Crafting is the backbone of Path of Exile, allowing you to create custom gear for your character. From rerolling stats to targeting specific mods, there are many ways to enhance an item. Understanding how items are crafted is essential to success. Item level dictates the pool of possible modifiers, influencing which prefixes and suffixes can be scooped from it.
Fossil Crafting
Fossil craft of exile is a valuable tool for fine-tuning your items in Path of Exile. Using fossils to more deterministically craft items can be extremely helpful, especially when pursuing specific modifiers like damage rolls or unique gem sockets. Fossils can be used to block certain types of mods from rolling, guarantee that certain types of modifiers will roll, and boost the chance of certain modifiers to appear on an item – all while still allowing for random rolls. Fossils are a key component in the crafting process of any high-tier item, and can be obtained by destroying monsters in the depths of Delve or as a chest reward from some Delve encounters such as the Smuggler’s Stash node. Once obtained, fossils can be placed into resonators to use in the crafting system. Resonators can be equipped with up to four fossils, each affecting the crafting process in different ways. For example, a Scorched Fossil in a resonator will cause all of the available mods to be fire. Similarly, a Corroded Fossil can guarantee more physical rolls while blocking chaos and defense related mods.
Choosing the right fossils and resonators is important to maximize your chances of obtaining the desired modifiers on an item, and can save you a significant amount of money in the long run. A good place to start is with the Fossil Crafting Calculator, which can help you find the best fossils for your desired base.
The calculator is simple to use: just enter your preferred item base and type, select the type of fossil you want, and click ‘Compute Best Selection’. The website will then conduct a simulation to determine the best and cheapest fossils needed to achieve your goals. The calculator also provides a list of all available modifiers for the selected base and their corresponding probabilities, which can be very useful when determining the best possible combination of fossils. This list includes normal mods, modifiers that can be rolled from resonators, modifiers that are guaranteed to roll on certain bases, and more. In addition, the calculator can help you prioritize certain mods based on their effect, allowing you to craft more effective items in less time.
Catalyst Crafting
A new addition to the crafting system in Path of Exile, catalysts are used to help make your crafted items more powerful. They are a great way to increase the chances of getting specific modifiers when you apply an Exalt Orb or an Annulment Orb, as well as improving certain weapon frames and adding unique perks. Catalysts can be obtained by selling three of the same kind of item to a vendor for a chance at a random catalyst. They can be found all over the place, but they tend to be rarer than the items they are crafted from. Using them can be a smart way to prepare for a big raid or exaltation, and they are also a great tool to have in case you accidentally lose an orb of crafting.
There are four different catalysts available, each granting a unique perk to the crafted item. Tempering Catalyst increases the quality of Defence modifiers on a ring, amulet or belt, including armour, evasion rating and energy shield. This can be increased to up to 20%. Turbulent Catalyst increases the quality of Elemental Damage modifiers on a ring, amulet, or belt, including fire damage, lightning damage and cold damage. This can be increased to up to 20%. Accelerating Catalyst increases the quality of Speed modifiers on a ring, amulet, and belt, including movement speed, attack speed and cast speed. This can be increased up to 20%.
Lastly, the Creation Catalyst allows players to transform their gear into Tier Sets. This is a great way to get your hands on the new set gear in a relatively quick manner if you are unable to farm them from Zereth Mortis or from the Sepulcher of the First Ones raid. The Creation Catalyst has a charge which must be replenished each week. However, the charge does not reset if you do not use it and will continue to accumulate over time. The Creation Catalyst can only be used on equipment with a base ilvl of 272 or higher, and cannot be used to change the ilvl of gem sockets or socket links.
Annulment Crafting
In Path of Exile, Annulment crafting is a way to remove an unwanted mod from a magic or rare item. It is often used when attempting to reroll items with multiple unwanted modifiers. It is especially useful when trying to reroll a weapon with the highest attack modifier. It can also be used to reroll a weapon with a high defense modifier. The key to successful rerolling is to understand the effects of each modifier and its groupings. Each item has a set of modifier groups that it can only have a certain number of times. These mod groups prevent certain combinations of modifiers from appearing together. It is important to understand these groups and use them wisely in your crafting strategy.
The first step in a successful reroll is to ensure that the item has a good base item. Then, add the desired mods using Orbs of Transmutation or Orbs of Alteration. These orbs are a bit of a gamble, but they can upgrade an ordinary item to a rare rarity. They can also upgrade a unique item to a random rarity. Another important tool for rerolling is the Orb of Annulment. This orb can randomly remove one prefix or suffix from an item. It can also reroll a crafted modifier. It is a bit of a gamble, however, because the removed mod may be a weaker one than the original.
A common technique for rerolling weapons is to use an Orb of Annulment after using a Vaal Orb. This can help avoid the chance of a corrupted item, which can cause issues with your character’s damage. This can also prevent the loss of a desirable modifier, such as +3 to Maximum Life or 5% increased damage with bow skills. This orb can be purchased from other players or from the Auction House. It can be used to re-roll crafted items, or it can be used with Fossils and Chaos Orbs to reforge items. It can also be used to re-roll maps. The Orb of Annulment is an expensive item, but it is a valuable part of the crafting process.
Harvest Crafting
While there are some elements of the game that are deterministic (such as orbs, the Crafting Bench, and Cadiro), many of the methods of item acquisition in Path of Exile involve large amounts of luck. Despite this, players can still gain powerful items that they would not otherwise have access to through these systems by learning how to use them. This guide is designed to teach you the techniques that can help you unlock the power of Harvest crafting. Harvest Crafting is a league mechanic that allows you to fight exotic plants and collect Lifeforce for the purpose of reforging or augmenting your gear. The mechanic can be a great way to level up your character or build an end-game character, and it also provides a powerful boost to players in the early levels of the game.
When you enter the Sacred Grove, you are presented with a series of plots that contain exotic plants. Interacting with the plants spawns groups of challenging monsters that drop Lifeforce for you to collect. The number of monsters spawned per plant is determined by the type of seed you select. Some of these seeds contain unique plants that spawn powerful Harvest bosses to fight. These bosses can be fought without selecting the plot they are in, but the resulting Lifeforce is very valuable.
Conclusion
Some of the Harvest craft options that had overly-deterministic behaviour have been removed. These include all of the Annulment-type crafts (crafts that remove a non-caster modifier) and all of the type-specific Divine crafts (crafts that rerolled the value of specific modifiers). Additionally, all of the Atlas Influence crafts have been changed to apply a randomised set of modifiers to an existing influenced item instead of adding one of the selected modifiers.
In addition to the aforementioned changes, the life of Primal Blisterlord, Primal Crushclaw, and Vivid Devourer has been reduced to bring them more in line with the life of other Harvest monsters. In addition, the Horticrafting Station has been reworked to function more like a crafting bench, allowing you to choose from all of your available Harvest craft options when you click on it.
