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Handlungsstrang
Gleichgewicht der Kräfte Die innere Macht Die innere Macht Die innere Macht Die innere Macht Das Auge Azsharas: Das Herz von Zin-Azshari Eine selbstherrliche Vergangenheit Das Finsterherzdickicht: Die Macht des Gefallenen Härtende Dunkelheit Lichte Stärke Die Weisheit der Geduld Der Smaragdgrüne Alptraum: In den Alpträumen Der Smaragdgrüne Alptraum: Die Essenz der Macht Essenzverbrauch Konzentration unserer Bemühungen Rettung der Wache Zuflucht suchen Zurückgezahlte Schuld Verlorenes Wissen Der Hof der Sterne: Herausragende Literatur Der Arkus: Das Ritual des Hauptmanns Das Verlies der Wächterinnen: Ausborgen, ohne zu fragen Verdrehte Macht Ein echter Test Die Suche nach den Valkyra Das Mal Der Seelenschlund: Die Rettung des Svalngards Ein fürstliches Festmahl für Odyn Neltharions Hort: Das Auge isst mit Hallen der Tapferkeit: Odyns Segen Bereit für den ersten Schritt Planung des Angriffs Die Nachtfestung: Größenwahn Die Nachtfestung: In die Nachtfestung Die Nachtfestung: Die Dunkelheit ruft Gleichgewicht der Kräfte

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Kommentar von BlizzardCS

Hi zusammen!

Wir möchten kurz klarstellen, dass diese Quest nicht im LFR bzw. dem Schlachtzugbrowser-Schwierigkeitsgrad absolviert werden kann, sondern nur im normalen oder einem höheren Schwierigkeitsgrad. Dies funktioniert wie vorgesehen.

Zusätzliche Informationen diesbezüglich wurden vor kurzem in diesem Beitrag gepostet:

"Diese Quests müssen im normalen oder höherem Schwierigkeitsgrad absolviert werden, da sie eine kosmetische Belohnung für die Teilnahme an organisierten, nicht matchmaker-abhängigen Inhalten anbieten. Aus diesem Grund wollten wir Konsistenz zwischen dieser Quest und vorherigen Schritten in der Questreihe (welche den Abschluss Mythischer Dungeons erfordern) wahren.

Andere Questreihen wie etwa "Der Stoff der Träume" der Suramar-Kampagne werden wie normal auch über den Schlachtzugbrowser abschließbar sein. Wir planen, mit Patch 7.1 einige Änderungen einzuführen, um besser zu kommunizieren, wo diese Einschränkungen gelten."

Kommentar von Aikurushisa

Eine 100% Drop-Chance gibt es leider nicht pro Boss.
Kann also auch vorkommen, das ihr aus EN HC nur 2 Essenzen bekommt.

Also: Nicht wundern !

Kommentar von Imperfekt

not even ONE on in Hc or Mythic

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Kommentar von Arithawn

Don't know if this quest just came up because the raid opened today or if because I just reached Artifact Knowledge level 4....

Kommentar von Windscar

It is possible to get more than one per boss in the Emerald Nightmare (0, 1 or 2).

Currently you are able to loot on Normal and Heroic.

Essences do not drop in LFR and is marked as intended.

BREAKING NEWS: EMERALD NIGHTMARE RAID QUESTS
With the opening of the first wing of the Emerald Nightmare in Raid Finder difficulty this week, we wanted to mention that the quest items for Essence of Power and In Nightmares do not drop in LFR. The description for these quests will be updated with an upcoming patch and they are meant to be completed on normal difficulty or higher.

Will update the maximum amount of drops I can report/find.

Nythendra - 2
Elerethe - 2
Il'gynoth - 2
Ursoc- 2
Emerald Dragons- 2
Cenarius- 2
Xavius - 2

Kommentar von Joejr82

~~The essence doesn't have a 100% drop chance per boss, so will take some time to gather all 30.~~

Since the hotfix, they always drop from each boss now and can easily do this quest within one week!

Kommentar von Kimera666

I did the spider and dragon boss and not a single essence from either of them >.<

Kommentar von Tadarlis

Not only does the Corrupted Essence not have a 100% chance to drop off each boss, but thusfar, it appears each boss can either drop 1 or 2.

Ended up with 2/30 after a full clear of Normal, with a drop from Il'gynoth and Xavius a piece. Friend ended up with 5/30, with two dropping off of Nythendra.

Basically, looks like this is the new Titan Runestone-esque quest.

Kommentar von wowgamerpro

So can anyone tell me wtf this questline leads to? What is the end reward here?

Kommentar von Keeyla

Does anyone know from beta if this can be done on LFR difficulty? (unfortunately LFR's not open on live until next week)

Kommentar von tefadem

do we have the chance to collect them after the raid is locked for the week ?

Kommentar von mamav

And I got 0 from full clear of normal EN... Is it some weird bad luck or it has happened to anybody else?

Kommentar von Goreguttz

Does anyone know for sure by experience whether or not these will drop if you have already looted the boss for that week? I'm sure they probably don't as we have seen with past legendary-esque quests with raid drops.

Surprised no has made this clear already! :/

Kommentar von LafzPyne

how do i begin this questline? i cant find it

Kommentar von Roa92

And so the grind begins anew!

Kommentar von nikimoney

Since lockouts are only "loot lockout" now, can you run the raid loot-locked and progress on this quest?

Kommentar von Tantypops

I cleared EN N first and killed Nythendra on heroic this week. From normal I had 4 and got 2 more from Nyth H, so I think all modes have their separate lockout for this quest item as well.

Kommentar von Rominiust

Might need confirmation, but nobody in my LFR group got any Essence from the first 3 bosses in my run just then. Although nobody could get Deathglare Iris from In Nightmares either, so it may or may not be a bug.

Kommentar von BlizzardCS

Hello all,

We just wanted to clarify that this quest cannot be completed in LFR; it can only be completed on normal or higher difficulties, and this is working as intended.

Additional commentary was recently offered here:

It is intentional that the quests “In Nightmares” and “Essence of Power” cannot be completed on Raid Finder difficulty. That quest chain is intended to provide a cosmetic reward for participating in organized, non-matchmade content. As such, we wanted to keep this step in line with the previous steps in the chain, which require completing Mythic Dungeons.

This restriction is specific to this quest chain, which has a cosmetic-only reward. Other quest chains, such as “The Stuff of Dreams” from the Suramar campaign, will be completable through Raid Finder. We’ll be making some additional changes in Patch 7.1 to more clearly communicate when and where these restrictions apply.

Kommentar von Averagejoedirt

Does not drop in LFR which for those of us who can't sit and play this game for hours on end, or hope to get accepted into a group is BS. I have 2 jobs and a family, I use this game as an escape from those responsibilities. At most I get an hour and a half to play a day, which most raiding guilds look for active players for multiple hours. This expac is awesome but this ruins it for me personally. Back to another 2 year hiatus if not more for me.

Kommentar von Cropz

I do hope everyone realizes all this quest rewards at the end is an Artifact Appearance, you're not losing anything by not being able to complete this in LFR, there are multiple other appearances gated behind PvP or other activities that you'll probably not get as well, and I don't see outrage about those.

Kommentar von Araxom

Additional commentary was recently offered here:

It is intentional that the quests “In Nightmares” and “Essence of Power” cannot be completed on Raid Finder difficulty. That quest chain is intended to provide a cosmetic reward for participating in organized, non-matchmade content. As such, we wanted to keep this step in line with the previous steps in the chain, which require completing Mythic Dungeons.

This restriction is specific to this quest chain, which has a cosmetic-only reward. Other quest chains, such as “The Stuff of Dreams” from the Suramar campaign, will be completable through Raid Finder. We’ll be making some additional changes in Patch 7.1 to more clearly communicate when and where these restrictions apply.

Kommentar von BlackLeviathan99

... so it is an optional story quest? because i think it be pointless for those whove already trasmoged artifacts to other looks (like me) to do then if it is only cosmetic

Kommentar von humankillerz

so like legion runestones, do you get more in heroic then normal? i remember it was way more comment to get tons per boss in heroic then it was in normal.

so is heroic better to get your stones in? or can you get stones by clearing normal then clearing heroic as well? or are they locked once gotten?

Kommentar von Casslynda11

Just adding a link to the reward for this chain as it was annoying to find -
Bessere Noten in Geschichte

Kommentar von beatforce

I just rerolled from being a DH tank to a druid healer.
And Im having troubles getting this quest on my druid, is there anything I need to do before this, to get it in Aszuna?

Kommentar von Silkdad

Does anyone know what is between completion of this quest and the "Balance of Power" quest that ultimately gives you the artifact appearance?

After 2 weeks of full clears, I have 6/30. figuring it will take (probably) about 8 more weeks to get to 30/30.

Wondering if maybe we have to wait for the next raid to open and do something similar to get to "Balance of Power"?

Kommentar von Calda

I'd just like to provide some more stats:
My first week I got 10 Essences (Full normal clear + Dragons H)

Second week was 3 (Full normal clear + First 5 Heroic)

This week, so far, I've gotten 6, with Full normal clear and Dragons/Nythendra on H.

Meaning there is still hope for everyone to get it this/next week. However the drops seem extremely varied

Kommentar von Dreins

I just finished this quest. After handling the 30 essences, you'll receive a quick quest that awards an AP item (2375 @AK 7) and Kalecgos asks you to meet him at Shal'Aran.

The following quest requires revered with the Nightfallen. You need to buy an item that costs 125g at exalted, then you finally receive 3 more mythic dungeon quests, which I couldn't find in wowhead at the time I wrote this post:
Literary Perfection (Court of Stars)
Rite of the Captain (Arcway)
Borrowing without asking (Vault of the Wardens)

They all require an item found in the dungeon and to defeat the final boss, should be simple. I'll update this post once I finish them.

PS: for those wondering, it took me 18 heroic and 19 normal kills to get the 30 essences. Proof: https://www.warcraftlogs.com/rankings/character/1008266/latest/

Kommentar von artog

Next quest in the chain is Essential Consumption.

After that Repaid Debt takes you to Shal'Aran in Suramar.
There you get Lost Knowledge that have you get
Scroll of Elun'dris, which requires revered with The Nightfallen.

After completeion of this you get three different quest to complete three different mythic dungeons:

Borrowing Without Asking, Vault of Wardens
Rite of the Captain, The Arcway
Literary Perfection, Court of Stars

Kommentar von sharpnova

Is there any reason, other than elitism, that no one has mentioned which wing(s) you get the items from?

Kommentar von ResoLite

One thing worth noting about these drops is that if you miss out on an essence drop off a boss on normal mode, you do get another chance at it on heroic mode. My raid team completed Nythendra on norm at the start of a raid night last week; no corrupted essence drop. Towards the end of the same raid night we ran heroic mode nyth, who did drop an essence for me.

Whether this means you just get another chance at an essence drop if you missed out on a drop from your norm kill, or that you can get two sets of essence drops off the same boss (one from norm and one from heroic) i'm not sure. Also not sure if this is 'working as intended'.

Potentially this works for mythic mode too, i.e. you miss out on norm, then miss out on heroic, then get a third chance on mythic mode. However I have not raided mythic so again can't verify this.

Kommentar von Wowsucksnowadays

Many of the ideas of the new wow is bull$%^& along with this quest chain, god damn they must be synical.

Kommentar von Wowsucksnowadays

People say well "rng is rng" but that doesn't excuse at all the low prog occurance at any givin interval, which never sticks with their "%" chance they tell the player. Normaly you would observe then estimate %, now we get % and have to observe if it fits occurance, and it never does. 90% for the players succes is 50% at best, while 10% for an npc would be 50% too. And when it comes to RNG no !@#$ing machine can make conscious decision. They have just preset the occurance. So 5 out of 10 should be 50%, but again theoretically if their scale is like 500 out of 1000, and it is the last 500 of the thousands you would still have to do it 501 times to get it, and it would still be 50% chance, you would just have to do somehting a thousand times for it to actually be 50% for you, but in their program its 50%, even though it would be of no relevance to the player.

So with corrupted essence the drop chance could be 50%, but its estimated out of a 1000, then they can say whatever % and make it drop at any giving rate and it seems random. random in computer games just means a predetermined order you dont know? its still fixed as @#$% ffs. RNG has really ruined that game.

Kommentar von Wowsucksnowadays

People say well "rng is rng" but that doesn't excuse at all the low prog occurance at any givin interval, which never sticks with their "%" chance they tell the player. Normaly you would observe then estimate %, now we get % and have to observe if it fits occurance, and it never does. 90% for the players succes is 50% at best, while 10% for an npc would be 50% too. And when it comes to RNG no &*!@ing machine can make conscious decision. They have just preset the occurance. So 5 out of 10 should be 50%, but again theoretically if their scale is like 500 out of 1000, and it is the last 500 of the thousands you would still have to do it 501 times to get it, and it would still be 50% chance, you would just have to do somehting a thousand times for it to actually be 50% for you, but in their program its 50%, even though it would be of no relevance to the player.

So with corrupted essence the drop chance could be 50%, but its estimated out of a 1000, then they can say whatever % and make it drop at any giving rate and it seems random. random in computer games just means a predetermined order you dont know? its still fixed as $%^& ffs. RNG has really ruined that game.

Kommentar von theredsox

A lot of people in my raid group have this quest, but I still do not have it. It says it starts at Senegos, but he does not have that quest for me. A poster says it's from your class hall with unknown requirements. Does anyone know for sure what the requirements are for this? I'm exalted with nightfallen and well into revered on everything else, no order hall quests left, have both the normal and heroic quests for cenarius. I have a quest from Senegos, but its to do mythic eye.

Kommentar von Fkhimagain

I mean WTF man blizzard how can you do this? Making 4 Diffrint (colors) Weapon appearances Locked by 1 fking achievement that not cant be completed until next year when NH is gonna be released how the fking hell can you make poeple wait that long for so much afford that they make FIX this its getting boring looking to the same Artifact for months and its taking away the lust to game !

Kommentar von Rasengam

Took me "only" 36 Normal kills and 33 Heroic kills. Gotta love RNG

Kommentar von Kukiel

Do I lose the entire quest chain if I change my faction to the Horde?
I know all current progress on the quest is lost, but I want to know if I'd lose the entire quest chain.
Thank you!

Kommentar von Ceresc

I find it incredibly disheartening to have 16 kills and 0 (zero) essences. At this point in the tier, it seems a bit exaggerated :/

Kommentar von rajtantajtan

Completing the quest leads to Essenzverbrauch, which rewards you with a decent amount of Artifact Power. At Artifact Knowledge level 14, I received roughly 47k AP.

Kommentar von Eillesthis

Previous: Lichte Stärke

Parallel: Der Smaragdgrüne Alptraum: In den Alpträumen

Kommentar von Firestar1111

shame the drop rate is so piss, have done EN every week still only have 9.... all well guess wont be gettin this skin

Kommentar von tvl1234

do they still drop when you are saved? cos they are not in the loot table and nobody mentioned anything about it

Kommentar von Iceleaf

"Each of these fiends carry within them corrupted essence, as Oakheart did, but far more potent. Gather all that you can, and we will turn their corruption against them."

Fool me once..well, jokes on me I guess

Kommentar von Vintus

Anyone noticed an increased drop rate on these since the 17th? Or was I just lucky? I got 7 total just from normal mode.

Kommentar von Hsgames

Might be asking a dumb question but can you multi run N/H En runs to get the Essences or is it like loot...Once you kill you are locked out for that type per week?

Kommentar von ModishVision

Turn in is at the Azurewing Refuge, in Azsuna 48.4 , 28

I was so frustrated nobody mentioned it.. so here you go.

Kommentar von Foxies

Introduction
This quest is part of a comment-size guide for "Balance of Power." questline. Quests are pretty much self-explanatory and all it takes is some time and good will to complete them. Completing this questline rewards Artifact Appearance (Appearance 3, Tint 1).

Part 1
Image of Kalec appears in your Order Hall and gives you the following quest:
The Power Within (Meet Archmage Kalec at Azurewing Repose in Azsuna.)
Reasons behind appearance of Archmage Kalec in your Class Order Hall are not yet completely understood but most people noticed him few days after they completed their Class Campaign.

Part 2
From there you take a next quest from Senegos:
The Heart of Zin-Azshari (Retrieve the Heart of Zin-Azshari and defeat the Wrath of Azshara in the Eye of Azshara on Mythic difficulty.)

Part 3
After completing the previous quests you receive a few new quests (exactly 3: two from Senegos and one from Archmage Kalec).
Senegos:
A Vainglorious Past (Obtain a Vainglorious Draught from Veridis Fallon.)
- You can purchase Vainglorious Draught from Veridis Fallon in Crumbled Palace in Azsuna for 150g (Requirement: Court of Farondis - Honored).

Fallen Power (Recover a Corrupted Essence from Oakheart and defeat the Shade of Xavius in Darkheart Thicket on Mythic difficulty.)

Archmage Kalec:
Tempering Darkness (Obtain 30 Blood of Sargeras.)
Should not be a problem since by the time you get that quest and if you did not spend any Blood of Sargeras you should have some stacked up simply by completing Dungeons and World Quests.

Part 4
Archmage Kalec:
Lucid Strength (Absorb the power from the Corrupted Essence using the Heart of Zin-Azshari.)
Right next to you.

Part 5
Senegos:
The Wisdom of Patience (Await the opening of The Emerald Nightmare, then report back to Senegos in Azsuna.)

Part 6
Archmage Kalec:
In Nightmares (Obtain a Deathglare Iris and the Horn of the Nightmare Lord from The Emerald Nightmare.) NOTE: NOT doable with LFR. It has to be Normal difficulty or higher. In order to complete this quest you need to kill 2 bosses: Il'gynoth and Xavius and loot mentioned quest items.

Senegos:
Essence of Power (Collect 30 Corrupted Essence from The Emerald Nightmare.) This quest gave me a weird WoD and Khadgar flashback. NOT doable with LFR. Only Normal or higher difficulty. Essences ~~do not~~ have a 100% drop rate and bosses can drop 1-2 3 Corrupted Essences at the time.

Part 7
Senegos:
Essential Consumption (Absorb the combined power of the Corrupted Essences using the Heart of Zin-Azshari.)
Right next to you.

Part 8
Archmage Kalec:
Repaid Debt (Meet Archmage Kalec in the Shal'Aran in Suramar.)

Part 9
Thalrenus Rivertree:
Lost Knowledge (Obtain the Scroll of Elun'dris from First Arcanist Thalyssra.)
- Costs 120g. Requirement: The Nightfallen - Revered).

Part 10
Thalrenus Rivertree:
Borrowing Without Asking (Recover a Containment Crystal from the Vault of the Wardens on Mythic difficulty.)

Syrana Starweaver:
Rite of the Captain (Take Advisor Vandros' Eon Winder from The Arcway on Mythic difficulty.)

Lothrius Mooncaller:
Literary Perfection (Find Lothrius' first edition copy of "Wards, Sigils, and the Nightborne Way" in the Court of Stars on Mythic difficulty.)

Part 11
Syrana Starweaver:
Twisted Power (Use a Greater Portal Stone to summon Vizuul the Twisted at the Altar of End Times in Faronaar and collect his runebindings.)

Part 12
Syrana Starweaver:
A True Test (Absorb the power from the Twisted Runebindings using the Heart of Zin-Azshari.)
Right next to you.

Part 13
Archmage Kalec:
Seeking the Valkyra (Seek out Ashildir at the Vault of Eyir in Stormheim.)

Part 14
Ashildir:
The Mark (Prove your worth to the Valarjar, then receive the Mark of the Valkyra from Eyir.)

Part 15
Ashildir:
Retrieving the Svalnguard (Retrieve the Svalnguard and defeat Helya in the Maw of Souls on Mythic difficulty.)

Part 16
Ashildir:
A Feast Fit for Odyn (Acquire flank meat from Thunderhoof in Stormheim, Spinesever's spine in Highmountain, and a steak from Leytusk in Azsuna.)

Presentation is Key (Retrieve 4 Adamantium Casing Scraps and defeat Dargrul the Underking in Neltharion's Lair on Mythic difficulty.)

Part 17
Ashildir:
Odyn's Blessing (Obtain Odyn's blessing in the Halls of Valor on ~~Heroic or~~ Mythic difficulty.)
- Use Grand Feast of Valhallas when you enter the dungeon - at the start. You can enter the dungeon alone, put the feast down, get out and then get a group to defeat Odyn and get his blessing. After you defeat him wait for him to finish his speech (RP) and then you can collect his blessing on the loot chest.

Part 18
Archmage Kalec:
Planning the Assault (Await the opening of the Nighthold, then meet Archmage Kalec in Shal'Aran.)

Part 19
Archmage Kalec:
Into the Nighthold (Collect 20 Nightshards from the Nighthold on Normal difficulty or higher.)
- Try and complete this quest without killing Gul'dan because if you kill him before acquiring The Nighthold: Darkness Calls quest in Part 20 he won't drop quest item for you this week and you'll need to wait for a next reset to complete The Nighthold: Darkness Calls quest in Part 20.

Thalrenus Rivertree:
The Nighthold: Delusions of Grandeur (Collect the core of Trilliax and Grand Magistrix Elisande's Millennia Tome in the Nighthold on Normal difficulty or higher.)

Part 20
Archmage Kalec:
The Nighthold: Darkness Calls (Bring one Gul'dan's eyes to Archmage Kalec on Normal difficulty or higher.)

Part 21
Archmage Kalec:
Balance of Power (Absorb the combined power of the Nightshards and the Eye of Gul'dan using the Heart of Zin-Azshari at the Lunar Crucible.)

Congratulations on completing this questline and acquiring new Artifact Appearance. Enjoy!
Foxies, out.

Kommentar von Einsteinwv

Is this going to be revamped at all now that balance of power is going to be required for flying?

They have always said it will be a cosmetic only thing, but legion flying is more then a cosmetic thing, and with this still not dropping on LFR and a horrible drop rate people who took a break are at a huge disadvantage for flying.

Kommentar von quarny

With the recent hotfix the bosses always drop between 1-3 , also you can get a new item called Brodelnde Essenz which contains 5.

Kommentar von 9361984

If you get Brodelnde Essenz before you receive this quest, mind that opening the item will yield you nothing at all, it simply disappears, wait until you are actually on the quest.

Kommentar von Jorvalt

Does the corrupted essence no longer drop on more than one difficulty per week? I went through Heroic EN only to be at 29/30 corrupted essence, then did Normal and didn't get even a single essence.

Kommentar von Dravenor

It seems like they have raised the drop rate significantly. I did my first run some months back and I got 5. I ran it again today, and I got 30.

Kommentar von angimal68

If the content isn't BRAND NEW, then these kids are NOT going to want to do it. When Blizzard decides to throw another expansion pack at us and all of this content is basically obsolete then what is the point in making it all interlocking? You MUST quest to raid/dungeon or you MUST raid/dungeon to quest seems like a foot-stomping, temper-tantrum throwing attempt by some graphics developer to get more people to see their stuff. And making achievements that solely follow this concept is not allowing room for future players because there is going to be NO ONE to run what will soon be old content. Already the kids are doing mythic+ and finding normal raid groups or dungeon groups is getting to be impossible. Why would someone run for 825 gear when their character is wearing 890+? LFR fills the need to get random players together who actually are just now building their characters or working on alts and it would be GREAT if random quest junk that we have to gather was included in this. Gathering 80 Lingering Soul Fragments on a one-by-one basis in mythic or heroic dungeons or gathering 30 Corrupted Essence is straight up BS if it isn't your main or you have a character that doesn't do great in raids or dungeons. Not exactly thrilled with being told I MUST do something in order to get my character non-sucky gear only to try to join a group and get kicked because they've already got the gear and turn their nose up at those of us who have actually got the Insurrection storyline completed or play more casually that the average sugar junky kid. Doesn't make us BAD players, makes us different players and we feel like Blizzard is punishing that.

Kommentar von NoIexion

You are only able to loot the Verderbte Essenz once a week per boss regardless of difficulty.

You will NOT be able to loot this item when killing the same boss on a different difficulty on the same week where you have already received this item.

Kommentar von The8th

Got mine from a LFR run and handed them into Senegos with no probs
Perhaps Blizz have relented

Kommentar von Channelle

Don't know if I was either lucky or the drop rate is really high right now, but I only needed to do (less than) 2 full runs to get 30x Verderbte Essenz for the quest.
You also get Brodelnde Essenz frequently from bosses, which contains even more Verderbte Essenz. For me it was always 5, but I read people saying they got another amount.

Kommentar von kimmuryiel

anyone know if the item is still only out of normal and higher as of 7.2? I really would like to get it on more than my main (and her only if I manage to stomach a pug for that long.)

Kommentar von oplix

I easily did this in a pickup group. stop complaining.

Kommentar von Magus2002

Just as a heads up for someone who might've gone for this quest a few months ago and became disheartened due to only 1 or 2 items from a full clear.. I got only 1 from a full clear 5 months back, went at it again today post-7.2, got TWENTY items, in one full Normal clear. So yeah they definitively buffed this :)

Kommentar von gottabethebest1

I don't know what is happening, if my RNG is legitimately bad or what, but I just cleared a full Heroic in a group and I didn't get a single Essence? A possible reason could be that I had cleared Normal difficulty two days ago, but that was before I picked up the quest (I picked up the quest tonight). After getting the quest, I got right into a great pug group, ran through the whole place. I kept waiting for a drop, but nothing? Then I come here and people are saying the drop rate was increased?

Was it because I had already run Normal this week? That doesn't make sense to me, since I hadn't picked up the quest when I cleared on Normal. I still got regular loot from Heroic, so why not Essences? My RNG cannot be that bad.

Kommentar von ChessieTiger

Hey all! I just ran EN normal and was able to go from 0 to 25 in that one run. So it IS POSSIBLE to get them in one run, RNG was on my side. I was with others who were not getting any drops. Or only got one from one boss.

Good luck!

Kommentar von Dyzdaemar

Did Emerald Nightmare LFR got 23 essence. Completed norm and heroic EN and it said I had 30 essence at the end of heroic. I had also looted Horn of the Nightmare Lord which completed another quest I had there and turned that in fine but when I tried to hand in the Essence of Power quest it now says I have only 23 essence and it will not let me complete it..

Kommentar von PlebTM

Ran Normal and got 24 essence, ran heroic right after and did not get a single one. I don't thing you can rerun higher difficulty and get more, one run only.

Kommentar von Bullcorn1542

21/30 on Heroic. Guess they've increased the drop rate. They must have because I usually do not have any kind of luck whatsoever. ;)

Kommentar von RewindDB

Just got exactly 30 in one normal EN run. Most bosses gave 5 each.

Kommentar von LauraJayne

So, another quest i cant complete cuz i dont do normal raids, and only LFR. This is so unfair, they're forcing us to do somethin we dont want to, to continue with our artifact, complete bullsh*t

Kommentar von DonStronk

Done this quest chain 6 times now, on every run i was left at 28 or 29/30 essences, truly infuriating to get cucked at 99% simply because blizz loves to troll, just raise the damn droprate to 100% already, it's bad enough we have to run every single awful legion dungeon :/

Kommentar von Semavi

Don't know if they buffed this but, when i did it during 7.2 or something i had to do it in 2 weeks but today i got 2-3-5-5-5-5-5=30 in a single run, not sure if lucky or they changed it.

Kommentar von Sambucca

As I get the whole understanding as it must be a regular raid and not LFR. Time constraints on many people does cause this questline to be slightly outdated with new content incoming. You really should release it to LFR as it will become useless soon. Im just saying.

Kommentar von DraethDarkstar

There are several tertiary requirements that you'll need to meet to be able to progress along the Balance of Power quest chain at various points. You can and should work towards completing these as soon as possible if you want to complete the quest chain quickly. If you wait to pursue these objectives until you're forced to by a quest, you'll increase your total time required to complete this chain significantly, as, especially in the case of Reputations, progression is time gated.
In the order they become relevant, they are:

Complete your Order Hall Campaign through Eine glorreiche Kampagne, Für die Schlacht geschmiedet, and Riege der Champions. This is required for Kalec to appear in your Order Hall and offer Die innere Macht. It usually takes him 1-3 days after you've done this to appear.
Complete the "Behind Legion Lines" quest objective of Azsuna Matata, beginning with Auf ins Getümmel and ending with Finstere Offenbarungen to unlock and then complete the "Defending Azurewing Repose" quest objective of Azsuna Matata, beginning with Reise zur Rast and ending with Das Ende des Hungers in Azsuna. This is required before you can turn in Die innere Macht to begin the Balance of Power chain in earnest.
Earn Honored Reputation with the Farondis' Hofstaat. This is required to purchase the Gebräu der Selbstherrlichen from Veridis Fallon for Eine selbstherrliche Vergangenheit. This is the last tertiary objective you'll need to have done before you can begin Emerald Nightmare for your 30 Verderbte Essenz for Der Smaragdgrüne Alptraum: Die Essenz der Macht. which will take you at least two raids to do unless you are extremely lucky.
Complete the "Nightfall" quest objective of Nachtsüchtig aber nicht allein, beginning with Khadgars Entdeckung and ending with Arkaner Durst, then complete Shal'Aran to unlock and then complete the "Moon Guard Stronghold" quest objective of Guter Suramariter, beginning with Nicht bis zur letzten Feder and Schicksal der Wache, and ending with Das letzte Gefecht der Mondwache in Suramar. This is required before you can complete Zurückgezahlte Schuld and progress the Suramar portion of the quest chain.
Earn Revered Reputation with Die Nachtsüchtigen. This is required to purchase the Schriftrolle von Elun'dris from Erste Arkanistin Thalyssra for Verlorenes Wissen which you'll need to do as soon as you begin the Suramar portion of the quest chain.
Earn Revered Reputation with the Valarjar to prove your worth to Eyir and receive the Mark of the Valkyra for Das Mal in Stormheim. This is the last tertiary objective you'll need to complete, and is required before you can progress the Stormheim portion of the quest chain.

Lastly, while not a requirement, it is recommended that if you manage to collect all of the Nachtsplitter for Die Nachtfestung: In die Nachtfestung before you kill Gul'dan, that you return to Shal'Aran as soon as you have them and Die Nachtfestung: Größenwahn completed, because you will not be able to loot the Auge von Gul'dan during the same week for the next and final quest, Die Nachtfestung: Die Dunkelheit ruft, if you have already killed him.

Edit: As of Patch 8.0.1, Die Nachtfestung: Die Dunkelheit ruft appears to be available alongside Die Nachtfestung: In die Nachtfestung and Die Nachtfestung: Größenwahn instead of being made available after them.

Kommentar von Fremm

If you are receiving no essence at all and you are running Emerald Nightmare on Normal/Heroic/Mythic, you may be "quest loot locked" (for lack of a better term) for the week. Blizzard Support confirmed to me that the Corrupted Essence will only drop on the first kill of the week, regardless of difficulty. So if you kill any bosses then receive the quest, you will not be able to receive Corrupted Essence from the defeated bosses on other difficulties until the weekly reset.

I ran Heroic Emerald Nightmare for the related quest (In Nightmares), received this quest then ran Normal Emerald Nightmare without a single essence drop.

Kommentar von Bluek

Just got 32 essence doing 6 bosses on Heroic and one on Normal. Got Brodelnde Essenz on all bosses excluding Cenarius.
Not sure if lucky or the drop rate was incerased.

Kommentar von ThisIsSonor

After running 10 characters through EN, collecting data from 9, here are my results:
62 bosses killed that could reward essence (joined late to 1 hence 7*9-1)
9x I got 1 essence
13x I got 2 essences
13x I got 3 essences
27x I got 5 essences ( Brodelnde Essenz needs to be opened (duuh) )
This comes to an average of 3.37 essences per boss.
It's just under 15% chance to recieve 1, just over 20% to recieve 2 and to recieve 3 essences with 5 being the most common with just under 44%.
All the runs were either normal or heroic with no noticeable difference in dropchance.

Kommentar von Wownomo

Just ran this on my umpteenth alt and received a Seething Essence (with x5 Corrupted Essence) off each boss including another one off Xavius even though I had my 30 at that point.

Guess they hotfixed this for the rest of the xpac to help ppl get it done quicker.

Kommentar von Shiva20

I was hoping with the new Patches this would be looteble on different difficulties again. It's not :(

Kommentar von Suzaku

If you're working on soloing Balance of Power in Battle for Azeroth, Emerald Nightmare should be fairly trivial at 120 with ilvl 340~ gear on 10-man Normal difficulty, depending on class and spec. Ursoc is the only DPS check; pop DPS and survival cooldowns after he enrages, and use Azerite Traits like Resounding Protection if necessary.

It will probably take you two weekly resets (slightly more than one full clear) to collect all the necessary Corrupted Essences as of Patch 8.0.1.

Kommentar von hagonm

For anyone doing this in later expansions! You need to have an artifact equipped to loot these.

Kommentar von Ttenn

Just a heads up. As of patch 8.25. Do not do LFR and then on to normal/heroic/mythic and expect essence drops. If you do LFR first you will be essence loot locked out of normal/heroic/mythic. As this was in my case. First week i had 23 essence drops then my 2nd week I went to LFR thinking they would drop but no. Then I went on to mythic to claim my final 7 essences only for nothing to drop whatsoever on all 3 difficulties.

Kommentar von cfmcghee

As of April 9, 2020:

Ran this raid on Normal and received 30 Essences in one run. Don't know if Blizzard increased the drop rate or my bad luck rolls finally balanced out. Out of 7 bosses, 5 of them dropped Seething essences.

More data is required though.

Kommentar von f4th3ffr

Patch 8.3, 450 DH, I've had to do this through 3 weekly resets. First time i got none. Second time i got more and third week and im still 20/30 and i did all 3 difficulties. WTH

Kommentar von booster363

475 DH. 20/30 on Mythic run.
Posting for data.

Wish this could be done in one run. 9.0 is just around the corner.

Kommentar von Majikayo

Why is this quest still time gated? I got 20 out of Normal difficulty, then changed to heroic and nothing dropped. Are you kidding me? This questline already consists of 20 quests and yet you are still timegating it, now I'll have to wait until the next week for nothing. Such reasons are really a reason to quit. I understand when it is present expansion it is okay to timegate things but this is legacy content.

Kommentar von UnknownAK

I got 28/30 from 1 normal run, it's really irritating being so close but still having to wait a week

Kommentar von Mackon

So I have just done this on my 473 Frost DK on Mythic and I got 28/30 in one run. Why haven't they upped the drop rate on this by now so that you can get them all in one run?

Kommentar von arisyn

Pro-tip for people farming this after Legion...run it on a Monday night and then again on Tuesday morning after reset and you're done!

Kommentar von dukerattlehead

Trying to complete the Balance of Power storyline on my druid to get the glowy bear forms now you can change appearance in SL pre-patch.

I've run The Emerald Nightmare on all difficulties, Normal, Heroic and Mythic and not a single Corrupted Essence has dropped.

Even with bad RNG, I'd expect at least one to drop? Is this a bug?

Kommentar von VeckGB

Idk if i'm just extremely lucky or Blizz made some changes. Got a seething essence from the first 6 bosses. Done in one run!

Edit: 1 Seething Essence from every single boss. Even Xavius

Kommentar von Sternon

It's possible this is fixed as of 9.0 since I have just finished EN on Normal difficulty and all bosses dropped 5 Essences except for Xavius and Il'gynoth who dropped 3-3 each. It's important to know that bosses only drop essences for the first kill of the week - as it was the case in the past as well, and regardless of difficulty. If you already completed the raid on any difficulty during the week before picking up the quest, you will have to come back next week.

Kommentar von Mooshrums

On 9.0.1. (prepatch) the "weekly lockout" is still applicable.
Good luck all!

Kommentar von Tiandrah

I absolutely HATE this RNG b.s.!

I have done 3 clears a week for 3 weeks (one in each difficulty....duh) now and only have EIGHT of these bloody things!

Kommentar von Razraptre

Week 1: 6 from normal, 0 from heroic or mythic
Week 2: 23 from normal, 0 from heroic or mythic
Week 3: 1 from normal

Are these just heavily weighted to drop from normal?

Kommentar von garhyde

For those doing this solo, ensure you have your artifact from Legion equipped while killing bosses.

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Der Smaragdgrüne Alptraum: Die Essenz der Macht

Sammelt 30 verderbte Essenzen aus dem Smaragdgrünen Alptraum auf dem Schwierigkeitsgrad 'Normal' oder höher.

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Jetzt, da wir die Möglichkeiten des Herzens besser verstehen, wird es Zeit, uns sein wahres Potenzial zunutze zu machen.

Im Smaragdgrünen Alptraum findet Ihr Kreaturen, die es gar nicht geben dürfte... Monster, die nichts mit dem zu tun haben, wofür der Traum steht.

Sie widerstreben einfach allem, was dem grünen Schwarm heilig ist.

Jeder dieser Unholde trägt eine verderbte Essenz in sich, so wie auch Eichenherz es tat... nur noch stärker. Sammelt alle, derer Ihr habhaft werden könnt, und wir werden ihre eigene Verderbnis gegen sie wenden.

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