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.

[Confirmation needed regarding one handed/two handed melee weapons and thrusting swords in particular.]

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., which are dropped by harbingers in the Harbinger league.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.0.0	Introduced to the game.