Free-to-play online action RPG Path of Exile is hosting not one, not two, but three in-game events during (what is hoped will be) the final month of 2020. The first event will begin on December 4, and the last event will end on January 4, 2021, with a whole slew of in-game rewards available throughout the month for you to win.
December was originally scheduled for Path of Exile to receive its 3.13 endgame expansion update. However, Path of Exile devs Grinding Gear Games decided to delay the update until January 2021 when CD Projekt Red decided to delay the release of the incredibly-anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 to December 11. In place of the 3.13 endgame expansion update, Path of Exile will instead host the one-week Mayhem, the one-week Endless Delve, and the three-week Heist Flashback events.
According to the announcement post, the Mayhem Event will run from noon (PST) on December 4 to 10 a.m. (PST) on December 11. This event “takes classic Path of Exile league modifiers from Anarchy, Invasion, Breach, Ambush, Torment and Harbinger and pushes them to the extreme.” Each area in Wraeclast will have a specific mod within it (20 Rogue Exiles, 20 Strongboxes, 20 Invasion Bosses, 10 Breaches, 20 Tormented Spirits or 20 Harbingers) that will last for an hour, with each area’s mod changing every hour.
The Endless Delve Event is scheduled from noon (PST) on December 11 to 10 a.m. (PST) on December 18. Beware, the Endless Delve is a 100% solo event, challenging you to descend into the Azurite Mine without “access to any towns or your Hideout”. Sulphite will not be required for you to advance, and Lilly Roth and Niko will be together to allow you access to skill gems. Additionally, you’ll be able to use the Altar of Ascendancy in the mine encampment to ascend the Azurite Mine, and “you'll have access to the passive points you'd normally gain from quests and incur Kitava's resistance penalties.”
The Heist Flashback Event is scheduled to run from noon (PST) on December 18 to 10 a.m. (PST) on January 4, 2021. This event is separate from the Heist League, and you will have to roll up a brand new character to participate in it. Also during this event, each area in Wraeclast will have three randomly selected mods from a long list (see announcement) within them, with each mod lasting an hour, and each area’s mod changing every hour.
A multitude of prize rewards await you should you successfully complete these events, all of which (and more) are detailed in the announcement post.
Source: Grinding Gear Games