How Many Currency And Upgrade Materials Are There In Path Of Exile 2?

Path of Exile 2’s currency system is very complex, just as complex as its skill system. Although Path of Exile 2 has only opened the first three acts and the endgame, the types of currency in the player’s inventory are almost too many to count.

Most of the currency is centered around how to change your equipment. They may upgrade your equipment, but they can also destroy your equipment. Each currency has its own unique function. They can modify the affixes of your equipment, change the quality of your equipment, and add new slots for your skill gems.

If you want to know how to build your equipment, you’d better understand the currency in your inventory.

POE 2 Main Currency

In your early game, you can get some low-level currency such as POE 2 Exalted Orb and Orbs of Transmutation through common monsters and boss drops. As you reach the third act and get the endgame, you can get high-level currency, such as Vaal Orb and Divine Orb.

• Gold: Applies to vendor items and Gambling, resets Passive Skill Tree nodes.
• Orb of Transmutation: Transforms a normal item into a magic item.
• Orb of Augmentation: Adds a modifier to a magic item.
• Orb of Alchemy: Upgrades a normal item to a rare item.
• Orb of Chance: Transforms a normal item into a rare, unique, or magic item.
• Regal Orb: Transforms a magic item into a rare item.
• Exalted Orb: Adds a random modifier to a rare item, up to 6.
• Divine Orb: Randomly changes the values of all modifiers.
• Chaos Orb: Replaces an equipped modifier with another modifier at random.
• Orb of Annulment: Removes a random modifier.
• Lesser Jeweler’s Orb: Adds a slot to a 2-slot skill gem.
• Greater Jeweler’s Orb: Adds a slot to a 3-slot skill gem.
• Perfect Jeweler’s Orb: Adds a slot to a 4-slot Skill Gem.
• Artificer’s Orb: Adds a slot to an item.
• Arcanist’s Etcher: Increases the quality of a Staff, Wand, or Sceptre.
• Armorer’s Scrap: Improves the quality of armor.
• Blacksmith’s Whetstone: Increases the quality of Martial Weapons.
• Glassblower’s Bauble: Improves the quality of your Flask.
• Gemcutter’s Prism: Improves the quality of your Skill Gem.
• Vaal Orb: Gives your items a random change, but it can no longer be modified with currency.
• Mirror of Kalandra: Makes a copy of your items, except for unique items.

Path Of Exile 2 Catalysts

Catalysts are special currency found in Breaches when you reach the endgame. They are specific modifiers that enhance your rings and amulets. Monsters drop Catalysts when you have Breach encounters. Rare monsters have a slightly higher chance of dropping one.

• Adaptive Catalyst: Enhances Attribute modifiers
• Carapace Catalyst: Enhances Defense modifiers
• Chayula’s Catalyst: Enhances Chaos modifiers
• Esh’s Catalyst: Enhances Lightning modifiers
• Flesh Catalyst: Enhances Life modifiers
• Neural Catalyst: Enhances Mana modifiers
• Reaver Catalyst: Enhances Attack modifiers
• Sibilant Catalyst: Enhances Caster modifiers
• Skittering Catalyst: Enhances Speed modifiers
• Tul’s Catalyst: Enhances Cold modifiers
• Uul-Netol’s Catalyst: Enhances Physical modifiers
• Xoph’s Catalyst: Enhances Fire modifiers

POE 2 Distilled Emotions

Distilled Emotions are special items that players can obtain in Delirium. You need to kill as many monsters as possible in Delirium to obtain Distilled Emotions. To use Distilled Emotions, you can open a special window in your inventory. You can use three Distilled Emotions to enhance an amulet or a Waystone.

• Distilled Despair: Players are 20% Delirious, 30% increased stack size of Simulacrum Splinters.
• Distilled Disgust: Players are 18% Delirious, 30% increased Precursor Tablets found.
• Distilled Envy: Players are 15% Delirious, 30% increased Waystones found.
• Distilled Fear: Players are 22% Delirious, and rare monsters have a 25% chance to gain an additional modifier.
• Distilled Greed: Players are 10% Delirious, +8% Rarity of items found.
• Distilled Guilt: Players are 9% Delirious, +8% Pack Size.
• Distilled Ire: Players are 7% Delirious, +20% Magic Monsters.
• Distilled Isolation: Players are 50% Delirious.
• Distilled Paranoia: Players are 12% Delirious, +15% Rare Monsters.
• Distilled Suffering: Players are 25% Delirious, and Unique monsters gain an additional modifier.

POE 2 Essences

Essences upgrade your items from normal items to magic items and add specific affixes to them. Compared with Orb of Alchemy, Essences are more controllable. In addition to Essences, there is also an upgraded version of them in the game, called Greater Essence. They have similar functions to Essences, but they can transform magic items into rare items.

Normal Essence

• Essence of the Body: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Life modifier.
• Essence of the Mind: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Mana modifier.
• Essence of Enhancement: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Defense modifier.
• Essence of Torment: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Physical modifier.
• Essence of Flames: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Fire modifier.
• Essence of Ice: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Cold modifier.
• Essence of Electricity: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Lightning modifier.
• Essence of Ruin: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Chaos modifier.
• Essence of Battle: Transforms a normal item to Magic with an Attack modifier.
• Essence of Sorcery: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Caster modifier.
• Essence of Haste: Transforms a normal item to Magic with a Speed ​​modifier.
• Essence of the Infinite: Transforms a normal item to Magic with an Attribute modifier.

Greater Essence

• Greater Essence of the Body: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Life modifier.
• Greater Essence of the Mind: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Mana modifier.
• Greater Essence of Enhancement: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Defence modifier.
• Greater Essence of Torment: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Physical modifier.
• Greater Essence of Flames: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Fire modifier.
• Greater Essence of Ice: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Cold modifier.
• Greater Essence of Electricity: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Lightning modifier.
• Greater Essence of Ruin: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Chaos modifier.
• Greater Essence of Battle: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with an Attack modifier.
• Greater Essence of Sorcery: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a Caster modifier.
• Greater Essence of Haste: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with a speed modifier.
• Greater Essence of the Infinite: Transforms a Magic item to a Rare item with an Attribute modifier.

Path Of Exile 2 Endgame Currencies

In the endgame of Path of Exile 2, in order to defeat various bosses, players need to collect some special currencies as the “key” to open the boss battle. The drop rate of these special currencies is not very high. If you need these items, you can use POE 2 currency to exchange with other players.

• Breach: Breach Splinter/Breachstone
• Delirium: Simulacrum Splinter/Simulacrum Splinter
• Expedition: Broken Circle Artifact/Black Scythe Artifact/Order Artifact/Sun Artifact/Exotic Coinage
• Pinnacle: Ancient Crisis Fragment/Faded Crisis Fragment/Weathered Crisis Fragment
• Ritual: An Audience With The King
• Ultimatum: Cowardly Fate/Deadly Fate/Victorious Fate

Currency Shards

There are some currencies in Path of Exile 2 called Currency Shards. Players can stack these Currency Shards to get a full Currency.

• Artificer’s Shard: 10 for Artificer’s Orb
• Chance Shard: 10 for Orb of Chance
• Regal Shard: 10 for Regal Orb
• Transmutation Shard: 10 for Orb of Transmutation

That’s all about currency in Path of Exile 2. I hope it helps you craft equipment.