Inspired Learning

Inspired Learning jewel sockets in Path of Exile 3.16. Blue circles denote the small radius around the jewel socket. Notice how at least 4 notable skills are within each radius.

Inspired Learning is a unique , which provides the ability to gain one mod from a slain rare enemy. It can be considered a low-power version of the , which provides the ability to gain all monster modifiers from a slain rare enemy.

Mechanics

Warning: The Inspired Learning jewel will only activate if the required number of notables are allocated in its small radius.

Upon killing a rare monster, the character gains one of its modifiers for the next 20 seconds.

The following modifiers can not be gained by characters:

Inspired Learning will not work if socketed in Cluster Jewel sockets (large sockets).

Effects

Common mods that players can gain from killing rare enemies are listed in the table below. It is possible to gain many of these mods at once, if players can consistently kill rare enemies, therefore, it is possible to activate boosted damage and defensiveness.

Note: It is not possible to gain any "negative" mods from enemies such as curses or hexes. Mods gained will always have a positive effect either to improve the player's defense or offensive capability.

Icon	Mod Name	Effects	Image
	Max Inspiration Charges	Skills deal (5-7)% more Elemental Damage per Inspiration Charge Skills have (6-8)% increased Critical Strike Chance per Inspiration Charge Players can only stack upto a maximum of 5 Inspiration Charges, there is no known way to increase this limit
	Max Power Charges	40% increased Critical Strike Chance per Power Charge By default players can stack upto 3 Power Charges, skill tree passive nodes need to be activated to unlock more
	Max Endurance Charges	+4% to all Elemental Resistances per Endurance Charge 4% additional Physical Damage Reduction per Endurance Charge By default players can stack upto 3 Endurance Charges, skill tree passive nodes need to be activated to unlock more
	Max Frenzy Charges	4% increased Attack Speed per Frenzy Charge 4% increased Cast Speed per Frenzy Charge 4% more Damage per Frenzy Charge By default players can stack upto 3 Frenzy Charges, skill tree passive nodes need to be activated to unlock more
	Tailwind	Grants 10% increased movement and action speed.
	Soul Eater	5% increased attack speed per Soul Eater stack 5% increased cast speed per Soul Eater stack 1% increased character size per Soul Eater stack Players gain 1 Soul Eater stack per slain enemy while the buff is active Players can gain upto a maximum of 50 Soul Eater stacks, increasing the player size substantially
	Proximity Shield	Players cannot be hit by direct damage from enemies outside the shield.
	Energy Shield Aura	Grants additional energy shield and increased energy shield recharge.
	Resists Aura	Grants additional elemental resistances.
	Speed Aura	Increases movement speed, attack speed and cast speed.
	Life Regen Aura	Causes nearby enemies to take more physical damage.
	Medium Physical Damage Aura	Causes nearby enemies to take more physical damage. Increases the character size
	Large Physical Damage Aura	Causes nearby enemies to take substantially more physical damage. Substantially increases the character size
	Accuracy and Crits Aura	Grants accuracy and critical strike chance.
	Faster Run	Grants faster run speed and action speed.
	Grasping Vines	Grasping Vines slow your enemies when you take a hit.
	Lightning Retaliation	Lightning bolts strike at nearby enemies when you take damage.
	Physical Projectile Retaliation	Physical projectiles strike at nearby enemies when you take damage.
	Lightning Clone Retaliation	A lightning clone of the player detonates itself into enemies when you take damage.
	Elemental Thorns	Fires a projectile which deals damage of each element when you take elemental damage.
	Physical Thorns	Fires a projectile which deals Physical Damage when you take elemental damage.
	Fire Projectile	Fires a projectile which deals Fire Damage when you take elemental damage.
	Fire Totem	Fire totems automatically appear around the player which deal Fire Damage to enemies that hit the barriers.
	Summon Skeletons	Skeletons automatically appear around the player which attack nearby enemies.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.8.2	The buff timer for stolen , and buffs is no longer obscured when you have multiple instances of the buff.
2.3.1	Fixed a bug where and did not correctly steal mods from Volatile Blood monsters.
2.0.0	Introduced to the game.