Scourge league

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Scourge league

Challenge league

File:Scourge league logo.jpg

Release version	3.16.0
Release date	2021-10-22
Links	Official page

In Path of Exile: Scourge, you must fill the Blood Crucible with the blood of your enemies then shift into an alternate Wraeclast where an apocalyptic event rages, in order to slay powerful demons and craft potent items...

Path of Exile Scourge. Scourge league, also known as Path of Exile: Scourge, is a challenge league. It was launched on October 22, 2021 (UTC), alongside the Version 3.16.0 patch.

League Mechanic

Main page: Blood Crucible

nearly filled blood gauge

Starting from The Coast, The Last to Die will appear. The character will be asked to take The Blood Crucible and thus begin the exploration of a ruined land very familiar but very different.

The Blood Crucible is given to the character allowing them to being their first journey into a fallen Wraeclast. Hordes of blood crazed creatures rush fervently desparate to consume, and follow their only thought; devour.

The killing of these monsters is only possible with the crucible and is also capable of collecting corruption, which is the fuel for which the items placed inside huger. Once a threshold has been reached the item can be corrupted. Doing so gives an item one positive and one negative Scourge-specific implicit modifiers. Items can be corrupted a to a third tier offering rarer modifiers.

The Dream Furance is used to collect corruption from killing Scourge monsters. Once enough is gathered, you can Scourge maps, uniques, standard bases, and jewellery items and transform them up to three times for equipment and ten times for maps.

Killing Scourge monsters also grants experience points towards the Crucible skill tree, which can enhance Scourge corruption outcomes, the accumulation rate of corruption for specific base types, and expanding the functionality of The Blood Crucible.

Blood Crucible

Viscera Cauldron

Dream Furnace

Scourge monsters drop corrupted currency items, which are used on the corrupted items generated through the Dream Furnace.

Item

Killing monsters gathers Corruption when in The Nightmare and will continue to accumulate as the character moves through the map. However, the character is also afflicted by the "Exposed to Corruption" status effect that resets when moving from map to map, it has the following effect per stack:

Unique boss enemies can spawn in the Nightmare realm. While encountering it, the Blood gauge pauses for 5 seconds when first found and every time you take 5% of its life away (timer does not stack). Defeating a Scourge boss for the first time will have it drop a Viscera Cauldron, which grants a third equipment slot for the Crucible.

Skill Gems Introduced

Item

Minimap Icons

These new icons are introduced to the minimap:

League Bosses

K'tash, the Hate Shepherd

Level	HP	Damage	Armour	Evasion
68	2,327,329	2,196	12,254	4,739
73	6,375,917	2,819	16,696	5,633
78	16,074,473	3,608	22,656	6,667
82	33,658,603	4,385	28,850	7,608
84	47,351,702	4,831	32,530	8,120

Ghorr, the Grasping Maw

Level	HP	Damage	Armour	Evasion
68	2,327,329	3,716	12,254	4,739
73	6,375,917	4,771	16,696	5,633
78	16,074,473	6,106	22,656	6,667
82	33,658,603	7,420	28,850	7,608
84	47,351,702	8,175	32,530	8,120

Beidat, Archangel of Death

Level	HP	Damage	Energy Shield	Armour	Evasion
68	2,053,525	2,196	1,026,763	9,191	4,739
73	5,625,809	2,819	2,812,905	12,522	5,633
78	14,183,358	3,608	7,091,679	16,992	6,667
82	29,698,767	4,385	14,849,384	21,638	7,608
84	41,780,914	4,831	20,890,457	24,398	8,120

Items Added in Scourge

New unique items were added.

Item		Stats

Additional notes

• The Blood Crucible does not gather Blood in Vaal side areas, the Temple of Atzoatl, and the Azurite Mine.
• The Blood Crucible does gather Blood in Incursion rooms, but you cannot shift into Nightmare from an Incursion room.
• Nearby enemies are stunned when you shift between realms.
• Enemies spawned into the zone (ex. Influenced enemies, Abyss monsters, etc.) will be present in both the normal and Nightmare realms.
• Item level must be at least 45 for Tier 2 Scourge, and 68 for Tier 3 Scourge.
• Normal equipment will become Rare when Scourged. Maps do not change rarity when Scourged.
• It was during Scourge League that the removal of the Prophecy system was announced.

Challenges and rewards

Main page: List of scourge league challenges

The Scourge leagues include 40 optional challenges. Completing them awards the following microtransactions:

Challenges	Reward
12	Scourge WeaponScourge WeaponWeapon SkinChanges the appearance of any equipped Weapon to the Scourge Weapon.
19	Scourge Challenger TrophyScourge Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations
22	Scourge Challenger TrophyScourge Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations
24	Scourge WingsScourge WingsArmour AttachmentAdds the Scourge Wings back attachment to any equipped body armour.
25	Scourge Challenger TrophyScourge Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations
28	Scourge Challenger TrophyScourge Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations
31	Scourge Challenger TrophyScourge Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations
34	Scourge Challenger TrophyScourge Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations
36	Scourge PetScourge PetPetSummons your pet
37	Scourge Challenger TrophyScourge Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations
40	Scourge Challenger TrophyScourge Challenger TrophyHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout8 Variations

Scourge Weapon Skin

Scourge Wings

Scourge Pet

When you complete 12 challenges, you will receive the Scourge WeaponScourge WeaponWeapon SkinChanges the appearance of any equipped Weapon to the Scourge Weapon.. When you reach 24 challenges, you will receive the Scourge WingsScourge WingsArmour AttachmentAdds the Scourge Wings back attachment to any equipped body armour.. At 36 challenge completed you'll receive the Scourge PetScourge PetPetSummons your pet. These microtransactions are only obtainable in this league.

From the 19th challenge onwards and for every third challenge after that, you will receive pieces of the Scourge Totem Pole decoration to display in your hideout. The Totem Pole permanently showcases how many of the Scourge challenges you completed during the league.

League Artwork

All artwork below is the property of Grinding Gear Games and depicts original concepts also in their property. The original announcement in which the artwork is featured can be found here.

Pale Demon	Pale Demon Variation	Pale Demon Variation Two

Demon	Demon Variation	Demon Variation Two	Demon Variation Three	Demon Variation Four

Version history

Version	Changes
3.16.0b	Upon encountering a Boss in Nightmare, the drain of blood from the Crucible is now paused for 5 seconds. The damage of Ravenous Bloodshaper's Blood Orb and Spike Barrage skills has been decreased. The damage of Demon Herder's Vomit and Beam skill has been decreased. Reduced the number of Monsters with Proximity Shield that can spawn in some Scourge encounters. The Corruption Absorbed progress bar now displays underneath items stored in the Blood Crucible, without you having to hover over them.
3.16.0	Introduced to the game. Fixed a bug in Scourge League where the Blood Crucible could mistakenly upgrade an explicit mod on unique items. We also plan to fix existing items that were affected by this.