TL;DR
Path of Exile 2’s 0.5.5c patch focuses on quest progression fixes, several boss-fight and trial bug fixes, and a few quality-of-life improvements. It also addresses crashes and a Ritual item-cost issue.
What Changed
- Fixed a rare issue that could block completion of the Legacy of the Precursors questline after defeating the Arbiter of Divinity.
- Tightened quest item pickup rules so players must have been present when certain bosses die to collect:
- Origin Spark and Origin Cradle from the Patriarch Halls and Matriarch Halls
- Ancient Crisis Fragment and Weathered Crisis Fragment from the Western Enigma Chamber and Eastern Enigma Chamber
- Fixed a progression issue for players who had defeated the Arbiter of Ash without actually defeating Count Geonor and Doryani in the Enigma Chambers.
- Added a requirement to turn in the Boat Charter to Makoru before accessing Act 4 Islands; existing characters who already skipped this are unaffected.
- Fixed Deferred Items in Ritual from updating costs multiple times in a single area when Favours were rerolled.
- Fixed The Hooded One not appearing near Rog’s shop in Kingsmarch under a specific travel condition.
- Fixed a bug where players did not wake up in bed when first entering the Ziggurat Refuge endgame town.
- Fixed missing Runesmithing Knowledge unlocks for characters migrated from SSF or dead in Hardcore.
- Fixed several boss and encounter issues:
- Tavakai, the Chieftain could be blocked by player minions during phase 2
- Rakkar, the Frozen Talon could become immune to some damage after certain parries
- Tor Gul, the Defiler could stop acting after certain parries or stuns
- Added an “Identify Items” option to Balbala in the Trial of the Sekhemas.
- Fixed players getting inside terrain in the Trial of Chaos.
- Fixed the second-tier “Wager of Chaos” modifier in the Trial of Chaos so it now gives the intended minimum rewards.
- Fixed Asinia and Draven sometimes outputting the wrong names to chat in the Forbidden Rites league.
- Fixed Farrow’s shop failing to find Verisium stored in Expedition Stash Tabs.
- Fixed 3 client crashes and 3 instance crashes.
Player Impact
- Quest progression should be more reliable, especially for players affected by the Legacy of the Precursors chain or the Arbiter of Ash / Enigma Chambers path.
- The new Boat Charter requirement clarifies access to Act 4 Islands and may prevent confusion for players who had not completed that step.
- Ritual players should see more stable deferred item pricing within an area, which matters for planning purchases after rerolls.
- Boss encounters should be less prone to soft-locks or unintended immunity states, improving fight consistency.
- The Identify Items option for Balbala is a small but useful convenience in Trial of the Sekhemas.
- Trial of Chaos rewards and collision issues should be more consistent, which may reduce frustration during runs.
- Players with migrated SSF or Hardcore characters may regain access to previously missing Runesmithing Knowledge unlocks.
- Crash fixes should improve overall stability, though the patch notes do not specify which situations were most affected.
Sources
- https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/4006357/page/1