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• Alchemist
• Bree Essences

While most older Alchemists have more essences than they know what to do with, young Alchemists often find themselves in desperate need to find certain essences for their early endeavours.

• Essences of Poison - Wand of Noxious Cloud
• Essences of Explosion - Scroll of Enchant Armor (3), Scroll of Enchant Weapon-To-Damage (3)
• Essences of Teleport - Scroll of Phase Door/Teleport (1), Scroll of Word of Recall
• Essences of Cold - Potion of Heroism, Ring of Resist Cold (4)
• Essences of Fire - Ring of Resist Fire (4)
• Essences of Acid - Amulet of Resist Acid (4)
• Essences of Life - Potion of Cure Light Wounds (1), Potion of Cure Critical Wounds (4)
• Essences of Confusion - Wand of Confusion, Scroll of Monster Confusion
• Essences of Light - Scroll of Light, Staff of Globe of Light, Scroll of Enchant Weapon-To-Hit (3), Potion of Boldness, Scroll of Magic Mapping (5)
• Essences of Time - Potion of Speed (1), Ring of Slow Digestion (1)
• Essences of Magic - Scroll of *Identify* (Semi-Rare, 1)
• Essences of Darkness - Scroll of Detect Invisible (Semi-Rare, 1), Amulet of Charisma (4)
• Essences of Knowledge - Scroll of *Identify* (20), Scroll of Identify or Trap/Object Detection (1), any Staff of Sense Monster/Hidden
• Essences of Force - Wand of Dig, Scroll of Word of Recall
• Essences of Lightning - Scroll of Recharging (4), Amulet of Resist Lightning (4), Potion of Salt Water
• Essences of Mana - Wand of Manathrust, Ring of Levitation
• Essences of Extra Life - Scroll of *Remove Curse* (1)
• Essences of Chaos - Potion of Corruption (12!) (often found in fountains)

Also note:

• Indestructible Rings and Amulets contain 4 Essences of Mana, 4 Essences of Acid, 4 Essences of Fire, 4 Essences of Cold, 4 Essences of Lightning, and 1 Essence of Magic
• Fireproof books, staves, and scrolls each contain an Essence of Fire

If you want to store essences in your home, the easiest way is to pump up a wand or staff of an appropriate type. Wands and staves can hold unlimited numbers of charges, so you can avoid being limited to 99 per slot. You do lose a small number of essences, as there is a small chance that extracting a charge does not give the full number of essences back, but it is usually worth it. It's usually better to use an item which holds a single essence type - otherwise, you end up with a stack of extra essences and nowhere to put them...

• Wand of Manathrust - Mana (4/charge)
• Wand of Noxious Cloud - Poison (1/charge)
• Wand of Fireflash - Fire (1/charge)
• Wand of Thunderstorm - Lightning (4/charge)
• Wand of Dig - Force (1/charge)
• Wand of Confuse - Confusion (1/charge)
• Wand of Essence of Speed - Time (1/charge)
• Staff of Globe of Light - Light (1/charge)
• Staff of Vision - Light (1/charge)
• Staff of Remove Curse - Life (2/charge)
• Staff or Teleportation - Teleport (1/charge)
• Staff of Healing - Extra Life (1/charge)
• Staff of Sense Hidden - Knowledge (1/charge)

• Staff of Wish - Magic (99/charge) (Well, you never know )

And a couple of useful multi-essence ones (Acid and Cold are

• Wand of Tidal Wave - Poison, Acid, Cold (1 each/charge)
• Wand of Ice Storm - Cold (4/charge) and Mana (1/charge)