Q 01/05

On which cursed continent, used as a penal colony, do the exiles of Path of Exile wake on the shore?

A) Ngamakanui

B) Kalguur

C) Wraeclast

D) Vastiri

Answer · why

C) Wraeclast

Wraeclast was once the seat of a mighty empire, and its ruins hold the secrets of both the Eternal Empire and the older Vaal civilisation.

Q 02/05

Which studio, founded in a suburban garage in 2006, developed and published Path of Exile?

A) Grinding Gear Games

B) Eleventh Hour Games

C) Crate Entertainment

D) Runic Games

Answer · why

A) Grinding Gear Games

Grinding Gear Games kept the project under the radar for three years before announcing it publicly in September 2010.

Q 03/05

In which Southern Hemisphere country was Path of Exile made, by a studio now seen as that nation's most prominent?

A) Australia

B) New Zealand

C) South Africa

D) Argentina

Answer · why

B) New Zealand

New Zealand's most prominent game developer began in a co-founder's garage in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn before moving to offices in Titirangi.

Q 04/05

Path of Exile is often described as the successor in all but name to which dark action role-playing game from 2000?

A) Titan Quest

B) Dungeon Siege

C) Torchlight

D) Diablo II

Answer · why

D) Diablo II

Diablo II was the main model, but the designers also cited Titan Quest, Guild Wars and the card game Magic: The Gathering as inspirations.

Q 05/05

Which in-game money, absent from Path of Exile for over a decade, arrived with the Settlers of Kalguur league?

A) Azurite

B) Gold

C) Sulphite

D) Markers

Answer · why

B) Gold

Gold came with a catch: it cannot be traded to other players and is spent only with non-player characters.