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Crafting Guides

Curated step-by-step paths for common crafting goals. Pick the difficulty that matches your budget and ambition.

Transmute → Augment → Regal

beginner

The cheapest Magic → Rare path. Use up to 2 affixes on a magic item, then Regal to add a third. Ideal for filling slot 1 of a Rare when you just need "any rare with 3 affixes to start".

Steps

  1. Drop a Normal base.
  2. Orb of Transmutation → Magic (1 random affix).
  3. Orb of Augmentation → Magic (adds the missing prefix OR suffix).
  4. Regal Orb → Rare (adds a 3rd affix, ~50/50 prefix or suffix).
  5. Optional: Regal with Omen of Sinistral/Dextral Coronation to force the new affix type.

Best For

  • ✦budget starter rares
  • ✦filling 3-mod bases
  • ✦act 1-3 progression
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Alchemy → Exalted spam

beginner

Roll a Rare with 4 affixes via Alchemy, then Exalted to add a 5th and 6th. Each Exalted picks a random new mod from the pool.

Steps

  1. Normal base → Orb of Alchemy (4 affixes, 2 prefix + 2 suffix).
  2. Check the result. If a "brick" (useless mod), Chaos Orb to reroll all 4.
  3. Exalted Orb → adds 1 affix (random type).
  4. Exalted again → 6 affixes (full rare).
  5. Omens to control slot distribution: Sinistral/Dextral Exaltation, Homogenising Exaltation.

Best For

  • ✦mid-tier rares
  • ✦high-volume crafting
  • ✦learners
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Essence spamming

beginner

An Essence upgrades a Normal item to Rare and guarantees one specific mod. Spam the same essence to roll guaranteed mod + 3 random affixes until you hit your other goals.

Steps

  1. Pick an Essence tier (Lesser < Normal < Greater < Perfect).
  2. Normal base + Essence → guaranteed mod + 3 random affixes (Rare).
  3. If too low-tier, Annul down to 1 affix, Augment back up, repeat.
  4. Or Chaos Orb to reroll the random affixes while keeping the essence mod locked.
  5. Perfect Essence removes 1 random mod and adds the guaranteed one — pair with Omen of Sinistral/Dextral Crystallisation to control which type gets removed.

Best For

  • ✦guaranteed life/resist crafts
  • ✦deterministic starter builds
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Alteration → Regal (target roll)

intermediate

Spam Orbs of Alteration on a Normal base until you hit a desired prefix OR suffix, then Regal to Rare. Best for single-target crafts where you only need ONE specific mod.

Steps

  1. Normal base → Orb of Alteration (rerolls 1 prefix + 1 suffix; ~1/4 magic per try).
  2. Check if the affix is your target. If yes → Regal Orb to upgrade to Rare.
  3. If no, Alt again. Repeat until hit.
  4. Once Rare, use Annul + Augment or Chaos to round out the other affixes.

Best For

  • ✦single-target crafts (specific life roll, specific resist)
  • ✦low budget
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Desecration crafts

advanced

Use Ancient/Preserved/Gnawed bones to add a Desecrated affix from one of three factions (Ulaman, Amanamu, Kurgal). Can replace an existing affix when slots are full.

Steps

  1. Start with a Rare item (the slot dictates which bone: Collarbone for jewellery, Jawbone for weapons, Rib for armour, Cranium for jewels).
  2. Apply bone → rolls 1 Desecrated affix from a random faction.
  3. Use Omen of the Blackblooded / Liege / Sovereign to lock to one faction.
  4. Omen of Putrefaction → replaces ALL affixes with up to 6 Desecrated and corrupts.
  5. Omen of Abyssal Echoes → grants one reroll on the same Desecration result.

Best For

  • ✦endgame crafts
  • ✦faction-locked build enablers
  • ✦corruption synergies
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Breachstone crafting

beginner

Breachstones (Xoph, Tul, Esh, Uul-Netol, Chayula) and their Charged/Enriched/Pure/Flawless variants add Area modifiers and rewards. Not for gear but for endgame mapping.

Steps

  1. Acquire a base Breachstone.
  2. Use Charged / Enriched / Pure / Flawless variants for higher area modifiers and reward density.
  3. Run in mapping for high-quantity, high-rarity loot.

Best For

  • ✦endgame mapping
  • ✦divination card farming
  • ✦currency generation
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Vaal Orb corruption

intermediate

Vaal Orb corrupts an item, locking in current affixes but potentially adding powerful implicit modifiers. 25% chance to brick (turn white).

Steps

  1. Craft the item to its near-final state (you only get one Vaal shot).
  2. Vaal Orb → corrupted (locks affixes, adds implicit).
  3. On rare items, can also add implicit via specific Vaal mechanics.

Best For

  • ✦finishing builds
  • ✦high-risk high-reward upgrades
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Endgame Jewel Crafting (5-mod target)

expert

Craft top-tier 5+ mod jewels by stacking bonus affix slots via Liquids, Desecration, and targeted Orb priority. This method relies on the PoE2 jewel affix system where Diamond-base jewels have 3 prefix + 3 suffix slots, plus bonus slots from Potent Liquid Contempt (+1 suffix allowed) and Potent Liquid Ferocity (Increased Effect of Suffixes).

Steps

  1. Normal Diamond → Orb of Transmutation (1 random prefix).
  2. Orb of Augmentation → Magic (adds the missing prefix or suffix).
  3. Regal Orb → Rare (adds a 3rd affix, ~50/50 prefix or suffix).
  4. Exalted Orb ×3 → fill to 3 prefix + 3 suffix (6 affixes).
  5. Potent Liquid Contempt → removes a random mod then adds +1 Prefix/Suffix Modifier allowed (bonus slot). Exalted into the new slot → 7 affixes.
  6. (Optional) Potent Liquid Ferocity → removes a random mod, adds (40—60)% increased Effect of Suffixes/Prefixes.
  7. (Optional) Preserved Cranium → adds a Desecrated mod from real poe2db scraped pool (42 affixes across Ulaman/Amanamu/Kurgal factions).
  8. (Optional) Omen of Abyssal Echoes → rerolls the Desecration pool before picking.
  9. (Optional) Fracturing Orb ≥4 mods → locks one random mod in place.

Best For

  • ✦endgame jewel crafts
  • ✦Diamond bases
  • ✦+1 suffix bonus slot stacking
  • ✦Desecration synergies
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