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Essence of Life – Hytale material
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Essence of Life

  • QualityUncommon
  • Stacks to500
  • Game IDIngredient_Life_Essence

A form of overflowing life energy found in abundance around plant life on Orbis. In great enough concentrations, perhaps it could even bring forth sentience where it was absent before.

How to get the Essence of Life

4 ways to get it in Hytale, read from the game files:

  1. Harvest it

    Harvest Aubergine crop – 5–8×, Carrot crop – 3–6×, Cauliflower crop – 4–7×, Chilli crop – 6–8×, Corn crop – 3–6×, Cotton crop – 7–8×, Wild Grass crop – 1–2× and Lettuce crop – 2–4× and 11 more.

  2. Defeat creatures

    Defeat Root Spirit (always, 2–3).

  3. Loot chests

    Look in these 4 chests – the chance is per chest, best first:

  4. Salvage items

    Salvage Healing Totem, The Heart of Orbis or Chicken Coop – 86 items in all.

How to use the Essence of Life

  1. Trade it

    Merchants take it in exchange:

    10 more

  2. Craft with it

    It goes into 95 recipes, such as Chicken Coop, Hive and Scarecrow – see all.

Used to make 95

Chicken Coopneeds 50 Hiveneeds 20 Scarecrowneeds 10 Feran Planterneeds 10 Bamboo Planterneeds 10 Small Kweebec Chestneeds 2 Tavern Planterneeds 10 Stone Planterneeds 10 Greater Essence of Lifeneeds 100 Aubergine Seed Bagneeds 6 Aubergine Seed Bag (Eternal)needs 60 Carrot Seed Bagneeds 3 Carrot Seed Bag (Eternal)needs 30 Cauliflower Seed Bagneeds 5 Cauliflower Seed Bag (Eternal)needs 50 Chilli Seed Bagneeds 6 Chilli Seed Bag (Eternal)needs 60 Corn Seed Bagneeds 3 Corn Seed Bag (Eternal)needs 30 Cotton Seed Bagneeds 8 Cotton Seed Bag (Eternal)needs 80 Lettuce Seed Bagneeds 2 Lettuce Seed Bag (Eternal)needs 20 Onion Bulbneeds 10 Onion Bulb (Eternal)needs 100 Potato Sproutneeds 10 Potato Sprout (Eternal)needs 100 Pumpkin Seed Bagneeds 6 Pumpkin Seed Bag (Eternal)needs 60 Rice Seed Bagneeds 8 Rice Seed Bag (Eternal)needs 80 Tomato Seed Bagneeds 6 Tomato Seed Bag (Eternal)needs 60 Turnip Seed Bagneeds 5 Turnip Seed Bag (Eternal)needs 50 Wheat Seed Bagneeds 2 Wheat Seed Bag (Eternal)needs 20 Amber Saplingneeds 15 Ash Saplingneeds 15 Aspen Saplingneeds 5 Azure Saplingneeds 20 Bamboo Saplingneeds 15 Banyan Saplingneeds 15 Beech Saplingneeds 5 Birch Saplingneeds 10 Bottletree Saplingneeds 30 Camphor Saplingneeds 10 Cedar Saplingneeds 25 Dry Saplingneeds 30 Blue Fig Saplingneeds 20 Fire Saplingneeds 30 Gumboab Saplingneeds 10 Frostwood Saplingneeds 15 Jungle Saplingneeds 15 Maple Saplingneeds 20 Oak Saplingneeds 15 Palm Saplingneeds 35 Palo Saplingneeds 15 Petrified Pine Saplingneeds 30 Redwood Saplingneeds 20 Sadwillow Saplingneeds 15 Sallow Saplingneeds 15 Spiral Saplingneeds 20 Spruce Saplingneeds 15 Frozen Spruce Saplingneeds 15 Stormbark Saplingneeds 15 Windwillow Saplingneeds 15 Wild Wisteria Saplingneeds 25 Sunflower Seed Bagneeds 5 Wall Ivyneeds 1 Liananeeds 1 Vine Rugneeds 1 Ivyneeds 1 Dry Vineneeds 1 Poisoned Ivyneeds 1 Vineneeds 1 Fragment: Orbis - Windrider Valleyneeds 30 Ancient Gateway · Portal Deviceneeds 10 Antidoteneeds 2 Potion of Dog Morphingneeds 10 Potion of Frog Morphingneeds 10 Potion of Mouse Morphingneeds 10 Potion of Pigeon Morphingneeds 10 Capture Crateneeds 50 Feed Bagneeds 10 Fertilizer Bagneeds 10 Fishing Trapneeds 50 Fish Bait (Wild)needs 5 Healing Totemneeds 50 Fragment: Orbis - Tal'Kesi Refugeneeds 30 Heartward Scrollneeds 10 Tome of Insightneeds 20 The Heart of Orbisneeds 200 Wooden Earth Staffneeds 2 Wooden Kweebec Staffneeds 4

Get it by salvaging 86

Healing Totemgives 13 The Heart of Orbisgives 100 Chicken Coopgives 25 Hivegives 10 Scarecrowgives 5 Feran Plantergives 5 Bamboo Plantergives 5 Small Kweebec Chestgives 1 Tavern Plantergives 5 Stone Plantergives 5 Greater Essence of Lifegives 50 Amber Saplinggives 7 Ash Saplinggives 7 Aspen Saplinggives 2 Azure Saplinggives 10 Bamboo Saplinggives 7 Banyan Saplinggives 7 Beech Saplinggives 2 Birch Saplinggives 5 Bottletree Saplinggives 15 Camphor Saplinggives 5 Cedar Saplinggives 12 Dry Saplinggives 15 Blue Fig Saplinggives 10 Fire Saplinggives 15 Gumboab Saplinggives 5 Frostwood Saplinggives 7 Jungle Saplinggives 7 Maple Saplinggives 10 Oak Saplinggives 7 Palm Saplinggives 17 Palo Saplinggives 7 Petrified Pine Saplinggives 15 Redwood Saplinggives 10 Sadwillow Saplinggives 7 Sallow Saplinggives 7 Spiral Saplinggives 10 Spruce Saplinggives 7 Frozen Spruce Saplinggives 7 Stormbark Saplinggives 7 Windwillow Saplinggives 7 Wild Wisteria Saplinggives 12 Aubergine Seed Baggives 3 Aubergine Seed Bag (Eternal)gives 30 Carrot Seed Baggives 1 Carrot Seed Bag (Eternal)gives 15 Cauliflower Seed Baggives 2 Cauliflower Seed Bag (Eternal)gives 25 Chilli Seed Baggives 3 Chilli Seed Bag (Eternal)gives 30 Corn Seed Baggives 1 Corn Seed Bag (Eternal)gives 15 Cotton Seed Baggives 4 Cotton Seed Bag (Eternal)gives 40 Lettuce Seed Baggives 1 Lettuce Seed Bag (Eternal)gives 10 Onion Bulbgives 5 Onion Bulb (Eternal)gives 50 Potato Sproutgives 5 Potato Sprout (Eternal)gives 50 Pumpkin Seed Baggives 3 Pumpkin Seed Bag (Eternal)gives 30 Rice Seed Baggives 4 Rice Seed Bag (Eternal)gives 40 Sunflower Seed Baggives 1 Tomato Seed Baggives 3 Tomato Seed Bag (Eternal)gives 30 Turnip Seed Baggives 2 Turnip Seed Bag (Eternal)gives 25 Wheat Seed Baggives 1 Wheat Seed Bag (Eternal)gives 10 Ancient Gateway · Portal Devicegives 5 Fragment: Orbis - Tal'Kesi Refugegives 15 Fragment: Orbis - Windrider Valleygives 15 Antidotegives 1 Potion of Dog Morphinggives 5 Potion of Frog Morphinggives 5 Potion of Mouse Morphinggives 5 Potion of Pigeon Morphinggives 5 Capture Crategives 25 Feed Baggives 5 Fertilizer Baggives 4 Fishing Trapgives 25 Fish Bait (Wild)gives 1 Wooden Earth Staffgives 1 Wooden Kweebec Staffgives 2

Dropped by 1

Root Spiritalways · 2–3

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Essence of Life – quick answers

Where do you get Essence of Life in Hytale?

Harvest Aubergine crop – 5–8×, Carrot crop – 3–6×, Cauliflower crop – 4–7×, Chilli crop – 6–8×, Corn crop – 3–6×, Cotton crop – 7–8×, Wild Grass crop – 1–2× and Lettuce crop – 2–4× and 11 more. Defeat Root Spirit (always, 2–3). Look in these 4 chests – the chance is per chest, best first: Small Kweebec Chest 23% 1–6× Kweebec camps; Small Feran Chest 14% 1–8× Feran camps; Small Crude Chest 14% 1–3× Labyrinth dungeon, Mineshafts, Grasslands ruins, Shipwrecks +4; Small Goblin Chest 14% 1–6× Goblin Lair dungeon. Salvage Healing Totem, The Heart of Orbis or Chicken Coop – 86 items in all.

What is Essence of Life used for in Hytale?

Merchants take it in exchange: Rootling Merchant gives 3× Spices for 20× Essence of Life; Rootling Merchant gives 3× Salt for 20× Essence of Life; Rootling Merchant gives 3× Dough for 20× Essence of Life; Rootling Merchant gives 1× Berry Bush for 30× Essence of Life. It goes into 95 recipes, such as Chicken Coop, Hive and Scarecrow – see all.

How do you get Essence of Life in Hytale?

Salvage Healing Totem, The Heart of Orbis, Chicken Coop, Hive, Scarecrow or 81 more items at the Salvage Bench.

Data from the Hytale game files, read 2026-10-18. All items →