Ancestral energy

This article is about the item. For the spring, see ancestral energy (spring).

Ancestral energy
Release																				10 October 2016 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				Yes
Disassembly																				No
Destroy																				You can get more by divining in the Wushanko isles.
Actions
Backpack																				Weave, Destroy
Values
Value																				1 coin
Alchemy																				Not alchemisable
On death																				Always kept outside Wild
Weight																				0 kg
Examine
A chunk of balanced energy. It can be manipulated to create or transmute objects.
Advanced data
Item ID																				38622
Links																				MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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Ancestral energy is a type of divine energy gained through the Divination skill. It can be harvested from Ancestral energy springs near a dead moai on Uncharted Isles, requiring at least level 95 Divination (can be boosted) and awarding 53.5 Divination experience each. Ancestral energy can be sold for two chimes each to Halia (divine merchant) on The Islands That Once Were Turtles.

Ancestral energy can also be created by harvesting positive energy and negative energy, both of which require level 90 Divination. The energy in the player's inventory will be consumed while ancestral energy is created.

50 ancestral energies are a reward for completing the Tuai Leit's Own miniquest, which requires level 90 Divination.

Divination

Ancestral energy
Divination level	95
Wisp	Ancestral energy (spring)
Experience
Standard XP	53.5 XP
Enriched XP	N/A

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Harvesting

Unlike standard wisp colonies, ancestral springs do not require that a wisp be activated to begin harvesting. Instead, ancestral springs are sourced directly from dead moais, with each moai supplying 300 energy and 100 harvests before depletion. This is a cumulative number that is shared between all springs spawned from any singular dead moai.

Unlike other divine energy, ancestral energy does not create memories. Because of this, the Elder divination outfit and other outfits which can double memories will occasionally give double experience, and the elder outfit will sometimes give an extra energy. The energy-gathering scrimshaw and its superior variant will work when harvesting ancestral energy, occasionally giving six energy (or seven energy if the Elder divination outfit also activates). The memory-crushing scrimshaw and its superior variant will often consume the energy gathered in exchange for doubled experience (tripled if the outfit also activates). However, doubling experience from the enlightenment scroll will not work.

Also unlike standard wisp colonies, ancestral springs do not have a timed expiration, meaning players can stop harvesting a wisp and then continue again later as long as the player does not leave the island without claiming it first; the wisps will last until completely harvested for that day.

Usage

Ancestral energies can be used to charge one of the tortle portals on the Islands That Once Were Turtles, requiring 50 energies. Once charged, the portal grants players access to a positive and negative wisp colony on the Islands That Once Were Turtles. Originally the tortle portal by the player's ship also required 50 ancestral energies to charge, but this was later changed. This portal provides access to the Power of the Ancestors divine energy shop and additional mushroom clusters.

Products

This is an auto-generated list (update now), and shows the first 100 items alphabetically. For all items, click here.

Item	Skills	Materials	GE price	XP
Alaea sea salt × 10 (transmutation)	94	5 × Ancestral energy 10 × Sea salt	N/A	220
Augmentor	2	100 × Ancestral energy 45 × Base parts 45 × Flexible parts 45 × Tensile parts 8 × Enhancing components 7 × Powerful components	444,560	495  100
Divine charge	4  80	100 × Ancestral energy 20 × Simple parts	67,160	220  80
Raw seerfish × 10 (transmutation)	90	2 × Ancestral energy 20 × Raw tarpon	N/A	204
Raw sillago × 10 (transmutation)	91	10 × Ancestral energy 10 × Raw seerfish	N/A	204
Raw wobbegong × 10 (transmutation)	92	15 × Ancestral energy 10 × Raw sillago	N/A	213
Shiny shell chippings × 10 (transmutation)	93	5 × Ancestral energy 10 × Shell chippings	N/A	217
Shiny tortle shell bowl × 10 (transmutation)	97	10 × Ancestral energy 10 × Wobbegong oil	N/A	234
Sliced mushrooms (The Arc) (transmutation)	95	2 × Ancestral energy 2 × Driftwood	N/A	22.6
Wobbegong oil × 10 (transmutation)	96	20 × Ancestral energy 20 × Alaea sea salt	N/A	232

• If compared to using incandescent energy, each ancestral energy has a value equivalent to 546.75 coins.

Transmutation

Level	Initial resource	Value	Energy	Result	Profit	Exp
90	20 × Raw tarpon	20	2	10 × Raw seerfish	−14	204
91	10 × Raw seerfish	10	10	10 × Raw sillago	−10	204
92	10 × Raw sillago	20	15	10 × Raw wobbegong	−20	213
93	10 × Shell chippings	10	5	10 × Shiny shell chippings	0	217
94	10 × Sea salt	50	5	10 × Alaea sea salt	0	220
95	2 × Driftwood	10	2	1 × Sliced mushrooms	−1	22.6
96	20 × Alaea sea salt	120	20	10 × Wobbegong oil	−20	232
97	10 × Wobbegong oil	140	10	10 × Shiny tortle shell bowl	−20	234

Transmutation relationships

Numbers needed for transmutation only, not for cooking or crafting.

20	→ 2 →	10	→ 10 →	10	→ 15 →	10
						↓ ↓
		20	→ 10 →	20	→ 20 →	10	→ 10 →	10
								↑ ↑
2	→ 2 →	1				10	→ 5 →	10

Analysis

Even though none of the transmutations turns a profit, a small profit can be obtained by turning an item into something that allows greater profit after another step.

For example, the conversion of shell chippings into shiny shell chippings has a profit/loss of 0 chimes. The shiny shell chippings can be made into a shiny tortle shell bowl worth 12 chimes instead of a tortle shell bowl worth 9 chimes.

Transmutation can also be used to even-out resources obtained from islands in order to make shark soup for even more profit. It may be desirable if the island claimed by the player does not contain all the resources needed, if the player lacks the skill levels needed for some resources, or if the player simply does not want to gather certain resources. A transmutation with a loss may still be worthwhile due to the profit from making the shark soup.

The modified diviner's headwear can be used to save energy and resources while transmuting items.

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Ancestral bakami jar	N/A	10–20	Uncommon
Ancestral bakami	90	10–20	Uncommon
Ancestral energy (spring)	95	3	Always
Ancestral orokami jar	N/A	20–40	Common
Ancestral orokami	95	20–40	Common

Store locations

Power of the Ancestors
Merchant	Halia
Island	The Turtles
Price sold at	20
Prices bought at
Base value	2
First upgrade	2
Second upgrade	2

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Achievements

• Ancient Eastern Tortle Portals ( 10) – Activate all tortle portals on The Islands That Once Were Turtles. (X/3)

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• hotfix 3 August 2020 (Update):
  • Transmuting ancestral energy now gives the expected 10x resources instead of 1x.

• patch 3 August 2020 (Update):
  • Transmuting items with ancestral energy now gives the proper amount of output.

• patch 20 July 2020 (Update):
  • Weaving ancestral energy while having memory shards will no longer open the Memory Shard Interface.

• patch 1 October 2018 (Update):
  • Players can now gather and weave Ancestral energy from uncharted islands with boosted Divination.

• patch 15 January 2018 (Update):
  • Players can now transmute up to 30 sets of raw, stackable arc resources at once.

• patch 31 October 2016 (Update):
  • You can now combine positive and negative energy into ancestral energy in your inventory by using them on each other. Requires 95 Divination.
  • When weaving with ancestral energy the progress interface now starts from the correct number.

• update 10 October 2016 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Entering the lobby or logging out while on an island that has a partially depleted dead moai will cause the leftover energy from the remaining springs to be spread out across four individual springs once the game loads again.