Tainted Chromatic Orb
Understand Tainted Chromatic Orb in Path of Exile 1: Unpredictably reforges socket colours on a corrupted item, with quality improving the chance of non-white sockets.
What happens if you use it?
Unpredictably reforges socket colours on a corrupted item, with quality improving the chance of non-white sockets.
Anything not named by the current source rule remains governed by the underlying item, map, encounter, or crafting action.
Use it only when the corrupted target is otherwise worth keeping and its current colours are not usable.
The outcome is random, a usable colour arrangement can be lost, and quality changes odds rather than guaranteeing colours.
Unpredictably reforges the colour of sockets on a corrupted item
Right click this item then left click a corrupted socketed item to apply it. The item's quality increases the chances of non-white sockets.
- Game
- Path of Exile 1
- Item class
- Stackable Currency
- Drop level
- 2
- Stack size
- 20
Read the exact rule before planning around it.
This is a corrupted-item socket-colour tool. It changes colours, not socket count or links.
Make the target and purpose explicit first.
Use it only when the corrupted target is otherwise worth keeping and its current colours are not usable.
The outcome is random, a usable colour arrangement can be lost, and quality changes odds rather than guaranteeing colours.
Trade activity measures demand, not success.
Current exchange activity can show how often players trade Tainted Chromatic Orb. It cannot guarantee the result of using it, a resale value, or a profitable map or craft.
1 Divine Orb≈36 Tainted Chromatic Orb
Active-side reference from GGG's official Currency Exchange book—not a guaranteed sale price. Listings can move. Source hour Oct 11, 2026 · 10:00 EDT.
Open the full market desk →Divine Orb in Tainted Chromatic Orb
- Latest
- 36
- Retained low
- 31
- Retained high
- 95
- Observations
- 12
Change compares the latest observation with the nearest retained observation about 24 hours earlier. This is market context, not a price guarantee or trading recommendation.