General Disclaimer

Effective Date: August 2026

Legal information regarding intellectual property, file safety, and third-party links.

1. Affiliation with Grinding Gear Games

Path of Hideouts is an unofficial, community-driven fan project and is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or specifically approved by Grinding Gear Games. Path of Exile and Grinding Gear Games are trademarks or registered trademarks of Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand, Australia, and other countries. All game assets, artwork, and related intellectual property belong exclusively to their respective owners.


2. User-Generated Content & File Safety

This platform hosts .hideout configuration files and comments uploaded by community members. All .hideout files downloaded from this site are plain-text JSON files containing game coordinate data intended to be parsed directly by the official Path of Exile game client. They are non-executable and cannot run scripts or binaries on your system.

While we employ automated file validation and active moderation, you download and import hideout files at your own discretion. If you believe a file violates copyright or contains problematic data, please contact site administration for immediate review and removal.


3. External Links & Third-Party Platforms

This website contains links to external, third-party services (such as Discord, Patreon, Ko-fi, and user-provided social profiles). Path of Hideouts has no control over and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy practices, or safety of any external third-party websites or services.


4. "As Is" Warranty & Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by Australian Consumer Law, all information and services on this site are provided on an "as is" basis. While we strive to maintain complete accuracy in our decoration calculations and hideout parsing engines, Path of Hideouts (operated from Australia) does not warrant that the website will be error-free, uninterrupted, or immune to technical downtime.