poedat

Poedat is a community-driven data initiative within the Path of Exile (PoE) ecosystem. The project aims to collect, standardize, and publish data about items, drops, currencies, and game mechanics across PoE leagues and patches to support analysis, balance discussions, and tooling. It relies on contributions from players who submit observed drop data, item statistics, and patch-related changes, which are then curated by volunteers and made available to the public.

The scope of Poedat typically includes item bases, rarity, currencies, essences, map drops, boss drops, and other drop sources, as well as how these elements change across patches and leagues. Data is organized by patch version and league, enabling trend analysis, comparisons over time, and integration with third-party calculators or wikis. The initiative may provide datasets, documentation, and sometimes an API or data portals to facilitate reuse.

Access and licensing are usually oriented toward openness, with data released under permissive licenses and hosted on public repositories or dedicated portals. Transparency about methodologies, data provenance, and update cadence is emphasized to help users assess reliability and suitability for their purposes.

Impact and limitations: Poedat serves as a resource for theorycrafting, gear planning, and community-driven guides and wikis. It is not an official source of PoE data, and its usefulness depends on the quality and coverage of user-contributed data. Limitations include sampling bias, data gaps, and potential delays in reflecting the latest game changes.

See also: Path of Exile, data science in games, game data repositories.