Shape of Dreams Essences

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Common
Essence of Charcoal

Essence of Charcoal

Passive Effect

When this memory hits an enemy, it fires a charcoal fragment, dealing 60% damage. If the target is already burning, it deals 100% fire damage instead.

"In the field, we sometimes had to swallow charcoal to filter out toxic substances from our bodies."
Common
Essence of Confidence

Essence of Confidence

Passive Effect

Damage dealt by this memory to nearby enemies is increased by 40%.

Common
Essence of Efficiency

Essence of Efficiency

Passive Effect

This Memory gains 36 Memory Haste, reducing its Cooldown by 26%.

Common
Essence of Guidance

Essence of Guidance

Passive Effect

This Memory's Healing Amount is increased by 40%. 30% of the excess healing from this Memory is converted into a Barrier that lasts for 2 seconds.

"Who defines what life is? Do you think that "we" are fake just because our existence is based on th..."
Common
Essence of Lethality

Essence of Lethality

Passive Effect

This memory's damage against enemies with 70% or more health is increased by 60%.

Common
Essence of Quicksilver

Essence of Quicksilver

Passive Effect

When casting this memory or dealing fire damage with it, movement speed increases by 30% and returns to normal over 2.5 seconds.

"Gotta Go Fast!"
Common
Essence of Regeneration

Essence of Regeneration

Passive Effect

If this memory is Cast in Combat, it Restores your health by 41 over 7 seconds.

Common
Essence of Sharpness

Essence of Sharpness

Passive Effect

Casting this memory fires 5 arrows that deal 90% damage to random enemies.

Common
Essence of Shatter

Essence of Shatter

Passive Effect

Every 10 seconds, the Cast of this Memory is Empowered. Damage dealt to enemies by Empowered Cast is increased by 40%. If it deals Light Damage, it is increased by 72% instead.

Common
Essence of Sulfur

Essence of Sulfur

Passive Effect

All Damage dealt by this memory is increased by 15% and converted to Fire Damage. My fire damage over time is increased by 50%.

Common
Essence of Talc

Essence of Talc

Passive Effect

Every 10 seconds, the Cast of this Memory is Empowered. The initial damage dealt to each enemy by Empowered Cast is increased by 480%.

"When one focuses their mind on an Essence, they can directly feel the concept contained within and h..."
Common
Essence of the Void

Essence of the Void

Passive Effect

After casting this memory, your next attack within 4 seconds will explode, dealing 250% dark damage to the target and nearby enemies.

Common
Essence of Wind

Essence of Wind

Passive Effect

Casting this memory increases Attack Speed by 33% for 5 seconds.

Rare
Essence of Blade

Essence of Blade

Passive Effect

Each time this memory hits an enemy, it summons blades that lacerate the target for 58% damage 3 times. Can only trigger once every 2 seconds for each enemy.

Rare
Essence of Bleakness

Essence of Bleakness

Passive Effect

This Memory deals 50% increased damage to enemies affected by Cold, Slow, Bind, or Stun.

Rare
Essence of Contempt

Essence of Contempt

Passive Effect

The damage dealt by this memory increases as the target's health gets lower, up to 60% increase when their health is 20%.

"With the help of the Lucid Sect, I was able to enter a world called The Rapids. Contrary to my expec..."
Rare
Essence of Dusk

Essence of Dusk

Passive Effect

Upon casting this Memory, fire 2 Dusk Shards that deal 50% Dark Damage each time you Attack an enemy for 5 seconds.

Rare
Essence of Flow

Essence of Flow

Passive Effect

When dealing Light Damage with any memory, reduces this memory's Cooldown by 6%. For ultimate abilities, only 40% of the effect is applied. Cooldown Reduction effects this memory receives also apply to equipped Essences.

"What an unfamiliar truth... What you've shown me was an undeniable truth, the touch of destiny itsel..."
Rare
Essence of Frost

Essence of Frost

Passive Effect

When this memory deals Cold Damage, it deals additional Cold Damage equal to 10% of your Maximum Health and briefly Stuns them. Can only trigger once every 5 seconds per enemy. Each time this triggers, permanently increase your Maximum Health by 1.

Rare
Essence of Glaciation

Essence of Glaciation

Passive Effect

When this Memory is cast, releases a burst of frost that deals 160% Cold Damage to enemies. The area of effect increases with quality.

Rare
Essence of Momentum

Essence of Momentum

Passive Effect

Each time you Attack an enemy, the Cooldown of this Memory is reduced by 0.4 seconds.

Rare
Essence of Night Sky

Essence of Night Sky

Passive Effect

Each time this Memory Hits an enemy, your Attack Speed increases by 10% for 3 seconds, up to a maximum of 20%. If it deals Dark Damage, it can increase up to a maximum of 40%. Attacking an enemy refreshes the duration of this effect.

Rare
Essence of Rigidity

Essence of Rigidity

Passive Effect

When this Memory Hits an enemy, gain a 9 Barrier that lasts for 2 seconds. If it deals Cold Damage, this effect is increased by 80%.

Rare
Essence of Scorch

Essence of Scorch

Passive Effect

When this memory is cast, it drops 3 Fireballs that deal 47% Fire Damage to nearby enemies.

Rare
Essence of Spiral

Essence of Spiral

Passive Effect

Periodically fires a fireball at a random nearby enemy, dealing 90% Fire Damage. Higher quality increases the firing speed.

Rare
Essence of the Celestial

Essence of the Celestial

Passive Effect

Every 10 seconds, this Memory's Cast is Empowered. When an Empowered Cast hits an enemy for the first time, it drops 4 meteors that deal 130% Light Damage each.

Rare
Essence of Vengeance

Essence of Vengeance

Passive Effect

When you take any damage, fire 2 blades that deal 102% damage to nearby enemies. After taking damage, this memory's damage and healing are increased by 34% for 5 seconds.

🏆 Taste of Their Own Medicine
Defeat the Demon of the Forest, the boss of the first region, by delivering the killing blow with a claw attack or memory such as Aurena's basic attack, Hysteria, or Ice Claw.
Rare
Essence of Voracity

Essence of Voracity

Passive Effect

For 5 seconds after casting this memory, Attack Damage is increased by 15% and heal 6 health on each Attack.

Rare
Essence of Wealth

Essence of Wealth

Passive Effect

When an enemy damaged by this memory is killed within 6 seconds, they drop 3 gold. Gold is shared among all Travelers.

🏆 Suspiciously Wealthy Traveler
Spend a total of 2,000 gold.
"In the Rapids, gold holds a special meaning. Imperfect beings who fall asleep, uncertain if they'll ..."
Rare
Essence of Wound

Essence of Wound

Passive Effect

When this memory deals damage to an enemy, it applies a Mark. Each Attack on a marked target deals 44% Damage. After 3 attacks, the Mark explodes, dealing 275% Damage to all nearby enemies.

🏆 Transcendent Speed
Reach 6 attack speed per second.
Epic
Essence of Clemency

Essence of Clemency

Passive Effect

Heal self for 7% of the damage dealt by this Memory.

Epic
Essence of Direness

Essence of Direness

Passive Effect

The lower my Health, the shorter the Cooldown of this Memory. When my Health is at 30%, the Cooldown is reduced by up to 55%.

🏆 Desperate Hero
Defeat 30 enemies in a row while your health is below 40%.
"Why am I alive? ... I was definitely in the prison. Those Lucid prison guards, to think they can f..."
Epic
Essence of Fever

Essence of Fever

Passive Effect

When this Memory deals Fire Damage to an enemy, it infects them with Fever. Enemies infected with Fever explode after 2 seconds, dealing 130% Fire Damage to themselves and nearby enemies. For each stack of Burn on the target, the explosion radius increases by 30% and explosion damage increases by 10%.

Epic
Essence of Flexibility

Essence of Flexibility

Passive Effect

While this Memory is on cooldown, 37% of damage taken is split over 4 seconds. This split damage is reduced by 20%.

🏆 Flexible Diet
In a single adventure, have your Health drop below 40% and then rise above 75%, 10 times.
Epic
Essence of Insight

Essence of Insight

Passive Effect

When this Memory deals any damage to an enemy, it deals an additional 200% Light Damage to up to 3 enemies and increases Memory Haste by 20 for 5 seconds. Can only trigger once every 3 seconds.

🏆 Ultra Rapid Fire
Cast 12 Memories within 8 seconds.
Epic
Essence of Metal

Essence of Metal

Passive Effect

When you Slay an enemy, the Cooldown of the Memory is reduced by 1 seconds.

Epic
Essence of Omega

Essence of Omega

Passive Effect

When not in combat, gain Finality stacks every second up to 20 stacks. When stacks are present, this Memory's Cast is Empowered, increasing Damage by 5% per stack.

🏆 Omega Point
Enter The Pure White Dream by defeating the boss of the third region, having cast only one distinct Memory during your adventure (excluding Evasion and Identity rarity Memories from this count), with multiple copies of that Memory allowed.
Epic
Essence of Overload

Essence of Overload

Passive Effect

When you Cast this memory, Sacrifice 20% of your current Health to Empower the Cast. The Damage and Healing dealt by the Empowered Cast are increased by 45%.

🏆 Reap What You Sow
Sacrifice a portion of your HP for gold at the Shrine of Disintegration 16 times.
"Every time I recall this notion, I feel my body and mind being consumed by flames. The scales on th..."
Epic
Essence of Pain

Essence of Pain

Passive Effect

All Damage dealt by this Memory deals 40% Area Damage around the target. This Area Damage shares the elemental type with the original damage.

"Do not blaspheme. I am not a lunatic who enjoys..."
Epic
Essence of Predation

Essence of Predation

Passive Effect

This Memory deals 60% increased damage to Boss and Hunter enemies. Defeating a Hunter drops 1 Orb of Power, while defeating a Boss drops 3. When you collect an Orb of Power, either Attack Damage or Ability Power permanently increases by 1 at random.

🏆 Who's the Prey Now
Defeat the Hunter 70 times.
"Does he deny reality? Living in essence, yet refusing to believe in the ideal. Does he think existen..."
Epic
Essence of Protection

Essence of Protection

Passive Effect

When you cast this memory, gain 40 Defense for 3 seconds, reducing damage taken and becoming Unstoppable. Can only trigger once every 5 seconds.

🏆 Iron Body
Gain a shield equal to or greater than 300% of your maximum health, for example, by using Essence of Guidance, Essence of Spiral, and Essence of Clemency simultaneously.
Epic
Essence of the Giant

Essence of the Giant

Passive Effect

Increases maximum Health by 260. This Memory's damage increases by 1% for every 50 of your Maximum Health.

🏆 Heavier Than Atlas
Reach 3,000 maximum health.
Epic
Essence of Thunder

Essence of Thunder

Passive Effect

When you Cast another Memory or use Dodge, gain 1 stack of Thunder, up to 7 times. When you Cast this Memory, consume all stacks of Thunder to call down lightning on nearby enemies, once for each stack. Each lightning deals 117% Light Damage.

Epic
Essence of Twilight

Essence of Twilight

Passive Effect

Your Basic Attacks are converted to Dark Damage. When this Memory deals damage to an enemy with 3 or more Dark Stacks, consumes all stacks to deal 54% Damage per stack and Heal for 6 per stack.

Epic
Essence of Virtue

Essence of Virtue

Passive Effect

The number of charges for this Memory increases by 1. Each 150% increase in quality raises the number of charges by 1.

"People are dying. The horrifying monsters and ghosts that only existed in legends and imagination ha..."
Legendary
Divine Faith

Divine Faith

Passive Effect

Each time you Kill an enemy with this memory, gain a stack of Faith up to 75 stacks. For each stack of Faith, this memory's Damage to enemies and Healing to allies increases by 0.5%, and your maximum Health increases by 4.

🏆 God Protects Me
In a single adventure, visit locations occupied by Hunters 4 times while having a Threat Level of 5.
"These heretical and pitiful souls who believe in Primus, the false god. Those who seek to widen the ..."
Legendary
Embertail

Embertail

Passive Effect

My Attacks ricochet to deal 100% Fire Damage to a nearby enemy. For each nearby enemy engulfed in flames, this memory's Damage and Healing are increased by 8% and its Cooldown is reduced 8% faster. My fire damage over time is increased by 100%.

"Primus... ...create for me... ... ... ... ...erase for me... ... That will suffice."
Legendary
Essence of Paranoia

Essence of Paranoia

Passive Effect

When you take any damage, this Memory gains 150 Memory Haste for 6 seconds, reducing its Cooldown by 60%, but it is Automatically Cast on nearby enemies.

Legendary
Eye of the Sun

Eye of the Sun

Passive Effect

Every 20 seconds, this Memory's Cast is Empowered, raining Solar Light upon all nearby enemies who are Burning. Solar Light deals 360% Fire Damage over 1.5 seconds and increases Burn stacks by 9. Increases my Fire damage over time by 100%.

🏆 Praise the Sun!
Apply a total of 4,000 fire stacks to enemies.
Legendary
Glacial Core

Glacial Core

Passive Effect

Every 5 seconds, if you deal damage with this memory, you recover health equal to 3.6% of your maximum health. If it is cold damage, the effect is increased by 100%. 272% of all health recovery you receive is converted into cold damage and fires ice shards at enemies.

🏆 Frozen Heart
Defeat the King of the Snowy Mountains, the boss of the second region, for the first time.
Legendary
Perfection

Perfection

Passive Effect

Increases Attack Damage by 7, Ability Power by 7, maximum Health by 35, Attack Speed by 10%, Critical Strike Chance by 6%, and Memory Haste by 10.

"Someone once called me a god... Yes, there was a time when I thought I was almost omnipotent here. ..."
Legendary
Pure White

Pure White

Passive Effect

Every 10 seconds, the Cast of this memory is Empowered. The Empowered Cast fires 3 Projectiles that deal Light Damage equal to 20% of the Damage it first deals to each enemy. The number of shots increases by the number of Light Stacks on each target.

🏆 Empty Canvas
Enter The Pure White Dream by defeating the boss of the third region 10 times in total.
"The numerous people who claim to have experienced "Molting" each describe the appearance of the drea..."