Path Of Exile's Harvest Expansion Will Be Released On June 19

Path of Exile's latest expansion, Harvest, has been announced. It will be available to PC players from June 19, and Xbox and PlayStation players from June 24. This expansion will introduce a new challenge league, feature extensive balance changes to the existing game, and also visual improvements on top of other additions.

Harvest will revolve around an area called the Sacred Grove, which will provide players with both rare items and formidable foes to face down. Exploring new areas will grant you with items called Seed Caches, and their contents will have to be planted by players within the Sacred Grove. Planting rare seeds will grant you with rarer monsters to fight or harvest, and each will have specific rewards. Players will be able to use the Grove to their advantage to customize their builds and to obtain beneficial items that suit their individual needs.

This June expansion for Path of Exile will also introduce changes to the current crafting system. The Sacred Grove will allow players to have more control over directed crafting in the game by allowing you powerful crafting options upon defeating any monster in the area. Players will also have to tend to the Grove in order for it to dispense rewards to its fullest potential; think building pipes, systems, and other things to keep your harvest healthy.

The official splash page for the Harvest expansion on the Path of Exile website has more information about other changes that are being made to the game, including but not limited to a redo of the two-handed weapon system and improvements for game performance related to frame rate issues.

For those who are looking to the future, Path of Exile 2 is still in development, and will reportedly address all the "deficiencies" of the current title. However, there has not been any word on a release date yet.