Crystal Shard

Crystal Shard

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Statistics

Type	Crafting materialFurniture
Placeable	✔️ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time	14 (Very fast)
Rarity	1
Sell	16

• Internal Item ID: 502
• Internal Tile ID: 129

Crystal Shards are a common Hardmode(  ) crafting material found in the Underground Hallow, where they grow on Pearlstone Blocks and Pink Ice Blocks. They can grow in areas with or without Walls behind the initial Pearlstone or Pink Ice Blocks. They respawn randomly on Pearlstone and Pink Ice blocks in the Cavern layer and below, making farming possible. They emit a small glow, similar to Demonite Ore and Crimtane Ore.

On the Mobile and 3DS versions, Crystal Shards are pre-Hardmode, as they are dropped by Arch Demons (100% chance of 2-10 Crystal Shards).

Crystal Shards are also placeable in nearly any position (on walls, floors, and ceilings), though they are not nearly luminous enough to replace other light sources, and placement has no other functional effect. Although new Crystal Shards will only spawn on Pearlstone blocks in the Cavern layer, once harvested they can be placed anywhere. Crystal Shards will not spread Hallow.

Crafting all items, including only one color of Phasesaber (excluding consumables), requires a total of 115 Crystal Shards. Add 250 for all the other Phasesaber colors.

Notes

• Crystal Shards can grow in Water or Lava.
• They will grow in the Underworld, given Pearlstone or Pink Ice to grow on.
• Unlike most other resources that "grow", Crystal Shards can grow in any direction (i.e. on any side of a block).
• They are randomly colored either pink, purple, or blue when grown or placed. Their color has no functional effect.
• They cannot be painted.

Tips

Crystal farm with wiring.

• Crystal Shards have an unusually high sell value relative to their commonness, so farming them can be one of the most effective ways of making money throughout Hardmode. A full stack is worth 1 59 84.
• Crafting and selling greater healing potions is more laborious, but yields even higher profits: Discounting the sale price of the pixie dust as well, this adds 11 per crystal to the profit. A full stack of crystals (with a stack of sand and 30-odd stacks of pixie dust) would yield almost 100 stacks of potions selling for 26973. The yield would be further increased by 50% (15/crystal) if an Alchemy Table is used.
• For farming, place single horizontal rows of Pearlstone, separated by three tile-wide gaps for walking and harvesting. The farm must be in the cavern layer or below. It may be worth sealing the farm using an outer frame of Clay Blocks or Wood followed by a three-block gap to prevent Hallow from spreading. Actuators can be used to switch Pearlstone to an inactive state, causing all Crystal Shards to drop for easy harvesting.
• Crystal Shards emit a glow, so getting rid of light sources makes it much easier to spot them.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Crystal Block 5	Stone Block5 Crystal Shard	Adamantite Forge or Titanium Forge
only: Crystal Storm	Spell Tome Crystal Shard30 Soul of Light15	Bookcase
only: Crystal Storm	Spell Tome Crystal Shard20 Soul of Light15
Crystal Dart 100	Crystal Shard	By Hand
Shifting Pearlsands Dye	Shifting Sands Dye Crystal Shard20	Dye Vat
only: Blue Phasesaber	Blue Phaseblade Crystal Shard50	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
only: Green Phasesaber	Green Phaseblade Crystal Shard50
only: Purple Phasesaber	Purple Phaseblade Crystal Shard50
only: Red Phasesaber	Red Phaseblade Crystal Shard50
only: White Phasesaber	White Phaseblade Crystal Shard50
only: Yellow Phasesaber	Yellow Phaseblade Crystal Shard50
only: Blue Phasesaber	Blue Phaseblade Crystal Shard25	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
only: Blue Phasesaber	Blue Phaseblade Crystal Shard50
Chik	Wooden Yoyo Crystal Shard15 Soul of Light10
only: Crystal Bullet 100	Musket Ball100 Crystal Shard
only: Crystal Bullet 50	Musket Ball50 Crystal Shard
only: Green Phasesaber	Green Phaseblade Crystal Shard25
only: Green Phasesaber	Green Phaseblade Crystal Shard50
only: Magical Harp	Harp Crystal Shard25 Soul of Night12 Soul of Sight20
only: Magical Harp	Harp Crystal Shard20 Soul of Night8 Soul of Sight15
Orange Phasesaber	Orange Phaseblade Crystal Shard25
only: Purple Phasesaber	Purple Phaseblade Crystal Shard25
only: Purple Phasesaber	Purple Phaseblade Crystal Shard50
only: Rainbow Rod	Crystal Shard30 Unicorn Horn4 Pixie Dust60 Soul of Light10 Soul of Sight20
only: Rainbow Rod	Crystal Shard10 Unicorn Horn2 Pixie Dust10 Soul of Light8 Soul of Sight15
only: Red Phasesaber	Red Phaseblade Crystal Shard25
only: Red Phasesaber	Red Phaseblade Crystal Shard50
only: White Phasesaber	White Phaseblade Crystal Shard25
only: White Phasesaber	White Phaseblade Crystal Shard50
only: Yellow Phasesaber	Yellow Phaseblade Crystal Shard25
only: Yellow Phasesaber	Yellow Phaseblade Crystal Shard50
only: Greater Healing Potion 3	Bottled Water3 Pixie Dust3 Crystal Shard	Placed Bottle or Alchemy Table
only: Greater Healing Potion	Bottled Water Pixie Dust3 Crystal Shard
Super Mana Potion 15	Greater Mana Potion15 Fallen Star Crystal Shard3 Unicorn Horn

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Now used to craft the Chik, Crystal Block and Crystal Dart.
  • New inventory sprite and new sprites when placed.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Used to craft Super Mana Potions.

• Desktop 1.2: Stack limit increased from 250 to 999.

• Desktop 1.1.1: Now gives off light in retro and white color mode.

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.