As an ARPG, Last Epoch, like Diablo series and Path of Exile 2, has an item crafting system that allows players to craft their own unique equipment. This system is more complex than Diablo 4, but not as luck-dependent as Path of Exile 2.
The items crafting system in Last Epoch has many interesting mechanisms, making the equipment crafting in the game not too cumbersome, but with depth.
The Forge Interface

You can press F to open the item forging interface anytime and anywhere, without having to go to the town to talk to the blacksmith or other NPCs.
You can see that the two sides of the item are divided into prefixes and suffixes, which are the affix slots that items in Last Epoch have for storing attribute modifiers. Each item can have up to two prefixes and two suffixes that can be modified.
- Prefix: Attack Attributes (such as damage, attributes, soldier attributes)
- Suffix: Defense/Useful Other Attributes (such as health, resistance, mana, status effects)
Some items will also have Sealed Affixes. Sealed Affixes are not counted as prefixes and suffixes, and cannot be changed.
Consumables For Forging
You can use the item forging system to add new affixes to items or modify existing affixes. This process does not consume Last Epoch Gold, but consumes the following items: Affix Shards, Glyphs, Runes and Forging Potential (FP).
Forging Potential (FP)
Forging Potential (FP) is a very creative mechanism, which represents how many times an item can be forged. Each time an item is forged, some Forging Potential (FP) is consumed, and this consumption is not fixed.
- When Forging Potential (FP) drops to zero, the item can no longer be forged. However, as long as it has some FP left, you can still forge it.
- Forging Potential of Common and Rare items is usually between 20 and 40 points.
- Forging Potential of Exalted items is usually above 40 points.
- There is a 1 in 4 chance that using Glyph of Hope will not consume any FP, but Glyph of Hope cannot be used on items with zero FP.
Forging Potential is a restriction on items of different qualities. The higher the quality of the item, the higher FP, and the easier it is to forge powerful affixes. This will encourage players to collect higher quality equipment.
Affix Shards
Affix Shards can add the affixes you want to your item, or upgrade the existing affixes of the item. They are the core items in item forging.
- Affix Shards can be got by killing enemies or opening treasure chests
- Use Rune of Shattering to destroy equipment and recycle Affix Shards
Glyphs
Glyphs are your auxiliary tools in the item crafting process, protecting the affixes you want and preventing the item from becoming useless after forging, and you can only use one Glyph per forging.
- Glyph of Hope: 25% chance to avoid FP consumption.
- Glyph of Order: Keep the affix value when upgrading the level.
- Glyph of Chaos: Randomly changes one affix to another.
- Glyph of Despair: Seals an affix, allowing a fifth affix to be added.
- Glyph of Envy: Changes all properties except the affix being upgraded.
Runes
Rune effects are more direct than Glyphs, and can greatly affect the crafting results of an item, while also being extremely rare. Some Runes can be found at vendors, and are very valuable, requiring tens of thousands of Last Epoch Gold to unlock.
- Rune of Shattering: Destroy an item and return the fragments.
- Rune of Removal: Removes a random affix from an item.
- Rune of Discovery: Adds a random Tier1 affix to an empty slot.
- Rune of Refinement: Rerolls all affix values.
- Rune of Shaping: Rerolls the base item’s implied stats.
- Rune of Ascendance: Converts a normal item to a random unique/set item of the same type.
- Rune of Creation: Duplicates an item, but FP becomes 0 on both items.
- Rune of Havoc: Rearrange the affix tiers on an Exalted item using 4 unsealed affixes.
- Rune of Redemption: Change an Exalted affix to a different affix (same Tier/roll).
- Rune of Weaving: Convert remaining Weaver’s Will/Touch into affix progress.
Advanced Item Crafting
Exalted Items
Each Exalted Item has at least one Tier 6 or 7 affix. These affixes are purple affixes that cannot be got through crafting, but they could be used to craft legendary items.
If an Exalted Item has a good affix, but it’s not what you need, you can trade it for a lot of gold.
Legendary Potential (LP)
Some Legendary items or set items have Legendary Potential (LP), which means they can transfer purple affixes from Exalted Items.
- LP 1: Only 1 affix can be transferred
- LP 3: Up to 3 affixes can be transferred
Each time you transfer an Exalted Item, the affixes are random, so you’d better make sure that most of the affixes in Exalted Items are what you need.
Woven Echoes
Woven Enchanting in Season 2 allows you to upgrade Class Idols. You can add appropriate affixes to your Idols on Woven Enchanter altar.
Idols do not have Forging Potential, so you can modify them repeatedly until you have the affixes you need.
Set Bonus Affixes
An important change in Season 2 is that sets can be destroyed and affixes extracted. The method of using Set Bonus Affixes is the same as Affix Shards, but Set Bonus Affixes can also be used on exalted items, but not on items with Legendary Potential.
The above is the item crafting method in Last Epoch Season 2. If you want to customize an item that suits your class, you not only need to prepare sufficient resources, but also a little bit of luck sometimes.





