How to Get Fire, Ice, Void, and Life Essence – Hytale

Essence is one of the most important resources in Hytale, as you will need to craft and upgrade the gear. There are four main types of essence in the game: Life, Ice, Fire, and Void. Each one is obtained in a different way depending on the zone, time of the day, and the enemies. In this guide, we will tell you how to get fire, ice, void, and life essence in Hytale.

How to Get Fire, Ice, Void, and Life Essence

Essence in Hytale can be used in different ways in the game. You will need a lot of essence to upgrade your gear, so explore many areas to farm all of them. Below is the list of all the best locations to find the essence.

Essence of Life

The essence of life is the most common essence in the game and you can collect it by harvesting plants. Pumpkins are one of the best ways to farm the essence of life. Go towards the town to harvest the crops of different NPCs that will give the essence of life.

Essence of Ice

Essence of ice can be found in the snow zone during the night time. Viking camps and Skeleton strong holds are the best place to farm the essence of ice.

Viking camps look like normal houses and Skeleton strongholds look like ruins. During the night time enemies will light torches which makes them easy to find. 

Essence of Fire

The essence of fire can be found in Zone 1, but you need to go deep inside the cave. Explore the caves till you find lava. Kill all the enemies in the lava area to the essence of fire. The essence of fire can be found in almost all the underground regions.

Essence of The Void

Essence of void are farmed by killing the void enemies. Void enemies will appear only in the darkness. So go outside at night. The best farming locations are the desert and the ice regions.