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{{Base item
|rarity_id                               = normal
|name                                    = Orb of Fusing
|class_id                                = StackableCurrency
|size_x                                  = 1
|size_y                                  = 1
|drop_level                              = 8
|tags                                    = currency, default
|metadata_id                             = Metadata/Items/Currency/CurrencyRerollSocketLinks
|purchase_cost_normal1_name              = Jeweller's Orb
|purchase_cost_normal1_amount            = 4
|stack_size                              = 20
|description                             = Reforges the links between sockets on an item
|help_text                               = Right click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it. The item's quality increases the chances of obtaining more links.<br>Shift click to unstack.
|stack_size_currency_tab                 = 5000
|release_version                         = 0.9.3
|upgraded_from_set1_group1_item_name     = The God of Misfortune
|upgraded_from_set1_group1_amount        = 1
|upgraded_from_set1_text                 = {{c|currency|3x Orb of Fusing}}
|upgraded_from_set2_group1_item_name     = Reforged Bonds
|upgraded_from_set2_group1_amount        = 1
|upgraded_from_set2_text                 = {{c|currency|5x Orb of Fusing}}
|upgraded_from_set3_group1_item_name     = Loyalty
|upgraded_from_set3_group1_amount        = 5
|upgraded_from_set3_text                 = {{c|currency|3x Orb of Fusing}}
|upgraded_from_set4_group1_item_name     = Lucky Connections
|upgraded_from_set4_group1_amount        = 7
|upgraded_from_set4_text                 = {{c|currency|20x Orb of Fusing}}
|upgraded_from_set5_group1_item_name     = Emperor's Luck
|upgraded_from_set5_group1_amount        = 5
|upgraded_from_set5_text                 = {{c|currency|5x currency}} (random)
}}

An '''Orb of Fusing''' is a [[currency]] item that can be used to re-roll the [[links]] between [[socket]]s on a [[weapon]] or piece of [[Equipment#Armour|armour]]. The colour and number of sockets remain unchanged.

{{Item acquisition}}

Orbs of Fusing are uncommon currency items that can be dropped by slain monsters, chests, and destructible containers. They also drop from Arcanist's Strongboxes.

Orbs of Fusing may be obtained from vendors. [[Yeena]] sells an Orb of Fusing in exchange for 4 {{il|Jeweller's Orb|Jeweller's Orbs}}.

It can also created by using [[beastcrafting]] recipe from [[Craicic Sand Spitter]].
==Spending==
Orbs of Fusing are primarily used to modify the linked sockets on an item. If an item has some [[quality]], each 1% quality improves the result by 1%. While the chance of obtaining three or four linked sockets is relatively high, the chance of obtaining five or six linked sockets is very low, and on average requires hundreds or even thousands of attempts.

A test involving 100 000 {{il|Orb of Fusing|Orbs of Fusing}} concluded that the chance for an {{il|Orb of Fusing|Orb of Fusing}} to six-link a six-socketed, 20% [[quality|qualitied]] [[item]] is approximately 0.1% (1 in 1000).  (More precisely, there is a 95% chance that the average number of orbs needed to create a six-link is between 836 and 1244.)<ref name="100kFuseExperiment" /> This translates into a ~77% chance to six-link within 1500 Orbs of Fusing, and a 5% chance that it will take more than 3000.<ref name = "1500FuseChance"/>

This means it is statistically not worthwhile to use the [[Crafting Bench]] recipe instead of using Orbs of Fusing manually, but it is still an option to consider for risk-averse players to avoid bad luck.

Historically, lead developer Chris Wilson has stated that the odds for six linked sockets were very close to 1/1500.<ref name = "Chris1500" /> Note that this was prior to the item quality effect change from [[version 2.2.0]] though, which means the consumed quality back then was able to improve these odds by "more than double".<ref name = "QualityLinking" />

An orb of fusing will not reroll the links of a 5-socket & 5-linked item, nor will it reroll the links of a 6-linked item.<ref name = "FuseBlock"/>

These crafting options are available on the Crafting Bench:
{{MasterCraftingTable
|plvl=
|item_affix=
}}
|-
| Two Linked Sockets|| 2  || 1x {{il|Orb of Fusing}} 
|-
| Three Linked Sockets|| 2 || 3x {{il|Orb of Fusing}} 
|-
| Four Linked Sockets || 3 || 5x {{il|Orb of Fusing}} 
|-
| Five Linked Sockets || 4 || 150x {{il|Orb of Fusing}} 
|-
| Six Linked Sockets || 7 || 1500x {{il|Orb of Fusing}} 
|}

These recipes can also be applied to [[corrupted]] items at the cost of using one {{il|Vaal Orb}} for every Orb of Fusing required. This is currently the only way the links on a [[corrupted]] item can be modified.

One can also sell [[Clarissa]] an Orb of Fusing in exchange for one {{il|Orb of Chance}}.

==Achievements==
There is one achievement related to Orbs of Fusing:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Name !! Description
|-
| Well-Connected <br> [[File:Well-Connected achievement icon.jpg]]||Create an item with six linked sockets using an Orb of Fusing.
|}

==Version history==
{{Version history table header}}
{{Version history table row|2.2.0}}
* When you use an Orb of Fusing or a Jeweller's Orb on an item, the item's quality is no longer consumed. The way that quality affects the result has also been changed. Each 1% quality improves the result by 1%. This makes the Fusing process 20% easier on 20% quality items, for example.
{{Version history table row|1.0.0b}}
* You can now use an Orb of Fusing on an item with four linked sockets again. The change made in 1.0.0 only prevents fusing items that have five or six sockets that are already entirely linked.
{{Version history table row|1.0.0}}
*When using Orbs of Fusing, you're now 233% more likely to roll four linked sockets and 25% more likely to roll five linked sockets.
{{Version history table row|0.11.5}}
* Jeweller's Orbs and Orbs of Fusing now describe that they consume quality when used.
{{Version history table row|0.11.0}}
* The Orb of Fusing and {{il|Jeweller's Orb}} now consume all the [[quality]] on an item to increase the chances of rolling more sockets/links.
{{Version history table row|0.9.3b}}
* Changed Orb of Scouring, Jeweler's Orb, Orb of Fusing to only drop in level 12+ areas because they were too complicated for early players.
{{Version history table row|0.9.3}}
* Added new currency item - Orb of Fusing: Rerolls socket links on an item.
|}

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="100kFuseExperiment">{{cite web
 |title = I used 100.000 fusings for science! [Statistics inside]
 |url = https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/75t1c9/i_used_100000_fusings_for_science_statistics/
 |author = gvieira
 |date = October 11, 2017
 |accessdate = November 7, 2017
 |publisher = Path of Exile subreddit 
}}</ref>
<ref name = "1500FuseChance">{{cite web
 |title = I used 100.000 fusings for science! [Statistics inside]
 |url = https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/75t1c9/i_used_100000_fusings_for_science_statistics/do8sc4v/
 |author = Werezompire
 |date = October 11, 2017
 |accessdate = November 7, 2017
 |publisher = Path of Exile subreddit 
}}</ref>
<ref name = "Chris1500">{{cite web
 |title = Used up a million orbs of fusing to 6-link your item, and want to mathematically know how unlucky you are? Look here for the answer!
 |url = https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/2cknga/used_up_a_million_orbs_of_fusing_to_6link_your/cjggptw/?context=3
 |author = chris_wilson
 |date = Aug  04, 2014
 |accessdate = November 7, 2017
 |publisher = Path of Exile subreddit
}}</ref>
<ref name = "QualityLinking">{{cite web
 |title = [Discussion] PRD on jewelers and fusings
 |url = https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/23qgit/discussion_prd_on_jewelers_and_fusings/ch0po2y/?context=3
 |author = chris_wilson
 |date = April 24, 2014
 |accessdate = November 7, 2017
 |publisher = Path of Exile subreddit
}}</ref>
<ref name = "FuseBlock">{{cite web
 |title = 1.0.0 Release Patch Notes
 |url = http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/545523#p4918892
 |author = Chris_Wilson
 |date = October 22, 2013
 |accessdate = July 10, 2020
 |publisher = Path of Exile website
}}

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