Dark Shard

Dark Shard

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Statistics

Type	Crafting material
Tooltip	'Sometimes carried by creatures in dark deserts'
Rarity	02*
Sell	9
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 527

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Tainted Ghoul Tainted Ghoul	1	6.67%
Vile Ghoul Vile Ghoul	1	6.67%
Blood Mummy Blood Mummy	1	10%
Dark Mummy Dark Mummy	1	10%
Shadow Mummy Shadow Mummy	1-2	10%
Bone Biter Bone Biter	1	4%
Flesh Reaver Flesh Reaver	1	4%

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  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version,  Old Chinese version,  tModLoader version, and  tModLoader 1.3-Legacy 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 Night7 Soul of Light7	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Onyx Blaster	Shotgun Dark Shard2 Soul of Night10

Trivia

• The Dark Shard represents the "Yin" of "Yin Yang" or Taijitu on the Dao of Pow.
• The Dark Shard and Light Shard don't actually create a circle when put together, instead it is a circular shape with a couple pixels missing

History

 PC 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.

 Nintendo 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.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.