Monster essence is a crafting component in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt that is needed to craft many items.
It is a random drop from certain monsters and all base game monster nests, and can be dismantled from other monster drops:
Dropped by:
Needed to craft
Other items:
Witcher gear:
- Grandmaster Griffin armor
- Grandmaster legendary Griffin armor
- Griffin boots
- Enhanced Griffin boots
- Legendary Griffin boots
- Enhanced legendary Griffin boots
- Grandmaster Griffin silver sword
- Grandmaster legendary Griffin silver sword
- Grandmaster Griffin steel sword
- Grandmaster legendary Griffin steel sword
- Legendary Manticore gauntlets
- Superior Ursine armor
- Grandmaster Ursine armor
- Superior legendary Ursine armor
- Grandmaster legendary Ursine armor
- Grandmaster Ursine trousers
- Grandmaster legendary Ursine trousers
- Ursine silver sword - mastercrafted
- Legendary Ursine silver sword - mastercrafted
- Ursine steel sword
- Legendary Ursine steel sword
- Wolven boots
- Enhanced Wolven boots
- Legendary Wolven boots
- Enhanced legendary Wolven boots
- Grandmaster Wolven steel sword
- Grandmaster legendary Wolven steel sword
- Grandmaster forgotten Wolven steel sword
- Grandmaster legendary forgotten Wolven steel sword