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Revision as of 10:51, 23 June 2020
| Release version | 3.8.0 |
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| Release date | 2019-09-06 |
| End date | 2019-12-09 21:00:00 UTC |
| Links | Official page |
The Blight is here... And we are the cure ! In Blight, Sister Cassia is trying to stop the spread of the mind-controlling Blight by destroying Fungal Growths. When attacked, the Blight commands infected monsters to defend it. The monsters mindlessly follow the Blight's tendrils, only attacking foes directly in their path. The infected are unusually tough, so you'll need to build defensive towers to exploit each monster's specific weaknesses. For each tendril lane you defend, a chest will appear with your rewards.
Description on the official Path of Exile website [1]
The Blight league and Hardcore Blight league were challenge leagues.[1] They launched on September 6, 2019 and ended on December 9, 2019 at 21:00 UTC[2].
In this league, the world was infested with Blight, and Sister Cassia tasks the player to defend her Purification Pump as it destroys the Blight's fungal growths. Once agitated, the growth spawns roots that summon waves of monsters to defend it. These monster slowly follow a path along the roots and only stop to attack whatever is in its path, but are unusually tough. To assist with defending the pump, the player can summon Towers near the paths to attack and hinder the monsters. The Blight drops loot when the monsters are defeated, including special Oils which are used to Anoint items, adding an implicit Enchantment to the item to enhance Blighted maps, improve your towers, or even allocate a notable passive skill from the skill tree, including special skills that can't be allocated normally.
All characters and stashes were moved to Standard league and Hardcore league respectively when the leagues ended. Characters that died in the Hardcore Blight league were immediately moved to the permanent Standard league.
League mechanic
In each zone, you will find Sister Cassia as well as a Fungal Growth. Once you interact with the Fungal Growth, Cassia will place a purification pump on the growth, causing it to spawn roots in random directions. At the end of each root is a portal that spawns enemies that slowly move towards the core, only stopping to attack units in its way. The Blight can spawn up to 8 roots, increasing with zone level. Players will be given a short preparation time before the Blight starts spawning monsters. You can skip this by pressing the button on the bottom right.
Some roots will spawn after a delay, and sometimes a root will have multiplied monster density (indicated by a multiplier). An icon corresponding to a tower can appear over each root, indicating which tower it is resistant to. Along the paths of the roots, you can construct a tower in specified areas. Towers cost resources to build or upgrade, which is acquired at the start and from killing blighted enemies.
When an enemy reaches the core, it will lower the durability of the pump and despawn itself. The pump has 10 durability, and the amount of durability lowered is based on the monster's rarity (1 for normal, 2 for magic, 5 for rare, 10 for unique). When the pump's durability reaches 0, the Blight encounter fails and monsters will stop spawning.
Once all enemies from each portal are defeated, it will spawn chests at where the portal was. These chests persist even if the pump gets destroyed afterwards.
Blighted Maps
Blights have a small chance to drop a Blighted version of a map. Blighted maps only contain a small area with no enemies and a single Fungal Growth that spawns dozens of roots. The player must defend the pump for 5 minutes, then defeat all remaining enemies. The player gets extended prep time and pump durability increased to 20.
Blighted maps can be anointed with oils to increase its rewards. Up to 3 anointments can be placed per map.
Items
These items are introduced and exclusive to the Blight leagues:
Currency
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New Unique items
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Challenges and rewards
The Blight leagues include 40 optional challenges. Completing them awards the following microtransactions:
| Challenges | Reward |
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| 12 |  Blight HelmetBlight HelmetHelmet SkinChanges the appearance of any equipped helmet to the Blight Helmet.
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| 19 |  Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations
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| 22 | Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations
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| 24 |  Blight Portal EffectBlight Portal EffectPortalThis character's portals use the Blight Portal Effect.
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| 25 | Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations
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| 28 | Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations
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| 31 | Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations
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| 34 | Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations
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| 36 |  Blight WingsBlight WingsArmour AttachmentAdds the Blight Wings back attachment to any equipped body armour.
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| 37 | Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations
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| 40 | Blight Challenger TrophyBlight Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations
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Version history
| Version | Changes |
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| 3.8.0 |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Natalia_GGG (August 20, 2019). "Announcing Path of Exile: Blight". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ↑ @pathofexile (December 1, 2019). "Blight League End Announcement". twitter. Retrieved December 2, 2019.