Path of Exile 2 Currency Exchange · 2026-10-03 08:00 UTC

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Economy/Essences/Essence of Enhancement
Essences

Essence of Enhancement

Stackable Currency

Essence
Game description

Upgrades a Magic item to a Rare item, adding a guaranteed modifier

Applies to & effectsExact prepared item relations
Armour

(56—67)% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Drop & acquisition
Drop threshold
40
Minimum base-item drop level. Not a character-level requirement.
Item class
Stackable Currency
Category
Currency
Usage

Right click this item then left click a Magic item to apply it.

Use modeAppliable
Controller

X to use, then A on a Magic item to apply it.

Game term definitionsPrepared source definitions referenced by this item
Item Rarity

Items can be Normal (grey), Magic (blue), Rare (yellow) or Unique (brown). Item Classes which do not have these rarities, such as Currency, have individual rarity for each item. Magic items can have 2 Modifiers; a Prefix and a Suffix. Rare items can have up to 6 Modifiers; 3 Prefixes and 3 Suffixes. More powerful and dangerous enemies are more likely to drop rarer Items.

Armour

Armour reduces Damage taken from Hits. By default, Armour only applies to Physical Damage. Damage reduction from Armour is proportional to the amount of Damage, and is more effective at reducing smaller hits.

Evasion

Evasion Rating grants a chance to Evade enemy Hits, preventing them from Hitting you at all. Exact chance to Evade also depends on the attacker's Accuracy.

Energy Shield

Energy Shield protects your Life by taking damage instead. Rapidly Recharges if you don't lose Energy Shield for a short time. Chaos damage removes twice as much Energy Shield. Damage from Bleeding and Poison bypasses Energy Shield to remove Life directly.

Limits & stacks
Inventory
10
Exchange
10
Currency stash
5 000
Crafting & relationships
Reforge3 × Essence of Enhancement → 1 × Greater Essence of EnhancementDestroys three similar items to be reforged as a new item
Reforge3 × Lesser Essence of Enhancement → 1 × Essence of EnhancementDestroys three similar items to be reforged as a new item
Game data, source & technical identity
Game categoryEssencesGame groupEssencesStatic data0.5.5Static row101Prepared familycrafting/essences_alloys
Static item IDMetadata/Items/Currency/CurrencyEssenceDefencesMetadata parentMetadata/Items/Currency/StackableCurrencyPrepared source keysource:9658710f4a371ef5f5a76f52a2fed3f2065d4213db02dd2efd342ac778fe5990:baseitemtypes:101