🔮 Update v1.8.0 — Mage Ammo Overhaul
The arcane arsenal just got a serious upgrade.
Weavebreakers and Empaths, this one's for you. We've completely reworked how essence ammo works — from how you gather it, to how you craft it, to how it scales all the way to the endgame.
✨ What's New
9 Tiers of Essence Ammo Bottled Essence is no longer the only option. Your mage class now has a full ammo progression ladder matching the depth that Channelers get with arrows:
Tier | Ammo | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
T1 | Essence Vial | +1 ATK |
T2 | Lunar Essence Vial | +2 ATK |
T3 | Storm Essence Vial | +3 ATK |
T4 | Infernal Essence Vial | +4 ATK |
T5 | Abyss Essence Vial | +5 ATK |
T6 | Void Essence Vial | +6 ATK |
T7 | Crystal Essence Vial | +7 ATK |
T8 | Eclipse Essence Vial | +8 ATK |
T9 | Genesis Essence Vial | +9 ATK |
Essence Siphoning — A Reliable Source Nine new Essence Siphoning tasks have been added to the Salvaging skill (Weavebreaker and Empath only). Each task produces its corresponding raw essence at a 100% drop rate — no RNG, no grinding stacks of something lower-tier first. Just show up, siphon, and craft.
Simple Crafting No more merge chains. Every essence tier follows the same recipe:
1 Raw Essence + 1 Empty Vial = 15 Ammo Vials
That's it. Stock up and go.
Ammo Is Now Optional For Everyone Previously, running out of essence or arrows meant your attack was skipped entirely. That's changed. If you're out of ammo, your attack still fires — you just lose the bonus damage. Stock ammo for full damage, or go bare when you need to.
🔧 Other Changes
Essence Bottling now unlocks at level 5 (was 10)
Fixed the Salvaging skill label displaying in lowercase in the UI
Rune-related dialogue updated — Orin Duskmantle drops a hint about an old Academy trick involving your familiars 👀
Thanks for playing Visseron Idle. More content coming soon — if you run into any issues with the new siphoning tasks or ammo tiers, drop us a note in the discussions.
— The Visseron Idle Team