Welcome to the Path of Exile news blog! We focus on the latest game news, version updates, league developments, changes to classes and skills, and trending community topics.
Vaal Sacrifice Support is a PoE Exceptional Gem. Tag: Exceptional, Spell, Support, Vaal. Level: 3 (Max). Quality: +20%.
Path of Exile 3.28 introduces one of the most extensive item refreshes in recent updates. This patch expands the item ecosystem across multiple categories, including stackable currencies, skill gems, support gems, map fragments, incubators, divination cards, and new map types. At the same time, several long-standing items and map layouts have been removed or replaced, signaling a significant shift in how players interact with the economy, crafting systems, and endgame progression.
In ARC Raiders, blueprints decide how fast you progress. Good weapons, better augments, stronger builds — they all start with the right drops. If you feel like you are looting for hours with nothing to show for it, the problem usually is not luck. It is route choice, container priority, and how fast you reset runs. Here are 8 practical ways to farm Arc Raiders blueprints faster in 2026.
PoE 3.28: Added a new Strength/Intelligence Skill Gem, Holy Strike: Infuse your weapon with holy energy and swing. Successfully hitting an enemy will summon forth a Holy Armament, which copies your main hand weapon stats to determine its own. These Holy Armaments are undamageable minions, and will attack the enemies you target with Holy Strike. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.
PoE 3.28: Added a new Strength/Intelligence Skill Gem, Shield of Light: Retaliate against a blocked hit with a sweep of your Shield, unleashing a wave of light in a cone in front of you. Additional waves also emanate from allies in a radius around the first target struck, towards that target.
PoE 3.28: Added a new Strength Transfigured Skill Gem, Shockwave Totem of Authority: Summons a totem that shakes the earth around you, damaging enemies.
PoE 3.28: Added a new Strength/Intelligence Transfigured Skill Gem, Static Strike of Gathering Lightning: Attack with a melee weapon, gaining a Gathering Lightning buff for a duration if you hit an enemy. While you have Gathering Lightning, attacks with this skill will cause chaining beams of lightning, which chain farther the more Gathering Lightning you have.
PoE 3.28: Added a new Dexterity/Intelligence Transfigured Skill Gem, Flamethrower Trap of Stability: Throws a trap that releases a number of flames in different directions around it when triggered. The flames last for a duration repeatedly dealing damage.
PoE 3.28: Added a new Dexterity Transfigured Skill Gem, Charged Dash of Projection: Channel to project an illusion which you steer. You gain stages while it moves, until it stops at a maximum total distance. Waves of area damage frequently pulse along its path, based on your attack speed. Stop channelling to release the illusion, dealing a final wave of damage. Requires a Melee Weapon.
PoE 3.28: Added a new Intelligence/Strength Transfigured Skill Gem, Storm Burst of Repulsion: Unleash orbs of energy while you channel that repeatedly jump away from the targeted location until their duration expires, dealing damage in a small area after each jump. When you stop channelling, all remaining orbs explode, dealing higher damage in a larger area
