Beast farming in Path of Exile 3.28 (Mirage League) is better than ever due to both game and trade updates. Beasts, used for crafting and trading, are now extremely valuable and sell lightning-fast on trade sites, offering great returns with minimal setup or competition—especially now that yellow (rare) beasts can be sold efficiently. The strategy is perfect for fast mapping, leveling, and earning Path of Exile 3.28 currency concurrently, as you race through basic white maps, collect quest-crafting beasts, and list them for instant profit. With the right Atlas tree and Scarab setup, you’ll be identifying and farming the highest-value red and yellow beasts with little effort, and your creatures will fly off the shelf.
Step-by-Step: Setting Up the Beast Farming Strategy
1. Atlas Passive Tree Setup
Goal: Specialize in two types of beasts for profit, maximize beast spawns and red beast chances, and block unnecessary mechanics.
Take the majority of Beast nodes: Prioritize branches that increase the number of beasts, Einhar spawns, and chances for beast duplication.
Lock-in a Beast Type: Specialize in TWO categories for focus and big ticket items (recommended: Wilds for wild bristle matrons, black morgans, etc., and Deep for cray camaros/frogs; add Sands for jackpots like vivid vultures).
Crucial Nodes:
Take the node that causes yellow beasts to have a 15% chance to be replaced with a red beast.
Natural Selection: “Beasts in your maps are more likely to be less common varieties,” making rare, valuable beasts more likely to spawn.
Skip “Two-Hearted Hunt” unless you want min-maxing; it makes beasts much harder.
Block Other Mechanics: Unblock only Ore (farming Ore alongside Beasts is efficient and lucrative).
Invest leftover points in increasing chances for Incarnation Dread (Memory Invitation) drops and other boost nodes, as these drop valuable invitations.
2. Prepare Scarabs for Mapping
You need five scarab slots in your map device:
2x Beast Scarab of the Herd: Adds additional red beasts to each map (your main profits).
2x Beast Scarab of Duplication: All beasts you capture will be duplicated, doubling your haul.
1x Calgarian Scarab: For extra monsters (optionally, more currency), usually costing 1C each.
Maps cost about 6–7 chaos per run with this setup.
3. Select and Prepare Maps
Any Tier 16 White Map (scoured, basic is fine—map mods do not influence beasts).
Optionally, add your preferred influence (Blue/Eater is good for divine altars).
Roll maps white for speed (don’t worry about pack size or mods).
4. Running and Clearing the Maps
Enter the map, focus on hunting red beasts (giant, unique-looking monsters) and yellow beasts (sketchy art icons).
Let Einhar capture beasts; kill packs fast and move to next.
Learn to identify valuable targets:
Red Beasts You Want:
Large spider with white dots: Phenomal Plague Arachnid (imprints).
Giant tiger: Feric Tiger Alpha.
Bear/dog with purple spikes: Wild Bristle Matrons/Backs.
Bear-antelope hybrid: Black Morgan.
Jumping frog: Cray Camaro.
Big jackpot: Red vulture with tentacles: Vivid Vulture.
Any beast with blue or lots of dots is usually good too.
Maps are done in 1–1.5 minutes: Rinse and repeat!
5. Emptying The Menagerie & Selling Beasts
Your Menagerie fills up every ~20–30 maps.
Open [relevant pricing site] and paste your beast list to quickly sort by value (e.g., POE.re, etc.).
CTRL+Click to withdraw valuable beasts for sale (typically, any beast worth 5c+).
Sell beasts via trade site; they usually sell instantly! Undercut slightly for very fast results.
Dump and delete worthless/useless common beasts to make room. Don't let valuable beasts sit in the managerie—always sell first.
Repeat the process: farm, sell, profit.
6. Extra Tips
Leveling: This is also a premier way to gain experience for high-level characters due to the sheer number of mobs killed per map.
Quicklists: Always compare beast prices per league, as demand and prices can change.
Avoid mistakes: Don’t drop valuable beasts on the ground or let the managerie overfill, or they may be lost.
In PoE 3.28, beast farming is an easy, fast, and highly lucrative mapping strategy thanks to targeted Atlas passives, Scarabs, and new beast-trading mechanics. Specializing in the right beasts and keeping your managerie tidy will return massive currency per hour, while also giving great experience and crafting opportunities. Run your maps, capture the valuable beasts, sell ASAP, and repeat. Enjoy one of the smoothest league-start and endgame farms around!