Entering maps causes 5k-7k ping and then disconnect

Begun happening for me today(11/1/25) around 8pm PDT
Regardless of instance, when nearing monsters or mechanics.
Playing Poison Mamba

I've deleted my shader cache, verified the game files using Packcheck.exe, did a clean install of my graphic drivers using ddu, and made sure both my modem and network switch were updated. Yet the issue persists.

https://youtu.be/ogrV6ZlhWtQ

WinMTR results:
Google DNS
https://pastebin.com/SgGn7Zi7


Cloudflare DNS
https://pastebin.com/N4RJWku7

Stopped spiking to 60k ping while using cloudflares dns but ping is still at an unplayable level 500-4000ms

As Of 10:30pm PDT the issue seems to have resolved itself for the most part aside from irregular large spikes.

Look like Ping and crashes are related to the new league mechanic, seems the league specific mobs are preloaded on the map... and when you enter the map with small rooms, narrows, like vaal pyramid, thicket or for example tower, where a big density mobs have to be squeezed to small rooms or narrows, the game start lagging and can crash.

As mostly I have an high ping and crashes on those like maps. Clearing a few mobs help a lot to reduce mob quantity on the map. But something it is impossible as the game lag and crash immediately.

UK servers Spikes of lag upto 23k, problem only started with this league.

https://pastebin.com/4GXBtzvt

i have the same issue, it seems to be related to breach and some other contents but especially breach. It was happening in poe 2 abyss content. I am playing from Epic Games if it is matter

Same here. Solid PC hardware, very good internet. Getting disconnects on servers Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Milan and spikes up to 10k+ ms

+1

What was said above that it seems to crash on narrow maps makes sense.

I noticed that im crashing on these maps aswell.

"funny" thing is... if im getting away from the league mechanic the ping normalizes itself again. Getting closer and the latency spikes infinitly until crash.


Heres a video i recorded of that exact behaviour:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/748275325636706317/1434530385316020356/poe_latency_issue.mp4?ex=6908aa08&is=69075888&hm=8799a25e39b4257dd559eb724fb3d0ae96a995cb7dc74b73010bef016e031ee9&

(for some reasons the copied link from discord doesnt wanna make it viewable in browser and instead downloads the video. its just 40mb, but so you know)

same here
https://pastebin.com/zKmCEp6p

happened to me the last three leagues. but im somehow managed to play.
this time its unplayble.

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Timothy_GGG wrote:

Best thing to help us with diagnosing these issues is to post WinMTR results:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1377789

Hi there, I'm also running into this issue. It's not just in maps, but I also encountered it during campaign.

Now that I'm in endgame, it results in a lot of wasted portals, maps, and time.

I hope the team can fix the issue.
- I'm in Singapore realm
- WinMTR results: https://pastebin.com/m4U6Lkym

Guys try to find any US gateway or Canada (if you are on EU).. yes for me its about 120-130 ms than on 20-40 on EU, but after 10+ maps no single 10 000+ ms bug out. Seems somehow this issue is related also to gateways.