What ExileCon Didn't Answer About Path of Exile 2 1.0

By Cassio Cabral · Updated November 9, 2026 · 2 min read

Everything below comes from the two ExileCon 2026 streams and from what players kept asking afterwards. Each point is labelled, so you can tell what GGG said from what is still a guess.

Launch day

• Confirmed Full patch notes come out one week before launch. Day 1, 3:02:14
• Unknown The exact launch hour. Players are guessing from past launches, and the time was not published when we wrote this.
• Confirmed After 1.0, the game moves to a four-month release schedule. Day 1, 7:58:59

Gear and loot

The biggest gaps are in the systems players complained about most during early access.

• Unknown Whether +skill levels on gear change. Players raised it repeatedly, and it did not come up on stage.
• Unknown Whether item rarity or tablets change in PoE2.
• Confirmed No plans to change the reduced-portals system. Day 1, 4:42:10
• Confirmed Recutting support gems, or selling them for gold late in the campaign, is being considered but may not make 1.0. Day 1, 5:16:51

Passive tree and damage

Most of what we know about the tree comes from creators who played it, and it may still change. See our currency page if you are planning your first week.

• Reported Crit chance leaves the passive tree, daggers get the highest base crit, and the practical cap is around 60%. Day 2, 5:51:25
• Confirmed Life will not be added to the tree. Day 1, 5:19:40
• Unknown How Timeless jewels behave with the roughly 60 new jewel sockets, and whether their areas can overlap.
• Unknown Whether ignite changes. Bleed and poison were covered, but ignite was not in the notes we reviewed.

Classes, ascendancies and trials

• Confirmed Only 10 of the 12 promised classes ship at launch. Templar and Marauder come later. Day 1, 3:08:00
• Unknown How Duelist's second ascendancy, Master-at-Arms, plays. GGG has named it for 1.0 but has not shown its skills.
• Confirmed A third Ranger ascendancy is hoped for at 1.0, otherwise 1.1. Day 1, 4:37:36
• Confirmed The third ascendancy trial has no timeframe. Day 1, 4:47:17
• Confirmed A Trial of the Sekhemas revamp is coming "very soon", with no date. Day 1, 3:06:34

The Conquerors of Wraeclast league

• Unknown How much bigger the rarity bonus is for a castle owner than for the rest of the faction.
• Confirmed In private leagues one player could own every castle. GGG noticed this on stage and said it needs fixing. Day 1, 4:41:01
• Unknown Whether the league mechanic stays in the game after its four months.

The campaign

• Confirmed GGG is deliberately keeping Act 6 hidden until launch. Day 1, 6:09:09

When these get answered

The patch notes are the next chance for answers. We will update each item here when they land and move it from Unknown to Confirmed where GGG settles it.