Essences

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Essences are a new type of consumable introduced in the Epiphany mod, essentially being the Tarnished characters' equivalent to Soul Stones. Most Essences are unlocked by beating Bossrush.png Boss Rush and Hush.pngHush as that Essence's corresponding Tarnished character, though one of them is unlocked in an alternate way.

Essence of Isaac Essence of Isaac.png Reroll.. a part of you Tarnished isaac small.pngTarnished Isaac Removes 1 item of player's choice from their inventory and spawns 3 item pedestals, only one of which can be taken. Spawned item's quality have a chance to be higher or lower than the consumed item's. Recharge 12.webp
Essence of Magdalene Essence of Magdalene.png Give you my love! Tarnished maggy small.pngTarnished Magdalene Fires a barrage of Cardiac Arrest shots. Damage of each shot increases as the barrage approaches its end. Recharge 12.webp
Essence of Cain Essence of Cain.png Find value in refuse Tarnished cain small.pngTarnished Cain Reseals every chest and fixes every broken slot machine in the room. Recharge 4.webp
Essence of Judas Essence of Judas.png Pick your poison Tarnished judas small.pngTarnished Judas Turns up to 2 item pedestals in the room into a choice between an angel and a devil item. Taking one gives the player 2 broken hearts Recharge 12.webp
Essence of Samson Essence of Samson.png Feel the pain Tarnished samson small.pngTarnished Samson Deals fake damage a random amount of times from 4 to 7, increasing the player's damage by +0.30 per hit for the rest of the floor. Recharge 8.webp
Essence of Eden Essence of Eden.png Endearment to entropy Tarnished eden small.pngTarnished Eden Turns every item in the room into an item that rerolls every room and preserves its quality between rerolls, similar to TR Eden's mechanic. Recharge 6.webp
Essence of The Keeper Essence of Keeper.png Worth its weight in gold Tarnished keeper small.pngTarnished Keeper Transforms every collectible, trinket and pickup into their gold variant as well as applying a Midas Touch effect to all enemies in the room, lowering the player's luck for each one (-2 per item, -1 per trinket, -0.25 per pickup). See Golden Items for more information on this item's effect on collectibles. Recharge 12.webp
Essence of The Lost Essence of Lost.png Ascension or astray Tarnished lost small.pngTarnished Lost Rerolls every pedestal item in the room and increases their quality, but each item has a 50% chance to disappear. Recharge 6.webp
Bagged Essence

Bagged essence.png A part of me Use 20 Essences Uses the character's associated Essence. If the character doesn't have any Essence associated, it uses a random one. Recharge 8.webp

Final wishes small.pngNotes

  • Essences are considered runes by the game's standards, meaning that they can be copied by Clear rune.pngClear Rune.
Pickups
Broken heart pickup.png Hearts Tastypenny.png Coins Multitool.png Keys Cardback.png Cards Essence of Isaac.png Essences Capsule d6.png Dice Capsules Dusty Chest.png Chests