Desert of Essences: Event Guide

Desert of Essences
~Event Guide~
Quick Overview
Required level: 35-55

Duration: 29th of September 12:00 CEST –
1st of October 23:59 CEST
Event summary:
Thabo found a wondrous place in Qaizah. Mysterious and deadly. Are you
willing to unveil its secrets?
Magical Mysterious Essences!

Go to Thabo in any Hub world and take the quest “A Wondrous Place”.
Travel to the Desert of the Lost with the help of Thabo’s realm magic.
Withstand the sandstorms as long as possible while collecting Crystal
Dew to activate the archways. Defeat the essence creatures in Kia Krisal
to obtain elemental spheres.
The Progress Bar
The new system is differentiating between players and providing them
with individual progress bars:
Progress
Progress Amount
Level range/Requirement needed for
bar tier of Carmot
100%
Level: 35-44 2 1250 750
Level: 45-54 3 1500 1000
Level: 55 4 1750 1250
Level: 55 + Hero of the

Demigods achievement
unlocked 5 3000 1500
(Collect 5000 Achievement
points)
Level: 55 + Experienced
Warrior achievement unlocked
6 4000 2000
(Collect 7000 Achievement
points)
The Desert of the Lost:
This place was once a prosperous little garden in Kinza. Nowadays it is
famous as a desert of the lost. Many who dare to explore this place
disappear in seconds and never come back, due to the arising strong
sandstorms.
When entering the map, Abbas, the Quest Keeper, will greet you and
provide you with the “Treasures Ahead” quest, leading you to explore all
Kia Krisal maps.
In this map you can drop Crystal Dew needed for interacting with the
archways, the portals for entering the Kia Krisal maps.
When you first clear the whole map, the sandstorm will start, along with
its debuffs. After each defeated wave, an Uncovered Chest will appear,
containing Crystal Dew and Essence Water, the event progress item.
When having defeated all six waves from the sandstorm, a map sentinel
will appear, dropping Keys of Prowess and various of other items.
Defeating him will unlock certain part of the “Withstand the Desert”
achievement, because the sentinel can be Dor, Nour, Zhubin or Fhari.
The Sandstorm
Sandstorms often arise in the Desert of the Lost – only the strongest and
bravest Heroes will survive them all. Defeat all opponents in the Desert of
the Lost and prove how long you can last. With each defeated wave, it
becomes stronger and stronger!
The Archways:
These are the travel stones in Desert of the Lost, leading to the specific
Kia Krisal map. Each elemental one of them requires 80x Crystal Dew to
interact with, except the Black Archway, it requires 68x Crystal Dew and
can open a portal to a random elemental map, including the Purple one.
Location of each archway in Desert of the lost:
Sentinel loot:
The Sentinel that spawns after with the final sandstorm will drop a scaling
amount of Crystal Dew and Essence Water:
Difficulty Crystal Dew Essence Water

Normal 8 4
Painful 10 6
Excruciating 12 8
Fatal 16 10
Infernal I 20 14
Infernal II 24 16
Infernal III 28 18
Infernal IV 32 20
Infernal V 40 24
Infernal VI 48 28
Infernal VII 56 32
Uncovered Chest
The uncovered chests contain

guaranteed Crystal Dew and Essence
Water drops. They can be found after
each sandstorms monster wave
Difficulty Crystal Dew Essence Water

Normal 4 2
Painful 5 3
Excruciating 6 4
Fatal 8 5
Infernal I 10 7
Infernal II 12 8
Infernal III 14 9
Infernal IV 16 10
Infernal V 20 12
Infernal VI 24 14
Infernal VII 28 16
The Kia Krisal Maps:

Kia Krisal was Kinza’s main source for crystals of all forms and colors.
Most crystals are or were part of the essence creatures that live here and
therefore are none too happy if greedy adventurers enter their realm and
take more than they can carry. Beware the guardian if your avarice
overwhelms you!
In this map you can drop Essence Water from the monsters for
completing the event progress bar and Crystal Dew from the amphorae to
be able to interact with the archways in Desert of the Lost.
Amphorae location in the Kia Krisal maps:
Each map drops specific items, bound to its color. Each map also drops a
part from the Black Essence set (more info down below).
A new addition to the Kia Krisal maps are the final map bosses, the
Animated Armor ones, they must be defeated in a 2 minutes time,
otherwise they will disappear. Be careful when facing these opponents,
they are tougher than they seem! (More info down below)
Kia Krisal (White)

 Can be accessed from
the White or Black
Archway in Desert of the
Lost, or via ports from
the Shop or traders
 White essence
set skins can be found
 White and Black Essence
Vortex can be found
 Average amount of
progress is being
dropped
 No Elemental spheres
can be found here from
the final map boss,
during the Essence Trial.
Kia Krisal (Green)
the Green or Black
the Shop or traders
 Green essence
 Black Essence Gloves
can be found
 Green and Black Essence
Vortex can be found
 Slightly above average
amount of progress is
being dropped
 Poison Spheres can be
found here from the final
map boss, during the
Essence Trial.
Kia Krisal (Yellow)

the Yellow or Black
the Shop or traders
 Yellow essence
 Black Essence Boots can
be found
 Yellow and Black
Essence Vortex can be
found
being dropped
 Lightning Spheres can
be found here from the
final map boss, during
the Essence Trial.
Kia Krisal (Blue)

the Blue Archway or
Black in Desert of the
the Shop or traders
 Blue essence
 Black Essence Armor can
be found
 Blue and Black Essence
Vortex can be found
being dropped
 Ice Spheres can be
found here from the final
map boss, during the
Essence Trial.
Kia Krisal (Red)

the Red Archway or
Black in Desert of the
Lost
 Red essence
 Black Essence Pauldrons
can be found
 Red and Black Essence
Vortex can be found
being dropped
 Fire Spheres can be
found here from the
final map boss, during
the Essence Trial.
Kia Krisal (Purple)

 Can be accessed only
from the Black Archway
in Desert of the Lost (if
you are lucky enough
for the portal to be for
the Purple map)
 Purple essence
 Black Essence Helmet
can be found
 Purple and Black
Essence Vortex can be
found
being dropped
 Andermagic
Spheres can be found
here from the final map
boss, during the
Essence Trial.
Map Bosses:
Depending on which version of Kia Krisal you entered, you will face a different
Boss.
Amongst other loot, they will drop Essence Water, Draken Cores and the
individual Elemental Spheres, needed to craft elemental Essences.
Drops lowest
Animated “Steam No particular amount of
Armor Ranger” strong progress.
resistances Drops no
elemental
spheres
Drops
Electrified Steam Strong average
Animated Mechanicus lightning amount of
Armor resistance progress.
Drops
lightning
spheres
Drops
Poisonous Ranger Strong poison average
Animated resistance amount of
Armor progress.
Drops
lightning
spheres
Drops
Icy Spellweaver Strong ice average
Armor progress.
Drops ice
spheres
Drops
Fiery Dragon Knight Strong fire average
Armor progress.
Drops fire
spheres
Drops high
Obscure “Battlemage” Strong amount of
Animated general progress.
Armor resistances Drops
Andermight
spheres
Event Offers
Shady Jon Offers:
Item Cost
Simple Physic of Resilience
(Fire) (in the following order: 549, 819, 1099
Common, Improved, Magic)
(Ice) (in the following order: 549, 819, 1099
(Poison) (in the following order: 549, 819, 1099
(Lightning) (in the following 549, 819, 1099
order: Common, Improved, Magic)
(Andermagic) (in the following 549, 819, 1099
order: Common, Improved, Magic)
Thabo Offers:
Item Cost
Realm Path to the 499, 2490, 4970
Desert of the Lost (in Or
the following order: 1x,
5x, 10x) 10, 49, 97
1299
Realm Path to Kia Or
Krisal (White)
28
1499
Krisal (Green)
32
1499
Krisal (Yellow)
32
1499
Krisal (Blue)
32
1499
Krisal (Red)
32
Shop Offers:
Name Cost
Essence Water (in the following
24, 240, 1175, 2300
order: 1x, 10x, 50x, 100x)
Realm Path to the Desert of the Lost
499, 2490, 4970
(in the following order: 1x, 5x, 10x)
Event Items
Crystal Dew
Crystal Dew can be found by defeating worthy opponents and amphorae
in the Desert of the Lost and from the amphorae in the Kia Krisal maps. It
is used for interacting with the archways in Desert of the Lost to enter the
Kia Krisal maps.
Essence Water
Essence Water can be found by defeating worthy opponents in Kia Krisal.
Collect it to fill the Progress bar.
Carmot
Carmot is a reward from the progress bar. It can be used to upgrade
Essences of Vigor to the next higher type. 1000x Essences of Vigor are
needed per upgrading step, as well as either 10x, 20x, 30x or 40x
Carmot, depending on the type of Essence of Vigor you want to upgrade.
Essence Chest
The Essence Chest is a reward from the progress bar. Open it to receive
random essences (except the uncommon Essence of Vigor, non-elemental
one), including Elemental Essences.
Elemental Spheres
The Elemental Spheres can only be found from the final boss in Kia Krisal
(except Kia Krisal White). You need 10x elemental spheres and 1000x
Essence of Vigor of any type to create its elemental variant.
Elemental Essences
Elemental Essences deal a percentage of your skill’s base damage as
additional elemental (poison, lightning, ice, fire or andermagic) damage.
Icon Effect
Deals 25% of your skill's base
damage as additional
poison/lightning/ice/fire damage
Icon Effect
Deals 50% of your skill's base damage
as additional andermagic damage. In
exchange, 5% of your skill's base
damage as additional andermagic
damage will be applied to yourself or
your minion (skill dependent).
damage. In exchange, 10% of your
skill's base damage as additional
andermagic damage will be applied to
yourself or your minion (skill
dependent).
dependent).
dependent).
dependent).
Black Essence Armament Set

The new set consists of five parts. Every individual part can be found in
one of the variations of Kia Krisal (except for the white Kia Krisal map).
Black Essence Helmet

[Values for item tier: 0]
Base Values (PvE) / Active Values (PvP)
+ 23-31 Damage
+ (460-620)-(506-682)-(598-806) Health Points
[Depending on class]
+ 552-744 Armor Value
Enchantments
13.8-18.4% increased damage
13.8-18.4% more Health Points
Bonus for pieces of equipment belonging to the

same set:
(2): + 20.00% all resistance values
(3): Essence consumption of skills is reduced by 1.
Essence costs will never be reduced below 1.
(4): + 20.00% more Resource
(5): 15.00% chance that a skill doesn’t consume any
Essences
Black Essence Pauldrons

+ 23-31 Damage
+ (345-465)-(380-512)-(448-605) Health Points
Enchantments
18.4-24.6% Armor value
18.4-24.6% all resistance values

same set:
Essences
Black Essence Armor

+ 23-31 Damage
+ (345-465)-(380-512)-(448-605) Health Points
Enchantments
82.9-110.5% higher armor value on this item

same set:
Essences
Black Essence Gloves

+ 23-31 Damage
+ (575-775)-(633-853)-(748-1007) Health Points
Enchantments
82.9-110.5% increased damage on this item

same set:
Essences
Black Essence Boots

+ 23-31 Damage
+ (575-775)-(633-853)-(748-1007) Health Points
Enchantments
10.2-13.8% faster movement speed
46.0-55.2% more Health Points on this item
Bonus for pieces of equipment belonging to the same set:

(5): 15.00% chance that a skill doesn’t consume any Essences
Essence Sprout Pets:
White Essence
Sprout
+ 5% to all + 11% to all + 17% to all + 23

resistances resistances resistances resi
Black Essence
Sprout
+ 0.115 Block + 0.23 Block + 0.345 Block + 0.
strength strength strength st
+ 2 Resource + 5 Resource + 8 Resource + 10
New implementations/ Important changes made based
on feedback from the community
Changes / New
 Events
o The Desert of Essences Event has been polished (more

detailed info below)
 Kia Krisal
 Attack Range of the Essence Shardlings reduced
 Bosses with individual themes have been added to the different

versions of Kia Krisal
 Equipment
 The pieces of the Black Essence Armament Set will now drop
from these specific Bosses
 Attire
 The bonus of the Desert of Essence Event Attire has been

improved
 Entry costs
 The amount of realm paths, needed to enter the Desert of the

Lost has been decreased
 The amount of realm paths, needed to enter the Kia Krisal has
been decreased
 Minimum level requirement
 The minimum level that is required to be able to participate in

the event is now 35
 Therefore, the first progress bar tier (requirement: level 20-34)
has been removed
 Shady Jon
 Shady Jon has been added to the Desert of the Lost
 Sandstorms
 We reduced the harmful effects of the sandstorms
 Sentinel in the Desert of the Lost
 The Sentinel now drops additionally loot
 Draken
 The amount of Draken you get per progress bar tier was
changed
 Uncovered Chests
 Chests spawn after every sandstorm monster wave
 Essence chest
 The loot was slightly changed
 Center platform gateways
 The gateways have been moved
 Map icons have been added
 Quests
 Treasures Ahead (2/2)
o The collect tasks can now also be solved by group

members
 All the colors

members
o The drop chance of the different Crystal Shards has been

slightly improved
 All the colors (repeatable)

members
o You now collect any Crystal Shard color, without being

bound to the quest order
 Purple Riches
members
o The drop chance of the purple Crystal Shards has been

greatly improved
Player Suggestions:
 Boss fights
o During the Essence Trial, you now face Animated

Armors, imbued with the respective element they
represent – prepare yourself, for every boss has its’
individual strengths and weaknesses
 Desert of Essences Event Attire
o We did add an additional bonus effect while not raising

the price for the attire:
You are now immune against the

harmful effects of sandstorms
 Realm path entry costs
o You now need only 1 realm path to enter the Desert of

the Lost, no matter the difficulty
o You now need only 1 realm path to enter the Kia Krisal,
no matter the difficulty
 Sentinel
o The Sentinel in the Desert of the Lost now drops Crystal

Dew and Essence Water (The amount is scaling with the
chosen difficulty)
 Draken
o The amount of Draken you get per progress bar tier was
changed, so that players on every tier will get 300
Draken, not only the ones on the highest tier
 Drop behavior
o After every Sandstorm, you will now find Uncovered

Chests, which amongst other loot, contain a fix amount
of Crystal Dew and Essence Water (The amount is scaling
with the chosen difficulty). This is an addition to the
normal drop amount of Crystal Dew which was not was
not changed
 Essence chest
o We removed the uncommon Essence of Vigor (non-
elemental) from the Essence Chest
 Gateways to Kia Krisal
o To prevent players from unwillingly activating gateways,

we moved the individual ones to the edges of the map.
In addition to that, we added Cease Fire zones, so
players do not fight there and activate a gateway by
misclicking during fights
o The Cease Fire zones are easy to spot as always
o We added map icons for the portals
 Sandstorms
o We lowered the debuff damage
o We reduced the amount of ticks
o We decreased the movement speed malus
 Essence Shardlings in Kia Krisal
o We reduced the attack range of the Essence Shardlings

and added a randomized initial attack interval, so they
do not all attack at the same time
Desert of Essences Event Attire:
 Bonus while active:
 50% increased Essence Water drop stack size

 Makes you immune against the harmful effects
of the sandstorm
Duration: 4 days

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Desert of Essences

Required level: 35-55

Magical Mysterious Essences!

Level: 35-44 2 1250 750

Level: 45-54 3 1500 1000

Level: 55 4 1750 1250

Level: 55 + Hero of the

Difficulty Crystal Dew Essence Water

The uncovered chests contain

Difficulty Crystal Dew Essence Water

The Kia Krisal Maps:

Kia Krisal (White)

Kia Krisal (Yellow)

Kia Krisal (Blue)

Kia Krisal (Red)

Kia Krisal (Purple)

Black Essence Armament Set

Black Essence Helmet

Bonus for pieces of equipment belonging to the

Black Essence Pauldrons

Bonus for pieces of equipment belonging to the

Black Essence Armor

Bonus for pieces of equipment belonging to the

Black Essence Gloves

Bonus for pieces of equipment belonging to the

Black Essence Boots

Bonus for pieces of equipment belonging to the same set:

Essence Sprout Pets:

+ 5% to all + 11% to all + 17% to all + 23

New implementations/ Important changes made based

on feedback from the community

o The Desert of Essences Event has been polished (more

 Attack Range of the Essence Shardlings reduced

 Bosses with individual themes have been added to the different

 The bonus of the Desert of Essence Event Attire has been

 The amount of realm paths, needed to enter the Desert of the

 Minimum level requirement

 The minimum level that is required to be able to participate in

 Shady Jon has been added to the Desert of the Lost

 We reduced the harmful effects of the sandstorms

 Sentinel in the Desert of the Lost

 The Sentinel now drops additionally loot

 Chests spawn after every sandstorm monster wave

 The loot was slightly changed

 Center platform gateways

 The gateways have been moved

 Map icons have been added

 Treasures Ahead (2/2)

o The collect tasks can now also be solved by group

 All the colors

o The collect tasks can now also be solved by group

o The drop chance of the different Crystal Shards has been

 All the colors (repeatable)

o The collect tasks can now also be solved by group

o You now collect any Crystal Shard color, without being

o The drop chance of the purple Crystal Shards has been

o During the Essence Trial, you now face Animated

 Desert of Essences Event Attire

o We did add an additional bonus effect while not raising

You are now immune against the

 Realm path entry costs

o You now need only 1 realm path to enter the Desert of

o The Sentinel in the Desert of the Lost now drops Crystal