Crash shortly after launch

I have the exact same issue which also started for me today (25th). Game will run for 10 seconds before crashing on DX12. The sound stutters and changes in the background, suggesting it does actually run but at a horrendously slow speed. Changing to Vulkan just crashes instantly and DX11 puts a 50% strain on my GPU and 70% on my CPU by just looking at Kingsmarch.

I verified files on Steam, I reset my game settings by deleting the Documents/My Games/Path of Exile folder, nothing worked.

Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Radeon RX 9070 XT
Windows 10 (extended EU life support)
AMD Adrenalin Drivers v. 25.11.1
Last edited by JakeMalinov#2973 on Nov 25, 2025, 11:13:12 AM
Same issue

AMD ryzen 5600X
Gefroce RTX 3080
"
paafzor#6685 wrote:
Same issue

AMD ryzen 5600X
Gefroce RTX 3080


+1
Same issue.

Seems if I turn off Discord the issue resolves, at least for the past 5 mins.

Update:

It had been over 20 mins with no issues, started Discord back up and the game froze and dropped within 15 seconds. Seems like Discord is the problem at least in my case.



7800X/3D
4070Ti Super
Last edited by NeoRommulus#7324 on Nov 25, 2025, 1:26:42 PM
Disabled discord game overlay and it stopped crashing for me.
Thanks disabling discord worked for me too.
"
Same issue.

Seems if I turn off Discord the issue resolves, at least for the past 5 mins.

Update:

It had been over 20 mins with no issues, started Discord back up and the game froze and dropped within 15 seconds. Seems like Discord is the problem at least in my case.



7800X/3D
4070Ti Super


Thank you, turned off legacy overlay on Discord and now the game runs on DX12 again. Wasn't expecting Discord to be the culprit.
Discord game overlay seems to have caused it...
"
Same issue.

Seems if I turn off Discord the issue resolves, at least for the past 5 mins.

Update:

It had been over 20 mins with no issues, started Discord back up and the game froze and dropped within 15 seconds. Seems like Discord is the problem at least in my case.



7800X/3D
4070Ti Super


yeah, disabling legacy overlay in doscord helped me too

R5 7500F
RTX 5070
Vulkan
Can confirm turning off discord overlay worked. Turned off, ran game dx12 just fine, turned on overlay, froze.

Report Forum Post

Report Account:

Report Type

Additional Info