How to get Essence Stones in Solo Leveling: Arise
Essence Stones in Solo Leveling: Arise have multiple purposes, such as purchasing gate keys and encore missions. However, the most widely used feature is exchanging 250 Essence Stones for one Raffle Ticket to summon Hunters and weapons from the gacha. You can purchase a set Daily Essence Stone Support in the app store.
The set costs $8.01 and provides 200 Essence Stones daily for 28 days. However, you may not have to spend your money because there are many options available for farming stones, such as playing the story and side chapters, completing daily and weekly challenges, and much more.
In this article, we'll look at some of the best ways to get Essence Stones in Solo Leveling: Arise.
Note: This guide is based on the Early Access version of Solo Leveling: Arise, which is available in Canada on March 21, 2024. It is expected to be released worldwide in May 2024.
All ways to get Essence Stones in Solo Leveling: Arise
1) Scene mode
You can grind a lot of Essence Stones in the Solo Leveling: Arise story mode. The first time you complete each level in each chapter, you will receive 50 Essence Stones. Each stage in all chapters offers three combat missions, upon completion of each of which you will receive 15 stones. After unlocking Hard Mode, you can generate the same number of gems from each chapter.
In addition, each side chapter stage also gives the same amount of Essence Stones for the first playthrough and combat missions.
2) Hunter's archive
Hunter's Archive is a story mode focusing on non-playable hunters. The Early Access version includes the story of Lee Johee and Kang Taesik. Each hunter has five episodes, and for completing each chapter you will receive 50 essence stones.
You'll need one key to unlock each episode, which contains a visual novel-style presentation and action segments. Keys are automatically replenished every day, with a maximum of three per day.
3) Missions again
In Encore Missions, you fight various bosses introduced in the story mode. The Early Access version features Blue Poison Fang Kasaka, Iridescent Mage Fores, Cerberus, and Giant Arachnid. Each boss has eight levels, with increasing difficulty at each subsequent level.
Each level offers three combat missions, upon completion of each of which you will receive 15 essence stones. Each stage requires one Encore Mission key to complete, and you receive three keys for free daily.
Dungeon is another game mode that you can play to get more Essence Stones. The game mechanics are similar to Encore Missions. The Encore Missions game mode unlocks after completing Chapter 5, and the Dungeon mode becomes available after Chapter 9.
4) Challenges
The quests consist of a series of quests divided into 12 chapters. Each chapter has several quests, and some of them give essence stones when completed. Depending on the chapter, you can get 20, 40, 50, 60, 80 and 100 stones for one task. You can accumulate over 1000 Essence Stones in Solo Leveling: Arise from Challenges.
5) Code
The Codex is an in-game menu where you can view information about in-game items. It consists of seven categories: Weapons, Shadows, Hunters, Artifacts, Runes, Blessing Stones and Memorabilia. By collecting every item from other categories except Artifacts and Memorabilia, you will receive a certain number of Essence Stones in Solo Leveling: Arise.
Gaining each new level alone: Ascendant Hunter gives 50 Essence Stones, and each new Shadow, Weapon, Blessing Stone and Rune gives 30 Essence Stones.
6) Special commissions
Special Commissions provides a list of monsters that appear in various game modes. There are a total of 35 monsters listed in Early Access, and each of them has five difficulty levels ranging from one to five. You start with a level 1 monster and unlock subsequent levels by defeating it the required number of times.
For example, you must defeat a level 1 monster 15 times to unlock its level 2 difficulty, and a level 2 monster 40 times to unlock its level 3 difficulty. For completing each difficulty level of each monster, you receive 50 essence stones.
You can find out the location of monsters in Special Assignments by clicking on the Move button (arrow) to the right of each monster's portrait.
7) Achievements
Achievements offer several missions in four categories: Normal, Collectibles, Dungeon, and Ascension. You can find multiple missions in all categories except Dungeon, which gives Essence Stones in Solo Leveling: Arise.
There are two missions in the Normal category, one in the Gathering category, and three in the Growth category that give Essence Stones. You can view mission details and rewards by clicking on the Zoom icon next to each mission.
8) Tutorial
Training is a one-time way to earn Essence Stones in Solo Leveling: Arise. You can learn about the game mechanics divided into different categories: Combat, Genu, Hunter, Shadow, Gear and more. Once new content is unlocked, additional tutorials will become available.
Each category contains information about various game mechanics. By learning each mechanic, you receive 10 essence stones.
More Ways to Get Essence Stones in Solo Leveling: Arise
Other ways to earn Essence Stones in Solo Leveling: Arise include mining gates, upgrading your Hunter Pass, completing daily and weekly missions, and participating in current events. Moreover, other game modes such as Battlefield of Trials, Battlefield of Time, and Power of Destruction also give Essence Stones in Solo Leveling: Arise.
This concludes our guide on how to obtain Essence Stones in Solo Leveling: Arise.