Essence

This page is about the currency. For The encounter type, see Essence (encounter).

Essences are a type of currency item. They are dropped by essence encounters. Essences will add a modifier to an item, guaranteeing a modifier of a specified type.

Essences can appear starting from Act 2.

Mechanics

Base tier essences will upgrade normal items to magic items, while Greater essences will upgrade magic items to rare.

Using a Vaal Orb on an imprisoned monster will corrupt it and modify the essences it's holding in unpredictable ways. Outcomes include:

• Add a random essence
• Reroll all essences into the same type
• Upgrade regular essences into their Greater versions and transform Greater Essences into a Corrupted Essence

List of Essences

Item	Stack size	Description	Drop level
Essence of Battle	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic with one Attack modifier	1
Essence of Electricity	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic with one Lightning modifier	1
Essence of Enhancement	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic with one Defence modifier	1
Essence of Flames	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic with one Fire modifier	1
Essence of Haste	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic with one Speed modifier	1
Essence of Ice	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic with one Cold modifier	1
Essence of Ruin	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic with one Chaos modifier	1
Essence of Sorcery	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic with one Caster modifier	1
Essence of the Body	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic with one Life modifier	1
Essence of the Infinite	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic with one Attribute modifier	1
Essence of the Mind	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic with one Mana modifier	1
Essence of Torment	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic with one Physical modifier	1

List of Greater Essences

Item	Stack size	Description	Drop level
Greater Essence of Battle	10	Upgrades a Magic item to a Rare item with one Attack modifier	1
Greater Essence of Electricity	10	Upgrades a Magic item to a Rare item with one Lightning modifier	1
Greater Essence of Enhancement	10	Upgrades a Magic item to a Rare item with one Defence modifier	1
Greater Essence of Flames	10	Upgrades a Magic item to a Rare item with one Fire modifier	1
Greater Essence of Haste	10	Upgrades a Magic item to a Rare item with one speed modifier	1
Greater Essence of Ice	10	Upgrades a Magic item to a Rare item with one Cold modifier	1
Greater Essence of Ruin	10	Upgrades a Magic item to a Rare item with one Chaos modifier	1
Greater Essence of Sorcery	10	Upgrades a Magic item to a Rare item with one Caster modifier	1
Greater Essence of the Body	10	Upgrades a Magic item to a Rare item with one Life modifier	1
Greater Essence of the Infinite	10	Upgrades a Magic item to a Rare item with one Attribute modifier	1
Greater Essence of the Mind	10	Upgrades a Magic item to a Rare item with one Mana modifier	1
Greater Essence of Torment	10	Upgrades a Magic item to a Rare item with one Physical modifier	1

List of Corrupted Essences

Item	Stack size	Description	Drop level
Essence of Delirium	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic or a Magic item to a Rare item with one random notable passive as a modifier. Can only be used on Body Armour.	1
Essence of Horror	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic or a Magic item to a Rare item with one guaranteed property. Can only be used on Gloves or Boots. 100% increased effect of Socketed Runes and Soul Cores	1
Essence of Hysteria	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic with one Item Rarity modifier. Can only be used on Helmets, Rings or Amulets.	1
Essence of Insanity	10	Upgrades a normal item to Magic or a Magic item to a Rare item with one guaranteed property. Can only be used on Belts. On Corruption, Item gains two Enchantments	1

Version history

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Version	Changes
0.2.0f	Reduced the damage of the Essence of the Infinite Monster modifier.
0.1.1	Fixed a bug where Damage Gained as Fire, Cold and Lightning were missing tags, causing Essences to be unable to roll these modfiiers.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.