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PoE Guide

PoE 3.28 Atlas Guide

Beginner
Updated on Mar 23, 2026
Mar 23, 2026

Overview

The new Atlas introduced in Path of Exile 3.28 Mirage League is easy to get lost in, but this guide will reveal the full Atlas and share some useful tips on navigating this slightly unfamiliar endgame. Note that your Atlas might look slightly different and more bright before completing all of the endgame story arcs, but all of the Maps are in the same places.

The New 3.28 Atlas: Click to Expand

Major Changes

  • The Atlas is broken down into four regions which need to be explored to progress throughout the endgame
  • Map items are no longer named areas and instead are just called Map with a Tier. These can be used to open any Map on the Atlas
  • In order to get Atlas Completion Bonuses, you'll need to complete the Map's base Tier or higher. For example, Cold River is a natural Tier 6 Map, and in order to run it, you must use a Tier 6 Map or higher.
  • Pinnacle Bosses and additional endgame content are now all located within the Atlas itself. If you ever cant find a specific Map or Boss on the Atlas, you can always right-click the item in your inventory to instantly jump to it and place it in your Atlas
  • Kirac Missions and Master Missions have been removed
  • Tier 17 Maps are now known as "Nightmare Maps" and can be accessed in specific corners of the Atlas
  • Only 10 Unique Maps are required to gain all Atlas Points for completing Unique Maps
  • Basic Cartographers Chisels have been removed from the game and existing Chisels that drop from Maven-related content now each apply 20% Quality on use.
  • Astrolabes have been added to the game and can be applied to Maps on the Atlas to provide additional difficulty and reward to a series of connected Maps. Once completed, a Memory Vault will open in which players are able to select a special reward

Guide

Navigating the Atlas

In order to simplify the Atlas, each quadrant will be broken down in this section. Again, remember that you can always right-click the item in your inventory to instantly jump to it and place it in your Atlas.

Pinnacle Boss Locations

  • Top Left: Incarnation of Neglect (Moment of Loneliness), Incarnation of Fear (Moment of Trauma), Incarnation of Dread (Moment of Reverence)
  • Top Right: The Shaper, The Elder, Cortex
  • Bottom Left: Eater of Worlds and The Searing Exarch
  • Bottom Right: The Maven

Top Left Quadrant

Points of Interest

  • Moment of Loneliness, Moment of Trauma, Moment of Reverence and their Uber counterparts.
  • Mastermind's Lair (Syndicate Medallion)
  • Crux of Nothingness (Audience with the King)
  • Hive Colony
  • Valdo's Oubliette
  • Nightmare Map: Sanctuary

Top Right Quadrant

Points of Interest

  • The Shaper, The Elder, Uber Elder, Cortex and their Uber counterparts.
  • All Shaper Guardian Maps (the items themselves are now known as generic Shaper Guardian Maps)
  • All Synthesis Distant Memory Maps
  • Nightmare Maps: Citadel and Fortress
  • The Apex of Sacrifice (Atziri)
  • The Utzaal Arena (Inscribed Ultimatum)
  • The Sacred Grove (Oshabi)

Bottom Left Quadrant

Points of Interest

  • Searing Exarch (Absence of Patience and Wisdom) and Eater of Worlds (Absence of Symmetry and Harmony)
  • The Black Star (Polaric Void) and The Infinite Hunger (Seething Chyme)
  • Simulacrum
  • The Domain of Timeless Conflict
  • Blighted Lands (to open Blighted Maps)
  • Nightmare Map: Ziggurat

Bottom Right Quadrant

Points of Interest

  • The Maven (Absence of Mercy and Empathy)
  • Sirus (Eye of the Storm)
  • Reliquary Vault
  • Nightmare Map: Abomination
  • The Black Barya
  • The Temple of Atzoatl (to open Temple Chronicles from Incursion)

Hotkeys and Tips

How Do I...

How Do I Open a Map?

Head to the Map Device and click on any visible Map. This will bring up a small window into which you can insert a Map and any Scarabs or Fragments you'd like to add

How Do I Find XYZ?

Refer to the above images and don't remember that you can right click Map items to instantly place them into your Atlas

How Do I Unlock More Scarab Slots

  • Complete any Nightmare Map
  • Complete a 10-Boss Maven Invitation

How Do I Know Which Atlas Points I'm Missing?

You can do this by pressing Enter and typing /atlaspassives. You can also hover over the number of Atlas Points you have at the bottom of your Atlas Passive Tree to see where you might be missing points .