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. | |
| 4 | + | ||
| 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. | |
| 17 | + | ||
| 18 | + | ## Mechanics | |
| 19 | + | Base tier essences will upgrade normal items to magic items, while Greater essences will upgrade magic items to rare. | |
| 20 | + | ||
| 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 | |
| 14 | 25 | - Transform Greater Essences into a Corrupted Essence |