TL;DR
Path of Exile 2’s 0.5.5c patch focuses on quest progression fixes, several boss and encounter bug fixes, and a handful of quality-of-life and stability improvements. It also adds an “Identify Items” option to Balbala in the Trial of the Sekhemas.
What Changed
- Fixed a rare issue that could prevent some players from completing 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 pick up:
- 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 but had not actually defeated Count Geonor and Doryani in the Enigma Chambers.
- Added an “Identify Items” option to Balbala in the Trial of the Sekhemas.
- In order to access Act 4 Islands, players must now have turned in the Boat Charter to Makoru; existing characters that did not do this already are unaffected.
- Fixed a bug where Deferred Items in Ritual could update their costs multiple times in a single area when Favours were rerolled.
- Fixed several encounter and boss issues, including:
- Tavakai, the Chieftain getting blocked by player minions during phase 2
- Rakkar, the Frozen Talon becoming immune to some damage after certain parries
- Tor Gul, the Defiler stopping actions after certain parries or stuns
- Fixed a bug where players could get inside terrain in the Trial of Chaos.
- Fixed an issue where The Hooded One was not visible near Rog’s shop in Kingsmarch under a specific travel condition.
- Fixed an issue where characters migrated from SSF or who died in Hardcore could lose some Runesmithing Knowledge unlocks from the Runeseeker campaign quests.
- Fixed a bug where the player did not wake up in bed upon first entering the Ziggurat Refuge endgame town.
- Fixed an issue where Asinia and Draven could output the wrong names to chat when speaking out loud in the Forbidden Rites league.
- Fixed a bug where Farrow’s shop could fail to find Verisium stored in Expedition Stash Tabs.
- Fixed 3 client crashes and 3 instance crashes.
Player Impact
- The biggest practical impact is on quest progression: players blocked in Legacy of the Precursors or related Act 4 progression should now be able to continue.
- The new boss-presence requirement for certain quest items appears intended to prevent progression issues or unintended pickups; players may need to be present for those boss deaths going forward.
- The Ritual cost fix should make deferred item pricing more consistent within an area, which matters for players planning rerolls and purchases.
- The Trial of Chaos and boss encounter fixes should reduce cases where fights or movement become unfairly blocked or bugged.
- The Identify Items option for Balbala is a clear convenience improvement for Trial of the Sekhemas runs.
- The Boat Charter requirement for Act 4 Islands clarifies progression, though existing characters who already skipped that step are unaffected.
- Stability fixes may reduce crashes, but the evidence only supports that crashes were fixed, not how often players were affected.
Sources
- https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/4006357