Celestial Essence

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Celestial Essence
Celestial Essence.png
Rarity Common
Type Trophy
Value 20 Gold
Stackable Yes
Campaign Factions
Collector(s) Sakai
Nicholas the Traveler
Common salvage 4-5 Piles of Glittering Dust

A Celestial Essence is all that remains of a fallen celestial.

Acquisition[edit]

Drop and expert salvage research is ongoing and can be found here.

Farming[edit]

Farming Celestial Essences in Nahpui Quarter

In order for them to spawn, you must first eliminate their respective bosses. Killing Kaijun Don, the Kirin celestial, will cause Essences of Kirin to spawn, and so on. Bear in mind that, after a short period of time, essences will respawn upon returning to their original locations. These, in turn, will not drop loot, which makes backtracking less attractive for farming.

Proceed with the mission as normal, leaving the last boss alive to prevent completion. It is recommended to start with the left-most portal and leaving Hai Jii alive as Essences of Phoenix will consistently interrupt your skills. When fighting Kuonghsang or Essence of Turtle, consider moving out of aggro range to prevent being the target of Grenth's Balance once they are low on health. Consider also venturing outside the path shown to eliminate additional groups of Celestials.

One method is to bring a solo farming build and a party of henchmen and/or heroes. Have them help kill all the Tengu, but avoid killing any of the bosses. Once the map is cleared of Tengu, flag your party away and solo farm the Celestials. Essences of Phoenix can be solo farmed by a spirit spammer, since they rely on hex spells to deal damage and spirits cannot be hexed. Essences of Dragon and Essences of Turtle can be solo farmed using spell targeting prevention skills, since they only use spells.

Collectors[edit]

Sakai[edit]

Location: Senji's Corner
Collecting: 5 Celestial Essences

Item Stats Requirement Weapon bonuses Value
Dirks Piercing damage: 7-17 9 Dagger Mastery Damage +15% (while enchanted) 125 Gold
Gemstone Staff Energy +10
Chaos damage: 11-22
9 Domination Magic Halves casting time of Domination Magic spells (Chance: 20%)
Halves skill recharge of spells (Chance: 20%)
125 Gold
Bleached Skull Energy +12 9 Death Magic Halves casting time of Death Magic spells (Chance: 20%)
Halves skill recharge of Death Magic spells (Chance: 20%)
125 Gold
Dadao Sword Slashing damage: 15-22 9 Swordsmanship Damage +15% (while Health is above 50%) 125 Gold
Shortbow Piercing damage: 15-28 9 Marksmanship Damage +20% (while hexed) 125 Gold
Spawning Staff Energy +10
Lightning damage: 11-22
9 Spawning Power Halves casting time of Spawning Power spells (Chance: 20%)
Halves skill recharge of spells (Chance: 20%)
125 Gold

Nicholas the Traveler[edit]

Location: Nahpui Quarter (explorable area) (week of next appearance: 24 November 2025)
Collecting: 3 Celestial Essences

Item Value
Gift of the Traveler 0Gold

Notes[edit]

  • This item is required by Imperial Chef Reun for his salad at the annual Canthan New Year festival.
  • The collector Sakai trades 5 Celestial Essences for items that sell for 125 Gold each to a merchant. This provides 25% more gold than selling the trophies directly to a merchant.