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Ancient OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a unique item as another of the same item classRight click this item then left click a unique item to apply it. Shift click to unstack.
Acquisition Drop restricted Drop level: 1Vendor Offer 1x Scroll FragmentMetadata Item class: Currency Item Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Currency/CurrencyRerollUnique
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.[1] This will also change the sockets (if any) on the item.
Ancient Orb has restrictions on where or how it can drop.
Drops from Harbingers or Harbinger-related rewards.
Recipes
Ancient Orb can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Notes
Description
Meta
20
Ancient ShardAncient ShardStack Size: 20A stack of 20 shards becomes an Ancient Orb.
N/A
N/A
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1
Foreboding IncubatorForeboding IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds incubated valuable Currency Shards or a Harbinger item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Requires ilvl 68 or above Incubator
valuable Currency Shards or Harbinger Item (random)
M
Ancient Orb are acquired from combining shards. The orb itself is not league-specific, but the shard is an exclusive drop from Harbinger. Simply a drop-restricted item, Ancient Orb did not drop normally.
There are additional ways to acquire drop-restricted currencies including the Ancient Orb. For example, Harbinger chest in Heist and Grand Heist.
Spending
Reforging a unique item means the base item type can change when the orb is applied. Ancient Orbs do not change the inventory size of an item, so 2x4-sized "tower shields" for example stay within that group.[2] Unique cluster jewel are in the same group in other 1x1 jewel as well.[3]
Notably, unique items specific to past temporary leagues, such as HeadhunterHeadhunter Leather BeltRequires Level 40+(25-40) to maximum Life+(40-55) to Strength +(40-55) to Dexterity +(50-60) to maximum Life (20-30)% increased Damage with Hits against Rare monsters When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds"A man's soul rules from a cavern of bone, learns and judges through flesh-born windows. The heart is meat. The head is where the Man is." - Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom can be obtained with an Ancient Orb only while standing in a map to which the appropriate league's mod has been added with Zana's Map Device.[confirmation needed because of 3.14 change]
It is worth noting that using Ancient Orb will remove any influences, as well as remove enchantments from the item. Links and Sockets are re-rolled as well.
Mechanic restrictions
Ancient orb cannot roll the following type of items:
Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it., the other currency item that can generate unique items, ignores the drop level of the targeted unique item. For Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it., the item level of the base does not matter,[4] as long as the item level of the base is greater than the required level to equip that base.[5] Most unique items have a drop level that is equal to the required level to equip that unique, but some unique items have a higher drop level than needed to equip them, such as SkyforthSkyforth Sorcerer BootsEnergy Shield: (51-59)Requires Level 67, 123 Int+(60-120) to maximum Mana 30% increased Movement Speed 25% chance to gain a Power Charge on Critical Strike 12% increased Reservation Efficiency of Skills You have no Life Regeneration Stun Threshold is based on 500% of your Mana instead of LifeThe quick die young, the brilliant go mad, and the powerful stand alone in a wasteland of their own creation..
GGG has not officially clarified whether there is a similar item level restriction for Ancient Orbs. In practice, though, Ancient Orbs apparently are allowed to reroll low item level unique items to into higher drop level items. It is rumoured that this feature of Ancient Orbs can be used to eliminate undesired uniques in order to have a slightly higher chance to roll HeadhunterHeadhunter Leather BeltRequires Level 40+(25-40) to maximum Life+(40-55) to Strength +(40-55) to Dexterity +(50-60) to maximum Life (20-30)% increased Damage with Hits against Rare monsters When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds"A man's soul rules from a cavern of bone, learns and judges through flesh-born windows. The heart is meat. The head is where the Man is." - Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom.
For example, using ilvl 40-43 unique belts, Ancient Orbs can still roll drop level 48-ish unique belts, but not higher. Players have speculated that this ancient orb feature could be used on certain item classes which have fated unique. In this case, the Ancient Orb would function differently than an Orb of Chance:
E.G. The lowest ilvl 2x4 bow is a Storm CloudStorm Cloud Long BowBow Elemental Damage: 1-85 Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Attacks per Second: (1.77-1.95)Requires Level 9, 38 DexNo Physical Damage Adds 1 to 85 Lightning Damage (36-50)% increased Attack SpeedCenturies of development in steel armoursmithing turned the armies of the Eternal Empire into very effective lightning rods. (ilvl 9), which has a fated versionThe TempestThe Tempest Long BowBow Elemental Damage: 1-85 Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Attacks per Second: (1.77-1.95)Requires Level 32, 38 DexNo Physical Damage 100% increased Lightning Damage Adds 1 to 85 Lightning Damage (36-50)% increased Attack SpeedWhere steel-grey clouds gather and crash together, a storm is sure to follow. (ilvl 32)
If you were to use Ancient Orb on any 2x4 ilvl 1 bow, it can roll up to an ilvl 32 bow, but never anything beyond.[6]
This is the result of experimentation by players. There is no official explanation for the actual mechanic.
Examples
A unique item that have a low ilvl, can be flipped to item that have higher required level to equip or on a base that have a higher drop level.
For example, an ilvl 1 Storm CloudStorm Cloud Long BowBow Elemental Damage: 1-85 Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Attacks per Second: (1.77-1.95)Requires Level 9, 38 DexNo Physical Damage Adds 1 to 85 Lightning Damage (36-50)% increased Attack SpeedCenturies of development in steel armoursmithing turned the armies of the Eternal Empire into very effective lightning rods. can be flipped to Death's HarpDeath's Harp Death BowBow Physical Damage: (53.2-57.4) to (138.7-149.65) Critical Strike Chance: (6.50-7.50)% Attacks per Second: 1.32Requires Level 32, 107 Dex(30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance(90-105)% increased Physical Damage 10% increased Attack Speed +50% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier BowAttacks fire 2 additional ArrowsThe mournful music of the strings, The creaking arch, the arrow sings. A choking cry, a rattled breath, The Reaper's Song, the Harp of Death. (on a bow base that requires lvl 32 to drop) by using Ancient Orb (skipping lower required level 2x4 sized bows Roth's ReachRoth's Reach Recurve BowBow Physical Damage: (24-27) to (72-81) Critical Strike Chance: 6.70% Attacks per Second: 1.25Requires Level 18, 65 Dex+(15-25)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier(60-80)% increased Physical Damage Skills Chain +2 times 30% increased Projectile Speed (60-80)% increased Elemental Damage with AttackSkills"Exiled to the sea; what a joke. I'm more free than I've ever been." - Captain Weylam "Rot-tooth" Roth of the Black Crest (lvl 18) and DoomfletchDoomfletch Royal BowBow Physical Damage: (26-30) to (76-80) Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Attacks per Second: (1.59-1.65)Requires Level 28, 95 Dex(20-24)% increased Elemental Damage with AttackSkillsAdds (12-16) to (20-24) Physical Damage (10-14)% increased Attack Speed 60% increased Mana Regeneration Rate Gain 100% of Weapon Physical Damage as Extra Damage of each Element"Toasted or frozen Or twitching in the light I'm not fussy And neither is Death." - Koralus Doomfletch (lvl 28) ).[7]
Another example, by using ilvl 41-43 unique belts, streamer mbXtreme still able to roll Soul TetherSoul Tether Cloth BeltRequires Level 48(15-25)% increased Stun and Block Recovery+(20-40) to Intelligence Gain (4-6)% of Maximum Life as Extra Maximum Energy Shield Immortal AmbitionVaal bloodpriests were among the earliest intellectuals on record. It was they who found that a newly freed soul would desperately cling to any other source of life. (base drop level 16; unique requires character level 48 to equip) as 2 of his 111 outcome.[8] His another attempt, using ilvl 40-42 unique belts, yielded a similar result: ilvl cannot block Soul TetherSoul Tether Cloth BeltRequires Level 48(15-25)% increased Stun and Block Recovery+(20-40) to Intelligence Gain (4-6)% of Maximum Life as Extra Maximum Energy Shield Immortal AmbitionVaal bloodpriests were among the earliest intellectuals on record. It was they who found that a newly freed soul would desperately cling to any other source of life.. Despite out of his 1337 Ancient Orbs, no other unique belts (such as Immortal FleshImmortal Flesh Leather BeltRequires Level 50+(25-40) to maximum Life+(75-100) to maximum Life Regenerate (200-350) Life per second Regenerate (8-10) Mana per second -(25-15)% to all Elemental Resistances -(50-40) Physical Damage taken from AttackHits 40% increased Armour while not Ignited, Frozen or Shocked"She begged the Earth to spare her Son; Out of love the Earth agreed. To the other Elements she did not speak And out of spite They plotted." - Berek and the Untamed or GluttonyGluttony Leather BeltRequires Level 48+(25-40) to maximum Life+(60-80) to maximum Life You have Culling Strike against Cursed Enemies Gain (20-28) Life per Cursed Enemy Hit with Attacks Gain (10-14) Mana per Cursed Enemy Hit with Attacks Take (100-200) Physical Damage when you use a Movement Skill You have no Armour or Maximum Energy ShieldWhat started as a desire to feed became a desire to learn..., at that time requires high level to equip) that have a higher required character level than Soul Tether, have been rolled.[9]
Can now only be dropped from Foreboding IncubatorsForeboding IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds incubated valuable Currency Shards or a Harbinger item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters. of level 68 or higher.
↑Version 1.0.0g Patch note: The Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. can now generate Uniques that are higher than the itemlevel of the base type you're trying to roll.
Ancient ShardAncient ShardStack Size: 20A stack of 20 shards becomes an Ancient Orb.
Foreboding IncubatorForeboding IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds incubated valuable Currency Shards or a Harbinger item to an equippable item
HeadhunterHeadhunter
can be obtained with an Ancient Orb only while standing in a map to which the appropriate league's mod has been added with Zana's Map Device.[confirmation needed because of 3.14 change]
Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.
, the other currency item that can generate unique items, ignores the drop level of the targeted unique item. For 
SkyforthSkyforth
.
Storm CloudStorm Cloud
(ilvl 9), which has a fated version
Death's HarpDeath's Harp
(on a bow base that requires lvl 32 to drop) by using Ancient Orb (skipping lower required level 2x4 sized bows 
Roth's ReachRoth's Reach
(lvl 18) and 
DoomfletchDoomfletch
(lvl 28) ).[7]
Soul TetherSoul Tether
(base drop level 16; unique requires character level 48 to equip) as 2 of his 111 outcome.[8] His another attempt, using ilvl 40-42 unique belts, yielded a similar result: ilvl cannot block 
Immortal FleshImmortal Flesh
or 
GluttonyGluttony
, at that time requires high level to equip) that have a higher required character level than Soul Tether, have been rolled.[9]