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Path of Exile 2 Gets New Shadow Class, while OG PoE Gets New Covens of Umbra Expansion

· Luie Magbanua
Path of Exile 2 Shadow Ascendancy Class

Grinding Gear Games used ExileCon 2026 to announce two expansions, with Path of Exile 2 leaving early access and a new Path of Exile challenge league landing within a month of each other.

Path of Exile 2 Leaves Early Access This December

Path of Exile 2 full release key art with the Conquerors of Wraeclast banner

Path of Exile 2 hits its full release on December 11, 2026 (PST) as a free-to-play game on PC, Mac, Steam, the Epic Games Store, PlayStation, and Xbox. Acts 5 and 6 close out the campaign against the Twilight Order and the Beast, and the release brings the complete class roster with it.

What the Conquerors of Wraeclast release adds:

  • Acts 5 and 6: 24 new areas, 18 new unique bosses, and over 20 new special encounters.
  • Ten classes and 26 Ascendancies: The full roster, backed by more than 320 skills.
  • Shadow class: The new class arrives alongside the Knight Ascendancy for the Duelist.
  • Build shake-up: Over 40 new Unique Items, 70+ revamped Uniques, and a reworked passive skill tree.
  • Endgame pool: More than 400 Unique Items and over 150 endgame maps.
  • Conquerors of Wraeclast league: Recruit armies, build fortresses, and siege other players’ strongholds for dominion over Wraeclast.

Covens of Umbra Reworks the Endgame This November

Path of Exile Covens of Umbra

Path of Exile’s new challenge league arrives first, on November 13, 2026 (PST), and it spends its changes on the endgame rather than the campaign.

What Covens of Umbra changes:

  • Covens of Umbra: Ancient witches with forbidden powers, and the ability to manipulate the Fates of powerful bosses for greater rewards.
  • Wickerman system: Build effigies from the corpses of slain bosses to gain new powers.
  • Reworked Atlas: A redesigned Atlas Passive Tree, revamped league mechanics, and reworked item drops and rewards.
  • Threads of Creation: Replaces Scarabs, and guarantees up to three primary league mechanics inside your maps.

What’s great is that both games are free to play! Now, if you want the current state of the game before December, the Forbidden Rites 0.5.5 update write-up covers where Path of Exile 2 sits now.

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