Path of Exile Warlord's Exalted Orb Wiki & Tips

A Warlord's Exalted Orb is a special currency item in Path of Exile that can be used to modify rare items. Here are some key things to know about Warlord's Exalted Orbs. They are dropped by endgame bosses and can also be obtained by corrupting items with Blessed Orbs.

What’s The Usage Of Warlord's Exalted Orb?

When used on a rare item, they will re-roll all mods on that item while guaranteeing at least one mod will have the "Warlord" modifier prefix. This includes mods like increased physical damage, accuracy rating, etc. Warlord mods generally provide damage, accuracy or defenses related to physical damage. So Warlord's Exalted Orbs are useful for crafting physical damage focused rare Path of Exile items. Unlike regular Exalted Orbs, Warlord's can completely change the item's base type. So you have a chance to change gloves to boots for example.

They are very valuable for crafting high end rare items dedicated to physical damage or attack builds because of the guaranteed Warlord mod. In endgame crafting, they are commonly used after using regular Exalted Orbs to finish modifying an item with a guaranteed useful offensive or defensive Warlord mod.

How Do You Farm Warlord's Exalted Orb?

Running higher tier maps (T14+) and defeating the map bosses. Higher tier maps have a better chance to drop them. Completing endgame Atlas bosses like Elder, Shaper, Sirus, Maven, etc. These have the highest drop rate. Applying Blessed Orbs to rare corrupted items. This has a small chance to upgrade the item to a vaal variant which can drop as Warlord's Exalted Orb when sold. Doing Tier 16+ maps with the Sacred Blossom sextant mod. This significantly increases the chance for map bosses to drop Exalted shards which can combine into Warlord's Exalted Orbs.

Running Breachstone domains, especially Chayula. The numbers of mobs make this a decent passive way to farm. Trading other valuable currency like regular Exalted Orbs for them. Their price fluctuates but usually 8-10 regular Exalteds can buy 1 Warlord's. Running maps with the "areas contain additional currency items" Atlas passive for a small chance at them. Horizon Orbing T14+ maps for triple boss variants to increase boss kill counts.

What Are The Odds Of Getting An Exalted Orb?

• Basic currency item drop from a Tier 16 map boss: Around 1-2% chance.

• Basic currency item drop from a Shaper/Elder/Sirus kill: 3-5% chance.

• Basic currency item drop from a Guardian map boss: 2-3% chance.

• Basic currency item found in a Breach/Abyss/Harbinger: Less than 1% chance.

• As a random currency drop elsewhere in maps: Less than 0.5% chance.

• Corrupting a 6-linked rare item with a Blessed Orb: Around 2-3% chance.

• Dedicated currency reward from certain endgame grinds like Delve cities: Scales with depth/level, 5-10% chance at very high levels.

• From turning in a full set of Chaos Recipe items: Around 1% chance.

• As a reward in certain Heist contracts on Grand Heists: 1-2% depending on contract level.

Warlord's Exalted Orb Compared To Regular Exalted Orb

Mod pool: Warlord's guarantees a mod with the "Warlord" prefix which includes useful physical damage and accuracy mods. Regular Exalts can roll any rare mod equally.

Item base: Warlord's can change the base item type (e.g. gloves to boots), regular Exalts cannot alter the base.

Supply: Warlord's are significantly rarer drops than regular Exalts, making their effective cost higher when trading (usually 8-10 regular Exalts per Warlord's).

Used in crafting: Warlord's are preferred for finishing high end physical weapons/gear since the guaranteed Warlord mod usually adds more damage. Regular Exalts are better early in crafting projects without a specific mod focus.

Meta relevance: Demand for Warlord's fluctuates based on abundance of top-tier physical damage builds in a league which favor items utilizing their mod pool.

Standard value: Warlord's hold their value longer since rarer, making them ideal standard trading currency for crafters seeking specific mods.

Farming methods: Same general high level content but Warlord's have much lower average drop rates than regular Exalts per hour of focused farming/grinding.

Can Warlord's Exalted Orb Combine With Other Currency?

Yes, Warlord's Exalted Orbs can be combined with other crafting currency Path of Exile to create powerful crafted items. Here are some examples:

1. Chaos spamming/Alt spamming + Regal + Warlord Exalt: This allows you to selectively craft mods 2. before slamming the guaranteed Warlord mod.

3. Throw multiple Exalts (Warlord and regular) at an item to fully craftvaluable mods.

4. Use an Annulment Orb after Exalting to try to remove a bad mod before another Exaltslam.

5. Use Fossils like Metallic, Jagged, Corroded while crafting to weigh mod pools before Warlord slam.

6. In Standard, use Ancient Orbs on legacy base rare items, then finishwith Warlord Exalt.

7. During Harvest crafting, use reforges to shape an item before finishing with Warlord Exalt.

8. In influenced items, use Awakener's Orbs to hybridize bases beforeWarlord slam.

9. Use an Exalt on a Convoking Wand then Warlord's Exalt to try for double damage rolls.