Expedition crafting in Path of Exile 2 is a unique and in-depth process that lets you fine-tune your items using Expedition PoE 2 currency and crafting options. Here's a detailed guide on crafting with Expedition currency, and how to maximize your potential for profit and optimal item stats.

Understanding Magic and Rare Items

Magic Items: These have 2 modifiers: 1 Prefix and 1 Suffix.

Rare Items: These can have up to 6 modifiers: 3 Prefixes and 3 Suffixes.

Prefix and Suffix Modifiers: Two separate groups of modifiers, and their interactions are key when crafting.

Key NPCs and Their Crafting Options

Dannig: Sells currency for the other 3 NPCs. He's useful for converting your Expedition currency into usable resources.

Gwennen: Sells Weapons and offers crafting options for them. Focuses on physical damage, attack speed, and projectile skills.

Tujen: Sells Jewellery and offers crafting for rings, amulets, and belts.

Generally more consistent results

Rog: Sells Armor and offers crafting for helms, body armor, gloves, boots, and shields. The armor crafting is generally less rewarding but still offers valuable mods.

Crafting Options with Expedition Currency

Each NPC provides different crafting options, with a specific focus on different item types.

Add a Single Prefix or Suffix: Adds either a prefix or suffix randomly, allowing for targeted stat changes.

Upgrade Magic to Rare: Turns a magic item into a rare item, which allows you to reroll more modifiers.

Fill Empty Prefixes/Suffixes: Adds modifiers to empty prefix/suffix slots.

Reroll Prefixes or Suffixes: Randomly rerolls all modifiers in a given slot.

Reroll Values of Prefixes/Suffixes: Similar to using a Divine Orb, but for specific modifiers.

Remove Lowest Level Modifier: Removes the lowest tier modifier, which is useful when trying to keep a high-value mod.

Remove All Prefixes/Suffixes: Completely clears out a set of modifiers, allowing you to start fresh.

Skip Option: Skip the current crafting option, but then you can't skip the next one.

General Tips for Expedition Crafting

Vendor Bad Items: If an item is consistently bad after a couple of rerolls, just vendor it for some profit. Vendoring will give you Exotic Coinage or currency.

Target Specific Mods: When you find an item with a good prefix or suffix, focus on trying to improve the other side (suffix or prefix) by rerolling only that part.

Make Items Rare: If an item starts as Magic but has solid potential, you can make it rare and then start rerolling mods.

Add Sockets and Vaal: If you find a decent item with average stats, add Sockets and Vaal it. A Vaal Orb can sometimes turn a mediocre item into something valuable by adding a corrupted mod, like +1 to the Level of Minion Skills on a helmet.

Crafting with Gwennen (Weapons)

Gwennen offers the most RNG-based crafting but can lead to high-value items:

Items to Focus On:

Bows: Any bow with high physical damage, flat physical damage, or +4 to Level of all Projectile Skills is worth picking up. Focus on rerolling prefixes for flat physical damage or % physical damage.

Quarterstaves and 2H Maces: Look for high physical damage or flat physical damage on these, and reroll for more physical mods.

Expert Weapons: Items that grant +# to Level of Melee Skills are worth picking, as melee builds can benefit from the increased skill level.

Good Mods for Bows and Weapons:

+4 to Level of All Projectile Skills for Bows.

High flat physical damage or %physical damage for staves, maces, and bows.

Crit Chance, Attack Speed, or Critical Damage as suffixes are highly desirable.

Crafting with Tujen (Jewellery)

Tujen is easier to craft with compared to Gwennen, as it's more consistent, but the items are more limited.

Items to Focus On:

Amulets: Look for amulets that have +2 or +3 to Level of any type of Skill. These are highly sought after for any build.

Rings: Focus on rings that provide high life, mana, or resist. Rings with high item rarity are also valuable.

Belts: Look for high life or mana modifiers on magic belts and resistances or strength on rare belts.

Amulet Crafting Tips:

+2/+3 to Level of any type of Skill: Great for crafting, as these amulets are generally expensive.

High Spirit (30+) is desirable on amulets.

Good combinations of Life/Mana and Resists/Attributes are great crafting targets.

Crafting with Rog (Armor)

Armor crafting in Expedition is less rewarding but still has value, especially for Energy Shield and Hybrid bases. Rog focuses on helms, body armor, gloves, boots, and shields.

Items to Focus On:

Helmets: Focus on Energy Shield bases and aim to reroll prefixes for high Energy Shield. Helmets with +2 to Level of Minion Skills are valuable.

Body Armor: Look for Energy Shield bases and reroll prefixes for high Energy Shield.

Gloves: Look for +2 to Level of Melee Skills or Energy Shield bases with high life, resists, or attack speed.

Boots: Focus on high movement speed (25%+) and Energy Shield bases for good defense.

Exalting Items Crafted with Expedition

You should consider Exalting items when:

Good Weapon with 1-2 Phys Mods: If the weapon has open prefix slots, you can try slamming a high-value physical mod.

Good Energy Shield Armor: If you have crafted an Energy Shield armor piece with good stats, Exalting can add another useful mod.

Jewelry: Any crafted jewelry with good life/mana + resistances or attributes should be exalted.

My Experience with Expedition Crafting

After spending around 1500 Exotic Coinage, I found that:

Gwennen (Weapons) is great for RNG crafting, leading to some high-value items like rare Quarterstaves, 2H Maces, and Bows.

Tujen (Jewellery) was more consistent, crafting valuable jewelry that made decent profits, even if not all of it was sold.

Rog (Armor) felt less rewarding, but still, there were profitable items like Energy Shield armor bases and minion skill helms.

Conclusion

Expedition crafting in PoE 2 can be incredibly rewarding if you focus on targeted rerolls and craft with purpose. Gwennen offers big gambles with weapon crafting, while Tujen provides more consistent results for jewelry. Rog can be used for niche armor crafting, especially if you focus on Energy Shield or Hybrid bases.

The key is to identify valuable mods early, reroll prefixes or suffixes to optimize them, and Exalt when you have high-value PoE 2 items. Happy crafting, and may the loot gods be with you!