Path of Exile

Path of Exile is a live-service action RPG that has been in development for over a decade, which makes its update history genuinely unusual. There are three leagues per year, each a fresh start for every character on the economy, and the league start is the single most important date for anyone playing.

The league is where the real content is. Each one introduces a new mechanic, a new set of ascendancy skills or a new subclass, and a rule change or two that reshapes how you build. The standard league cycle is a few months: league starts, players race through the campaign and maps, then the league ends and everything resets except your permanent stash and your account.

What is worth knowing about a date on this profile is that Path of Exile publishes its league information early and in detail. The roadmap, the reveal stream, and the patch notes are public weeks ahead. There is very little ambiguity about when a league starts. The ambiguity is always in the content, not the calendar.

The other half of this game's release rhythm is the expansions. Each Path of Exile expansion is a substantial paid release that shifts the game structurally, and those land roughly once every couple of years. When one arrives it resets the effective meta and sends a large share of the player base back to the campaign. If you are tracking this page to know when to start fresh, the league date is the one you want, and the free-to-play standard mode is the sane place to do it.