Currency

While killing monsters in Path of Exile, you occasionally find currency items. There are currently over a dozen different types and this number will probably grow to 25 by release. It’s worth pointing out that these items are not for sale in the microtransaction store – they’re entirely in-game currency found and traded for by players.

The currency items meet the three criteria of good game barter currencies. They are homogeneous and handleable (you can stack them). They are useful (each performs a specific action on an item or a character) and they are substantially scarcer than gold. Some of them are relatively common – you’ll probably find at least one per half hour of playing. Others are rarer, taking potentially days of gameplay to find, if you’re lucky. A few are so valuable that casual players may never find them, but only hear of them in high-end trades.

Currency Items

Name	Stack Size	Description
File:Armourer.pngArmourer's Scrap	40	Improves the quality of an armour. Right click this item then left click an armour to apply it. Has greater effect on lower rarity armours. The maximum quality is 20%.
Blacksmith's Whetstone	20	Improves the quality of a weapon. Right click this item then left click a weapon to apply it. Has greater effect on lower rarity weapons. The maximum quality is 20%.
File:Blessed.pngBlessed Orb	20	Randomises the numeric values of the implicit properties of an item. Right click this item then left click another item to apply it.
Chaos Orb	10	Reforges a rare item with new random properties. Right click this item then left click a rare item to apply it.
File:Chromatic.pngChromatic Orb	20	Reforges the colour of sockets on an item. Right click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it.
File:Divine.pngDivine Orb	10	Randomises the numeric values of the random properties on an item. Right click this item then left click a magic, rare or unique item to apply it.
File:Exalted.pngExalted Orb	10	Enchants a rare item with a new random property. Right click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. Rare items can have up to six random properties.
File:Gemcutter.pngGemcutter's Prism	20	Improves the quality of a gem. Right click this item then left click a gem to apply it. The maximum quality is 20%.
File:Glassblower.pngGlassblower's Bauble	20	Improves the quality of a flask. Right click this item then left click a flask to apply it. Has greater effect on lower rarity flasks. The maximum quality is 20%.
File:Jeweler.pngJeweller's Orb	20	Reforges the number of sockets on an item. Right click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it.
File:Kalandra.pngMirror of Kalandra	10	Creates a mirrored copy of an item. Right click this item then left click an equipable non-unique item to apply it. Mirrored copies cannot be modified.
File:Alchemy.pngOrb of Alchemy	10	Upgrades a normal item to a rare item. Right click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.
File:Alteration.pngOrb of Alteration	20	Reforges a magic item with new random properties. Right click this item then left click a magic item to apply it.
File:Augmentation.pngOrb of Augmentation	30	Enchants a magic item with a new random property. Right click this item then left click a magic item to apply it. Magic items can have up to two random properties.
Orb of Chance	20	Upgrades a normal item to a random rarity. Right click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.
Orb of Fusing	20	Reforges the links between sockets on an item. Right click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it.
File:Regret.pngOrb of Regret	40	Grants a passive skill refund point. Right click on this item to use it.
File:Scouring.pngOrb of Scouring	30	Removes all properties from an item. Right click this item then left click on a magic, rare or unique item to apply it.
File:Transmutation.pngOrb of Transmutation	40	Upgrades a normal item to a magic item. Right click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.
Portal Scroll	40	Creates a portal to town. Right click on this item to use it.
File:Regal.pngRegal Orb	10	Upgrades a magic item to a rare item. Right click this item then left click a magic item to apply it. Current properties are retained and a new one is added.
File:Wisdom.pngScroll of Wisdom	40	Identifies an item. Right click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it.