Chaos Orb is a currency item that can be used to re-roll the random modifiers on a piece of rareequipment. It is one of the three orbs most commonly used as currency to exchange items between players, the other two being Divine OrbsDivine OrbStack Size: 20Randomises the values of the random modifiers on an itemRight click this item then left click a magic, rare or unique item to apply it. and Mirror of KalandraMirror of KalandraStack Size: 10Creates a mirrored copy of an itemRight click this item then left click an equipable non-unique item to apply it. Mirrored copies cannot be modified., both of much higher value.
Chaos Orbs are useful in crafting, as they reroll all modifiers (and the number of modifiers) on a rare item. This makes for unpredictable results, so getting a specific modifier is not easy. Using multiple Chaos Orbs on a piece of equipment in the hopes of getting at least a few good modifiers is called 'Chaos spamming'.
For regular items, Chaos Orbs result in a rare item with an affix count of 4, 5, or 6 at a ratio of 8:3:1.
These orbs also play an important role in trading. They are the "silver standard" in the player-driven economy and are often used to buy low to mid tier items. (See Guide:Currency creation and trading.)
Chaos Orb can be created from the following recipes:
Amount
Part
Description
Meta
20
Chaos ShardChaos ShardStack Size: 20A stack of 20 shards becomes a Chaos Orb.
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M
8
Rain of ChaosRain of Chaos8Chaos OrbFire filled the sky that night Chaos reigned Where the shards fell All was destroyed -Jozen Kasigi, retelling an urban legend of the Cataclysm
1x Chaos Orb
M
7
Three Faces in the DarkThree Faces in the Dark73x Chaos OrbFor every threat you spy in the shadows, there are two others you don't.
3x Chaos Orb
M
1
Chaotic DispositionChaotic Disposition15x Chaos OrbLife isn't what you make of it, it's already been made for you.
5x Chaos Orb
M
8
The WrathThe Wrath810x Chaos Orb"Daughter of catastrophe, mother of pain. Amongst the filth of Wraeclast, she wanders, and her wrath follows." - Quintoon the Returned
The following currencies now have a stack size of 20: Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it., Vaal OrbVaal OrbStack Size: 20Corrupts an item, modifying it unpredictablyRight click this item then left click an item to corrupt it. Corrupted items cannot be modified again., Chaos Orb, Tainted Chaos OrbTainted Chaos OrbStack Size: 20Unpredictably either reforges a corrupted rare item with new random modifiers or removes all of its modifiersRight click this item then left click a corrupted rare item to apply it., Eldritch Chaos OrbEldritch Chaos OrbStack Size: 20If The Searing Exarch is dominant, reroll prefix modifiers If The Eater of Worlds is dominant, reroll suffix modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item with The Searing Exarch or The Eater of Worlds dominance to apply it., and Veiled Chaos OrbVeiled OrbStack Size: 20Removes a random modifier and adds a random Veiled modifier to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it..
Increased the drop rates of Orb of Alchemy by 50%, Orb of Chance by 25% and Chaos Sphere by 100%. They're still quite hard to find.
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Introduced to the game
See also
Tainted Chaos OrbTainted Chaos OrbStack Size: 20Unpredictably either reforges a corrupted rare item with new random modifiers or removes all of its modifiersRight click this item then left click a corrupted rare item to apply it.