Constantly withstand damage and refill mana to continue using skills is the name of the game in Path of Exile 2. You’ll be chugging down Healing and Mana Flasks to be able to stand in the face of unrelenting hordes or enemies. These flasks are your most important piece of equipment, so it’s only natural to figure out ways to upgrade them to get the most out of them.
This guide will cover everything related to Healing and Mana Flask. Additionally, we’ll go over some ways to upgrade them and what things to consider when equipping these flasks.
Healing and Mana Flasks in Path of Exile 2
Flasks are the most direct way to refill your HP to stay alive and Mana to use skills and spells in Path of Exile 2. Unlike other RPGs, these flasks act a bit differently. They are no single use items but rather hold multiple charges. Each sip of the flask will consume a certain number of the total charges.
Flasks are similar to other pieces of gear; they have special modifiers, and each one functions uniquely. It all depends on the quality of the flask, its rarity, and the modifiers it has. The most noteworthy information to keep an eye on when equipping a flask is the number of charges and the amount of HP or Mana it replenishes with each use.
Both Healing and Mana flasks are filled automatically as you defeat enemies or when you reach a Waypoint or checkpoint. You can visit a town to refill them from the Well.
When selecting your particular flasks, you need to find the right combination of charges and HP/Mana replenished per use. For instance, a Healing Flask might have more charges for more sustainable healing, but each use only gives a small amount of HP. In contrast, another way is the complete opposite, prioritizing HP over charges. Your playstyle and build will factor into this decision.
Finding Healing and Mana Flasks
The first thing you must understand is that although flasks can be upgraded (more on this later), the real upgrade comes from looting better flasks, much like every other gear in Path of Exile 2.
The easiest and guaranteed way to get better flasks is by purchasing them from merchants like Renly, Luna, and Finn, whom you come across in towns. Do note that these vendors love to ask a hefty sum for these items so you are better off going with the other method of finding Healing and Mana Flasks.
Much like every other loot in Path of Exile 2, enemies and chests drop flasks; hence, it’s a luck-based item. The more enemies you kill, the more chances you have of finding better flasks. You can increase your chances by defeating rare enemies and bosses and mowing down hordes. To boost your chances, consider equipping gear with the “Increased Item Rarity” modifier.
Most dropped flasks are “unidentified”. You must either use the Scroll of Wisdom to reveal their stats and modifiers or take them to The Hooded One NPC to identify them.
There is a chest in the Grelwood area of Act I that will contain a Medium Life Flask and a Medium Mana Flask. You can start off with this initial upgrade and work your way to better flasks down the line.
How To Upgrade Healing and Mana Flasks in Path of Exile 2?
When it comes to “upgrading” Healing and Mana Flasks in Path of Exile 2, there are essentially two ways.
As mentioned above, the first and most straightforward way is to find a better flask as a drop and replace the ones you have on you. In this scenario, your goal is to go through the details of the flask and see which one best suits your needs.
One quick way of identifying whether the dropped flask is better than the one you got on you is by reading its name. A GRAND Life Flask will have better effects than a GREATER Life Flask.
The flask’s rarity will also impact how they behave. Better rarity will have more modifiers, affecting you in more ways than just replenishing HP/Mana.
As alluded to before, the way to “upgrade” Healing and Mana Flask is similar to other items in Path of Exile 2. You can use items like Orbs of Transmutation to change any flask’s rarity and transform them into magic or rare flasks with additional modifiers and effects. If the flask is a Magic (Blue) item, you can use the Orbs of Augmentation to give them new modifiers, although they are random.
These orbs can change the criteria you use to pick the flask since you can transform a relatively mundane flask into a flask with fantastic effects with the right combination of modifiers.
The best strategy here is to find the Healing and Mana Flask with the right set of default modifiers as regular drops, then slowly use orbs to modify it to make it better. However, our advice is to stick to dropped flasks only and leave the orbs for other gears since you’ll likely find more useful flasks as random drops.
Healing and Mana Flasks in Path of Exile 2 undoubtedly function differently from those in the previous entry. In this game, they are similar to every other gear with their rarities and modifiers and can be upgraded with orbs. All the while, equipping Charms will also have a significant impact on their effects. Everything in POE 2 has so much build-crafting potential that it gets overwhelming sometimes!