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* [http://poe.qq.com/ Tencent Mainland China Path of Exile Client]
* [http://poe.qq.com/ Tencent Mainland China Path of Exile Client]


For the Standalone and Steam clients, the available servers and their approximate locations to choose from on the login screen are listed in the following table. However, Steam implements region-locking; consider the standalone client if the Steam version does not work.
For the Standalone and Steam clients, the available servers and their approximate locations to choose from on the login screen are listed in the following table.
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The China and Taiwan clients each have a fixed server, with Mainland China and Taiwan respectively.


===Console===
===Console===
The console versions of Path of Exile has changes to the User Interface in order to make it usable with a controller. Most [[League mechanics|league mechanics]] remain unchanged, however [[Blight (game mechanic)|Blight]] has significantly fewer monsters spawning (-50% for encounters in maps and -70% for blighted maps) to account for memory and performance issues.<ref name="ConsoleBlightNerf" />
The console versions of Path of Exile have the same User Interface as when using a controller on the PC client.


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<small>* There is currently no PlayStation 5 optimized version of Path of Exile</small>
<small>* There is currently no PlayStation 5 optimized version of Path of Exile</small>


=== Language support ===
 
The following languages are supported by the various clients.
=== Features ===
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Not all clients have the same features when comparing to the Path of Exile Standalone Client.
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==== Path of Exile Standalone Client features (baseline) ====
! Client
* Language support: Selectable from English, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, French, German, Spanish, Korean, Japanese
! Languages
* Input modes: mouse + keyboard, controller
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* Different user interface depending on the used input mode
| Path of Exile Standalone Client
* Gateway selection: Ability to manually select Gateway / server
| English, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, French, German, Spanish, Korean, Japanese
 
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| International Path of Exile Steam Client
==== International Path of Exile Steam Client ====
| English, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, French, German, Spanish, Korean, Japanese
* Gateway selection: Steam can use region locking which can prevent selecting certain gateways
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| Garena Taiwan Path of Exile Client
 
| Traditional Chinese
==== Garena Taiwan Path of Exile Client changes from baseline ====
|-
* Language support: Traditional Chinese only
| Tencent Mainland China Path of Exile Client
* Gateway selection: Fixed to Taiwan
| Simplified Chinese  
 
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| Console clients
==== Tencent Mainland China Path of Exile Client changes from baseline ====
| Uses console language if supported by the Standalone Client, with fallback to English
* Language support: Simplified Chinese only
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* Gateway selection: Fixed to Mainland China
* Gameplay differences:
** Option to have a pet that auto-collects currency {{Citation needed}}
** Dedicated inventory slots for [[Portal Scroll|Portal Scrolls]] and [[Scroll of Wisdom|Scrolls of Wisdom]] {{Citation needed}}
** One free respec during campaign {{Citation needed}}
** Planner for [[Passive skill|passive skill tree]] {{Citation needed}}
 
 
==== Console clients changes from baseline ====
* Language support: Uses console language if supported, with fallback to English. No in-game option to choose a language.
* Gameplay differences:
** [[Blight (game mechanic)|Blight]] has ''significantly'' fewer monsters spawning (-50% for encounters in maps and -70% for blighted maps) to account for memory and performance issues.<ref name="ConsoleBlightNerf" />


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 07:38, 24 August 2023

It has been suggested that this article be merged into Path of Exile#Game clients.

Reason: This article is mostly duplicated information.

Proposed since August 23, 2023

Supported clients

Clients in this section are officially supported by GGG.

PC

The following PC clients are supported on Windows operating system only.

For the Standalone and Steam clients, the available servers and their approximate locations to choose from on the login screen are listed in the following table.

Available servers
Country Location
Australia Australia
Brazil Sao Paulo
France Paris
Germany Frankfurt
Great Britain London
Italy Milan
The Netherlands Amsterdam
Russia Moscow
Singapore Singapore
Thailand Thailand
United States California
United States Miami
United States Texas
United States Washington, D.C.


Console

The console versions of Path of Exile have the same User Interface as when using a controller on the PC client.

Consoles
Store page Console Initial launch
PlayStation PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5* March 2019
Xbox Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S August 2017

* There is currently no PlayStation 5 optimized version of Path of Exile


Features

Not all clients have the same features when comparing to the Path of Exile Standalone Client.

Path of Exile Standalone Client features (baseline)

  • Language support: Selectable from English, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, French, German, Spanish, Korean, Japanese
  • Input modes: mouse + keyboard, controller
  • Different user interface depending on the used input mode
  • Gateway selection: Ability to manually select Gateway / server


International Path of Exile Steam Client

  • Gateway selection: Steam can use region locking which can prevent selecting certain gateways


Garena Taiwan Path of Exile Client changes from baseline

  • Language support: Traditional Chinese only
  • Gateway selection: Fixed to Taiwan


Tencent Mainland China Path of Exile Client changes from baseline


Console clients changes from baseline

  • Language support: Uses console language if supported, with fallback to English. No in-game option to choose a language.
  • Gameplay differences:
    • Blight has significantly fewer monsters spawning (-50% for encounters in maps and -70% for blighted maps) to account for memory and performance issues.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Natalia_GGG (Dec 16, 2019). "PS4 Content Update 3.9.0". Official Path of Exile Website. Retrieved Aug 23, 2023.
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