Crack open 150 Essence Monoliths - Complete Essence Encounters

PoE 3.24: Essence Monoliths in White Maps can now spawn up to a maximum tier of Screaming, while those in Yellow or Red Maps can spawn up to a maximum tier of Shrieking.

How to Crack open an Essence Monolith

PoE Challenge: Crack open Essence Monoliths. This is a very common challenge. You can find an Essence Monolith easily. After having killed all the monsters, you will obtain an essence currency item.

Monsters trapped in essence crystals can occasionally be encountered in most areas. Activating the center essence crystal three times will break the crystals, freeing the trapped monsters. The essence item can be obtained by killing these monsters, which are also enhanced by special monster modifiers on the essence.

Crack open an Essence Monolith

What is an essence monolith?

A monster trapped in essence. it has a weird spiky blue icon on the minimap. when you get near it, it lists the essence that will drop upon releasing the trapped monster.

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Use a Remnant of Corruption on Essence Monoliths in Maps Corrupted Essence

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Guide: Corrupt the monster trapped by essence before releasing it.

Use a Remnant of Corruption on an Essence Monolith

Click 3 times to release these frozen monsters and kill them.

Remnant of Corruption corrupts the Essences trapping a monster, modifying them unpredictably:

  • Mobs are broken free with empowered stats.
  • All contained Essences have their levels increased by 1 (e.g. "Screaming" upgraded to "Shrieking"). Note that the base Essence type won't change, and this can't occur with "Deafening" Essences.
  • Monster may gain one additional Essence.
  • Upgrade the Essence type in the tiered progression.
    • Note that this can also increase the level of the Essence if the original is at a lower level than the minimum for the next tier.
    • Essence of Hysteria, Essence of Insanity, Essence of Horror, and Essence of Delirium can only be obtained by corrupting monsters with an Essence of tier 5 (MEDS: Misery, Envy, Dread, Scorn).

The “Remnant of Corruption”-possessed monster has a monster aura that deals physical damage over time as well as slow the player character. The player character cannot leech life from this monster. On slaying the “Remnant of Corruption”-possessed monster, the remnant is dropped just like normal Essences. Additionally, two Fleshmonsters spawn on the drop location.

These possessing effects were in fact due to the essence adding the mods 30% reduced Movement Speed, Takes 6 of Maximum Life as Physical Damage per second (Hidden), Remnant of Corruption to the monster.

With the Crystal Resonance Atlas passive skill allocated, trapped monsters can’t break free when they are corrupted. This does not affect the outcome of using the Remnant.

3.18.1 Patch Notes: Essence Monoliths now display the modifiers and Tormented Spirits that are affecting or possessing the imprisoned Essence Monster.

Essence Reflections

  • T1: Reflection of Essence(Search): (Difficulty scales chance for Imprisoned Monsters to have additional Essences [+20%])
    • Contains 3 additional Essences
  • T2: Reflection of Imprisonment(Search): (Difficulty scales chance for Imprisoned Monsters to have additional Essences [+20%])
    • Contains 3 additional Essences; Essences are a tier higher; Imprisoned Monsters have a Remnant of Corruption
  • T3: Reflection of Thralldom(Search): (Difficulty scales chance for Imprisoned Monsters to have additional Essences [+20%])
    • Contains 3 additional Essences; Essences are a tier higher; Imprisoned Monsters have 3 additional Essences

Kirac Map Modifier

Name Kirac’s league modifiers Cost
Essence Area contains 2 additional Essences. 2x Chaos Orb Chaos Orb

Essence Atlas Passive Tree

Count Name Category Description
4 Essence Chance Normal
  • Your Maps have 5% chance to contain an additional Essence
5 Imprisoned Monster Additional Essence Chance Normal
  • Imprisoned Monsters in your Maps have 5% chance to have an additional Essence
2 Remnant of Corruption Essence Chance Normal
  • Monsters Imprisoned by Essences have a 10% chance to contain a Remnant of Corruption
1 Crystal Resonance Notable
  • Monsters Imprisoned by a Shrieking Essence in your Maps will be Duplicated when released
  • Corrupting Imprisoned Monsters in your Maps cannot release them

Essence Atlas Passive Tree

Count Name Category Description
1 Crystal Lattice Notable
  • Imprisoned Monsters in your Maps have 15% chance to have 3 additional Essences

Essence Atlas Passive Tree

Count Name Category Description
1 Amplified Energies Notable
  • Essences found in your Maps are a tier higher

Essence Atlas Passive Tree

Count Name Category Description
4 Essence Rare Chance Normal
  • Imprisoned Monsters in your Maps have 25% chance to drop an additional Rare Item with an Essence Modifier
1 Prolific Essence Notable
  • Your Maps contain an additional Essence

Sextant mods

Item Level Mod Weight
Awakened Sextant 1 Monsters Imprisoned by Essences have a 50% chance to contain a Remnant of Corruption
Areas contain an additional Essence
3 uses remaining
map extra content weighting [1]		 unique_map 0
no_monster_packs 0
default 500
Elevated Sextant 1 Monsters Imprisoned by Essences have a 50% chance to contain a Remnant of Corruption
Areas contain 2 additional Essences
15 uses remaining
map extra content weighting [1]		 unique_map 0
no_monster_packs 0
default 500

Complete Essence Encounters(4) PoE 3.19

Complete each of the following Essence encounters.

Complete Essence Encounters

Complete each of the following Essence encounters.

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