​Content Update 0.5.0 — Path of Exile 2: Return of the Ancients     ​

Content Update 0.5.0 — Path of Exile 2: Return of the AncientsThe Return of the Ancients expansion contains a new league, an overhaul to Path of Exile 2’s Endgame, with six new Endgame storylines and 2 new Ascendancy classes as well as a huge amount of other content.For more information about this expansion, check out http://pathofexile2.com/ancientsThe Runes of Aldur LeagueStart fresh in a new economy with the Runes of Aldur league.In each area in the Runes of Aldur League you will find a Remnant which allows you to craft an item of your choosing by using Runic Recipes engraved into the slots on the Remnant.Depending on the Runeshapes used, you will then face an encounter with tough enemies that you will need to defeat to claim your itemEach additional runeshape used to craft the item will increase the number of waves of enemies, adding additional runic modifiers to the enemies with each wave.Remnants start with any number of slots between 2 and 10 with higher numbers being much rarer, but allowing you to craft much rarer items.Monsters raised by Remnants can drop Verisium metal, a new currency.Added new NPC Farrow with 4 new quests in the campaign allowing you to unlock various new crafting features.New Crafting System: Verisium RuneforgingAfter unlocking Verisum Runeforging in Act 1 this system allows you to add Runic Ward to your armours by spending verisium. Armours lower than level 55 gain Runic Ward with no downside. Armours above this level trade some of their regular base defences for Runic Ward.Added new defence: Runic Ward. This defence kicks in once you reach 1 life allowing you to continue to survive while your Runic Ward takes damage. Runic Ward regenerates independently of your life.Added 13 new Alloy currency items, which can be unlocked through Remnant encounters after completing Farrow’s quest in Act 2. These items add various new crafted modifiers to items by replacing an existing modifier, similar to Perfect Essences.After unlocking Unique Verisium Runeforging in Act 3 you can upgrade the base type of unique armours that drop at levels lower than 55. These upgrades generally increase base defences allowing low level unique armours to become more competitive in the endgame. Unique Armours above level 55 can still be Runeforged to modify their defences to include runic ward at the cost of reducing their other defenses similar to the base types.Unique Verisium Runeforging has additional properties when used on Kalguuran Uniques.Added 13 Ancient Runes which can be unlocked to be crafted by Remnant encounters after completing Farrow’s quest in Act 4. These runes have powerful bonuses specific to each weapon type.Added 13 Mythical early game runes that can be crafted from Remnant encounters to provide significant boosts to level 15+ characters.Added 3 Fluxes which can be crafted from Remnants to transform the resistances on your items from one element to another.Added 15 Meta crafting runes that can be crafted from remnants.Added