Alt‑Spam Crafting: Maximizing Your Regal Orb Success Rate

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Alt‑Spam Crafting is a popular and effective method for maximizing your success rate with Regal Orbs in Path of Exile 2—some players even choose to buy poe 2 currency to stock up on Alteration Orbs—especially when upgrading Magic items into Rare ones. This strategy revolves around repeatedly rerolling affixes on a Magic item using Alteration Orbs until you get a highly desirable set of mods before applying a Regal Orb to upgrade it. Here’s how to optimize this approach:

• Start with a Strong Base Item
  Choose Magic items with good base types and implicit stats that fit your build or crafting goals. Higher item level bases allow access to better tier affixes, increasing the chances of rolling useful mods.
  
• Use Alteration Orbs to Reroll Affixes
  The core of alt‑spam crafting is to apply Alteration Orbs repeatedly to the Magic item to cycle through available prefixes and suffixes. This is time‑consuming but allows you to “fish” for the most valuable mods before upgrading. Focus on affixes known to synergize well with your build, such as life, resistances, or damage boosts.
  
• Leverage Crafting Tools to Narrow Outcomes
  Use crafting bench unlocks, Atlas passive nodes, or Essences to influence which mods can appear. This reduces randomness and raises the odds of rolling favorable mods during alt‑spam. Some players also incorporate fossils or harvest crafting to further constrain modifier pools before spamming Alts—though if you’re short on resources, you can hunt for cheap poe 2 currency to fuel your efforts.
  
• Be Patient and Selective
  Since applying a Regal Orb adds a random new mod and locks in existing ones, the better your starting Magic affixes are, the higher chance your Rare item becomes powerful. Don’t rush to upgrade with a Regal Orb until you have a desirable Magic item template. Once you have a good base, applying the Regal Orb becomes more likely to yield high-value Rare gear.
  
• Annul or Chaos Craft If Needed
  After using a Regal Orb, if the added affix is undesirable, consider using an Orb of Annulment to remove it. Following that, Chaos Orbs can be used to reroll all affixes if needed. This layered crafting strategy maximizes the value of each Regal Orb and prevents expensive waste.
  
• Supplement with Vendor Recipes and Farming
  Since Regal Orbs are relatively rare, efficiently farming them through boss kills, map farming with increased item rarity, or collecting Regal Shards (which combine into Regal Orbs) makes your alt‑spam crafting sustainable.
  
  

Alt‑spam crafting maximizes Regal Orb success by letting you control the baseline affixes on Magic items before upgrading, significantly improving crafting outcomes and reducing wasted orbs. Pair this method with crafting bench options and currency management to build powerful rare items efficiently.