Editing Taken Essence

{{Title|Taken Essence}}
[[File:Taken Essence.png|thumb|360px|A Guardian Infused with Taken Essence]]

'''Taken Essence''' is a shard of [[Taken]] power briefly wielded by [[Guardian]]s in various activities. It first appeared in the [[Last Wish]] [[Raid]], and later appeared in the [[Astral Alignment]] activity and the [[Vow of the Disciple]] Raid.

==Overview==
Taken Essence is essential for removing many obstacles of Taken origin. It appears as a black and white sphere suspended in the air, surrounded by gusts of wind. When acquired, the wielder is covered with the same glowing black texture common to Taken.

==Gameplay==
Acquiring Taken Essence moves the player's camera to third person. Their weapons and active abilities become unusable, replaced by new powers. The player can shoot a fairly damaging bolt of energy with the "fire" button. This attack has a long range and rate of fire, but isn't very fast. The player's grenade icon will have been replaced with a generic purple colored bomb icon. With the "grenade" button, the player will emit a burst of energy around themselves.

In the Last Wish raid, the Taken Essence is obtained by killing the [[Eye of Riven]], first encountered during the battle with [[Shuro Chi]]. In this case, the wielder's [[Super]] will charge on pickup, and they can use it to burst next the boss and reset her song. During the encounter with [[Morgeth, the Spirekeeper]], the essence's explosion is used to free Guardians trapped by Umbral Enervation. This disperses the essence, which that player cannot pick up again for a long time. During the Vault and the battle against Riven, the essence's explosion is to be used on the correct areas to make the encounter progress.

In the [[Astral Alignment]] activity, Taken Essence was used during the "Collapse Taken Rifts" section. It was acquired from the [[Eye of Xivu Arath]] and had to be brought to one of the various Taken rifts around the arena. Entering in contact with a rift caused a detonation automatically, closing the rift and dispersing the essence.

During the [[Vow of the Disciple]] raid, the Essence's explosion is used to destroy Taken spheres that make all nearby enemies invincible. Detonating will not disperse the Essence, and the wielder will have to use it multiple times.

Taken Essences are used in [[Altars of Summoning (activity)|Altars of Summoning]] to bring down the shield of [[Axsaeniia, Reverent of the Witness]]. These Essences only have access to the primary fire function.

==Gallery==
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File:Taken Essence Run.png|Guardians infused with Taken Essence
File:Taken Essence Combat.png|Guardians fighting an [[Unstoppable Taken Phalanx]] with Taken Essence
File:2021 Season 15 Press Kit Large Astral Alignment 02.jpg|A Guardian detonating Taken Essence
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
**''[[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Season of the Lost]]''
**''[[The Witch Queen]]''
**''[[Season of the Witch]]''

==References==
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