Windzarko
Well-Known Member
Some people runebreak them, some people vendor them, some people store them for alts that will never end up using them; I speak of course about the plethora of Lesser Essences you end up with for doing any planar activities, particularly on Ember Isles now.
This post is to make people aware (if they aren't already) of the fact that Apothecaries have the ability to break down Essences in a similar fashion to salvaging armour/weapons or runebreaking, and that doing so yields two things; Planar Dust and special powders.
The powders are something only the Apothecaries need (5 of a powder turns into various Inert things, like Inert Prisms that are used to craft epic augments), but the various Planar Dusts are obviously something we all need, and need quite often. Essences around 40-47-ish tend to yield Endless Planar Dust, whilst 48+ usuall gives Eternal Planar Dust.
Because of this, if you end up with any non-soulbound Essences that you don't need, please don't vendor or runebreak them! Send them to one of the max-skill Apothecaries in the guild to have them broken down and have the Dust returned to you (the Apothecaries should hang onto the Inert stuff for augment crafting).
I can break the Essences down on Syraneth, and have been doing so for several people (and I'm willing to do it for anyone that wants, just expect me to take a day or two to get around to it if I'm not on at the time). If anyone else has a sufficiently skilled Apothecary to break down the 48+ Essences, shout out here so people know who they can send them to.
This post is to make people aware (if they aren't already) of the fact that Apothecaries have the ability to break down Essences in a similar fashion to salvaging armour/weapons or runebreaking, and that doing so yields two things; Planar Dust and special powders.
The powders are something only the Apothecaries need (5 of a powder turns into various Inert things, like Inert Prisms that are used to craft epic augments), but the various Planar Dusts are obviously something we all need, and need quite often. Essences around 40-47-ish tend to yield Endless Planar Dust, whilst 48+ usuall gives Eternal Planar Dust.
Because of this, if you end up with any non-soulbound Essences that you don't need, please don't vendor or runebreak them! Send them to one of the max-skill Apothecaries in the guild to have them broken down and have the Dust returned to you (the Apothecaries should hang onto the Inert stuff for augment crafting).
I can break the Essences down on Syraneth, and have been doing so for several people (and I'm willing to do it for anyone that wants, just expect me to take a day or two to get around to it if I'm not on at the time). If anyone else has a sufficiently skilled Apothecary to break down the 48+ Essences, shout out here so people know who they can send them to.