Hero Essence, or as players are calling it, purple dust, is one of the most important resources in AFK Journey. It is used for leveling up your heroes to a certain level. A lot of players get stuck with their progression because they do not have enough Hero Essence to level up their heroes. This happens especially when players get to the late stage of the game, where Hero Essence’s cost to level the hero is high. Unfortunately, there is no special way to farm Hero Essence. Your best option is rewards from AFK Progress.
AFK Progress
AFK Progress is what will give you the highest amount of Hero Essence. That is why we always tell people to push AFK’s progress from the start. The higher the progress level, the more rewards you will produce. Besides Hero Essence, you will get other rewards that will help you with progression.
In AFK progress, you have the option to activate the instant AFK attempt that you have to activate. When you activate it, it will give you a few hours’s worth of AFK progression rewards, including Hero Essence. Make sure that you activate all of them, even ones that will cost diamonds, because it is 100% worth it.
Keep in mind that AFK progression rewards are generated even when you are not playing, but they have a limit on how much they can store. Make sure that you collect them before maximum capacity is reached.
VIP Level
VIP will not directly give you Hero Essence, but it will boost production of it inside AFK Progress. If you are able, try to increase your VIP level, especially if you are planning to play AFK Journey for a long time.
Noble Path
Noble Path is a type of battle pass in AFK Journey that can be leveled by completing daily and weekly quests. There are free and paid versions of the battle pass. Rewards that are in the Noble Path will drastically help you with leveling your heroes and getting Hero Essence. The paid version will give you much more rewards. It is worth purchasing if you are planning to spend money on a game.
Daily Quests
A lot of players forget about daily quests because they think they are not worth it. But they will give you 8 hours worth of hero essence from AFK Progression. It literally takes 10 minutes to complete all daily quests so you can claim rewards. Do not forget them.
Getting Hero Essence for New Players
World
The world is a great place to get a lot of Hero Essence if you are a new player. When you are exploring a map, you will come across different monsters, quests, and chests that can give you hero essence. Make sure that you collect all of them. Sometimes you will come across Hero Essence just lying down on the map. If you come close with your character, it will pick it up automatically.
Arcane Labyrinth and Legend Trail
They are both battle modes that will give you Hero Essence when you complete them. You will get stuck after some time because your hero strength will be weak. Every time you level up heroes and ascend heroes, try to push higher levels of Arcane Labyrinth and Legend Trail to obtain more Hero Essence.
Grow Path and Growth Trail
Grow Path and Growth Trail are quests that will give you rewards when you complete them. One of the rewards can be hero essence.
Store
Hero Essence can sometimes show up inside a store. They tend to cost diamonds. Sometimes it is not worth purchasing them if you are a free-to-play player. Diamonds are limited, so only purchase Hero Essence using diamonds if you need them. If you need more diamonds, make sure that you redeem all the AFK Journey codes.
Events
AFK Journey is a new game. That is why there are not a lot of events that will give you Hero Essence. Developers will 100% implement events that will give you a good amount of Hero Essence. If you see an event that will give you Hero Essence, make sure that you complete it. To check what events are on, click on the flag located in the lower right part of your screen.
Problem with Hero Essence
I know that it can be quite annoying to be stuck with progression because you lack Hero Essence, but that is how the game is designed to keep players. You have to be patient and make sure that you clear all the content so that you can boost equipment, ascend your heroes, do all battle modes, etc. The game is called AFK Journey, so it is ok to be AFK for a few days and just collect rewards from the AFK progression. If developers implement another way of obtaining Hero Essence, we will update the guide.