If this new Path of Exile 2 trailer proves to be a crimson herring, Grinding Gear Video games could have rather a lot to reply for. Its newest teaser for the motion RPG’s 1.0 launch invitations us to ‘Turn out to be the Darkness,’ and all of the clues level to the addition of a second, unannounced new class when the total launch arrives in December. The temporary video has ignited a hypothesis fireplace beneath the neighborhood within the lead-up to PoE 2’s large reveal at Exilecon, as gamers argue over which different mechanics and even characters may very well be prepared for the total launch.
All the way in which again on the finish of 2025, Path of Exile 2 Recreation Director Jonathan Rogers advised me there was probability that the ARPG’s 1.0 launch would not embrace all 12 of the deliberate lessons. The staff’s focus was on a completed marketing campaign, sturdy endgame, and fulfilling steadiness state, he defined. GGG has been rolling out additions all through early entry, nevertheless, and the announcement of the Duelist and swords for 1.0 is ready to carry the entire depend as much as 9.
That simply leaves three of the unique Path of Exile lessons absent: the Marauder, the Templar, and the Shadow (ignoring the neutrally aligned Scion, which has by no means been talked about in a PoE 2 capability). Enter our latest teaser, seen beneath. “A Perandus is aware of destiny can twist at a value,” the voiceover growls, “and to beware what lurks… in your shadow.” A dagger, the signature weapon of the thief-style class, slams right into a golden coin, sending black smoke spilling out. The indicators all level in a single course.
This is not official affirmation, in fact. Nevertheless, after a minor fiasco when a sword appeared within the teaser video for Return of the Ancients, just for the weapon kind to not present up within the replace, I think GGG might be performing very fastidiously when selecting its phrases and imagery. If the total 1.0 launch does not ship on what looks like such an express promise right here, the one possibility might be to chalk it as much as some apocalyptic mischievousness on the developer’s half.
The Shadow is not the one attention-grabbing facet of the teaser, nevertheless. Perandus cash are literally a really outdated PoE 1 mechanic, tied to the household of the identical title. They first appeared in 2016’s Perandus League, then later grew to become a part of the Immortal Syndicate on the coronary heart of 2018’s Betrayal League. The previous mechanic is maybe a bit mild to make the soar to Path of Exile 2, however the latter might actually be due a contemporary overhaul for the sequel.
Give gamers the slightest hit of one thing new, nevertheless, they usually’ll instantly discover a method to fly off the deep finish with extra theories. One fashionable suggestion in latest weeks has been that the brand new league might as an alternative be a reimagining of Heist, the place you battle by way of a facility as quietly as attainable to grab priceless loot earlier than the alert is raised, then make your escape. Others have puzzled if we would simply be getting all 4 lacking lessons, though I might urge a bit restraint on clutching to such needs; it is higher to be stunned than disenchanted.
Path of Exile 2 model 1.0 launches on Friday, December 11, when it would transition from its paid early entry right into a free-to-play sport. If Grinding Gear Video games has any extra large secrets and techniques up its sleeve, count on to find out about them subsequent weekend at Exilecon 2026, which takes place November 7-8 stay from Auckland, New Zealand.
