Version 0.2.0b

Version History
← 0.2.0 April 4, 2025	0.2.0b April 5, 2025

Patch notes

These are the official patch notes for Path of Exile 2 version 0.2.0b released by Grinding Gear Games.

• All non-unique monsters have less life, tapering from 100% to 75% of what they had between levels 8 and 15. All monsters between level 15 and 46 now have exactly 25% less Life. All monsters between level 46 and 64 now have less life, tapering up from 75% to 100%. This results in all monsters in Endgame having the same Life as before this change. Their thresholds for Crowd Control and Ailments have been adjusted proportionately by the same amount.
• Rogue Exiles have had their Life reduced by 40% (on top of the change above).
• The "of the Hydra" (Life Regeneration) Monster Modifier now only appears at Level 65+.
• Tempest Bell'sTempest BellAttack, AoE, Melee, Sustained, Duration, Conditional
  Tier: 3
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (14-98) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Attack Speed: 120% of baseRequires: QuarterstaffBuild Combo by successfully Striking Enemies with other skills. After reaching maximum Combo, use this skill to cause the Bell on your staff to grow to massive size as you drop it on the ground. The Bell damages enemies on impact and can be Hit by your skills, creating a damaging shockwave. Elemental Ailments applied to the Bell cause its shockwaves to deal extra damage of the corresponding type, and Hits which would have caused Knockback increase the area of effect of the shockwaves.Tempest Bell
  Requires 4 Combo to use
  Lose Combo if you generate no Combo for 8 seconds
  Limit 1 Bell
  Bell duration is 6 seconds
  Bell is destroyed after 10 Hits
  
  Impact
  Attack Damage: (120–490)% of base
  Impact radius is 1.8 metres
  
  Shockwave
  Attack Damage: (50–132)% of base
  30% more Area of Effect per 0.1 metres of
  Knockback the triggering Hit would have caused
  Gains 30% of Physical Damage as Extra Damage of each Type matching an Elemental Ailment on the Bell
  Shockwave radius is 2.4 metres
  Shockwave can be triggered once every 0.25 seconds
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Shockwave deals (0.15-3)% more Damage per Hit taken by BellSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. Combo required to use has been reduced from 10 to 4.
• Explosive GrenadeExplosive GrenadeAttack, AoE, Projectile, Grenade, Fire, Detonator
  Tier: 1
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (10-68) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 5.00 sec
  Can Store 3 Use(s)
  Attack Speed: 75% of base
  Attack Damage: (215-878)% of baseRequires: CrossbowFire a bouncing Grenade that unleashes a devastating fiery blast when its fuse expires.Detonation Time is 3 seconds
  Converts 80% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage
  Consumes 15 Heat if possible to
  Gain 50% of damage as Fire damage
  Explosion radius is (2-2.4) metres
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Cooldown Recovery RateSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. and Voltaic GrenadeVoltaic GrenadeAttack, AoE, Projectile, Grenade, Lightning, Duration
  Tier: 7
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (10-73) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 5.00 sec
  Can Store 2 Use(s)
  Attack Speed: 75% of base
  Attack Damage: (80-327)% of baseRequires: CrossbowFire a bouncing Grenade that discharges an Electrocuting Lightning blast when its fuse expires, causing all Lightning Hits against enemies to contribute to Electrocution buildup for a duration.Detonation Time is 2.5 seconds
  Converts 80% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage
  Explosion radius is (2-2.4) metres
  Lightning damage from Hits with this skill Contributes to Electrocution Buildup
  (150-340)% more Electrocution buildup from Hits with this skill
  Electrocution buildup Debuff duration is 6 seconds
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Cooldown Recovery RateSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. Cooldowns have been lowered to 5 seconds.
• All Curse Skill Gems now have a higher growth of radius per Level. Starting at 1.5 metres at Level 1, Growing to 3.1 metres (from 2.1 metres) at Level 20.

Hotfixes

The following hotfixes were deployed after the 0.2.0b patch.

Hotfix 1

These are the patch notes for hotfix 1.

• Fixed a bug which was causing "Elemental twisters Gain 50% of damage as damage of the corresponding Type" on Twister to gain an extra 50% for each Projectile fired. So one of the projectiles was gaining 50%, another 100%, another 150% and so on.