In Palia's Elderwood expansion, the forest 𒅌has been invaded by a negative substance calle🎉d Echo. It's also referred to in the game as Infected Essence, which has permeated much of the flora and fauna around Elderwood.

Al✃though infected essence has a negative effect on the world, it can still be useful in certain recipes and to get some new Elderwood decor fo๊r your plot. Let's discuss how you can get infected essence and how you can use it to bring a little bit of Elderwood home.

How to Get Infected Essence

The main way to obtain infected essence is by picking up the glowing, blue and purple orbs you'll find around Elderwood. You won't be able to pick it up until Tamala gives you the gloves during the main questline The Nature of Shadows.

Each orb you pick up will give you between one and three infected essence. You can also get the essence by collecting affected animals, bugs, fish, and flowers that have been affected. You'll obtain the means of which to do so through the following Elderwood quests:

• The Nature of Shadows: Gloves and Elderwood Potion
• Shot In The Dark: Elderwood Arrows
• Bugging Out: Elderwood Smoke Bombs
• Something Fishy: Elderwood Lure

How to Use Infected Essence

There are quite a few uses for infected essence in Palia. After you complete the quest The Nature of Shadows, Tamala will tell you to come to her shop anytime to trade infected essence for more of the Elderwoo✱d Potions. But there are many more things you can purchase from her shop using infected essence.

Throughout your adventures in Elderwood, you'll see various pieces of furniture that you can interact with. The first time you interact with one, you'll🔴 meet a piksii, a type of insect in Elderwood.

This particular piksii would like to trade Elderwood furniture with you for trash, but by trash this creature means infected essence. Many of these pieces will require a lot of essence, so don't worry about collecting too much. Just like many of the resources in this game, the more you can gather, the better.

You'll also need infected essence to craft more of the arrows, smoke bombs, and lures that you need to use on infected crea𒊎tures, bugs, ♛and fish in Elderwood.

When you've completed the associated quests, you'll receive the crafting recipes for each type of ammo.