PoE 3.30 Uniques — New & Reworked in Covens of Umbra
The patch adds 11 new uniques plus the Mycelium Core jewel base, and reworks several classics. These are the ones worth knowing — what they do and who wants them.
The headline items: Hide of the Vendigo turns empty-hand builds into claw builds, The Sword of Ages enables a movement-skill playstyle (Flicker Strike is the obvious fit), The Covetous Dark steals permanent mods from pinnacle bosses, and Putrid Seed grows random passive notables on your tree.
The confirmed new uniques
| Unique | Base | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Hide of the Vendigo | Exquisite Leather body armour | Unarmed attacks work as if holding a claw and gain 194–301 cold damage, +25% spell suppression, 189% evasion. Opens claw skills/nodes with an empty main hand — shield still usable. |
| The Sword of Ages | Exquisite Blade 2H sword | Triggers level 20 Temporal Mirage on Movement Attacks, +2 movement skill gems, 113% movement-skill damage, +50% global crit multi. The Flicker Strike item. |
| The Covetous Dark | Eye Gouger claw | Blinding a pinnacle Atlas boss plucks a permanent modifier off it — up to two bosses' powers locked into the claw. Farm the right two bosses and it becomes a build-around. |
| Putrid Seed | Mycelium Core jewel | Anoint it with oils and it grows four random passive notables onto the tree at a large cluster socket — each socket grows a different pattern. A lottery ticket for off-path notables. |
| Dreadmaidens' Sacrament | Basalt Flask | Taunts on use, removes 17% of current life, and gives a chance to use damaging Retaliation skills freely — scaling with the life removed. The Retaliation enabler. |
GGG showcased those five directly; the remaining slots in the 11-unique count are filled out by league drops discovered post-launch — check the community unique database as they surface. All league uniques drop from coven rituals, Fate-empowered bosses and the general Covens pool.
Reworked classics
| Unique | What changed |
|---|---|
| Doedre's Tongue | Now drops only from Covens of Umbra encounters — stronger resistances and new curse-themed mods. |
| Femurs of the Saints | Reworked for 3.30. |
| Doryani's Invitation | Reworked for 3.30. |
| Shavronne's Wrappings | Reworked for 3.30 — a legacy low-life staple getting a new pass. |
| Valdo's Puzzle Box | Dozens of new foiled outcomes added. |
| Voidborn Reliquary | Dozens of new foiled outcomes added. |
Mycelium Core — the new jewel base
- 1A large-jewel base, not a cluster
Mycelium Core jewels socket into allocated Large Jewel Sockets and grow passive notables onto the tree — the notables don't interact with jewel radius.
- 2Where it drops
The Effulgent Blightworm miniboss can ambush you at the end of Blight encounters (forced via Blight Threads) — kill it for the jewel.
- 3Why it matters
Growing expensive notables (Swagger, Twin Terrors, Courage, Skittering Runes among the fixed pool) saves real pathing points — good rolls will be chase items all league.
FAQ
- ?How many new uniques are in PoE 3.30?
Eleven new unique items plus the Mycelium Core jewel base, per the patch notes — with a handful more of the confirmed five already detailed by GGG.
- ?Which new unique is build-enabling?
Hide of the Vendigo (unarmed→claw archetype) and The Covetous Dark (steals boss powers permanently) create genuinely new builds; The Sword of Ages supercharges existing movement-attack builds.
- ?Where do the new uniques drop?
Coven ritual encounters, Fate-empowered bosses and the general Covens of Umbra drop pool; Putrid Seed specifically comes from the Blight-threaded Effulgent Blightworm miniboss.
- ?Are any worth build-around money?
Two-boss Covetous Dark claws and well-rolled Putrid Seed patterns are the lottery items; everything else should settle into normal league pricing within weeks.