Reference

Gear checkpoints and vendor recipes for the Path of Exile 1 leveling guide, out of the way of the step list — the guide itself still calls these out inline right where they matter.

  • Wanderlust · Boots

    Cheap unique boots with movement speed and freeze immunity. One of the most commonly recommended budget leveling boots — freeze immunity alone is a big early-game quality-of-life win.

  • Goldrim · Helmet

    Unique leather cap with flat resistances to all elements plus increased rarity. Very cheap and a big early survivability boost before your rings/belt start covering resistances.

  • Lifesprig · Wand

    Unique wand with added spell damage and reduced mana cost — a strong, inexpensive starter weapon for any caster leveling through Act 1.

  • Tabula Rasa · Body Armour

    Simple robe with 6 white (unlinked-color) sockets, always fully linked. Removes link/color problems entirely while leveling — pricier than the others, so treat it as a 'buy if you can afford it' rather than a given.

  • Chromatic Orb

    Sell an item with linked sockets that includes at least one Red, one Green, and one Blue socket.

    Grants 1 Chromatic Orb. The fastest way to farm these early — any 3+ linked item with off-color sockets works.

  • Resistance Flask

    Sell any flask together with a ring or amulet whose only affix is a resistance modifier (e.g. a Coral Ring with just Fire Resistance).

    Returns the same flask, now granting that resistance while it's active. Cheap, renewable resistance cover while your gear catches up.

  • Orb of Alchemy

    Sell a full rare item set: one rare item in every equipment slot, no two sharing the same base type.

    Grants 1 Orb of Alchemy. An easy passive source of upgrade currency once you're picking up rares anyway — don't vendor rares individually if you're close to a full set.

  • Glassblower's Bauble

    Sell flasks whose quality adds up to 40% or more (e.g. two 20%-quality flasks, or four 10%-quality flasks).

    Grants 1 Glassblower's Bauble. Worth remembering once flasks start dropping with quality on them instead of vendoring them for scraps.