Divine Orb
Purpose: A Divine Orb rerolls numeric values of explicit modifiers already present on an item.
How to get it: It can come from drops, league rewards, divination cards, trade, or a current order.
When to use it: Use it on gear that already has the correct affix set but needs stronger rolls. New players are usually better served by preserving early Divines until the item is worth perfecting.
Market role: It is among the most valuable POE currency resources and often acts as a high-value trade benchmark.
Chaos Orb
Purpose: A Chaos Orb reforges a rare item with a new set of random modifiers.
How to get it: It can come from drops, map rewards, divination cards, trading, or a current order.
When to use it: Use it on a worthwhile base when you accept a random result. Avoid spending a large stack on temporary leveling gear.
Market role: It remains one of the most common standard currency items for everyday pricing. Searches for Chaos Orbs and Divine Orbs often reflect the two major pricing layers.
Exalted Orb
Purpose: An Exalted Orb adds a modifier to a rare item that has room for another affix.
How to get it: It can come from drops, league rewards, trade, or the current catalogue.
When to use it: Apply it only when the piece of gear is already valuable enough to justify a random addition.
Market role: Its relative price changes with crafting demand, but it remains important for POE for trading.
Chromatic Orb
Purpose: A Chromatic Orb supports the updated colored-socket mechanic.
How to get it: It can come from drops, rewards, trading, or a current order. In 3.29 it became rarer and is no longer sold by town vendors in exchange for socket-count resources.
When to use it: Use a POE Chromatic Orb when a build benefits from matching a skill gem with a colored slot.
Market role: Using Chromatic Orbs now affects optimization rather than basic gem compatibility. A skill gem fits any equipment socket, while a matching red, green, or blue socket color grants added quality.
Orb of Fusing
Purpose: An Orb of Fusing rerolls the links between sockets.
How to get it: It can come from drops, league content, trade, or a current order.
When to use it: Use it after an item already has the required socket count and the skill setup needs better links.
Market role: Manual linking is random. Players often compare repeated attempts with the traditional deterministic six-link benchmark associated with 1,500 Fusings; verify the current bench before committing a large stack.
Jeweller's Orb
Purpose: A Jeweller's Orb changes the number of sockets on an item.
How to get it: It can come from drops, rewards, trading, selected recipes, or a current order.
When to use it: Use Jeweller's before Fusing when the item does not yet have enough sockets.
Market role: In the 3.29 overhaul, newly added sockets are white, while colored sockets now provide a separate performance benefit.
The phrase seven Jeweller's Orbs is associated with selling an eligible six-socket item through a vendor sale; verify the active recipe before planning a bulk farm.
Orb of Regret
Purpose: An Orb of Regret grants a passive refund point.
How to get it: It can come from drops, rewards, trade, or a current order.
When to use it: Use it to correct the Passive Skill Tree, change a route, or prepare another build.
Market role: Demand often rises after balance changes when many players adjust their characters.
Gemcutter's Prism
Purpose: A Gemcutter's Prism improves gem quality.
How to get it: It can come from drops, quality-related rewards, recipes, trade, or a current order.
When to use it: Apply it to a skill gem whose quality bonus meaningfully improves the build.
Market role: Its value changes with skill demand, supply, corruption strategies, and the current meta.
Vaal Orb
Purpose: A Vaal Orb corrupts an item or gem and creates an unpredictable result.
How to get it: It can come from drops, Vaal-related content, trade, or a current order.
When to use it: Use it only when you accept that the result may improve, remain unchanged, or damage the item.
Market role: Vaal Orbs support corruption, which remains a high-risk choice. Socket-related outcomes changed with the 3.29 white-socket system.