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Tainted Chromatic Orb

Tainted Chromatic Orb Tainted Chromatic Orb unpredictably reforges the colour of sockets on a corrupted item.

It is a currency item. Stack Size: 20. Shift click to unstack.

The price of Tainted Chromatic Orb is about a Chaos Orb.

Right click this item then left click a corrupted socketed item to apply it.

Tainted Chromatic Orb Tainted Chromatic Orb works exactly the same as Chromatic Orb Chromatic Orb, but can only be used on corrupted items. It provides a significantly easier and cheaper way of modifying the sockets on your corrupted items than the crafting bench does.

PoE 3.19 Changes: The new Beyond monsters can now occasionally drop the Scourge league's Tainted currency items that allow you to modify corrupted items. The Scourge have taken over the realm of the Beyond demons. Summoning monsters from Beyond will now summon Scourge monsters and bosses. 

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Tips

Tainted Chromatic Orbs are primarily used to change the colours of sockets on a corrupted item.

  1. It only works on corrupted items. Can be used to re-roll the colour of sockets on a weapon or piece of armour.
  2. It's only possible to get red, blue or green sockets using this orb. The result is random.
  3. Sockets are more likely to roll a colour corresponding to the attributes of the equipment being altered. The higher the attribute requirements, the more likely it is to roll the relevant color: red sockets for Strength, green sockets for Dexterity, and blue sockets for Intelligence.
  4. It drops from Scourge monsters.

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Farming Tainted Chromatic Orb

Tainted Chromatic Orb Tainted Chromatic Orb has restrictions on where or how it can drop. The drop level is 2. Tainted Currency have a chance to drop from Beyond monsters, and is guaranteed to drop several random Tainted Currency from Beyond bosses.

This item can be acquired from the following monsters:

  • Beidat, Archangel of Death
  • Demon Beast
  • Demon Ghast
  • Demon Harpy
  • Demon Herder
  • Demon Imp
  • Ghorr, the Grasping Maw
  • K'tash, the Hate Shepherd
  • Pale Angel
  • Pale Cherubim
  • Pale Seraphim
  • Pale Servitor
  • Pale Virtue
  • Ravenous Bloodshaper
  • Ravenous Brute
  • Ravenous Digester
  • Ravenous Homonculus
  • Ravenous Macerator
  • Ravenous Misshapen

Example

In the following example, it reforges the color to three blue and one green.

Tainted Chromatic Orb Example

Crafting Bench Recipe

If one either wants to avoid randomness, or wishes to obtain a specific colour combination that is unlikely on a certain corrupted item, one can instead use the Crafting Bench recipe.

Crafting Recipes Cost Unlock Locations Description NPC
At Least One Red Socket 4x Chromatic Orb + 4x Vaal Orb Core Map Socket Colours - 1 or 2 Colours Niko
At Least Two Red Sockets 25x Chromatic Orb + 25x Vaal Orb Core Map Socket Colours - 1 or 2 Colours Niko
At Least Three Red Sockets 120x Chromatic Orb + 120x Vaal Orb Moon Temple Map Socket Colours - 3 Colours Niko
At Least One Green Socket 4x Chromatic Orb + 4x Vaal Orb Core Map Socket Colours - 1 or 2 Colours Niko
At Least Two Green Sockets 25x Chromatic Orb + 25x Vaal Orb Core Map Socket Colours - 1 or 2 Colours Niko
At Least Three Green Sockets 120x Chromatic Orb + 120x Vaal Orb Moon Temple Map Socket Colours - 3 Colours Niko
At Least One Blue Socket 4x Chromatic Orb + 4x Vaal Orb Core Map Socket Colours - 1 or 2 Colours Niko
At Least Two Blue Sockets 25x Chromatic Orb + 25x Vaal Orb Core Map Socket Colours - 1 or 2 Colours Niko
At Least Three Blue Sockets 120x Chromatic Orb + 120x Vaal Orb Moon Temple Map Socket Colours - 3 Colours Niko
At Least One Red and One Green Socket 15x Chromatic Orb + 15x Vaal Orb Core Map Socket Colours - 1 or 2 Colours Niko
At Least One Red and One Blue Socket 15x Chromatic Orb + 15x Vaal Orb Core Map Socket Colours - 1 or 2 Colours Niko
At Least One Green and One Blue Socket 15x Chromatic Orb + 15x Vaal Orb Core Map Socket Colours - 1 or 2 Colours Niko
At Least Two Red and One Green Socket 100x Chromatic Orb + 100x Vaal Orb Moon Temple Map Socket Colours - 3 Colours Niko
At Least Two Red and One Blue Socket 100x Chromatic Orb + 100x Vaal Orb Moon Temple Map Socket Colours - 3 Colours Niko
At Least Two Green and One Red Socket 100x Chromatic Orb + 100x Vaal Orb Moon Temple Map Socket Colours - 3 Colours Niko
At Least Two Green and One Blue Socket 100x Chromatic Orb + 100x Vaal Orb Moon Temple Map Socket Colours - 3 Colours Niko
At Least Two Blue and One Green Socket 100x Chromatic Orb + 100x Vaal Orb Moon Temple Map Socket Colours - 3 Colours Niko
At Least Two Blue and One Red Socket 100x Chromatic Orb + 100x Vaal Orb Moon Temple Map Socket Colours - 3 Colours Niko

List of Tainted Orbs

Currency Drop
Level
Description
Tainted Armourer's Scrap Tainted Armourer's Scrap 1 Randomises the quality of a corrupted armour. The maximum random quality is 29%.
Tainted Blacksmith's Whetstone Tainted Blacksmith's Whetstone 1 Randomises the quality of a corrupted weapon. The maximum random quality is 29%.
Tainted Blessing Tainted Blessing 35 Can be placed in the Divine Font to allow enchantment of corrupted gloves, boots, helmets or belts.
Tainted Chaos Orb Tainted Chaos Orb 12 Unpredictably either reforges a corrupted rare item with new random modifiers or removes all of its modifiers.
Tainted Chromatic Orb Tainted Chromatic Orb 2 Unpredictably reforges the colour of sockets on a corrupted item.
Tainted Divine Teardrop Tainted Divine Teardrop 68 Unpredictably raises or lowers the tier of each modifier on a corrupted rare item.
Tainted Exalted Orb Tainted Exalted Orb 35 Unpredictably adds or removes a modifier on a corrupted rare item. Rare items can have up to six random modifiers.
Tainted Jeweller’s Orb Tainted Jeweller’s Orb 8 Unpredictably adds or removes a socket on a corrupted item.
Tainted Tainted Mythic Orb Tainted Mythic Orb 2 Unpredictably either upgrades a corrupted item to unique rarity or destroys it. Cannot apply to Maps.
Tainted Orb of Fusing Tainted Orb of Fusing 50 Unpredictably adds or removes a link to the largest group of linked sockets on a corrupted item.
Tainted Oil Tainted Oil 1 Can be combined with other Oils at Cassia to Enchant Corrupted Rings, Amulets or Blighted Maps.

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