PoE Prefixes Cannot Be Changed — Path of Exile

The Prefixes Cannot Be Changed craft in Path of Exile is a powerful meta-crafting modifier, often referred to as a metamod. This craft allows players to lock the prefix modifiers on an item, providing significant control over the crafting process by protecting desirable prefixes while using other crafting methods. This guide covers the details, mechanics, and strategic uses of the Prefixes Cannot Be Changed modifier.

PoE Prefixes Cannot Be Changed

Metamods do not grant stats or bonuses, but rather affect other mods, and may override regular crafting rules. For example, Prefixes Cannot Be Changed will prevent an Orb of Annulment from removing a desirable prefix modifier. It will not, however, prevent adding a new modifier, such as through an Exalted Orb or Chaos Orb, as it only applies to existing modifiers. Note that some currencies and crafting methods cannot be used on items with metamods, such as essences, or ignore metamods, such as Awakener’s Orbs.

Crafting Details

  • of Prefixes — Prefixes Cannot Be Changed (Suffix)
  • Craft Cost: 2x Divine Orb
  • Item Classes: Applicable to One Hand Melee, Two Hand Melee, One Hand Ranged, Two Hand Ranged, Body Armour, Gloves, Boots, Helmet, Shield, Ring, Amulet, Belt, and Quiver.
  • Crafting Unlock Location: The Coward’s Trial unique map.

Basic Currency Rules

  • Orb of Alteration: Respected, but open prefixes may be filled
  • Orb of Augmentation: N/A
  • Regal Orb: N/A
  • Orb of Scouring: Respected
  • Divine Orb: Respected
  • Chaos Orb: Respected, but open prefixes may be filled
  • Orb of Annulment: Respected
  • Exalted Orb and Conqueror variants: Respected, but open prefixes may be filled
  • Eldritch Chaos Orb: Ignored
  • Eldritch Exalted Orb: Respected, but open prefixes may be filled
  • Eldritch Orb of Annulment: Respected
  • Orb of Dominance: Respected
  • Awakener’s Orb: Ignored
  • Tainted Exalted Orb: Respected, but open prefixes may be filled
  • Tainted Divine Teardrop: Respected
  • Fossils: Usage Prevented
  • Essences: Usage Prevented
  • Veiled Orb: Respected

Harvest Crafting

  • Add a new [Type] modifier and remove another random modifier from a non-Influenced item: Respected, but open prefixes may be filled
  • Reforge a Rare item with random modifiers, including a [Type] modifier: Respected, but open prefixes may be filled
  • Change Element of Resistance: Respected
  • Reforge a Rare item, being more/less likely to receive the same modifier types: Respected, but open prefixes may be filled
  • Randomise the Influence types on an Influenced Normal, Magic or Rare Item, as well as reforging the item with new random modifiers: Respected, but usage is prevented if any prefix is influenced
  • Fracture a Modifier: Ignored

Beastcrafting

  • Beastcraft Add Prefix Remove Suffix: Respected, but open prefixes may be filled
  • Beastcraft Add Suffix Remove Prefix: Will add without removing

Example

For example, if Prefixes Cannot Be Changed is crafted on the item, when using a Chaos Orb, existing prefix(es) are kept. If the item has 1 open prefix (ie. only 2 prefixes and 1 additional space) and the Prefixes Cannot Be Changed is the only suffix, the Orbs may add 1 prefix as well as 0 to 3 suffixes to the item, or add 0 prefix and add 1 to 3 suffixes to the item. Players can still kept the open prefix by crafting multi-mod (Can have up to 3 Crafted Modifiers) and fill the open prefix with temp crafted mod, as well Prefixes Cannot Be Changed on the item, and then use the aforementioned Orb. Note that each use of Orb and crafted mods are expensive in this way.

Prefixes/Suffixes Cannot Be Changed is the only way to keep the drop only mod (or any other mod want to keep) on the item after using Chaos Orb on it.

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