Consumables: cleansing, resistance and preparation

Prepare four roles

• Separate health recovery, combat-resource recovery, relevant cleanses and resistance or enhancement items. Put what this mission needs on shortcuts.

• After buying or crafting, check shortcuts and inventory. Shortcut refilling at a Nexus does not generate unlimited consumables; distinguish stored items from charged healing supplies.

Recovery and resources

• Willpower Orb spends Spirit; decide whether that leaves enough for your defensive or offensive skill.

• Recovery actions need safe openings. Being far from a boss is not safe if a projectile sequence is still active.

Cleansing versus resistance

• A cleanse treats an active ailment; resistance items and accessories address the corresponding threat. Similar names do not make them interchangeable.

• Identify the ailment before using an item. Even Special Cleanse is not a promise to remove every environmental or story restriction.

Enhancements and throwables

• Fire, Water, Lightning, Earth and Poison enhancers apply a matching weapon attribute. Spirit fuels and concentrated essences are thrown items, not the same weapon enchantment.

• Check Daphrona’s Codex before choosing an element. Do not spend materials based solely on color against a resistant or immune target.

• Cleanses, resistance and enhancements have separate roles and do not remove the need to evade or counter dangerous attacks.

Crafting and recipe routes

• After unlocking the blacksmith, select the consumables category. Transmutation Shards are generic consumable materials; Spirit Orbs support elemental items, Inner Essence supports combat resources, and Transmutation Mist supports special recipes.

• Recipes come from pickups and Codex challenges. If crafting is unavailable, inspect the recipe before materials and Gold rather than assuming every item is craftable from the start.

• The links below reach recorded cleanse and enhancer scroll locations. Missing entries do not imply that a recipe does not exist.

Lightning cleanse scroll → · Water cleanse scroll → · Hallucination cleanse scroll → · Earth cleanse scroll → · Fire enhancer scroll → · Poison enhancer scroll →

Exploration and recovery tools

• Returning to a Nexus, leaving a mission, recovering lost Lacrima and resetting attributes are different actions. Read the confirmation before using an item.

• For the lantern’s purchase and use, consult Danjin and Jar Enthusiast.

Danjin and the lantern → · Jar Enthusiast mission →

Boss-oriented shortcuts

• For Aratra, prepare healing, poison cleansing and resistance. For Rangkus, consider fire threats; Shactuka, plague; Ozma, chaos and endurance across a longer fight.

• Keep a small familiar selection on shortcuts. After a failed attempt, distinguish missing cleansing, resistance, stamina and a safe item-use window.

Boss strategies → · Combat basics →

Sources and version notes

Checked on 2026-10-22. Recommendations are editorial; patch-specific rules are identified in the text.

• Consumable crafting and resistance advice
• Game-data item definitions
• Official crafting-material changes
• Attribute reset item

Related guides

• Combat basics: defense, evasion and resources
• Skill selection and resets
• Build directions for all three weapons
• New Game+: preparation and carryover
• Ultimate Challenge: modes and rewards
• Skill progression: mastery, prerequisites and priorities