Updated for Patch 0.4, Expedition remains mechanically unchanged, but its overall value has shifted significantly due to recent crafting balance changes. Expedition remains one of the best gold-making mechanics in the game, while also offering unique opportunities to identify powerful bases and modifiers.

This guide focuses primarily on crafting with Expedition currency, not the Expedition encounter itself, which is straightforward: place explosives to cover remnants and chests, trigger the encounter, kill monsters, and collect loot.

Expedition NPC Overview

There are currently four Expedition NPCs, each serving a specific purpose:

·Dannig - Exchanges Expedition currency for other NPC currencies

·Gwennen - Sells Weapons

·Tujen - Sells Jewellery

·Rog - Sells Armor

Each NPC allows you to "craft" items through a series of randomized upgrade options, rather than traditional deterministic crafting.

Expedition Crafting Options Explained

When crafting items through Expedition vendors, you may receive options such as:

·Add a single Prefix or Suffix

·Upgrade a Magic item to Rare

·Fill all empty Prefixes and Suffixes

·Reroll all Prefixes or all Suffixes

·Reroll modifier values (similar to Divine Orbs)

·Remove the lowest-tier modifier (previewed beforehand)

·Remove all Prefixes or all Suffixes

You may skip an option, but doing so prevents skipping the next one-so skipping should be done carefully.

General Expedition Crafting Tips

·If an item looks bad after a few crafting steps, extract it and vendor it immediately.

·If an item has strong Prefixes or Suffixes, your goal is to protect those and reroll the other half.

·Occasionally, you'll find Rare items with 4-5 excellent mods-always extract these.

·If an item is decent but not valuable, consider adding Sockets, Quality (for ES bases), and Vaal Orbing it. A lucky Vaal can drastically increase value.

Making Gold with Gwennen

Expedition is one of the best gold farming mechanics, mainly through Gwennen currency and Exotic Coinage.

A reliable strategy:

·Buy all Rare weapons

·Vendor them back for gold

Carefully inspect items before selling-you may find valuable rares or Magic items with:

·High % Physical Damage

·+5-7 Spell Levels

·Hybrid damage rolls

On a low budget, it's often better to sell good Magic bases directly instead of crafting.

Gwennen: Weapon Crafting Priorities

Bows (Top Meta Choice)

·Gemini Bows are the highest priority

·Take nearly all Gemini Bows and reroll mods

If you find a Magic Bow with a high % Physical Damage, do not upgrade it to Rare.

·Reroll suffixes if needed

·Extract it

·Apply Greater Essence of Abrasion for flat physical damage

This strategy applies to most Martial Weapons with 130%+ Physical Damage.

Other Martial Weapons

·Quarterstaves, 2H Maces, Spears, Crossbows

Look for:

·High % Physical Damage

·Hybrid Phys/Accuracy

·Flat Physical Damage

Craft with Essences first, then finish with Desecrated Currency.

Spell Weapons

·Wands: +4 All Spells or +5 elemental/chaos/physical spells

·Staves: +6 Spell Levels minimum

·Scepters: +4 Minion Skills or high Spirit (prefer Omen Sceptres)

·Focus: High Energy Shield, %Spell + %Elemental Damage, or +2 All Spells

Tujen: Jewellery Crafting Targets

Amulets

·Any +2-3 Level Amulet (Magic or Rare)

·Avoid poor bases like Crimson, Lunar, and Azure Amulets

·Magic Amulets with Levels, Spirit, or Attributes are excellent Essence targets

High-quality jewellery is always in demand, making it easy to convert Expedition crafts into liquid Path of Exile 2 Currency.

Rings

·Prioritize good implicits (Resists)

·Strong mods include Life, Mana, Attributes, Resists, and Flat Elemental Damage

·Magic Rings with two good modsare often better finished with Essences

Belts

·Life, Mana, Strength, Resists

·Magic Belts with two solid mods are worth extracting

Rog: Armor and Shield Crafting

Most builds favor:

·Energy Shield

·Evasion

·Hybrid Evasion/ES Body Armors

Armor Priorities

·Evasion/Armor: Life, Attributes, Resists

·Energy Shield: High ES rolls and strong bases

·Magic Armor with two good mods is ideal for Essence crafting

Shields

·Pure Armor shields are currently the best

·Look for Armor, Life, Resists, Block, Strength

·Magic Shields with two good mods are strong Essence candidates

Well-crafted armor pieces are consistently profitable, especially for players who don't want to farm and instead choose to buy POE2 Items directly.

Final Thoughts

Expedition crafting in 0.4 rewards discipline and restraint. While vendor crafting can occasionally produce powerful items, the real value lies in recognizing strong bases, extracting them at the right time, and finishing them with more reliable crafting systems.