Path of Exile Basic Flask Guide 2021

Basic flask guide for POE updated in 2021.

Starting Out:

1. If your flask is not a Life flask, you don’t care about the prefix. If it is, you generally want to look for a Bubbling or Seething prefix as it makes (a part of) the Life you recover instant, which is vastly more powerful than recovering it over time (as this allows you to react to damage better).

2. Find the correct base item to craft (ensure it has the right item level to roll the affixes you want; see PoE Affix).

3. Use an Orb of Transmutation to make your flask Magic rarity. From this point onward, you want to stop whenever you just have a prefix roll on your flask. This is easily checked for by looking at the name of your flask. If the variable part is only in front of your flask, you stop (e.g. Ample Quartz flask). If it has both a prefix and a suffix (e.g. Ample Quartz flask of Dousing) or just a suffix (e.g. Quartz flask of Dousing move to the next step.

4. Use Orb of Alteration to get a flask with only a prefix modifier. Make sure to check every single time!

5. Go to your Menagerie and put the flask in the Menagerie’s Blood Altar and select the required suffix to put on your flask.

6. Slay the monsters that pop up and take your flask from the ground. Congratulations! You now have the desired suffix on your flask.

Perfecting Flask:

1. Identify the desired outcome (acceptable prefix + suffix combination). For example, Seething Divine Life flask of Staunching.

2. Find the correct base item to craft (ensure it has the right item level to roll the affixes you want; see PoE Affix).

3. Use Glassblower's Bauble to get the flask to 20% quality (ideally while the flask is Normal).

4. Use an Orb of Transmutation to make the flask Magic. From this point on, be sure to check if the flask has the correct prefix + suffix, and if yes, then stop.

5. Use an Orb of Alteration on the item if the prefix or suffix are incorrect. Repeat this step until one of the following happens
- the flask has both correct prefix + suffix; if so, then stop.
- the flask has the correct prefix and no suffix; if so then go to step 6.

6. When the flask has the correct prefix and no suffix, you should do one of the following
- go to your Menagerie and Beastcraft the desired suffix onto the flask
- use an Orb of Augmentation on the flask to add a suffix; if the suffix is incorrect, return to step 5.