Grinding Gear Games have announced the release date for the Harvest DLC expansion for hack and slash action RPG Path of Exile.

As stated in the press release (via Games Press), players are tasked with assisting Oshabi in exploring the Sacred Grove. Find seed caches, and cultivate a garden that will create powerful beasts. The Lifeforce from these slain monsters can then be used in crafting powerful gear, or growing more exotic crops.

The expansion’s Key Features include:

• “Download and play all content for free, but never pay-to-win.
• The Harvest Challenge League and its powerful crafting system.
• Four new Warcry skills, and a rework of three existing ones.
• Three new Brands, one Brand support gem and revamped existing brands.
• New ‘Slam’ skill category including a news Slam skill and support gem. Revamps to existing slams.
• Dynamic rebalance to existing gameplay.
• Improvements to over 50 unique items as well as 12 new ones.
• A Passive Skill Tree revamp
• Delirium core game intergration”

You can find out more via the official website here.

You can find the Harvest Official Trailer and developer commentary below.

The Path of Exile: Harvest DLC launches June 19th on Windows PC, and “the following week” on PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

You can find a rundown of the game (via Steam) below:

You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Created by hardcore gamers, Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. With a focus on visceral action combat, powerful items and deep character customization, Path of Exile is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.

Key Features

• Freedom. Power. Revenge.
  Banished for your misdeeds to the dark, brutal world of Wraeclast, you play as the Duelist, Witch, Ranger, Templar, Marauder, Shadow or the Scion class. From forsaken shores through to the ruined city of Sarn, explore Wraeclast and uncover the ancient secrets waiting for you.
• Unlimited Character Customization
  Create and customize hundreds of unique skill combinations from tradable itemized gems and our gigantic passive skill tree. Combine skill gems, support gems and trigger gems to create your own unique combination of power, defense and destruction.
• Deadly Missions
  The Forsaken Masters each have their own style of mission and each of these missions has many variations. As you explore deeper into Wraeclast, the pool of available variations increases to challenge you in new ways. All of the Missions and their variations can occur anywhere in the game, including within end-game Maps.
• Dressed to Kill
  Path of Exile is all about items. Find, collect and trade magic, rare and unique items with arcane properties, then customize your character build around the deadliest combinations you possess.
• Brutal Competitive Play
  Battle in PvP tournaments seasons and Capture the Flag events for worldwide recognition. Compete in Daily Leagues and Race Events that run as separate game worlds with their own ladders and economies to win valuable prizes.
• Customise Your Hideout
  ​In their extensive travels throughout Wraeclast, the Forsaken Masters have discovered ideal locations for an Exile to use as their own secret Hideout. Once you’ve earned a Master’s trust, you may be taken to a Hideout, where you can create your own personalised town. Masters residing in your Hideout offer you daily Missions and train you in advanced crafting options. Use your Hideout as a quiet place to craft after battle, or expand it and use it as a personalised Guild Hall with hundreds of decorations.
• Fair-To-Play. Never Pay-To-Win.
  We’re committed to creating a fair playing field for all players. You cannot gain gameplay advantage by spending real money in Path of Exile.

Path of Exile is available on Windows PC (via Steam), PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Image: Path of Exile: Harvest official website