Offerings and crafting resources
Collect Celestial Essence from Ascendant rewards
Current 1.3.1-era Resplendent Troves and Dread encounters can provide Celestial Essence for altar use.
WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Collect Celestial Essence from Ascendant rewards
Resplendent Treasure Troves in Ascendant Mode campaign zones, or Dread encounters that can occur during Ascendant Mode play.
Before you go
- Fangs of Asterkarn and Ascendant Mode access.
- A level 100 character on Ultimate to enable the mode.
- A build capable of handling Ascendant encounters; Dread is especially dangerous.
- Current 1.3.1-era game version for the documented Essence drops.
Farming steps
- Choose a campaign zone you can clear safely and enable Ascendant Mode.
- Explore for Treasure Troves, clearing nearby enemies before opening each chest.
- Check whether a trove has upgraded to Resplendent and collect its contents.
- Inspect all collected materials for Celestial Essence and keep it in your inventory or stash.
- If Dread appears during the run, engage only if prepared and defeat it for another chance at Essence.
- Return to Kurn and spend collected Essence on the altar if you want to increase Dread encounter odds.
- Continue trove searches and suitable Dread fights until you have enough for the altar or crafting goal.
- Treat Essence as a chance drop from either target; do not budget a guaranteed amount per trove or boss.
- If Dread is too risky, focus on safe trove exploration and skip the encounter.
Repeat, collect and use
Repeatable through new troves and Dread encounters, but the material is not guaranteed. Each individual character’s troves are encountered through play; the method has no fixed run yield.
Common mistakes
- Opening ordinary troves expecting Essence: the documented trove source is Resplendent Troves.
- Counting on Dread to repay the offering: Dread may drop Essence, but it is not certain.
- Using an older or uncertain patch assumption: the documented drop is from the current 1.3.1-era version.
When to stop or switch
Stop when you have the Essence needed for your planned altar use, or switch to another activity if troves are scarce or Dread threatens the build.
Sources & fact checks
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