Ancient essence

Ancient essence
Released							11 January 2023 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
League region							Fremennik✓
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							Yes
Noteable							No
Options							Drop
Examine							Pure magical energy filled with a dark power.
Values
Value							28 coins
High alch							16 coins
Low alch							11 coins
Weight							0 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							14 coins (info)
Buy limit							300,000
Daily volume							72,064,689
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Advanced data
Item ID							27616
Link							MOID

Ancient essence is a drop received from defeating the Phantom Muspah. It can also be obtained by mining ancient essence crystals in the Ghorrock Dungeon with 75 Mining, granting 13.5 Mining experience. It is used to create the saturated heart and forgotten brews. It is also used to charge the Venator bow to use its passive effect.

Ancient essence can also be obtained by breaking down ancient icons and venator shards. Ancient icons give 5,000 essence, while venator shards give 50,000 essence.

A total of 150,000 Ancient essence is required to saturate the Imbued heart into a Saturated heart.

When mining the essence, it can be found in one of 3 spots in the wall just south of the entrance to the Phantom Muspah fight. Only one spot will be active, switching between spots randomly with possibly 60 to 90 seconds between each movement, similar to daeyalt essence rocks. Gems can also be obtained while mining, as is the case with most mines.

Mining enhancers have no effect on crystals, however, the Crystal pickaxe's effect does, therefore mining crystals with a charged crystal pickaxe will consume charges.

The currently known rates are as follows:

• At 75-77 Mining, 1-2 essence per ore mined
• At 78-89 Mining, 2-3 essence per ore mined
• At 90-99 Mining, 3-4 essence per ore mined

Players can expect roughly 1200-2500 essence per hour depending on mining level and type of pickaxe used. Invisible boosts such as Celestial ring will not increase the minimum amount of essence mined.

Requirements

Completion of Secrets of the North
Members		Ticks	? (edit)
Tools		Facilities	None

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Ancient icon	1	N/A
Total cost			0
	Ancient essence	5,000	70,000
Profit			70,000
Profit after GE Tax			70,000

Requirements

Completion of Secrets of the North
Members		Ticks	? (edit)
Tools		Facilities	None

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Venator shard	1	13,891,208
Total cost			13,891,208
	Ancient essence	50,000	700,000
Profit			−13,191,208
Profit after GE Tax			−13,191,208

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Forgotten brew(1)		91	36	1 × Ancient brew(1) 20 × Ancient essence
	Forgotten brew(2)		91	72	1 × Ancient brew(2) 40 × Ancient essence
	Forgotten brew(3)		91	108	1 × Ancient brew(3) 60 × Ancient essence
	Forgotten brew(4)		91	145	1 × Ancient brew(4) 80 × Ancient essence
	Saturated heart		1	500	1 × Imbued heart 150,000 × Ancient essence

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	League region
Phantom Muspah	741	540–599	60/100
Phantom Muspah	741	885–995	23/100
Phantom Muspah	741	1,970–2,060	10/100
Frozen cache	N/A	540–599	60/496
Frozen cache	N/A	885–995	23/496
Frozen cache	N/A	1,970–2,060	10/496
Ancient essence crystals	75	1–4	Always

• One ancient essence
• Ten ancient essence
• Fifty ancient essence
• One hundred ancient essence
• Five hundred ancient essence

• When pitched in the poll blog, the item's name was "Phantom essence". This was because the name of the quest and its rewards were polled by the development team as a "Mysterious Quest", where they wished to keep the Zarosian nature of the rewards a secret.
  • The true name of the quest and its rewards from the boss were then revealed in the Winter Summit 2022 a month later.
• Ancient essence is the most traded Old School-exclusive item on the Grand Exchange.