PoE2 Upgrade Checker

A free overlay for Path of Exile 2

Is it really an upgrade?
Path of Building decides.

Hover an item and press F2. The app swaps it into your Path of Building build and tells you what it really does to your damage, effective HP, resistances and Spirit. Then it finds a better one on the trade site, inside your budget.

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Windows 10/11 · Linux (experimental, Steam/Proton) · Free and open source · Updates itself

The popup: an UPGRADE verdict with the change to minion DPS, effective HP and resistances

Three steps, in game

  1. I

    Load your build

    Paste your Path of Building 2 export or a pobb.in link. Any class, any skill. Your gear slots fill in from it.

  2. II

    Hover and press F2

    The verdict appears next to the item: UPGRADE, SIDEGRADE, LOSES RESISTANCE… with exactly what changes.

  3. III

    Find a better one

    One click searches the official trade site, weighted by what each stat is worth to your build, and judges every listing.

Never trade away what matters

An item that caps your lightning resistance but drops your minion damage by 20% isn't an upgrade, however good the numbers look. Items that cost you a resistance or your damage get a red verdict and go to the bottom of every search.

  • Resistances first: items that cap one you're short of go to the top.
  • Never lose damage: a big damage loss is flagged, whatever else it adds.
  • Spirit and attributes: it warns before your minions or gear stop working.
  • Chaos Inoculation is recognised, and chaos resistance ignored.
Two popups: LOSES RESISTANCE, lightning 75% to 38%; and LOSES DAMAGE, minion DPS down 20%

Everything in one overlay

Judged by Path of Building

The app bundles Path of Building's calculation engine and runs it on your build, so verdicts know your passive tree, gems and configuration.

Trade search that knows your build

Better for my build, same stats or better, craftable bases, or a custom search. Results open in the app with Travel to hideout and a ready whisper.

What's it worth?

Prices loot from similar listings: each seller's cheapest, price-fixing baits left out, and a typical price with a range.

Character sheet

Your whole character as Path of Building calculates it: minion DPS, effective HP, resistances against the cap, the biggest hit you can take.

Alerts for new listings

Save a search and get a notification when something new is listed, paced to respect the trade site's limits.

Built for playing

A compact popup next to the cursor or pinned to a screen edge, text size and colour-blind options, several characters.

Trade results judged by Path of Building, resistances first
Trade results, every listing checked with your build.
The Character page
The Character page.
My gear with the Path of Building build and priorities
My gear: your build and priorities.

Fair play and privacy

Nothing touches the game. It never reads game memory or injects anything. Its only input to the game is one Ctrl+C per key press, the same as copying an item yourself.

Your data stays on your PC. It talks to the official trade site, poe.ninja and GitHub (for updates), nothing else. Path of Building runs locally.

Fan-made. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Grinding Gear Games. Free and open source on GitHub.

Stop guessing. Press F2.

Download PoE2 Upgrade Checker

In PoE2, set Options → Graphics to Windowed Fullscreen so the overlay can draw over the game. The first-run guide does the rest.