Rarity

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All monsters, stronboxes and most items can have one of four different rarities. The common rarity is normal, next is magic, rare and unique.

Item rarity

Most items rolls with a random rarity - normal items being the most common and unique items the least common.

Magic, rare and unique items found on the ground are unidentified and you must use File:Scroll of Wisdom inventory icon.pngScroll of WisdomScroll of WisdomStack Size: 40Identifies an itemRight click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it.File:Scroll of Wisdom inventory icon.png to discover their properties.

Rarities

Normal

Normal items (also called base items) are the "default" state of items without any explicit modifiers/affixes. Some specific base types have implicit modifiers.

A normal item can be upgraded into a magic item using an File:Orb of Transmutation inventory icon.pngOrb of TransmutationOrb of TransmutationStack Size: 40Upgrades a normal item to a rare item with 1 modifierRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.File:Orb of Transmutation inventory icon.png, giving it always only one affix, or a rare item using an File:Orb of Alchemy inventory icon.pngOrb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare item with 4 modifiersRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.File:Orb of Alchemy inventory icon.png giving it four affixes. An File:Orb of Chance inventory icon.pngOrb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrade a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.File:Orb of Chance inventory icon.png can upgrade a normal item into a magic, rare, or even unique item of the same base type.

Magic

Magic are the upgraded versions of normal items with magical properties given by affixes, base item is the same as in normal rarity, but now you can have up to one prefix and one suffix.

Upgrading a normal item with File:Orb of Transmutation inventory icon.pngOrb of TransmutationOrb of TransmutationStack Size: 40Upgrades a normal item to a rare item with 1 modifierRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.File:Orb of Transmutation inventory icon.png will give it only one affix, either suffix or affix, File:Orb of Augmentation inventory icon.pngOrb of AugmentationOrb of AugmentationStack Size: 30Augments a magic item with a new random modifierRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it. Magic items can have up to two random modifiers.File:Orb of Augmentation inventory icon.png is needed to add missing second property from the item.

Unlike Path of Exile 1 you can't reroll those affixes with another orb but you can remove one random modifier using File:Orb of Annulment inventory icon.pngOrb of AnnulmentOrb of AnnulmentStack Size: 20Removes a random modifier from an itemRight click this item then left click on a magic or rare item to apply it.File:Orb of Annulment inventory icon.png or by using a File:Chaos Orb inventory icon.pngChaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Removes a random modifier and augments a rare item with a new random modifierRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it.
Shift click to unstack.File:Chaos Orb inventory icon.png which also remove one random modifier, but it replaces it with another random affix.

A magic item can be upgraded into a rare item using a File:Regal Orb inventory icon.pngRegal OrbRegal OrbStack Size: 20Upgrades a magic item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. Current modifiers are retained and a new one is added.
Shift click to unstack.File:Regal Orb inventory icon.png. It will retain its current affixes and one new affix will be added making it an item with three affixes rather than four like in case of using an File:Orb of Alchemy inventory icon.pngOrb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a rare item with 4 modifiersRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.File:Orb of Alchemy inventory icon.png on normal item.

Rare

Rare items can have up to six affixes, having maximum three prefixes and three suffixes.

If item have less than six affixes, it can gain an additional mod with an File:Exalted Orb inventory icon.pngExalted OrbExalted OrbStack Size: 20Augments a rare item with a new random modifierRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. Rare items can have up to six random modifiers.
Shift click to unstack.File:Exalted Orb inventory icon.png up to the maximum number of affixes on item.

As in magic items, there is a way to remove one affix by using File:Orb of Annulment inventory icon.pngOrb of AnnulmentOrb of AnnulmentStack Size: 20Removes a random modifier from an itemRight click this item then left click on a magic or rare item to apply it.File:Orb of Annulment inventory icon.png, or remove one random modifier and replacing it with another one by using a File:Chaos Orb inventory icon.pngChaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Removes a random modifier and augments a rare item with a new random modifierRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it.
Shift click to unstack.File:Chaos Orb inventory icon.png.

Rare items are given a randomly generated name.

Flasks and Charms cannot be of rare rarity.

Unique

Unique items have the same base properties as normal item of the same type, but have specific unique name and artwork, as well as their own set lists of modifiers instead of random affixes. While overall it is better to have the highest rarity of item (e.g. rare items are always more powerful than magic items), this is not the case with unique items; most of the time they provide different and specific modifiers that can't be found on other items.

Items with that rarity usually are considered to be build-defining, granting effects that can be built around.

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.