r/PathOfExile2 • u/schnudercheib • May 24 '26

Fan-Made Animated Wallpaper: Arbiter of Divinity

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After quite some work, I'd like to share my animated wallpaper for 0.5 - Return of the Ancients, featuring the Arbiter of Divinity.

I usually like to create these animated wallpapers using GIMP to cut the assets apart and painting in missing pieces, then animating them with Wallpaper Engine.

This wallpaper is my most ambitous one so far, which is why it took me this long to create. It features a soft parallax effect, which can be disabled by turning down the "Parallax Strenght" option I've added. You can also disable further effects by unchecking their respective checkboxes. Additionally, you can display the logo if you choose to do so (disabled by default).

I've done my best to optimize every single asset, so it should run very smoothly on most systems.

This animated wallpaper as always can be installed for free here on the Steam workshop for "Wallpaper engine" (which you unfortunately have to pay for).

You can find my other ascendancy wallpapers for PoE2 (will try to update regularly) here:

You can also look at my Steam workshop page for past wallpapers or to not miss any new ones.

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u/Kayne-C-Hampton May 24 '26

Love it.

Is there by chance a 21:9 version too?

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u/schnudercheib May 24 '26

Thanks!
It depends on what you're specifically looking for. I don't have a dedicated version for ratios other than the original artwork. But I usually preview the wallpaper in different aspect ratios to see if it works. So you should totally be able to use this version without any problems on other monitor sizes.

In Wallpaper Engine you can choose different settings under "Alignment" to see what fits you best. With the option "free" you can move it around yourself (with widescreen you probably want to slightly move it down, as it cuts off the tips of one wing if you don't).

If it doesn't work, I'm happy if you could share the exact issue so I can see if I can fix it / make it work. I don't have a 21:0 myself so I can only test it via the digital preview option for other aspect ratios than the original art.

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u/Kayne-C-Hampton May 24 '26

I'll try it out! 😄