# Path of Exile 2 Path of Exile 2 is a new seven-act storyline new game. ## Timeline * 2024/6/7: PoE 2 Close Beta * 2023/7/29: Exilecon reveals PoE 2 Beta timeline * 2022/8/12: Announce Exilecon 2023 * 2022/5/6: Beta Delayed To 2023, Full Release To 2024 * 2021/8/11: Release around 2024 * 2021/4/9: Second Trailer and Act2 Gameplay * 2021/3/24: Beta until 2022 at the earliest * 2019/11/16: First Trailer and Act1 Gameplay, Beta may start at end of 2020 ## Brief Summary * PoE2 is new game. * PoE2 campaign-route will be randomly generated, as does the map route too! Unlike where PoE1 has a static progression. This also mean the PoE2 campaign will never feel the same in every playthrough. * PoE2 is in the same game which also means that our microtransaction that we bought in PoE1 will share across to PoE2. * Skill Gems will have their own sockets, instead of relying on equipment sockets. Thus, Orb of Fusing will be removed and "mega-migration". TL;DR: Every skill can be 6-link. * Equipment sockets only matter what color and amount of skill gems can be equipped in it. * 19 new ascendancies, which you have to complete PoE2's campaign to obtain them. * PoE2 will introduce a bunch of new skill archetypes; such as shape-shifting and melee-wielding-bow. * PoE2 also adds a bunch of QOL, such as a single button that enables all aura skill, and boss's life always showing at the top of the screen. * PoE2 also include several new base items, such as crossbow and javelin. * New interesting town hub, such as a moving-caravan-town. * PoE2 doesn't use a new game engine, but an upgrade of the existing game engine instead, which brings a lot more graphic improvement to the game. ## Acts * [Act 1: Island of Ogham](Island_of_Ogham) * [Act 2: Vastiri Desert](Vastiri_Desert) ### 2022/5/6 Beta Delayed To 2023, Full Release To 2024 Grinding Gear admits that we’re unlikely to see it until late 2023, possibly slipping further into 2024. [Reference](https://www.pcgamer.com/path-of-exiles-new-expansion-lets-you-build-your-own-bite-sized-hard-mode/) ### 2021/8/11 PoE2 before 2024 [Baeclast - Chris Wilson interview](https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3164311) and [Recent Topics from Community Podcasts](https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3174380) * Tarkecat Question: PoE2 - How much of POE2 is down so far. Realistic for players to have it by 2024? * Chris Answer: Act 1 is 90% complete, work done all most acts. Act 2 it's 75% complete with later acts being started. Doesn't sound like a lot but had to work on setting standards and things in place and now gotten to full production mode. Plan to add 100 artists over the next few months. Will we see PoE before 2024 - are expectation is yes. ### 2021/4/29 Act2 Concept Art [Act2 in Path of Exile 2](https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3100660) ### 2021/4/23 Narrative Design Philosophies [Narrative Design Philosophies](https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3091715) ### 2021/4/9 Second Trailer <a role='button' class="js-modal-btn" data-video-id="jVRADmjzsss"></a> <a role='button' class="js-modal-btn" data-video-id="JCDIBA2Icls"></a> ### 2021/3/24 Beta until 2022 at the earliest [Beta until 2022 at the earliest](https://www.pathofexile.com/poe2) ### 2020/6/25 PoE2 not this year [What To Expect This Year](https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2883564) ### 2019/11/16 Exilecon, Beta may start at end of 2020 <a role='button' class="js-modal-btn" data-video-id="V2VRRSVgCL4"></a> <a role='button' class="js-modal-btn" data-video-id="9OosC1E8TVM"></a> [Official Site](https://pathofexile.com/poe2)