diff --git a/backend/src/api/admin.ts b/backend/src/api/admin.ts
index a490b62..240f064 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/admin.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/admin.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ export async function registerAdminRoutes(app: FastifyInstance) {
 			{ currencyId: base.currencyId, name: base.name, icon: base.icon ?? null },
 			{ currencyId: quote.currencyId, name: quote.name, icon: quote.icon ?? null }
 		);
-		// Poll immediately rather than waiting for the next tick (up to 15 minutes) — cheap,
+		// Poll immediately rather than waiting for the next tick (up to 1 hour) — cheap,
 		// and refreshes every existing entry's rate too.
 		pollPoe2Now().catch((err) => logger.error('poe2', `Immediate poll failed: ${err.message}`));
 		return reply.code(201).send(created);
diff --git a/backend/src/queue/scheduler.ts b/backend/src/queue/scheduler.ts
index cbf6a14..b9d958c 100644
--- a/backend/src/queue/scheduler.ts
+++ b/backend/src/queue/scheduler.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const SYNTHESIS_TICK_MS = 60_000;
 const RETENTION_TICK_MS = 60 * 60_000; // hourly
 const WEATHER_TICK_MS = 45 * 60_000;
 const STOCKS_TICK_MS = 15 * 60_000; // per admin spec — stock prices move faster than weather
-const POE2_TICK_MS = 15 * 60_000; // matches Stocks' cadence
+const POE2_TICK_MS = 60 * 60_000; // poe.ninja's own overview data doesn't refresh faster than hourly, so polling more often than this just re-fetches the same numbers
 
 export function startScheduler() {
 	const provider = () => {
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ export function startScheduler() {
 		}
 	}, RETENTION_TICK_MS);
 
-	// Immediate first call for both — unlike RSS sources (whose "due" check makes a
-	// brand-new source eligible on the very next 1-minute tick), weather/stocks have no
-	// such shortcut; without this the sidebar is empty for up to 45/15 minutes after
+	// Immediate first call for all three — unlike RSS sources (whose "due" check makes a
+	// brand-new source eligible on the very next 1-minute tick), weather/stocks/poe2 have
+	// no such shortcut; without this the sidebar is empty for up to 45/15/60 minutes after
 	// every restart.
 	pollWeatherNow().catch((err) => logger.error('weather', `Initial poll failed: ${err.message}`));
 	setInterval(() => {
@@ -86,5 +86,5 @@ export function startScheduler() {
 		pollPoe2Now().catch((err) => logger.error('poe2', `Poll tick failed: ${err.message}`));
 	}, POE2_TICK_MS);
 
-	logger.info('scheduler', 'Started: poll every 1m, synthesis every 1m, retention every 1h, weather every 45m, stocks every 15m, poe2 every 15m');
+	logger.info('scheduler', 'Started: poll every 1m, synthesis every 1m, retention every 1h, weather every 45m, stocks every 15m, poe2 every 1h');
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/admin/Poe2Tab.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/admin/Poe2Tab.svelte
index e5b6df4..39dc456 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/admin/Poe2Tab.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/admin/Poe2Tab.svelte
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 	{#if settings.poe2.leagueName}
 		Tracking {settings.poe2.leagueName} · change is over the last 1h / 24h / 7d.
 	{:else}
-		League not detected yet — check back after the next poll (every 15 minutes).
+		League not detected yet — check back after the next poll (every hour).
 	{/if}
 </p>