Path of Exile 3.22 brings back its best feature, and so much more

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Path of Exile 3.22 is titled Trial of the Ancestors, and, following the release of Diablo 4, developer Grinding Gear Games is once again showing why it’s the standard-bearer for seasonal content in the ARPG space. The new Path of Exile league brings back the best addition to the RPG game in years, adds a new mode inspired by auto battlers and sports, and packs in a wealth of endgame content to keep us busy while we wait for Path of Exile 2.

Path of Exile Trial of the Ancestors centers around the eponymous tournament, where you’ll visit the Karui afterlife and recruit a team of warriors to join you (and your party, if you’re playing with friends) in battle. You’ll start out with a basic team of three, and you can choose which rival tribe you go up against, with the eventual goal of beating all of them.

PoE lead Chris Wilson compares the format, where battles demand that you and your warriors destroy the opposing team’s totems before they can take yours down, to that of an autobattler such as Dota Underlords and Super Auto Pets, though he notes that you’ll of course be on the field to help swing the course of action. His GGG co-founder Jonathan Rogers, director of PoE2, tells me the mode is also inspired by sports games.

There are of course plenty of rewards to be earned – the biggest of which are new ‘Passive Tree Tattoos.’ These Tattoos replace the basic stat-boosting nodes that serve as the central pathways around Path of Exile’s vast skill tree with more exciting bonuses, allowing you to transform the most boring parts of your build into something a lot cooler.

You’ll also be able to claim exclusive Unique items from each of the ten Karui tribes, with a specific design that matches their respective themes. Four