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Microtransactions and the Shop
Path of Exile is completely free to play. You can't buy items, experience boosts, or anything that provides power, and you can do every bit of content without ever spending a cent. That said, we greatly appreciate our supporters as they allow us to continue to develop the game we love.
To that end, cosmetic items and stash tabs can be purchased from the Microtransaction shop. If you run out of stash space, the store sells extra stash tabs (you can even buy them in bulk!). If you would like to organise your stash to a greater degree, premium stash tabs and specialised stash tabs such as the Currency tab are available for purchase. There's also a wide variety of cosmetic items available for purchase. Some replace the appearance of an item, while some add to the appearance of the items you're already wearing. Some even completely change the way a particular skill looks. After you buy a cosmetic microtransaction, you can proudly display it by opening your inventory panel and navigating to the Cosmetics tab. From here you have the ability to display any cosmetic microtransaction you own in its appropriate slot.
Supporter Packs
Many players who want to support Path of Exile opt to buy Supporter Packs, which contain points for purchasing microtransactions as well as forum titles, player portrait frames, exclusive cosmetics that are only available from those packs, and more. Each Supporter Pack is only available for a limited time. Once it gets taken off the market, it never returns. If you would like to support us and the continued development of Path of Exile, please consider visiting our Shop.
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Microtransactions
Microtransactions are the purchase of digital goods including cosmetic items, in-game content and premium account features. These digital goods are acquired by spending "points", a digital currency purchased with real world money. In Path of Exile, the digital goods acquired through such purchases are sometimes also referred to as microtransactions themselves.
Purpose
Path of Exile is a free-to-play game that is supported monetarily through its microtransaction features. The policy of Grinding Gear Games regarding microtransactions is that they should not confer any significant advantage to the player. Microtransaction features are primarily cosmetic in nature or provide peripheral utility in the case of additional stash tabs and character slots.
How to purchase
The features available through microtransaction purchases are not otherwise available through playing the game. They are also not necessary for completing any of the game content.
Navigate to pathofexile.com and activate the Shop link in the main menu. On the Purchase page, a player can purchase Points for real money. A player can then browse the Shop and buy microtransaction features with Points.
Digital goods
The digital goods obtainable through microtransactions can be divided into the following categories:
Account features
Additional stash tabs, the ability to customise them, extra character-slots for collectors and alternative mouse cursor.
Alternate skill effects
Re-skins to various skills, such as replacing Skeletons with Statues.
Character effects
Replacements to standard character effects, such as portals.
Item effects
Extra glow or attachments on equipment.
Item skins
Alternate appearance of weapons and armour.
Hideout decorations
Additional decorations for a personalized hideout.
Pets
Non-combat companions to follow the player around.
Animations
Currently contain the /dance animations for each character class.
Custom content
The option for players work with the developers to design their own content.
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