Path of Exile 2: Stash Tab Guide (Micro-transaction)

Steam Community guide by Hohenheim.

TLDR

Below are my recommendation to buy only during sales (stash sales happen every month) to save budget:
ITEM STASH BASE POINTS SALES POINTS MY RATING BUY ORDER PRIORITY NEW PLAYER 300 Points Supporter Pack 30 USD 600 Points Supporter Pack 60 USD 1. Currency 75 60 Recommended 1 60 60 60 2. Premium Upgrade 15 10 Recommended 5 20 20 30 3. Map 150 120 Luxury 3 120 120 4. Gem 40 30 Optional 7 30 5. Essence 40 30 Optional 4 30 30 6. Unique 140 110 Luxury 6 110 7. Flask 40 30 Not recommended 8 8. Premium Quad Stash Tab 150 120 Luxury 9. Merchant Tab 40 30 Required at least 1 for Asynchronous Trading 2 30 30 30 10. Augment Stash Tab 50 40 Updated / Optional 4 40 40 11. Fragments 75 55 New & Optional 6 12. Delirium 40 30 League Focus / Optional 5 30 13. Ritual Stash Tab 40 30 League Focus / Optional 5 30 14. Breach Stash Tab 40 30 New & League Focus / Optional 5 30 15. Expedition Stash Tab 40 30 New & League Focus / Optional 5 30 16. Abyss Stash Tab 40 30 New & League Focus / Optional 5 30 17. Divination 40 30 Coming Soon to POE 2 9 18. Delve 40 30 Coming Soon to POE 2 9 19. Blight 40 30 Coming Soon to POE 2 9 20. Ultimatum 40 30 Coming Soon to POE 2 9 TOTAL 1175 1015 RECOMMENDATION 110 300 600 *Best view in desktop mode.

Introduction

Image from POE Shop[www.pathofexile.com]
Hi Exile. If you are casual Path of Exile (POE) first time playing through the story mode, you don't need additional stash. You can just finish the story mode with the basic stash you have.
But once you complete story mode, start mapping and going into complex end game content, it is recommended to get additional stash for quality of game life improvement.

Image from Reddit
The picture above is a typical look of your basic stash when you complete campaign, start mapping in the end game. A nightmare indeed.
The problem will rise because each item have stacking limit. Example, a currency Transmutation Orb have 40 stacking limit. So if you have 150 transmutation Orbs, that would take 4 stash slots (40, 40, 40, 30).
If you have lots of money, then you can just buy anything you like.
But if you are a tight budget gamer, then I recommend you skip the cosmetic (for now) and buy stash only for your first micro transaction spending.
I highly recommend that you don't spend any point for stash at least until you reach endgame and buy only during sales.
After having enough stash, you can start buying other cosmetic items.
Please note that POE 2 is still new, so most of the stash tab look empty and you don't need the league stash tab e.g. delirium, essence. Overtime when more content and items are added, at that point you can consider buying those league stash tab. It basicly get better over time.
The game is great, its free to play and have a lot of dynamic content added every 6 months. Please support the developer.
DISCLAIMER: This is a conversion of guide from POE 1 Stash Guide. It will be updated once more information gain during early access. (Atleast reaching end game)

About Early Access

The game is planned to be FREE TO PLAY on release but currently is paid to play in Early Access. It will only be free on all platform upon launch of the game (Patch 1.0).
To gain early access you can buy the access for USD 30 and this comes with 300 points to spend. You are basically buying 300 worth of points plus early access.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2694490/Path_of_Exile_2/
Alternatively you can wait for the game to launch expected in 2027 or earlier.

Type of Stash Tab

Type of Stash Tabs

• 1. Premium tab: Premium stash tabs can be colored and renamed by right clicking on the tab name. Right-clicking on an item in a premium stash tab allows the player to set a note on the item (for instance the buyout price) which makes it accessible to third-party trading websites through the Public Stash Tab API. You can assign affinities for specific items for the tab. This can be upgraded from Normal Stash.
  
  Price: 30-40 points or 10-15 point to upgrade from Normal Stash
  My Rating: Required at least one for the old web trading.
  Comment: If you have bought or upgrade this before Patch 0.3.0, you can convert it into Merchant's Tab. This is irreversible.
  This is the alternative for all the other stash tab since you can set afinities to it and keep around 120 slots for any type of content. Take this if you are going to a general stash.
• 2. Currency tab: Holds currency items, up to 5000 of each item. Also contains slots for miscellaneous currency items and one item slot.
  
  Price: 60-75 points
  My Rating: Required
• 3. Essence tab: Holds Essences, up to 5000 of each. Essences can be upgraded from the tab using the Upgrade button. Also contains 4 slots for miscellaneous currency items and one item slot.
  
  Price: 30-40 points
  My Rating: Optional
  Comment: Take this if you are going to focus your time on Essence Mechanic.
• 4. Map tab: The Map Stash tab can hold up to 576 Waystones of each tier.
  Each Waystone tier is divided into six sub-tabs. Each of these can be customised or listed for trade individually. When you have the Map Stash Tab open, a Waystone from your inventory will be automatically stashed into the correct tab by Ctrl + Clicking it from your inventory, or with the Stash button on controllers.
  Enable the Waystone affinity in the tab options to ensure that Waystones are always sent to this stash tab, even if you have other stash tabs open.
  
  Image from POE Wiki[pathofexile.gamepedia.com]
  Price: 120-150 points
  My Rating: Luxury
• 5. Uniques tab: Holds one of each unique item, resulting in a tab with slots as many as unique available in the game which will increase over time. Alternate art uniques and extremely limited uniques have a hidden slot.
  
  Price: 110-140 points
  My Rating: Luxury
• 6. Delirium tab: Holds up to 5000 each slots.
  
  Price: 30-40 points
  My Rating: Optional
  Comment: Take this if you are going to focus your time on Delirium Mechanic.
• 7. Gem tab: Holds up to 500 Gem Items.
  
  Price: 30-40 points
  My Rating: Optional
  Comment: I also recommend to buy this stash in guild instead.
• 8. Flask tab: Holds up to 500 Flask Items.
  
  Image from POE Website[www.pathofexile.com]
  Price: 30-40 points
  My Rating: Not recommended.
  Comment: I really don't recommend this in POE 2 with the current state of flask.
• 9. Premium Quad Stash Tab: A 24x24 premium stash tab, as big as four stash tabs. Can be use for public trading.
  
  Image from POE Website[www.pathofexile.com]
  Price: 120-150 points
  My Rating: Luxury.
  Comment: This stash is good if you have no budget restrain.
  Some people might not like the zoom out 4 in 1 tab.
  Currently there isn't much item in the game that required the other stash tab .
  I will drop this on the lower tier once other stash tab are available and more item are added to the game.
• 10. Merchant's Tab: Merchant's Tabs are used for Asynchronous Trade. Items in the Merchant's Tab will be searchable to the public on the Market Panel. Other players can view your Merchant's Tabs by interacting with Ange at your hideout, allowing them to purchase your items for sale for the listed price and a Gold fee.
  Price: 120-150 points
  My Rating: Required at least 1 for Asynchronous Trading.
  Comment: Can be converted[pathofexile2.com] from Premium Stash Tab bought before Patch 0.3.0. This is irreversible.
• 11. Augment Stash Tab (Previously known as Socketable Stash Tab): Add an Augment Tab to your account. Augment Stash Tabs can hold up to 5000 of each Augment item i.e. Soul Cores, Runes and Talismans. Runes can be upgraded to next tier without the need of Reforging Bench (completing the quest Treasures of Utzaal is still required). Tab is divided into 5 section.
  Price: 40-50 points
  My Rating: Optional.
  Comment: Not available in POE 1.
• 12. Ritual Stash Tab: The Ritual Stash Tab can hold up to 5000 Omens and Petition Splinters.
  Price: 30-40 points
  My Rating: Optional.
  Comment: Take this if you are going to focus your time on Ritual Mechanic.
• 13. Fragments tab: Holds fragments of various kinds in seperate tab, including various boss key fragments, precursor tablets fragments with 6 tabs each and trials tab with each tab can hold up to 96 fragments.
  
  Price: 55-75 points
  My Rating: Optional
  Comments: In my opinion a bit luxurious but the tablet might be worth it on sale.
• 14. Divination tab: Holds divination cards, up to 5000 of each.
  
  Price: 40-50 points
  My Rating: Coming soon to POE 2
• 15. Delve tab: Holds fossils and resonators, up to 5000 each. Also contains two item slots.
  
  Price: 30-40 points
  My Rating: Coming soon to POE 2
• 16. Blight tab: Holds up to 5000 oils of each kind and up to 60 blighted maps. Oils can be upgraded from the tab using the Upgrade button. Also contains one item slot with three item slots for oils for anointing.
  
  Price: 30-40 points
  My Rating: Coming soon to POE 2
• 17. Ultimatum tab: Holds up to 5000 of each catalyst and 60 inscribed Ultimatums . Also contains one item slot.
  
  Price: 30-40 points
  My Rating: Coming soon to POE 2
  Info from POE 2 Wiki[www.poe2wiki.net]
  Info from POE 1 Wiki[pathofexile.gamepedia.com]

Frequency of Stash Sales

Stash sales happen minimum once or twice a month. (every 3 weeks)
Sales Frequency from POE Wiki[pathofexile.gamepedia.com]
You can find unofficial countdown to the stash tab sales here[poestash.pages.dev].

Price of Stash (Base Price to Sales Price)

Range of Stash Price (Based on 2024 Sales)
ITEM STASH BASE POINTS SALES POINTS MY RATING 1. Currency 75 60 Required 2a. New Premium Stash 40 30 Optional 2b. Upgrade Normal to Premium Stash Tab 15 10 Optional 3. Map 150 120 Highly Recommended 4. Gem 40 30 Optional 5. Delirium 40 30 Optional 6. Essence 40 30 Optional 7. Unique 140 110 Luxury 8. Flask 40 30 Optional 9. Premium Quad Stash Tab 150 120 Luxury 10. Premium Stash Tab Bundle (6) 200 165 Luxury 11. Merchant Tab 40 30 Required at least 1 for Asynchronous Trading 12. Augment Stash Tab 50 40 Optional 13. Ritual Stash Tab 40 30 Not Recommended 14. Fragments 75 55 Recommended 15. Divination 40 30 Coming soon to POE 2 16. Delve 40 30 Coming soon to POE 2 17. Blight 40 30 Coming soon to POE 2 18. Ultimatum 40 30 Coming soon to POE 2 TOTAL 1065 855

GGG Supporter Pack Scheme

Point Cost

• 50 points = 5 USD
• 100 points = 10 USD
• 200 points = 20 USD
• 200 Points First Blood Supporter Pack = 20 USD (Limited One Per Account)
  Include 1 Extra Stash and 1 fix cosmetic Item.
  Typical League Supporter Pack
• 300 Points Supporter Pack = 30 USD
  Include minimum 2 exclusive cosmetic items and portrait.
• 600 Points Supporter Pack = 60 USD [RECOMMENDED]
  Include minimum 2 exclusive cosmetic items, 1 armor set and portraits and lower pack contents.
• 900 Points Supporter Pack = 90 USD
  Include minimum 2 exclusive cosmetic items, 1 armor set and portraits and lower pack contents.
  Typical Yearly Core Supporter Pack
• 600 Points Core Supporter Pack = 60 USD [RECOMMENDED]
  Include exclusive cosmetic items, armor set and portraits.
• 1000 Points Core Supporter Pack = 100 USD
  Include exclusive cosmetic items, armor set and portraits and lower pack contents.
• 1600 Points Core Supporter Pack = 160 USD
  Include exclusive cosmetic items, armor set and portraits and lower pack contents.
• 2400 Points Core Supporter Pack = 240 USD
  Include exclusive cosmetic items, armor set and portraits and lower pack contents.
• 4800 Points Core Supporter Pack = 480 USD
  Include exclusive cosmetic items, armor set and portraits and lower pack contents.
  Taking 900 point will enable you to get most of stash tab in POE 2.
  You'll need atleast 800 point to get most of the stash tab including the one that will be transferred from POE 1.
  Note: All the supporter pack can be upgrade to a higher tier anytime as long as it still exist in the shop.
  You can see the supporter pack here[pathofexile2.com].

NEW PLAYER RECOMMENDATION

You can just finish the story WITHOUT requiring any stash tab.
However I recommend the following especially when reaching end game:

1. Currency Stash to manage you currency filling up you basic stash (60-75 points)
2. Merchant's Stash for Trading expansive item that you and your friend will never use and you have no space to keep. Its a waste to vendor it anyway. You don't need this in Solo Self Found (SSF), get premium upgrade instead.(30-40 points)
3. ** Premium Upgrade** Recommended for upgrade alternative to all other stashes by renaming stashed and using afinities upon mapping / finish story. (20-40 points)
   My Recommendation
   Currency 60
   Merchant's Tab 30
   Premium Upgrade 20
   **Total Sales Value 130 110 points
   These are the only 2 stash new player need. You can save your point for later and buy as required because sales happen every month.
   **

Sales Guide for 300 Points (30 USD)

Required
Currency 60
Map 120
Merchant's Tab 30
Any of the following options totaling 90 points:
Gem 30
Essence 30
Augument 40
Delirium 30
Ritual 30
Breach 30
Expedition 30
Abyss 30
Fragments 55
Additional Merchant's Tab 30
Premium Upgrade 10 x 3
My Recommendation
Currency 60
Map 120
Merchant's Tab 30
Essence 30
Augument 40
Premium Upgrade 10 x 2
Total Sales Value 385 300 points (300 point Supporter Pack | 30 USD)
Plus the cosmetic goodies from the supporter pack.

Sales Guide for 600 Points (60 USD)

Required
Currency 60
Merchant's Tab 30
Map 120
Any of the following totaling 390 points
Uniques 110
Gem 30
Essence 30
Flask 30
Augment 40
Delirium 30
Ritual 30
Breach 30
Expedition 30
Abyss 30
Fragments 55
Premium Upgrade 10
Premium Quad Stash 120
Additional Merchant's Tab 30
Coming Soon to POE 2
Divination 40
Delve 30
Blight 30
Ultimatum 30
*Warning: Buy POE 1 stash tab currently not available in POE 2 at your own risk !
My Recommendation
Currency 60
Map 120
Merchant's 30
Uniques 110
Essence 30
Augument 40
Ritual 30
Delirium 30
Breach 30
Expedition 30
Abyss 30
Gem 30
Total 735 600 points (600 points Supporter Pack | 60 USD)
Plus the cosmetic goodies from the supporter pack.

Sales Guide for Trading Focus 300 Points (30 USD)

For those who think will do a lot of trading focus in end game i suggest the following:
Required
Currency 60
Map 120
2 Merchant's Stash Tab 60
Options - One (1) of the following
Additional Merchant's Stash Tab 30
Premium Upgrade 10 x 3
Any optional tab 30
My Recommendation
Currency 60
Map 120
3 Merchant Stash Tab Tab 90
Premium Upgrade 30
Total 395 300 points (300 points Supporter Pack | 30 USD)
Plus the cosmetic goodies from the supporter pack.

Guild Stash Recommendation

This is with the assumption that money / points is not a problem. (luxury)
The strategy is to crowdsource for unuse members items.
ITEM STASH BASE POINTS SALES POINTS MY GUILD RATING 1. Currency 75 60 Optional 2a. New Premium Stash 40 30 Optional 2b. Upgrade Normal to Premium Stash Tab 0 0 Not available 3. Map 150 120 Highly Recommended 4. Gem 40 30 Recommended 5. Delirium 40 30 Optional 6. Essence 40 30 Recommended 7. Unique 140 110 Highly Recommended 8. Flask 40 30 Optional 9. Premium Quad Stash Tab 150 120 Luxury 10. Premium Stash Tab Bundle (6) 0 0 Not Available 11. Merchant Tab 0 0 Not avaiable 12. Augment Stash Tab 50 40 Recommended 13. Ritual Stash Tab 40 30 Optional 14. Fragments 75 55 Highly Recommended 15. Divination 40 30 Coming soon to POE 2 16. Delve 40 30 Coming soon to POE 2 17. Blight 40 30 Coming soon to POE 2 18. Ultimatum 40 30 Coming soon to POE 2 TOTAL 820 660

Conclusion

To get all type of Stash (1 of each type including the one that is coming soon to POE 2), you need 685 points during sales.
The optimum spending is by using 600 points Supporter Pack (60 USD) to focus on the available stash tab in POE 2 during sales.
However you only need 730 565 points to buy all stash tab currently available in POE 2 during sales.
That's all. Thank you.

Frequently Asked Question (FAQ)

1. Will my micro transaction I spend in Path Of Exile (1) carry over to Path of Exile 2 ?
   Yes. Overtime will be transferred to POE 2 with expected transition done when game launch (1.0) or later[www.pathofexile.com]
2. What is the frequency of Stash Sales ?
   Minimum once or twice a month (every 3 weeks)[pathofexile.gamepedia.com]
3. Why don't you suggest to take the Exile's Stash Bundle or any other bundle ?
   Bundle is definitely cheaper if no sale is happening.
   However it is not affected by sale weekend and buying each individual item during sales is cheaper.
4. Can I convert my existing Premium Stash Tabs into Merchant’s Tab?
   You can only convert your Premium Stash Tabs that was purchased before patch 0.3.0. This conversion also work with upgraded premium stash tab. You can convert it here [pathofexile2.com]
5. I accidently bought / missed click multiple same stash tab / other game related problem; what should I do ?
   You can try contact support here: https://www.pathofexile.com/support

Disclaimer

• This is a Work in Progress (WIP).
• This is a conversion of guide from POE 1 Stash Guide. It will be updated once more information gained or major update happen during early access.
• I may change it from time to time once more information, feedback and major updates happen.
• Please use this guide only as a reference to make your decision.
• Buy POE 1 stash tab currently not available in POE 2 at your own risk !
• Sales value is based on December 2024 but should be similar.

Major Changelog

6202605080 R0.5 Return of the Ancients

• Added Fragment Stash Tab and update recommendation accordingly.
• Added Guild Stash Recommendation.
• Added New Breach, Expedition and Abyss Stash Tabs.
  5202508260 R0.3 The Third Edict
• Preparing for Patch 0.3.0.
• Updated with the addition of new stash tabs: Merchant's, Ritual and Socketable Stash Tab.
  4202502170 Adjusted with addition of Map Stash Tab.
  3202412060 Added to POE early access.
  2202411250 R0.2 POE2
• Preparing for POE2 early access edition.
• Added new stash tabs.
• Conversion to table format.
• Added TLDR Section.
• Updated to the new format for Typical League Supporter and Core Pack Scheme
  1202102150 R0.1 Sale Rush Version

External Link Reference

• POE 1 Stash Tab Guide
• Unofficial POE Stash Tab Sale Timer[poestash.pages.dev]
• POE 2 Supporter Pack and Point Shop[pathofexile2.com]
• POE 2 Micro Transaction Shop