In Path of Exile 2, crafting plays a critical role in enhancing and customizing your gear. Players utilize various crafting currencies, among which the Fracturing Orb stands out. This unique currency allows adventurers to lock specific modifiers on items, ensuring that those modifications remain unaffected during future crafting attempts.
For players aiming to create top-tier endgame equipment, understanding how to obtain and effectively use Fracturing Orbs is essential. Let’s explore the process of acquiring these valuable items, as well as the optimal strategies for their usage.
Obtaining Fracturing Orbs in PoE 2
Fracturing Orbs are rare drops from specific creatures found in Cleansed Maps. To access these maps, players must first cleanse them of corruption by defeating the final boss in a Corrupted Nexus. This action not only purges corruption from that section of the Atlas but also transforms adjacent maps into Cleansed Maps.
Players can identify a Corrupted Nexus by the conspicuous red Corruption icon located above the map node. Notably, cleansing this map does not necessitate clearing surrounding maps; defeating the boss in the Nexus is sufficient to remove the corruption.
However, it’s crucial to note that Fracturing Orbs are exceptionally rare. If you venture through Cleansed Maps, there’s no guarantee of acquiring one. According to Grinding Gear Games (GGG), players can generally expect to find one Fracturing Orb per biome.
Utilizing Fracturing Orbs in PoE 2
The Fracturing Orb carries the following effect:
Fracture a random modifier on a rare item with at least 4 modifiers, locking it in place.
When a modifier is fractured, it becomes permanently locked and cannot be altered or removed by any means. Consequently, utilizing other orbs like the Divine Orb, Chaos Orb, Orb of Annulment, or Vaal Orb will not affect the fractured modifier, making it important to choose wisely when applying the Fracturing Orb.
It’s also worth mentioning that implicit modifiers do not contribute to the “at least 4 modifiers” requirement for using a Fracturing Orb.
If you stumble upon a base item featuring an outstanding modifier, applying a Fracturing Orb can help preserve that modifier. Should the attempt be successful, players can leverage Orbs of Annulment to eliminate undesirable remaining modifiers or utilize a Chaos Orb to reroll those extras, perfecting their gear for crafting.
Items that exhibit a significant modifier, a particularly rare characteristic, or multiple exceptional modifiers make the best candidates for using a Fracturing Orb. Given their scarcity, Fracturing Orbs also possess considerable trade value within the game.