Lightning Shard

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Lightning Shard

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Item type

Crystal

Crafting

1
1

Level

1

Rarity

ABasic

“

A tiny crystalline manifestation of aetheric lightning energy.

— In-game description

Lightning Shards are crystals made up of aetheric lightning-aspected energy. Like all crystals, they are used by crafting classes as a catalyst to synthesize items.

Acquisition

Purchase

Vendor	Location / Coordinates	Section	Cost	Unlock req.
0 Dreamer (2016)	Old Gridania (10.3, 9.1)	General	2	—

Gathering

- level 5 mineral node (mining) at Central thanalan, just north Uldah (around 19, 26) - level 5 lush vegetation patch (botanist) at Central Thanalan, The Clutch (24, 20)

Gardening

Levinlight Seeds

Quest Reward

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver
We Must Rebuild		4	Momodi
Gyrodriven		3	Methuli Cattlan the Hard
An Empty Sack Cannot Hang Downright		6	Rozol Cattlan the Prudent
Getting into Gear		10	Tazel Meyean the Lettered
In the Court of the Rat King		9	Zezeda
Ticked Off		5	Imme
Way of the Weaver		1	Maronne
My First Needle		1	Redolent Rose
Once More unto the Breeches		5	Redolent Rose
Alternative Applications		10	Redolent Rose
Way of the Alchemist		1	Deitrich
My First Alembic		1	Severian
The Second Principle		5	Severian
All of Your Beeswax		10	Severian

Used For

Crystals are used as catalysts in every crafting recipe. Not every single recipe will use Lightning Shards, but those that do are too numerous to list.