Essences (Class-specific) Index

Class essences can be slotted in .

Gondorian Class Essences

The following table compares the various Class-specific essences. All Class-specific essences share the following characteristics:

• Tier 7 (minimum level 100 and maximum level 109). The item level is 192.
• Usable only by a single class.
• Unique use, meaning a character can only slot one of each type of essence across all equipped items.
• Bartered for from vendors in Ringló Vale, Dor-en-Ernil, and Lebennin.
• Instead of granting stats, these essences provide a beneficial effect or buff via a proc.

Class	Essences
Beorning	Essence of the Sharp Claw	Essence of the Thick Hide	Essence of Nature's Roar
Burglar	Essence of Good Fortune	Essence of the Gambler	Essence of the Critical Harmony
Captain	Essence of Retaliation	Essence of Balance	Essence of the Protector
Champion	Essence of the Red Storm	Essence of the Berserker	Essence of the Resolute
Guardian	Essence of the Elusive Defender	Essence of the Fleet Footed	Essence of Stunned Silence
Hunter	Essence of the Powerful Draw	Essence of Thorns	Essence of Freedom
Lore-master	Essence of the Beast	Essence of Nature	Essence of Wisdom
Minstrel	Essence of the Combat Medic	Essence of the Protector of Power	Essence of the War Councillor
Rune-keeper	Essence of Peace	Essence of the Cleansing Flame	Essence of the Storm
Warden	Essence of the Stalwart Defender	Essence of the Reckless Defender	Essence of Physicality

Beorning
Essence	Effect
Essence of the Sharp Claw	Expose has a 15% chance to grant +5% Critical Chance for 10s.
Essence of the Thick Hide	Evading an attack has a 15% chance to restore 10% of your Maximum Morale.
Essence of Nature's Roar	Encouraging Roar has a 15% chance to grant your target 5% Incoming Healing for 10s.

Burglar
Essence	Effect
Essence of Good Fortune	Tricks have a 5% chance to restore 10% of Maximum Morale.
Essence of the Gambler	Evading an attack has a 15% chance to restore 10% of your Maximum Morale.
Essence of the Critical Harmony	Critical hits have a 25% chance to reduce the targets Critical Defence rating by 10% for 10s.

Captain
Essence	Effect
Essence of Retaliation	In retaliation to a Critical hit, you have a 25% chance to increase damage by 20% for 10s.
Essence of Balance	When performing a heal, you have a 5% chance to increase damage for 10% for 20s.
Essence of the Protector	Critical hits have a 10% chance to increase healing output by 20% for 10s.

Champion
Essence	Effect
Essence of the Red Storm	Melee skills have a 5% chance to apply a bleed.
Essence of the Berserker	Melee skills have a 5% chance to add 5 Fervour.
Essence of the Resolute	Melee skills have a 5% chance to reset the cooldown of Fight On.

Guardian
Essence	Effect
Essence of the Elusive Defender	On block, parry and evade, there is a 10% chance to restore 10% of your total Power.
Essence of the Fleet Footed	Killing an enemy has a 25% chance to gain 50% Run Speed for 10s.
Essence of Stunned Silence	Melee skills have a 5% chance to apply a 6s stun.

Hunter
Essence	Effect
Essence of the Powerful Draw	Critical hits have a 25% chance to apply an effect that reduces Power costs by 50% for 10s.
Essence of Thorns	Reduces Rain of Thorns break chance to 10%.
Essence of Freedom	On being hit, 5% chance to remove movement penalty while inducting for 10s.

Lore-master
Essence	Effect
Essence of the Beast	Critical hits have a 25% chance to lower the cooldown of Sic 'em! by 10s.
Essence of Nature	Fury of Nature skills have a 10% chance to reduce the cooldown of Nature's Fury skill by 10s.
Essence of Wisdom	Lore skills have a 10% chance to reduce the cooldown of "The Ancient Master" skill by 10s.

Minstrel
Essence	Effect
Essence of the Combat Medic	Healing skills have a 5% chance to proc a 10% Damage increase for 10s.
Essence of the Protector of Power	Anthems have a 25% chance to reduce Power costs by 50% for 10s.
Essence of the War Councillor	Call to War skills have a 5% chance to proc a 20% Healing increase for 10s.

Rune-keeper
Essence	Effect
Essence of Peace	Heals have a 5% chance to increase the healing of your next Rune of Restoration by 100%.
Essence of the Cleansing Flame	Fire skills have a 5% chance to restore 10% of Morale.
Essence of the Storm	Lightning skills have a 5% chance to trigger an additional lightning strike.

Warden
Essence	Effect
Essence of the Stalwart Defender	Dodging an attack has a 10% chance to restore 10% of your Morale.
Essence of the Reckless Defender	Killing an enemy has a 10% chance to restore 25% of your max Morale.
Essence of Physicality	Critical hits have a 25% chance of increasing the melee damage your target takes by 5% for 10s.

Arnorian Class Essences

The following table compares the various Class-specific essences. All Class-specific essences share the following characteristics:

• Tier 14 (minimum level 140 and maximum level 149). The item level is 470.
• Usable only by a single class.
• Unique use, meaning a character can only slot one of each type of essence across all equipped items.
• Obtained in the skirmish Doom of Caras Gelebren t2+ and the instance Sarch Vorn, the Black Grave t2+ through the following boxes:

• Beorning, Brawler, Burglar, Captain, Champion, Guardian, Hunter, Lore-master, Mariner, Minstrel, Rune-keeper, Warden

• Instead of granting stats, these essences provide a beneficial effect or buff via a proc.

Class	Cloak Essences		Necklace Essences
Beorning	Cardolan Essence of Wrath	Cardolan Essence of Sacrifice	Cardolan Essence of Unremitting Wrath	Cardolan Essence of Brawn
Brawler	Cardolan Essence of Stamina	Cardolan Essence of the Stalwart	Cardolan Essence of Mettle	Cardolan Essence of Fury
Burglar	Cardolan Essence of Mischief	Cardolan Essence of Provocation	Cardolan Essence of Surprise	Cardolan Essence of the Keen Eye
Captain	Cardolan Essence of the Gallant	Cardolan Essence of the Dúnedain	Cardolan Essence of the Victorious	Cardolan Essence of Battle
Champion	Cardolan Essence of Swift Blades	Cardolan Essence of Glory	Cardolan Essence of Fervour	Cardolan Essence of Focus
Guardian	Cardolan Essence of Resilience	Cardolan Essence of Retaliation	Cardolan Essence of Force	Cardolan Essence of Opportunity
Hunter	Cardolan Essence of Blood	Cardolan Essence of Reactive Blades	Cardolan Essence of the True	Cardolan Essence of Keen Darts
Lore-master	Cardolan Essence of Nature	Cardolan Essence of Knowledge	Cardolan Essence of Flame	Cardolan Essence of the Feathered
Mariner	Cardolan Essence of Escape	Cardolan Essence of the Sword-shield	Cardolan Essence of the Attacker	Cardolan Essence of Jugglery
Minstrel	Cardolan Essence of the Fellowship	Cardolan Essence of Spirit	Cardolan Essence of Song	Cardolan Essence of Echoes
Rune-keeper	Cardolan Essence of the Ages	Cardolan Essence of Balance	Cardolan Essence of the Elements	Cardolan Essence of Debate
Warden	Cardolan Essence of Conviction	Cardolan Essence of the Shield	Cardolan Essence of Light	Cardolan Essence of Mastery

Beorning
Essence	Effect
Cardolan Essence of Sacrifice	-5% Bonus Sacrifice Mitigation.
Cardolan Essence of Wrath	+5 Max Wrath.
Cardolan Essence of Unremitting Wrath	Upon being hit, gain 5 wrath.
Cardolan Essence of Brawn	When you critically hit, gain +10% Thrash damage for 10s.

Brawler
Essence	Effect
Cardolan Essence of Stamina	Efficient Strikes causes Mettle Shield to consume 1 Mettle per hit.
Cardolan Essence of the Stalwart	-45 Plant Feet cooldown. The effect from Plant Feet lasts 10s, but tiers up every second.
Cardolan Essence of Mettle	When you hit an enemy, there is a 10% chance your Set-up skills will give you +1 extra mettle for 10s.
Cardolan Essence of Fury	When you critically hit, there is a 25% chance your bonus damage from Mettle will be doubled for 10s.

Burglar
Essence	Effect
Cardolan Essence of Mischief	Tricks will restore 5% of your max morale when used.
Cardolan Essence of Provocation	-2s Provoke Cooldown.
Cardolan Essence of the Keen Eye	When you critically hit, there is a 25% chance you will reduce your target's critical defence by 10% for 15s.
Cardolan Essence of Surprise	From stealth skills apply a 5% incoming damage debuff for 8s.

Captain
Essence	Effect
Cardolan Essence of the Dúnedain	+5% Damage reduced by Shield of the Dúnedain.
Cardolan Essence of the Gallant	+50% Gallant Display Power Cost.+50% Gallant Display Damage. +30% Gallant Display Healing.
Cardolan Essence of the Victorious	When you hit an enemy, there is a 10% chance you will gain a defeat response.
Cardolan Essence of Battle	When you critically hit, there is a 25% chance the cooldown of Battle-shout will be reset.

Champion
Essence	Effect
Cardolan Essence of Glory	+15% Masochism Damage buff. +7.5% Masochism Mitigation buff.
Cardolan Essence of Swift Blades	-15% Bracing Attack Heal. Bracing Attack gives Fervour instead of consuming it.
Cardolan Essence of Focus	When you ciritcally hit, there is a 25% chance your Fervour bonus damage will be doubled for 10s.
Cardolan Essence of Fervour	When you hit an enemy with a Strike skill, there is a 10% chance you will gain an extra Fervour every second for 5s.

Guardian
Essence	Effect
Cardolan Essence of Retaliation	Retaliation briefly lowers your target's mitigations at the cost of your own.
Cardolan Essence of Resilience	+5% Max Morale from Warrior's Heart.
Cardolan Essence of Force	When you hit an enemy, there is a 10% chance the cooldown of Force Opening will be reset.
Cardolan Essence of Opportunity	Critical hits with Sting will give you a Parry response.

Hunter
Essence	Effect
Cardolan Essence of Blood	+25% Blood Arrow Damage. -15% Blood Arrow Initial Heal. Blood Arrow costs no power.
Cardolan Essence of Reactive Blades	-50s Low Cut Cooldown. Low Cut now gives +10% Damage Mitigation for 10s.
Cardolan Essence of the True	When you hit an enemy, there is a 5% chance the cooldown of Heart Seeker will be reset]]
Cardolan Essence of Keen Darts	When you critically hit, there is a 10% chance you will gain +5% Critical Chance for 15s.

Lore-master
Essence	Effect
Cardolan Essence of Nature	Wizard's Frost healing now affects fellows.
Cardolan Essence of Knowledge	+5s Enfeeble duration. +5% Blinding Flash Duration.
Cardolan Essence of Flame	When you use a Fire skill, there is a 50% chance you will aply an additional damaging burn.
Cardolan Essence of the Feathered	When you critically hit, the active cooldown of Murder of Crows will be reduced by 2s.

Mariner
Essence	Effect
Cardolan Essence of the Attacker	+1 Damage over Time Pulses. +10% Fore State Buff Damage.
Cardolan Essence of Jugglery	+25% Jugglery Application Chance.
Cardolan Essence of the Sword-shield	+2 Swordplay Defensive Buff Durations.
Cardolan Essence of Escape	+30% Swordplay Healing Potency.

Minstrel
Essence	Effect
Cardolan Essence of Spirit	Critical heals with Triumphant Spirit will give your allies +3% Mitigations for 10s.
Cardolan Essence of the Fellowship	+50% Fellowship's Heart Healing. +30 Fellowship's Heart cooldown.
Cardolan Essence of Echoes	When you critically hit, there is a 10% chance you will gain +30% Echoes Damage and +5% Healing over time for 15s.
Cardolan Essence of Song	When you hit an enemy, there is a 5% chance you will gain +20% Ballad and Coda Damage for 10s.

Rune-keeper
Essence	Effect
Cardolan Essence of the Ages	+15 Epic for the Ages Cooldown. -1 Epic for the Ages Induction. +25% Epic for the Ages Heal.
Cardolan Essence of Balance	Steady Hands gives you +7% Damage Mitigation for 10s..
Cardolan Essence of Debate	When you critically hit, there is a 15% chance to trigger the Harsh Debate effect.
Cardolan Essence of the Elements	When you hit an enemy, there is a 5% chance you will apply a -3% Tactical mitigation debuff for 20s.

Warden
Essence	Effect
Cardolan Essence of the Shield	+2% Physical Mitigation from Shield Mastery and Tactical Mitigation from Shield Tactics.
Cardolan Essence of Conviction	+30% Heal Bonus for Conviction.
Cardolan Essence of Mastery	When you critically hit, your Mastery cooldowns are reduced by 2s.
Cardolan Essence of Light	When you hit an enemy with a Fist gambit, there is a 5% chance you will apply a -3% Light Mitigation debuff for 20s.