Quintessence

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Quintessence
Release																				30 March 2020 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Noteable																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Values
Value																				250 coins
High alch																				150 coins
Low alch																				100 coins
On death																				Reclaimable Reclaim: 100
Weight																				0.453 kg
Examine
The ever elusive fifth element. A product of alchemy.
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				3,562 coins (info)
Buy limit																				5,000
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Advanced data
Item ID																				49470
Links																				MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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Quintessence is an Archaeological material that can be obtained through excavating material caches or various excavation sites, requiring level 91 Archaeology, at various dig sites around RuneScape.

Quintessence is required to restore various artefacts. As players increase their Archaeology level and use higher tier mattocks, they are able to excavate quintessence at quicker rates.

Quintessence, like other Archaeology materials, can be stored in the material storage container. An unlimited amount of quintessence can be stored in the material storage container.

20 Quintessence is required in order to activate the 4th Orthen teleportation device at the Xolo city on the south-east side of Anachronia.

History

Quintessence was discovered at Stormguard Citadel during the Third Age by an Aviansie inventor codenamed 'Howl'. Quintessence was identifed a fifth base alchemical element. Quintessence occurs naturally in the world at convergence points for cosmic energies high above the surface, and quintessence counters were used to aid in harvesting.

During the God Wars, 'Howl' blended Everlight silvthril, hellfire metal, warforged bronze, and stormguard steel utilising quintessence as a catalyst to create a new metal, which was named aetherium alloy. 'Howl' also applied quintessence to Night owl flight goggles, allowing the wearer to see in the dark, and utilised the material as a mobile power source to create wingsuits for use around the Stormguard Citadel.

Material caches

Excavation site	Members	Amount	Requirements
Empyrean Citadel excavation site	Yes	3	Missing, Presumed Death
Stormguard Citadel - Research & Development north-east excavation site	Yes	2	Wingsuit v2
Stormguard Citadel - Howl's workshop excavation site	Yes	3	Wingsuit v3 Stormguard gerege

Sources

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

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Aerated sediment	91	1	606/5000
Aetherium forge	112	1	2/10
Ancient casket	N/A	100	Uncommon
Destroyed golem	98	1	3/10
Gravitron research debris	91	1	3/10
Howl's workshop debris	118	1	3/10
Keshik weapon rack	103	1	3/10
Material cache (quintessence)	91	1	Always

Uses

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
Blackfire lance	103	1 × Blackfire lance (damaged) 50 × Aetherium alloy 46 × Quintessence	N/A
Chuluu stone	118	1 × Chuluu stone (damaged) 40 × Aetherium alloy 30 × Quintessence 40 × Soapstone 24 × Goldrune	N/A
Experimental Aether Reactor	108  118	1 × Chuluu stone 200 × Quintessence 500 × Historic components 10 × Timeworn components 10 × Vintage components	N/A
Golem heart	98	1 × Golem heart (damaged) 34 × Aetherium alloy 24 × Quintessence 16 × Orthenglass 16 × Soapstone	N/A
Golem instruction	98	1 × Golem instruction (damaged) 46 × Quintessence 44 × Vellum 1 × Black mushroom ink	N/A
Prototype godbow	112	1 × Prototype godbow (damaged) 50 × Aetherium alloy 34 × Quintessence 34 × Wings of War	N/A
Prototype godstaff	112	1 × Prototype godstaff (damaged) 50 × Aetherium alloy 34 × Quintessence 34 × Wings of War	N/A
Prototype gravimeter	91	1 × Prototype gravimeter (damaged) 34 × Quintessence 20 × Leather scraps 26 × Third Age iron	N/A
Quintessence counter	118	1 × Quintessence counter (damaged) 54 × Quintessence 40 × Stormguard steel 40 × White oak	N/A

Other

20 quintessence each is needed to activate each of the 4 inactive portal platforms located throughout the Stormguard Citadel dig site.

It also requires 20 quintessence to activate the Orthen teleportation device at xolo city on Anachronia.

Disassembly

Quintessence
Disassembly category	Runes and talismans
Disassembly XP	2.5
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  1.0% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 1.0% 1 34 1.0 2 49 1.0 3 64 1.0 4 69 1.0 5 78 1.0 6 83 0.9 7 91 0.9 8 95 0.9 9 105 0.8
Special materials
1 × Historic components	16/100
OR
1 × Classic components	1/25
Common materials
Magic parts	85/100
Uncommon materials
Crafted parts	13/100
Rare materials
Powerful components	2/100

Achievements

• Any Port in a Storm ( 10) – Activate all portals within the citadel.

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!

• patch 29 June 2020 (Update):
  • The Grand Exchange buy limits for all Archaeology materials have increased from 1,000 to 5,000.

• hidden 29 June 2020 (Update):
  • Quintessence has been added to the ancient casket's drop table.

• update 30 March 2020 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Quintessence was omitted from the ancient casket's drop table for an unspecified reason. It was added in June 2020.