Ancient Orb

Ancient Orb is a currency item that can be used to reforge a unique item as another of the same item class in the broader sense of the term, such as "flask" instead of life/mana/hybrid/utility flask.

Spending

Reforging a unique item means the base item type can change when the orb is applied.

Like an Orb of Chance, the result of using an Ancient Orb is not restricted by item level. Therefore, a unique with a high item level requirement (like Skyforth) may be obtained from any unique item of the appropriate class, regardless of the base's item level. Similarly, when attempting to obtain a unique that drops at low item levels (like Taste of Hate), no advantage is gained by using a low item level base. Unlike the Orb of Chance, the Ancient Orb is able to reforge sockets and links on the item.

Ancient Orbs do not change the inventory size of an item, so 2x4-sized "tower shields" for example stay within that group.

Obtaining

Ancient Orbs don't drop, but are obtained by combining a full stack of Ancient ShardsAncient ShardStack Size: 20A stack of 20 shards becomes an Ancient Orb.. Ancient Shards were exclusive to the Harbinger league. They are currently only obtainable by trading or through Zana's map device.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.0.0	Introduced to the game.