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A massive power core found within Abyss creatures. Its energy output is so immense that no ordinary means can control it. The core is the lifeblood for higher entities that have condensed Abyssal energy, though it carries the risk of going berserk.

Basic Information

How to Obtain

Named Power Cores like Power Core - Ore of Resipiscence are rare drops from Abyss creatures and can also be found during Abyss puzzle encounters throughout Pywel. They appear as glowing blue crystalline formations and must be collected using Axiom Force; you cannot simply pick them up like standard loot.

The Ore of Resipiscence drops from Abyss-corrupted creatures in Pywel that resemble rock golems or stone crabs, such as Runewalkers. One confirmed drop comes from defeating Vordis, the Runewalker, during the "Destroyed Barrier Stone of the Lake" faction quest in Lake Kharonso, Scholastone.

Uses

A required crafting material for the Abyssal Fusion Dragon Armor. Craft the armor at Grimnir's Kuku Shop in Hernand during the "Wings of Iron" quest.

Storage and Management

Power Cores are stored in the Kuku Iron Pot, a special container unlocked during Chapter 4 by completing the Kiln Repair quest at the Kilnden Workshop west of Hernand. The Kuku Pot holds up to 230 Power Cores and is accessed through your inventory using Axiom Force.

• If you drop a Power Core in the field and lose track of it, check the Provisioner at your camp. Lost Power Cores can be repurchased for a small Silver fee.

• Power Cores cannot be stored in regular inventory slots. They must go into the Kuku Pot.

• Use the "Discard" option in the Kuku Pot inventory to place a Power Core on the ground when needed for puzzles or crafting stations.

Tips

• Always unlock the Kuku Pot before fighting bosses that drop named Power Cores. Without it, the cores may end up in a limbo state that requires story progression to resolve.

• Named Power Cores are much rarer than generic Elemental Cubes. Save them for their specific crafting recipes rather than using them in general research.

• Check your Supply Chest and Provisioner recovery tab if a Power Core seems to have disappeared after a boss fight or cutscene.

See Also

• Materials - Overview of all crafting materials

• Mining - Gathering ore and stone

• Crafting - Crafting system overview

Use in the Kuku Insect Gatherer Chain

One Ore of Resipiscence is consumed by the Kuku Insect Gatherer's Pack recipe at Grimly Agrodol Pal's workbench. The recipe pairs it with a Crown of Shadows and three Abyss Cells, plus the base Kuku Pack that the Peddler's Pack feeds into. If you are working toward the Insect Gatherer build, mark this core on your farming short list first; it drops from the same enemies as the Crown of Shadows, so both cores can be hunted on the same loop.

Rock Worm Trio Farm

In addition to the Pywel lake-area Runewalker drop, the Ore of Resipiscence farms cleanly from a spot where three Onyx-style rock worm enemies spawn indefinitely. Use the adjacent fast travel point to respawn them after each kill cycle.

• Save the game before starting the loop. Respawn logic can occasionally stall, and reloading the save is the cleanest way out.

• The same rock worms drop the Crown of Shadows on the same loot table, so one 20-minute session usually nets every named core the Insect Gatherer chain needs, plus spares for the Gardening Pack and other Kuku recipes.

• The so-called "bush enemies" (stationary wandershrub fiends) also drop this core at a lower rate. The rock worms are faster per kill, but the bushes are a useful fallback if the worm spawn is occupied.

Tips

• Seal every core into your Kuku Pot immediately after sealing the kill with Axiom Force. Dropped cores that roll into terrain can be expensive to recover at the Provisioner.

• The in-game item name is "Ore of Resipiscence". Some YouTube guides and community posts use "Orb of Resipiscence"; these refer to the same item, and the in-game spelling is "Ore".