The Goldensun Essence is a rare cosmetic item in WildStar that makes your character glow with a golden aura.

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What Does the Goldensun Essence Do?

The Goldensun Essence is a purely cosmetic item that grants the Goldensun Aura buff. This buff lasts for 30 minutes and simply makes your character glow a golden color with a light particle effect coming off. That's it. There is no mechanical benefit to having this item.

The buff's duration is the same as the item's cooldown, meaning if you never die, it can last forever. The item will never decay, and doesn't have charges. Once you earn the Goldensun Essence, your character can be a shiny glowy badass forever.

The Goldensun Essence can also be used on allies targets, granting them the buff for 30mins. This also activates the item's cooldown.

How Do I Earn This Marvelous Item?

Earning the Goldensun Essence is fairly straightforward, and can be earned by anyone with the patience to retrieve it. There is no level requirement for the item.

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Things You'll Need

A Scientist Access to the Whitevale Zone Patience

In order to earn the Goldensun Essence, you need to first head out to Whitevale, flying to Wigwalli Village. From there, you need to head northeast of the white point for Softsnow Meadows.

Once you're nearby, go to your map and look for the coordinates for 3909, -849. This is where the Goldensun Dawngrazer will spawn. This is an Elk-like creature surrounded by the same golden aura that the item grants. You will know you're in the right area if you're near a frozen lake with a dead Kurg on it next to a hill with a Soldier path mission at the top.

When you arrive at the location, there will likely be a group of Exiles and Dominion players waiting for the respawn. This is a good indicator that you are in the right spot.

Because the Goldensun Dawngrazer doesn't need to be killed to earn the Essence (see below), it is in everyone's best interest to remain peaceful and wait together, as accidentally hitting the Dawngrazer can make it despawn, wasting everyone's time. Make a campfire. Get to know the people around you.

This is the area you will want to wait in. The Goldensun Dawngrazer spawns at exactly 22:00 server time. Typing /time will give you the server time. It is encouraged to go with friends or to bring something along to do. Another option is to wait until right after the servers are reset, as the Dawngrazer will be there at that time. The Goldensun Dawngrazer also notably only spawns once per 24 hours cycle on Nexus (4 hours), and only spawns at night.

Once the Goldensun Dawngrazer spawns, DO NOT ATTACK IT. If you do, the mob will despawn and there is no guarantee you will get the Essence. Instead, have a Scientist scan it with their Scan-Bot.

Once the Dawngrazer has been scanned, Goldensun Essences will spawn all around it, offering enough for all nearby players. Once you loot it, that's it! Its yours! Enjoy your glowy golden goodness forever!

As a final note, the Goldensun Essence is not the only item of its type. Throughout the game there are other cosmetic items and auras in hidden locations. As the locations and details of these items are discovered, they will be added to the wiki.

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