Orb of Alchemy didn't give four modifiers?

I used an Orb of Alchemy on a Warden Bow, and I expected it to give 4 modifiers. But it seems like I only got 3, unless the implicit counts... which wouldn not be my intuition in this situation.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3467944959
Last edited by Tomcio#0784 on Apr 21, 2025, 10:53:41 AM
Last bumped on Apr 21, 2025, 10:28:39 AM
The implicit is irrelevant.

A magic item has one or two modifiers; a rare has three or more. The Orb of Alchemy made your item a rare item, it just didn’t necessarily make it a good one. You can always use an Exalted Orb to grant rare equipment additional modifiers. Not sure that bow’s the best candidate for that, mind.
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That would be swell if the description of the orb of alchemy wasn't "Upgrades a normal item to a rare item with 4 modifiers"

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The implicit is irrelevant.

A magic item has one or two modifiers; a rare has three or more. The Orb of Alchemy made your item a rare item, it just didn’t necessarily make it a good one. You can always use an Exalted Orb to grant rare equipment additional modifiers. Not sure that bow’s the best candidate for that, mind.
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Oh, this is about PoE 2 - Steam hadn’t let me load the screenshot earlier, but it works now.

I guess GGG will likely move this thread out of Help and Information to one of the PoE 2-focused sections of the forum. I’d be interested in seeing a screenshot with the Inspect / alt view.
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Oh, this is about PoE 2 - Steam hadn’t let me load the screenshot earlier, but it works now.

I guess GGG will likely move this thread out of Help and Information to one of the PoE 2-focused sections of the forum. I’d be interested in seeing a screenshot with the Inspect / alt view.


Yeah I don't know why they moved it to POE, I had originally posted it in POE 2 EA, and for some reason they moved it here.

Unfortunately I'm having trouble taking a screenshot while in "alt" view. However i did notice that one of the modifiers split into two when I did that.
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Sarno#0493 wrote:
Oh, this is about PoE 2 - Steam hadn’t let me load the screenshot earlier, but it works now.

I guess GGG will likely move this thread out of Help and Information to one of the PoE 2-focused sections of the forum. I’d be interested in seeing a screenshot with the Inspect / alt view.


I found a workaround: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3468018077

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