It's finally happening! The ExileCon Path of Exile 2 Qualifiers kick off next week, culminating in a live final where the top racers from all four qualifier events will compete for the championship title in New Zealand.

The competition will take place on the following dates, with ZiggyD and Raiz serving as your hosts throughout the event:

Path of Exile 2 Qualifier Event Times and Dates

  • Qualifier One - Aug 06, 2026 5:00 PM (EDT)
  • Qualifier Two - Aug 13, 2026 5:00 PM (EDT)
  • Qualifier Three - Aug 20, 2026 5:00 PM (EDT)
  • Qualifier Four - Aug 27, 2026 5:00 PM (EDT)

If you're participating in the event, please make sure that your Path of Exile account is linked to your Twitch account. You can do this by logging into your account on the website, then clicking here.

To join a qualifier event, click the "Join" button for the race on the Character Select screen. You'll then be prompted to create a character. Once you've entered the game, your character will remain stationary until the race officially begins.

In each Path of Exile 2 qualifier event, players will race to become the first to defeat Tavakai in Act Four within a Solo Self-Found Runes of Aldur event featuring a fixed layout. While this is not a Hardcore event, dying carries a significant penalty: after each death, you won't be able to move your character for two and a half minutes before continuing the race.

The qualifier events are open to both PC and console players. However, the live finale at ExileCon will be played on PC. Competitors will be able to bring their .build files along with their preferred gaming peripherals with them to ExileCon for use during the finale.

You can find the full ruleset here.

Prizes

The first player to kill Tavakai in each event will receive the following:

  • Flights to Auckland, New Zealand for the weekend of ExileCon
  • Accommodation in Auckland for the weekend of ExileCon
  • Entrance into the ExileCon Path of Exile 2 Race Finale
  • An Ultra VIP ExileCon ticket
  • A Demigod's Virtue Unique Helmet


Be sure to join us at twitch.tv/pathofexile to check out all the action!

Good luck, Exiles!
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Good luck, racers.
We're human. Some of us make more mistakes than others. :)
Didn't ask, where poe 1 patch , league is a mess
Looking forward to it, good luck people!
Steam: teemu92
What if same person wins all the 4 races? :D

Also last event august 27th, so i guess that means we wont see patch 0.5.5 and new economy reset league before that.
Last edited by Taistelija#5483 on Jul 30, 2026, 10:43:14 PM
Poe2 > Poe1
GGG grossly overrepresents speedracing. Shifting focus to something else would be ideal.
Whats the record?
You keep messing around with trivial stuff instead of focusing properly on fashion outfits. What exactly are you trying to do? Release something great in the season with the fewest players and make it unobtainable afterwards, like the visual effect for the Paladin weapon. There are also those exclusive dragon pets. What about players who only play Path of Exile 2? Are you deliberately inflating item rarity? Just look at the new content you’ve rolled out; it doesn’t even spark any urge to spend money.
i do find it a bit lame duck vibe for these races which i will never understand why GGG is so intent on being like races races races instead of content content content~ just to over reach with "OH LOOK RACES RACES RACES"

All while you could be speaking with ACTIONS :

1- tease shadow
2-tease templar
3- tease final druid/ranger ascendancies
4-tease flails and daggers more
5- mention a league reset
6- tease charts/voyage QoL will just be voyages instead of the lame charting chore mechanic to unlock a voyage.
7- create new uniques that are useful
8- tease skills for daggers and flails?
9- make scepters to be able to dual wield (primarily the unique one for spirit walkers to be able to be used with talismans)
10- tease some more poe1 hideouts etc to poe2 transition

i could keep going GGG....


***tease = leak content some to spike the hype train juice***

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