In this guide, we will explain different methods to improve your items. As crafting can be done in many ways, we will try to show generalized practices in crafting. Methods may vary in their reliability and the amount of investment to make them worthwhile, so always consider that when you craft items.
As you progress through the game you will find more and more ways to upgrade or alter your items.
The simplest kind of crafting is to make an equipment's rarity higher so that it has more modifiers. Let us begin with a normal (white) item. You can utilize one of three orb kinds to enhance it. It will become a magic item upon using the Orb of Transmutation (blue). Your normal item will be upgraded to one of better qualities by the orb of chance at random, so it can be either magic, rare or unique (the chances are lower for better qualities). The orb of alchemy will finally make your item rare (yellow).
These techniques are relatively cheap, but the outcomes are quite erratic because of the randomness of the rolled modifications.
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10 Path of Exile Chaos Orb
Alter Rare Item Chaos Orb Currency Orb
Re-roll all modifiers on a rare item.More details
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100 Path of Exile Orb of Transmutation
Alter Normal Item Currency Orb Orb Of Transmutation
Create a magic item from a normal one.More details
A bit more sophisticated but still random method is using a chaos orb on a rare item that reforges its modifiers and repeatedly doing this until you are satisfied. Using an orb of scourging, a currency item that eliminates all modifiers, and then an orb of alchemy will result in the same outcome.
The alt/regal/exalted technique of crafting may be utilized to produce more concentrated, but also more costly results. To reach the desired outcome, you must use multiple orbs in the following order:
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100 Path of Exile Orb of Alteration
Alter Magic Item Currency Orb Orb Of Alteration
Reroll the properties of a magic item.More details
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Rare Ring 70+ Life 100+ Total Resistances
Rare Ring with decent resistance and life.More details
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Discount Pack - 50 Divine Orb, 500 Chaos Orb...
Chaos Orb Currency Discount Pack Divine Orb Orb Orb Of Alchemy
Buy varied orb pack for a premium price.More details
Start with a white item (preferably with a high item level)
Use an Orb of Transmutation
Keep spamming Orbs of Alteration until you get the two mods you want.
Use Regal Orb. If you roll an unwanted mod, scour the item and start over at step one.
(Use Eternal Orb to make an imprint of the item. Although it isn't essential to use an eternal at this step, it is the safest way to craft. If your exalts turn out bad, you have something to fall back on.)
Use three Exalted Orbs. (If you roll an unwanted mod, restore the item with the Eternal Orb.)
If necessary, use a Divine Orb or Blessed Orb to alter the mod values.
At this point, you may choose to corrupt your item (seen below)
Using meta-crafting modifications might help you focus and enhance your crafting options. Prefixes, for instance, can be locked in using the "of prefixes" mod, and suffixes, using the "suffixed" mod. The "of weaponcraft" or "of spellcraft" modifications allow you to restrict the sorts of modifiers you can roll for by preventing you from rolling caster or attack modifiers. Another meta-crafting mod, the "of crafting" mod, even makes it possible to attach more than one of these mods to an item. This can be plenty helpful if you're trying to design the most optimal item for your character. Be cautious though, as all of these modified items cost exalted orbs.
If you do not have time to farm the several orbs we explored so far for crafting you can purchase them in bulks in our shop for a great price.
You may also think of corrupting your item as one last bit of improvement. You can do this by placing a Vaal orb on it. While this might enhance an item even more than you currently have, it can also intervene with linkages and sockets (fortunately, this can be rectified at the crafting table), and even some crucial stats on your item might get lost. Be careful when you want to corrupt an item since once it has been corrupted, it cannot be changed further and you are stuck with it.
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10 Path of Exile Regal Orb
Alter Magic Item Currency Orb Regal Orb
Enhance a magic item with a new random affix and upgrade it to rare.More details
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Rare Boots with Life, Resistances and gain...
Rare Boots with Onslaught on Kill and good adds.More details
We hope this guide helped you understand some basic mechanics and methods for crafting. Stay tuned for more guides on Path of Exile and much more.
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