Summary
The new patch introduced several new currencies called Orbs of Sacrifice. These orbs open up interesting crafting possibilities, particularly for projectile skill builds that have traditionally been disadvantaged in amulet crafting. If you're looking to experiment with these new mechanics without exhausting your own supply, you can buy POE2 Currency from reputable sellers to stock up on Orbs of Sacrifice and other crafting materials. This lets you focus on perfecting your projectile build's amulet rolls while keeping your farming efforts reserved for the high-end chase items.
Understanding Orbs of Sacrifice
There are four variants of the Orb of Sacrifice, each targeting a specific item type:
Kamasa's Orb of Sacrifice: Works on amulets, rings, or belts
Kopec's Orb of Sacrifice: Works on armor pieces
Yaomac's Orb of Sacrifice: Works on weapons or quivers
Yugul's Orb of Sacrifice: Works on jewels
Each orb performs two functions when used on a corrupted item: it removes a random explicit modifier from the item, and it upgrades any corrupted enchantments on the item to a stronger tier. The upgrade amount can be significant. For example, spirit on a helmet normally corrupts to a maximum of 30, but with the orb it can reach 50. Energy shield percentage can go from a corrupted enchantment range of 15-25 all the way up to 60.
The removed explicit is random. The player cannot choose which modifier gets deleted.
Acquisition
These orbs come exclusively from Atziri, the Red Queen—specifically from her vault drop after defeating her. There is no vendor recipe or alternative farm method. The specific variant that drops is also random, so trading may be required to obtain the needed type.
The Primary Application: +5 Projectile Amulets
For a long time, projectile builds have been the excluded category when it comes to amulet crafting. Attack catalysts work for melee skills, minion catalysts work for minion skills, and caster catalysts work for spell skills—each can push their +3 modifiers to +4, and with a good sanctification roll, +6 total is achievable.
Projectile skills have no catalyst tag, leaving them stuck at +3, with +4 as the maximum through sanctification. The Orb of Sacrifice changes this.
The Method
The strategy is to acquire a +3 to projectile skills amulet, ideally with that modifier fractured. Fracturing protects the modifier from removal during the orb's effect.
The amulet is then corrupted until the +1 to all skills corruption enchantment is obtained. Based on experience, this occurs approximately once in every 50 attempts, though the two-step corruption process provides multiple attempts per item.
Once the +1 to all skills enchantment is present, Kamasa's Orb of Sacrifice is used on the amulet. The orb upgrades that +1 to +2 to all skills while removing a random explicit modifier. Because the +3 projectile skills mod is fractured, it cannot be removed.
The final result is:
+3 to projectile skills (fractured, protected)
+2 to all skills (upgraded from the corruption enchantment)
This yields a +5 to projectile skills amulet. The +2 to all skills also applies to persistent buffs and other skills, making it more versatile than a +5 to projectile skills modifier alone.
Cost Considerations
A +3 projectile fractured amulet with decent other modifiers can be obtained for approximately 1 divine. The Orb of Sacrifice costs around 50 chaos. This is substantially less than the hundreds or thousands of divines required to craft a +6 spell or minion amulet using the traditional method.
The orb works on any base type, so more affordable bases can be used.
