Crafting in Path of Exile is a complex but rewarding system that can greatly improve your equipment. In this article we will explore the basics of crafting and how to get the most out of it. From boosting resistances with Essences to unlocking unique gem affixes through faceted fossils, this guide will help you become Wraeclast’s next crafting hero.
Crafting
Crafting in Path of Exile can be complex, but it can also lead to powerful and valuable items. The game features a variety of tools and techniques to modify items, including fossil crafting and harvest crafting. Fossil crafting can unlock powerful modifiers, such as +1 spell damage and +1 minion damage. Item level and mod influence are also key factors when deciding how to craft an item. In addition, using a tool like Craft of Exile can help players understand possible outcomes and plan their crafting strategy. Other advanced crafting methods involve combining various catalysts to increase the chance of unlocking new affixes when crafting an item. Some of these methods can even unlock rare modifiers that can boost an item’s base stats, such as strength, dexterity, or defense. While these advanced crafting methods can be expensive, they can also provide significant advantages over other types of crafting.
Aside from crafting items, players can use a variety of tools to modify existing gear. For example, a player can use a chaos orb to upgrade a normal wand to a rare with a specific modifier. The player can also combine a chaos orb with an affix to improve its value. This type of crafting can be very expensive, but it is one of the most reliable ways to upgrade a weapon. Alternatively, a player can upgrade a normal item to a rare with a guaranteed property by using an essence. These unique items can be used to upgrade gloves or jewelry, and they offer a variety of benefits. For example, they can replace the need for mods to lock prefixes or suffixes, and they can add powerful implicits to a weapon.
Other forms of crafting in Path of Exile can be quite complicated, and players should always consult the PoE Wiki before attempting a new technique. The site offers an extensive list of all the possible item bases and their mod groups, as well as tips for maximizing their potential. It is important to note that a player cannot have overlapping mod groups, so it is best to use an essence to target the desired property.
Currency
The currency system in Craft of Exile is the base for most item interactions. Every player begins the game with several currency items that can be used to create or improve various items in the game. Each of these items has its own specific function, with each affecting the value of an item and shaping the game economy and the player’s interaction with items. Scroll of Wisdom – Identifies any dropped item above magic rarity. This can be very useful if you want to sell the item to a vendor for a decent amount of money or just to identify the item before you use a Portal Scroll. Portal Scroll – Creates a portal back to the town in your current act. This can save a lot of time if you don’t want to travel all the way back to your town in another act to get a new item.
Chaos Orb – Rerolls the number of affixes on a rare item. This is a very valuable currency, and it’s best saved for higher end games or for the crafting of map items. Regal Orb – Upgrades a blue item to a rare with three prefixes and three suffixes. These are very expensive and are rarely used by players.
Orb of Alteration Upgrades a rare item to a higher quality. This can increase damage, defense or attack speed, and can be very helpful in making a great item for your build.
Essences, Fossils and Resonators
Each of these can be used to craft various items within the game. The expected cost of a crafting recipe is determined by the amount of each item type needed and can be predicted using the calculator found in the game. While these calculators can be useful, they aren’t perfect. They can only give an approximate cost, and the actual costs can vary based on player experience or the in-game ratios. In addition, the expected cost of an item can change based on the current level of the player or the addition of new items to the game.
Item Base
A player’s item base is the foundation for all future modifications and enhancements. Changing the item base allows the use of more powerful modifiers, but at the cost of the original item stats. Changing the item base also changes the item’s appearance, which can be an important factor for some players. There are several ways to modify a character’s item base, but most of these methods are expensive and require a lot of patience. Some methods can even be dangerous for a low-level character. For this reason, it’s recommended that players research each item type and its potential outcomes thoroughly before using it. The item base is a key component in crafting in Path of Exile, as it determines the types of modifiers that can be applied to an item. There are a variety of different item bases, including the Shaper, Elder, and Conqueror. Each has its own unique pool of exclusive modifiers, which can be seen on custom loot filters and on the item details screen. These different modifier pools are essential for creating the optimal item for a given build.
In addition to modifying the base, players can change the number of sockets on an item, and the quality of those sockets. These improvements are called catalysts. These catalysts can be crafted from fossils, essences, chaos orbs, and annulment orbs. They can be used to target specific gem modifiers, and increase the chances of getting a certain prefix or suffix. Another way to improve an item is to upgrade it. This can be done by enhancing it with an augment or an augmenting orb. An augmented item will have its modifiers increased, and the item’s item level will be raised. This can be helpful for achieving higher base stats or adding a new unique slot.
In addition to these improvements, the latest update for Path of Exile includes a new tool that allows players to create custom crafting sequences. The tool will automatically calculate the probability of each step of the sequence, and display a breakdown of currencies and crafts used per success. It will also allow players to save and replay successful sequences for later use.
Modifiers
Modifiers are an important part of the game – they’re what makes your gear unique and allow you to customize your build. They can be innately applied (as implicit modifiers) to entities, granted under specific conditions or randomly generated. Examples of innate mods are the elemental resistances on monsters, being touched by a Tormented Spirit or having a rare item drop. Global mods are also commonly seen on items, such as the attack, defense or mana regen rates. The UI provides detailed information about the available mods on a piece of gear, including their type, tier, number and location. You can also use the UI settings to change this information and toggle the display of additional modifier details, like the ability for each modifier to block other mods (e.g., the “of Tacati” mod blocking “of Namira”).
There are many ways to obtain new modifiers for your items, ranging from using the Orbs of Alchemy and the Auction House to crafting and re-rolling your gear. The most common methods include Transmutation, Augmentation, Reforging and Regal Orbs. Each of these methods can modify an item in different ways, with some affecting all modifiers and others affecting a subset of them. Some of these can even change a modgroup, such as the “Cannot Roll Attack Modifiers” and “of Swordcraft” modifiers.
A few modifiers are also able to be removed, either permanently or temporarily. The Orb of Annulment removes a random modifier, while the Vaal Orb corrupts an item to a certain rarity or a unique rarity. In most cases, once a modifier is removed from an item it can’t be added back on, except with the Orb of Dominance.
Conclusion
Modifiers can be grouped into groups, with each group having its own governing rules. For example, the “of Swordcraft” modgroup can only be crafted on weapons and shields, while the “of Spellcraft” modgroup can only be crafted onto spells. These governing rules can be changed with bench crafts, such as the one that allows you to swap a mod from an item that gives a particular elemental resistance into a different one (e.g., changing an “of Fire” Resistance into a “of Cold” one).
This craft can be done to items with open prefixes and suffixes, but this method is expensive as it requires two Exalted Orbs. In addition, it carries a significant risk of removing a desirable modifier that you may not have wanted to lose.
