Path of Exile 3.30 drops a mountain of new items into the game, and if you blinked during ExileCon you probably missed half of them. From the Scarab killing Threads of Creation to brand new Unique gear, the Fate and Viscera power system, and a fresh batch of map enchanting consumables, there's a lot to sort through before league start. This guide walks you through every category of new item in 3.30, what each one does, how to use it in your mapping or build, and how to actually get your hands on it.

POE 3.30 New Items (Uniques, Threads, Fates, Visages), Uses & How To Get

The 3.30 patch introduces several fresh item categories that reshape both mapping and character power. Threads of Creation replace Scarabs entirely as the way to juice maps. A set of new Covens Unique items brings fresh build enablers across weapons, body armour, flasks, and jewel style gear. Fates and Viscera form the second half of the league's progression loop built around the Wickerman effigy. On top of that, you get new map enchanting consumables like Allflame Embers, Royal Visages, Soul Cores, and the Afarud Enshrouding Crystal. Let's run through each category one by one.

POE 3.30 New Unique Items

The Covens league brings four confirmed Unique items so far, each targeting a different build archetype. Below is a full look at each one, how it slots into a build, and how to farm it.

Dreadmaidens' Sacrament (Basalt Flask)

• Requires Level 27

• Taunts nearby Enemies on use

• Gain 5 charges when you are Hit by an Enemy

• Removes 17% of Life when Used

• 6% chance for a damaging Retaliation skill to become usable for every 100 life removed this way

How to use it: This is a tanky Retaliation enabler flask. The 17% Life removal on use fuels the chance to make a Retaliation skill usable, so builds running skills like Retaliate, Shield Crush with Retaliation support, or any dedicated Retaliation setup benefit the most. The on-hit charge gain means you can keep using it in extended fights without needing kills to refill. Pair it with high max life, strong life recovery, and some Taunt scaling to turn it into a defensive and offensive tool at once.

How to get it: As a Covens league Unique, Dreadmaidens' Sacrament drops from coven ritual encounters, Fate-empowered bosses, and the general Covens drop pool in the campaign and maps. Low level requirement means you can target it early with Act bosses that have coven rituals attached. Trade league players can just buy it off the market once supply stabilizes.

Hide of the Vendigo (Exquisite Leather)

• Evasion Rating: 2251

• Requires Level 62, 170 Dex

• +25% chance to Suppress Spell Damage

• 189% increased Evasion Rating

• +35% to Cold Resistance

• 194 to 301 Added Cold Damage with Unarmed Attacks

• 17% increased Attack Speed if you've used an Attack Movement Skill Recently

• Can Attack as though using a Claw while main hand is empty

How to use it: This is a dream chest for unarmed Claw builds. The line that lets you Attack as though using a Claw with an empty main hand opens up Claw-only skills, Claw-based support interactions, and Claw node benefits on the passive tree, all without actually equipping a weapon. The 194 to 301 Added Cold Damage with Unarmed Attacks gives you a solid damage floor, while the Spell Suppression and Evasion stats keep you alive. Attack Movement Skill users get an extra 17% Attack Speed buff too, which pairs nicely with Shield Charge, Leap Slam, or Whirling Blades setups. Think of it as the enabler for a punchy Claw-skill monk style build.

How to get it: Hide of the Vendigo drops from Covens content in red tier maps and from Fate-empowered Atlas bosses. The Level 62 requirement puts it firmly in mid to late mapping territory. To target farm, run higher tier maps with Covens coven rituals active and funnel into Fate-empowered boss fights. Matching Fates on bosses increases your chances of pulling new Covens Uniques like this one.

Putrid Seed (Mycelium Core)

• 1 added passive skill is Swagger

• 1 added passive skill is Twin Terrors

• 1 added passive skill is Courage

• 1 added passive skill is Skittering Runes

• Grows four random Passive Skills when Anointed

• Passive Skills grown are influenced by Oils used when Anointing

How to use it: Putrid Seed is a new jewel style item that pulls in four Notable passives baked in and grows four more based on which Oils you Anoint with. Swagger, Twin Terrors, Courage, and Skittering Runes already cover a range of damage and curse scaling. The Oil-influenced growth is where theorycrafting really kicks in: pick Oils that align with your damage type, defensive layer, or curse strategy to steer which Notables you grow. This is a jewel socket you can slot into any build looking for passive density without pathing further on the tree.

How to get it: Putrid Seed drops from Covens content. Target farm by running Fate-stacked maps with Grim Fates on higher Atlas bosses. Cassia and Blight content may also factor in, since Mycelium themed items thematically tie to Blight. Keep spare Oils on hand once you get the drop, because the Anoint choice determines how good your copy ends up.

The Sword of Ages (Exquisite Blade, Two Handed Sword)

• Physical Damage: 243-407

• Critical Strike Chance: 5.70%

• Attacks per Second: 1.68

• Weapon Range: 1.3 metres

• Requires Level 70, 119 Str, 131 Dex

• +50% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier

• Trigger level 20 Temporal Mirage on using a Movement Attack

• +2 to Level of all Movement Skill Gems

• 263% increased Physical Damage

• 24% increased Attack Speed

• 113% increased Damage with Movement Skills

How to use it: Built around the Mirage return in 3.30, this sword is the centerpiece for Movement Skill builds. Shield Charge, Leap Slam, Flicker Strike, and Whirling Blades (if you can gear around the two hand) all count as Movement Attacks and will trigger level 20 Temporal Mirage automatically. The +2 to Level of all Movement Skill Gems scales your base damage and skill level, while 113% increased Damage with Movement Skills plus 263% increased Physical Damage pushes the raw numbers to top tier. Build around high Attack Speed, Crit Multi stacking, and Movement Skill cooldown recovery for the best results. This is a Juggernaut, Berserker, or Raider favorite in the making.

How to get it: The Sword of Ages drops from Covens content at red map tier and above. Fate-empowered Atlas bosses are your best source, especially with Matching Fates to boost Unique drop quality. Grim Fates on pinnacle bosses push the drop odds higher. Expect the first few copies to be very expensive on trade in the first week of league.

POE 3.30 Threads

Threads of Creation fully replace Scarabs. You set them in your personal Map Device, and each Thread applies a chosen league mechanic to the area while scaling monster rarity and difficulty. The more Threads you spend, the higher the chance of random powerful effects augmenting that mechanic. You get up to 3 Thread slots in the Map Device, and each slot holds 1 to 8 Threads.

The Full Thread List

• Blight Thread (Stack 100/100) – Threads a Blight Encounter into an Area

• Incursion Thread (Stack 100/100) – Threads Temporal Incursions into an Area

• Bestiary Thread (Stack 100/100) – Threads capturable Beasts into an Area

• Ritual Thread (Stack 100/100) – Threads Ritual Altars into an Area

• Abyss Thread (Stack 100/100) – Threads Abysses into an Area

• Expedition Thread (Stack 100/100) – Threads an Expedition Counter into an Area

• Legion Thread (Stack 100/100) – Threads Legion Encounters into an Area

• Breach Thread (Stack 100/100) – Threads Breaches into an Area

• Ultimatum Thread (Stack 100/100) – Threads an Ultimatum Encounter into an Area

• Betrayal Thread (Stack 100/100) – Threads the Immortal Syndicate into an Area

How to Use Threads

Open your personal Map Device, slot your map, and apply up to 3 Threads of your choice. Each Thread slot can hold between 1 and 8 Threads of the same type. Stacking 8 Threads on one mechanic gives you maximum juice on that content, with higher chances of random powerful effects rolling in. Spreading across 3 mechanics gives you a mixed run with lighter juice on each.

Scarab modifiers that used to be printed on Scarabs have been moved onto nodes in the new Atlas passive tree. The tree is a brand new layout with new wheels and clusters, and you can allocate up to 150 points. So the thinking shifts from "which Scarabs do I slot" to "which Atlas tree build am I running, and which Threads feed into it."

Mechanic interactions to chase: Expedition plus Torment spawns Spirits that empower Runic Monsters. Mercenaries plus Abyss spawns a new special Mercenary called the Chaplain of the Well. Strongboxes plus Blight creates Blighted Strongboxes that drop Oils or Blighted Maps. Rogue Exiles near Blights pull in secondary Rogue Exiles, and more interactions will surface as the league goes.

How to Get Threads

Threads drop in maps the same way Scarabs used to. From the ExileCon gameplay footage, roughly 20 to 30 Threads dropped in a single unjuiced map, so supply looks very healthy. To push drop numbers higher, run high quality maps (3.30 lets you double corrupt maps at the Alva Temple for even more mods), roll strong map modifiers including increased item rarity on the map, and allocate Atlas tree nodes that boost Thread drop rates or specific mechanic content. Trading for Threads is also fine, since the removal of Scarab cost as a gate means strategies are more accessible than ever.

POE 3.30 Fates & Grim Fates

Fates are the first half of the Covens league loop. You earn them by defeating coven rituals, and once you have them, you invoke up to three on an area boss. Doing so adds extra mechanics to the boss fight and boosts the loot the boss drops. The system has three layers.

Standard Fates

What they do: Earned from coven rituals in both the campaign and maps. Up to three can be invoked on one area boss for extra mechanics and better loot. Each Fate adds a specific twist to the fight, so stacking three creates compound difficulty and compound rewards.

How to use them: Head to an area boss, open the Fate interface before the fight, and slot up to three Fates. Pick combinations that line up with your build. If you can't handle extra damage phases, lean on Fates that boost loot without changing boss aggression. If your build can tank anything, go all in on offensive Fates for the loot payout.

How to get them: Clear coven rituals that spawn in the campaign and in maps during Covens league. Rituals drop Fates on completion, and higher tier maps give better Fates. Atlas tree nodes focused on Covens content will boost ritual spawn rates and Fate drop quality.

Matching Fates

What they do: Combining the right Fates together on a single boss grants rarer rewards, including Exceptional Support Gems and new Unique items. This is the chase loot tier of the system.

How to use them: Learn which Fate combinations match. Not all three-Fate stacks will match, but the ones that do pay out the best drops in the league. Save your rare Fates for bosses you know you can beat with the combined difficulty applied.

How to get them: Same drop pool as Standard Fates, but you build up a collection and plan combinations over multiple rituals. Target farming maps with coven rituals plus running Atlas bosses regularly fills your Fate inventory.

Grim Fates

What they do: Rare Fates dropped by higher level Atlas bosses. Unlike standard Fates, Grim Fates persist between instances and are invoked on specific pinnacle bosses, including the Coven Queen.

How to use them: Hold onto Grim Fates until you're ready to run pinnacle content. Slot them on the matching pinnacle boss for the biggest loot payouts in the league, including guaranteed shots at Covens Uniques and top tier Viscera.

How to get them: Only higher level Atlas bosses drop Grim Fates. Push your map tier up, finish your Atlas completion, and farm pinnacle adjacent bosses to stockpile them. Grim Fates are rare, so expect each one to feel like a milestone drop.

PoE 3.30 Wickerman Visages

Visages tie into the Wickerman, a twisted wooden effigy you bind your character's soul to during the second half of the league. Fate-empowered bosses drop Viscera, grisly trophies like limbs, flesh, bone, skin, and carapace. Placing a Viscera on the Wickerman grants a scrap of that boss's power as a buff for your character.

The Wickerman and Viscera System

Here are the numbers GGG has shared:

• Over 120 Viscera to collect across campaign and Atlas bosses

• Four slots on the Wickerman: head, arm, body, and leg, so up to four Viscera are active at once

• Three tiers of increasing strength, with the highest tier only available from endgame versions of bosses

• Bonuses range from extra life and regeneration to stronger poisons, with room for almost every build archetype

How to use Viscera: Open the Wickerman interface at your hideout. You get four slots: head, arm, body, and leg. Each Viscera has a slot it fits into. Pick four Viscera that stack toward your build's win condition. Life stacker builds want life and regen Viscera. Poison builds want Viscera that boost poison damage or stack. Because every boss has its own Viscera, you can target farm specific bosses over and over to chase the slot you want. The best four Viscera combo for a given build will be worth chasing for weeks.

How to get Viscera: Viscera drop from Fate-empowered bosses. The more Fates you invoke on a boss and the higher their quality, the better the Viscera that drops. Tier 3 Viscera only drops from endgame versions of bosses, so push your Atlas progression and run pinnacle content to collect top tier pieces. Grim Fates on pinnacle bosses are the fastest route to Tier 3 Viscera.

Royal Visage

Separate from Viscera, there's also the Royal Visage map enchant item in the Covens drop pool.

• Royal Visage (Stack 10/10) – Enchants a Map to contain Alluring Temporal Incursions

How to use it: Right click Royal Visage on a map before slotting it in the Map Device. The map will contain Alluring Temporal Incursions, which push your Incursion content into a stronger tier with better rewards. Pair it with an Incursion Thread for a fully loaded Alva run inside the map.

How to get it: Royal Visage drops from Covens content and from Incursion themed Atlas nodes. Stack size caps at 10, and you'll see it in drops alongside other map enchant items like Allflame Embers.

Other New Items in PoE 3.30

Beyond Threads and Visages, several new map enchant and crafting items join the pool.

Allflame Ember of the Divine

What it does: Enchants a Map to substitute 5 Monster Packs in Area with Packs led by a Pantheon-Touched Rare Monster. Stack size 20/20.

How to use it: Right click the Allflame Ember on a map before placing it in the Map Device. Five regular packs will be replaced by Pantheon-Touched Rare led packs, which are much tougher and drop better loot. Great for farming div cards, Pantheon-themed uniques, or just higher density rare monsters. Pair it with map rarity rolls and Atlas tree nodes that boost rare monster drops for a tight farm strategy.

How to get it: Drops from Covens content and general map play. Atlas tree nodes focused on rare monster or Allflame content will boost drop rates. Stack size of 20 means supply builds up quickly if you focus on this strategy.

Soul Core of Intellect

What it does: Corrupts a level 20 Skill Gem, imbuing it with a random Intelligence Support effect. Stack size 10/10.

How to use it: Right click a Soul Core of Intellect, then click a level 20 Skill Gem in your inventory. The gem gets corrupted with a random Intelligence based Support effect built in, giving you an extra effective support slot. Best used on gems where you've already got leveled copies to spare, since the roll is random and might not match your build. Try it on gems you plan to use with Intelligence based skills like elemental spells, minions, or curse skills.

How to get it: Drops from Covens content and from Atlas bosses. Stack size caps at 10. Expect limited supply early league, so prices on trade will be high for the first week.

Soul Core of Might

What it does: Corrupts a level 20 Skill Gem, imbuing it with a random Strength Support effect. Stack size 10/10.

How to use it: Same mechanic as Soul Core of Intellect, but with Strength based Support rolls. Use it on gems tied to physical damage attacks, melee skills, warcries, or armour based builds. Random outcome means you want multiple attempts to land a roll that fits your build.

How to get it: Drops from Covens content and Atlas bosses, same as the Intellect version. Target farm bosses with Fates invoked to boost drop quality.

Afarud Enshrouding Crystal

What it does: Enshrouds Unique Quivers. Stack size 10/10.

How to use it: Apply the crystal to a Unique Quiver to Enshroud it. Enshrouding is a new modifier style that adds hidden or revealed mods to the quiver, giving bow builds a new crafting lever. Exact mechanics will come clearer with patch notes, but the item is clearly aimed at bow build players looking to push their quiver slot beyond the base Unique roll.

How to get it: Drops from Covens content with a stack cap of 10. Target farm by running maps juiced with Threads tied to bow build friendly mechanics, and loot Fate-empowered bosses that favor archer themed drops.

String of Servitude

Listed in the Covens item pool, with full detail coming in the patch notes. Historically String of Servitude is a corrupted belt base, so expect it to tie into Covens corrupting or belt crafting in some way. Keep an eye on patch notes for the final use case.

Full List of PoE 3.30 New Items

That covers every confirmed new item category in PoE 3.30 so far. Between Threads reshaping how maps get juiced, the Fate and Viscera loop pulling real character power out of bosses, and the fresh Unique drops opening new build paths, there's more than enough to chase on league start. Patch notes will fill in the final blanks, but the core picture is clear: 3.30 is one of the most item dense updates PoE 1 has had in years.

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