It’s harvest day for Path of Exile, as the game’s latest expansion is live this afternoon on PC (with PS4 and XBbox One to follow next week). As we’ve previously covered, the centerpiece of the update is the Harvest Challenge League, but players should also expect the new Warcry skills and Brands and Slam skill category, plus a whole lot of rebalancing and revamping of existing skills and gameplay and items. Oh yeah, and Delirium is integrated into the core game now too. Here’s how the Harvest system itself works:
“Path of Exile: Harvest introduces a Oshabi who has enlisted your help in cultivating the Sacred Grove, an ancient garden of mysterious powers. Seeds can be planted within the grove and when ready to harvest, will produce dangerous monsters. Players will slay these monsters in order to wield their Lifeforce as a powerful crafting resource and to help other exotic crops in their growth. A bountiful harvest can unlock powerful crafting options that are unmatched by any past expansion.”
The servers ought to be up by 4 p.m. EDT this afternoon after going offline for patching around 1 p.m. EDT, and we’ll be streaming tonight, so stay tuned to OPTV! In the meantime, you can take a peek at Grinding Gear’s landing page and get up to speed with our own deep-dive into the content earlier this month.
By the way, the POE community is awesome.
Thanks so much! https://t.co/JgkMvzyfwA
— Path of Exile (@pathofexile) June 19, 2020
Path of Exile: Harvest is now live! Thanks for joining us. https://t.co/NUyqjbQQff
— Path of Exile (@pathofexile) June 19, 2020
