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How to get and use PoE Essence of Desolation

PoE Essence of Desolation Upgrades a normal item to rare or reforges a rare item, guaranteeing one property.

How to get and use PoE Essence of Desolation
How to get and use PoE Essence of Desolation

Essence of Desolation

Upgrades a normal item to rare or reforges a rare item, guaranteeing one property.

Stack Size: 10. Essence Tier: 8.

  • Upgrades a normal item to rare or reforges a rare item, guaranteeing one property
  • Quivers: Projectiles can Chain from any number of additional targets in Close Range
  • Helmets: +6 to Level of Socketed Gems while there is a single Gem Socketed in this Item
  • Body Armours: (70—90)% increased Global Defences if there are no Defence Modifiers on other Equipped Items
  • Boots: 5% increased Movement Speed for each nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of 50%
  • Gloves: 5% increased Attack and Cast Speed for each nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of 30%
  • Bows, Staves, Two Hand Swords, Two Hand Axes, Two Hand Maces: 2% chance to deal Double Damage against Enemies for each type of Ailment you have inflicted on them
  • Wands, Claws, Daggers, One Hand Swords, Thrusting One Hand Swords, One Hand Axes, One Hand Maces, Sceptres: 1% chance to deal Double Damage against Enemies for each type of Ailment you have inflicted on them
  • Belts: Equipped Magic Flasks have 30% increased effect on you if no Flasks are Adjacent to them
  • Amulets: (40—60)% increased Duration of Ailments of types you haven't inflicted Recently
  • Rings: Left ring slot: Skills supported by Unleash have +1 to maximum number of Seals
  • Right ring slot: Shockwave has +1 to Cooldown Uses
  • Shields: (2—4)% of Armour applies to Fire, Cold and Lightning Damage taken from Hits if you have Blocked Recently
PoE Essence of Desolation

How to use it?

Right click this item then left click a normal or rare item to apply it.

How to get it?

  • Obtained as an Essence reward from Essence found in a Mirage.

Empowered Leagues and Rewards: The magic of the Mirage will augment any other league mechanic that appears within its dominion. Warped into existence by the Astral realm, these encounters behave differently, and can sometimes provide strange and powerful rewards.

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