Outcome | Vendor Recipes | Difficulty |
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Alchemy Shard(A stack of 20 shards becomes an Orb of Alchemy.) | unique items, most corrupted and enchanted mods, etc. See below. | Easy |
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1 x normal, 1 x magic, 1 x rare (all 20% quality) of the same base type | Hard |
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1 x normal, 1 x magic, 1 x rare (all 20% quality and unidentified) of the same base type | Hard |
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3 x Identified rare items with same name | Hard |
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2 x Identified rare items with same name and both 20% quality | Hard |
As the following example shown, I sell four unique items to a vendor in exchange for an Orb of Alchemy.
Complete Orb of Alchemy recipe challenge by vendor unique items or other items with the following mods:.
Certain rarer affixes may yield Alchemy Shards instead of Alteration Shards. 20 Alchemy Shards automatically combine to form an Orb of Alchemy.
Result | Item mod |
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1x Alchemy Shard |
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2x Alchemy Shard |
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4x Alchemy Shard |
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6x Alchemy Shard |
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Most corrupted and enchanted mods yield Alchemy Shards. 20 Alchemy Shards automatically combine to form an Orb of Alchemy.
Orb of Alchemy upgrades a normal item to a rare item. The resulting rare has randomly chosen affixes and has a random number of affixes (ranging from four to six [three to four if used on jewels]). It does not change the socket color or socket numbers.
Pick up every unique item and vendor for Alchemy Shards. 20 Alchemy Shards combine to an Orb of Alchemy automatically. This is the easy vendor recipe for the Orb of Alchemy. The reason is most of the unique items have the mods that can vendor for Alchemy Shards.
The drop level of Orb of Alchemy is 2 and the drop rate is around 2.754%. You can farm it by killing enemies, opening chests, and destroying destructible containers. They also drop from Arcanist’s Strongboxes.
Clarissa is an NPC in Act 3 and Act 8. She sells it with the cost of an Orb of Regret.
You can exchange currency items for Orb of Alchemy. The price of an
Orb of Alchemy is equal to either a
Chromatic Orb, or 1/9
Chaos Orb, or 1/1584
Exalted Orb.
The ratio of Orb of Alchemy to Chaos Orb is 9:1. These orbs are both crucial to players when leveling up one’s character. Orb of alchemy upgrades a normal item into a rare item, while Chaos Orb reforged a rare item with new random mods.
Amount | Divination Card | General Notes |
Drop Areas |
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1 | ![]() | 1x Orb of Alchemy | Objective: Kill any Undying Alchemist in one of the following locations: Act 3 - The Sewers, Act 8 - Doedre's Cesspool (The Toxic Conduits), Map - Cells, Map - Toxic Sewer, Map - Shore (rare), Map - Channel (rare), Olmec's Sanctum Reward: 1x Orb of Alchemy |
3 | ![]() | 7x Orb of Alchemy | The Wetlands (Act 2) • Flooded Mine Map • Mineral Pools Map • Underground Sea Map |
5 | ![]() | 5x currency (random) | The Imperial Gardens • The High Gardens • Courtyard Map • Orchard Map • Terrace Map |
Shards and fragments are obtained by selling items to vendors or dropping from Harbingers. They can be combined to form certain currency items by stacking them.
Item | DropLevel | StackSize | Tab Stack Size | Help Text |
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N/A | 20 | N/A | An Alchemy Shard is a currency item obtained by selling certain items to vendors (See Vendor Recipes). It can be combined with other shards to form an ![]() |
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N/A | 20 | N/A | An Alteration Shard is a currency item obtained by selling certain items to vendors (See Vendor Recipes). It can be combined with other shards to form an ![]() |
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N/A | 5 | N/A | A Scroll Fragment is a currency item obtained by selling certain items to vendors (see Vendor recipes). It can be combined with other fragments to form a ![]() |
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1 | 100 | 5000 | A Splinter of Chayula is a currency item obtained by defeating monsters, opening special chests or damaging Chayula inside of a Breach. It can be combined with other splinters to form Chayula’s Breachstone. |
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1 | 100 | 5000 | A Splinter of Esh is a currency item obtained by defeating monsters, opening special chests or damaging Esh inside of a Breach. It can be combined with other splinters to form a Esh’s Breachstone. |
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1 | 100 | 5000 | A Splinter of Tul is a currency item obtained by defeating monsters, opening special chests or damaging Tul inside of a Breach. It can be combined with other splinters to form a Tul’s Breachstone. |
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1 | 100 | 5000 | A Splinter of Uul-Netol is a currency item obtained by defeating monsters, opening special chests or damaging Uul-Netolinside of a Breach. It can be combined with other splinters to form Uul-Netol’s Breachstone. |
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1 | 100 | 5000 | A Splinter of Xoph is a currency item obtained by defeating monsters, opening special chests or damaging Xoph inside of a Breach. It can be combined with other splinters to form Xoph’s Breachstone. |
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N/A | 20 | N/A | A Transmutation Shard is a currency item obtained by selling certain items to vendors (see Vendor recipes). It can be combined with other shards to form an ![]() |
While leveling your character, Orbs of Alchemy are often used to upgrade a normal item to a rare item.
You can use Orb of Alchemy to buy various items from vendors or other Path of Exile players, including maps, skill gems, and rare items, etc.
A lot of crafting bench recipes require Orbs of Alchemy.
Orb of Chance upgrades an item randomly. The new item may be a Magic, a Rare, or even a Unique. In fact, the most commonly will be resulting in a Magic item, uncommonly a Rare item. However,
Orb of Alchemy upgrades a normal item to a Rare item with 100% guaranteed. The price of an
Orb of Chance is approximate to an
Orb of Alchemy.