Currency and Basic Crafting
Currency is not ordinary gold. Each item performs a specific operation: changing rarity, adding or replacing modifiers, improving quality, or funding another system. Read the target item first, then choose the operation.
The original game
PoE1's familiar currency ladder includes broad random rerolls alongside separate socket, link, quality, and passive-refund tools.
A broad reroll, in plain language.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyDead Man's SulphurFund an Allflame Crafting operation aboard The Sovereign.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyExalted OrbOne new modifier, chosen at random.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyOrb of AlchemyTurn a plain base into a new rare item.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyOrb of AlterationReroll the random modifiers on a magic item.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyOrb of AugmentationKeep the first magic modifier and add one unknown partner.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyOrb of ChanceKeep the base and gamble on its new rarity.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyOrb of TransmutationThe first step from a plain base to a modified item.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyPortal ScrollCreate a portal back to town.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyRegal OrbPreserve the magic item and add one unknown modifier.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyScroll of WisdomReveal the item that already exists.
Open guide →The newer campaign
PoE2 uses related names but adds Greater and Perfect tiers. A higher tier changes eligibility or outcome quality; it does not make a random result guaranteed.
Assemble a Revelatory Wombgift from 300 pieces.
Open guide →Pinnacle Key StackableCall of the ShadowsAttach five pieces to unlock the Rite of the Nameless.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyChaos OrbA one-for-one modifier gamble.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyExalted OrbAdd to the item without rerolling it.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyGreater Chaos OrbReplace one random rare modifier with another.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyGreater Exalted OrbAdd one random modifier to a rare item.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyGreater Orb of AugmentationAdd a random modifier to an eligible magic item.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyGreater Orb of TransmutationTurn a normal item into a one-modifier magic item.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyGreater Regal OrbPromote a promising magic item to rare.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyLiquid VerisiumStart a random Runic Remnant encounter.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyOrb of AlchemyCreate a four-modifier rare and replace the old roll.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyOrb of AugmentationExpand a magic item without replacing its current modifier.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyOrb of ChanceUnique or destroyed. There is no safe middle result.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyOrb of TransmutationCreate a magic item with one random modifier.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyPerfect Chaos OrbReplace one random modifier at the perfect currency tier.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyPerfect Exalted OrbAdd a random modifier with the perfect Exalted tier.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyPerfect Orb of AugmentationAdd one modifier to a premium magic foundation.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyPerfect Orb of TransmutationCreate a one-modifier magic item at the perfect tier.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyPerfect Regal OrbCarry a premium magic foundation into rare rarity.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyRegal OrbKeep the magic roll and add one modifier on the way to rare.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencyScroll of WisdomTurn hidden properties into readable information.
Open guide →Stackable CurrencySimulacrum SplinterBuild one Simulacrum from 300 splinters.
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