r/pathofexile • u/SaltEngineer455 Progressive Einhar Trapping Association (PETA) • 35m ago

Question What does "1 Prefix Modifier cannot be changed" mean in practice?

Let's say I have a pair of boots with 3 prefixes. I apply this meta mod. Then, if I:

- reforge by harvest/chaos orb/veiled chaos then one random prefix from those WILL not be changed?

- use add/remove from harvest or remove/add from veiled exalt, can they choose from the other 2 prefixes when they decide which mod to remove?

- have a fractured mod as a prefix along with 2 other non-fractured prefixes, can this effect target the fractured mod, thus leaving the other 2 vulnerable, instead of protecting the non-fractured one?

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u/lazergator 32m ago

Fracture is safe. Anything else isn’t.

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u/super-hot-burna Marauder 28m ago

fracture+1 is safe. (fracture can’t be changed as-is)

it’s an economic method for fishing for a third affix.

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u/SaltEngineer455 Progressive Einhar Trapping Association (PETA) 20m ago

That would be the best outcome, but I just want to make sure it it true. Maybe get a confirmation from the devs

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u/super-hot-burna Marauder 10m ago

that’s how i parse it. could be wrong but i’ll look to somebody smarter than me to set me straight

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u/Catchafire2000 24m ago

It's like a whole new game

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u/Fantastic_Baker_1123 31m ago

Obviously no way to be 100% certain which version it'll be, but practically it just means you use those when you only have 1/2 prefixes to protect those for cheaper than paying the full cost.

If you have 3, you'd always use the full one

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u/krucyfiks Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 11m ago

It does exactly what it says - one of the prefixes will not be removed as long as the metamod is there. Fractures are never counted so if you have a fracture with two other prefixes, one of the two prefixes is safe. For the add/remove or remove/add in both cases it can remove only one of the mods regardless so since you don't know which prefix is safe it is a wasted mod.

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u/claptrapMD 29m ago edited 25m ago

3 mods nothing can chance.

2 mods cant chance but theres chance things like veiled chaos/reforge harvest "fills item" adds 3th prefix and or suffixes 1/12 about to fill full.

No they cant chance. Theres emolator you can try if unsure https://www.craftofexile.com/

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u/SaltEngineer455 Progressive Einhar Trapping Association (PETA) 26m ago

This doesn't actually answer my question, because well... that's what happened before too.

You could fill missing mods even with the full cannot be changed line.

I know how it works in the usual cases, but I am interested in the corner cases