Path of Exile 2: All Catalyst Guides and How to Get Them
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In Path of Exile 2 (PoE2), the Catalyst is a Breach-exclusive currency item. It increases the quality of rings and amulets, improving specific modifiers (depending on the type) that are key to your build. This makes Catalysts extremely valuable for enhancing jewelry that provides critical bonuses.
Here’s a guide to understanding, getting, and using the Catalyst.
What Is a Catalyst?
What it does: Increases the quality of rings and amulets, boosting specific modifiers on the item.
Why it’s useful: Higher quality on jewelry improves stats like resistances, attributes, or damage modifiers, which can greatly benefit your character’s survivability and performance.
For example:
A ring with 10% fire resistance will gain additional fire resistance when quality is added.
An amulet with +10 Strength will receive a slight bonus to the Strength value.
Types of Catalysts
Here is a list of all Catalysts in Path of Exile 2 (PoE2):
Note: You can click on different types for a more in-depth guide to each
Function: Improves the quality of attribute modifiers on rings and amulets.
Best For: Boosting stats like Strength, Dexterity, or Intelligence.
Function: Enhances defense modifiers on rings and amulets.
Best For: Increasing armor, evasion, or energy shield values.
Function: Boosts chaos modifiers on rings and amulets.
Best For: Enhancing chaos resistance or chaos damage.
Function: Improves lightning modifiers on rings and amulets.
Best For: Amplifying lightning damage or resistance.
Function: Enhances life-related modifiers on rings and amulets.
Best For: Improving maximum life or life recovery stats.
Function: Enhances mana-related modifiers on rings and amulets.
Best For: Increasing maximum mana or mana regeneration.
Function: Improves attack modifiers on rings and amulets.
Best For: Boosting attack speed, accuracy, or physical damage.
Function: Enhances caster modifiers on rings and amulets.
Best For: Increasing spell damage or cast speed.
Function: Improves speed modifiers on rings and amulets.
Best For: Boosting movement speed, attack speed, or cast speed.
Function: Boosts cold modifiers on rings and amulets.
Best For: Enhancing cold damage or cold resistance.
Function: Improves physical modifiers on rings and amulets.
Best For: Increasing physical damage or physical defense.
Function: Enhances fire modifiers on rings and amulets.
Best For: Amplifying fire damage or fire resistance.
How to Get a Catalyst
1. Drops from Breach Events
Catalysts are exclusive to Breach events, where you fight hordes of monsters in alternate dimensions. These events often drop Breach-exclusive loot, including Catalysts.
2. Trade
Catalysts can be traded with other players for currency or other valuable items. If you don’t want to farm Breach events, trading is a reliable way to obtain them.
How to Use a Catalyst
Right-click the Catalyst in your inventory.
Left-click on a ring or amulet to apply it.
The item’s quality will increase, improving its modifiers.
Note:
You can increase quality up to a maximum of 20%.
The type of modifiers that benefit from quality depends on the item’s stats.
When to Use a Catalyst
Upgrading Key Jewelry
Use Catalysts on rings and amulets with modifiers that are important for your build, such as resistances, attributes, or elemental damage.
Endgame Crafting
Catalysts are best used on rare or high-quality jewelry that already has excellent modifiers.
Tips for Using a Catalyst
Save for Strong Bases: Don’t use Catalysts on low-level or temporary rings and amulets. Focus on high-tier gear.
Stack Modifiers: If you need more of a specific stat, increase the quality of items that already have that bonus.
Combine with Other Crafting: Catalysts can be used before additional crafting to make strong jewelry even better.
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