Essence
Essences are drops from progression zones Tower of Frozen Shadow Sleeper's Tomb and the Hills of Shade Halloween event.
They are used to craft the following items:
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.
Droprates
- Always - Always drops a single essence
- Common - Roughly 10% chance to drop an essence
- Rare - Significantly less than 10% chance to drop essence (generally, most full zone clears will result in only 2-5 Essence drops)
Qvic
Dropped By:
- Bosses in Qvic (common)
- Any mob in Sleeper's Tomb - (common)
- Any mob in Veeshan's Peak - (common)
- Any mob in Hills of Shade - Halloween Event - (common)
Cazic Thule / Arthicrex
Dropped By:
- Any NPC in Cazic Thule and Arthicrex (rare)
- Any mob in Sleeper's Tomb - (common)
- Any mob in Veeshan's Peak - (common)
- Any mob in Hills of Shade - Halloween Event - (common)
Dragons Minor
Dropped By:
- Bosses in T1 area of Plane of Dragons (common)
- Ancient Dragon (always)
- Dranik Level 1 (common)
- Any mob in Sleeper's Tomb - (common)
- Any mob in Veeshan's Peak - (common)
- Any mob in Hills of Shade - Halloween Event - (common)
Dragons Major
Dropped By:
- Bosses in T2 area of Plane of Dragons (common)
- Ancient Dragon (always)
- Dranik Level 1 (common)
- Any mob in Sleeper's Tomb - (common)
- Any mob in Veeshan's Peak - (common)
- Any mob in Hills of Shade - Halloween Event - (common)
Gods Minor
Dropped By:
- T3 bosses in Airplane (common)
- Dranik Level 2 (common)
- Dranik Level 3 (common)
- Any mob in Sleeper's Tomb - (common)
- Any mob in Veeshan's Peak - (common)
- Any mob in Hills of Shade - Halloween Event - (common)
Gods Major
Dropped By:
- T4 bosses in Airplane (common)
- Dranik Level 2 (common)
- Dranik Level 3 (common)
- Any mob in Sleeper's Tomb - (common)
- Any mob in Veeshan's Peak - (common)
- Any mob in Hills of Shade - Halloween Event - (common)
Abyss
Dropped By:
- Any NPC in Abyss (rare)
- Bosses in Abyss (common)
- Any mob in Sleeper's Tomb - (common)
- Any mob in Veeshan's Peak - (common)
- Any mob in Hills of Shade - Halloween Event - (common)
Anguish
Dropped By:
- Bosses (rare)
- Rare Chests (rare)
- Overlord Mata Muram's Chest (always)
- Any mob in Sleeper's Tomb - (common)
- Any mob in Veeshan's Peak - (common)
- Any mob in Hills of Shade - Halloween Event - (common)
Loping Plains
Dropped By:
- Wrath in Loping Plains (always)
- Sloth or Greed (common)
- Any NPC in Loping Plains (rare)
- Any NPC in Bloodmoon Temple Expedition (rare)
- Any mob in Sleeper's Tomb - (common)
- Any mob in Veeshan's Peak - (common)
- Any mob in Hills of Shade - Halloween Event - (common)
Temple of Veeshan
Dropped By:
- Any NPC in Temple of Veeshan (rare)
- Vulak'Aerr in Temple of Veeshan (always)
- Any mob in Sleeper's Tomb - (common)
- Any mob in Veeshan's Peak - (common)
- Any mob in Hills of Shade - Halloween Event - (common)
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)
- Any mob in Sleeper's Tomb - (common)
- Any mob in Veeshan's Peak - (common)
- Any mob in Hills of Shade - Halloween Event - (common)
Sunderock Springs
Dropped By:
- Any NPC in Sunderock Springs (rare)
- The Deathly Harbringer in Old Blackburrow Expedition (always) and any mob (rare)
- Any mob in Sleeper's Tomb - (common)
- Any mob in Veeshan's Peak - (common)
- Any mob in Hills of Shade - Halloween Event - (common)
Frozen Shadow
Essence of Frozen Shadow I a large undead gnoll (semi-rare)
Essence of Frozen Shadow II an angry librarian (semi-rare)
Essence of Frozen Shadow III an enraged shadow beast (semi-rare)
Essence of Frozen Shadow IV Cara Omica (semi-rare)
Essence of Frozen Shadow V an enraged relative (semi-rare)
Essence of Frozen Shadow VI VhalSera (semi-rare)
Essence of Frozen Shadow VII Tserrina Syl`Tor (semi-rare)
Master Essence of Frozen Shadow (can be substituted for any other EoFS) Advisor Svartmane (always)
- Also these can drop from any mob in Sleeper's Tomb
- I - IV - (common)
- V - VII - (rare)
- Master - (ultra rare)
