Crafting items in Path of Exile 2 is one of the most important activities. By upgrading, you can add various modifiers to your equipment and become stronger accordingly. But some modifiers work specially. Therefore, in this guide, we will tell you everything you need to know about Corrupted items in Path of Exile 2.

Corrupted items can be found as loot or crafted manually. One of the possible results will be getting gear with high modifiers. But if you are unlucky, the Corrupted item will become useless.

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Path of Exile 2: Corrupted Items Explained

Path of Exile 2: Corrupted Item

A corrupted tag, like other modifiers, is displayed upon closer inspection of the item. It is important to note that gear with this modifier cannot be upgraded further through crafting. In addition, this effect cannot be undone. At first glance, it may seem that this is a curse that makes items useless. But if used correctly, you have a chance to get the best gear in Path of Exile 2.

How to Get Corrupted Items

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There are two ways to get Corrupted items in Path of Exile 2. The first is to find equipment as a drop from Corrupted strongboxes or during the Trial of Chaos. The second way is to craft through Vaal Orbs or Corruption Altars.

Corruption Altars and Vaal Orbs differ only in that the latter can be used in the inventory at any time. At the same time, to Corrupt an item in Corruption Altars, you need to visit a specific location, namely Vaal Ruins.

The result of Corrupting an item in Path of Exile 2 will be a random outcome, ranging from rerolling all modifiers to leaving no changes. Unfortunately, players have almost no influence on what effect they will receive. The exception is Omen of Corruption, which removes the No Changes option from the list of possible outcomes for your next Corruption. Below you will find all the random results when crafting Corrupted items in Path of Exile 2.

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Unique Items

  • No changes.
  • Adds a socket to armor or martial weapons, ignoring the limit.
  • Randomizes the numerical values ​​of modifiers.
  • Item gets a special Vaal enchantment.

Non-unique Items

  • No changes.
  • Adds a socket to armor or martial weapons, ignoring the limit.
  • Rerolls up to three item modifiers.
  • The item gets a special Vaal enchantment.

Unique Jewels

  • No changes.
  • The item gets a special Vaal enchantment.
  • Randomizes the numeric values ​​of modifiers.

Non-unique Jewels

  • No changes.
  • Adds a socket to armor or martial weapons, ignoring the limit.
  • Rerolls up to three item modifiers.
  • The item gets a special Vaal enchantment.

Gems

  • No changes.
  • Adds or removes a socket.
  • Adds or removes one Gem level.
  • The gem gains or loses 10% Quality.

Waystones

  • No changes.
  • Reforge the item, ignoring prefixes and suffixes, and add up to 4 random modifiers. Can exceed the modifier limit.
  • Reforge item, ignoring prefixes and replacing suffixes with random prefixes. Can exceed the modifier limit.
  • Waystone Tier increases or decreases by 1.

Flasks and Charms

  • Item gains or loses 10% Quality.

Essence Monsters

  • No changes.
  • The monster is immediately freed.
  • Normal Essence becomes Greater or Greater Essence becomes a random Corrupted Essence.
  • Reroll all Essences.
  • Adds random Essence.
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Action RPG, Hack and Slash, MMORPG
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