Any way to add a missing implicit to an old item?

I have a very old Crested Tower Shield with decent stats but I noticed it didn't have the +Life implicit it was supposed to have.

My suspicion is that perhaps they added the implicit later. This shield is very old, probably from 2013/2014.

I tried checking the patch notes from the past to see, but it was hard to dig through them all.

Anyway, my first thought was to try using a Blessed Orb on it, as that rerolls the implicit range and that works for old items that got buffs.

However nothing happened. I guess because the implicit isn't there to reroll.

Is there anyway to add a missing implicit to an item who had the implicit added to their base type later on?

Thankfully the shield isn't anything special so replacing it wouldn't be difficult, but I was still curious.
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you can't.
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Sounds like no. You can update some legacy uniques by Divine, but neve heard of it for rares. Perhaps you can get a different implicit on it by corruption/syth.
Became aware of this information while involved in the following thread which relates to legacy items: "https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3529152"

"Legacy items
When a Divine Orb is used on a legacy variant of a unique item, affixes will re-roll to the new range of values.[1] When using on a magic or rare item, the affix will re-roll assuming the new range of the same tier. If a new modifier was added to a unique item, the new modifier will not appear by using a Divine Orb. There are some exceptions, such as

Willowgift
and

The Coward's Trial
, where some existing mods became hybrid mods. In cases where a modifier was removed, the affix will become disabled with a hidden value of zero.[2] This also means that magic or rare items will have a hidden mod that will prevent new mods from being crafted.[3]"

It's not stated on the Blessed orb wiki page, or specifically for non-unique items, but I assume it is the same. This would seem to confirm neohongkong's answer, as it is a new mod, so the value rolling currency will not add a new mod to the legacy item.
Last edited by Belegur85#5784 on Jun 25, 2024, 4:08:00 PM

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