Distilled Essences[]
Essences are indispensable in crafting magical items, these elemental essences provide some of the magical power to hold an enchantment within an item. Usually they are prepared from monster body parts that have been looted from corpses after a battle. These raw ingredients are of the type eye of newt and wing of bat. Further refining is needed before the distilled essence may be used for crafting.
Distilling[]
Activate the Mortar and Pestle(Use Item) property and use it on the raw ingredient in the character items display.
Originally compiled by ImmortalPob in a post on the official NWN2 forums. Combining/splitting rank information is from a Google spreadsheet [1] by Matt.r.marshall.
This is a list of what items may be distilled with Craft alchemy into various essences.
Alchemy Rank Requirements[]
- Faint = 4 ranks
- Weak = 6 ranks
- Glowing = 8 ranks
- Shadow Reaver Bones (8 ranks) also gives a random glowing or radiant elemental essence.
- Radiant = 10 ranks
- Fairy Dust also gives a random elemental essence of any rank.
Conversions[]
You can combine/split essences per the following equations at the specified skill ranks
- 2 Faint < = > 1 Weak at rank 5
- 2 Weak < = > 1 Glowing at rank 10
- 2 Glowing < = > 1 Radiant at rank 15
Combining Elemental Essences[]
To combine two essences into a higher rank essence, place both essences of the same strength on an Alchemist's Workbench, activate the Mortar and Pestle(Use Item) property and use it on the workbench. There should be a message in the text window that crafting has been successful and now there will be a single higher rank essence in the bench.
Splitting Elemental Essences[]
To split an essence, use the Mortar and Pestle on an essence within your inventory window. A single essence will be split into ONE lower rank essence.
AIR[]
Faint[]
- Bat tooth
Weak[]
- Ghoul Claws
- Wraith Residue
- Wyvern Scales
Glowing[]
- Ghast Claws
- Ghost Residue
Radiant[]
- Lich Dust
- Shadow Residue
EARTH[]
Faint[]
- Dire Boar Tusk
- Skeleton Rib
- Stag Beetle Horn
Weak[]
- Bear claw
- Beetle Gland
- Gargoyle Horn
Glowing[]
- Blade Spider Leg
- Dire Bear Claw
Radiant[]
- Iron Golem Fragments
FIRE[]
Faint[]
- Demon Blood (8 rank)
- Devil Blood (8 rank)
- Imp Stinger
Weak[]
- Fire Beetle Belly
- Fire Mephit Hide
Glowing[]
- Hellhound Tooth
- Vampire Tooth
Radiant[]
- Fire Giant Head
POWER[]
Faint[]
- Bladeling Spike
- Ghoul Claws (6 rank)
- Umber Hulk Mandible (6 rank)
Weak[]
- Ghast Claws (8 rank)
- Troll Blood
- Wraith Residue
Glowing[]
- Demon Blood
- Devil Blood
- Ogre Mage Skull
- Phase Spider Mandible
- Shadow Reaver Bones
- Vampire Tooth
Radiant[]
- Dragon Blood
- Lich Dust
WATER[]
Faint[]
- Dire Wolf Tooth
Weak[]
- Ice Mephit Hide
- Spider Venom Gland
- Troll Blood
- Umber Hulk Mandible
Glowing[]
- Bugbear Tusk
- Phase Spider Mandible
- Winter Wolf Pelt
Radiant[]
- Frost Giant Head