[QoL] Single-Currency Pickup Pet

Hi everyone,

I’d like to suggest a quality-of-life feature that could significantly improve gameplay flow, especially during fast-paced mapping.

Suggestion: Currency Pickup Pet with Selectable Filter

The idea is to introduce an optional pet that can automatically pick up a specific currency item type chosen by the player.

How it would work:

* The player selects one currency type (e.g., Orb of Alteration, Chaos Orb, Orb of Alchemy, etc.).
* The pet automatically picks up only that selected currency.
* The selection can be changed at any time (even mid-map).
* The pet would ignore all other items.

Example use case:

Let’s say I'm running maps and an Eldritch Altar modifies drops to include a specific currency (e.g., Alteration Orbs). I could quickly switch my pet to collect that currency without interrupting gameplay flow.

If later I encounter a different situation (e.g., Chaos Orbs becoming more valuable in that map), I could switch the target currency again.

Why this would be valuable:

* Reduces repetitive clicking and hand strain
* Keeps the player focused on combat and decision-making
* Maintains loot relevance without fully automating everything
* Still requires player choice and awareness (not full auto-looting)

Balance considerations:

* Limit the pet to only one currency type at a time
* Possibly require manual activation or a small cooldown when switching
* Could be tied to microtransactions (cosmetic pets with functionality) or a gameplay unlock

I believe this strikes a good balance between convenience and maintaining Path of Exile’s core loot philosophy.

Would love to hear your thoughts!

Thanks for reading.

I think that's the great idea 💡 insted using one filter and forgot to change it in higher lvl when yiu don't need to or don't want to pick up trash 😉

I wish we can get it 👍😊

I aggree and would go beyond. I think we could have a pet that will take all currency filtered to show. The only limitation would be the fact that its "Currency only".

Funny enough I was thinking the same thing and came here while consider writing up a version of it. Maybe due to the currency drop buff that people start feeling looting to be a chore instead of the excitement. After clicking on 4000 chaos, looting another one certainly feel underwhelming, but you HAVE to click it because it is a non-insignificant amount of currency (and perhaps it has ingrained in your brain after 14 years of playing that chaos is something significant).
Now don't get me wrong, drop buff IS a good thing. It allow people to experimenting with crafting more without the drawback of "but what can I buy with this" nagging in the back of your head.
I gave it a good thought and have think up several approaches to improve this issue without making this game a public version of Tencent's PoE (there is a China-specific version of this game that have loot pet and I am seriously considering to move over there, being a hoarder that I am).

1. -20 atlas point to make SOME (I am thinking 30%-50%) currency loot get collect into an NPC automatically not unlike Kingmarch's Mapper Device.


2. Similar to OP's suggestion, but not making it a free unlockable (or MTX, since GGG is very against P2W), but in the form of an Exceptional Damageable Minion Support gem.

3. Revert drop rate back to previously, but multiply the drop quantity in the same amount. (baseline of Drop Chaos to be 2 at a time, Div 2 at a time, mirror stay as 1 as they wasn't buffed).