{"id":23255,"date":"2021-10-15T16:11:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T16:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/path-of-exile-scourge-release-date-blood-crucible-passive-skill-masteries-atlas-changes-more"},"modified":"2024-07-19T11:10:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T11:10:49","slug":"path-of-exile-scourge-release-date-blood-crucible-passive-skill-masteries-atlas-changes-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/path-of-exile-scourge-release-date-blood-crucible-passive-skill-masteries-atlas-changes-more","title":{"rendered":"Path of Exile: Scourge – Release date, Blood Crucible, passive skill masteries, Atlas changes, more"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 3.17 expansion of Path of Exile is named Scourge and it will bring us into a hellish battle against the invading army of demons.<\/p>\n

The Path of Exile Scourge expansion has been officially revealed by Grinding Gear Games, and it comes stacked with new features, improvements, endgame content, and more.<\/p>\n

The main theme of the 3.17 expansion is the titular Scourge. Players will obtain a special item called the Blood Crucible, which you must fill with the blood of your enemies in order to travel into an alternate version of Wraeclast, battle against the powerful demons and collect your well-earned rewards.<\/p>\n

Here’s everything new that’s coming with the Scourge expansion in Path of Exile.<\/p>\n

The Blood Crucible<\/h2>\n
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Travel into an alternate reality of Wraeclast and reap the corruption of Demons for your power. (Picture: Grinding Gear Games)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As with all quarterly leagues and expansions, you will start the 3.17 expansion with a new character, and you will be approached by a mysterious NPC, a refugee from this alternate version of Wraeclast.<\/p>\n

She will inform you about the demon invasion which has all but destroyed this parallel universe, and she will entrust you with a demonic artefact known as the Blood Crucible.<\/p>\n

The Blood Crucible is the main gameplay mechanic of this expansion. As the name suggests, you must fill it with the blood of the monsters you slay in the normal version of Wraeclast. Once it has enough of the red fuel, you can activate it and it will instantly teleport you to an alternative Wraeclast full of powerful demons.<\/p>\n

These demons, known as The Scourge, are running rampant and terrorizing this reality, so you will need to slay them as many as possible, The more blood you have in the Blood Crucible, the longer you will stay there, but you will suffer more damage as well.<\/p>\n

By killing the Scourge, your Blood Crucible will level up and you will be introduced with its passive skills screen where you can upgrade its functions in numerous ways.<\/p>\n

The Scourge items<\/h2>\n
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Upgrade your Blood Crucible and make your items even more powerful. (Picture: Grinding Gear Games)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While slaying the Scourge’s demons, the Blood Crucible will absorb their corruption. You can place items into the Blood Crucible, and this corruption will be channelled into them, making them far more powerful but also more dangerous.<\/p>\n

The corrupted items will receive a pair of Scourged Modifiers, where the first one is a powerful beneficial effect, while the second one is a negative modification.<\/p>\n

By upgrading your Blood Crucible, you can choose a lot of options that will modify this corruption mechanic and the way it affects items you place inside it.<\/p>\n

The Dream Furnace<\/h2>\n
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New gems and other items are slated for release in Path of Exile: Scourge. (Picture: Grinding Gear Games)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another new device you will encounter in the Scourge expansion is the Dream Furnace.<\/p>\n

With this device, you will be able to put maps in the Blood Crucible. Maps placed in the Blood Crucible will also absorb the demonic corruption and will eventually transform.<\/p>\n

The corruption-soaked maps will gain a beneficial and detrimental effect just like corrupted equipment, but will also affect the behaviour of the Scourge league in that map.<\/p>\n

“Maps can be transformed up to ten times, increasing their risk and reward substantially each time,” developers explain. “When a Map is transformed a second or subsequent time, there’s a chance that the new beneficial or detrimental modifiers stack alongside the existing ones, enhancing their power, or a chance that new modifiers are added.”<\/p>\n

Passive skill tree rework<\/h2>\n
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Path of Exile’s passive skill tree will now be more intuitive. (Picture: Grinding Gear Games)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Path of Exile is probably best-known for its iconic and enormous Passive skill tree, which branches seemingly endlessly.<\/p>\n

The Scourge expansion is bringing a significant revamp of the passive skill tree, which includes rebalancing of all passive skills, focusing their power on their primary functions, and a new Passive Skill Masteries feature.<\/p>\n