Quintessence

Used to restore several Artefacts (See Notes for details).

The experience gained for successfully excavating quintessence varies depending on where it is excavated. The table below lays out all the off-site caches where it can be gathered as well as all the digsite hotspots.

Hotspot/Cache	Level	Experience
Quintessence cache	91	92.9
Gravitron research debris	91	58
Destroyed golem	98	76.7
Keshik weapon rack	103	95.2
Aetherium forge	112	135
Howl's workshop debris	118	158

Quintessence is used to restore the following artefacts:

Artefact	Archaeology Level	Restoration Experience	Materials
Prototype gravimeter (damaged)	91	11,277.8	Leather scraps x 20 Quintessence x 34 Third Age iron x 26
Golem heart (damaged)	98	16,666.6	Aetherium alloy x 34 Orthenglass x 16 Quintessence x 24 Soapstone x 16
Golem instruction (damaged)	98	16,666.6	Quintessence x 46 Vellum x 44 Black mushroom ink x 1
Blackfire lance (damaged)	103	22,166.6	Aetherium alloy x 50 Quintessence x 46
Prototype godbow (damaged)	112	33,666.6	Aetherium alloy x 50 Quintessence x 34 Wings of War x 34
Prototype godstaff (damaged)	112	33,666.6	Aetherium alloy x 50 Quintessence x 34 Wings of War x 34
Prototype godsword (damaged)	112	33,666.6	Aetherium alloy x 50 Goldrune x 34 Quintessence x 34
Chuluu stone (damaged)	118	43,333.3	Aetherium alloy x 40 Goldrune x 24 Quintessence x 30 Soapstone x 40
Quintessence counter (damaged)	118	43,333.3	Quintessence x 54 Stormguard steel x 40 White oak x 40

The ever elusive fifth element. A product of alchemy.