Orbs & Spheres

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Orbs and Spheres are used in crafting for creating various items. Many of them however have no use at all.

Naming Conventions

You can tell a lot just from the name of your orb or sphere.

1. The name starts depending upon Tier:

Tier Name 2 Orb 3 Shimmering Orb 4 Sphere 5 Shimmering Sphere

2. Then there is a variant name, usually either "of Pure" and "of Distilled". There is also "of Tainted", which seems to have vanished from the game (Tainted Orb of Magic on Exchange 04/22/2013), and "of Dark", which seems to have no use yet.

3. Finally, the last word depends upon the craft trade:

Class Type Artificer Magic Blacksmith Matter Outfitter Power

Example

Therefore, for example, a "Shimmering Orb of Distilled Power", is a distilled crafting ingredient of Tier 3 for Outfitter.

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Uses

Orbs and Spheres are used for special recipes.

Craft Distilled Pure Tainted Dark Artificer (Magic) Carvings Bows Unknown Unknown Blacksmith (Matter) Runes (and on Tier 2 also Horseshoes) Horseshoes (optional, not on Tier 2) Unknown Unknown Outfitter (Power) Talismans or Bandages Unknown Unknown Unknown

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Sources

Pure Orbs (Blue - Uncommon) drop en masse from harvesting and item deconstruction, can be bought from the Exotic Crafting Merchant, and drop occasionately from Set and Batch Work Order rewards.

Distilled Orbs (Green - Common) can be bought from the Exotic Crafting Merchant and drop occasionately from Set and Batch Work Order rewards.

Tainted Orbs (Yellow - Rare) no longer drop at all. (Tainted Orb of Magic on Exchange 04/22/2013)

Dark Orbs (Orange - Heroic) drop sometimes from item deconstruction of heroic and better items.

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Orbs

Tier 2 - Amateur Orb of Dark Power Orb of Distilled Magic Orb of Distilled Matter Orb of Distilled Power Orb of Pure Magic Orb of Pure Matter Orb of Pure Power Orb of Tainted Magic Orb of Distilled Magic Orb of Distilled Matter Orb of Distilled Power Orb of Pure Magic Orb of Pure Matter Orb of Pure Power Orb of Tainted Magic Orb of Tainted Matter Orb of Tainted Power Orb of Dark Magic Orb of Dark Matter Orb of Dark Power

Tier 3 - Apprentice Shimmering Orb of Dark Matter Shimmering Orb of Dark Power Shimmering Orb of Distilled Magic Shimmering Orb of Distilled Matter Shimmering Orb of Distilled Power Shimmering Orb of Pure Magic Shimmering Orb of Pure Matter Shimmering Orb of Pure Power Shimmering Orb of Distilled Magic Shimmering Orb of Distilled Matter Shimmering Orb of Distilled Power Shimmering Orb of Pure Magic Shimmering Orb of Pure Matter Shimmering Orb of Pure Power Shimmering Orb of Tainted Magic Shimmering Orb of Tainted Matter Shimmering Orb of Tainted Power Shimmering Orb of Dark Magic Shimmering Orb of Dark Matter Shimmering Orb of Dark Power

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Spheres

Tier 4 - Initiate Sphere of Dark Magic Sphere of Distilled Magic Sphere of Distilled Matter Sphere of Distilled Power Sphere of Pure Magic Sphere of Pure Matter Sphere of Pure Power Sphere of Distilled Magic Sphere of Distilled Matter Sphere of Distilled Power Sphere of Pure Magic Sphere of Pure Matter Sphere of Pure Power Sphere of Tainted Magic Sphere of Tainted Matter Sphere of Tainted Power Sphere of Dark Magic Sphere of Dark Matter Sphere of Dark Power

Tier 5 - Journeyman Shimmering Sphere of Dark Magic Shimmering Sphere of Dark Matter Shimmering Sphere of Dark Power Shimmering Sphere of Distilled Magic Shimmering Sphere of Distilled Matter Shimmering Sphere of Distilled Power Shimmering Sphere of Pure Magic Shimmering Sphere of Pure Matter Shimmering Sphere of Pure Power Shimmering Sphere of Distilled Magic Shimmering Sphere of Distilled Matter Shimmering Sphere of Distilled Power Shimmering Sphere of Pure Magic Shimmering Sphere of Pure Matter Shimmering Sphere of Pure Power Shimmering Sphere of Tainted Magic Shimmering Sphere of Tainted Matter Shimmering Sphere of Tainted Power Shimmering Sphere of Dark Magic Shimmering Sphere of Dark Matter Shimmering Sphere of Dark Power

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