Path of Exile 2 0.5.0 Patch Notes: New Ascendancies, Uniques, Skills, and Balance Changes

Path of Exile 2 0.5.0 Patch Notes Overview

The official Path of Exile 2 0.5.0 Patch Notes introduce major changes across Ascendancies, Skills, Support Gems, Unique Items, and core gameplay systems.

The update adds two new Ascendancy Classes, dozens of new Unique Items, extensive Passive Tree changes, Skill and Support Gem reworks, itemisation adjustments, companion-focused systems, and several quality-of-life features for Path of Exile 2.

This patch also rebalances Leech, Deflection, Energy Shield Recharge, Totems, Minions, Banner systems, weapon progression, and endgame gearing.

Player System Changes

Several core gameplay systems have been adjusted in 0.5.0.

Bleed damage on players is no longer increased while moving. This only affects players receiving Bleed damage and does not affect Bleeds applied to enemies.

Runic Ward now contributes to starting Honour during Trial of the Sekhemas encounters.

The “Defences” keyword has also been removed in favor of more explicit wording that now directly refers to Armour, Evasion, and Energy Shield.

Leech mechanics received major changes:

• Only one Leech instance per resource can apply at a time

• The highest recovery instance takes priority

• Hits dealing over 40,000 damage are capped for Leech calculations

According to the patch notes, this change is intended to stop extremely high damage hits from scaling Leech infinitely while still rewarding higher Leech investment.

Deflection has also been heavily reworked with a new scaling formula and a maximum cap of 95% chance to Deflect.

Several combat interaction bugs and inconsistencies involving Heavy Stun, Splash Damage, Minion removal priority, Trinity naming, and Archon Buff behavior were also updated.

New Ascendancy Classes

The Path of Exile 2 0.5.0 Patch Notes introduce major changes to Ascendancies, Skills, itemisation, and core gameplay systems.

Martial Artist – Monk Ascendancy

The Monk receives the new Martial Artist Ascendancy. The class focuses on illusion-based combat, rune empowerment, hand-to-hand combat, and summoned illusory bells.

The patch notes describe the Martial Artist as a master of illusions capable of using hands as weapons while summoning powerful illusionary effects during combat.

Spirit Walker – Huntress Ascendancy

The Huntress receives the new Spirit Walker Ascendancy, focused on spirit companions and beast interaction systems.

The class can align with Stag, Owl, or Bear spirits while using spectral companions and beast-binding mechanics to fight enemies.

New Lineage Supports

0.5.0 introduces a large collection of new Lineage Supports.

The new additions include:

• Arbiter's Reach

• Breachlord's Amalgam

• Catha's Brilliance

• Eonyr's Thunder

• Esh's Prowess

• Helbrym's Hide

• Her Declaration

• Medved's Felling

• Mórrigan's Insight

• Prototype Seventeen

• Seraph's Heart

• Styrn's Ferocity

• Styrn's Mountain

• Tangmazu's Thurible

• Trickster's Shard

• Tul's Avalanche

• Uhtred's Constellation

• Uhtred's Rite

• Vorana's Siege

• Vruun's Inevitability

• Vruun's Aftermath

New Unique Items

The update introduces a massive number of new Unique Items.

New Uniques include:

• Beroiek's Grip

• Berek's Pass

• Berek's Respite

• Brutus' Lead Sprinkler

• Cat O' Nine Tails

• Decree of Acuity

• Decree of Flight

• Decree of Loyalty

• Duality

• Eventide Petals

• Eyes of the Runefather

• Facebreaker

• Farrow's Gift

• Forgotten Warden

• Geofri's Sanctuary

• Gatecrasher

• Horror's Flight

• Ironbound

• Liminal Coil

• Loreweave

• Mageblood

• Mastered Domain

• Nightfall

• Opportunity

• Redemption

• Periphery

• Sadist's Mercy

• Serle's Grit

• Spiteful Floret

• Split Personality

• Surge of the Tide

• Sylvan's Effigy

• The Auspex

• The Hollow Mask

• The Ordained

• The Raven's Flock

• The Sunken Vessel

• The Unleashed

• Twisted Empyrean

• Vestige of Darkness

• Veilpiercer

• Voices

New Features and Quality of Life Improvements

The Fragment Stash Tab is now available in Path of Exile 2.

The tab can store:

• Breach Splinters

• Simulacrums

• Audience with the King

• Inscribed Ultimatums

• Baryas

• Tablets

  
  

Players who already owned the Fragment Tab in Path of Exile 1 automatically receive access after the 0.5.0 deployment.

The update also introduces official Build Guide support. Community creators can now generate “.build” files that players can load directly into the game client.

These guides can display:

• Passive Skills

• Ascendancy selections

• Skill Gems

• Support Gem recommendations inside the game itself.

  
  

Trade functionality has also been improved. Players can now Shift + Alt Click items to instantly populate trade search filters using that item’s modifiers. Rare modifiers can also be individually enabled or disabled to check their effect on item value.

Additional quality-of-life improvements include:

• Faster party revives after boss kills

• Dialogue skipping using Escape

• A Reforging Bench added to Trial of the Sekhemas

• Continued audio, visual, and environment improvements

Ascendancy Changes

• Acolyte of Chayula

  

Into the Breach now grants 20% of maximum Life and Mana as Leech when collecting Flames of Chayula, increased from 15%.

Visual behavior and pickup range interactions were also clarified.

• Blood Mage

  

Vitality Siphon now grants 20% of Spell Damage Leeched as Life instead of 10%.

• Chronomancer

  

Chronomancer received one of the largest reworks in the update.

Changes include:

• Rapid River removed

• Now and Again reworked

• Unbound Encore repositioned

• Ultimate Command dependency updated

• New Phased Form notable added

• Temporal Rift updated

• Inevitable Agony reworked

• Sands of Time updated

Phased Form now grants 30% less Damage taken before applying delayed damage later. Temporal Rift can remove this delayed damage effect.

Inevitable Agony is no longer a Curse and now functions through Life Loss mechanics with updated culling behavior and new visuals.

• Gemling Legionnaire

  

Crystalline Potential has been removed and replaced with the new Essence of Virtue notable.

Advanced Thaumaturgy also received a major redesign and now enables additional Quality effects for all gems after taking the node.

• Pathfinder

  

Overwhelming Toxicity now applies 50% less Poison Duration instead of 35%.

Running Assault now grants 30% less Movement Speed Penalty while moving instead of 50%.

• Witchhunter

  

Obsessive Rituals now grants 50% less Armour and Evasion instead of 35%.

Passive Tree Changes

The Passive Tree received a massive balance overhaul.

Major additions include:

• 19 new Companion-themed Passive Skills

• 9 new Life Recoup Speed Passives

• New Archon of Undeath cluster

Several Keystone Passives were heavily redesigned:

• Ancestral Bond

• Trusted Kinship

• Vaal Pact

The patch also heavily restructures Energy Shield Recharge scaling throughout the tree, replacing many Recharge Rate modifiers with faster Recharge Start mechanics.

A huge number of Notable Passive Skills were adjusted, including:

• Fortified Aegis

• Core of the Guardian

• Covering Ward

• Deadly Force

• Echoing Pulse

• Fast Metabolism

• Goring

• Rapid Recharge

• Stormcharged

• Tempered Mind

• Voracious

• Wide Barrier

• Wyvern's Breath

and many others.

Skill Changes – What Improved

Several skills received direct buffs, smoother interactions, or major quality-of-life improvements in version 0.5.0 of Path of Exile 2.

Tempest Bell

Tempest Bell received some of the largest improvements in the patch:

• Maximum active Bells increased from 1 to 3

• Can now be affected by Ancestral Boost effects

• Stronger combo potential with Monk setups

• Better interaction with Gathering Storm

These changes significantly improve combo gameplay for Monk archetypes.

Gathering Storm

Gathering Storm was heavily improved for Tempest Bell gameplay:

• Perfectly timed dashes can now explode Tempest Bells

• Massive shockwaves can now be created

• Shocked Ground is now generated after the combo interaction

• Improved area clearing potential

Cull the Weak

Cull the Weak received substantial buffs:

• Can no longer be Evaded

• Higher Attack Damage scaling

• Faster Attack Speed

• Increased dash range

• Lower Mana costs

Earthquake

Earthquake’s Aftershock damage was increased at all levels.

Spell Totem

Spell Totem can now be used while moving and also received updated animations.

Rolling Magma

Rolling Magma now chains more times at all Gem levels, improving clear potential.

Tame Beast

Tame Beast received major Companion improvements:

• Tamed Beasts now deal much more damage

• Newly tamed Beasts can now summon immediately if enough Spirit is available

Mirage Archer / Mirage Deadeye

Mirage Archer and Mirage Deadeye can now support Channelled Skills such as:

• Snipe

• Plasma Blast

• Detonating Arrow

Defiance Banner / Dread Banner / War Banner

Banner skills no longer apply Movement Speed penalties during use and now have larger Aura radius.

Volcano

Volcano now has 8% base Critical Hit Chance instead of 5%.

Toxic Growth

Toxic Growth now fires more Pustules, improving spread and coverage.

Wing Blast

Wing Blast Shockwaves now deal 25% more damage at all levels.

Skill Changes – What Was Nerfed Or Reduced

Several skills also received damage reductions, mechanic restrictions, or weaker scaling in 0.5.0.

Comet

Comet received direct damage reductions:

• Lower Cold Damage

• Lower Fire-Infused damage scaling

Boneshatter

Boneshatter Quality scaling now grants less Attack Speed than before.

Freezing Salvo

Freezing Salvo now has reduced Chill Magnitude and Freeze Buildup scaling.

Ice Shot

Ice Shot shards no longer gain bonus Freeze Buildup.

Lightning Arrow

Lightning Arrow can no longer chain multiple beams onto the same target.

Oil Barrage

Oil Barrage received mixed adjustments:

• Base version deals more damage

• Empowered version deals less damage

• Power Charges are consumed faster while channeling

Poisonburst Arrow

Poisonburst Arrow now has:

• Fixed Poison duration

• Reduced Quality scaling

Pounce

Pounce cooldowns were increased across all Gem levels.

Rolling Slam

Rolling Slam damage was reduced:

• First Slam damage lowered

• Second Slam damage lowered

Although Attack timing was improved slightly, the damage output was nerfed.

Snipe

Snipe received several reductions:

• Lower base Attack Damage

• Lower Icy Blast scaling

• Reduced explosion radius against some setups

Tempest Bell

Despite receiving combo improvements, Tempest Bell also received:

• Lower Shockwave damage

• Slower trigger interval

Toxic Growth

Toxic Growth maximum Pustule limit was heavily reduced from 12 to 5.

Support Gem Changes – What Improved

Several Support Gems became stronger, more flexible, or received major functionality improvements.

Unified Seal System

Unleash, Expand, Salvo, and Freezing Salvo now all use the same Seal system:

• More consistent behavior

• Better interaction clarity

• Easier scaling between skills

Salvo Support

Salvo received large functionality improvements:

• Gains Seals faster

• Maximum Seals increased from 3 to 6

• Better sustained projectile generation

Rage Supports

Rage I, II, and III can now support Minion Skills, opening new Minion archetypes.

Refraction Supports

Refraction I and II now allow Banner skills to grant Deflection Rating to allies.

Infernal Legion II

Infernal Legion II now grants +20% Fire Resistance to supported Minions.

Brink I

Brink I can now be obtained earlier as a Level 1 Support Gem.

Living Lightning

Living Lightning no longer replaces existing Minions automatically when summoning at maximum capacity.

Storm Supports

Advancing Storm and Morgana’s Tempest can now support all Storm Skills instead of only self-cast spells.

Support Gem Changes – What Was Nerfed Or Reduced

Several Supports also received nerfs, removals, or scaling reductions in 0.5.0.

Infernal Legion

Infernal Legion damage scaling was heavily reduced:

• Lower self-damage

• Lower Ignite scaling

• Infernal Legion III removed entirely

Bhatair’s Vengeance

Bhatair’s Vengeance now scales slower with Rage and has reduced duration uptime.

Dialla’s Desire

Dialla’s Desire now grants only +5% Quality instead of +10%.

Ratha’s Assault

Ratha’s Assault received multiple reductions:

• Fewer loaded Bolts

• Lower additional Bolts

• Lower Attack Speed bonus

Uhtred Supports

Uhtred’s Augury and Uhtred’s Omen now grant only +2 Skill levels instead of +3.

Volt

Volt now:

• grants fewer Voltaic Charges

• provides lower extra Lightning Damage scaling

Culmination II

Culmination II maximum Combo count was reduced from 20 to 10.

Arjun’s Medal

Arjun’s Medal Crossbow loading chance was heavily reduced from 100% to 25%.

Overextend / Shock Conduction II

Both Supports can no longer be obtained.

Unique Item Reworks

Many existing Unique Items were heavily redesigned.

Major reworks include:

• Atziri's Acuity

• Blackflame

• Hollow Mask

• Husk of Dreams

• Zerphi's Genesis

• Death's Harp

• Soul Mantle

• Svalinn

• Hyrri's Ire

• Brass Dome

• Sine Aequo

Several Uniques also received:

• new mechanics

• altered scaling

• changed recharge interactions

• modified flask systems

• updated ailment interactions

• new Spirit interactions

Item Changes And Economy Adjustments

Itemisation and progression systems also received major changes.

Important economy changes include:

• Divine Orbs are now more common

• Greater currencies are rarer

• Transmutation and Augmentation currencies are significantly rarer

• Greater Transmutation and Augmentation currencies can now appear earlier in the campaign

Defensive scaling has also been updated:

• Armour scaling increased

• Evasion scaling increased

• Energy Shield values adjusted

Weapon progression received substantial changes:

• Melee and Projectile skill level modifiers reduced

• Weapon ranges increased for several weapon types

• Quiver modifiers adjusted

• New Surpassing projectile modifiers added

Rune systems, Idols, Jewel modifiers, Flask interactions, and multiple base item types were also extensively rebalanced throughout the update.

Detailed Skill Changes

Version 0.5.0 introduces a very large number of direct Skill adjustments affecting melee, ranged, spell, minion, and companion archetypes across the game.

Projectile And Mana System Changes

Skills with fixed projectile counts can now interact with mechanics that redirect projectile modifiers into alternative effects. The patch notes specifically mention interactions such as Glacial Lance benefiting from effects like Ricochet III Support.

Skills with a base Mana cost of 0 now properly display their cost, allowing players to distinguish them from attacks that truly have no cost at all.

Crossbow Ammunition Skills now use a base cost of 0 Mana instead of disabling costs entirely, allowing additional cost modifiers to interact with them properly.

Banner Changes

Defiance Banner, Dread Banner, and War Banner no longer apply Movement Speed penalties while being used. Their aura radius has also been increased from 4.5 metres to 6 metres.

Tempest Bell And Monk Combo Updates

One of the largest combat changes in 0.5.0 revolves around Tempest Bell and Monk combo gameplay.

Tempest Bell:

• can now be boosted through Ancestral mechanics

• counts as a Strike skill interaction

• now allows up to 3 active Bells instead of 1

• received Shockwave damage adjustments

• now triggers every 0.3 seconds instead of 0.25 seconds

Gathering Storm was also redesigned to heavily support Tempest Bell combos. Perfectly timed dashes can now explode Tempest Bells and create large shockwaves that leave Shocked Ground behind.

The update also clarifies that Perfect Timing Shockwaves can only hit enemies once per skill use and no longer interact with objects created by non-Tempest Bell skills.

Melee Skill Adjustments

Several melee skills received direct balance changes.

Earthquake’s Aftershock damage was increased across all levels.

Rolling Slam received timing changes:

• total Attack Time reduced

• first slam damage reduced

• second slam damage reduced

Boneshatter Quality now grants less Attack Speed scaling than before.

Shred, Ice Strike, and Whirling Assault also received Quality scaling adjustments focused on increased Attack Speed instead of “more” Attack Speed multipliers.

Cull the Weak received substantial buffs:

• now cannot be Evaded

• higher Attack Damage scaling

• faster Attack Speed

• improved dash range

• lower Mana costs

Shield Skill Changes

Several Shield skills now scale differently with Armour values on shields.

The following skills now deal:

• 5 to 7 added damage per 15 Armour

  instead of:

• 6 to 8 added damage

  
  

This affects:

• Fortifying Cry

• Resonating Shield

• Shield Wall

Magma Barrier now scales using both Armour and Evasion values from Shields.

Bow And Projectile Skill Changes

Lightning Arrow can no longer chain multiple Lightning Beams onto the same target.

Ice Shot no longer grants additional Freeze Buildup on Ice Shards.

Poisonburst Arrow now has a fixed Poison duration of 3 seconds at all Gem levels and reduced Quality scaling.

Snipe received extensive balancing changes affecting:

• Attack Damage

• explosion damage

• Icy Blast damage

• Unique enemy scaling

• explosion radius

Oil Barrage also received large changes:

• lower Mana cost

• Empowered Oil Barrage damage reduced

• base Oil Barrage damage increased

• Power Charge consumption timing adjusted

Toxic Growth now:

• fires 5 Pustules instead of 4

• has a lower maximum Pustule limit

• received Quality scaling adjustments

Spell And Energy Shield Changes

Ghost Dance received major functionality updates:

• Ghost Shroud generation now scales with Cooldown Recovery Rate

• losing a Ghost Shroud regenerates Energy Shield

• Ghost Shrouds are now lost when Hit

Rolling Magma now chains additional times at all Gem levels.

Volcano now has an 8% base Critical Hit Chance instead of 5%.

Comet received direct Cold and Fire damage reductions at multiple Gem levels.

Totem And Companion Updates

Spell Totem can now be used while moving and received updated animations.

Ancestral Warrior Totem no longer uses a hidden delay between attacks. Instead, the delay is now tied directly to Attack Time and properly described in the skill.

Tame Beast received major buffs:

• summoned beasts now deal significantly more damage

• newly tamed beasts can now summon immediately if enough Spirit is available

Mirage Archer and Mirage Deadeye now support Channelled Skills including:

• Snipe

• Plasma Blast

• Detonating Arrow

Additional Skill Changes

Additional changes in 0.5.0 include:

• Flame Breath Energy Gain penalties

• Eternal Rage weapon set restrictions

• Feral Invocation cooldown interaction removal

• Grim Feast cooldown adjustments

• Lunar Blessing interaction updates

• Pounce cooldown increases

• Ravenous Swarm cooldown scaling changes

• Time of Need interval changes

• Wing Blast damage increases

Detailed Support Gem Changes

Support Gems received extensive reworks and system adjustments in 0.5.0, especially around Seal mechanics, Minion interactions, Corrupted Blood systems, and Storm archetypes.

Unified Seal Mechanics

Unleash, Expand, Salvo, and Freezing Salvo now all use the same Seal system.

According to the patch notes, this standardises Seal behavior across the game and creates more consistent interactions between supported skills.

Salvo and Freezing Salvo no longer prevent Seal generation while using the supported skill, bringing them in line with the rest of the Seal system.

Salvo Support itself was redesigned:

• now gains a Seal every 1 second instead of 2

• maximum Seals increased from 3 to 6

• each Seal now grants 1 projectile instead of 2

Storm Support Changes

Advancing Storm and Morgana’s Tempest can now support any Storm Skill regardless of how the skill is triggered or cast.

Previously, these Supports only worked with self-cast spell setups.

Corrupted Blood And Decay Reworks

Several Supports that previously caused skills to directly inflict Corrupted Blood or Decay have been redesigned into triggered mechanics.

Corrupting Cry and Paquate’s Pact now trigger a separate skill that inflicts Corrupted Blood based on the level of the socketed gem.

Decaying Hex now works similarly by triggering a Decay skill instead of modifying the supported Curse directly.

Paquate’s Pact also received a major downside redesign:

• no longer causes Life loss per Corrupted Blood inflicted

• now increases Life costs based on recent uses

Infernal Legion Nerfs

Infernal Legion I and II received substantial reductions to self-damage and Ignite scaling.

Minions supported by Infernal Legion now:

• take 10% of maximum Life as Fire Damage per second instead of 20%

• Ignite enemies using lower Base Fire Damage values

Infernal Legion II now additionally grants +20% Fire Resistance to supported Minions.

Infernal Legion III can no longer be obtained.

Rage And Combo Changes

Rage I, II, and III can now support Minion Skills.

Culmination II was redesigned:

• combo generation decay changed

• maximum Combo reduced from 20 to 10

• damage per Combo doubled from 2% to 4%

Bhatair’s Vengeance now scales more slowly with Rage and grants shorter duration bonuses.

Banner And Deflection Supports

Refraction I and II now allow Banner skills to grant Deflection Rating to allies based on their Evasion Rating.

This further supports the new Deflection systems introduced in 0.5.0.

Additional Support Gem Changes

Additional Support adjustments include:

• Arjun’s Medal reduced Crossbow loading chance

• Atziri’s Impatience restrictions for Persistent Skills

• Brink I available earlier

• Dialla’s Desire Quality bonus reduced

• Doedre’s Undoing redesigned with Witchtoads

• Living Lightning no longer replacing Minions

• Overextend removed from drop pool

• Shock Conduction II removed from drop pool

• Static Shocks wording clarified

• Uhtred Supports reduced from +3 to +2 Skill levels

• Volt reduced Voltaic Charge scaling

Detailed Unique Item Reworks

0.5.0 heavily redesigns a large number of existing Unique Items. Many of these changes fundamentally alter how the items function and scale.

Atziri’s Acuity

Atziri’s Acuity has been completely reworked.

The gloves now grant:

• increased Armour

• maximum Life

• Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life

• Blood Loss interactions

• Vaal Pact

• Herald of the Royal Queen Skill

Blackflame

Blackflame received one of the largest redesigns in the patch.

The ring now:

• converts Ignite damage into Chaos damage

• allows Withered to increase Fire Damage taken

• prevents Withered expiration on Ignited enemies

• massively increases Ignite Magnitude

• reduces Ignite Duration

Hollow Mask

The Hollow Mask now grants the Wildwood’s Gifts Skill, allowing players to detect nearby Ancient Blooms through Azmerian spirit interactions.

The item also now:

• shares Remnant effects with allies

• greatly increases Reservation Efficiency of Remnant Skills

Husk of Dreams → Reverie

Husk of Dreams has been renamed to Reverie and substantially redesigned.

The item now:

• grants Rite of Restoration

• makes non-Unique Life Flasks permanent

• prevents Life Flask use directly

• restricts instant Flask recovery

• heavily reduces Flask Recovery

Death’s Harp

Death’s Harp no longer grants 3 additional Arrows directly.

Instead, it now provides Surpassing Chance to fire an additional Arrow.

Soul Mantle

Soul Mantle no longer reduces Totem Life and now grants +75 Spirit instead.

Zerphi’s Genesis

Zerphi’s Genesis now:

• transfers Life Flask charges into Charms

• improves Corrupted Gem skill efficiency

• increases Corrupted Charm duration

Additional Unique Reworks

Additional Unique changes include:

• Ab Aeterno movement redesign

• Brass Dome Armour reduction

• Carnage Heart Leech buffs

• Chober Chaber Minion level buffs

• Elevore Charm generation buffs

• Glowswarm Guard mechanic

• Hyrri’s Ire damage reductions

• Keeper of the Arc defensive buffs

• Levinstone chain redesign

• Radiant Grief Ignite buffs

• Sine Aequo Immobilise redesign

• Svalinn Runic Ward additions

Rune, Idol, And Itemisation Changes

The item system received one of the largest balance passes in the update.

Currency And Economy Changes

Divine Orbs are now more common.

Greater and Perfect currencies have been made rarer, while Transmutation and Augmentation currencies are now significantly rarer overall.

Greater Orbs of Transmutation and Augmentation can now appear earlier during the campaign and require lower modifier levels.

Armour, Evasion, And Energy Shield Scaling

Armour and Evasion scaling were increased substantially around level 65 progression.

Energy Shield values were also adjusted across items and modifiers.

Several Energy Shield Recharge modifiers throughout the game were heavily reduced or restructured.

Weapon And Skill Modifier Changes

Weapon ranges were increased for:

• one-handed Maces

• two-handed Maces

• Quarterstaves

Skill level modifiers on weapons were reduced:

• Two-handed +Melee Skills lowered

• Projectile Skill modifiers lowered

• Quiver projectile modifiers reduced

Rune Changes

Many Rune bonuses were rebalanced:

• Body Runes grant more Life

• Mind Runes grant more Mana

• Rebirth Runes grant more recovery

• Inspiration Rune Mana bonuses increased

• Stone Rune Stun bonuses improved

• Resistance Rune values increased

• Attribute Rune values increased

Several Rune effects tied to Energy Shield Recharge were heavily nerfed.

Idol Changes

All Idols can now be socketed into Sceptres.

Many Idols received:

• new Sceptre bonuses

• Companion interactions

• Presence-based ally buffs

• updated Bonded modifiers

• new limits

• improved scaling

Several Idols such as Fox Idol, Rabbit Idol, and Stag Idol now have a limit of 1.

Jewel And Modifier Changes

Maximum Rage Jewel modifiers can now roll higher values.

Chaos Damage Jewel modifiers were increased.

Multiple Energy Shield Recharge suffixes were removed or heavily reduced.

Several older modifier pools and legacy interactions were also removed from the game.

Additional Passive Tree Changes

Several smaller Passive Tree adjustments were also included in 0.5.0 and were not fully detailed previously.

Additional changes include:

• Lifelong Friend and Nurturing Guardian swapping positions

• Small Spell Damage passives for Witch and Sorceress increased from 8% to 10%

• Small Energy Shield Recharge passives reduced from 15% to 6%

• Small Life Leech passives reduced from 10% to 8%

• Banner Area of Effect small passives reduced

• Unsavored Feast Timeless Jewel reworked from Instant Leech into faster Leech scaling

Several Notables also received additional functionality updates that were not individually listed earlier, including:

• Arcane Mixtures

• Bastion of the Forest

• Chakra of Breathing

• Convalescence

• Dependable Ward

• Devoted Protector

• Energising Deflection

• Essence Infusion

• Immortal Infamy

• Mystic Stance

• Quick Response

• Refocus

• Shimmering

Additional Skill Changes

Several smaller skill adjustments were also part of the update.

Additional changes include:

• Ignites from Oil Ground can no longer compound infinitely

• Command Skills now have a 50% Movement Speed penalty instead of 70%

• Align Fate now scales with Cooldown Recovery modifiers

• Bonestorm no longer has the Sustained tag

• Flame Breath now has Energy Gain penalties

• Fragmentation Rounds Quality reworked

• Freezing Salvo Chill and Freeze scaling reduced

• Grim Resurrection now has a cooldown

• Lunar Blessing triggered Moonbeams are no longer melee skills

• Parry Area of Effect updated to match animations

• Rend Lightning scaling bug fixed

• Supercharged Slam wording clarified

• Thrashing Vines wording clarified

Additional Support Changes

Several Support Gem adjustments were previously grouped and not fully expanded individually.

Additional changes include:

• Brink I now obtainable earlier

• Atziri’s Impatience can no longer support Persistent Skills

• Overabundance III wording corrected

• Static Shocks wording clarified

• Shock Conduction II removed from obtainable pool

• Overextend removed from obtainable pool

• Living Lightning no longer replaces Minions at cap

• Refraction Supports now grant Deflection Rating to allies

• Dialla’s Desire Quality bonus reduced from 10% to 5%

Additional Unique Item Changes

Several Unique Item changes were also not individually expanded earlier.

Additional updates include:

• Apep’s Supremacy losing faster Energy Shield Recharge start

• Sierran Inheritance Energy Shield Recharge redesign

• Blistering Bond converting Bleeding into Fire damage

• Eshtera’s Path resistance redesign

• Glowswarm adding Guard generation from Mana Flasks

• Keeper of the Arc defensive buffs

• Megalomaniac now dropping identified

• Plaguefinger disabling Elemental Ailments

• Prized Pain redesigning Thorns interactions

• Safrin’s Resolve resistance redesign

• Seed of Cataclysm critical scaling redesign

• Zaida’s Longevity resistance redesign

Additional Itemisation Changes

Several additional itemisation adjustments were also part of 0.5.0.

Additional changes include:

• Alternate Quality items can now return Catalysts when salvaged

• Perfect Essence of Battle values reduced

• Essence of Hysteria Focus modifiers reduced

• Martial Weapons and Flasks in campaign more likely to roll highest available bases

• Essence drops increased overall during campaign

• Essences of the Infinite reduced proportionally

• Existing base Armour values automatically adjusted

• Obliterator Bow and Artillery Bow attack speed reduced

• Warden and Guardian Bow implicit chain values increased

• Talisman Rage implicits reduced

• Shock Talisman implicits increased

Additional Rune And Idol Changes

More detailed Rune and Idol adjustments included:

• Body Rune Life values increased

• Mind Rune Mana values increased

• Rebirth Rune recovery increased

• Inspiration Rune Mana regeneration increased

• Stone Rune Stun Threshold values increased

• Vision Rune Accuracy and Flask Recovery increased

• Resistance Rune values increased

• Attribute Rune values increased

Additional Idol changes include:

• Idol of Egrin Curse Duration added for Sceptres

• Idol of Maxarius Flask Charge generation for Sceptres

• Idol of Ralakesh defensive bonuses for Companions

• Idol of Sirrius ally Movement Speed buffs

• Idol of Thruldana ally Chaos Damage bonuses

• Bear Idol Reservation Efficiency buffs

• Cat Idol Accuracy and Charm Charge buffs

• Owl Idol Cooldown Recovery buffs

• Ox Idol Block and Resistance buffs

• Primate Idol Minion Life and ally Damage buffs

• Snake Idol Curse Magnitude buffs

• Wolf Idol Bleed Magnitude buffs

Additional Modifier And Economy Changes

Several remaining modifier and economy changes include:

• Arcane Raiment and Sacramental Robe implicits redesigned

• Multiple Energy Shield Recharge suffixes reduced

• Cast Speed modifiers on Rings and Amulets separated from Wand/Focus pools

• Banner Area modifiers on Jewels reduced

• Instant Leech Desecrated modifiers removed from future rolls

• Weapon Accuracy modifiers now require higher levels

• Gladiatoral Helm renamed to Cassis Helm

• Oswald now pays significantly more Gold for Priceless Idols

• Asynchronous trade weapon prices increased

• Desecrated Map modifier “of Union” removed

  
  

Conclusion:

The 0.5.0 update for Path of Exile 2 introduces major changes across nearly every core system in the game, including new Ascendancy Classes, extensive Passive Tree adjustments, Skill and Support Gem reworks, itemisation updates, Companion mechanics, and a massive collection of new Unique Items.

The update also adds several new quality-of-life features such as in-game Build Guide support, improved trade market tools, the Fragment Stash Tab, faster party revives, and expanded Companion interactions.

Path of Exile 2 version 0.5.0 officially launches on May 29, bringing all of these changes into the next league alongside the new Ascendancy Classes, balance adjustments, and gameplay systems introduced throughout the patch notes.

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