Tempest league

"Wraeclast is affected by magical Tempests. These can cause a variety of effects that influence both monsters and players, such as changing their sizes, causing damage, altering drop rates or even automatically animating weapons that drop."

- Description on the official Path of Exile website

The Tempest league was a hardcore challenge league. This league introduced Tempests. These can cause a variety of effects that influence both monsters and players, such as changing their sizes, causing damage, altering drop rates or automatically animating weapons that drop. It was possible to see the current affected areas on the World Screen.

The league started along with the Warbands league on July 10, 2015. Both leagues ended October 2, 2015. At the end of the league, all living characters and stashes were be moved to the Hardcore league. Characters that died in this league would immediately respawn in the Standard league.

Items
These unique items are exclusive to the Tempest league. After the league end, they can be acquired by using Zana crafted Tempest modifier, some divination cards, as well as other generic drop sources of league-specific item.