The mysterious boat league has been a deep cut bit of lore in Path of Exile's community for something like ten years now. "Redacted" forum posts, bits of fishing lore on items removed from the game, and hinty posts from the legendary former community manager Bex (we miss you!) have resulted in a playerbase frothing at the mouth for it to finally happen. With PoE's latest league, the Settlers of Kalguur, we've finally got it—and it's a doozy.
The 3.25 patch for Path of Exile released last week, and it's already being hailed as one of the best ever. A news post from the Grinding Gear Games team on the Sunday of launch weekend said they had a new record peak of 350,000 players, content creators have been glowing, and anecdotally I've never seen my friends so excited for a league.
