Path of Exile Exalted Orbs for Sale

What Do Exalted Orbs Do?

Exalted Orbs are one of the two main currencies used in Path of Exile. Chaos Orbs are used for smaller transactions, while Exalted Orbs are used for larger ones. In most cases you will use them in this way, to purchase high level items.

The true purpose of Exalted Orbs is to add stats to rare items. This is generally only used in very high-end crafting and is rarely worth the investment. They can also be used via the crafting bench for some of the strongest modifiers in the game – if you know what you’re doing, this is extremely valuable. However, the main use for Exalted Orbs remains their immense value when trading them with other players.

Exalted Orb Drop Rate

You’re probably wondering how to get Exalted Orbs. Well, there are two main ways: finding them and buying them. The reason that Exalted Orbs are worth so much is their incredibly low drop rate. Exalted Orbs can drop from any monster in the game above level 35, but their drop chance is only 0.055%! This means that on average, you will get one Exalted Orb for every 181,818 monsters that you kill. As you can see, it’s an extremely unlikely event. Even if you boost your odds by running a high quantity map and having a bonus item quantity on your gear, you’ll never get it even close to a 1% chance, making Exalted Orb farming difficult, if not impossible. Now you understand why they are so rare and why they are so valuable!

Exalted Orb Vendor Recipe

There is an Exalted Orb vendor recipe, but before you get your hopes up, it’s not great. It’s very similar to the Chaos Orb recipe, but with Shaped or Elder items instead. For those unaware of the Chaos Orb recipe, this means that you have to collect a full set of rare items. A full set is one of every piece you can normally equip: two weapons, two rings, an amulet, boots, gloves, a helmet, a belt, and body armour.

Remember that for the Exalted Orb recipe, all of the items have to be either Shaper or Elder items as well – meaning all the same type, you cannot mix and match between the two. If you’re able to get an entire set together, there are still two outcomes. If any of the items are identified, your reward for turning in a full set will be a mere single Exalted Shard – one of twenty required for a full Exalted Orb. If the entire set you turn in is unidentified, then you get a whopping two Exalted Shards.

If you haven’t realized by now, the Exalted Orb vendor recipe is incredibly bad, outside of niche situations. In almost every case, it’s just better to sell the items that go into the recipe, rather than use them. This only increases the Exalted Orb’s value!