Path Of Exile 2: How To Use Charms

Path of Exile 2 has many similarities to the first game, but there are a few key additions that refresh the gaming experience. One of these new additions is charms, which are a unique type of accessory that have charges similar to flasks.

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Wondering how charms work? In this guide, we are going to take a look at how charms work in Path of Exile; this will include how to find and use them, as well as how to get more charm slots. At first, charm descriptions can be a bit confusing, so we'll cover their exact effects as well.

What Are Charms?

Charms are little accessories that provide defensive effects such as fire resistance or immunity to poison. These effects trigger when you get hit with the related attack/effect. For example, the Sapphire Charm provides a 25 percent increase in Cold Resistance after you take Cold damage from a hit; this will last four seconds.

Like potions, charms have charges that you'll need to keep note of. When your charm runs out of charges, it will not activate. So, the example Sapphire Charm above won't provide Cold Resistance if you are hit by Cold damage. The charges can be increased by killing monsters or refilling them at a well.

Charms can be increased in rarity. For example, you can use an Orb of Transmutation on a charm in order to make it magic.

With this in mind, you'll also be able to use materials on it that add or change the modifiers. The main effect of the charm will remain the same. We added a modifier to our Sapphire Charm that causes our mana to recover by four after use of the charm.

All Charms In Path Of Exile 2

In total, there are currently 12 charms in the game, which you can find below. At max, you'll only be able to have three on at a time.

Charm

Effect

When Does It Activate?

Thawing Charm

Immunity to Freeze

Used when Frozen

Staunching Charm

Immunity to Bleeding

Used when Bleeding starts

Antidote

Immunity to Poison

Used when Poisoned

Dousing Charm

Immunity to Ignite

Used when Ignited

Grounding Charm

Immunity to Shock

Used when Shocked

Stone Charm

Immune to being Stunned

Used when Stunned

Silver Charm

Immune to Slow effects

Used when affected by a Slow effect

Ruby Charm

+25% Fire Resistance

Used when taking Fire Damage

Sapphire Charm

+25% Cold Resistance

Used when taking Cold Damage

Amethyst Charm

+18% Chaos Resistance

Used when taking Chaos Damage

Topaz Charm

+25% Lightning Resistance

Used when talking Lightning Damage

Golden Charm

+20% increases rarity of items found

Used when killing a Rare/Unique Enemy

All charms have 80 charges, but depending on the charm, it will use a differnt amount per use. There are also modifiers that reduce the amount of charges a charm uses per activation. In general though, a basic charm has about one to two uses before there are not enough charges.

Where To Put Charms

Charms can be equipped based on the belt that you are currently wearing. If you don't have a belt on, then you won't be able to use charms. Thankfully, belts can drop from enemies upon defeat, similar to most other types of gear.

You can also purchase a belt from a vendor, as well as gamble for one with Finn. If you can't get a belt to drop, we suggest just heading to Renly in the Clearfell Encampment and buying one. Once you put the belt on, at least one charm slot will unlock. From the inventory screen, these are the three little boxes below the belt slot.

The charm slots will also display directly to the right of your potions, allowing you to easily check the effects and charges that it currently has.

How To Get More Charms

So, how do you get these charms? First and foremost, they have a chance to drop from pretty much anything in the world. If you are going through the story and killing every monster that comes your way, you'll have a good chance to get a charm.

Overall, we suggest just going through each map and keeping your eyes peeled for any charms that drop. There is a limited amount in the game, so we recommend holding on to every charm that drops; you can store the extras in your stash.

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