Version 3.0.2

Version History
← 3.0.1e September 14, 2017	3.0.2 October 11, 2017	3.0.2b → October 18, 2017

Patch notes

These are the official patch notes for version 3.0.2 released by Grinding Gear Games.

• Added initial French, German and Spanish language support for Path of Exile. If you can read these languages, please try them out and let us know your feedback!
• Your Spectres and Auras are now saved when you log out or are disconnected.
• Spectres no longer have their level reduced to the level of the area they are in. Instead, the level of a Spectre is now based on the lowest of either the level of the monster they were raised from, or the maximum level allowed by the skill gem used. This is now indicated on the skill gem.
• DesecrateDesecrateSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (11-26) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 16Desecrates the ground, summoning corpses and dealing chaos damage to all enemies in the area. The corpses will be chosen from the monsters in the current area and any Spectres that have existed in this instance.Deals (8.2-294) Base Chaos Damage per second
  Base duration is 4.00 seconds
  Spawns 5 corpses
  Spawns corpses up to Level (20-100)
  Maximum of 10 corpses allowed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Cast SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. can now only create monsters that are in the instance it is used in. In areas where no monsters have spawned, a specific desecrate table is used. This fixes a longstanding bug with the desecration list that had further problems introduced due to persistent spectres.
• Added two new unique items: Malachai's MarkMalachai's Mark
  Murder MittsEvasion: (217-278)
  Energy Shield: (45-56)Requires Level 67, 51 Dex, 51 Int(80-100)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  +(60-80) to maximum Life
  Gain (15-25) Life per Enemy Hit with Attacks
  Gain (15-25) Energy Shield per Enemy Hit with Attacks
  Grants Malachai's Endurance, Frenzy and Power for 6 seconds each, in sequenceWhat man does not wish for immortality? and Dialla's MalefactionDialla's Malefaction
  Sage's RobeEnergy Shield: (79-90)
  Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 37Gems can be Socketed in this Item ignoring Socket Colour
  Gems Socketed in Red Sockets have +2 to Level
  Gems Socketed in Green Sockets have +30% to Quality
  Gems Socketed in Blue Sockets gain 100% increased Experience
  Has no Attribute RequirementsHe took me by my hand, promised me power beyond compare.
  But i did not do it for power.
  I did it for love.
  And I'd do it again in an instant..
• The Plaguemaw VThe Plaguemaw VA room, etched in crystal, plays home to the Plaguemaw. He awaits you.You will enter the Plaguemaw's chamber in the Crystal Veins or Crystal Ore Map.Right-click to add this prophecy to your character. Prophecy can now be completed in the Crystal Veins or a Crystal Ore MapCrystal Ore MapMap Level: 68
  Map Tier: 1
  Guild Character: XTravel to this Map by using it in the Templar Laboratory or a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once..
• Changed some of the interactions between certain on-flask-use effects and the unique belt Umbilicus ImmortalisUmbilicus Immortalis
  Leather BeltRequires Level 30+(25-40) to maximum Life(8-12)% increased maximum Life
  Regenerate 2% of Life per second
  Flasks do not apply to you
  Flasks you Use apply to your Raised Zombies and Spectres"The power of rebirth rivals that of immortality."
  - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 3 for consistency. For example, effects that care about when you use a flask (and not the effect of the flask itself) will apply to you but not your minions.
• Fixed various issues with the quest status of Standard characters that were made prior to 3.0.0.
• Fixed a bug that was causing some Standard characters to not receive a free bandit choice respec.
• Fixed a bug that could cause some Standard characters to receive resistance penalties earlier than intended.
• Fixed a bug where flasks that remove bleeding did not remove stacking bleeding from the Crimson Dance keystone.
• Fixed a bug where the Brutal Fervour ascendancy passive would not remove Crimson Dance bleeding.
• Fixed a bug where increases and reductions to the effect of flasks were also being added to the percentage of recovery granted instantly by flasks with the "Bubbling" mod. This caused several issues if this percentage exceeded 100%.
• Fixed a bug where instant "of Animation" flasks were healing minions for more life than intended.
• Fixed a bug where some flask recovery rate modifiers were not correctly accelerating flask recovery, only shortening the duration of the flask effect.
• Fixed a bug where losing the stat for leeching Energy Shield instead of Life while you had active instances of Energy Shield leech could stop the maximum leech rate cap applying to them. This commonly happened with the Soul TetherSoul Tether
  Cloth BeltRequires Level 48(15-25)% increased Stun and Block Recovery+(20-40) to Intelligence
  Gain (4-6)% of Maximum Life as Extra Maximum Energy Shield
  Immortal AmbitionVaal bloodpriests were among the earliest intellectuals on record.
  It was they who found that a newly freed soul would
  desperately cling to any other source of life. unique item.
• Fixed a bug where the increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate granted by DisciplineDisciplineAura, Spell, AoE
  Level: (1-20)
  Reservation: 35% Mana
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: Instant
  AoE Radius: 36Requires Level 24Casts an aura that grants additional energy shield and increased energy shield recharge rate to you and your allies.+(0-1.9) metres to radius
  You and nearby allies gain (60-217) additional Energy Shield
  You and nearby Allies gain 30% increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (2-40)% increased Area of EffectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. was not working.
• Fixed a bug where ailments reflected by the Yugul pantheon power could bypass immunities.
• Fixed a bug where the damage penalty on Static StrikeStatic StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike, AoE, Duration, Lightning, Chaining
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 6 Mana
  Attack Damage: (110-188)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110-188)%
  AoE Radius: 19Requires Level 12Attack with a melee weapon, gaining static energy for a duration if you hit an enemy. While you have static energy, you'll frequently hit a number of nearby enemies with beams, dealing attack damage.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
  Base duration is 3.00 seconds
  Beams Hit Enemies every (0.40-0.32) seconds
  Chains +1 Times
  Beams deal 40% less Damage
  (4-6) maximum Beam Targets
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Beam frequencyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.'s explosion wasn't being correctly applied to the ailments created by the explosion.
• Fixed a bug where the Chill applied by The PandemoniusThe Pandemonius
  Jade AmuletRequires Level 64+(20-30) to Dexterity(20-30)% increased Cold Damage
  +(35-40)% to Cold Resistance
  Chill Enemy for 1 second when Hit, reducing their Action Speed by 30%
  Blind Chilled Enemies on Hit
  Damage Penetrates 20% Cold Resistance against Chilled EnemiesA single moment sets in motion an eternal fall,
  beneath which all are buried. lasted for 2 seconds, rather than 1.
• Fixed a bug where some lava traps were not disabled after Izaro was killed.
• Fixed a bug that caused duplicate Darkshrines to appear in the Labyrinth. For example, you should no longer be able to get 'Twice Blessed' multiple times in a single Labyrinth.
• Fixed a bug where traps would not be disabled in the Aspirant's Trial if a player entered it prior to getting the 'Labyrinth Traps are disabled in the Aspirant's Trial" darkshrine effect.
• Fixed a bug where the Curse Pylons in the final stage of the Izaro encounter were not applying their curses to the player.
• Fixed a bug where the Unbearable Whispers IIIUnbearable Whispers IIIThe Aesthete holds the Whisperer's forbidden words safe, deep in the beast's belly.You will slay Shavronne, and she will drop a tome.Right-click to add this prophecy to your character. Prophecy was not correctly triggering from the Act 6 or Act 9 Shavronne encounters.
• Fixed a rare bug where Cemetery mapsCemetery MapMap Level: 75
  Map Tier: 8
  Guild Character: LTravel to this Map by using it in the Templar Laboratory or a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once. could generate inside-out, rendering the majority of their terrain unwalkable.
• Fixed a rare bug that could cause a player to have incorrect dialogue options available when speaking to Navali.
• Fixed a bug where the Ultimate Chaos Portal and the Pure Light Portal did not have audio.
• Fixed a bug where recovering a flask charge via Nature's Boon while in the midst of a Skin TransferSkin TransferConsumableDestroys one item to apply its appearance to another.Click this item, then left click the item you wish to take the appearance from, then left click the item you wish to apply it to. The first item is destroyed but can later be recovered by shift clicking the transformed item. would cancel the Skin Transfer.
• Fixed a bug that could cause players to lose some progress towards the "Gain Splinters from Unique Breach monsters" challenge.
• Fixed a bug where Doryani's Touch was able to damage enemies through walls.
• Fixed a bug where Atziri's Empowered FlameblastFlameblastSpell, AoE, Fire, Channelling
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (4-7) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.20 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 90%Requires Level 28Channels to build up a large explosion, which is released when you stop using the skill. The longer you channel, the larger the area of effect and damage of the explosion.Deals (31-405) to (46-608) Fire Damage
  50% chance to Ignite enemies
  165% more Spell Damage for each stage
  60% more Damage with Ailments for each stage
  10 maximum Stages
  +0.3 metres to radius per Stage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.05-1) to maximum StagesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. was not dealing damage to everything within its area of effect.
• Fixed a bug introduced in 3.0.1e where Arcane SurgeArcane Surge SupportArcane, Support, Spell, Duration
  Icon: N
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Each supported spell will track how much mana you spend on it, granting a buff when the total mana spent reaches a threshold. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, mines or skills with a reservation.Gain Arcane Surge after Spending a total of (15-400) Mana on
  Upfront Costs and Effects of a Supported Skill
  Arcane Surge grants (10-20)% increased Cast Speed
  Arcane Surge grants (30-58)% increased Mana Regeneration rate
  Arcane Surge lasts 4 seconds
  Supported Skills deal (10-25)% more Spell Damage while you have Arcane Surge
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. would not trigger from channelled skills.
• Fixed a bug where some bosses were using an incorrect ArcArcSpell, Chaining, Lightning
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (8-23) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.70 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 120%Requires Level 12An arc of lightning reaches from the caster to a targeted enemy and chains to other enemies, but not immediately back. Each time the arc chains, it will also chain a secondary arc to another enemy that the main arc has not already hit, which cannot chain further.Deals (6-198) to (32-1122) Lightning Damage
  Chains +(4-7) Times
  15% more Damage with Hits and Ailments for each remaining Chain
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Chains +(0.05-1) TimesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. effect.
• Fixed a bug where players could be disconnected to the login screen after a mandatory character rename.
• Fixed a rare issue where the quest tracker would not display Prophecies correctly.
• Fixed a clipping issue with the Pitch Black Armour set.
• Fixed various clipping issues with the Raven Armour set.
• Using a Portal in the Blood Aqueduct now takes you back to the Sarn Encampment, instead of to Highgate.
• Efficacy SupportEfficacy SupportSupport, Duration
  Icon: a
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that deals damage or has a duration.Supported Skills deal (15-24)% more Damage over Time
  Supported Skills have (15-24)% increased Skill Effect Duration
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Damage over TimeThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. now correctly supports Damage over Time effects.
• Kitava's minions are now properly killed off when Kitava dies.
• Improved the visual effect of the Dusk Weapon Effect on various unique items.
• Improved the audio effects of Volatile Core.
• Fixed various client crashes.

The following hotfix was deployed after the 3.0.2 patch:

We have deployed a hotfix to fix language selection for French, German and Spanish on the patcher. This was deployed without a restart.