Headhunter PoE

PoE Headhunter

The Headhunter is a unique Leather Belt in Path of Exile, considered one of the rarest and most powerful items in the game. It's coveted by players for its ability to steal mods from slain rare monsters and grant those mods to the wearer for 20 seconds. This can include incredible offensive boosts like increased attack speed, critical strike chance, and damage, as well as defensive benefits like life regeneration and resistances.

Here's a breakdown of what you need to know about the Headhunter:

Acquisition:

  • The Headhunter can drop anywhere in Path of Exile, but the drop rate is incredibly low.
  • There are several other ways to acquire it, but they're also quite challenging:
    • Chance orbs: Using an enormous amount of Chance orbs and Scouring orbs on unique belts.
    • Ancient orbs: Rolling unique belts with Ancient orbs, with an average of 430 orbs needed.
    • Divination cards: Certain divination cards, like The Demon's Gambit, have a small chance to drop a Headhunter when completed.

Effects:

  • When you kill a rare monster, you gain all of its monster modifiers for 20 seconds. This means you can temporarily become incredibly powerful by chaining kills of strong rares.
  • The effects you gain stack with your existing modifiers, creating devastating offensive and defensive combos.
  • Some negative modifiers are excluded, like curses and hexes, so you'll only benefit from the positives.

Impact on builds:

  • The Headhunter is most impactful on builds that can kill rares quickly and efficiently. This often involves strong AoE skills and high movement speed.
  • It requires adapting your playstyle to focus on maximizing the uptime of the stolen mods.
  • While powerful, the Headhunter is expensive and challenging to acquire and utilize. It's not recommended for beginner players.

Additional information:

  • The Headhunter received a buff in Path of Exile 3.18, with the duration of stolen mods increased from 20 to 60 seconds.
  • There are also Vaal implicit effects you can get by corrupting the belt, potentially increasing its power even further.
  • The price of a Headhunter varies greatly depending on the league and its economy.

PoE Headhunter Belt Farming, Item Level, Build 3.23, Ancient Orb, Corruptions

Headhunter Leather Belt

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Headhunter

Headhunter is a unique Leather Belt. Belts.

Requires Level 40.

  • +(25–40) to maximum Life
  • +(40–55) to Strength
  • +(40–55) to Dexterity
  • +(50–60) to maximum Life
  • (20–30)% increased Damage with Hits against Rare monsters
  • When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds

Flavour Text: 'A man's soul rules from a cavern of bone, learns and judges through flesh-born windows. The heart is meat. The head is where the Man is.' - Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom

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Due to its powerful effects and extremely low drop rate as a tier 0 unique, it is typically one of the most expensive items in each league, traded amongst players for several Divine Orbs. It is also commonly used as a status symbol.

Item acquisition

Headhunter can drop anywhere. It can be chanced. Headhunter belongs to a special group of unique items called league-specific items, which can be obtained from certain divination cards and other sources in addition to their normal acquisition methods.

Recipes

Headhunter can be created from the following recipes:

Amount Part Description
8 The Doctor Headhunter
11 The Fiend corrupted Headhunter
10 The Demon two-implicit corrupted Headhunter
6 The Forgotten Treasure Random double-influenced Leather Belt
8 The Valkyrie Random Nemesis item
5 The Undaunted Random corrupted Nemesis item
6 The Wretched Random belt
7 The Dungeon Master Random double-influenced belt
6 The Cache Random jewellery
9 Fateful Meeting Random two-implicit corrupted level 97 league-specific item
10 Time-Lost Relic Random league-specific item
1 Time-Lost Incubator Random league-specific item
7 Prejudice Random influenced item
6 Costly Curio Random double-influenced item
8 Arrogance of the Vaal Random two-implicit corrupted item
4 Jack in the Box Random item
1 Singular Incubator Random item
1 The Void Random divination card set exchange

Mechanics

Upon killing a rare monster, the player gains all of its Archnemesis modifiers for 60 seconds. This applies even if a Minion, Trap, Mine or Totem kills a rare monster; this is an exception to the usual definition of "you", likely due to the status of this unique item.

Mod Name Effects
Headhunter Buff Active
  • Always displays while the Headhunter is granting the player extra mods.
  • A countdown timer indicates the duration remaining for the extra mods.

Additional buff icons may appear if the stolen modifier grants special effects or auras to the character.

1. Headhunter Farming – How to get it

Headhunter Headhunter Leather Belt was exclusive to the Nemesis league. For farming Headhunter by slain monsters, using Orb of Chance Orb of Chance for chancing, or applying Ancient Orb Ancient Orb to reforge unique belt, you must stand in a map with the Nemesis modifier. You can craft a map with a Nemesis modifier at the Zana’s map device or buy these maps from other players.

Headhunter never drops within Delve, or within a Heist.

PoE Expedition Headhunter

  1. Gwennen Gamble. Base type: Leather Belt. level: 40+.
  2. Haggle with Tujen. The display rate is very rare.
  3. Drop through the Path of Exile: Expedition.

Changes: PoE 3.14 has made a lot of changes to Path of Exile's reward systems. It has added a bunch of very powerful and valuable league-specific uniques(including Headhunter Headhunter) into the core drop pool. This means they can drop from any sufficiently high-level monster, without you having to engage with specialised content. The goal with all of these changes is to make sure that every monster you kill in Path of Exile has a chance to drop something incredibly valuable, regardless of what content you're playing.

1.1 Running any map with the Nemesis mod active

Headhunter is a Nemesis league-specific item. It can only be dropped in the maps with a Nemesis mod. The drop level is 40 and the drop chance is rare. It is one of the most expensive belts in the Path of Exile. You can search these maps from PoE Trade.

Nemesis Map

Item Stats Syndicate member
Rusted Reliquary Scarab Rusted Reliquary Scarab 50% more Unique Items found in Area Elreon
Polished Reliquary Scarab Polished Reliquary Scarab 100% more Unique Items found in Area Elreon
Gilded Reliquary Scarab Gilded Reliquary Scarab 150% more Unique Items found in Area Elreon
Winged Reliquary Scarab Winged Reliquary Scarab 250% more Unique Items found in Area Elreon

Elreon: “Reappropriating” Reliquary Scarabs, Chest with a Reliquary Scarab.

1.2 Headhunter Divination Cards

Amount Divination Card Outcome Drop Locations
8 The Doctor Headhunter Burial Chambers Map, Spider Forest Map
11 The Fiend corrupted Headhunter Shavronne's Tower, Arachnid Tomb Map, Tower Map
10 The Demon two-implicit corrupted Headhunter Kitava, The Destroyer in Lava Lake Map
7 The Dungeon Master random double-influenced unique Belt  
6 The Forgotten Treasure random unqiue Leather Belt  
8 The Valkyrie random Nemesis item Drops from Rogue exiles regardless of map type or world area
5 The Undaunted random corrupted Nemesis item Basilica Map, Courthouse Map, Precinct Map
6 The Wretched random Belt Bone Crypt Map, Cells MapCursed Crypt MapThe Coward's TrialDungeon MapNecropolis MapOvergrown Ruin MapActon's NightmareForge of the Phoenix MapPrimordial Blocks MapTower Map
10 Time-Lost Relic random league-specific item Excavation Map
8 Arrogance of the Vaal random two-implicit corrupted item Ancient City Map, Sunken City Map
4 Jack in the Box random item The Ebony Barracks(Act 3) • The Slums(Act 3) • The Docks(Act 3) • The Sarn Ramparts(Act 8) • The Imperial Fields(Act 8) • The Harbour Bridge(Act 8) • The Grand Promenade(Act 8) • The Lunaris Concourse(Act 8) • The Quay(Act 8) • The Grain Gate(Act 8) • Arsenal Map • Ghetto Map • Port Map • Precinct Map • Promenade Map
Item Stats Syndicate member
Rusted Divination Scarab Rusted Divination Scarab 50% more Divination Cards found in Area Gravicius
Polished Divination Scarab Polished Divination Scarab 100% more Divination Cards found in Area Gravicius
Gilded Divination Scarab Gilded Divination Scarab 150% more Divination Cards found in Area Gravicius
Winged Divination Scarab Winged Divination Scarab 250% more Divination Cards found in Area Gravicius

Gravicius: Acquiring Divination Scarab “Donations”, Chest with a Divination Scarab.

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1.3 Using Orb of Chance to chance a Headhunter

  • Chancing location: a map with Nemesis mods.
  • You can use 5,000+ Orb of Chance, 5,000 + Orb of Scouring, 1 normal Leather Belt. Use Orb of Chance to chance the Leather Belt, if not get your desired item, using Orb of Scouring on it to become a normal Leather Belt. Do it again and again.

Orb of Chance Orb of Chance has the opportunity to upgrade a normal item to a random rarity. You have the chance to upgrade a normal item of Leather Belt to a unique item of Headhunter Headhunter. It can be obtained with an Orb of Chance Orb of Chance only while standing in a map to which Nemesis’s mod has been added with the Map Device. Depending on the item, this can be one of the most profitable ways to use Orbs of Chance Orbs of Chance since they can be used to obtain items that are nearly unobtainable otherwise.

maps with Nemesis

1.4 Using Ancient Orb to reforge a unique belt

  • Location: a map with Nemesis mods.
  • Items: 500+ Ancient Orb Ancient Orb, 10+ diffderent unique belt(It does not have any item level requirement).

Ancient Orb Ancient Orb is a currency item that can be used to reforge a unique item as another of the same item class in the broader sense of the term.

1.5 Applying Beastcrafting to create a unique belt

Beastcrafting is a method of crafting by sacrificing beasts to the blood altar in the Menagerie. By using the Beastcrafting recipes, you have the chance to craft a unique Headhunter.

  • Location: The Menagerie
  • Primary Component: Farric Ape
  • Beast Recipe: Craft a unique belt.

1.6 Time-Lost Incubator

Time-Lost Incubator Time-Lost Incubator is an incubator and can drop valuable Unique Item. You have the chace to obtain a Headhunter Headhunter.

1.7 Cadiro Perandus

Cadiro Perandus can offer a Headhunter Headhunter unique item in exchange for 16601-27928 Perandus Coins.

A Perandus Coin Perandus Coin is a currency item that can be used to trade for items offered by Cadiro Perandus. They were exclusive to the Perandus leagues. Now one can obtain and/or spend it only in maps opened with Perandus mod of Zana’s map device.

1.8 Exchange PoE Currency for it

The price of Headhunter is about 45 Exalted Orbs.

1.9 Purchase from Sellers

You may buy it from the following seller with an awesome price as well.

2. PoE Headhunter Item Level

Every item in Path of Exile has an item level. To find the item level of an item, hold down the ALT key while hovering the cursor over the item or hold down the left stick (L3) on a XB1 or PS4. The item level will be shown above the level requirements in the item description.

Category Headhunter Item Level

1. Drop Item Level

 The drop level of Headhunter is 40. It can be only dropped from a map with the "Nemesis" modifier. Normal monsters drop items with a level equal to the monster level of the area. Magic monsters drop items with monster level +1. Rare and Unique Monsters drop items with monster level +2.

2. Orb of Chance Item Level

 For chancing(Orb of Chance Orb of Chance) a Headhunter, there is no minimum item level requirement. The item level does not affect the possible unique items that can spawn when using an Orb of Chance on an item. The base type of Headhunter is Leather Belt. You must chance a normal Leather Belt while standing in a map with Nemesis modifier(You can craft it at Zana's Map Device or buy maps with Nemesis mods from other players).

3. Ancient Orb Headhunter Item Level

 Ancient Orb ignores item level of the original item. A unique item that have a low ilvl, can be flipped to item that have higher required level to equip or on a base that have a higher drop level. using low ilvl unique belt may not be able to block the chance of getting high level unique belt when using Ancient Orb to try to get the Headhunter.

4. Beastcrafting Item Level

 For Beastcrafting, the resulting item level is equal to the level of the main beast sacrificed. Create a Unique(Belt): 1x level 0+ Farric Ape.

The highest item level of Headhunter is 100 and its lowest item level is 1.

Headhunter Item Level

3. Headhunter Corruptions

Extremely wealthy players may risk their Headhunter and corrupt it using Vaal Orbs. It is possible to:

  • Brick it by turning it into a Rare Belt
  • Add an implicit
  • No effect other than adding the corrupted property
  • Other effects like transforming into another item

Corrupted Headhunter Implicits

The purpose of corrupting a Headhunter is to obtain rare Vaal Implicits. The full list of obtainable implicits for Headhunter are:

Mod
Level		 Stats
1 (8–10)% increased Area of Effect
60 +(20–25)% to Critical Strike Multiplier during any Flask Effect
60 (8–12)% increased Attack Speed during any Flask Effect
60 (8–12)% increased Cast Speed during any Flask Effect
1 (35–40)% increased Critical Strike Chance during any Flask Effect
1 (12–15)% increased Skill Effect Duration
1 (8–10)% increased maximum Energy Shield
1 (6–8)% increased maximum Life
60 (8–12)% increased Movement Speed during any Flask Effect
60 (20–30)% increased Rarity of Items found
84 (3–5)% increased Quantity of Items found
45 Wrath has (15–20)% increased Aura Effect
45 Anger has (15–20)% increased Aura Effect
45 Hatred has (15–20)% increased Aura Effect
45 Determination has (15–20)% increased Aura Effect
45 Discipline has (15–20)% increased Aura Effect
45 Grace has (15–20)% increased Aura Effect
1
  • (4–6)% increased Intelligence
  • (4–6)% increased Dexterity
1
  • (4–6)% increased Dexterity
  • (4–6)% increased Strength
1
  • (4–6)% increased Strength
  • (4–6)% increased Intelligence
1 +(14–16)% to all Elemental Resistances

Item skins

The following item skins apply only to Headhunter: