The Reforging Bench is a workstation you can unlock in Act 3 that combines three items to create one new one. This is a great way to clear out some space in your Stash or re-roll the stats on an item you enjoy to potentially improve it. If you want to know more about how to use the Reforging Bench, you will find everything you need to know in this PoE2 guide.

This quest will send you to the Molten Vault, which you can access from the Drowned City. Fight your way through the Molten Vault and defeat Mektul, the Forgemaster, to complete the quest. Mektul will drop an item called the Hammer of the Kamasa, which is what you need to unlock the Reforging Bench.

Mektul is a huge boss who hits hard and deals some incredible damage. Gearing up with some fire resistance is recommended before this fight, as you aren't just going up against Mektul. You will also have to deal directly with the lava in the forge.

Thankfully, Mektul is on the slow side, and there are many windows of opportunity for you to attack. The biggest window will be when he wades back into the lava, where he stays for quite some time. You will have to dodge some lava waves when he gets there, but if you have any cold-based spells, that would be a great time to use them.

Once you've taken down Mektul, the Forgemaster, head back to town and give Oswald the good news. Then, you will be free to start using the Reforging Bench.

How to Use the Reforging Bench

The Reforging Bench takes three copies of the same item and creates a new one of the same type. It is very All three items must match the type but also in rarity. If you have a magic item, all three need to be magic for the process to work. If you want to reforge a rare item, you will need two more rare ones of the same type.

Place your three items in the slots along the bottom and press Reforge. The Reforging Bench will take all three items and re-roll them, giving you a new item of the same type but with different modifiers.

The Reforging process (in most cases) provides a random result, which means you won't always get something better. You might end up with a lower-level item with stats you like even less than the ones you did before. But if you have a surplus of items you weren't using anyway, you might as well see if you can get something better out of them and clear out some space in your Stash!

What You Should and Shouldn't Reforge

Saving items to Reforge can be time-consuming and take up a lot of space in your inventory. So what should you focus on Reforging?

You can Reforge nearly anything in PoE2. Any gear, weapon, charm, amulet, etc can all be Reforged. What is best to focus on regarding gear depends on your build. If you have a favorite weapon, saving copies of that to try and get an even better one would be worthwhile.

Saving everything to Reforge, however, will take up far too much space and time and likely won't be worth it.

The re-rolls on gear and other items like Essences are random and impossible to predict. The best things to focus on Reforging are items that you can confidently improve. Things like Waystones and Distilled Emotions are excellent items to Reforge because, if done correctly, you can reliably improve them.

Reforging Waystones

Waystones are items that can be used to access the Atlas of Worlds in PoE2. If you have three of the same tier Waystone, you can combine those to create a Waystone that is one tier higher. This is a great way to reliably get better Waystones.

Your Waystone's modifiers can make or break your map, so don't bother hanging on to poor ones. Especially if you can reliably combine them to get a better one every time!

Reforging Distilled Emotions

Distilled Emotions are used to anoint Amulets in the end-game or add Delirium modifiers to your Waystones. These, too, can be reliably improved using the Reforging Bench, so you don't have to worry about getting something worse in your Reforging process.

There are several tiers of Distilled Emotions. Combining three of one tier will give you one higher-tiered Distilled Emotion.

Good luck with your reforging adventures! Keep your eye on the right Path of Exile 2 items and POE2 currency use, and you'll be able to enhance your build and gear progression while minimizing unnecessary clutter.

MMOexp POE 2 Team