Water essence is an alchemy ingredient in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt that can be dismantled into monster essence. It is needed to craft the following items:
It can occasionally be found as regular random loot, but is primarily a random drop from drowned dead, sirens, ekhidnae, bilge and water hags, archespores, and archespore monster nests.
Water essence can also be purchased from the following merchants:
- All herbalists in White Orchard and Velen
- All herbalists in Skellige except Yolar
- Herbalist outside the Cunny of the Goose inn
- Herbalist in Glory Lane
- Jonna in Rannvaig
- Merchant in the Fish Market in Novigrad
- Otto Bamber at the Herbalist's Hut northeast of Oxenfurt
- The Pellar near Blackbough
- Herbalist in Barrengarth
- Master Topical in his hut northwest of Vikk Watchtower
- Pinastri in her home northeast of Dun Tynne Crossroads
