TL;DR
Path of Exile 2 patch 0.5.5c fixes several quest progression blockers, adds an Identify Items option for Balbala in the Trial of the Sekhemas, and addresses multiple combat, UI, and crash issues.
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.
- Updated quest pickup requirements so players must have been present when the relevant bosses die to collect:
- Origin Spark and Origin Cradle from the Patriarch Halls and Matriarch Halls bosses
- Ancient Crisis Fragment and Weathered Crisis Fragment from the Western Enigma Chamber and Eastern Enigma Chamber bosses
- 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.
- Changed Act 4 Island access so players must now have turned in the Boat Charter to Makoru.
- Fixed a Ritual issue where Deferred Items could update their costs multiple times in a single area when Favours were rerolled.
- Fixed several visibility, quest, and progression issues, including:
- The Hooded One not appearing near Rog’s shop in Kingsmarch under certain travel conditions
- The player not waking up in bed upon first entering the Ziggurat Refuge endgame town
- Missing Runesmithing Knowledge unlocks for characters migrated from SSF or died in Hardcore
- Fixed multiple boss and encounter issues:
- Tavakai, the Chieftain could be blocked by player minions during phase 2 transition
- 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 a Trial of Chaos issue where players could get inside terrain.
- Fixed a chat-name issue for Asinia and Draven in the Forbidden Rites league.
- Fixed a shop issue where Farrow’s shop could fail to find Verisium stored in Expedition Stash Tabs.
- Fixed 3 client crashes and 3 instance crashes.
Patch Impact
Quest progression, Trials, Ritual, boss encounters, shop interactions, and stability.
The patch removes several blockers and incorrect behaviors that could stop progress, mis-handle rewards, or disrupt fights and interactions.
Only one explicit action is supported — players who want to access Act 4 Islands must have turned in the Boat Charter to Makoru. Existing characters that did not do this already are stated to be unaffected.
Who Is Affected
The evidence explicitly names these affected entities:
– Legacy of the Precursors questline
– Arbiter of Divinity
– Arbiter of Ash
– Count Geonor
– Doryani
– Boat Charter
– Makoru
– Ritual Deferred Items
– The Hooded One
– Rog’s shop
– Ziggurat Refuge
– Runesmithing Knowledge / Runeseeker quests
– Tavakai, the Chieftain
– Trial of Chaos and the “Wager of Chaos” modifier
– Rakkar, the Frozen Talon
– Tor Gul, the Defiler
– Balbala
– Trial of the Sekhemas
– Asinia and Draven
– Farrow’s shop
– Verisium
– Expedition Stash Tabs
What Players Should Do
- If you are progressing Legacy of the Precursors, make sure you are present when the relevant bosses die before trying to pick up the listed quest items.
- If you were blocked after defeating the Arbiter of Ash without defeating Count Geonor and Doryani in the Enigma Chambers, defeat the Arbiter of Ash again and check for Doryani after ascending the elevator in The Burning Monolith.
- If you want access to Act 4 Islands, turn in the Boat Charter to Makoru.
- If you use Balbala in the Trial of the Sekhemas, the new Identify Items option is now available.
- No other immediate player action is confirmed by the evidence.
Compared With Previous Patch
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Player Impact
- Supported impact: the patch removes several progression blockers that could prevent quest completion or advancement in Legacy of the Precursors and related content.
- Supported impact: Ritual cost updates, Trial of Chaos terrain issues, and several boss interaction bugs have been addressed, which should reduce encounter and system friction.
- Supported impact: the new Identify Items option for Balbala may reduce manual item-identification steps in the Trial of the Sekhemas.
- Cautious implication: fixing client and instance crashes may improve stability for affected players, but the evidence does not quantify how often those crashes occurred.
Sources
- https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/4006357