As you firststart out in Grinding Gear Games' Path of Exile, you may not come across norunderstand exactly how well to utilize your inventory using the differentvendors found within the game. However, vendor recipes can play a vital role inhelping your character become as powerful as it can be.
There are many waysto make the most of your PoE Orbs andoverall PoEcurrency and this short guide will give you an idea of what useful recipeswill come in handy, particularly at the game’s onset. You will find a number ofcommon elder items that you may want to instinctively discard, but before youdo, consider combining them to make enhancements to your current inventory.
Introduction – Orbs and Blight
You may see similar currency systems in othergames such as Diablo, Blade and Soul, Guild Wars and others. PoE’scurrency system works predominantly with orbs. To name a few, some key onesinclude chaos orbs, exalted orbs, jewellers orbs, and others such as the orb of fusing, orb ofalchemy, orb of scouring, chromaticorb, orb of chance to name a fewwhich you will come across. Some can come in handy such as the chromatic orb, regal orb, orb of annulment,blessed orb, orb of chance, and the divineorb. All of these can be used in a number of ways, which will get you onyour way to acquiring the likes of CartographersSextant, Gemcutter's Prism, andmore.
These should be taken into consideration whenpowerleveling or when looking for rare & unique items as these are the keycomponents of Path of Exile currency. So whether its standard league orchallenge leagues you are interested in, or whether you are on PoE Xbox or PoE PS4, or elsewhere, you should keep them in mind. There areother forms of currency such as Mirror ofKalandra, Chaotic Resonators, Path of Exile Silver Coin, and others,but orbs are much more common. Vendors play a key role in this too, as you canacquire a number of shaper items via gem recipes throughout the game, includingOffering to the Goddess and many morePoE item types. The channeling spell known as Blight also plays a big part in PoE. You may have come acrossphrases such as PoE Blight HC(Hardcore) which plays reference to a certain poe build, or orb blight standardand even PoE Blight Currency. You mayhave even heard it referenced via its platform, such as PS4 Blight. These are all phrases that you will hear as you getstarted with Path of Exile and its different ways of using its Path of Exilecurrency item.
For now, here are a few recipes that will help youout via the in-game Path of Exile vendors.
Flasks
Flasks should beamong the first things you should look at when you acquire PoE currency. Thesecan be used in a number of ways with vendors, and are quite common. Forexample, you can upgrade flasks by taking three of them to a vendor recipessystem and trading them to receive an upgraded version. You can also trade itemin to grab the Glassblower's Bauble.This can be done by using a combined life flask quality of 40%.
Skill Gems
Next up is Skill Gems. Gems such as Ethereal Knives, for example, can beused with an Orb of Scouring which will come in very handy as they give you aSkill Gem which will be one level lower. Also, if you have a number of unwantedquality or superior Skill Gems, you can gain the Gemcutter's Prism, which will improve the quality of a reduction gem.Should you have collected a high amount of Skill Gems that have any kind of Vaal fragment, then you will receive a Vaal Orb. This will corrupt any rare item,which can modify it to work in unpredictable ways.
Maps
Another usefulway to utilize vendors is Maps. Youcan get a leveled-up Arcade map bytrading in three maps of the same kind. If you are looking to increase thequality of the map, then trading one in with a Stone Hammer will give you a Cartographer'sChisel. Keep in mind that if you would like to get your hands on thechisel, you will need the hammer that you are trading to be at least 20%quality in order for it to work. This strategy will come in handy later in the game when you have a lotof lower level tier maps that you won't need anymore, so it is a great way toacquire the upgraded maps that you will need late on.
Combining with Amulets
Bandit questscan conjure up a number of rewards, one set of which is onyx Amulets. If you trade these in with 20 Orbs of Regret, you can get your handson books that will gain favour with different entities. For example, trading inthe Amber Amulet will get you the Book of Reform to gain Oak's favour, so try it out withwhatever amulet reward that you manage to get your hands on for differingelemental results.
Increasing Damage Stats
If you arelooking for a damage increase, then be sure to get your hands on either a blueor magical sceptre or wand, as well as an AlterationOrb and Ruby Ring or Sapphire Ring. These combined will earna powerful One Handed Mace, whichwill add certain powers depending on the ring you choose to give to the PoE vendorrecipe. Regardless of which you choose, you are looking at high increases inelemental damage. Speaking of increasing damage, you can also do so if you havea dagger, wand, staff or sceptre, as well as a Blacksmith's Whetstone and a ChainBelt. This will give you an increase in physical damage output, but will alsodeal higher magic damage depending on what kind of belt you choose to trade in.
Hopefully, thisshort guide on introducing Pathof Exile orb recipes and how to make the most of poe vendors will give youthe best chance of using your Poe Currency and PoE Orbs of alteration to thebest of your ability gem. With this knowledge, you should do well in any formof PoE Currency Exchange. The beauty of this method is there is plenty of roomfor experimentation and can be as basic or complex as you need it to be,whatever you may be up to as you explore Grinding Gears' epic title.
