Where to get Shadow Essence
Every acquisition path we know of for this item, pulled from the NPC vendor mirror, the player market and the sotawiki bestiary — the same data recipe pages and the crafting planner draw their ingredient costs from.
is a raw material used with various crafting skills. ==Where found== This item drops as loot from the Shadow Creatures in Spindelskog.
Player market
Last avg. price1,443.75 gold
Units sold1,222
Receipts80
Best mobs to farm
Ranked by drop quantity against the monster's hp/difficulty — the wiki doesn't publish reliable drop rates, so this shows where to farm, not a fabricated gold/hour.
| Monster | Location | Difficulty | HP | Gold | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onus Cavas | Spindelskog (Extreme) | 14 | — | 0–25 | 1 |
| Onus Cavas | Spindelskog (Hard) | 12 | — | 0–25 | 1 |
| Vigorem Cavas | Spindelskog (Extreme) | 14 | — | 0–21 | 1 |
| Vigorem Cavas | Spindelskog (Hard) | 12 | — | 0–21 | 1 |
| Feram Cavas | Spindelskog (Extreme) | 14 | — | 0–15 | 1 |
| Feram Cavas | Spindelskog (Hard) | 12 | — | 0–15 | 1 |
| Vigorem Cavas | Spindelskog (Normal) | 10 | 5,582–5,582 | 0–21 | 1 |
| Feram Cavas | Spindelskog (Normal) | 10 | 6,586–6,586 | 0–15 | 1 |
| Onus Cavas | Spindelskog (Normal) | 10 | 9,359–9,359 | 0–25 | 1 |