PoE Currency Guide- Path of Exile Guides 2019

Standard league PoE currency exchange rates:

Standard

5:1

9:5

5:2

1:1

2:3

1:147

5:1

7:1

5:1

7:5

1:1

4:1

9:10

13:10

1:33

5:11

20:1

310:1

50:1

Common Currency

Scroll of Wisdom

Scroll of Wisdom is the most common PoE currency that can be used to identify an unidentified item. The drop level is 1. It is recommended to identify any above magic items before selling to a vendor.

Portal Scroll

Portal Scroll can create a Portal that you return to the town of the current act. It will disappear when you return to the map. Portal skill gem is the spell version and can save a lot of Portal Scroll.

Valuable Trading Currency

These orbs play an important role in the trading economy. Chaos Orbs are the “silver standard” in the trade marketplace and are the most common trading currency. Exalted Orbs are high-value currency and regarded as the “gold standard” currency for trading. Mirror of Kalandra is an extreme rarity and regarded the most valuable PoE currency.
1x Mirror of Kalandra = 220x Exalted Orb
1x Exalted Orb = 150x Chaos Orb

Chaos Orb

Chaos Orb re-rolls a rare item with new random modifiers. The currency also rerolls the number of modifiers. The results are unpredictable. Therefore, getting the desired affix is not easy.

Exalted Orb

Exalted Orb adds a new random modifier to a rare item. Exalted Orb is mainly used to craft high-valuable rare items.

Mirror of Kalandra

Mirror of Kalandra often referred to Mirror. The mirror creates a duplicate of an item. The duplicate is as same as the old item. Since the price of Mirror of Kalandra is the most expensive, it is only applied for the best value items.

Quality Increased Currency

These currencies improve the quality of normal items by 5%, magic items by 2%, and rare and unique items by 1%. Maximum quality is 20%.

Armourer’s Scrap

Armourer’s Scrap increases the quality of a piece of armour and the value of Armour. It can apply for Body Armour, Boots, Gloves, Helmet, Shield.

Blacksmith’s Whetstone

Blacksmith’s Whetstone increases the quality of a weapon and the value of Physical Damage. Weapons include Axe, Claw, Dagger, Mace, Staff, Sword, Wand.

Gemcutter’s Prism

Gemcutter’s Prism abbreviates as GCP and improves the quality of a gem. Different gems have different effects.

Glassblower’s Bauble

Glassblower’s Bauble improves the quality of a flask and extends its duration.

Cartographer’s Chisel

Cartographer’s Chisel improves the quality of a map and increases the map’s item quantity.

Magic Item Crafting Currency

Orb of Transmutation

Orb of Transmutation upgrades a normal item to a magic item with random modifiers.

Orb of Alteration

Orb of Alteration re-rolls a magic item with new random affixes.

Orb of Augmentation

Orb of Augmentation adds a new modifier to a magic item. The currency can be only used on items with one modifier.

Crafting PoE Currency

Orb of Chance

Orb of Chance upgrades a normal item to a random rarity, most commonly a magic item, uncommonly a rare item, has the low chance to obtain a unique item.

Orb of Alchemy

Orb of Alchemy upgrades a normal item to a rare item with random modifiers.

Regal Orb

Regal Orb upgrades a magic item to a rare item and adds a new random modifier.

Property Range Currency

Orb of Scouring

Orb of Scouring remove all modifiers from a magic or rare item and degrade into a normal item. The original implicit modifier, quality, sockets, and links are retained.

Blessed Orb

Blessed Orb re-rolls the implicit modifier of an item. It cannot be used on items without implicit modifiers or whose implicit modifiers do not have a range of values.

Divine Orb

Divine Orb re-rolls the values of explicit values of modifiers. This can only be used on magic, rare, or unique items. Only the values of affixes that have a range of values will be randomized. A Divine Orb will not change the tier of the affix; it will only re-roll within its current tier.

Socket PoE Currency

Jeweller’s Orb

Jeweller’s Orb reforges the number of sockets on a weapon or piece of armour. More quality, more chance to have more sockets. Body Armour and two-handed weapons have up to 6 Sockets. Gloves, Boots, Helmet have up to 4 sockets. One-handed weapons or shields have up to 3 sockets.

Orb of Fusing

Orb of Fusing re-rolls the links between sockets on an item. The number and color of sockets are unchanged. Quality increases the chance to get more links.

Chromatic Orb

Chromatic Orb re-rolls the color of sockets on an item. Color corresponds to the attributes of the equipment: red sockets for Strength, green sockets for Dexterity, and blue sockets for Intelligence. For example, obtaining green sockets on an item requiring high Dexterity.

Special Use Currency

Orb of Regret

Orb of Regret grants a passive skill refund point for skill tree.

Vaal Orb

Vaal Orb corrupts an item with an unpredictable result. The new item may be more powerful, maybe degrade into a new item. Once the item is corrupted, it can not be modified again.

Silver Coin

Silver Coin is not a crafting currency and can be exchanged for prophecies with Navali.

Cartographer’s Currency

A Cartographer’s Sextant is a currency item that can be used to add an atlas modifier to the Atlas of Worlds.

• Apprentice Cartographer’s Sextant: Low-tier maps (Tier 1 to 5)
• Journeyman Cartographer’s Sextant: Mid-tier maps (Tier 1 to 10)
• Master Cartographer’s Sextant: Top-tier maps (Tier 1 to 16)

A Cartographer’s Seal is a currency item that can be used to respec the completion of a map on the Atlas of Worlds.

• Apprentice Cartographer’s Seal: Low-tier maps (Tier 1 to 5)
• Journeyman Cartographer’s Seal: Mid-tier maps (Tier 1 to 10)
• Master Cartographer’s Seal: Top-tier maps (Tier 1 to 16)

PoE Blessing Currency

Blessing currency obtained by defeating Breachlords. It can upgrade a breach unique item to a more powerful version.

• Blessing of Chayula upgrades The Blue Dream to The Blue Nightmare, upgrades Skin of the Loyal to Skin of the Lords, upgrades The Red Dream to The Red Nightmare, upgrades Severed in Sleep to United in Dream, upgrades Eye of Chayula to Presence of Chayula, and upgrades The Green Dream to The Green Nightmare.
• Blessing of Esh upgrades Esh’s Mirror to Esh’s Visage, upgrades Voice of the Storm to Choir of the Storm, upgrades Hand of Thought and Motion to Hand of Wisdom and Action.
• Blessing of Tul upgrades Tulborn to Tulfall, upgrades The Snowblind Grace to The Perfect Form, upgrades The Halcyon to The Pandemonius.
• Blessing of Uul-Netol upgrades The Infinite Pursuit to The Red Trail, upgrades The Anticipation to The Surrender, upgrades Uul-Netol’s Kiss to Uul-Netol’s Embrace.
• Blessing of Xoph upgrades The Formless Flame to The Formless Inferno, upgrades Xoph’s Inception to Xoph’s Nurture, upgrades Xoph’s Heart to Xoph’s Blood.