Essence of Desire is a Seasonal Currency that was added when Destiny 2’s Episode: Heresy was released and serves to obtain useful rewards.
While this currency does not drop as often as most items that you would farm in the game, there are specific ways to obtain them or grind for a large amount of it.
Once you gather a lot of Essence of Desire, you can either use them to gain rewards while exploring the Dreadnaught in the Nether activity or may use them for your Tome of Want.
How To Get Essence of Desire?
1) Completing Activities
There is a chance for you to obtain Essence of Desire upon completing certain activities such as Vanguard, Crucible, Gambit, and even Overthrows.
These do not give a large amount but being able to obtain Essence of Desire while doing other activities is useful when it comes to grinding.
2) Taken Altar
A good way to get a ton of Essence of Desire is to head to Eris Morn’s Apartment and offer Metastasized Essentia to get rewards.
Offering Metastasized Essentia will provide you with 10 Essence of Desire along with other types of loot, which include gear and even Enhancement Cores.
3) Tome of Want Rewards
When you have a Tome of Want ritual activity, you will be able to obtain rewards by completing the conditions that it requires. (Completing activities, defeating powerful combatants, and more)
Upon completion of the conditions, you will be able to obtain Essence of Desire as part of the rewards amongst the other loot.
Essence of Desire Uses
Dreadnaught Bonus Chests (The Nether)
There are Bonus Chests that can be found when you are exploring the Dreadnaught (The Nether) that can be opened with Essence of Desire.
Opening these Dreadnaught Bonus Chests will cost you 2 Essence of Desire and will often reward you with Sigl Shards, Gear, and Enhancement Cores.
Tome of Want
The Tome of Want is an item that can be used to gain different kinds of rewards once you have powered it up with Essence of Desire as well as having completed its conditions.
You will need 2 Essence of Desire to power the Tome of Want and this needs to be done each time you activate a ritual that provides rewards.
Best Way To Farm Essence of Desire
The best way to get your hands on a lot of Essence of Desire would be to farm it in The Nether activity since there are certain ways to prepare to obtain it.
This would be to obtain Metastasized Essentia and to offer it at the Taken Altar back at Eris Morn’s Apartment for Essence of Desire.
Once you have Essence of Desire, you may activate Tome of Want rituals and complete its requirements in The Nether to get more Essence of Desire. (Rinse and repeat)
Essence of Desire Max Stacks
The maximum stack of Essence of Desire is 50, which requires you use them before obtaining more of the Seasonal Currency.
When opening sources or completing activities that reward Essence of Desire, they will not be obtained if you already have 50 in your inventory.
Verdict
Essence of Desire is one of the most valuable currencies that you can obtain during Episode: Heresy is one of the main ways to get loot.
Once you start delving into The Nether and make use of the Tome of Want, Essence of Desire is likely to continue flowing and you will also obtain tons of rewards.
It would be best to save your Essence of Desire for the Tome of Want but once you have a lot, you can start spending it on Bonus Chests in The Nether activity from time to time.
