{"id":18982,"date":"2024-12-06T05:33:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T05:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/?p=18982"},"modified":"2026-11-03T12:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:38:50","slug":"poe-2-currencies-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/poe-2-currencies-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"PoE 2 Currency Guide: Orbs, Prices and Uses (Nov 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated November 3, 2026 for November 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>PoE 2 currency is the set of orbs and items that replace gold in Path of Exile 2: you use them to craft and upgrade gear and to trade with other players. Monsters drop orbs, bosses drop the rarer ones more often, and vendors break unwanted gear into shards that combine into full orbs. On the November 3, 2026 economy board, a Divine Orb was listed at <strong>714 Exalted Orbs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"where-currency-comes-from\">Where currency comes from<\/h2>\n<p>Monsters drop orbs through the campaign, and vendors turn gear you don&#39;t need into shards. Ten Transmutation Shards make one <a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/poe2\/boost\/orb-of-transmutation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orb of Transmutation<\/a>. You need ten Regal Shards to craft one Regal Orb, and Regal Shards come from breaking down Rare gear with a vendor&#39;s disenchant option. Disenchanting Unique items gives Chance Shards, ten of which make one Orb of Chance. <strong>Trial of Chaos<\/strong> runs now reward only <a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/poe2\/currency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">currency<\/a> and Soul Cores.<\/p>\n<p>Ordinary drops feel worthless next to orbs, a view some players hold, who say they play mainly to hunt them.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"basic-crafting-orbs\">Basic crafting orbs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Orb of Transmutation:<\/strong> Upgrades a normal item to a magic item and gives it one modifier picked at random.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Orb of Augmentation:<\/strong> Gives a magic item a second modifier; such an item can carry at most two, one prefix and one suffix.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Orb of Alchemy:<\/strong> Upgrades a normal item to a rare with four modifiers. The current tooltip also allows a magic item to be used, so a transmuted item can go straight to a rare.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regal Orb:<\/strong> Upgrades a magic item to a rare with one extra modifier, and a rare item can hold up to six modifiers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"rare-item-orbs\">Rare item orbs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chaos Orb:<\/strong> Strips a rare item of one modifier chosen at random, then grants it a fresh random one. It is a gamble, so use it on items where most modifiers are bad. For a full guide, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/poe-2-chaos-orb-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path Of Exile 2 Chaos Orb Guide<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exalted Orb:<\/strong> Gives a rare item an extra random modifier while keeping all of its existing ones.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Orb of Annulment:<\/strong> Removes one random modifier with nothing added back.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Divine Orb:<\/strong> Rerolls the numeric values of modifiers within their tier ranges, and cannot change a modifier&#39;s tier.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fracturing Orb:<\/strong> Locks one random modifier on a rare item that has <strong>at least four<\/strong>, making it immune to chaos and annulment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hinoraka&#39;s Lock:<\/strong> Shows the result of the next currency used on an item, and any modification removes the preview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"gambling-orbs-orb-of-chance-and-mirror-of-kalandra\">Gambling orbs: Orb of Chance and Mirror of Kalandra<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Orb of Chance:<\/strong> Converts a normal item into a Unique version of its base type, though it usually destroys the item instead.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Orb of Chance on tablets:<\/strong> Now works on tablets, letting you gamble for a Unique tablet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mirror of Kalandra:<\/strong> Creates an exact copy of a non-Unique item.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"greater-and-perfect-orbs\">Greater and perfect orbs<\/h2>\n<p>Most orbs have greater and perfect versions that add the same effect with a minimum modifier level, which cuts out low tiers. A perfect Orb of Transmutation on a high-level base can only roll modifiers of level 70 or higher. In 0.5, the minimum for greater Transmutation and Augmentation dropped from 55 to 44, so they start dropping from <strong>Act 4<\/strong>. Greater and perfect orbs became rarer in 0.5, while Divine Orbs became more common.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"blog-info\"><div class=\"blog-info-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/currency-packs.webp\" alt=\"PoE 2 Currency Packs Boost\"><\/div><div class=\"blog-info-text\"><p class=\"main-text\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Buy PoE 2 Currency Packs Boost<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"subtext\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Leave the grind to us!<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/poe2\/boost\/currency-packs\/\" class=\"white-button\">Buy now!<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"sockets-jewellers-and-artificers-orbs\">Sockets: Jeweller&#39;s and Artificer&#39;s Orbs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lesser Jeweller&#39;s Orb:<\/strong> Gives a skill gem that currently has two sockets a third one.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Greater Jeweller&#39;s Orb:<\/strong> Gives a skill gem with three sockets a fourth one.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Perfect Jeweller&#39;s Orb:<\/strong> Adds a fifth socket to a skill gem that has four.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Artificer&#39;s Orb:<\/strong> Adds an augment socket to martial weapons, wands, staves and armour, and that socket holds runes, Soul Cores and idols. Ten Artificer&#39;s Shards make one, and you get the shards by salvaging items with sockets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Outdated guides claiming caster weapons can&#39;t take sockets no longer hold true.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"quality-orbs-from-salvaging\">Quality orbs from salvaging<\/h2>\n<p>Salvaging items with Quality at the Salvage Bench gives these currencies, and it permanently destroys the item. The Salvage Bench is unlocked in an Act 1 side quest. Quality on most items caps at <strong>20%<\/strong> unless special mechanics raise it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Blacksmith&#39;s Whetstone:<\/strong> Raises martial weapons&#39; quality, and each point adds 1% more Physical Damage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arcanist&#39;s Etcher:<\/strong> Raises caster weapons&#39; quality; on sceptres it increases the Spirit granted, and on wands and staves it improves the granted skill.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Armourer&#39;s Scrap:<\/strong> Raises armour quality, and each point adds 1% more Defences.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Glassblower&#39;s Bauble:<\/strong> Raises flask quality, and each point adds 1% more Life and Mana Recovery.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gemcutter&#39;s Prism:<\/strong> Raises a skill gem&#39;s quality by 5% per use, up to 20%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"essences-alloys-and-fluxes\">Essences, alloys and fluxes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Essences:<\/strong> Lesser, regular and greater essences turn a magic item into a rare one with a guaranteed modifier, while perfect essences act on rare items by stripping out one random modifier and adding a guaranteed one.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Runes of Aldur alloys:<\/strong> Work like perfect essences, adding a guaranteed modifier that depends on the item type.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fluxes:<\/strong> Blazing Flux converts cold and lightning resistances into fire resistance, while Chilling, Crackling and Void Flux shift resistances over to cold, lightning or chaos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"bones-corruption-and-extraction\">Bones, corruption and extraction<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bones from the Abyss:<\/strong> The bone type decides the item, so jawbones suit weapons and quivers and ribs suit armour. Nod bones are only effective up to <strong>item level 64<\/strong>, and ancient bones carry a minimum modifier level of 40.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Orb of Corruption:<\/strong> Alters an item in an unpredictable way and corrupts it; on gems, it shifts the level or socket count by one or boosts quality to as high as <strong>23%<\/strong>. In 0.5, corruption multiplies each modifier from its current value instead of rerolling it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Orb of Extraction:<\/strong> Eliminates an item while giving back any augments that were socketed into it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"delirium-calguran-and-verisium-currencies\">Delirium, Calguran and Verisium currencies<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Delirium liquid emotions: When used on a waystone, they partly turn the map delirious and grant a bonus, and when used on a basic jewel, they replace a random modifier with a guaranteed one. <strong>Concentrated Liquid Isolation<\/strong> adds up to 1% maximum resistance on a jewel, with the resistance depending on the gem.<\/li>\n<li>Thaumaturgic Flux: Raises a Calguran skill gem to a set level between 5 and 20, and the Perfect Flux brings every skill on a piece of gear up to level 20 with a single application.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/poe-2-patch-0-5-4-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liquid Verisium<\/a>: Triggers a runic remnant encounter carrying a random inscription, no matter where you happen to be.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"catalysts-and-omens\">Catalysts and omens<\/h2>\n<p>Catalysts no longer drop from monsters, and the only source is the <strong>Breach Genesis tree<\/strong>. Breaking down a catalysed item gives back some of its catalysts. An omen held in your inventory alters how the next currency of one type functions, and as many as three omens can be in effect simultaneously. Omen of Corruption is no longer available to acquire, while the Omen of Recombination got deleted together with the Recombinator.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"crafting-routes\">Crafting routes<\/h2>\n<p>Three crafting routes are covered, starting with a campaign weapon:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Find a good base for your level, then use a Transmutation and an Augmentation.<\/li>\n<li>When both modifiers are desirable, apply a Regal Orb followed by Exalted Orbs; if you have a matching essence, use it rather than the Regal to secure a third modifier for certain.<\/li>\n<li>For an endgame base, start with a high-level base and a perfect Transmutation, augment and regal with greater or perfect orbs, fracture when four modifiers include one excellent modifier, then exalt the open slots.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To correct resistances, apply one Blazing Flux to a piece that has excess cold but lacks fire. Hinoraka&#39;s Lock previews the result before you commit on an expensive item.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"current-prices\">Current prices<\/h2>\n<p>Prices on the November 3, 2026 <strong>Forbidden Rites<\/strong> board are in Exalted Orbs:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Orb<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Price (Exalted Orbs)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Exalted Orb<\/strong><\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Chaos Orb<\/strong><\/td><td>75.33<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Divine Orb<\/strong><\/td><td>714<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Vaal Orb<\/strong><\/td><td>11.63<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Orb of Alchemy<\/strong><\/td><td>4.13<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/poe2\/boost\/divine-orbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Divine<\/a> Orb prices change a lot through a league, so check the Currency Exchange before you trade. A few players say currency prices inflate fast, so items and builds get harder to afford.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"selling-currency\">Selling currency<\/h2>\n<p>Talk to <strong>Alva<\/strong> in the Ziggurat Refuge or in your hideout to open the Currency Exchange. You list an order for a small gold fee, and it fills when a buyer accepts it. Exchange data comes from the in-game Currency Exchange in hourly chunks, so prices can lag by up to an hour. You can list items for trade only from premium stash tabs.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>definitely worth reforging tablets, I sold one for 250 div after I reforged a bunch.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 one player<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Before you sell an old Unique, read the 0.5 patch notes, since a Divine Orb can update its values.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/poe-2-loot-filter-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path of Exile 2 Loot Filter Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/poe-2-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path of Exile 2 Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/poe-2-ranger-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path of Exile 2 Ranger Guide + Builds + skills<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/poe-2-druid-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path of Exile 2 Druid Guide + Builds + skills<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/poe-2-class-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path of Exile 2 class guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/poe-2-gold-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path Of Exile 2 Gold Farm Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/path-of-exile-2-trial-of-the-sekhemas-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path Of Exile 2 Trial Of The Sekhemas Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/path-of-exile-2-trials-of-ascendancy-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path of Exile 2 Trials of Ascendancy Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/poe-2-beginners-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path Of Exile 2 Beginners Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/poe-2-builds-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path of Exile 2 Builds Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/poe-2-trial-of-chaos-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path of exile 2: Trial of Chaos Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/poe-2-jamanra-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path of Exile 2 Jamanra Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/poe-2-leveling-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Path of Exile 2 NO BULSH** Leveling Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PoE 2 currency is the orbs and shards that craft, reroll and trade gear. 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