Path of Exile 2’s first major content update will welcome a new class, five new Ascendancy classes, an expansion to the character system, and improvements to endgame content.
Developer Grinding Gear Games has announced that the hugely anticipated action role-playing game will see its first major content update come to the game on April 4, 2025, prior to the full release of the game.
Path of Exile 2 is currently available through early access, having opened in December 2024, while Game Rant reporting that the full release is expected to launch sometime in May 2025.
What is coming in Path of Exile 2’s first major update
The newest update will welcome a host of new features, including a new huntress class (followed by 20 new huntress skills), five new ascendancy classes, brand new character skills as well as a huge amount of new support gems, unique items and maps.
Path of Exile 2: Dawn of the Hunt introduces a new class, five new Ascendancy classes, huge expansions on character systems, improvements to the Endgame systems, new Endgame content and much, much more.
Path of Exile 2: Dawn of the Hunt introduces a new class, five new Ascendancy classes, huge expansions on character systems, improvements to the Endgame systems, new Endgame content and much, much more.
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The biggest change is the addition of a new spear wielding Azmeri warrior class, The Huntress, who is capable of blending ranged and melee combat expertise into “deadly effect”.
Players who choose to play as the huntress will be able to choose the Ritualist as their first ascension class, allowing you to “embrace the darker side of Azmeri traditions by harnessing the power of animal sacrifice and plague.”
Fans of the existing warrior, mercenary and witch classes will now be able to ascend as a Smith of Kitava, focusing character development into smithing skills.
The developers will also be focusing on midgame to endgame content, with over a hundred new items coming to make these stages of gameplay more content rich and interesting.
This also includes the addition of seven new endgame maps, each featuring unique challenges and encounters.
A feature that has divided fans is the ability to respawn and return to a map after death, picking up where you left off. Even at the start of the endgame, players will have up to six attempts per map, delighting casual players but reducing some of the risk that hardcore fans love.
Path of Exile 2 is available for early access and will be released in full in May 2025 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
