Path of Exile Crucible League Launches On April 7th On PC, April 12th For Consoles

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Starting on April 7, 2023, Path of Exile players will have the chance to experience a brand new way to utilize their items. Path of Exile: Crucible will be the next challenge league that grants items their own unique skill trees that require clearing challenging encounters to level up. After players push their weapons to the absolute limit two weapon skill trees can be combined at The Forge of the Titans.

During the Path of Exile: Crucible league, players will be able to forge the powers of the ancient titans directly into their weapons. One of the great things about this league is it will be accessible to all players right out of the gate. There will be no reason to wait until endgame to start the Crucible farm!

In order to imbue your weapons and shields, players will need to complete Crucible encounters. Weapons won’t start with a skill tree initially, but channeling an item at a Crucible counter will reveal that tree and unlock its first skill. Items have varying depths of skill trees and only one ability can be selected at each tier.

There’s a crucible in each area that can be channeled and the longer the channel the more powerful the monsters that spawn. More powerful foes mean more experience but channel too long and you might become overwhelmed. Not all weapon skill trees are created equally and only endgame items gain access to all of the skill tiers. 

Additionally, endgame encounters can drop Igneus Geodes that reveal Primeval Remnants. These are rare items with both positive and negative mods that act as a map to The Forge of the Titans. These items can be traded to other players if the modifiers aren’t ideal and surviving the area will allow two Crucible trees to be merged into one. This merge is random and