Currency
The currency system in Path of Exile revolves around a variety of different Orbs and Scrolls. Each currency item serves a specific function in the crafting and enhancement of a character's equipment, or allowing restructuring of the character's passive skill tree in the case of the Orb of Regret.
Currency Items
Currency items can be found as drops from monsters or chests, bought directly from different vendors in town, or received through the use of the vendor recipe system by trading specific configurations of items to any town vendor. Currency items play a large role in the player to player trading system, with rare orbs able to be traded for powerful equipment, or even other types of orbs that a player might need at the time for crafting.
Orbs and Scrolls
Icon | Name | Category | Stack Size | Description |
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File:Scroll of Wisdom icon.png | Scroll of Wisdom | Identify Item | 40 | Identifies an item. Right click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it. |
File:Portal Scroll icon.png | Portal Scroll | Create Portal | 40 | Creates a portal to town. Right click on this item to use it. |
File:Armourer's Scrap icon.png | Armourer's Scrap | Upgrade Quality | 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%. |
File:Blacksmith's Whetstone icon.png | Blacksmith's Whetstone | Upgrade Quality | 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:Glassblower's Bauble icon.png | Glassblower's Bauble | Upgrade Quality | 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:Cartographer's Chisel icon.png | Cartographer's Chisel | Upgrade Quality | 20 | Improves the quality of a map. Right click this item then left click a map to apply it. Has greater effect on lower rarity maps. The maximum quality is 20%. |
File:Gemcutter's Prism icon.png | Gemcutter's Prism | Upgrade Quality | 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:Jeweller's Orb icon.png | Jeweller's Orb | Adjust Sockets | 20 | Reforges the number of sockets on an item. Right click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it. |
File:Chromatic Orb icon.png | Chromatic Orb | Adjust Sockets | 20 | Reforges the colour of sockets on an item. Right click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it. |
File:Orb of Fusing icon.png | Orb of Fusing | Adjust Sockets | 20 | Reforges the links between sockets on an item. Right click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it. |
File:Orb of Transmutation icon.png | Orb of Transmutation | Upgrade Rarity | 40 | Upgrades a normal item to a magic item. Right click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
File:Orb of Chance icon.png | Orb of Chance | Upgrade Rarity | 20 | Upgrades a normal item to a random rarity. Right click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
File:Orb of Alchemy icon.png | Orb of Alchemy | Upgrade Rarity | 10 | Upgrades a normal item to a rare item. Right click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. |
File:Regal Orb icon.png | Regal Orb | Upgrade Rarity | 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:Orb of Augmentation icon.png | Orb of Augmentation | Add Modifier | 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. |
File:Orb of Alteration icon.png | Orb of Alteration | Randomize Modifiers | 20 | Reforges a magic item with new random properties. Right click this item then left click a magic item to apply it. |
File:Chaos Orb icon.png | Chaos Orb | Randomize Modifiers | 10 | Reforges a rare item with new random properties. Right click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. |
File:Exalted Orb icon.png | Exalted Orb | Add Modifier | 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:Blessed Orb icon.png | Blessed Orb | Randomize Values | 20 | Randomises the numeric values of the implicit properties of an item. Right click this item then left click another item to apply it. |
File:Divine Orb icon.png | Divine Orb | Randomize Values | 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:Orb of Regret icon.png | Orb of Regret | Refund Passive | 40 | Grants a passive skill refund point. Right click on this item to use it. |
File:Orb of Scouring icon.png | Orb of Scouring | Remove Modifiers | 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:Mirror of Kalandra icon.png | Mirror of Kalandra | Clone Item | 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. |
Shards and Fragments
Shards and fragments are obtained by selling items to vendors. They can be combined to form certain currency items by stacking them.
Icon | Name | Stack Size | Combines Into |
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File:Scroll Fragment icon.png | Scroll Fragment | 5 | Scroll of Wisdom |
File:Transmutation Shard icon.png | Transmutation Shard | 20 | Orb of Transmutation |
File:Alteration Shard icon.png | Alteration Shard | 20 | Orb of Alteration |
File:Alchemy Shard icon.png | Alchemy Shard | 20 | Orb of Alchemy |
Currency Exchange Resources
Exchange rates between different currency items is largely dependent on the item's scarcity and the demand for it by players willing to trade. Due to the continuously fluctuating nature of the Path of Exile economy, it is too impractical to keep an updated table of currency exchange rates here. Instead, please refer to these tools and resources:
- ExileStats Currency Guide (exileex.com)
- Exchange rates are determined solely by community input. Simple interface. No registration required. No advertising.
- Currency Exchange Rates (poeex.info)
- Users can suggest changes to exchange rates, but it is not dynamically updated and is subject to the admin's discretion. No registration required. Advertising is present.
- Path of Exile Toolkit's Currency Parser (poetoolkit.com)
- Tool for converting between different types of currency. Currently uses poeex.info for exchange rates[1].
- Currency Calculator (poecalc.com)
- Tool for converting between different types of currency. Default rates are rough estimations but can be set manually.
Vendor Prices Chart
Most orbs are purchasable vendors, and can thus be ranked like coins in normal currency. There are several progression tables below showing who sells what and what their equivalent value is in a measurable orbs.
Currency items that have scraps are italicised.
Main Progression | |||
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Orb | Price | Value in Alts | Location |
Orb of Alchemy | 1 Regret | 64 | Act 3 (Clarissa) |
Orb of Regret | 2 Scouring | 64 | Act 2 (Yeena) |
Orb of Scouring | 4 Chances | 32 | Act 2 (Yeena) |
Orb of Chance | 1 Fusing | 8 | Act 3 (Clarissa) |
Orb of Fusing | 4 Jewellers | 8 | Act 2 (Yeena) |
Chromatic Orb | 3 Jewellers | 6 | Act 2 (Yeena) |
Jeweller's Orb | 2 Alterations | 2 | Act 2 (Yeena) |
Orb of Alteration | 4 Augmentations | 1 | Act 1 (Nessa) |
Orb of Augmentation | 4 Transmutations | 1/4 | Act 1 (Nessa) |
Orb of Transmutation | 7 Portals | 1/16 | Act 1 (Nessa) |
Portal Scroll | 3 Wisdoms | 1/112 | Act 1 (Nessa) |
Scroll of Wisdom | baseline currency | 1/336 | -- |
Scraps Progression | |||
Glassblower's Bauble | 8 Blacksmith Whetstone | -- | Act 3 (Hargan) |
Blacksmith Whetstone | 3 Armourer's scraps | -- | Act 2 (Greust) |
Armourer's scraps | 1 Blacksmith Whetstone | -- | Act 1 (Tarkleigh) |
Act 3's Clarissa has all the Main Progression recipes.
Quick note on vendors and player economy
Vendor prices are a base value for comparisons, player market value will vary. Since players can't downgrade 1 fusing into 8 alts, they may be willing to sell them for less. High-level players will tend to accumulate rarer currencies, and when they begin rolling maps and running them, may run out of smaller denominations such as wisdom scrolls and alts.
Don't forget that barter trading is not just what it is worth, it is also what you are willing to pay.