Overview
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Official 0.5.5 infographic covering Forbidden Rites, the Trial of Chaos rework, faster Fortress completion, Runes of Aldur going core, Wildwood encounters, Soul Cores, Abyssal Ravines, and Expedition Tablets.
POE2 / 0.5.5
0.5.5 Forbidden Rites
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#Overview
0.5.5 Reveal and Road to 1.0
- The official 0.5.5 patch notes are now available alongside the reveal videos. Open the GGG notes directly, use the summary below for the major systems, or choose an official video on the left for the reveal and separate road-to-1.0 context.
Launch Feedback & Hotfixes
As of 8 September 2026
Forbidden Rites launched on 4 September. GGG’s ten published 0.5.5 hotfixes address progression rewards, missing drops, encounter bugs and crashes.
Hotfix 10 — 8 September
The Vessel of Kulemak now awards Abyss Atlas Passive points when the map is completed by taking the ring or defeating the boss’s final form. GGG also fixed missing Expedition Tablet drops from Unearthed Expedition monsters and restored Journey to the East drops.
Hotfixes 7–9 — 7 September
Trial of Chaos Ascendancy points now require players to be present when the boss dies. Other fixes address the Manor Ramparts entrance after freeing Leitis, the Great White One’s underground movement during Ritual, and incorrect Expedition site generation in Ocean biomes. These patches also fix four instance crashes and four client crashes.
Official Hotfix 7 ↗ · Official Hotfix 8 ↗ · Official Hotfix 9 ↗
Earlier launch fixes
Hotfix 4 re-enabled the Atzoatl Map Device and fixed Lost-men Zealots becoming invulnerable when revived in Ritual. The full 0.5.5 patch notes remain the reference for the launch changes.
Road to 1.0
Duelist is scheduled for the separate 1.0 release on 11 December and is not part of 0.5.5.
Creator feedback and league-start experiences
Individual creator perspectives, alongside GGG’s confirmed fixes.
Why These Bugs Are RUINING Path of Exile 2 right now ↗
GhazzyTV · 2026-09-08GhazzyTV discusses bugs and criticism of the current league start. These are his views; the official notes above identify confirmed fixes.
Grim Pillars Totems Oracle | Day 1 Update & Tips | Path of Exile 2 ↗
Palsteron · 2026-09-05Chapters cover increased difficulty, leveling zones, the leveling setup and obtaining Grim Pillars.
First Big Upgrades | Grim Pillars Oracle Totems Day 3 Update | Path of Exile 2 ↗
Palsteron · 2026-09-07Chapters cover Expedition, weapon-set passives, equipment upgrades, Atlas Master choices and the Atlas tree.
We Tried Beating POE2 With the WORST START POSSIBLE (Almost) | Ep. 1 ↗
Zizaran · 2026-09-06The description identifies Zizaran and Steelmage beginning their SSF league in 0.5.5 Forbidden Rites.
Reference tables
0.5.5 patch notes at a glance
Summary of the official September 2 patch notes. Follow the source link for exact numeric changes and every individual fix.
0.5.5 patch notes at a glance
| Area | What changed | Practical impact |
|---|---|---|
| Forbidden Rites event league | Campaign Rituals, chained boss Rituals and eight event challenges | Fresh economy with levelling rewards, escalating boss waves and exclusive challenge cosmetics |
| Ritual | Party tribute, personal reward pools, Darkwood Flowers and a new Ritual notable | Party members participate directly; Darkwood can be added to Atlas maps |
| Trial of Chaos | Runs can be left and resumed, room chests added, rewards reworked and traversal accelerated | Less all-or-nothing friction and a clearer currency/Soul Core reward loop |
| Runes of Aldur goes core | Expedition begins in Act 4; Farrow, the Verisium Anvil and Expedition Tablets enter Standard and Forbidden Rites | The league system remains relevant outside the original Runes of Aldur league |
| Endgame | Abyssal Ravines, faster Fortress credit, retryable Corrupted Nexus maps and Atlas/boss tuning | Atlas progression is faster and several failed-state or resistance pain points are reduced |
| League content | Azmeri Spirit release rules, Atlas notable changes and a new Expedition Relic Runeshape recipe | Existing league systems receive targeted reward and behaviour adjustments |
| Interface | Currency Exchange stash/inventory toggle, waypoint origin marker, Atlas point alert, chat challenge count and Flux before/after values | More state is visible before committing an action or leaving a screen |
| Microtransactions | Invisible Dye support for Focuses and dynamic Azmeri effects | Existing cosmetics cover more equipment and attribute states |
| Bug fixes | Encounter, Atlas, skill, controller, audio, animation and crash fixes | The official source remains the canonical line-by-line fix list |
Ascendancy Changes
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Advanced Thaumaturgy
Gemling Legionnaire · Display fix- Flash Grenade's additional quality effect displayed Lightning damage but omitted Cold damage.
- Both damage types are displayed. This corrects the tooltip, not the damage granted.
- Gem Quality grants Socketed Skills an additional effect
Lead me through Grace...
Invoker · Interaction fix- Medved's Tending could grant Spirit modifiers despite this node's restriction.
- The restriction now blocks that interaction.
- +1 to Spirit for every 8 Item Energy Shield on Equipped Body Armour
- +1 to Spirit for every 20 Evasion Rating on Equipped Body Armour
- Cannot gain Spirit from Equipment
Skill and Weapon-set Fixes
#Reference tables
Build-affecting skill fixes to retest
These are fixes listed in the official Bug Fixes section. Recheck real post-launch tooltips before treating a corrected interaction as a final build recommendation.
Build-affecting skill fixes to retest
| System | Fixed behavior | Who should retest |
|---|---|---|
| Alternate weapon sets | Skills can no longer be used without the corresponding weapon swap | Weapon-set automation and multi-weapon builds |
| Inactive-set Auras and Supports | Auras and Support Gems from an inactive Weapon Set no longer remain applied | Reservation and support setups split between weapon sets |
| Unique-granted skills | A skill granted by a Unique item can no longer use non-Unique weapons equipped in another Weapon Set | Builds satisfying a granted skill's weapon requirement through the inactive set |
| Projectile splitting | Split projectiles no longer aim sharply into the ground in WASD mode | Skills whose split projectiles previously failed to reach secondary targets |
| Azmerian Swarms | Can now be supported by and affected by Melee Splash | Spirit Walker and swarm-focused setups |
| Ferocious Roar | Damage modifier scaling is corrected at gem level 20 and above | High-level Ferocious Roar users |
| Legacy of Chernobog | Its Pillar damage modifier now stacks correctly with Chernobog's Pillar | Chernobog interaction builds |
| Chaos Ignite | Chaos-damage Ignites can now ignite Oil Ground | Fire/Chaos conversion and Oil Ground setups |
| Flash Grenade quality | Advanced Thaumaturgy now displays both extra Lightning and extra Cold damage | Gemling Legionnaire review; this is a display correction |
| Crossbow basic attack | Incorrect Area tag removed | Crossbow tag-dependent support and modifier checks |
Wildwood Encounters
#Overview
0.5.5 Guide: New Wildwood Encounters
- Acquire a Sacred Bloom from endgame Ritual rewards and use it on an Endgame Map to add a Wildwood entrance. The entrance appears at the start of that map.
- Inside the Wildwood, follow wisp trails under a time limit. Collected wisps are released into the map when you leave: they empower monsters and improve the resulting rewards.
- Primal, Vivid and Wild effects were stated in the official 0.5.5 reveal. Sacred is a rare fourth type, but its gameplay effect was deliberately left undisclosed; the guide therefore keeps it marked Unknown until client or official data confirms it.
Reference tables
Wildwood Wisps
The four icons are extracted from the current POE2 client. Ritual Tablets can roll modifiers that increase the number of wisps found in Wildwood areas.
Wildwood Wisps
| Icon | Wisp | Confirmed map effect | Status |
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| Primal Wisp | Primal Wisp | Can upgrade Normal monsters to Magic monsters. | Reveal-confirmed |
| Vivid Wisp | Vivid Wisp | Can add additional modifiers to Rare monsters. | Reveal-confirmed |
| Wild Wisp | Wild Wisp | Adds Item Rarity to drops from all monsters. | Reveal-confirmed |
| Sacred Wisp | Sacred Wisp | Unknown. The reveal confirms the rare fourth type but intentionally does not reveal its effect. | Unresolved |
Encounter Flow
| Step | Action | Result |
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| 1 | Buy a Sacred Bloom from endgame Ritual rewards. | A map-applicable Wildwood access item. |
| 2 | Apply the Bloom to an Endgame Map and enter the Wildwood from the map start. | A timed exploration area opens. |
| 3 | Follow trails and collect any combination of Primal, Vivid, Wild and rare Sacred Wisps. | Common wisp effects can stack; Sacred remains unknown. |
| 4 | Leave the Wildwood and finish the map. | Collected wisps empower map monsters and improve rewards according to their type. |
Expedition Tablet
#Overview
0.5.5 Guide: Expedition Tablet
Reference tables
Expedition Tablet
Adds a Kalguuran Expedition to a Map
10 uses remaining
Available in Standard and Forbidden Rites.
- 1 TabletAdds a Kalguuran Expedition to the Map.
- 2 TabletsAlso adds a Verisium Remnant and 35% increased Expedition density.
- 3 TabletsAlso adds another Kalguuran Expedition.
- 4 TabletsAlso adds another Verisium Remnant and a further 35% increased Expedition density.
Map objective Complete the Kalguuran Expedition
Tablet modifiers
Prefixes 13
| Effect | iLvl |
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| (8-12)% increased Rarity of Items found in Map | 1 |
| Map has (15-20)% increased Monster Rarity | 1 |
| (12-18)% increased Experience gain in Map | 1 |
| (25-35)% increased Gold found in Map | 1 |
| (5-7)% increased Pack Size in Map | 1 |
| % increased Quantity of Waystones found in Map, Map contains 1 additional Azmeri Spirits | 1 |
| % increased Quantity of Waystones found in Map, Map is inhabited by 1 additional Rogue Exiles | 1 |
| Map contains (2-3) additional Rare Chests | 1 |
| Map contains 1 additional Essences,% increased Quantity of Waystones found in Map | 1 |
| Map contains 1 additional Summoning Circles | 1 |
| Map has (25-35)% increased number of Rare Monsters | 1 |
| Map has (30-40)% increased Magic Monsters | 1 |
| Monsters have (10-15)% increased Effectiveness | 1 |
Suffixes 24
| Effect | iLvl |
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| (15-25)% increased Expedition Monster Rarity in Map, expedition elite pack size +% [20] | 1 |
| Expeditions have + (30-40)% Surpassing chance to contain an additional Verisium Remnant | 1 |
| Monsters from Verisium Remnants drop (15-25)% increased Verisium | 1 |
| Verisium Remnants have + (25-35)% chance to add an additional Runic Modifier in Map | 1 |
| (15-25)% increased Quantity of Expedition Logbooks dropped by Runic Monsters in Map | 1 |
| (30-40)% increased Quantity of Waystones found in Map | 1 |
| (5-10)% increased Expedition Explosive Area of Effect in Map | 1 |
| % reduced Pack Size in Map,% increased Quantity of Waystones found in Map, Map contains 1 additional Shrines | 1 |
| % reduced Pack Size in Map,% increased Quantity of Waystones found in Map, Map contains 1 additional Strongboxes | 1 |
| Expeditions contain (1-2) Additional Bosses encased in ice in Map | 1 |
| Expeditions contain (1-2) Additional Verisium Sentries in Map | 1 |
| Expeditions contain (1-2) buried Strongboxes in Map | 1 |
| Expeditions contain (1-2) Vaal Relics in Map | 1 |
| Expeditions have + (30-40)% Surpassing chance to Duplicate Runic Monsters in Map | 1 |
| Map contains (15-25)% increased number of Runic Monster Markers | 1 |
| Map has (1-2) additional random Modifiers | 1 |
| Map has (70-100)% increased chance to contain a Summoning Circle | 1 |
| Map has (70-100)% increased chance to contain Azmeri Spirits | 1 |
| Map has (70-100)% increased chance to contain Essences | 1 |
| Map has (70-100)% increased chance to contain Rogue Exiles | 1 |
| Map has (70-100)% increased chance to contain Shrines | 1 |
| Map has (70-100)% increased chance to contain Strongboxes | 1 |
| The first (1-2) unearthed Runic Monsters will be Rare Monsters in Map | 1 |
| Unique Monsters have 1 additional Rare Modifiers | 1 |
New Soul Cores
#Overview
0.5.5 New Soul Cores
- The new roster contains thirteen Jiquani variants, four Atziri variants, and Soul Core of Vizoma. The table uses the extracted client effects and keeps equipment contexts separate.
- Req. lvl is the Soul Core's use requirement, not its drop level. All 18 additions carry the New 0.5.5 marker; existing cores with changed values are not included here.
Reference tables
New Soul Cores — 18 items
GGPK 4.5.5.1 SoulCores and client stat descriptions. All listed cores have Limit 1. Required level is the equipment-use requirement, not the drop level. Vizoma has separate martial-weapon and wand/staff effects.
New Soul Cores — 18 items
| Soul Core | Req. lvl | Limit | Socket | Effect |
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 Jiquani's Soul Core of Automation★ | 50 | 1 | Weapon | +1 to Level of all Totem Skill Gems |
 Jiquani's Soul Core of Malediction★ | 50 | 1 | Weapon | +1 to Level of all Curse Skills |
 Jiquani's Soul Core of Targeting★ | 50 | 1 | Weapon | +1 to Level of all Mark Skills |
 Jiquani's Soul Core of Rallying★ | 50 | 1 | Weapon | +1 to Level of all Warcry Skill Gems |
 Jiquani's Soul Core of Radiance★ | 50 | 1 | Weapon | +1 to Level of all Herald Skill Gems |
 Jiquani's Soul Core of Severing★ | 50 | 1 | Weapon | +1 to Level of all Strike Skill Gems |
 Jiquani's Soul Core of Rippling★ | 50 | 1 | Weapon | +1 to Level of all Nova Skill Gems |
 Jiquani's Soul Core of Quaking★ | 50 | 1 | Weapon | +1 to Level of all Slam Skill Gems |
 Jiquani's Soul Core of Munitions★ | 50 | 1 | Weapon | +1 to Level of all Grenade Skill Gems |
 Jiquani's Soul Core of Snares★ | 50 | 1 | Weapon | +1 to Level of all Hazard Skill Gems |
 Jiquani's Soul Core of Abundance★ | 50 | 1 | Weapon | +1 to Level of all Plant Skill Gems |
 Jiquani's Soul Core of Squalls★ | 50 | 1 | Weapon | +1 to Level of all Wind Skill Gems |
 Jiquani's Soul Core of Thundering★ | 50 | 1 | Weapon | +1 to Level of all Storm Skill Gems |
 Atziri's Soul Core of Devotion★ | 50 | 1 | Helmets | 1% increased Spirit for each Corrupted Item Equipped; Corrupting will always result in change |
 Atziri's Soul Core of Vitality★ | 50 | 1 | Body Armours | 1% increased Maximum Life for each Corrupted Item Equipped; Corrupting will always result in change |
 Atziri's Soul Core of Alacrity★ | 50 | 1 | Gloves | 1% increased Skill Speed for each Corrupted Item Equipped; Corrupting will always result in change |
 Atziri's Soul Core of Inoculation★ | 50 | 1 | Boots | +2% to Chaos Resistance for each Corrupted Item Equipped; Corrupting will always result in change |
 Soul Core of Vizoma★ | 0 | 1 | Martial Weapon | +150 to Accuracy Rating |
| Soul Core of Vizoma★ | 0 | 1 | Wand or Staff | 30% increased Critical Hit Chance for Spells |