Path of Exile 2 has no shortage of ways to upgrade and modify your items through its complex and interconnected crafting systems. One such crafting system that players can unlockis the Reforging Bench – Path of Exile 2's recycling feature.

With the Reforge Bench, PoE 2 players can turn three copies of the same type of item into either a new version of that item or an upgraded version of it. But before you can take advantage of this system, you have to unlock the Reforging Bench by taking on a quest in Act 3, one that takes you into the Molten Vault to confront a magma-fuelled Forgemaster.

Reforging Bench, Explained

Turn 3x Of Any Item Into A Similar, Or Upgraded, Item

The PoE 2 Reforging Bench lets players turn three of any item into a new version, or upgraded version, of that same item. In the Reforging menu, which can be accessed by interacting with the Reforging Bench in town, the three items placed in the bottom three slots will be destroyed to create a new item in the top slot.

You can Reforge quite a lot of items in Path of Exile 2, including Gear, certain Currencies, Waystones, and even Runes. This table covers everything that you can do with the Reforging Bench in Path of Exile 2, the requirements for Reforging different items, and what you will get for Reforging items.

Once you press the Reforge button on the pop-up Reforging menu, Path of Exile 2 players lock in the items, which cannot be recovered once Reforged into a new item.

How To Unlock The Reforging Bench In PoE 2

Defeat The Forgemaster For Oswald To Unlock Reforging

The Reforging Bench is unlocked about halfway through Act 3, when players are tasked by Oswald to find The Molten Vault.

After entering The Drowned City for the first time in Act 3, head back to the Ziggurat Encampment and talk to Oswald at the north of town. He will offer the quest "Treasures of Utzaal", which tasks players to locate The Molten Vault and find a legendary hammer for Oswald.

The Molten Vault location is inside The Drowned City. This side area connects to the exterior border of the zone, so scour the edges until you find the entrance. You will know you've arrived when your character remarks on the entrance in front of them and you get the option to summon Oswald.

Enter The Molten Vault and progress through this dungeon until you reach the end. A bridge spans between molten lava on the top and the boss room below. Head into the Arena to be brought down to Mektul the Forgemaster's location and begin the fight.

Defeat Mektul, pick up the Hammer of Kamasa, then return to Oswald at the Ziggurat Encampment. Talk to Oswald to give him the quest item and complete the quest. Once you pick up the Skill Gem and complete the quest, the Reforging Bench will appear next to the Salvage Bench.

rom then on, you will see a Reforging Bench next to the Salvage Bench at every encampment in all Acts and the endgame.