Crafting, at the beginning of Path of Exile, was easy. Back at the start, the big question was whether it was better to spam alterations and regal, or chaos spam. Nowadays those two methods are so far down the list unless you’re looking for something specific. There are so many methods you can apply, and a variety of processes you might have to do to even get to that point. So, let’s introduce some of the basics of Path of Exile crafting, and the ones you’ll be wanting to aim towards. The Basics As I said, the original crafting methods were alteration spam or chaos spamming. They are very different methods of crafting, and often have different goals in mind. When you alteration spam you’re typically looking for one or two specific stats. If you find one of them and don’t have a second stat, you can use orbs of augmentation to add a second stat while keeping the item rare. Once you have two good stats, you use a regal orb and pray for a good third stat. If you don’t get it, you sc...