Path of Exile 2 Exalted Orb

Effect：A currency item that can be used to enhance a piece of rare equipment with a new random affix. ( EX for short)

Obtaining

• Obtained from slain enemies or found in an Artisan's Strongbox.(extremely rare)

• Obtained by combining 20 Exalted Shards

• A full set of rare Shaper items or rare Elder items can be vendored for Exalted Shards, or 4 Exalted Shards if all of the items are unidentified.

• Vendor recipe: the player trades a Mirror of Kalandra for two Exalted Orbs, five Regal Orbs and one Divine Orb.

Item acquisition

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

Exalted Orb Farming Map

Spending

Exalted Orbs, high-value currency, play a key role in the in-game economy. They first aim to craft high-end rare items. So it is called as the "gold standard" currency in trading between players. 

The average player being unable to craft high-end items trades it for other valuable equipment instead of consuming them.

The powerful or wealthy players have two primary ways to consume Exalted Orbs. The first is through direct use of the orb, adding a random affix to a rare item that does not already have six affixes. The other is to add high-end affixes through mastercrafting by paying a fixed amount of Exalted Orbs.