Path of Exile 2 Omen guide

Omens are a late-game consumable in Path of Exile 2, obtainable in the process of the Ritual activity. To use one, you have to activate them in your inventory (right-click on PC), and an orange outline will indicate that they are primed. Afterward, the Omen will grant the specified effect, once the conditions are met. On some Omens, this means something basic like a full Life and Mana refill.

That said, the most important use case of Omens is item crafting. In this Path of Exile 2 guide, we'll explain all there is to know about Omens — what kinds there are, and how to get them.

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How to get Omens in Path of Exile 2

Omens can be obtained from Rituals (Image via Grinding Gear Games)

Omens can only be acquired as possible rewards from the Ritual Altar after completing a Ritual activity. They cost different amounts of Tribute to purchase, but it ranges from 200 to 500.

This means you can either farm the Freythorn Ritual altars during the campaign (which first appear as part of the Ominous Altars quest) or try your luck with the endgame Altas nodes with Ritual on them.

Some of the crafting Omens sell for a good number of Exalted Orbs, so it's a worthwhile farm, even if you don't plan on crafting items yourself.

The other way to obtain Omens, of course, involves spending. You can purchase them from the Currency Exchange for a specified type and amount of crafting currency.

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All crafting Omens in Path of Exile 2

Most of the Omens in Path of Exile 2 are for crafting. Item crafting in Path of Exile 2 is RNG-based, so the purpose of Omens is to make it a bit more deterministic when you want to tailor the perfect gear for a build.

While there were only 14 Omens originally added in PoE2 patch 0.1, the two Leagues afterwards have added a lot more. Not all of them of course, are equally useful. Only some of them are priced highly in the market, and fewer still have reached the value of 100+ Exalted Orbs (as per patch 0.3 economy).

With that in mind, here's all the crafting Omens and what they do:

Omen	Type	Function
Omen of Refreshment	Restoration	While this item is active in your inventory, you will fully recover your flask and charm charges when you reach Low Life
Omen of Resurgence	Restoration	While this item is active in your inventory, fully recover your Life, Mana and Energy Shield when you reach Low Life
Omen of Amelioration	On-death trigger	While this item is active in your inventory, will prevent 75% of Experience loss when you die
Omen of Whittling	Craftin	While this item is active in your inventory your next Chaos Orb will remove the lowest level modifier
Omen of Sinistral Erasure	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Chaos Orb will remove only prefix modifiers
Omen of Dextral Erasure	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Chaos Orb will remove only suffix modifiers
Omen of Sinistral Alchemy	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Orb of Alchemy will result in the maximum number of prefix modifiers
Omen of Dextral Alchemy	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Orb of Alchemy will result in the maximum number of suffix modifiers
Omen of Sinistral Coronation	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Regal Orb will add only prefix modifiers
Omen of Dextral Coronation	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Regal Orb will add only suffix modifiers
Omen of Corruption	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Vaal Orb will always result in change
Omen of Greater Exaltation	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Exalted Orb will add two random modifiers instead of one (up to the modifier limit)
Omen of Sinistral Exaltation	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Exalted Orb will add only prefix modifiers
Omen of Dextral Exaltation	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Exalted Orb will add only suffix modifiers
Omen of Greater Annulment	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Orb of Annulment will remove two modifiers instead of one
Omen of Sinistral Annulment	Craftng	While this item is active in your inventory your next Orb of Annulment will remove only prefix modifiers
Omen of Dextral Annulment	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Orb of Annulment will remove only suffix modifiers
Omen of Answered Prayers	Shrine buff	While this item is active in your inventory the next Shrine you click on will grant an additional Effect
Omen of Secret Compartments	Stronboxes	While this item is active in your inventory the next Strongbox you click on will be reopenable
Omen of the Hunt	Azmeri Spirits	While this item is active in your inventory the next Possessed monster you kill will release its Azmeri Spirit, letting it seek out another Rare
Omen of Reinforcements	Rogue Exile	While this item is active in your inventory the next Rogue Exile you encounter will summon an ally
Omen of Homogenising Exaltation	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Exalted Orb will add a Modifier of the same type as an existing Modifier on the Item
Omen of Homogenising Coronation	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Regal Orb will add a Modifier of the same type as an existing Modifier on the Item
Omen of Gambling	Vendor	While this item is active in your inventory your next Gamble purchase will have a 50% chance of costing no Gold and not consuming this Omen
Omen of Bartering	Vendor	While this item is active in your inventory your next sold item's Gold value will be incorrectly assessed by the Vendor
Omen of Recombination	Recombinator	While this item is active in your inventory your next Recombination is Lucky (i.e. rolls twice and uses the more favorable roll value)
Omen of the Blessed	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Divine Orb will only reroll Implicit Modifiers
Omen of Chaotic Rarity	Waystone Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Chaos Orb will replace all Modifiers on a Waystone with Modifiers that grant Item Rarity
Omen of Chaotic Quantity	Waystone Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Chaos Orb will replace all Modifiers on a Waystone with Modifiers that grant Pack Size
Omen of Chaotic Monsters	Waystone Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Chaos Orb will replace all Modifiers on a Waystone with Modifiers that grant Rare and Magic Monsters
Omen of Chance	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Orb of Chance will not destroy the Item
Omen of the Ancients	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Orb of Chance will upgrade the Item to a random Unique of the same Item Class
Omen of Sanctification	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Divine Orb used on a Rare item will Sanctify it
Omen of Dextral Crystallisation	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Perfect or Corrupted Essence will remove only Suffix modifiers
Omen of Sinistral Crystallisation	Crafting	While this item is active in your inventory your next Perfect or Corrupted Essence will remove only Prefix modifiers
Omen of Catalysing Exaltation	Crafting (Catalyst-aided)	While this item is active in your inventory your next Exalted Orb will consume all Catalyst Quality to increase the chance of the corresponding type of Modifier

With the Rise of The Abyssal League's crafting mechanics since patch 0.3, a few Omens can also be obtained exclusively from Abyssal monster drops, Troves, and drops in the Abyssal domain. These modify the effects of Desecration and Desecrated modifiers.

Abyssal Omen	Type	Function
Omen of Abyssal Echoes	Crafting (Abyssal)	While this item is active in your inventory the next time you reveal Desecrated modifiers you can reroll the options once
Omen of the Sovereign	Crafting (Abyssal)	While this item is active in your inventory your next Weapon or Jewellery Desecration attempt will guarantee a random Ulaman modifier
Omen of the Liege	Crafting (Abyssal)	While this item is active in your inventory your next Weapon or Jewellery Desecration attempt will guarantee a random Amanamu modifier
Omen of the Blackblooded	Crafting (Abyssal)	While this item is active in your inventory your next Weapon or Jewellery Desecration attempt will guarantee a random Kurgal modifier
Omen of Putrefaction	Crafting (Abyssal)	While this item is active in your inventory your next Desecration attempt will replace all modifiers on the item, creating an item with up to 6 Desecrated modifiers and Corrupting the item
Omen of Light	Crafting (Abyssal)	While this item is active in your inventory your next Orb of Annulment will remove only Desecrated modifiers
Omen of Sinistral Necromancy	Crafting (Abyssal)	While this item is active in your inventory your next Desecration attempt will add only prefix modifiers
Omen of Dextral Necromancy	Crafting (Abyssal)	While this item is active in your inventory your next Desecration attempt will add only suffix modifiers

• Note that some of the two crafting Omens can be activated simultaneously to stack the effect. For example, activating an Omen of Sinistral Exaltation and Omen of Greater Exaltation together will cause the next Exalted Orb to add two suffix modifiers, rather than the one random modifier it usually would.
• Activating two incompatible Omens together will simply deactivate the first one.

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All non-crafting Omens in Path of Exile 2

Omens can be deactivated by clicking on them a second time (Image via Grinding Gear Games)

Non-crafting Omens in Path of Exile 2 are combat tools to give you some additional protective layers on an extra juicy map or a particularly high-stakes fight, such as Pinnacle bosses.

Note that only one non-crafting Omen can be activated at any given time, and you cannot consume more than one non-crafting Omen in a particular Atlas map attempt or zone instance.

There are also non-Crafting Omens in Path of Exile 2 at the time of writing. Three of these are restorative or utility Omens:

• Omen of Amelioration - While this item is active in your inventory, it will prevent 75% of Experience loss when you die
• Omen of Refreshment - While this item is active in your inventory, it will fully recover your flask and charm charges when you reach Low Life
• Omen of Resurgence - While this item is active in your inventory, it will fully recover your Life, Mana, and Energy Shield when you reach Low Life

Some other Omens, meanwhile, are tied to non-crafting League mechanics:

• Omen of Answered Prayers - Makes Shrine buffs stronger once activated
• Omen of Secret Compartments - Makes Strongboxes open twice
• Omen of the Hunt - Azmeri Wisp seeks out a second target after a Wisp-empowered Rare is killed
• Omen of Reinforcements - Spawns two Rogue Exiles instead of one

Finally, two Omens change vendoring outcomes:

• Omen of Gambling - 50% chance of getting a Gambling purchase without consuming the Omen and without costing any Gold
• Omen of Bartering - Selling the next item will cause the merchant to assess the Gold value incorrectly

Check out our other guides on the game:

• Path of Exile 2 Beginner tips
• Path of Exile 2 Buff Gems guide
• Path of Exile 2 class tier list for beginners
• Path of Exile 2 Keystone passives