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Breaking Down The Hidden Message In POE 3.25 Settlers Of Kalguur Trailer!

Jul 06, 2024

As this Necropolis League draws to a close, it also means it’s time to launch Path of Exile 3.25. The latest trailer released by developer GGG reveals that they have named the new league Settlers of Kalguur. The new league will be launched on both PC and consoles on July 26.

As usual, Grinding Gear Games will be live showcasing the full version of the expansion a week before the league’s release, on July 18. At this event, we’ll get full details about the new league, including its new features and content and seasonal mechanics and any balance or quality of life changes coming in the update. But before the official release, let’s take a look at what hidden information is worth exploring in this trailer.

Breaking Down The Hidden Message In POE 3.25 Settlers Of Kalguur Trailer!

New Quality Of Life Change

First of all, it’s worth noting that one of the quality of life updates that has been announced is that reservation effects like Heralds and Auras will persist after death. This long-requested feature will allow you to participate in content without having to spend time reapplying all of your Heralds and Auras even if you die. However, if you forget to do this like I did, you will still die as a result.

Trailer

I’m curious what this new league mechanic is, and maybe we can find clues in the trailer.

League Mechanics

Because the name of POE 3.25 Settlers of Kalguur immediately reminded me of Settlers of Catan. So maybe some kind of resource management, or resource trading between settlements. Or maybe we’ll do an off-map mechanic like a mini-game. And I do think that off-map mechanics work better in Path of Exile recently.

So I guess maybe there’s some City Builder inspiration here, you know, like Civilization or something like that, maybe a city building mechanic like a mini off-map mechanic.

NPCs

In addition, according to this short trailer, we also saw Faustus, the Fence, an NPC that exists in Rogue Harbor in the current version of the game, which is also an important part of Heist league mechanic.

Faustus is the vendor that players used to trade Heist targets for Rogue’s Marker. It’s worth noting that selling Heist targets to other NPCs does not return any POE Currency.

In the trailer, we see Faustus boarding a ship, with what appears to be a developing settlement in the background, including sheep, and a structure that looks like a windmill.

POE 3.25 Faustus, the Fence

With the introduction of ships and the possibility of visiting various islands, players may be able to embark on a journey to explore and plunder different islands, and perhaps even travel to a whole new continent. This creates a sense of anticipation and excitement for the upcoming League.

In addition to this, we also spotted a lot of other NPCs in the trailer, including the leader of Expedition, Dannig, and the captain of Marylene of Rogue Harbor, who is obviously from Expedition.

A lot of people have speculated whether all of NPCs we’ve seen before indicate changes to Expedition or Heist. But I don’t think so, and I think it’s actually a good idea for them to reuse these NPCs in future League mechanics, just like they did with this mechanic.

Because the developers have already done animation work for these NPCs, and the backstory is already there, it also means that they can build on this more in the new alliance mechanism, and all they really need to do is make some new animations. So I think it’s a good idea to reuse these NPCs, and it looks like that’s one of the things they’re going to do.

Will There Be A Reversal?

But I will say that this trailer is a little strange to me, because it’s almost a little too picturesque, bright and colorful, which is a bit strange compared to the past.

As a seasoned exile, it’s not hard to find that usually POE trailers are a bit ominous, but Settlers of Kalguur trailer is all bright and colorful, especially behind Faustus and Dannig, there are sheep, farmland and windmills, everything looks a little too beautiful.

So I’m assuming that maybe something will happen, such as these settlements may be attacked by monsters, and the players need to react to this and then go to defend the settlements. In any case, I’m really looking forward to POE 3.25.

Expansion Return?

Another point that has caught a lot of players’ attention is the recent announcement’s return to the word “expansion”.

In the past, Path of Exile has always introduced new bosses, crafting currency, and other significant game additions through expansions. However, GGG has stopped using the word “expansion” for several years.

We noticed that the words "expansion" and "challenge league" were deliberately separated in this announcement, which has led to speculation about the size and scope of the upcoming POE 3.25 league.

With PoE 2 beta likely to be released in November, this league could be an important transition point between PoE 1 and PoE 2.

Outro

Anyway, while we may find out exactly what Settlers of Kalguur league will be on July 18, we can at least speculate, right?

The background of the settlement being developed makes me think that we’re going to visit all the new lands in Wraeclast, and the trailer also shows a sign in front of a body of water, so maybe we will actually enter the sea in some way? Maybe go fishing?

So, what can you expect to see in the new Path of Exile 3.25 Settlers of Kalguur when it goes live on July 26? We’ll have to wait and see!

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