The Runes of Aldur League – Everything We Know So Far

During Grinding Gear Games most recent livestream The Runes of Aldur was revealed as the new, upcoming league for Path of Exile 2. Exploring the world of will allow you to uncover a wealth of ancient magics mastered by the Ezomytes, the ancient inhabitants of Wraeclast. Earn new rewards, empower your equipment with Runic Ward, gain access to new Skills and Runes, and face powerful new foes in the newest addition to Path of Exile 2!

If you haven’t had the chance to watch the reveal stream yet, you can find the official video here!

How Does Runes of Aldur Work?

As you travel through the world you will encounter Ezomyte Remnants, ancient pillars inscribed with runic magic. These Remnants will have a number of slots for runes, each contributing to both the potential reward options granted and the way the enemies will be empowered when you activate it. While different rune combinations will result in different rewards, you will not have to remember any recipes as all potential outcomes will be listed when you interact with the Remnant.

After choosing a reward, all nearby monsters will be resurrected and empowered based on the runes used in the reward recipe. After defeating these monsters you will earn whatever reward you have selected, ranging from the most basic of currencies, to powerful lineage supports, or new Rune Socketables to insert into your equipment.

The League mechanic is also tied into the campaign directly, with several additional quests pointing you toward previously undiscovered ancient ruins and knowledge that will grant new and powerful rewards, including the ability to add Runic Ward to your equipment, and eventually, to even upgrade Ezomyte and Kalguuran Uniques to more powerful versions!

What Rewards Can You Earn?

The Rune of Aldur League comes with a whole slew of new rewards to earn, opening up a ton of new build creation options that we only have a very limited amount of information on. Here’s the basics:

• Interacting with Remnants in the first 3 Acts will let you select a specific reward from a short list. This could include crafting currency, uncut gems, and socketable runes, including over 100+ completely new runes.

• At some point in the early campaign, you will complete a quest that will unlock the ability to add Runic Ward to your armor slots. This new mechanic functions as a second pool of life that can also be used as a resource to fuel 17+ new Kalguuran Skills.

• After completing another quest, you will also get the ability to upgrade Unique weapons, enhancing them in specific ways. This could include empowering their unique affixes or upgrading the base damage they deal. This might even enable the use of previously low-level Uniques with cool mechanics that just didn’t have good enough base statistics to be considered endgame viable!

• After reaching Act 4, the Runes of Aldur will begin to tie in with the old Expedition league mechanic, with Ezomyte Remnants appearing in a chaining expedition.

Runes of Aldur Endgame Mechanics

After entering the Infinite Atlas, you will find Kingsmarch to the south of your starting location. Here you will encounter a new story quest that will send you out into the ocean to explore a new, infinitely expanding series of islands by using Logbooks to reveal new locations.

There are a bunch of new encounters, with Expeditions, Grand Expeditions, New Bosses and events, as well as a new story to explore. Finding and destroying the Ancient Vaults will summon a Gigantic Verisium Meteor, which will crash into your atlas, which you can visit to continue the questline further!

With all of this coming in the Runes of Aldur League:

• 30 new monster types, over 30 dangerous modifiers that can be applied to those monsters
• More than 100 new runes, and dozens of other new currency items
• New quests that unlock even more crafting options, including Runeforging Armor and Upgrading Unique Weapons
• Dozens of new Kalguuran Skills and Supports
• An infinitely expanding new ocean to explore
• 5 new Bosses, including a new Pinnacle boss
• A bunch of new Uniques

Are you ready to unearth the ancient mysteries of the Kalguur, the Ezomytes, and their ancient Runic Magics?

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