you one rank.

Backing out means that you speak to a Mercenary, view their gear and skills, then walk away and never fight that Mercenary. Returning to them in the same area will allow you to fight them without penalty. Only leaving and never returning to fight them will cost you Renown as they will spread the word of your cowardice amongst the other Trarthans.

For each rank of Renown that you have, you have increased odds of encountering Infamous Merce

In the Mercenaries League, you'll be able to earn a set of exclusive microtransactions themed around the Secrets of the Atlas expansion by completing 40 new challenges. At 12, 20, 28, and 36 challenges you'll receive the Watcher's Wrath Boots, Gloves, Body Armour and Helmet respectively.

Completing challenges also grants you pieces of the Mercenaries Totem Pole Hideout Decoration!

In Ruthless you'll receive these microtransactions at 2, 4, 6, and 8 challenges completed.

With Path of Exile: Secrets of the Atlas launching soon, there will be a multitude of new Trarthan Skills and Infamous item modifiers to customise your characters with. Check out some examples of the new things you can find below!

We highlighted Siege Ballista of Trarthus during the Secrets of the Atlas Content Reveal and two more Trarthan gems can be found on the Secrets of the Atlas Announcement Page, but we know that those of you wanting to try out new skills will be keen to see some more!

Wave of Conviction of Trarthus

Video: Path of Exile: Wave of Conviction of Trarthus

Heavy Strike of Trarthus

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In our recent GGG Live stream, Mark and Jonathan sat down for a Q&A with ZiggyD. In today's news post, we've provided answers to some of the most frequently asked questions that didn't make it into the livestream. Check them out!

How does equipping Mercenaries with items work? Can any Mercenary be equipped with any item?

Each Mercenary is associated with Attributes. Mercenaries will generate with gear that matches the Attributes they are associated with, and will only be able to be equipped with new Armour gear that matches their Attributes in the following way:

For Mercenaries with a single Attribute, any Armour gear that requires that Attribute is valid. For Mercenaries with multiple Attributes, any Armour gear that requires an Attri

To celebrate the launch of Secrets of the Atlas, we're hosting a Boss Kill Event where Path of Exile players can compete to kill the new Pinnacle Bosses in the Mercenaries HC SSF League. We have put together a prize pool that gives the winners the opportunity to collaborate with our design team to create new Unique Items and Divination cards that will be added to Path of Exile.

Prizes will be awarded to the first ten players who kill all three of the new pinnacle bosses, called "The Incarnations" in their non-quest variations (Area level 84).

Prizes for Top Placings - PC:

• 1st: Design a Unique for new Pinnacle Boss: Incarnation of Dread or the future-released Uber variant of this Boss Fight & Collaborate on the design of a Divination Card + Godslayer's Pride Microtrans

We're excited to bring you the announcements from GGG Live, where we'll be revealing our new Path of Exile expansion, Secrets of the Atlas! In this news post we've put together links to everything that is being announced during the livestream. We'll be updating this news post for your reference as the livestream progresses.

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