Essence

This page is about the currency item. For the league, see Essence league.

An essence is part of a complex group of currency items used for crafting equipment. All essences can be used to upgrade a piece of normal rarity equipment to rare and apply one guaranteed affix. Some essences can also be used to reforge the affixes of rare equipment.

WARNING: Despite the similar wording to Chaos Orbs, using an essence on an item with a meta-crafting mod (Prefixes Cannot Be Changed or Cannot roll Caster Modifiers) will ignore that mod and overwrite existing prefixes and suffixes ignoring any restrictions.

Nomenclature

Visual guide to essences

The name of an essence consists of 3 parts: the level of the essence as a prefix, the word 'Essence', and the type of the essence as a suffix. For example, Whispering Essence of WoeWhispering Essence of WoeStack Size: 9
Essence Level: 1Upgrades a normal item to rare with one guaranteed property
Properties restricted to level 35 and below

One Handed Weapon: (10-19)% increased Spell Damage
Two Handed Weapon: (15-29)% increased Spell Damage
Armour: +(3-5) to maximum Energy Shield
Quiver: (11-15)% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills
Amulet: (2-4)% increased maximum Energy Shield
Ring: +(1-3) to maximum Energy Shield
Belt: +(1-3) to maximum Energy ShieldRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.
Shift click to unstack. has the prefix 'Whispering' and the suffix 'of Woe'.

The essence type determines the modifiers that an essence can imbue, while the essence level determines the magnitude of bonuses granted by those modifiers.

Essence levels

There are seven essence levels distinguished by a prefix word. The level of an essence can also be recognized by counting the lines in its 2D art icon.

Level	Prefix	Obtainable through	Crafting max. level	Item reforge
1	Whispering	Lv. 1+ drop	35	✗
2	Muttering	Lv. 12+ drop	45	✗
3	Weeping	Lv. 30+ drop	60	✗
4	Wailing	Lv. 48+ drop	75	✗
5	Screaming	Lv. 68+ drop	N/A	✗
6	Shrieking	Upgrading or corrupting level 5 essences	N/A	✓
7	Deafening	Upgrading level 6 essences	N/A	✓

Essence types

The type of the essence can be recognized by the suffix in the name.

There are 25 different types of essences; not all types of essences are available at lower levels, and the 4 corrupted essences do not have any level.

Lowest Tier	Essences	Notes
1	Hatred, Woe, Greed, Contempt
2	Sorrow, Anger, Torment, Fear
3	Suffering, Rage, Wrath, Doubt
4	Anguish, Loathing, Spite, Zeal
5	Misery, Dread, Scorn, Envy
N/A	Essence of HysteriaEssence of HysteriaStack Size: 9 Essence Level: 8Upgrades a normal item to rare or reforges a rare item, guaranteeing one property Weapon: 10% chance to Cast Level 20 Fire Burst on Hit Gloves: Socketed Gems deal 175 to 225 additional Fire Damage Boots: Drops Burning Ground while moving, dealing 2500 Fire Damage per second for 1 second Body Armour: 10% increased Area of Effect Helmet: Socketed Gems have 50% chance to Ignite Shield: Adds 40 to 80 Fire Damage if you've Blocked Recently Quiver: Gain 10% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage Amulet: 40% increased total Recovery per second from Life Leech Ring: Gain 10% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage Belt: Damage Penetrates 5% Elemental Resistances during any Flask EffectRight click this item then left click a normal or rare item to apply it. Shift click to unstack. Essence of InsanityEssence of InsanityStack Size: 9 Essence Level: 8Upgrades a normal item to rare or reforges a rare item, guaranteeing one property Weapon: Triggers Level 20 Spectral Spirits when Equipped Gloves: Socketed Gems have 16% more Attack and Cast Speed Boots: 12% increased Movement speed while on Burning, Chilled or Shocked ground Body Armour: Gain Onslaught for 3 seconds when Hit Helmet: Socketed Gems gain 50% of Physical Damage as extra Lightning Damage Shield: 10% chance to gain a Power Charge when you Block Quiver: You and your Minions take 10% reduced Reflected Damage Amulet: 10% chance to Recover 10% of Mana when you use a Skill Ring: You and your Minions take 10% reduced Reflected Damage Belt: 10% increased Movement Speed during any Flask EffectRight click this item then left click a normal or rare item to apply it. Shift click to unstack. Essence of HorrorEssence of HorrorStack Size: 9 Essence Level: 8Upgrades a normal item to rare or reforges a rare item, guaranteeing one property Weapon: 16% chance to gain a Power, Frenzy or Endurance Charge on Kill Gloves: Socketed Gems have +3.5% Critical Strike Chance Boots: 5% reduced Elemental Damage Taken while stationary Body Armour: 15% of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Cold Damage Helmet: Socketed Gems deal 30% more Elemental Damage Shield: Chill Nearby Enemies when you Block Quiver: 4 to 7 Cold Damage per Frenzy Charge Amulet: 15% increased Effect of Fortify on you Ring: 4 to 7 Cold Damage per Frenzy Charge Belt: 5% additional Physical Damage Reduction during any Flask EffectRight click this item then left click a normal or rare item to apply it. Shift click to unstack. Essence of DeliriumEssence of DeliriumStack Size: 9 Essence Level: 8Upgrades a normal item to rare or reforges a rare item, guaranteeing one property Weapon: Your Hits inflict Decay, dealing 500 Chaos Damage per second for 8 seconds Gloves: Socketed Gems deal 30% more Damage over Time Boots: Cannot be Poisoned Body Armour: 25% reduced Chaos Damage taken over time Helmet: +2 to Level of Socketed Aura Gems Shield: Recover 2% of your maximum Mana when you Block Quiver: 40% increased Damage with Poison Amulet: 0.5% of Chaos Damage Leeched as Life Ring: 40% increased Damage with Poison Belt: +50% to Chaos Resistance during any Flask EffectRight click this item then left click a normal or rare item to apply it. Shift click to unstack.	Obtained through corruption of Scorn, Envy, Misery, Dread
N/A	Remnant of CorruptionRemnant of CorruptionStack Size: 9Corrupts the Essences trapping a monster, modifying them unpredictably Right click this item then left click a monster trapped by Essences to corrupt them. Corrupted Essences cannot be modified again. Shift click to unstack.	Rare spawn in place of essence

Mechanics

Obtaining essences

Monsters trapped in essence crystals can occasionally be encountered in most areas. Activating the center essence crystal three times will break the crystals, freeing the trapped monsters. The essence item can be obtained by killing these monsters, which are also enhanced by special monster modifiers on the essence.

Some essence types only occur at higher essence levels. This forms a tiered progression in which more essence types become available in areas with higher monster level.

Level 6, 'Shrieking' essences can be obtained only by corrupting level 5 essences using a Remnant of CorruptionRemnant of CorruptionStack Size: 9Corrupts the Essences trapping a monster, modifying them unpredictably
Right click this item then left click a monster trapped by Essences to corrupt them. Corrupted Essences cannot be modified again.
Shift click to unstack. or upgrading lower level essences through the vendor recipe system. Level 7, 'Deafening' essences can be obtained only by upgrading lower level essences through the vendor recipe system.

Corruption

Main page: Remnant of Corruption

Essences can be corrupted by using a Remnant of CorruptionRemnant of CorruptionStack Size: 9Corrupts the Essences trapping a monster, modifying them unpredictably
Right click this item then left click a monster trapped by Essences to corrupt them. Corrupted Essences cannot be modified again.
Shift click to unstack. on a monster trapped by Essence before releasing it.

This will result in one of the following outcomes chosen at random:

Mobs are broken free with empowered stats.
All contained Essences have their levels increased by 1 (e.g. "Screaming" upgraded to "Shrieking"). Note that the base Essence type won't change, and this can't occur with "Deafening" Essences.
Monster may gain one additional Essence.
Upgrade the Essence type in the tiered progression.
- Note that this can also increase the level of the Essence if the original is at a lower level than the minimum for the next tier.
- Essence of HysteriaEssence of HysteriaStack Size: 9
  Essence Level: 8Upgrades a normal item to rare or reforges a rare item, guaranteeing one property
  Weapon: 10% chance to Cast Level 20 Fire Burst on Hit
  Gloves: Socketed Gems deal 175 to 225 additional Fire Damage
  Boots: Drops Burning Ground while moving, dealing 2500 Fire Damage per second for 1 second
  Body Armour: 10% increased Area of Effect
  Helmet: Socketed Gems have 50% chance to Ignite
  Shield: Adds 40 to 80 Fire Damage if you've Blocked Recently
  Quiver: Gain 10% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
  Amulet: 40% increased total Recovery per second from Life Leech
  Ring: Gain 10% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
  Belt: Damage Penetrates 5% Elemental Resistances during any Flask EffectRight click this item then left click a normal or rare item to apply it.
  Shift click to unstack., Essence of InsanityEssence of InsanityStack Size: 9
  Essence Level: 8Upgrades a normal item to rare or reforges a rare item, guaranteeing one property
  Weapon: Triggers Level 20 Spectral Spirits when Equipped
  Gloves: Socketed Gems have 16% more Attack and Cast Speed
  Boots: 12% increased Movement speed while on Burning, Chilled or Shocked ground
  Body Armour: Gain Onslaught for 3 seconds when Hit
  Helmet: Socketed Gems gain 50% of Physical Damage as extra Lightning Damage
  Shield: 10% chance to gain a Power Charge when you Block
  Quiver: You and your Minions take 10% reduced Reflected Damage
  Amulet: 10% chance to Recover 10% of Mana when you use a Skill
  Ring: You and your Minions take 10% reduced Reflected Damage
  Belt: 10% increased Movement Speed during any Flask EffectRight click this item then left click a normal or rare item to apply it.
  Shift click to unstack., Essence of HorrorEssence of HorrorStack Size: 9
  Essence Level: 8Upgrades a normal item to rare or reforges a rare item, guaranteeing one property
  Weapon: 16% chance to gain a Power, Frenzy or Endurance Charge on Kill
  Gloves: Socketed Gems have +3.5% Critical Strike Chance
  Boots: 5% reduced Elemental Damage Taken while stationary
  Body Armour: 15% of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Cold Damage
  Helmet: Socketed Gems deal 30% more Elemental Damage
  Shield: Chill Nearby Enemies when you Block
  Quiver: 4 to 7 Cold Damage per Frenzy Charge
  Amulet: 15% increased Effect of Fortify on you
  Ring: 4 to 7 Cold Damage per Frenzy Charge
  Belt: 5% additional Physical Damage Reduction during any Flask EffectRight click this item then left click a normal or rare item to apply it.
  Shift click to unstack., and Essence of DeliriumEssence of DeliriumStack Size: 9
  Essence Level: 8Upgrades a normal item to rare or reforges a rare item, guaranteeing one property
  Weapon: Your Hits inflict Decay, dealing 500 Chaos Damage per second for 8 seconds
  Gloves: Socketed Gems deal 30% more Damage over Time
  Boots: Cannot be Poisoned
  Body Armour: 25% reduced Chaos Damage taken over time
  Helmet: +2 to Level of Socketed Aura Gems
  Shield: Recover 2% of your maximum Mana when you Block
  Quiver: 40% increased Damage with Poison
  Amulet: 0.5% of Chaos Damage Leeched as Life
  Ring: 40% increased Damage with Poison
  Belt: +50% to Chaos Resistance during any Flask EffectRight click this item then left click a normal or rare item to apply it.
  Shift click to unstack. can only be obtained by corrupting monsters with an Essence of tier 5 (MEDS: Misery, Envy, Dread, Scorn).

The "Remnant of Corruption"-possessed monster has a monster aura that deals physical damage over time as well as slow the player character.

The player character cannot leech life from the "Remnant of Corruption"-possessed monster.

On slaying the "Remnant of Corruption"-possessed monster, the remnant is dropped just like normal Essences. Additionally two Fleshmonsters spawn on the drop location.

These possessing effects were in fact due to the essence adding the mods RemnantOfCorruptionMonsterAuraRemnantOfCorruptionMonsterAura
Essence
30% reduced Movement Speed
Takes 6 of Maximum Life as Physical Damage per second (Hidden), Remnant of CorruptionRemnant of Corruption
Essence
Enemies Cannot Leech Life From you to the monster.

Crafting

All essences can be used to upgrade a piece of normal rarity equipment to rare—similar to an Orb of AlchemyOrb of AlchemyStack Size: 10Upgrades a normal item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.
Shift click to unstack.—and apply one guaranteed affix. Level 6 and 7 essences and corruption-only essences can also be used to reforge the affixes of rare equipment, which is similar to a Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 10Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it.
Shift click to unstack.; however, in addition to applying one guaranteed affix, using an essence this way will ignore and override any meta-crafting modifiers.^[1]

Essence possession effects

Essences are encountered in the wild as a monster 'possessed' by an Essence, mechanically similar to possession by a talisman or tormented spirit. Essence can only appear on a rare monster and the monster can have more than one essences possessed. When the monster is killed, the essences will drop as an item.

Essences	Possession effect
Hatred	Shoot out a nova of Creeping FrostCreeping FrostSpell, Projectile, Duration, AoE, Cold Radius: 12 Mana Cost: (7-20) Cast Time: 0.60 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80% Projectile Speed: 844Requires Level 12Fire an icy projectile that bursts on impact or when reaching the targeted area, dealing area damage and creating a chilling area that deals cold damage over time. This area will creep across the ground towards nearby enemies until its duration expires.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectBase duration is 5 seconds Deals (11-383) to (16-572) Cold Damage Can have up to 10 Chilling Areas Deals (16.7-1391.2) Base Cold Damage per second Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. projectiles.
Woe	Summon Energy Locus that cast Lightning TendrilsLightning TendrilsSpell, AoE, Lightning, Channelling Radius: 22 Mana Cost: (1-5) Cast Time: 0.23 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 65%While you channel this skill, it releases pulses of electrical energy, dealing lightning damage in a semicircular area in front of you.Per 1% Quality: 1% increased Lightning DamageDeals (1-37) to (4-703) Lightning Damage Stronger Pulses deal 50% more Damage with Hits and Ailments Releases a Stronger Pulse every 4 Pulses +(0-7) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
Greed	Create a red bubble around the enemy and it explode into 3 projectile that does Corrupted Blood on hit, similarly to Malachai's TriBomb.
Contempt	Periodically cast an ice version of Ancestral WarchiefAncestral WarchiefAttack, Totem, AoE, Slam, Melee Mana Cost: 10 Cast Time: 1.00 sec Attack Speed: 90% of Base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110%-133%)Requires Level 28Summons an Ancestor Totem which attacks enemies with a powerful slam while you're near it. Being near it grants you more melee damage.Per 1% Quality: 1% increased Totem DamageDeals (110-133)% of Base Attack Damage Totem lasts 12 seconds 50% increased Totem Placement speed (8-18)% more Melee Damage while Totem is Active +10 to Melee Strike RangePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. At 'Screaming', it summon 3 spirits that looks like ice version of Ancestral WarchiefAncestral WarchiefAttack, Totem, AoE, Slam, Melee Mana Cost: 10 Cast Time: 1.00 sec Attack Speed: 90% of Base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110%-133%)Requires Level 28Summons an Ancestor Totem which attacks enemies with a powerful slam while you're near it. Being near it grants you more melee damage.Per 1% Quality: 1% increased Totem DamageDeals (110-133)% of Base Attack Damage Totem lasts 12 seconds 50% increased Totem Placement speed (8-18)% more Melee Damage while Totem is Active +10 to Melee Strike RangePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. but without the totem chasing toward player, apparently they are invulnerable to get hit.
Sorrow	Summon Totems that cast VortexVortexSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Nova Mana Cost: (11-20) Can Store 1 Use(s) Cooldown Time: 1.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.50%Requires Level 28An icy blast explodes around the caster, dealing cold damage to enemies, and leaving behind a whirling vortex which deals cold damage over time and chills enemies caught in it. If the caster targets near their Frostbolt projectiles, it will explode from a number of those projectiles instead, destroying them.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (38-524) to (57-787) Cold Damage Base duration is 3 seconds Deals (106.5-1456.9) Base Cold Damage per second Can explode from up to 5 Frostbolt Projectiles 20% less Area of Effect when Cast on Frostbolt Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect (0-76)% increased Cooldown Recovery SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. at player's location.
Anger	Shoot out a nova of fire version Creeping FrostCreeping FrostSpell, Projectile, Duration, AoE, Cold Radius: 12 Mana Cost: (7-20) Cast Time: 0.60 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80% Projectile Speed: 844Requires Level 12Fire an icy projectile that bursts on impact or when reaching the targeted area, dealing area damage and creating a chilling area that deals cold damage over time. This area will creep across the ground towards nearby enemies until its duration expires.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectBase duration is 5 seconds Deals (11-383) to (16-572) Cold Damage Can have up to 10 Chilling Areas Deals (16.7-1391.2) Base Cold Damage per second Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. projectiles.
Torment	Periodically cast Ball LightningBall LightningSpell, Projectile, AoE, Lightning Radius: 22 Mana Cost: (12-23) Cast Time: 0.70 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 50% Projectile Speed: 400Requires Level 28Fires a slow-moving projectile that periodically damages enemies in an area around it with bolts of lightning.Per 1% Quality: 1% increased Lightning DamageDeals (3-28) to (57-533) Lightning DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. at the player's location.
Fear	Summon 3 Charging Corsair, which is a unique Spectral Corsair.
Suffering	Periodically cast Frost BombFrost BombSpell, AoE, Duration, Cold Mana Cost: (4-16) Can Store 1 Use(s) Cooldown Time: 2.50 sec Cast Time: 0.50 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 200%Requires Level 4Creates a crystal that pulses with cold for a duration. Each pulse applies a debuff to nearby enemies for a secondary duration which reduces life and energy shield regeneration rate, and reduces energy shield recharge rate, and also inflicts Cold Exposure. When the crystal's duration ends, it explodes, dealing heavy cold damage to enemies around it.Per 1% Quality: 1% increased Cold DamageDeals (14-959) to (21-1439) Cold Damage Base duration is 2 seconds Base secondary duration is 5 seconds Cold Exposure applies -25% to Cold Resistance 75% reduced Life Regeneration rate 75% reduced Energy Shield Regeneration rate 25% reduced Energy Shield Recharge ratePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., then summon Arctic Golem when died.
Rage	Create fire runes that trigger when stepped on, dealing fire damage, similar to Malachai's Fire Traps.
Wrath	Shoot out a nova of lightning projectiles that behave like Molten StrikeMolten StrikeAttack, Projectile, AoE, Melee, Strike, Fire Mana Cost: 6 Cast Time: 1.00 sec Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110%-148%) Projectile Speed: 750Attacks enemies with physical and fire damage, causing balls of molten magma to launch forth from the enemies you hit, divided amongst all enemies hit by the strike. These will explode, causing AoE attack damage to enemies where they land.Per 1% Quality: 1% increased Fire DamageDeals (110-148)% of Base Attack Damage 60% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage Fires 3 additional Projectiles Projectiles deal 50% less Damage Damage Over Time caused by Projectiles deals 50% less Damage +(2-6) to Melee Strike Range (2-75) to (3-113) Added Fire DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.'s projectiles.
Doubt	Summon Essence Tarantula that does Flicker StrikeFlicker StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike, Movement, Duration Mana Cost: 10 Can Store 1 Use(s) Cooldown Time: 2.00 sec Cast Time: 1.00 sec Attack Speed: 120% of Base Effectiveness of Added Damage: (142%-168%)Requires Level 10Teleports the character to a nearby monster and attacks with a melee weapon. If no specific monster is targeted, one is picked at random. Grants a buff that increases movement speed for a duration. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge.Per 1% Quality: 0.25% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on HitDeals (142.2-168)% of Base Attack Damage 10% increased Attack Speed per Frenzy Charge 15% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Hit Buff grants 20% increased Movement Speed Base duration is 3 secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Viper StrikeViper StrikeAttack, Duration, Melee, Strike, Chaos Mana Cost: 5 Cast Time: 1.00 sec Effectiveness of Added Damage: (90%-135%)Hits enemies, adding some of your physical damage as chaos damage and inflicting poison which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. If dual wielding, will strike with both weapons. Requires a claw, dagger or sword.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Attack Speed 0.5% increased Poison DurationDeals (90-135)% of Base Attack Damage 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage 60% chance to Poison on Hit Base duration is 4 seconds (5-169) to (7-254) Added Chaos Damage Each Weapon Hits separately if Dual Wielding, dealing 20% less Damage 30% Less Attack Speed if Dual Wielding +(0-2) to Melee Strike RangePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
Anguish	Summon Fiery Rubble that fracture into smaller size on death, which is a unique Cinder Elemental.
Loathing
Spite	Summon Totems that cast ArcArcSpell, Chaining, Lightning Mana Cost: (8-23) Cast Time: 0.70 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%Requires Level 12An arc of lightning stretches from the caster to a targeted enemy and chains on to other nearby enemies. Each time the main beam chains it will also chain to a second enemy, but that secondary arc cannot chain further.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% chance to Shock enemiesDeals (6-133) to (33-754) Lightning Damage 10% chance to Shock enemies Chains +(4-7) Times (10-29)% increased Effect of Shock 15% more Damage for each remaining ChainPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and leave patches of Shocking Ground
Zeal
Misery	Shoot out pulses that inflict a chaos damage over time debuff on the player.
Dread	Cast a chaos version of FirestormFirestormSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire Radius: 25 / 10 Mana Cost: (9-25) Cast Time: 0.75 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Effectiveness of Added Damage: 45%Requires Level 12Flaming bolts rain down over the targeted area. They explode when landing, dealing damage to nearby enemies.Per 1% Quality: 1% increased DamageDeals (7-200) to (11-300) Fire Damage Base duration is 2 seconds One impact every 0.1 secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. Summon Guardian Golem, which is a unique Chaos Golem.
Scorn
Envy	Summon a grasping hand(looks like Cold SnapCold Grasp EffectCold Snap Skin Stack Size: 20Your Cold Snap becomes a grasping hand of frost), that teleports the player to the monster's location. This can be evaded by moving.
Hysteria
Insanity	Cast Storm CallStorm CallSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning Radius: 20 Mana Cost: (6-16) Cast Time: 0.50 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%Requires Level 12Sets a marker at a location. After a short duration, lightning strikes the marker, dealing damage around it. When this happens, it will also set off the lightning at any other markers you've cast.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (16-408) to (31-758) Lightning Damage Base duration is 1.5 seconds (10-29)% increased Effect of Shock +(0-6) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and summon invulnerable Spectral Spirits that attack the player.
Horror	Monster cast a chain reaction of ice explosion, similar to one of the Mutewind Leader Warband skill.
Delirium	Summon monsters that looks like Carrion Minion, it casts chaos version of Flame DashFlame DashSpell, Movement, Duration, Fire, Travel, Blink Mana Cost: (8-23) Can Store 3 Use(s) Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec Cast Time: 0.70 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%Requires Level 10Teleport to a location, damaging enemies and leaving a trail of burning ground in your wake. Shares a cooldown with other Blink skills.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Cooldown Recovery SpeedDeals (7-479) to (11-718) Fire Damage Deals (18.9-1262.7) Base Fire Damage per second Base duration is 4 seconds (0-47)% increased Cooldown Recovery SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. that uses Caustic ArrowTentacle Caustic Arrow EffectCaustic Arrow Skin Stack Size: 20Your Caustic Arrow becomes an area of ethereal purple tentacles. MTX's.
Remnant of Corruption	Enemy has a physical damage over time and slow aura, cannot be leeched from. Summons 2 Fleshmonster when killed.

Vendor recipes

Upgrading essences to the next essence level is possible through a vendor recipe:

Result	Recipe
1x essence of the same type one level higher	3x essences of the same type and level

The Essence Stash Tab can upgrade essences directly from the tab.

List of essences

Main page: List of essences

Version history

Version	Changes
2.4.0g	All corruption only Essence mods (of Delirium, Horror, Hysteria and Insanity) now have a minimum level of 50.
2.4.0e	The Essence upgrade recipe now returns surplus Essences when you vendor four or more essences.
2.4.0c	The Essence of Hysteria boots mod now has a level 60 requirement. Fixed some prison rooms where Essences could spawn in bad locations. Fixed a bug where the Energy Locus summoned by Essence of Woe could be hit by skills such as Arc.
2.4.0	Introduced to the game in Essence leagues.

References

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Essence levels

Essence types

Mechanics

Obtaining essences

Corruption

Crafting

Essence possession effects

Vendor recipes

List of essences

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