Gear crafting is an essential part of Path of Exile 2, and the currency system allows players to modify and upgrade equipment and add various affixes to equipment. Some currencies are more common and players can use them in the early game, such as Regal Orb or Orb of Augmentation. Some currencies are very rare and can directly upgrade the quality of equipment, but they are not easy to obtain even in the late game. For example, Exalted Orb, Orb of Alchemy, and Divine Orb.

If you have a lot of POE 2 currency, but they are not the currency you need now, then the place you need to go is the currency exchange. The currency exchange can convert currency into other items, and the amount of currency required depends on its market value.

Basic Currency

Here are some basic crafting currencies you can use in Path of Exile 2:

• Scroll of Wisdom: Identify items.
• Orb of Transmutation: Convert ordinary items to magic items with 1 affix.
• Orb of Augmentation: Add 1 affix to magic items.
• Orb of Alchemy: Transforms a common item into a rare item with 4 modifiers.
• Orb of Chance: Transforms a common item into a random magic, rare, or legendary item.
• Regal Orb: Transforms a magic item into a rare item, adding 1 modifier.
• Exalted Orb: Adds 1 random modifier to a rare item.
• Orb of Annulment: Removes 1 random modifier from a magic or rare item.
• Chaos Orb: After removing 1 random modifier, replace it with another random modifier.
• Divine Orb: Randomizes the item’s stats.
• Vaal Orb: Unpredictably changes an item and prevents it from being crafted further.

Items you find on the ground can be exchanged for gold. Alternatively, magic items can be exchanged at merchants for Orb of Transmutation fragments. Rare items can be exchanged at merchants for Regal Orb fragments. Merchant recycling recipes allow you to obtain the corresponding currency without killing monsters.

How To Unlock Currency Exchange?

To unlock currency exchange, players need to complete the main campaign first. In the current early access, players could not play Acts 4 to 6 yet, so in order to make up for the gap between the current game progress and the final quest, players will be sent to Cruel Difficulty after completing Act 3.

Players will restart from Act 1 on Cruel Difficulty while enemies will be more difficult to deal with. At the same time, the loot will become better, all the items obtained at the end of Act 3 will not be lost, and you can still use them.

After you come to Cruel Difficulty, currency exchange will be unlocked automatically and you can use it in Clearfell camp. Gambling vendors will provide new trading options for currency exchange offices. You can talk to them and turn on currency exchange menu.

How To Use Currency Exchange?

Because there are many types of currencies with different uses in POE 2, you may find this system a bit complicated, but it is actually very simple. When you open the currency exchange menu, you can see two buttons “I want” and “I have” on the top. All you have to do is click I want button and select the one you want from the list of all currencies in Path of Exile 2. Then select the I have button to view the inventory list of currencies you have.

After you confirm, the value of the currency in I want will be displayed as a proportion of the currency you have in I have. If the currency in I have is enough to exchange for twice the currency in I want, you can click each box to confirm the value and your bid, and finally click the button at the bottom of the menu to place the order.

POE2 currency you provided will be removed from your inventory, and the currency you need will appear in a new menu that pops up after you confirm. You only need to drag the item into your warehouse to complete the transaction.

However, the transaction ratio between different currencies is not constant. The value of the currency at the commodity exchange will be linked to the amount of currency exchanged by other players. For example, if many players are exchanging Chaos Orbs for a period of time, you will find that the amount of currency required to exchange Chaos Orbs is more than before. The value of the currency in Path of Exile 2 is in a cyclical fluctuation trend. If you find that the item you want to exchange requires too much currency, you can wait a few hours and check its exchange rate again.

The currency system of POE 2 is a very interesting system. The dynamic fluctuations in the value of various currency systems make the game more realistic. Players need to build various equipment and upgrade skill gems, which require a large amount of different currencies. Therefore, a good currency exchange system is necessary. I hope the above content can help you with your gaming experience.