Path of Exile has run challenge leagues since 2013, and across the last six — from Necropolis in March 2024 through the live 3.29: Curse of the Allflame — Grinding Gear Games has swung between an 119-day sprint and a 322-day marathon. That marathon isn’t a typo: one league ran nearly three times longer than the shortest, the direct result of GGG splitting its team to ship Path of Exile 2. This is the complete, sourced record of every recent Path of Exile league, its exact dates, and the stats that explain why the cadence broke.
- Leagues Tracked
- 6 (5 past + 1 live)
- Shortest
- 3.24 Necropolis · 119 days
- Longest
- 3.25 Settlers of Kalguur · 322 days
- Median
- 136 days (last 5)
How Path of Exile Leagues Work
A Path of Exile league is a themed, time-limited game mode bundled with a major content patch. Every league starts everyone on a fresh, empty economy, adds a headline mechanic (corpse crafting, town-building, a mirrored dimension), and ships its own challenge track that unlocks cosmetic microtransactions, stash tabs, and pets for players who complete enough of it before the league closes.
Historically, Path of Exile ran leagues on a tight, predictable rhythm — a median of roughly 98 days (about 14 weeks) across more than 40 leagues tracked since 2013, with the large majority launching on a Friday. That changed once Grinding Gear Games began splitting development resources with Path of Exile 2: the five most recent leagues have run a median of 136 days, nearly five weeks longer than the historical norm, and the transitional 3.25 Settlers of Kalguur league — which overlapped Path of Exile 2’s December 2024 Early Access launch — stretched to 322 days, by far the longest league PoE1 has ever run.
Next Path of Exile season
| Season | Start | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Next season (unannounced) | — | Not announced |
For the live end-date timer see the Path of Exile hub. Dates above come from the same data and refresh with it.
All Path of Exile Leagues — Complete Table
Every Path of Exile league since Necropolis, sorted newest to oldest. Dates come from Grinding Gear Games’ official patch announcements, cross-referenced with our own live season records.
| Patch | League | Start Date | End Date | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.29 | Curse of the Allflame | Jul 24, 2026 | Open | — |
| 3.28 | Mirage | Mar 6, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 | 136 days |
| 3.27 | Keepers of the Flame | Oct 31, 2025 | Mar 6, 2026 | 127 days |
| 3.26 | Secrets of the Atlas | Jun 13, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | 140 days |
| 3.25 | Settlers of Kalguur | Jul 26, 2024 | Jun 13, 2025 | 322 days |
| 3.24 | Necropolis | Mar 29, 2024 | Jul 26, 2024 | 119 days |
3.29: Curse of the Allflame
Curse of the Allflame launched July 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM PDT (20:00 UTC), revealed a week earlier during GGG Live on July 16. It’s a deep-sea themed league that sends players into sunken depths against cursed foes wielding the volatile Allflame. The headline system change removes socket colors entirely — any Skill Gem now fits any equipment socket, with a matching color granting +10% Quality — alongside reworks to Abyss and Legion, the return of the Mercenaries of Trarthus, and a new Scion Ascendancy.
3.28: Mirage — Mar 6, 2026 to Jul 20, 2026
Mirage ran 136 days and sent players chasing Djinn held captive by the Afarud, entering a mirrored “Astral Realm” copy of the current zone to make a Wish and shatter an Astral Chain for loot. The patch also overhauled how maps are selected — tiers became generic, with layout chosen separately on the Atlas UI — and folded 3.27’s Keepers of the Flame Breach content into the core game.
3.27: Keepers of the Flame — Oct 31, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
Keepers of the Flame ran 127 days and revisited the Breach mechanic, pulling breach drops out of other league mechanics so players had to engage Breach directly to farm its rewards. It added three new Uber boss fights — Incarnation of Dread, Fear, and Neglect — plus ten new Bloodline Ascendancy classes that layer onto a character’s existing ascendancy.
3.26: Secrets of the Atlas — Jun 13, 2025 to Oct 31, 2025
Secrets of the Atlas ran 140 days, the second-longest completed league on record, with an endgame-focused patch built around Atlas progression and mapping changes.
3.25: Settlers of Kalguur — Jul 26, 2024 to Jun 13, 2025
The longest Path of Exile league ever, at 322 days — more than double the next-longest entry on this list. Settlers of Kalguur introduced Kingsmarch, a town-building endgame layer where familiar NPCs (Dannig, Rog, Tujen, Gwennen) recruit paid workers, using an entirely new currency — gold — to build farms, mines, and docks. Its extreme length overlaps Path of Exile 2’s December 2024 Early Access launch and GGG’s subsequent 2025 focus on PoE2 content, which is the most likely explanation for why no PoE1 patch shipped for nearly eleven months.
3.24: Necropolis — Mar 29, 2024 to Jul 26, 2024
Necropolis ran 119 days, the shortest league in this table. Its headline mechanic had players collecting corpses left behind by vanquished, spirit-possessed monsters, then burying them in a graveyard to craft items — adjacent corpses in the graveyard layout combine their crafting effects, adding a puzzle-like layer to end-game itemization.
Records & Stats
Six leagues, running from March 2024 to today, already show a clear before-and-after split around Path of Exile 2’s launch.
Longest and Shortest
| Rank | League | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (longest) | 3.25 Settlers of Kalguur | 322 days |
| 2 | 3.26 Secrets of the Atlas | 140 days |
| 3 | 3.28 Mirage | 136 days |
| 4 | 3.27 Keepers of the Flame | 127 days |
| 5 (shortest) | 3.24 Necropolis | 119 days |
Drop the Settlers of Kalguur outlier and the remaining four completed leagues span just 119 to 140 days — a tight 21-day range. Include it, and the spread balloons to 203 days, more than the shortest league’s entire runtime.
Average vs. Median
The five completed leagues average 169 days, pulled well above the historical PoE1 norm by the 322-day Settlers of Kalguur outlier. The median — 136 days — is the more honest read of a “typical” modern PoE1 league, and it lines up with the 3.28 Mirage league almost exactly.
The Historical Shift
Path of Exile’s median league length sat at roughly 98 days across more than 40 leagues tracked since 2013, with most launching on a Friday. Every one of the last five leagues has run longer than that historical median — the shortest of them, Necropolis at 119 days, still beats the all-time average by three weeks. The gap tracks cleanly with Grinding Gear Games splitting development between Path of Exile 1 and Path of Exile 2 starting in late 2024, which stretched PoE1’s release cadence even after Settlers of Kalguur ended.
What’s Next
Grinding Gear Games has not announced Path of Exile 3.30. Industry coverage around ExileCon 2026 (November 7–8) points to a late-November or early-December launch window, which — if accurate — would put 3.29 in the 120–140-day range that has defined every league since Necropolis. Treat this as unofficial until GGG confirms it.
What Happens When a Path of Exile League Ends
Every Path of Exile league ends the same way. League characters and everything in their stash tabs automatically migrate to the permanent Standard league (or Hardcore Standard for characters that died or opted into Hardcore). Nothing is deleted — items and currency carry over into Standard’s long-running economy, though league-fresh prices typically collapse once the themed league’s supply of new items stops.
Challenge cosmetics — the microtransaction effects, portal skins, and pets earned through a league’s challenge track — lock in permanently once earned, but become unobtainable the moment the league closes; they cannot be farmed again in Standard or a future league. The seasonal Kirac’s Vault Pass cosmetics follow the same rule: unlock them before the league ends, or the specific rewards are gone.
Track the live 3.29 countdown on the Path of Exile timer page so the Curse of the Allflame challenge deadline doesn’t creep up on you. For the sequel’s very different — and much shorter — league history, see every Path of Exile 2 league and its dates, or check Path of Exile 2’s patch notes for what’s changed since Early Access launched. More game histories are on the seasontimer blog.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Path of Exile leagues have there been?
Path of Exile has run more than 40 challenge leagues since 2013. This page tracks the six most recent: five completed leagues from Necropolis (March 2024) through Mirage (July 2026), plus the currently open 3.29 Curse of the Allflame — tracked live on the Path of Exile timer.
How long do Path of Exile leagues usually last?
The five most recently completed leagues have a median of 136 days, well above the historical PoE1 median of roughly 98 days. That shift dates to Grinding Gear Games splitting development between Path of Exile 1 and Path of Exile 2 starting in late 2024.
What was the longest Path of Exile league?
3.25: Settlers of Kalguur, at 322 days — more than double any other league in this table. It ran from July 26, 2024 to June 13, 2025, overlapping Path of Exile 2’s December 2024 Early Access launch, which is the most likely reason GGG went nearly eleven months without a new PoE1 patch afterward.
What was the shortest Path of Exile league?
3.24: Necropolis, at 119 days, running March 29 to July 26, 2024. Its corpse-collecting, graveyard-crafting mechanic was the last PoE1 league before Settlers of Kalguur’s outlier-length run.
What happens to my characters when a Path of Exile league ends?
All league characters and their stash-tab items automatically migrate to the permanent Standard league (Hardcore Standard for Hardcore characters). Nothing is deleted, but league-specific challenge cosmetics stop being obtainable the moment the league closes.
Data sourced from Grinding Gear Games’ official patch notes and forum announcements, cross-referenced with our live season records. Last updated August 20, 2026.