17 PoE Vendor Recipes for Beginners

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1. Identify an item before vendor it

An unidentified item always vendor for Transmutation Shard Transmutation Shard, while an identified item can be vendor for more valuable items.

2. Item with six affixes

Result Recipe
1x Orb of Augmentation Orb of Augmentation
  • An identified rare item with six affixes

Orb of Augmentation recipe

3. Linked red, green, and blue socket

Result Recipe
1x Chromatic Orb Chromatic Orb
  • An item with Linked red, green, and blue socket

Chromatic Orb Recipe

4. Item with 6 Sockets

Result Recipe
1x Jeweller’s Orb Jeweller’s Orb
  • An item with 6 Sockets

Jeweller's Orb Recipe

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5. Six linked item

Result Recipe
1x Divine Orb Divine Orb
  • An six linked item

Note: since a six linked item can be always exchanged for Exalted Orbs, this vendor recipe is not recommended to use.

Divine Orb Recipe

6. Sextant Recipes

Result Recipes
1x Prime Sextant Prime Sextant
1x Awakened Sextant Awakened Sextant

7. Flasks Vendor Recipes

Result Recipes Notes
Hybrid Flask  
1x Life Flask of next base type
  • 3x Life Flask
The components must all be of the same base item type (e.g. Small Life Flask). The result will have the lowest item level of all components. If all three are magic, the result will be magic and unidentified. NOTE: This works only up to combining Hallowed (Level 42) Flasks into Sanctified (Level 50). Divine and Eternal Flasks cannot be produced through combination.
1x Mana Flask of next base type
  • 3x Mana Flask
The components must all be of the same base item type (e.g. Small Mana Flask). The result will have the lowest item level of all components. If all three are magic, the result will be magic and unidentified. NOTE: This works only up to combining Hallowed (Level 42) Flasks into Sanctified (Level 50). Divine and Eternal Flasks cannot be produced through combination.
1x Hybrid Flask of next base type
  • 3x Hybrid Flask
The components must all be of the same base item type (e.g. Small Hybrid Flask). The result will have the lowest item level of all components. If all three are magic, the result will be magic and unidentified.

8. Map Recipes

Result Recipes Notes
1x Map, higher tier map within the Atlas region 3x Map, all must be of the same type (e.g. Orchard Map) The rarity of resulting map will depend on the lowest rarity among the initial maps.
Different combinations of maps while selling can lead to a different map in return.
1x Map of current Map Series equivalent 1x Map from old Map Series

9. Metamorph Organ Recipe

Result Recipes
1x random organ of a different type 3x of the any organ type

10. 20% Quality skill gem Recipe

Result Recipes Notes
1x 20% quality skill gem The resulting gem will be of the same skill, and will have its level reset to 1. Does not work with Corrupted gems.

11. Five to One Recipes

Result Recipes Notes
1x Item (magic, unidentified)
  • 5x Item (magic)
The components must all be of the same base item type (e.g., Coral Ring). The result will have the lowest item level of all components. This vendor recipe doesn’t transfer Shaper item of Elder item status to the resulting item, even if all five components are Shaper or Elder items.
1x Item (rare, unidentified)
  • 5x Item (rare)
  • Components must all be of the same base item type (e.g. Coral Ring).
  • Resulting item level – lowest of all components, and normal art.
  • Cluster jewels – random number of passives on resulting item
  • The recipe does not work with Breach rings or Talismans
  • The recipe does not transfer Shaper item of Elder item status to the resulting item, even if all five components are Shaper or Elder items.

12. Catalyst Recipes

Result Recipes
1x random Catalyst 3x Catalysts, all of same type

13. Vaal Orb Recipes

Result Recipes
1x Vaal Orb Vaal Orb
  • 7x vaal skill gems
  • Sacrifice vaal fragment

14. Gemcutter’s Prism Recipes

Result Recipes
1x Gemcutter’s Prism Gemcutter’s Prism
  • 1x 20% quality skill gem
1x Gemcutter’s Prism Gemcutter’s Prism
  • superior skill gems totalling 40% quality

15. Quality Items

These recipes produce currency items that improve the quality of their category of items. To produce the currency requires either one of the following:

  • A single normal item (not magic, rare, etc.) of that category with 20% quality;
  • Several items (any rarity) of that category with a total of at least 40% quality.

When done for multiple instances of the recipe at once, each individual combination must add up to 40%. For example: 6 items of 19%, 13%, 15%, 9%, 17% and 7% quality would add up to 80%, but would not actually grant 2 of the resulting quality items, only 1. This is because the 2 individual combinations do not add up to 40 each.

Result Category
1x Armourer’s Scrap Armourer’s Scrap Armour
1x Blacksmith’s Whetstone Blacksmith’s Whetstone Weapon
1x Glassblower’s Bauble Glassblower’s Bauble Flask
1x Cartographer’s Chisel Cartographer’s Chisel Map
1x Gemcutter’s Prism Gemcutter’s Prism Skill Gem

16. Full Rare Sets Recipes

These recipes require a full set of rare items. A full set is capable of filling all item slots in the inventory screen (not including flasks, the alternate weapon set, or a quiver). Specifically, it consists of:

  • One of the following:
  • 1x Two-Handed Weapon (including bows, quiver not required)
  • 1x One-Handed Weapon and 1x Shield
  • 2x One-Handed Weapon
  • 2x Shield
  • 1x Helmet
  • 1x Body Armour
  • 1x Gloves
  • 1x Boots
  • 1x Belt
  • 1x Amulet
  • 2x Ring

The type of currency produced depends on the item with the lowest item level in the set, and the quantity on whether they are all unidentified and/or 20% quality:

Result Item Level of lowest-level item
1x Orb of Chance Orb of Chance 1 to 59
2x Orb of Chance Orb of Chance 1 to 59, all unidentified OR all 20% quality
3x Orb of Chance Orb of Chance 1 to 59, all unidentified AND all 20% quality
1x Chaos Orb Chaos Orb 60 to 74
2x Chaos Orb Chaos Orb 60 to 74, all unidentified OR all 20% quality
3x Chaos Orb Chaos Orb 60 to 74, all unidentified AND all 20% quality
1x Regal Orb Regal Orb 75 to 100
2x Regal Orb Regal Orb 75 to 100, all unidentified OR all 20% quality
3x Regal Orb Regal Orb 75 to 100, all unidentified AND all 20% quality

Notes:

  • If a rare item below 60 is added to a Chaos Orb Chaos Orb recipe then the recipe will change to an Orb of Chance Orb of Chance recipe.
  • The Prophecy A Valuable Combination A Valuable Combination can interfere with this recipe.

17. Exalted Orb Recipes

Result Requirement
2x Exalted Shard Exalted Shard Identified, full set of similar influenced items
4x Exalted Shard Exalted Shard Unidentified, full set of the similar influenced items

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