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Eight racers have qualified for the Path of Exile finales on the ExileCon main stage. Here is who they are, how they got there and when you can watch from Australia.
ExileCon 2026 runs on 7 and 8 November in New Zealand time, and Grinding Gear Games marked the one-month countdown this morning. Alongside the keynote and developer talks, both games get a live race finale.
The Path of Exile 2 finalists are Jiluo, Giuygiuyg, Jigglypuff and Luxian, according to the qualifier wrap-up. The Path of Exile 1 finalists are allexpleblord, imexile, MOSTPOSITIVEMAN and Ben_, per the PoE1 wrap-up.
They came through four qualifier races for each game. In the Path of Exile 2 qualifiers, the first player to kill Tavakai in Act Four won. They raced Solo Self-Found on a fixed layout, and every death froze them for two and a half minutes. The PoE1 races ended at Kitava in Act 5, with a one-minute freeze per death.
The Path of Exile 2 winners earned flights to Auckland, accommodation for the weekend and an Ultra VIP ticket. Each also got the Demigod’s Virtue unique helmet. The finale is played on PC, and racers can bring their own .build files and peripherals.
You can watch it all free. The stream starts at 12pm PST on 6 and 7 November on Twitch and YouTube. That is 7am AEDT on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, 6am in Brisbane and 4am in Perth. The keynote starts an hour later, at 8am AEDT on the Saturday.
If you would rather be in the room, GGG has released “a very limited batch” of tickets on its ExileCon page. The full schedule is due in a couple of weeks, and new Twitch Drops will be announced before the event.
Source: Grinding Gear Games (Steam) – One Month until ExileCon 2026, Grinding Gear Games (Steam) – ExileCon 2026 Race Qualifier VODs (PoE2), Grinding Gear Games (Steam) – ExileCon 2026 Race Qualifier VODs (PoE1), Grinding Gear Games (Steam) – Path of Exile 2 ExileCon Qualifiers Begin Next Week, Grinding Gear Games – ExileCon