Flasks

What it is

Flasks in PoE are far more powerful than health potions in other games. They auto-refill as you kill monsters and can be used repeatedly in maps. Life and Mana Flasks provide instant recovery; Utility Flasks grant buffs (movement speed, resistances, ailment immunity, etc.). Flask mods make them significantly more powerful. End-game builds automate flask usage with triggers.

When you encounter it

Flasks are available from the very start in Act 1. Your five flask slots become relevant from level 1 onwards.

Key concepts

• •Life flasks come in tiers — always keep a high-tier flask for your character level
• •Utility Flasks (Quicksilver, Diamond, Jade, etc.) are often more important than extra life flasks
• •Flask suffixes: 'of Staunching' (stop bleed), 'of Warding' (remove curses), 'of Dousing' (remove ignite)
• •Flasks can have prefixes that increase the effect or recovery amount
• •Automation: the 'use when at X% life' mod or flasks with trigger enchants remove the need to manually press

Tips for new players

• 💡Always have 5 flasks equipped and filled with high-level bases for your tier
• 💡A Quicksilver Flask of Adrenaline (movement speed) makes maps dramatically more fun
• 💡Match flask suffixes to the most dangerous ailments you face — Corrupted Blood, ignite, freeze are common killers
• 💡At maps, you should have a Diamond Flask for currency farming or an Evasion flask if you're not capping resists

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