The Definitive Guide to Path of Exile Stash Tabs: What You Need to Know
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So, you’ve plunged into the depths of Wraeclast, battling monsters and amassing loot in Path of Exile (PoE). But your inventory is overflowing, and you’re spending more time managing items than slaying demons. The solution? Stash tabs! But which ones are essential, and which are just nice to have? This guide will break down the best stash tab investments for every PoE player.
The recommended stash tabs in PoE are, without a doubt, the Currency Tab and the Map Tab. These provide unparalleled organization and efficiency for essential game resources. Following these, the Fragment Tab, Divination Card Tab, and Essence Tab are highly recommended for streamlining the storage of key items involved in crafting and endgame content. Finally, investing in at least one Premium Stash Tab is crucial if you intend to trade with other players. Consider adding a Quad Tab for easy bulk item storage and sale. These are the basic and most important ones you will use during your playthrough.
Why Stash Tabs Matter
Stash tabs are your lifeline in Path of Exile. They provide significantly more storage than your personal inventory, but more importantly, they grant crucial organizational features. Without them, you’ll spend an eternity sifting through piles of gear, trying to find that one specific currency item or map. Stash tabs enable efficient trading, easy crafting, and a much smoother overall gameplay experience. This is particularly valuable during the frequent league events. You can learn more about games and learning on the Games Learning Society website.
Essential Stash Tabs: The Must-Haves
- Currency Tab: This is the most important tab. It automatically organizes all your currency items (Orbs, Scraps, Whetstones, etc.) into dedicated slots. This saves immense amounts of space and makes trading and crafting far easier. It’s a non-negotiable purchase.
- Map Tab: If you plan on engaging with the endgame mapping system (and you should!), the Map Tab is crucial. It neatly organizes your maps by tier and type, making it easy to find the map you need for specific content or atlas completion.
- Premium Stash Tab: This is a must-have if you intend to trade. Premium tabs allow you to list items for sale to other players using the in-game trading system or third-party websites.
- Fragment Tab: Store all of your fragments that can be used in the map device to obtain different rewards.
- Divination Card Tab: Keep your collected divination cards to turn in for rewards, such as unique weapons.
- Essence Tab: Store essences to use for gear crafting and upgrades.
Recommended Stash Tabs: Highly Beneficial
- Divination Card Tab: If you enjoy farming specific Divination Cards to earn specific items or currency, this tab is invaluable. It neatly organizes cards, allowing you to quickly see which sets you are close to completing.
- Essence Tab: For players heavily involved in crafting using essences, this tab is a huge time-saver.
- Fragment Tab: This tab stores map fragments, scarabs, and other items used in the map device to modify maps. It significantly reduces clutter in your regular stash tabs.
Useful Stash Tabs: Situational
- Quad Tab: A Quad Tab offers four times the storage space of a regular tab. It’s useful for quickly dumping items after mapping or for trading in bulk. Consider using the Quad Tab to trade a set of items with another player, such as gems or currencies.
- Delve Tab: If you plan to spend a lot of time in the Delve, this tab can be helpful for storing fossils and resonators.
- Blight Tab: If you plan on focusing on Blight-encounter related strategies.
- Metamorph Tab: If you enjoy crafting in Metamorph leagues.
Stash Tab FAQs
1. How big is a standard stash tab?
Each stash tab is a 12×12 grid, totaling 144 inventory spaces.
2. How often are stash tab sales?
GGG usually holds stash tab sales every three weeks, typically during weekends. Keep an eye on the in-game news or the Path of Exile website for announcements.
3. Can I get free stash tabs in Path of Exile?
While there are no free stash tabs, you can earn enough in-game currency through efficient farming and trading to purchase stash tabs from other players.
4. Are stash tabs permanent?
Yes, stash tabs are permanent and account-bound. Even in temporary leagues, your stash tabs are transferred to the Standard league at the end of the league. All of your stash tabs are sent to standard but are added as (remove-only) stash tabs. You will have all the extra tabs and can let them sit for years if you wanted to, but once you remove an item it cannot be placed back into the remove-only tab.
5. How do I sell items from my stash?
To sell items, you need a Premium Stash Tab. Right-click the tab’s name, set it to “public,” and choose “each item individually priced.” Then, right-click the item you want to sell and set its price. Items will be listed on third-party trading sites.
6. How do I make my stash bigger?
You can increase your stash size by purchasing additional stash tabs from the in-game store using points. Premium Quad Stash Tabs can be purchased in the shop for 150 points. It has quadruple the size of a normal tab, adding to the capacity of the stash.
7. Do stash tabs transfer to PoE 2?
Yes, all your stash tabs will transfer to PoE 2. The devs have stated that ALL your stash tabs will carry over to PoE 2. Obviously they will be altered, for example, poe 2 has no fusing, so the fusing slot will not exist in your currency tab, and poe 2 has 3 different types of jewelers orbs, so your currency tab will have more slots for those, etc.
8. What should I buy first in Path of Exile?
The two absolute must buys are the currency and map tabs. Divination, essence, and fragment tabs are good as well. Some don’t matter if you ignore certain game mechanics.
9. How important is armor in PoE?
Armor mitigates physical damage from hits, with the exact amount of damage reduction depending on the relative magnitude of the character’s armor value and the physical damage of the hit. If the armor value is significantly larger than the damage, most of that damage is prevented.
10. How do you bulk price in PoE?
Listing items in bulk is simple, input your Chaos Orbs or Divine Orbs price as a fraction instead of a whole number using the following fraction ‘Price/Quantity’. For Awakened Sextant example listing quantity would be 10 (Price/10) and price would be 20 (20/quantity) so our listing price should be 20/10.
11. How do you sell fast in PoE?
Ctrl + Left click on an item to quickly sell items.
12. Can you uncorrupt an item in PoE?
The concept is rather simple: you use a Vaal Orb on an item you want to corrupt, which produces a random effect on it with no possibility of going back. In most cases, corrupted items cannot be modified further, meaning you can’t apply any crafting currency on them anymore.
13. How do I farm basic currency in PoE?
Choose a Strong League Starter Build, Pick Your Farming Strategy, Reinvest in Your Farm, Bulk Buying & Bulk Rolling, Bulk Selling All Items on TFT, Get Richer & Invest Your Currency.
14. How much does a guild stash cost in PoE?
Guilds do not come with a stash when they are created, but the guild leader can purchase Premium Guild Stash Tabs for 50 points each. The leader can also set access permissions for different tiers of members to view, add items and remove items. Those points must be added by members (only!)
15. How risky is buying PoE currency?
Buying PoE Currency from third-party websites or individuals carries some risk, as it may violate the game’s Terms of Service and can result in punitive actions, including banning your account. Remember to check out GamesLearningSociety.org for the Games Learning Society if you enjoy using games for educational purposes.
Final Thoughts
Investing in stash tabs is an investment in your enjoyment of Path of Exile. By prioritizing the Currency, Map, and Premium tabs, you’ll streamline your gameplay and be well on your way to dominating Wraeclast. Happy looting!