Dark Shard

Dark Shard

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Statistics

Type	Crafting material
Tooltip	'Sometimes carried by creatures in corrupt deserts'
Rarity
Sell	9

• Internal Item ID: 527

The Dark Shard is a Hardmode crafting material used in the crafting of the Dao of Pow and the Onyx Blaster. It has a 1/10 (10%) chance of being dropped by Dark Mummies in Corrupt/Crimson Deserts, and Shadow Mummies    in Corrupted Deserts.

On the  Desktop version, they also have a 1/15 (6.67%) chance to drop from Tainted/Vile Ghouls which respectively spawn within the Crimson/Corrupted Underground Desert, and a 1/25 (4%) chance of dropping from Bone Biters and Flesh Reavers.

The Hallow counterpart is the Light Shard.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Dao of Pow	Dark Shard Light Shard Soul of Night (7) Soul of Light (7)	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Onyx Blaster	Shotgun Dark Shard (2) Soul of Night (10)

total: 2 row(s)

Trivia

• The Dark Shard represents the "Yin" of "Yin Yang" or Taijitu on the Dao of Pow.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.3: Now has a chance to drop from Bone Biters and Flesh Reavers.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Now drops from Tainted/Vile Ghouls in the Crimson/Corrupted Underground Desert.

• Console 1.02: Now drops from Shadow Mummies.

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.