---
name: Return To Essence
alias: Return To Essence
tags:
  - pf2e/spell
  - pf2e/spell/level_7
  - pf2e/school/abjuration
  - pf2e/spelltype/utility
  - pf2e/tradition/arcane
  - pf2e/tradition/divine
  - pf2e/tradition/occult
level: 7
school: abjuration
type: utility
traditions: [arcane, divine, occult]
time: 2 actions
pf2etime: "*⬺{ .Pathfinder }*"
range: 120 feet
target: one magically sealed or warded doorway or chest
source: "Pathfinder #173: Doorway to the Red Star"
traits:
  - rare
  - abjuration
components:
  - somatic
  - verbal
---
# `=this.name`
==rare== | ==abjuration==

*Source* `=this.source`  
**Traditions** `=this.traditions`  
**Cast** `=this.time` | `=this.components`  
**Range** `=this.range`; **Targets** `=this.target`  
***
You unravel the magic of a spell that affects a container, door, or lock, converting it into energy you can repurpose to power your own spells.

Attempt a counteract check against the target spell or magical effect that wards or seals a doorway or chest, such as [[Lock]], or against a spell or effect that deals damage or delivers secondary effects when it's opened, such as [[Glyph of Warding]]. If you succeed, you recover its energy, restoring one of your expended spell slots of 3rd level or lower.  
**Heightened (8th)** You can restore an expended spell slot of 4th level or lower.  
**Heightened (9th)** You can restore an expended spell slot of 5th level or lower.  
**Heightened (10th)** You can restore an expended spell slot of 6th level or lower.  
