Orb of Scouring

An Orb of Scouring is a currency item that can be used to remove all random modifiers from a magic or rare piece of equipment. Implicit modifiers, quality, sockets, and links are not removed, as well as affixes protected by meta-crafting mods.

Obtaining

Vendoring a rare item with only two explicit modifiers will result in an Orb of Scouring. Such an item can only be crafted by using a on a magic item with one explicit modifier.

Result	Item mods
1×	Any rare item with 2 affixes. This can be created by using a on a one-affix magic item or by using an on a rare item.

It can also be bought by using 4x , see Vendor Currency Exchange Chart.

Version history

Version	Changes
0.9.5	Reduced the drop rate of Orbs of Scouring, Scrolls of Wisdom and Portal Scrolls (scrolls can easily be obtained from vendors now.)
0.9.3e	Increased the drop rate of Orb of Scouring by 25%.
0.9.3b	Changed Orb of Scouring, Jeweler's Orb, Orb of Fusing to only drop in level 12+ areas because they were too complicated for early players.
0.8.5	Increased Orb of Scouring stack size to 15. Increased relative drop rate of Armour Shards, Orbs of Scouring, Jeweler's Orbs.
0.7.2	Increased rarity of Orb of Scouring currency item.
0.6.8	Added item Orb of Souring: converts an item into its plain base type