Ancient Orb

Ancient OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a unique item as another of the same item classRight click this item then left click a unique item to apply it.
Shift click to unstack.Acquisition
Area level: 1
League(s): HarbingerVendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Stackable Currency
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Currency/CurrencyRerollUnique

Ancient Orb is a currency item that can be used to reforge a unique item as another of the same item class in the broader sense of the term, such as "flask" instead of life/mana/hybrid/utility flask. This will also change the sockets (if any) on the item.

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	Ingredient Notes	General Notes	Type
20	Ancient ShardAncient ShardStack Size: 20A stack of 20 shards becomes an Ancient Orb. Shift click to unstack.	N/A	N/A	Manual
1	Foreboding IncubatorForeboding IncubatorAdds incubated valuable Currency Shards or a Harbinger item to an equippable item Item drops after killing # monstersvaluable Currency Shards or Harbinger ItemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	Requires ilvl 68 or above Incubator	valuable Currency Shards or Harbinger Item (random)	Manual

Spending

Reforging a unique item means the base item type can change when the orb is applied. Ancient Orbs do not change the inventory size of an item, so 2x4-sized "tower shields" for example stay within that group.

Notably, unique items specific to past temporary leagues, such as HeadhunterHeadhunter
Leather BeltRequires Level 40+(25-40) to maximum Life+(40-55) to Strength
+(40-55) to Dexterity
+(50-60) to maximum Life
(20-30)% increased Damage with Hits against Rare monsters
When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 20 seconds"A man's soul rules from a cavern of bone, learns and
judges through flesh-born windows. The heart is meat.
The head is where the Man is."
- Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom can be obtained with an Ancient Orb only while standing in a map to which the appropriate league's mod has been added with Zana's Map Device.

According to player video, like Orb of ChanceOrb of ChanceStack Size: 20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarityRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.
Shift click to unstack., Ancient Orb ignores item level of the original item. A unique item that have a low ilvl, can be flipped to item that have higher required level to equip or on a base that have a higher drop level. For example, an ilvl 1 Storm CloudStorm Cloud
Long BowBow
Quality: +20%
Elemental Damage: 1-85
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Attacks per Second: (1.77-1.95)
Weapon Range: 120Requires Level 9, 38 DexNo Physical Damage
Adds 1 to 85 Lightning Damage
(36-50)% increased Attack SpeedCenturies of development in steel armoursmithing
turned the armies of the Eternal Empire
into very effective lightning rods. can be flipped to Death's HarpDeath's Harp
Death BowBow
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: (44-49) to (116.6-129.85)
Critical Strike Chance: (6.50%-7.50%)
Attacks per Second: 1.32
Weapon Range: 120Requires Level 32, 107 Dex(30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance(100-125)% increased Physical Damage
10% increased Attack Speed
+50% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
Bow Attacks fire an additional ArrowThe mournful music of the strings,
The creaking arch, the arrow sings.
A choking cry, a rattled breath,
The Reaper's Song, the Harp of Death. (on a lvl 32 bow base) by using Ancient Orb (skipping lower required level 2x4 sized bows Roth's ReachRoth's Reach
Recurve BowBow
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: (19.8-22) to (61.2-68)
Critical Strike Chance: 6.70%
Attacks per Second: (1.30-1.35)
Weapon Range: 120Requires Level 18, 65 Dex+(15-25)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier(60-80)% increased Physical Damage
(4-8)% increased Attack Speed
Skills Chain +1 times
30% increased Projectile Speed
(20-40)% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills"Exiled to the sea; what a joke.
I'm more free than I've ever been."
- Captain Weylam "Rot-tooth" Roth of the Black Crest (lvl 18) and DoomfletchDoomfletch
Royal BowBow
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: (26.4-31.2) to (73.2-78)
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: (1.59-1.65)
Weapon Range: 120Requires Level 28, 95 Dex(20-24)% increased Elemental Damage with Attack SkillsAdds (12-16) to (20-24) Physical Damage
(10-14)% increased Attack Speed
60% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
Gain 100% of Weapon Physical Damage as Extra Damage of a random Element"Toasted or frozen
Or twitching in the light
I'm not fussy
And neither is Death."
- Koralus Doomfletch (lvl 28) ). In other words, using low ilvl unique belt may not be able to block the chance of getting high level unique belt when using Ancient Orb to try to get the HeadhunterHeadhunter
Leather BeltRequires Level 40+(25-40) to maximum Life+(40-55) to Strength
+(40-55) to Dexterity
+(50-60) to maximum Life
(20-30)% increased Damage with Hits against Rare monsters
When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 20 seconds"A man's soul rules from a cavern of bone, learns and
judges through flesh-born windows. The heart is meat.
The head is where the Man is."
- Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom.

It is worth noting that using Ancient Orb will remove any influences, as well as remove enchantments from the item. Links and Sockets are re-rolled as well.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.0.0	Introduced to the game.