Element Shard

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This article is about Element Shard, not to be confused with  Element,  Element Ore,  Element Dust,  Unstable Element, or  Unstable Element Shard

Element Shard
Element Shard.png

A small chunk of strange, highly advanced material. It dissolves when transferred across ARKs.

Rarity
Uncommon
Renewable
Yes
Refineable
No
Combustible
No
Weight
0.05
Stack size
1000
Added in
Spawn Command
cheat gfi Shard 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ElementShard.PrimalItemResource_ElementShard'" 1 0 0
Crafting time
5s
Used to craft
Crafted in
Crafting yields
100 pieces
Ingredients
1 × Element

Element Shards are a resource used to power the  Tek Cloning Chamber and the  Tek Light. Also used as fuel for the  Tek Turret,  Tek Generator and the Tek Bow

Obtaining

Element Shards can be crafted in the  Tek Replicator. 1  Element yields 100 Element Shards.

Extinction

 Unstable Element Shard can be unlocked at Level 55, and can be crafted using  Element Dust. Once crafted, there will be a 2 minute spoil timer before Unstable Element Shard turns into regular Element Shard.

Genesis

Element Shards can be found on Genesis: Part 1 by climbing the slopes of the volcano in the Volcano biome. They are mined from the red crystals which can be found along the trails leading to the top of the volcano. Finding them can be extremely high risk, especially if the volcano erupts while you are up there.

Element shards can also be found throughout any rock node in the lunar biome depending on what type of rocks are mined. Element shards in the lunar biome can only be mined on foot with either a metal pick or mining drill. A Tek Stryder can help out with lunar biome mining if the gathering needs to be done quickly.

Crystal Isles

The small blue crystals found at Northland (Crystal Isles) rarely contains Element Shard; the small blue crystals on Eldritch Isle nearly always contain them.

Genesis: Part 2

The dormant Carniflora in the corrupted ring, as well as the fleshy flora in Rockwell's Proliferation (Genesis: Part 2), yield a small amount of Element Shards, as well as  Black Pearls and meat. The  Tek Stryder drops them as feces.
The best way to obtain Fragment shards is to harvest the Ice planets asteroids (purple beacons) in the -Space- region.

Fjordur

Element Shard rocks can be found in The Throat of Flames, Beiygjaheimr, and the Abyssal Depths. The best place to harvest them is in the Beiygjaheimr cave, as it is far less dangerous and easier to access compared to the other 2 caves.

Crafting

Fragment Shard is used to craft the following items:

Notes

  • Element Shards can not be used as fuel for any of the Tek armor or weapons, except for use in Tek Turrets and Tek Bow.
  • An Element Shard appears to be a small chunk of Element, but it weighs five times more.
  • The Element Shards cannot be transferred between official servers or clusters.

Changelog

Patch  ASE Changes
256.0 Element Shard is added to the game.
312.65 Element Shards gained from Genesis Volcano Red Crystals have been reduced by approximately 40%.