Dark Shard

Dark Shard

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Statistics

Type	Crafting material
Tooltip	'Sometimes carried by creatures in dark deserts'
Rarity
Sell	900*9
Research	1 required

Sounds

• 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 Deserts, Blood Mummies in Crimson Deserts, and Shadow Mummies   in Corrupted Deserts.

On the  Desktop version,  Console version, and  Mobile 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 1.4.0.1: Now has a chance to drop from Blood Mummies

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

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

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from PS4's 1.0.750.0 update. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: ()
  • Now dropped by Tainted/Vile Ghouls in the Crimson/Corrupted Underground Desert.
  • No longer dropped by the Shadow Mummy due to its removal.

• Console 1.02: Now drops from Shadow Mummies.

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7:
  • Now dropped by Tainted/Vile Ghouls in the Crimson/Corrupted Underground Desert.
  • No longer dropped by the Shadow Mummy due to its removal.

• Mobile 1.1.5536: Introduced.

 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.