Exalted Shard Recipe - Path of Exile

A stack of 20 Exalted Shard Exalted Shard becomes an  Exalted Orb Exalted Orb. Completing the Exalted Shard recipe is a Path of Exile challenge.

PoE Exalted Shard Recipe

Result Vendor Recipes Notes
2× Exalted Shard Exalted Shard Identified, full rare set of influenced items of the same influence
  • Item Rarity: Rare.
  • Same Influence type: Crusader, Hunter, Redeemer, Warlord, Shaper, Elder.
  • A full set is capable of filling all item slots in the inventory screen (not including flasks, the alternate weapon set, or a quiver). 
4× Exalted Shard Exalted Shard Unidentified, full rare set of influenced items of the same influence

As the following example shown, sell a full rare set of Elder influenced items to a vendor in exchange for two Exalted Shards.

Exalted Shard Recipe

How to find influenced items?

Icon Influence Type Pseudo Search How to Farm Difficult
Shaper Has Shaper Influence Search from Path of Exile Trade found in Shaper-influenced maps or dropped by the Shaper Normal
Elder Has Elder Influence Search from Path of Exile Trade found in Elder-influenced maps or dropped by the Elder Normal
Crusader Has Crusader Influence Search from Path of Exile Trade dropped by Baran, the Crusader or rarely from monsters and chests of map under his influence. Hard
Hunter Has Hunter Influence Search from Path of Exile Trade dropped by Al-Hezmin, the Hunter or rarely from monsters and chests of map under his influence. Hard
Redeemer Has Redeemer Influence Search from Path of Exile Trade dropped by Veritania, the Redeemer or rarely from monsters and chests of map under her influence.  Hard
Warlord Has Warlord Influence Search from Path of Exile Trade dropped by Drox, the Warlord, or rarely from monsters and chests of map under his influence.  Hard

Let's take Elder influence as an example. Open Path of Exile trade website, click Add Stat Filter, input Has Elder Influence and select it, then click the Search button.

How to find influenced items

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How to farm Shaper Influence items or Elder Influence items

Recommendation: Farming Shaper or Elder Influence items to do Exalted Shard recipe. Shaper or Elder scarab increases the drop rate of related influence items by up to 150%. For completing the Exalted Shard vendor recipe challenge, this is the best method.

Recommend to use four Cartographer's Chisel to increase a normal map's quality to 20%, then use Orb of Alchemy for upgrading the white map to a rare map. Last, combine the map and Shaper Scarab to farm shaper influence items. In the following example, the item quantity has increased by 69%.

Also, Polished Shaper Scarab is one of the best choices. It increases the Rare Shaper Items by 60% and only costs 0.5 Chaos Orb.

farm Shaper Influence items

1. Shaper Scarab(recommend)

Scarabs are a type of map fragment. They do not open portals to new areas, but are instead used to augment existing areas with various effects. It is recommended to use scarabs to increase the chance of obtaining influence items.

List of Shaper Scarabs:

Item Stats Search
Rusted Shaper Scarab Rusted Shaper Scarab 30% more Rare Shaper Items found in Area Search
Polished Shaper Scarab Polished Shaper Scarab 60% more Rare Shaper Items found in Area Search
Gilded Shaper Scarab Gilded Shaper Scarab 90% more Rare Shaper Items found in Area Search
Winged Shaper Scarab Winged Shaper Scarab 150% more Rare Shaper Items found in Area Search

List of Elder Scarabs:

Item Stats Search
Rusted Elder Scarab Rusted Elder Scarab 30% more Rare Elder Items found in Area Search
Polished Elder Scarab Polished Elder Scarab 60% more Rare Elder Items found in Area Search
Gilded Elder Scarab Gilded Elder Scarab 90% more Rare Elder Items found in Area Search
Winged Elder Scarab Winged Elder Scarab 150% more Rare Elder Items found in Area Search

2. Shaper Incubator

Incubator is an item class similar to currency items which can be applied to a piece of equipment to guarantee an item drop of a specific type after the specified amount of monsters has been killed. Each equipment can incubate one item at a time, but note that incubators do not incubate on items in swap weapon slots.

Item Drop
Level
Effect(s) Incubation Effect Help Text
Celestial Armoursmith's Incubator 1 Adds an incubated Shaper or Elder Armour item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing # monsters
Shaper or Elder Armour Item Right click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Celestial Blacksmith's Incubator 1 Adds an incubated Shaper or Elder Weapon item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing # monsters
Shaper or Elder Weapon Item Right click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.
Celestial Jeweller's Incubator 1 Adds an incubated Shaper or Elder Trinket item to an equippable item
Item drops after killing # monsters
Shaper or Elder Trinket Item Right click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.

3. Metamorph organ

Mods Search
Drops additional Shaper or Elder Jewellery (×#) Search
Drops additional Elder Armour (×#) Search
Drops an Elder Weapon (×#) Search
Drops additional Shaper Armour (×#) Search
Drops a Shaper Weapon (×#) Search

4. Influenced maps

  • Elder-influenced maps can be found in Maps or sold by Zana. The map item would have an implicit Area is influenced by The Elder.
  • Shaper-influenced maps can be found in Maps or sold by Zana. The map item would have an implicit Area is influenced by The Shaper.

Influenced Item

Influenced items are special types of base items with an expanded pool of exclusive modifiers, they can be recognized by their graphical effects and icon on the sides of the name plate. Influenced items are primarily found in maps via certain bosses. Certain unique items are influenced as well.

Exalted Orb is one of the most valuable items and influcend items can be used to do Exalted Shard vendor recipe.

1. Crusader item

They can be recognized by their red glow and symbols next to the item’s name.

Crusader item

2. Hunter item

They can be recognized by their green glow and symbols next to the item’s name.

Hunter item

3. Redeemer item

They can be recognized by their blue glow and symbols next to the item’s name.

Redeemer item

4. Warlord item

They can be recognized by their yellow glow and symbols next to the item’s name.

Warlord item

5. Shaper item

They can be recognized by their cosmic background and red star symbols next to the item’s name.

Shaper item

6. Elder item

They can be recognized by their tentacle background and blue-purple cross symbols next to the item’s name.

Elder item

Exalted Shard vendor recipe example

Exalted Shard Recipe: Identified, full rare set of influenced items of the same influence. Rarity: rare. Same Influence type.

A full set is capable of filling all item slots in the inventory screen.  The following is a Exalted Shard vendor recipe example:

Item Class Rarity Name Influenced
Item Class: Claws Rare Corpse Fist
Great White Claw
Elder Item
One Hand Swords Rare Vengeance Thirst
Graceful Sword
Elder Item
Helmets Rare Horror Crown
Fluted Bascinet
Elder Item
Body Armours Rare Apocalypse Pelt
Lacquered Garb
Elder Item
Gloves Rare Horror Claw
Ringmail Gloves
Elder Item
Boots Rare Wrath Spur
Shagreen Boots
Elder Item
Belts Rare Storm Shackle
Cloth Belt
Elder Item
Amulets Rare Gale Gorget
Turquoise Amulet
Elder Item
Rings Rare Ghoul Grasp
Two-Stone Ring
Elder Item
Rings Rare Eagle Eye
Coral Ring
Elder Item

Exalted Shard upgrade recipe

Outcome Amount Ingredient
Exalted Orb Exalted Orb 20 Exalted Shard Exalted Shard

Exalted Shard Farming

1. Exalted Shard drop location

It drops from maps with Harbingers modifier. You can craft these modifiers in the Map Device.

The drop rate is random.

2. Exalted Shard Recipes

  • 2× Exalted Shard Exalted Shard = Identified, full rare set of influenced items of the same influence
  • 4× Exalted Shard Exalted Shard = Unidentified, full rare set of influenced items of the same influence

Recipes not working? Check your items: full rare set of influenced items of the same influence.

3. Buy Exalted Shard

You can purchase it from other players as well. The price of Exalted Shard Exalted Shard is about 7 Chaos Orb Chaos Orb.

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