Essence is used mainly for Essence Crafting, where it can be used to convert regular items into Dungeon items that have stat boosts based on the player's Dungeoneering Skill level while the player is in Dungeons. It can also be used to upgrade Dungeon items themselves, giving an additional 2% stat boost per upgrade outside of Dungeons, which becomes a 10% stat boost per upgrade while in Dungeons.
Essence Types[]
There are 8 types of essences, each upgrading items related to a specific type of mob or resource. They are:
Essence can be exchanged at Essence Shops for exclusive perks and items. There are Undead, Wither, Dragon, Spider, Ice, Gold, Diamond, and Crimson Essence Shops.
By using Malik and going to the Essence Crafting menu, players can access the Essence Guide which displays the uses for all essence types.
Each different Essence is used to convert specific items to dungeon items. For example, Perfect Armor can be upgraded to Dungeon Armor with Diamond Essence. Dragon Essence upgrades Dragon Armor, etc. This does not work on armor sets not listed in the Essence Guide such as Crystal Armor, Fairy Armor, and Angler Armor.
Anything upgraded using Crimson Essence will become Co-op Soulbound, which means that any trade requests for Crimson Essence are guaranteed to be scams.
After August 18, Essence can be bought from the Bazaar with Catacombs 20+, which makes these scams even more obvious.
The maximum amount of Essence a player may have of one type is 2 billion. [AHN]