'''Subtle Essence '' is the [[Normal]] quality magical [[material]], created by salvaging magical items found on the Normal difficulty level.

It can be upgraded into the Subtle Essence is a required material in all [[magical]], [[rare]], [[set]], and [[Shimmering Essencelegendary]] Normal crafting material required recipes for Nightmare quality recipescharacter level 3 - 27.

 <item type==Earlier Versions== [[File:Material-subtle-essence.jpg|left]]"usedIn">Subtle Essence was seen in the first reveals of the crafting and artisan systems, and it looked very different in those early incarnations. (It's the blue arc-shaped thing. The others are [[Common Scraps]] and some type of wood material that was soon removed from the game, or possibly a very early version of [[Petrified Bark]]. [[File:Salvage-items.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Early version of the Salvage Cube in action, with a before and after view.]]</item>