The Awakening, entered closed beta on 20 April 2015 and fully released on 10 July 2015. Former Rampage and Beyond content added to core game. The next major patch, 1.3, was considered part of the expansion, which adds another NPC, the PVP Master, Leo, new leagues Bloodlines and Torment, new gems and more. The second expansion, Forsaken Masters, was announced on 31 July 2014 and released on 20 August 2014. It comes with a host of new features, including crafting, recruitable NPCs called Masters (who remain at the player’s hideout offering them daily training missions and specialized items), customized personal hideouts, reworked passive skill tree, new gems, Beyond and Rampage were leagues in 1.2, former Ambush and Invasion content added to core game and more. Path of Exile’s first digital expansion, Sacrifice of the Vaal, was released on 5 March 2014. The expansion included new bosses, currency, areas, Ambush and Invasion leagues, and PvP modes. Shrines from Domination and Nemesis mods on monsters have been added to the core game. The launch of the game introduced the second half of Act 3 (six new world areas) and made Dominus the final boss of the game, it introduced the seventh character class the Scion and more. Half way through the Open Beta the first pair of Challenge Leagues were released Anarchy and Onslaught, with the official launch of the game new Challenge Leagues launched alongside the release Domination and Nemesis. Originally Open Beta version 0.10.0 in January 2013 marked the point where Path of Exile was opened to the public as a free-to-play game.
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In October of 2013, Path of Exile officially launched leaving what had been Open Beta, the launch was an expansion that changed the shape of the game.