Crystal Shard

Crystal Shard

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Statistics

Type	FurnitureCrafting material
Placeable	✔️ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	01*
Sell	16
Research	25 required

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

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Arch Demon Arch Demon	4-6	100%
Divine CrateDivine Crate	4–10	50*1/2 (50%)

Crystal Shards are a common Hardmode () crafting material found in the Underground Hallow, where they naturally grow on any side of Pearlstone Blocks and Pink Ice Blocks. Due to their constant regrowth, they can be farmed. Crystal Shards emit a small glow, similar to Demonite Ore and Crimtane Ore. They do not spread the Hallow.

Crystal Shards furthermore have a 50*1/2 (50%) chance to be obtained from Divine Crates, in stacks of 4–10. On the  Windows Phone version and Nintendo 3DS version, they are always dropped by Arch Demons in stacks of 3–4 and are thus available pre-Hardmode.

Crystal Shards are also placeable in nearly any position (on walls, floors, and ceilings), though they are often not luminous enough to replace other light sources, and placement has no other functional effect. Although natural Crystal Shards can only grow on Pearlstone and Pink Ice, once harvested, they can be placed anywhere.

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.

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

Notes

• Crystal Shards can grow in liquids and in front of background walls.
• They do not require an actual Underground Hallow biome to grow. Any Pearlstone or Pink Ice Block in or below the cavern layer qualifies as a source block.
• A Crystal Shard can only grow if there are less than two other Crystal Shards within a 13×13-tile rectangle centered on the target tile.
• Crystal Shards are randomly colored either pink, purple, or blue when grown or placed. Their color has no functional effect.
• They cannot be painted.

Tips

• 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 159984.
• With Pixie Dust (otherwise worth less than 1/stack) available, crafting and selling Greater Healing Potions multiplies the payoff on a few crystals to 30/crystal. The Alchemy Table's bonus raises that further, to about 45/crystal. A stack of 99 Pixie Dust with 33 crystals (and 100 sand for bottles), crafted at the Alchemy Table, yields about 1485, a 137% increase over selling the ingredients.
• Crystal Shards can be farmed with an appropriate layout. See Guide:Farming Resources § Crystal Shards for details.
• Since they emit a glow, getting rid of light sources makes it easier to spot them.

See also

• Gelatin Crystal

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.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: No longer obtainable pre-Hardmode, as Arch Demons have been removed.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.