POE 3.7.0 - Item Balance Update Guide

POE 3.7.0 will be released soon, and the Path of Exile official website has released the first wave of POE 3.7 updates. Let's take a look at item balance updated guide in POE 3.7.

POE 3.7 Item Update


1. POE 3.7.0 - Item Balance Guide


- Many low-level melee weapon base types have had their base attack speed raised and their damage lowered to compensate.
- The following staves can no longer roll spell-based mods such as added damage for spells or increased spell damage. Their base attack speeds have been slightly increased, and their damage decreased to compensate. These changes affect all existing versions of these base types, though they will not affect the mods those items currently have. Also, some level requirements have changed I guess? Anyway, here you go Iron Staff, Coiled Staff, Vile Staff, Military Staff, Serpentine Staff, Foul Staff, Ezomyte Staff, Maelström Staff, and Judgement Staff.
- The above staves will be swapped to a new "War Staff" weapon class in the near future to help differentiate them.
- The following daggers can no longer roll spell-based mods such as added damage for spells or increased spell damage. Their base attack speeds have been slightly increased, and their damage decreased to compensate. This affects all existing versions of these base types: Skinning Knife, Sai, Poignard, Gutting Knife, Trisula, Ambusher, Flying Knife, Prong Dagger, Stiletto.
- The following daggers will be swapped to a new "Rune Dagger" weapon class in the near future, to differentiate them from the attack-only daggers above. They will continue to be able to roll both attack and caster modifiers: Glass Shank, Boot Knife, Copper Kris, Skean, Imp Dagger, Butcher Knife, Boot Blade, Golden Kris, Royal Skean, Fiend Dagger, Slaughter Knife, Ezomyte Dagger, Platinum Kris, Imperial Skean and Demon Dagger.
- Orb of Horizons can now drop from monsters and other currency sources (such as Emperor's Luck).
- Adjusted the drop rate of certain items for which there were many... hunters...
- The Dense Fossil can no longer craft increased Armour, Evasion or Energy Shield suffix modifiers and now has new mods it can craft on each slot.
- The Dense Fossil modifier "15% increased Energy Shield from Body Armour" was incorrectly acting multiplicatively with other sources of increased Energy Shield. This has been fixed and affects all existing items with this modifier. To partially (but intentionally not entirely) compensate for this change, it now grants 20-30% increased Energy Shield from Body Armour. Existing items with this modifier can be updated to the new values with a Divine Orb.
- The Divine Vessel is now a 1x1 item, rather than 1x2.
- Perandus scarabs can now cause Cadiro Perandus to appear. Rusted scarabs have a 33% chance for a Cadiro appearance, Polished has a 66% chance, and Gilded guarantee that he appears.
- The values on Life, Mana and Energy Shield modifiers on Abyssal Jewels have been reduced, and the top tiers made rarer relative to lower tiers. The top roll for these modifiers is now 40 (from 50). Divining existing jewels will update them to these new values, so don't do that unless you're hoping to create one of those 'viral videos' that are all the rage these days.
- Added damage of all types on Abyssal Jewels has also been lowered, by about 30% at the top end, scaling down to lower tiers. Top tiers of these have also become rarer. This is true for all top-tier added damage modifiers on Abyssal Jewels, including caster and summoner ones.
- The top two tiers of added elemental damage for melee weapons have had their damage increased by about 10% for tier 2 and 40% for tier 1.
- All added damage modifiers on two-handed weapons are now 160% of the values of their one-handed counterparts. This takes the new higher values at the top end into account -- even they are 160% of their one-hand versions.
- Added new top-tier modifiers for Added Fire Damage, Added Cold Damage and Added Lightning Damage. These are available on items with a level of 82 or greater.
- The highest tier added elemental damage modifiers for weapons are now rarer. It will be approximately as difficult to get 3 tier-1 elemental damage rolls as the three-tier-1 physical damage rolls.
- Weapon-specific increased physical damage modifiers on Jewels now apply to all damage types, not just physical. This affects all existing jewels with these modifiers. The values have not changed.
- Reduced the amount of Energy Shield granted by Synthesised Implicit on Body Armours, Shields, Helmets, Gloves and Boots. This won't affect you unless you decide to use a Blessed Orb, in which case it definitely will affect you.
- The hybrid increased physical damage and accuracy modifiers now grant more accuracy. Existing items with these modifiers can be updated with a Divine Orb.
- The pure accuracy modifiers now grant more accuracy than previously, and there are fewer tiers. Existing items with these modifiers can be updated with a Divine Orb.
- The Immortal Call enchantment which previously granted a chance to not consume endurance charges now grants increased Immortal Call duration per endurance charge consumed. This affects items that had the previous enchantment.



2. POE 3.7.0 - Unique Item Balance Guide


- The following items no longer drop outside of the Legion challenge leagues. Versions dropped in Legion will have new modifiers and balance which we won't be spoiling here, barring changes that affect existing versions, which will be outlined below. The items are Rathpith Globe, Pledge of Hands, Rebuke of the Vaal, Kaom's Primacy, Lavianga's Wisdom, Marohi Erqi, Asenath's Gentle Touch, Darkscorn, Al Dhih, Voll's Protector, The Sorrow of the Divine, Divinarius, Honourhome, Lioneye's Paws, Maligaro's Virtuosity.
- Overwhelming Odds: No longer grants increased Area of Effect for Cleave based on the number of nearby enemies, and now grants +1 to Cleave's radius for each nearby enemy, up to +10. This jewel is now limited to 1.
- Mon'tregul's Grasp: Now clearly states how damage dealt by exploding zombies is calculated. Note that this does not change the functionality.
- Hyrri's Truth: Now causes Precision to have 50% less Mana Reservation. Affects all versions of the item.
- Death's Hand: Now has added physical damage of (35-46) to (85-128). Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb. Now grants Unholy Might for 4 seconds on critical strike (up from 2). Affects all versions of the item.
- Inpulsa's Broken Heart: Now has 15-25% increased Shock Effect. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Prismatic Eclipse: Now has (60-70) to (71-80) added physical damage. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Rigwald's Charge: Now has 300 to 350 Accuracy Rating. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- The Peregrine: Now has 500 Accuracy Rating. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Infractem: Now has 350 to 400 Accuracy Rating. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Crown of Eyes: Now has 300 to 350 Accuracy Rating. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Wideswing: Now has 120 to 150 Accuracy Rating. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Dreamfeather: Now has 280 to 300 Accuracy Rating. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Izaro's Dilemma: Now has 300 to 400 Accuracy Rating. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- The Wasp Nest: Now has 330 to 350 Accuracy Rating. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Malachai's Simula: Newly dropped versions will also have Mortal Conviction.
- Tukohama's Fortress: Newly dropped versions will also have Mortal Conviction.
- Apep's Rage: Now adds (90-130) to (140-190) chaos damage to spells. Existing versions can be updated with a Divine Orb. New versions also cause Poisons you inflict to deal damage 20% faster.
- Brightbeak: Now has 45% increased Attack Speed, to account for base type changes. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb. You know, in case it uses your mana too quickly...?
- Dreadbeak: Now has (83-91) to (123-130) added physical damage, to account for base type changes. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Hegemony's Era: Now has (165-175) to (185-205) added physical damage, to account for base type changes. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Disintegrator: Now has (250-280) to (315-355) added physical damage, to account for base type changes. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Pillar of the Caged God is now on the Iron Staff base type.

Changes to Legion-Themed Uniques that Affect Existing Items:
- Pledge of Hands: Spell Echo has been replaced with Greater Spell Echo. Affects all versions of the item.
- Rebuke of the Vaal: Now has (49-98) to (101-140) added Physical Damage, (49-98) to (101-140) added Fire Damage, (49-98) to (101-140) added Cold Damage, 1 to (210-250) added Lightning Damage, and (49-98) to (101-140) added Chaos Damage. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Lavianga's Wisdom: Now has 160 to 200% increased Physical Damage, +70 to maximum Life, +70 to maximum Mana, 15 to 25% increased Area of Effect, and 10 to 20% increased Area Damage. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Marohi Erqi: Fixed a bug which prevented a mod from displaying, though it was always there. The mod grants -100 Accuracy Rating. Note that this is not a functional change and that reduced accuracy has always been there. Now has 230 to 260% increased Physical Damage, 30 to 40 added Physical Damage, and now supports socketed gems with level 15 Pulverise Support. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb, except for the Pulverise Support, which applies to all versions of the item.
- Asenath's Gentle Touch: Now has +60 to 80 to maximum Life and +60 to 80 maximum Mana. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Darkscorn: Now has 20% increased Attack Speed and (15-20) to (25-30) added Physical Damage. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Voll's Protector: Now has 100 to 150% increased Armour and Energy Shield. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- The Sorrow of the Divine: Now causes Life Recovery from Flasks to also apply to Energy Shield during Flask Effect. Affects all versions of the item.
- Divinarius: Now grants +30 Life on kill and +10 mana on kill. Existing versions can be updated using a Divine Orb.
- Honourhome: Now has 100 to 150% increased Armour and Energy Shield.

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