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Currencies & essences
Resources
Every resource in the game with its starting cap, straight from the game code — 4 core currencies plus the 12 elemental essences, one per element.
16
Resources
4
Core currencies
12
Elemental essences
Core currencies
The 4 cross-cutting currencies: Mana, Coins, Monstium and Time Pieces.
| Resource | Base cap |
|---|---|
| | 100 |
| | 10,000 |
| | 1,000 |
| | 100,000 |
How to read
Mana starts capped at 100 — you cannot store more until the cap is raised (buildings, spells and bonuses lift it as you play).
Elemental essences
One essence per element — all 12 start with a cap of 100.
| Resource | In-game name | Base cap |
|---|---|---|
| | Fire | 100 |
| | Earth | 100 |
| | Water | 100 |
| | Air | 100 |
| | Poison | 100 |
| | Mind | 100 |
| | Life | 100 |
| | Electric | 100 |
| | Death | 100 |
| | Holy | 100 |
| | Time | 100 |
| | Space | 100 |
How to read
The FireEssence resource displays in-game under its element name (Fire), with a starting cap of 100. The icon shown is the element's — in-game, the essence renders it inside a vial.