Poe on Mac M1-3

portingkit (PK) Setup
Note: PK is no longer an option to run POE2. You can still use it for POE and any of the other apps, such as PoB and PoB2

portingkit can be found at portingkit. This option is available for both M series and Intel based system. To setup PK do the following

Download the latest version of portingkit (6.3.2 as of this writing).

Select Custom port from All Games (LHS side app menu). Name the port (whatever you want).

Select the Engine and Operating system. Select the engine

WS12WineCXBit23.7.1-3_D3DMetal-v1.1 (if available) or WS11WineCX64Bit23.7.1_D3DMetal-v1.1 for M series. Select WS12WineCX64Bit22.1.1 for Intel series. The OS can be either Win10 or Win11.

Select the appropraite PathofExile (PathofExileInstaller.exe) installer file (where ever you downloaded to on your system).

portingkit will go through the wrapper setup. This may take a while depending on your system. When you see the POE install screen pop up click Install and let it run. If installed correctly you will see the "Installation complete" screen. Press close to continue.

Select C:\Program Files (x86)\Grinding Gear Games\Path of Exile\PathofExile.exe only from the next pop up box. This should complete the initial install.

Start POE via portingkit. This will kick off the update to install the full game (the 40+GB).

Once that is done you need to check that you have renderer set to DirectX12 in the production_Config.ini file on an M series Mac. This file should be found in /Users/<username>/Documents/My Games/Path of Exile/ folder. Under the DISPLAY section find renderer_type. Change it to renderer_type=DirectX12. On Intel based systems the renderer setting must be set to renderer_type=Vulkan. Save the file once configured correctly.

If the file does not exist, start the game. It will likely error out. The file should now exist though. Edit it (with whatever editor of choice you use) to have the setting outlined above depending on your system (M series or Intel). Save changes.

Launch the game. It should start up as normal and you can explore Reclast.
Note: There is an option to change the icon however I could not get this to work.