In just two weeks, Path of Exile 2 will be heading to gamescom in Cologne, Germany. If you’re attending, make sure to pop by our booth to play the special demo available exclusively at the event.

gamescom ONL kicks off on August 25th at 11am PST, or Aug 26, 2026 2:00 AM (GMT+8) in your local time. Tune into the Twitch livestream here to make sure you don’t miss our reveal!

If you’re attending in person, you can find our booth at Hall 6.1 | B031.

We still have a number of demo slots available on the weekend so if you’re a content creator or a member of media looking to cover the event, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected].

We can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on with you all!

It’s been a while since we last hosted a fan art competition, and with the recent updates to Path of Exile 1 and Path of Exile 2, we’re sure our community artists have plenty of inspiration to draw from. We’re excited to announce a Path of Exile Fan Art Competition inspired by the Return of the Ancients and Curse of the Allflame expansions! The prize pool includes official merchandise and in-game microtransactions.

Prizes

Top Three Winners

• Forum avatar based on the winning submission
• Your choice of Path of Exile poster signed by developers
• Your choice of two Path of Exile or Path of Exile 2 T-shirts
• 2 x random Path of Exile Pin
• Chaos Orb Socks
• Chaos Orb Deskpad
• Exalted Orb Cap
• 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 (a Footprints Effect from the list below)

4-5th Place

• Your choice of one Path of Exile or Path of Exile 2 T-shirt
• Chaos Orb Socks
• 2 x random Path of Exile Pin
• Chaos Orb Deskpad
• 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 (a Footprints Effect from the list below)

6-10th Place

• Your choice of one Path of Exile or Path of Exile 2 T-shirt
• Chaos Orb Socks
• A random Path of Exile Pin
• Your choice of a Portal Effect (a Portal Effect from the list below)
• Your choice of Footprints Effect (a Footprints Effect from the list below)

11-20th Place

• Your choice of a Portal Effect (a Portal Effect from the list below)

Runners-Up

• 1 x Curse of the Allflame Mystery Box

Microtransactions Prize Pool

How to Enter

Create still art that is inspired by anything introduced in the Return of the Ancients (Path of Exile 2) or Curse of the Allflame (Path of Exile 1). This excludes video submissions but does include any painting, drawing or model creation. Then just submit your work in this thread. All submissions must include Work in Progress.

Multiple submissions are welcome and encouraged. Your submission needs to be your own work and needs to have been created after the launch of the competition. Please do not submit artwork that was created before the start of the competition.

If you're unsure how to share an image on the forum, just follow these steps:

• 1. Go to imgur.com
• 2. Go to 'new post' and drag your images into the window.
• 3. Once the image has been uploaded, right click it and click 'Copy image address'.
• 4. Click reply to this post and paste the link into the window with [img] at the beginning and [/img] at the end.
• 5. When you click 'post', your image should be displayed!

Conditions

• The competition starts at the time of this post and will end on Wednesday the 2nd of September at 10PM PDT. Submissions made after this time will not be counted. We'll post the winners sometime in the following days.
• Any work that is submitted must be your own and must be created after the launch of this competition.
• AI generated art will not be accepted. We reserve the right to disqualify your entry if we believe that it is AI generated.
• All submissions must include Work in Progress.
• Multiple submissions are welcome.
• We may increase the prize pool if we receive an overwhelming number of high-quality submissions.

Best of luck! We can’t wait to see your creations!