Primal Quintessence
Resource
The purest source of magic are the shards of Kosmera's broken soul still buried all over Aperion. These fragments of power are as rare as they are powerful. The ancient godsmiths used tremendous amounts of this material to make the Sanctums.
The game's own text DataminedCurrency.Enemy.2
Where it comes from
Primal Quintessences are only acquired by defeating Realm Bosses. They are used for high tier upgrades at the Forge.
The game's own words, from the Resources screenCorroborated.
What it is spent on
| Where | Priced in | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Upgrading an itemcraftingUpgrade | 20 places | 2–60 |
Unlocking a ValorplatevalorplateLeveling | 54 places | 9,999,999 |
Buying from the shopzenunShop | 2 places | 75–100 |
What the drop tables grant
| Context | Rows | Amount each |
|---|---|---|
| A boosted character’s starting items | 1 | 20 |
| Dreamstone rewards | 10 | 1–10 |
| Not named by the file | 7 | 1–6 |
These are the amounts a single grant is worth. Where each context fires — which activity, which enemy, how often — is UNKNOWN: the files name the context, not the place, and the drop trace has not been run for resources.
Sources
- Row:
Aperion/Content/Aperion/Data/Gameplay/SourceData/source_data.json → currencies → Currency.Enemy.2Datamined - Name and description: the game's own string table, read by
tools/extract_resources.py - What spends it:
valorplateLeveling,craftingUpgrade,craftingEnchant,craftingRuneUpgradeandzenunShop— every table that names this tag in a cost list - What grants it:
lootCurrency