Essence

Essences are rare drops from progression zones and Tower of Frozen Shadow.

They are used to craft the following items:

• Ultimate Weapon
• Shield of the Ages
• Strike Augments
• Mana Necklace
• Spell: Defensive Boon

Because of their rareness and usefulness, they are commonly sold to other players from values ranging from 150,000 platinum each to well over a million platinum each.

Qvic

Dropped By:

• Bosses in Qvic (common)
  
  

Cazic Thule

Dropped By:

• Any NPC in Cazic Thule (rare)
  
  

Dragons Minor

Dropped By:

• Bosses in T1 area of Plane of Dragons (common)
• Level 1 of Catacombs of Dranik (common)

Dragons Major

Dropped By:

• Bosses in T2 area of Plane of Dragons (common)
• Level 1 of Catacombs of Dranik (common)

Gods Minor

Dropped By:

• T3 bosses in Airplane (common)
• Level 2 of Catacombs of Dranik (common)
• Level 3 of Catacombs of Dranik (common)

Gods Major

Dropped By:

• T4 bosses in Airplane (common)
• Level 2 of Catacombs of Dranik (common)
• Level 3 of Catacombs of Dranik (common)

Abyss

Dropped By:

• Any NPC in Abyss (rare)
• Bosses in Abyss (common)
• Any NPC in Abyss Expedition (rare)

Anguish

Dropped By:

• Bosses or trash in Anguish (rare)
• Overlord Mata Muram (always)

Loping Plains

Dropped By:

• Any NPC in Loping Plains (rare)
• Wrath in Loping Plains (always)

Temple of Veeshan

Dropped By:

• Any NPC in Temple of Veeshan (rare)
• Vulak'Aerr in Temple of Veeshan (always)

Old Commons

Dropped By:

• Hill Giant in Old Commons (always)
• Sunken Chest in Old Commons (always)
• Accessory Chests in Old Commons (rare)
• Black Priest of Reanimation in Old Commons (rare)

Frozen Shadow

There are 8 different levels of this essence: 1-7, and "master essence", which can be used as substitute for any of the previous levels.
Dropped By: key bosses in the 7 levels of Tower of Frozen Shadow. Master Essence is dropped by Advisor Svartmane in Level 7 of Tower of Frozen Shadow