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# Path of Exile 2

Path of Exile 2 is a new seven-act storyline new game.

## Timeline

* 2024/6/7: PoE 2 Close Beta
* 2021/4/9: Second Trailer and Act2 Gameplay
* 2019/11/16: First Trailer and Act1 Gameplay

## 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)

### 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

### 2019/11/16 Exilecon

[Official Site](https://pathofexile.com/poe2)