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Essence of Life

A form of overflowing life energy found in abundance around plant life on Orbis. In great enough concentrations, perhaps it could even bring forth sentience where it was absent before.

Locations

Where to find Essence of Life in Hytale?

You can find Essence of Life in First Gate of the Echo, Temple, Drifting Plains, Seedling Woods and The Fens (Zone 1 – Emerald Wilds), Golden Steppes, Badlands and Desolate Basin (Zone 2 – Howling Sands), Shallow Ocean, Shore, Frostmarch Tundra, Boreal Reach and The Everfrost (Zone 3 – Whisperfrost Frontiers) and Cinder Wastes (Zone 4 – Devastated Lands).

Mine (with any tool) / Harvest

Mature Aubergine (12 block variants)

×1–9 · 100 %

Tool:none, just use the interact key

On the surface

  • Zone 1 – Emerald Wilds › First Gate of the Echo › Spawn Plains, Spawn Plains River
  • Zone 1 – Emerald Wilds › Temple
  • Zone 1 – Emerald Wilds › Drifting Plains › Birch Forest, Birch Forest (Trork), Flower Forest, Flower Forest (Trork) +10 more
  • Zone 1 – Emerald Wilds › Seedling Woods › Aspen Forest, Gorge Plains, Tallgrass Plains, Tallgrass Plains (Trork) +1 more
  • Zone 1 – Emerald Wilds › The Fens › Autumn Forest, Swamp Forest, Gorge Plains, Autumn Forest River
  • Zone 2 – Howling Sands › Golden Steppes › River, Savannah Forest, Savannah Plains, Bushland Scrub
Show 8 more regions
  • Zone 2 – Howling Sands › Badlands › Red Desert
  • Zone 2 – Howling Sands › Desolate Basin › Barren Desert
  • Zone 3 – Whisperfrost Frontiers › Shallow Ocean › Rocks
  • Zone 3 – Whisperfrost Frontiers › Shore › Rocky Cliffs, Tundra Cliffs, Frozen Cliffs, Outlander Village
  • Zone 3 – Whisperfrost Frontiers › Frostmarch Tundra › Fir Forest, Redwood Forest, Redwood Forest (Kweebec), Tundra Forest +10 more
  • Zone 3 – Whisperfrost Frontiers › Boreal Reach › Cedar Forest, Cedar Mixed Forest, Cedar Forest Lake, Cedar Mixed Forest Lake +9 more
  • Zone 3 – Whisperfrost Frontiers › The Everfrost › Frozen Forest, Frozen Light Forest, Frozen Frost Plains, Frozen Forest Valley +3 more
  • Zone 4 – Devastated Lands › Cinder Wastes › Geysers Wastes, Geysers Wastes (Village)

Shrubs & plants (Bush)

  • Zone 1 – Emerald Wilds › First Gate of the Echo
  • Zone 1 – Emerald Wilds › Temple
  • Zone 1 – Emerald Wilds › Drifting Plains › Birch Plains, Birch Plains (Kweebec), Birch Plains (Trork), Smooth Plains +6 more
  • Zone 1 – Emerald Wilds › Seedling Woods › Gully Forest
  • Zone 1 – Emerald Wilds › The Fens › Moss Forest, Moss Forest River

Rock formations

  • Zone 1 – Emerald Wilds › Drifting Plains › Birch Forest, Flower Forest, Birch Plains, Smooth Plains
  • Zone 1 – Emerald Wilds › Seedling Woods › Aspen Forest, Gully Forest, Gorge Plains, Tallgrass Plains +2 more
  • Zone 1 – Emerald Wilds › The Fens › Moss Forest, Moss Lake, Swamp Lake, Gorge Plains +1 more
  • Zone 3 – Whisperfrost Frontiers › Frostmarch Tundra › Hedera Forest Lake

Note: Harvest yields Aubergine, Aubergine Seed Bag (Eternal), Stick, Wild Berries, Carrot, Carrot Seed Bag (Eternal), Cauliflower, Cauliflower Seed Bag (Eternal), Chilli, Chilli Seed Bag (Eternal), Corn, Corn Seed Bag (Eternal), Onion, Onion Bulb (Eternal), Potato, Potato Sprout (Eternal), Pumpkin, Pumpkin Seed Bag (Eternal), Turnip, Turnip Seed Bag (Eternal), Wheat, Wheat Seed Bag (Eternal) instead.

Creature drop

In chests

In 25 chest types, up to 38 % per opened chest.

Zone 1 – Emerald Wilds, Zone 2 – Howling Sands

Portal worlds: Windrider Valley, Dragonspire Weald

All chests with drop chances under “Known sources”

Dismantle at the “Salvager's Workbench” workbench×13

From Healing Totem.

Directly from the game files—we sync the data again after game updates. Go to Resource Finder

Crafting recipe

No crafting recipe is currently available for this item in the game.

Used in 89 recipes

×15
Amber Sapling
×10
Ancient Gateway
×2
Antidote
×15
Ash Sapling
×5
Aspen Sapling
×6
Aubergine Seed Bag
×60
Aubergine Seed Bag (Eternal)
×20
Azure Sapling
×10
Bamboo Planter
×15
Bamboo Sapling
×15
Banyan Sapling
×5
Beech Sapling
×10
Birch Sapling
×20
Blue Fig Sapling
×30
Bottletree Sapling
×10
Camphor Sapling
×50
Capture Crate
×3
Carrot Seed Bag
×30
Carrot Seed Bag (Eternal)
×5
Cauliflower Seed Bag
×50
Cauliflower Seed Bag (Eternal)
×25
Cedar Sapling
×50
Chicken Coop
×6
Chilli Seed Bag
and 65 more

Known sources

Percentage = approximate chance of getting at least one item per kill, harvest, or opened container — calculated from the game's loot tables.

Crop(64)

Aubergine Eternal Stage Final×4–5100 %Aubergine Eternal Stage Final Harvest×4–5100 %Aubergine Stage Final×5–8100 %Aubergine Stage Final Harvest×5–8100 %Carrot Eternal Stage Final×2–3100 %Carrot Eternal Stage Final Harvest×2–3100 %

Ingredients(5)

Wild Grass 3×0–267 %Wild Grass 3 Harvest×0–267 %Wild Grass 1×0–150 %Wild Grass 2×0–150 %Wild Grass 2 Harvest×0–150 %

NPCs(1)

Elemental Spirit Root×2–3100 %

Crates(15)

Zone 1 Kweebec Tier 3×1–638 %Zone 1 Kweebec Tier 1×1–336 %Zone 1 Kweebec Tier 2×1–434 %Zone 1 Encounters Tier 4×3–832 %Zone 2 Encounters Tier 4×3–832 %Portals Oasis×4–829 %

Sounds

The item triggers these sound events in-game — click to listen.

Change history

Present since at least 0.6.6 (earliest available build)

Builds before 0.6.6 are unavailable, so earlier changes are unknown.

  1. 0.7.012/10/2026

    26 drop locations with changed chance or quantity
    • Portals Oasis (Crates): Chance from 28% to 29%
    • Zone 1 Encounters Tier 1 (Crates): Chance from 25% to 26%
    • Zone 1 Encounters Tier 2 (Crates): Chance from 23.8% to 24.08%
    • Zone 1 Encounters Tier 3 (Crates): Chance from 28.08% to 28.34%
    • Zone 1 Encounters Tier 4 (Crates): Chance from 31% to 32%
    • Zone 1 Goblin Tier 1 (Crates): Chance from 25% to 26%
    • Zone 1 Goblin Tier 2 (Crates): Chance from 23.8% to 24.08%
    • Zone 1 Goblin Tier 3 (Crates): Chance from 28.08% to 28.34%
    • Zone 1 Kweebec Tier 1 (Crates): Chance from 35% to 36%
    • Zone 1 Kweebec Tier 2 (Crates): Chance from 34.12% to 34.36%
    • Zone 1 Kweebec Tier 3 (Crates): Chance from 37.82% to 38.04%
    • Zone 1 Trork Tier 1 (Crates): Chance from 25% to 26%
    • Zone 1 Trork Tier 2 (Crates): Chance from 23.8% to 24.08%
    • Zone 1 Trork Tier 3 (Crates): Chance from 28.08% to 28.34%
    • Zone 1 Undead Tier 1 (Crates): Chance from 25% to 26%
    • Zone 1 Undead Tier 2 (Crates): Chance from 23.8% to 24.08%
    • Zone 1 Undead Tier 3 (Crates): Chance from 28.08% to 28.34%
    • Zone 2 Encounters Tier 1 (Crates): Chance from 25% to 26%
    • Zone 2 Encounters Tier 2 (Crates): Chance from 23.8% to 24.08%
    • Zone 2 Encounters Tier 3 (Crates): Chance from 28.08% to 28.34%
    • Zone 2 Encounters Tier 4 (Crates): Chance from 31% to 32%
    • Zone 2 Feran Tier 1 (Crates): Chance from 25% to 26%
    • Zone 2 Feran Tier 2 (Crates): Chance from 23.8% to 24.08%
    • Zone 2 Undead Tier 1 (Crates): Chance from 25% to 26%
    • Zone 2 Undead Tier 2 (Crates): Chance from 23.8% to 24.08%
    • Zone 2 Undead Tier 3 (Crates): Chance from 28.08% to 28.34%

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