Path of Exile’s 3.28 Mirage Challenge League is one of the most feature-rich launches in recent memory, introducing not just a new league mechanic but major changes to support gems, new skills, and the entire endgame structure. This guide provides a detailed overview of the best new Exceptional Support Gems, how you can obtain them, and all skill gems, including the highly anticipated Transfigured versions, that made their debut in 3.28.

PoE 3.28 Mirage Best New Gems

The Mirage League takes players into a new adventure against the Faridun and the corrupted energies of imprisoned Djinn. This event seamlessly integrates into core mechanics, bringing a high-action campaign. Your journey is filled with side content, valuable encounters, and fast-paced action. It’s a perfect setting for trying out all the new skill and support gems introduced in this update.

PoE 3.28 Exceptional Support Gems

How Exceptional Support Gems Work?

Exceptional Support Gems represent an evolved form of support gem, replacing the old Awakened Support Gems. The design philosophy has been to make supports that do more than provide incremental number boosts, each Exceptional Support Gem transforms how a skill operates or what it achieves. Unlike typical upgrades, these gems come with unique mechanics or synergies that change interactions with your primary skills, giving you reasons to rethink established builds.

PoE 3.28 Exceptional Support Gems & Effect

There are over 40 Exceptional Support Gems in the game as of 3.28, aimed at offering much greater variety and impact. They always bring a new layer to gameplay, far beyond just additional stats. Below are the exceptional support gems we know so far:

• Bloodsoaked Banner Support

• Hextoad Support

• Eclipse Support

• Hiveborn Support

With over 40 new supports available, every build archetype has new tools to investigate. Wherever you used Awakened gems previously, there’s now likely an Exceptional Support option that both changes what your skill can do and how it interacts with gear, ascendancies, and passives.

How To Get Exceptional Support Gems

These gems can primarily be found in the endgame. More specifically, the patch introduces methods for acquiring them and interacting with other new endgame features:

• Endgame Drop: Exceptional Support Gems are found in high-level content. The Originator Voidstone is now essential, acquiring it allows these supports to drop, making late-game bossing and mapping a great source.

• Corruption via New Coins: Players can also use the new Coin of Knowledge (for Intelligence gems), Coin of Power (Strength gems), or Coin of Skill (Dexterity gems). Using these coins on a level 20 skill gem will corrupt it and imbue it with a random matching Exceptional Support effect, providing a gamble for players aiming to improve or diversify their gems further.

• Only one imbued gem can be equipped per gear slot, preserving balance while still offering exciting upgrades.

These methods provide a fresh incentive for farming endgame bosses and maps while keeping the acquisition of powerful support gems accessible yet rewarding.

PoE 3.28 New Skill Gems

Mirage League arrives with a host of new main skill gems and several Transfigured options, appealing to nearly every playstyle.

All New Skill & Transfigured Gems in 3.28

Here’s a full list of recent additions:

• Divine Blast (Strength/Intelligence): Projects a beam of holy light from your shield to a target, creating an implosion that detonates a short time later, followed by an even larger explosion.

• Holy Hammers (Strength/Intelligence): Slam the ground to call down a Holy Hammer. On hitting an enemy, it creates a cascading hammer effect, with the ability to expend Power Charges for more hammers. Requires a mace or staff.

• Holy Strike (Strength/Intelligence): Imbue your weapon, summoning undamageable Holy Armaments with copied weapon stats on hit—these minions attack your targets. Requires a mace, sceptre, or staff.

• Shield of Light (Strength/Intelligence): Repel hits with a wave from your shield. Blocked hits trigger a light wave, which allies can also echo outwards in a cone.

Transfigured Skill Gems

• Shockwave Totem of Authority (Strength): Summons a totem that shakes the earth, harming enemies.

• Static Strike of Gathering Lightning (Strength/Intelligence): Melee attacks grant “Gathering Lightning;” attacks fire chaining beams of lightning, chaining farther the more you have.

• Charged Dash of Projection (Dexterity): Channel an illusion you steer, pulsing damage along its path and ending in a final damaging wave. Requires a melee weapon.

• Flamethrower Trap of Stability (Dexterity/Intelligence): Traps release flames in all directions, repeatedly dealing damage.

• Kinetic Fusillade of Detonation (Intelligence): Wand skill creates multiple kinetic projectiles that hover and explode. Using it again resets all hovering durations. Cannot be used by traps/mines.

• Orb of Storms of Squalls (Intelligence): An electrical orb strikes enemies with lightning, which can split to more enemies, and teleports to random enemies struck.

• Shock Nova of Procession (Intelligence): Multiple rings of lightning with each repeat offset towards your target, each dealing area lightning damage.

• Storm Burst of Repulsion (Intelligence/Strength): Channel orbs that jump from your targeted area and explode with increased scale when released.

• Siphoning Trap of Pain (Intelligence/Dexterity): Trap applies debuff beams, chilling and dealing cold DoT to nearby enemies.

Each transfigured gem modifies its base skill, introducing new mechanics, playstyles, and opportunities for creative builds.