Lightning Shard

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Lightning Shard

UNSELLABLE  

Item type

Crystal

Crafting

1
1

Level

1

Rarity

ABasic

Patch

2.0

“

A tiny crystalline manifestation of aetheric lightning energy.

— In-game description

Acquisition

Gathering

• Level 5 Mineral Deposit at Central Thanalan, just north of Ul'dah (19, 26)
• Level 5 Lush Vegetation Patch at Central Thanalan, The Clutch (24, 20)

Dropped By

Creature	Level	Race	Clan	Location
Corrupted Sprite	50-80	Elementals	Sprite	Pharos Sirius (Hard)
Lightning Sprite	10-60	Elementals	Sprite	Zone
The Sunken Temple of Qarn				[[]]
The Sunken Temple of Qarn				[[]]
The Sunken Temple of Qarn				[[]]
The Sunken Temple of Qarn				[[]]

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

Purchase

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

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.