Essence of Grindea
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“ | A mysterious figurine portraying the goddess Grindea. You can feel a strange connection to it! | ” |
Essence of Grindea is a special item used as currency for the Bishop in Arcade Mode.
Obtaining
Essence can be obtained from the following actions:
- Beating a Challenge Room, which has a 10% chance to replace the item reward with Essence
- Fished from a Fishing Spot Special Room (has a weight of 5, compared to fish items' 10)
- Received as a reward from certain quests:
- Earned from total Score accumulated
- Earned from certain Arcade Trophies
- Trading at the Arcadia Bank - at a rate of 750 Arcadia Gold spent for 1 Essence received
Additionally, Essence can randomly drop from the following enemies:
- Any enemy in Battle Rooms - the chance depends on the current floor and elite status:
- Regular enemies: between 0.104% (F01) and 0.147% (F08)
- Elite enemies: between 5.55% (F01) and 20% (F08)
- Vilya: 10%
- Helloweed: 10%
- Elder Rabby: 10%
- Terrorweed: 20%
- Pumpking: 20%
- The Sentry: 30%
- Phaseman: 30%
- Bossling: 10%
- F01 Boss Fight Beehives: 5%
- F02 Animal Farm Boss Fight enemies: 0.1% (except for the Elder Rabby)
- F03 Terrorweed Boss Fight Scarecrows: 1%
- F03 Pumpking Boss Fight Jumpkins: 0.5%
- F05 Living Rune Block: 0.1%
The total Essence that can be accumulated at one time is capped at 999 Essence.
Usage
Essence of Grindea is used to buy Perks and Cosmetics from Bishop. It can also be traded to the Arcadia Bank for 500 Arcadia Gold.
List of Purchasable Perks:
- MaxHP Boost - 5 Essence
- Sharp Start - 10 Essence
- Brutal Start - 10 Essence
- Smart Start - 10 Essence
- Tough Start - 10 Essence
- Max HP % Boost - 25 Essence
- Lucky Arrows - 20 Essence
- Big Quiver - 15 Essence
- Time Warp - 50 Essence
- Pet Whisperer - 20 Essence
- Second Perk Slot - 50 Essence
- Third Perk Slot - 150 Essence
List of Purchasable Cosmetics (will also be transferred to Story Mode saves):
Earmuffs - 50 Essence
Beret - 100 Essence
Bunny Ears - 250 Essence
Horned Cap - 500 Essence
Hood of Darkness - 999 Essence