GGG posted 0.5.5c — a repair pass two weeks into Forbidden Rites, not a balance patch. No new league mechanics; mostly Legacy of the Precursors unblockers, Trial of Chaos wager fixes, and Ritual economy bugs. Full notes stay on pathofexile.com.
What actually matters
### Legacy of the Precursors — if you were stuck
- Origin Spark / Origin Cradle — you must now have been in the instance when the Patriarch Halls and Matriarch Halls bosses die to pick them up.
- Ancient Crisis Fragment / Weathered Crisis Fragment — same rule for the Western and Eastern Enigma Chamber bosses.
- Recovery path: players who beat Arbiter of Ash without actually killing Count Geonor and Doryani in the Enigma Chambers could not progress. They can now re-fight Arbiter of Ash, then see and speak to Doryani after the elevator in The Burning Monolith.
If your Fortress quest stalled after the Arbiter, this patch is aimed at you.
### Trial of Chaos & Ritual
- Wager of Chaos tier 2 was only granting +1 minimum rewards instead of +2 — fixed. Check your wagers if you were running double-or-nothing currency in Chaos.
- Deferred Ritual items could have their cost tick up multiple times per area when Favours were rerolled — fixed.
- Players could clip inside terrain in Trial of Chaos — fixed.
- Balbala in the Trial of the Sekhemas now has an Identify Items option.
### Campaign, migration, and Expedition
- Act 4 islands now require turning in the Boat Charter to Makoru. Characters who already reached the islands without that step are unaffected.
- Runesmithing Knowledge from Runeseeker campaign quests could be lost after SSF migration or Hardcore death — fixed.
- Farrow's shop could fail to find Verisium stored in Expedition Stash Tabs — fixed.
- The Hooded One could be missing near Rog's shop in Kingsmarch if you travelled to islands without sailing — fixed.
- Ziggurat Refuge — you now wake in bed on first entry to the endgame town.
### Boss combat & stability
- Tavakai, the Chieftain — minions could block phase 2 movement.
- Rakkar, the Frozen Talon — parry during certain skills could leave it immune to some damage.
- Tor Gul, the Defiler — parry or stun during certain skills could freeze its AI.
- Asinia and Draven could output wrong names in chat in Forbidden Rites — fixed.
- 3 client crashes and 3 instance crashes fixed.
This sits after 0.5.5b (Expedition spawns and tablet drops). Still no skill or unique manifesto — that clock is still on 1.0.
On PoE Source
- 0.5.5 Forbidden Rites notes — league systems from the September 4 patch
- Forbidden Rites FAQ — how long the league runs, how to join
- Fortress & Arbiter — endgame quest context
Summarized for PoE Source; see official sources for full details.
Sources: 0.5.5c Patch Notes (GGG, official)