This article is about an alchemical ingredient. For the Fifth Element, see Ether.

The Witcher

Fifth essence is an alchemy ingredient which can be purchased by the following merchants:

• Kalkstein in the Nonhuman district

Source

• The Great Book of Minerals

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Fifth Essence is an alchemy ingredient that is needed to craft the following items:

It can be found as regular random loot, randomly dropped by Earth Elementals, fiends, foglets, and Moreau's Golem, or purchased from the following merchants:

• All alchemists
• All herbalists outside of Toussaint, except Yolar
• All base game armorers, except Fergus Graem and those in Mulbrydale, Oxenfurt, Larvik
• All base game blacksmiths, except the one in Lindenvale and the rescued one in Fayrlund
• Armors and weapons merchants in Nilfgaardian Army Group 'Center' Camp
• Anselm in Crow's Perch
• Halfling merchant in Silverton
• Merchant in Blackbough
• Merchant in the boatyard south of Refugees' Camp
• Merchant at Calveit Watchtower
• Merchant at Coast of Wrecks
• Merchant in Lindenvale
• Merchant in Midcopse
• Merchant in Putrid Grove
• Merchant in Ursten
• Merchant by the road west of White Eagle Fort
• Merchant at the sawmill northeast of Rannvaig
• Merchant at the Isolated Hut on Hindarsfjall
• Quartermaster in Crow's Perch
• Quartermaster Eggebracht in Nilfgaardian Army Group 'Center' Camp
• Merchant in Stacheier
• Pinastri in her home northeast of Dun Tynne Crossroads

Fifth Essence can also be obtained by dismantling any of the Griffin School Gear items that are crafted with it, all Forgotten Wolf School Gear swords and the following items:

Trivia

• The fifth essence, or element, rounds out the puzzle of the classical elements.
• The word "quintessential" is derived from the Latin phrase for "fifth essence".