Empyreal Fragment

Refine into empyreal stars. — In-game description

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Refine into empyreal stars.

— In-game description

Empyreal Fragment is a crafting material needed to craft ascended weapons and armor.

Acquisition[edit]

Gathered from[edit]

Any chest in the open world, including jumping puzzle and mini-dungeon chests award from 2-9 Fragments. In most cases, characters must be level 80 to receive Empyreal Fragments from chests. Dungeons and some jumping puzzle chests (primarily those in level 80 zones, such as at Searing Ascent) award fragments regardless of level.

Dropped by[edit]

NPC	Level	Rank	Region	Zone	Area
Champion Spymaster Grella	80	Champion	The Mists The Mists The Mists	Green Desert Borderlands Red Desert Borderlands Blue Desert Borderlands	Withered Outpost Parched Outpost Barren Outpost
Champion Tower Lord	81	Champion	World versus World	-	-

Contained in[edit]

Rewarded by[edit]

Completing any of the following story steps:

Living World Season 2
- Episode 1: Gates of Maguuma
  - Disturbance in Brisban Wildlands (5)
  - Fallen Hopes (5)
  - Cornered (5)
- Episode 2: Entanglement
  - Scarlet's Secret Room (5)
  - Discovering Scarlet's Breakthrough (5)
  - The Concordia Incident (5)
- Episode 3: The Dragon's Reach: Part 1
  - Rallying Call (5)
  - Uprooting the Iron Marches (5)
  - The Waypoint Conundrum (5)
- Episode 4: The Dragon's Reach: Part 2
  - Party Politics (5)
  - Recalibrating the Waypoints (10)
- Episode 5: Echoes of the Past
  - The Ghosts of Fort Salma (5)
  - Reunion with the Pact (5)
  - Caithe's Reconnaissance Squad (15)
- Episode 6: Tangled Paths
  - Return to Camp Resolve (10)
  - Tracking the Aspect Masters (10)
- Episode 7: Seeds of Truth
  - The Newly Awakened (5)
  - Meeting the Asura (10)
- Episode 8: Point of No Return
  - Arcana Obscura (10)
  - Pact Assaulted (10)
Living World Season 3
- Episode 1: Out of the Shadows
  - Eir's Memorial in Hoelbrak (5)
  - Confessor's Stronghold (5)
- Episode 2: Rising Flames
  - Taimi's Game (5)
- Episode 3: A Crack in the Ice
  - Journey to Bitterfrost Frontier (5)
  - Elixir Cookin'
- Episode 4: The Head of the Snake
  - A Meeting of Ministers (5)
  - Regrouping with the Queen (5)
- Episode 5: Flashpoint
  - Taimi's Pet Project (5)
  - Heart of the Volcano (5)
- Episode 6: One Path Ends
  - On Orrian Shores (5)
Living World Season 4
- Episode 1: Daybreak
  - Under the Stars (5)
  - The First City (5)
- Episode 2: A Bug in the System
  - The Test Subject (5)
- Episode 3: Long Live the Lich
  - Forewarned is Forearmed (5)
  - Tactical Triage (5)
- Episode 4: A Star to Guide Us
  - Legacy
  - Storm Tracking
- Episode 5: All or Nothing
  - The Crystal Blooms
  - The Crystal Dragon
- Episode 6: War Eternal
  - Glory of Dragons

Guild missions[edit]

Players can get credit for one puzzle and one rush each week per account, with the week resetting on Saturday at midnight UTC.

Guild Puzzle

Puzzle chests yield 6-9 fragments

Guild Race

Dungeons[edit]

Dungeon explorable paths (20 for first and second completion per day, then diminishing returns)
Cracked Fractal Encryptions, obtained from Fractals of the Mists rewards (15 or 50)
- Volcanic Fractal - Magnificent Chest spawned by saving all the captives in the champion shaman fight (7-9)

Used in[edit]

Mystic Forge

Item	Rarity	Ingredients
Mystic Essence of Animosity	FExotic	20 Ancient Bone 50 Large Bone 250 Empyreal Fragment 1 Essence of Animosity
Mystic Essence of Challenge	FExotic	1 Essence of Challenge 20 Ancient Bone 50 Large Bone 250 Empyreal Fragment

Multiple disciplines

Item	Rarity	Discipline(s)	Rating	Ingredients
Empyreal Star	GAscended	ArtificerArmorsmithHuntsmanLeatherworkerTailorWeaponsmith	450	100 Empyreal Fragment 2 Obsidian Shard 10 Thermocatalytic Reagent

Artificer

Item	Rarity	Rating	Ingredients
Vial of Maize Balm (Learned from: Recipe: Maize Balm)	DMasterwork	400	100 Piece of Candy Corn 5 Chattering Skull 5 Nougat Center 1 Empyreal Fragment
Magnanimous Tuning Crystal (x5) (Learned from: Recipe: Magnanimous Tuning Crystal)	DMasterwork	450	3 Pile of Crystalline Dust 5 Fire Orchid Blossom 100 Empyreal Fragment
Toxic Focusing Crystal (x5) (Learned from: Recipe: Toxic Focusing Crystal)	CFine	450	3 Pile of Crystalline Dust 5 Pristine Toxic Spore Sample 100 Empyreal Fragment

Chef

Item	Rarity	Rating	Ingredients
Empyreal Star	GAscended	425	100 Empyreal Fragment 2 Obsidian Shard 10 Thermocatalytic Reagent

Weaponsmith

Item	Rarity	Rating	Ingredients
Corsair Sharpening Stone (x5) (Learned from: Recipe: Corsair Sharpening Stone)	DMasterwork	450	3 Pile of Crystalline Dust 25 Kralkatite Ore 100 Empyreal Fragment