Path of Exile 2 Patch 1.025 Patch Notes (POE2 Update 1.025.000)

Path of Exile 2 patch 1.025 (version 1.025.000) is available to download on PS5 and Xbox players. According to the official POE2 update 1.025 patch notes, monster Life has been rebalanced across level ranges to smooth difficulty scaling. Rogue Exiles are now significantly less tanky. Today’s Path of Exile 2 version 1.025 also includes general stability and gameplay performance improvements.

POE2 patch 1.025 Patch Notes (0.2.0c) – April 7, 2025

Balance changes:

• Minions have approximately 15% more Life through the early Campaign, tapering down to be unchanged by Gem Level 30 (or so).
• Gem Level 10 Minions now have 41% More Damage.
• Gem Level 15 Minions now have 50% More Damage.
• Gem Level 20 Minions now have 60% More Damage.
• Gem Level 30 Minions now have 79% More Damage.
• The Life threshold Skeletal Arsonists can target other Minions, and the heal amount of Skeletal Clerics has been adjusted proportionately to the Minion Life changes.
• Adjusted the Damage, Attack Speed, and Mana Costs for the following Spear Skills:
  • Spear Throw deals ~8% more Damage at all skill levels.
  • Lightning Spear Attack Speed is now 60% of base (from 50%) and deals ~5% more Damage at all gem levels.
  • Glacial Lance Attack Speed is now 50% of base (from 45%).
  • Storm Lance Attack Speed is now 60% of base (from 55%).
  • Whirlwind Lance Attack Speed is now 60% of base (from 55%).
  • All the above skills (except Spear Throw) have had their Mana Costs lowered proportionately to the Attack Speed increases.
• Candlemass, the Living Rite’s abilities has had their cooldowns slightly increased (This should result in it using attacks that are parryable more often).
• Fixed an issue where one of Candlemass, the Living Rite’s cleaves were unblockable/unparryable.
• Count Geonor’s abilities have had their cooldowns slightly increased (This should result in him using attacks that are parryable more often).
• Blackjaw the Remnant, Oloton the Remorseless and Stormgore have had their skills rebalanced and visuals improved so their damage area more closely resemble their visuals.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where Banners were not providing their benefits to players when placed.
• Fixed a bug where Raise Shield was missing the Melee type, so could not be supported by many Support Gems that required it.
• Fixed a bug where some Whirlwinds would disappear instantly when Whirlwind Lance had extra Projectiles.
• Fixed a bug where Concoction skills were not visually scaling with changes to Area of Effect.
• Fixed a bug where the Profusion Support Gem was not working with the Disengage or Retort Skills.
• Fixed a client crash when using the Wind Serpent’s Fury Skill.
• Fixed 3 client crashes related to Gamepad UI.
• Fixed 3 instance crashes.

Monster Life Adjustments

🧟 All Non-Unique Monsters

• Life reduced from 100% to 75% between Levels 8–15 (tapering).

• Fixed 25% Life reduction for monsters between Levels 15–46.

• Life increased from 75% back to 100% between Levels 46–64 (tapering).

• No changes to Life in Endgame; same as before.

🧊 Crowd Control & Ailments

• Thresholds for Crowd Control and Ailments adjusted proportionately to Life changes.

🗡️ Rogue Exiles

• Life reduced by 40%, in addition to the general monster Life changes.

🔥 Monster Modifiers

💧 “of the Hydra” (Life Regeneration)

• Now only appears at Level 65+.

🛠️ Bug Fixes

• Aura Fix: Discipline and Purity Auras from Sceptres now correctly apply to the player wielding them.

• Crash Fix: Resolved a game instance crash.

Ascendancy & Spectres

Smith of Kitava

• Fixed an issue where the Smith of Kitava Ascendancy could not be selected.

  • Client relaunch required for the fix to apply.

Spectre Mechanics

• Addressed a bug where monsters spawned from Strongboxes could be used as Spectres.

• Fixed an issue where Forsaken Miners with minecarts exploded instantly when summoned as Spectres.

Skill Updates

Raise Shield

• Increased: Area of damage for Shield Bash from the Raise Shield skill.

Perpetual Charge Support

• Fixed an issue where Storm Lance and Lightning Spear could not be supported by Perpetual Charge.

Client & Instance Stability

Client Crashes

• Fixed a client crash involving the Nocturne Unique Item.

• Fixed a client crash with Storm Lance during party play.

• Fixed a client crash when previewing unavailable microtransactions using a controller.

• Fixed a client crash on the Passive Tree UI with a controller.

• Fixed 4 additional client crashes.

Instance Crashes

• Fixed 4 instance crashes affecting game stability.

Graphics & Performance

NVIDIA Reflex

• Temporarily disabled: NVIDIA Reflex while investigating related performance issues.

Unfortunately, since the last POE 2 update 1.006, players have been experiencing several POE2 server and login issues. Today’s Path of Exile 2 version 1.025.000 will fix a few of these issues. Check out more details below.

Download free Path of Exile 2 patch 1.025 on PlayStation 5, PC and Xbox Series X/S.