Getting essence in the Forge it’s your ticket to faster, bigger profits and better equipment. Different types of essence upgrade your equipment to higher levels, and you can also sell sporadic essence for relatively immense sums. That said, the way you earn essences in the Forge means that higher-tier ones, which escalate your sales value by much larger amounts, are unavailable until you get better gear and are able to defeat stronger enemies.
Below is the summary all types of essences in the Forge and how to get essence, including what happens to legendary essence.
How to get essence in the Forge
The only way to get essence in the Forge is defeat enemies. Each enemy drops an essence, but the type of essence depends on the level of the enemy you are challenging. For example, a standard zombie is likely to drop compact or low essence, while an elite zombie will drop something better, and a brute zombie has a higher chance of dropping, say, medium essence.
TL; DR, if you want better essence, defeat stronger enemies. It will take time to get to the point where this can be done safely. So just play the game, upgrade your gear, and eventually you’ll start collecting better essences, which sell for more and allow you to craft stronger gear.
Selling essences is one of the easiest ways to make money in the Forge, but be sure to have plenty of essences on hand that you can operate to upgrade your equipment.
What about the legendary essence in the Forge?
Legendary essence does not exist yetalthough you will see it in some high level upgrade recipes. Developer Forge will add it to the game at some point, though there’s no word yet on when that will be. Until then, these legendary pieces of equipment will have to remain out of reach.
All essences in the Forge
Here are all the essences currently in the Forge, including their sale value and rarity.
- Small (shared, 2.5)
- Small (common, 5)
- Moderate (uncommon, 15)
- Large (unusual, 35)
- Greater (sporadic, 50)
- Superior (epic, 75)
- Epic (Epic, 100)
Where to get Greater Essence in the Forge
The greater essence may not be the most valuable essence, but it is Is the easiest higher-level essence to obtain (and is imperative for the first round of upgrades that will start to push you further towards the Forge endgame). The best place to find more essence is the Volcanic Depths, where you will encounter Death Ax Skeletons and Elite Death Ax Skeletons, as well as other hard monsters. These two types of skeletons have approximately a 12 percent and 16 percent chance to drop greater essence, respectively. It doesn’t sound like much, but it is easier and faster to achieve than aiming for the perfect essence.
For additional facilitate in The Forge, keep our list of the best weapon recipes handy and check out our Competitive, Darkrite, and Fire guides if you’re having trouble tracking them down. Be sure to check out our current list of The Forge codes for some freebies.
