Path of Exile 3.29 Curse of the Allflame: Release Date & Times

Path of Exile 3.29: Curse of the Allflame launches July 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM PDT (20:00 UTC) — Grinding Gear Games confirmed both the name and the slot at its July 16 GGG Live reveal. The 3.28 Mirage league closed on July 20, leaving a four-day gap before the new cycle opens. This is the confirmed Path of Exile 3.29 release date, what the reveal actually showed, and every regional launch time.

Quick answer: Path of Exile 3.29: Curse of the Allflame starts July 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM PDT (8:00 PM UTC). The 3.28 Mirage league ended four days earlier at 3:00 PM PDT on July 20 after 136 days. See the live 3.29 countdown →

How Path of Exile Leagues Work

Path of Exile’s content drops on a rolling league cadence. Every three to four months, Grinding Gear Games launches a new “expansion” — really a numbered patch (3.27, 3.28, 3.29…) bundled with a fresh challenge league mechanic, fresh atlas content, a balance pass, and a seasonal cosmetic pass. Characters created in a league live on its own economy until the league ends, at which point they roll over to the permanent Standard league and a new cycle begins from scratch.

Because each cycle ends and restarts the economy, the release date matters: experienced players plan time off, content creators line up their starter builds, and the trade market resets to zero on day one. GGG follows a tight communications pattern — a teaser drop two to three weeks before launch, a livestream reveal one week out, then patch notes published within 24 hours of the league going live. Path of Exile 3.29 followed that template exactly.

Path of Exile 3.29 Launch Date and Time

The 3.29 expansion goes live on July 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM PDT — the standard early-afternoon Pacific slot GGG has used for nearly every PoE 1 launch. Regional conversions:

GGG confirmed the time slot in its Expansion Timeline forum post, the same channel it uses to lock in every cycle’s window. The four-day gap between Mirage ending and 3.29 launching is short by historical standards — past transitions have sometimes left multiple weeks of dead air.

What GGG Live Revealed About 3.29

The reveal stream aired on July 16, 2026 and named the league: Curse of the Allflame, a deep-sea challenge league that sends players into sunken depths wielding the volatile Allflame against cursed foes. The headline systems change is a socket overhaul — any Skill Gem can now go in any equipment socket regardless of colour, and matching a gem’s colour to its socket grants +10% Quality. That removes the chromatic-orb tax that has shaped PoE gearing for over a decade.

Alongside the league mechanic, 3.29 ships:

• Abyss and Legion reworks — major overhauls to both returning mechanics
• The Mercenaries of Trarthus, returning to the core game
• A brand-new Scion Ascendancy
• The 3.29 Vault Pass and supporter packs

Full patch notes land roughly 24 hours before launch, per GGG’s long-standing pattern.

The Four-Day Downtime Between Mirage and 3.29

Between Mirage ending on July 20 and 3.29 launching on July 24, Path of Exile has a four-day window with no active challenge league. GGG confirmed a special event fills the gap. PoE has shipped several short-event formats during past transitions:

• Mayhem — extreme league-stone density, every map rolled with maxed mods
• Flashback — a single past league mechanic returned at scale
• Endless Heist / Endless Delve — race events with custom rule sets

Because Path of Exile 2 also launched 0.5.0 Return of the Ancients earlier in 2026, GGG has more development bandwidth available for short PoE 1 events than it did during the Early Access crunch.

Recent Path of Exile League Lengths

Mirage (3.28) ran 136 days, right inside PoE’s modern 3–4 month cadence. Here’s how the last five completed league cycles compare:

The 3.25 Settlers cycle is the clear outlier — it was stretched almost a full year because GGG paused PoE 1 league updates while launching Path of Exile 2 into Early Access in December 2024. Once normal development resumed in mid-2025 with 3.26, league lengths returned to the 120–140 day band that has defined PoE for most of its history. If Curse of the Allflame follows the same pattern, it should run into late November or early December 2026 — GGG has not confirmed an end date, and the live PoE countdown carries the current estimate and its confirmation status.

What’s Confirmed About Path of Exile 3.29

As of the July 16 reveal, the following are publicly confirmed:

• League name: Curse of the Allflame
• Launch date: July 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM PDT
• 3.28 Mirage ended: July 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM PDT (136 days)
• Core mechanic: deep-sea league built around the Allflame
• Systems change: any gem in any socket; colour match grants +10% Quality
• Also shipping: Abyss and Legion reworks, Mercenaries of Trarthus, a new Scion Ascendancy
• Downtime event: a special event fills the four-day gap
• Patch notes: historically published ~24 hours before launch

What is not confirmed: the league’s end date, the full balance-pass scope, and the gap event’s exact format.

If you also play Path of Exile 2, the parallel 0.5.0 Return of the Ancients league launched May 29, 2026 and runs into October — see the full Path of Exile 2 league list for that cycle’s dates, or the live PoE 2 countdown for the 0.5.0 ending timer. ARPG fans tracking the same window can also check the live Diablo 4 season countdown. For more season-transition guides across every live-service game we track, browse the SeasonTimer blog.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does Path of Exile 3.29 release?

Path of Exile 3.29: Curse of the Allflame releases on July 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM PDT (8:00 PM UTC). Grinding Gear Games confirmed the launch slot in its official Expansion Timeline announcement.

What is the Path of Exile 3.29 league name?

Curse of the Allflame. GGG revealed the name at its July 16, 2026 GGG Live stream, along with the league’s deep-sea setting and the socket-colour overhaul.

When did Path of Exile 3.28 Mirage end?

The 3.28 Mirage league ended on July 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM PDT (10:00 PM UTC) — 136 days after launching on March 6, 2026. Track the 3.29 countdown on the Path of Exile timer page.

How long is the gap between Mirage and 3.29?

Four days. Mirage ended July 20 and 3.29 launches July 24. GGG confirmed a short special event fills the gap.

What changed with sockets in Path of Exile 3.29?

Any Skill Gem can be socketed in any equipment socket regardless of colour, and matching a gem’s colour to its socket grants +10% Quality. It’s the largest change to PoE gearing in years.

Is Path of Exile 3.29 a new league or an expansion?

3.29 is both. PoE numbered patches (3.27, 3.28, 3.29) bundle a new challenge league, atlas content, and balance pass — the patch number and league name refer to the same release.

Data sourced from Grinding Gear Games’ official Expansion Timeline forum post and the July 16, 2026 GGG Live reveal, cross-referenced with our verified Path of Exile season records. Last updated July 21, 2026.