Essence

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1-# Essence
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3-Essences are a type of currency item dropped by essence encounters. Essences will add a modifier to an item, guaranteeing a modifier of a specified type.
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5-Essences can appear starting from Act 2.
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7-## Mechanics
8-Base tier essences will upgrade normal items to magic items, while Greater essences will upgrade magic items to rare.
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10-Using a [[Vaal Orb]] on an imprisoned monster will corrupt it and modify the essences it's holding in unpredictable ways. Outcomes include:
11-- Add a random essence
12-- Reroll all essences into the same type
13-- Upgrade regular essences into their Greater versions
1+# Essence
2+
3+Essences are a type of currency item dropped by essence encounters. Essences will add a modifier to an item, guaranteeing a modifier of a specified type.
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5+Essences can appear starting from Act 2.
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7+## Rise of the Abyssal Update
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9+Essence Rework
10+* Essences now have 4 tiers: Lesser, Normal, Greater, and Perfect.
11+* Instead of adding a modifier of a certain tag, Essences now add a specific modifier, depending on the Tier of Essence and type of item it is being applied to.
12+* Lesser, Normal, and Greater Essences can upgrade a Magic item to Rare, adding a guaranteed modifier.
13+* Perfect Essences and Essences obtained through Corruption remove a random modifier and augments a Rare item with a new guaranteed modifier.
14+* Added 7 new types of Essences.
15+* Essences of Torment have been renamed to Essences of Abrasion.
16+* Essence of Hysteria now augments different guaranteed modifiers based on the type of item it is applied to.
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18+## Mechanics
19+Base tier essences will upgrade normal items to magic items, while Greater essences will upgrade magic items to rare.
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21+Using a [[Vaal Orb]] on an imprisoned monster will corrupt it and modify the essences it's holding in unpredictable ways. Outcomes include:
22+- Add a random essence
23+- Reroll all essences into the same type
24+- Upgrade regular essences into their Greater versions
1425 - Transform Greater Essences into a Corrupted Essence