Path of Exile 2: How To Unlock & Use The Reforging Bench
As you play , you'll inevitably pick up a lot of equipment you can't actually use. Most often, you'll find equipment that's simply of the wrong type for your current character class. You can sell it, deconstruct it using the Salvage Bench, disenchant it with the help of certain merchants, or transfer it to another character using the stash. These all help turn items you don't need into more utilitarian ones, but don't cover every possible type of useless loot.
What happens when you find an item that you can equip with your current character, but it's much worse than everything you already have? Well, you can sell, dismantle, or disenchant it as per usual, but that feels wasteful. In that case, there's an alternative option: the Reforging Bench. This unique crafting option allows you to exchange multiple types of the same item for a chance at rerolling its stats, and more often than not, the results are better than the sum of their parts. Here's how to find and use the Reforging Bench in .
The Reforging Bench doesn't become available until Act 3 of , so if you've just started the game, you've got a long wait ahead before you can start rerolling your equipment. Either way, at some point during Act 3, you'll take on a quest called "," during which you'll arrive at a new area called The Drowned City.
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Once you've completed that quest, return to the Ziggurat Encampment, and locate an NPC called Oswald near the northwestern corner of the screen. Speak to him to begin a quest called "," and you'll be on your way to unlocking the Reforging Bench.
Follow the quest marker to the adjacent Drowned City, and to the dungeon known as The Molten Vault. This would be a good time to equip any fire-resistant gear and ice magic you have, as, in case the location name didn't clue you in, you're in for a fight against a fire-based horde of
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