Empyreal Fragment
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Empyreal Fragment
- Item type
- Crafting material
- Material type
- Ascended material
- Tier
- 7
- Mat. storage
- Ascended Materials
- Disciplines
450
400
450
450
450
450- Rarity
- Ascended
- Binding
- Account Bound
Empyreal Fragment is a crafting material needed to craft ascended weapons and armor.“Refine into empyreal stars.
— In-game description
Contents
Acquisition[edit]
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.
Story rewards[edit]
- Disturbance in Brisban Wildlands (5)
- Fallen Hopes (5)
- Cornered (5)
- Discovering Scarlet's Breakthrough (5)
- The Concordia Incident (5)
- Rallying Call (5)
- Uprooting the Iron Marches (5)
- The Waypoint Conundrum (5)
- Party Politics (5)
- Recalibrating the Waypoints (10)
- The Ghosts of Fort Salma (5)
- Reunion with the Pact (5)
- Caithe's Reconnaissance Squad (15)
- Return to Camp Resolve (10)
- Tracking the Aspect Masters (10)
- The Newly Awakened (5)
- Meeting the Asura (10)
- Arcana Obscura (10)
- Journey to Bitterfrost Frontier (5)
Gathered from[edit]
- Any chest in the open world, including jumping puzzle and mini-dungeon chests award from 2-9 Fragments.
- "Glory of Tyria" Strongbox
- "Slice of Sky" Strongbox
- Abandoned Inquest Supplies
- Afkhar's Stash
- Airship Cargo
- Ancient Chest (Draconis Mons)
- Ancient Chest (Ember Bay)
- Ancient Chest (Lake Doric)
- Ancient Tamarisk Stand
- Bleached Bones
- Buried Locked Chest
- Chest (Displaced Towers)
- Crystallized Supply Cache
- Difluorite Crystals
- Dirt Pile (Bastion of the Penitent)
- Dwarven Chest
- Forgotten Cache
- Forgotten Cache (Thunderhead Peaks)
- Found Bandit Chest
- Glorious Branded Chest
- Glorious Chest of Joko
- Glorious Elonian Chest
- Grand Forgotten Chest
- Grand Temple Chest
- Iberu's Treasure
- Icebound Chest
- Kournan Supply Cache
- Lesser Nightmare Pod
- Lookout Supplies
- Lost Bandit Chest
- Lost Chest
- Mist-Touched Cache
- Noran's Chest
- Noran's Secret Chest
- Petrified Stump
- Primordial Orchid
- Rich Granite Lode
- Rolan's Chest
- Runeforger's Chest
- Scarab Cache
- Sunken Chest
- Sunken Chest (Sandswept Isles)
- Sunken Trade Crate
- Sunspear Cache
- Tarnished Chest
- Toxic Chest (Nightmare Chamber)
- Vabbian Heirloom Grapes
- Waterlogged Chest
- Zinn's Research Supplies
- Zinn's Stash
- Zinn's Stash (Golemancer's Tomb)
Contained in[edit]
- Arid Dusty Satchel
- Arrowhead Cache
- Ascalon Weapon Skins Box
- Auric Weapon Crate
- Bag of Alliance Supplies (discontinued)
- Bag of Empyreal Fragments
- Bag of Empyreal Fragments
- Bag of Personalized Wintersday Gifts
- Bag of Trick-or-Treat Bags
- Balthazar Backpack Box
- Bat Mother Cache
- Bitterfrost Frontier Cache
- Black Lion Delivery Box
- Bladed Glove Box
- Bloodstone Cache
- Buried Treasure
- Carapace Armor Box
- Carapace Glove Box (historical)
- Chak Crown Cache
- Chak Gerent Cache
- Champion Air Elemental Loot Box
- Champion Arid Devourer Cache
- Champion Arid Inquest Cache
- Champion Ark the White Tiger Loot Box
- Champion Ash the Black Phoenix Loot Box
- Champion Asmund the White Dolyak Loot Box
- Champion Asta the Black Dolyak Loot Box
- Champion Bandit Leader Loot Box
- Champion Beam the White Phoenix Loot Box
- Champion Blade the White Shark Loot Box
- Champion Branded Minion Loot Box
- Champion Centaur Loot Box
- Champion Dawn the White Tailed Deer Loot Box
- Champion Destroyer Loot Box
- Champion Destroyer of Worlds Black Rabbit Loot Box
- Champion Diamond the Black Wolf Loot Box
- Champion Dredge Loot Box
- Champion Dust Mite Cache
- Champion Ettin Loot Box
- Champion Ghost the White Wolf Loot Box
- Champion Grawl Loot Box
- Champion Hylek Loot Box
- Champion Inquest Loot Box
- Champion Jotun Loot Box
- Champion Kralkatorrik the Crystal Dragon Loot Box
- Champion Lamar the Black Tiger Loot Box
- Champion Mac the Black Deer Loot Box
- Champion Mordrem Guard Cache
- Champion Mordrem Guard Cache
- Champion Mordrem Husk Cache
- Champion Mordrem Teragriff Cache
- Champion Mordrem Thrasher Cache
- Champion Mordrem Troll Cache
- Champion Ogre Loot Box
- Champion Rico the Black Shark Loot Box
- Champion Risen Shark Loot Box
- Champion Risen Wizard Loot Box
- Champion Sleepy the Black Bear Loot Box
- Champion Snuffles the White Rabbit Loot Box
- Champion Vined Cache
- Champion Waffle the White Bear Loot Box
- Champion Warg Loot Box
- Champion Zhaitan the Corrupted Dragon Loot Box
- Chest of the Athlete
- Chest of the Final Room
- Cracked Fractal Encryption
- Deepstone Pack
- Desert Armor Box
- Draconis Mons Cache
- Ember Bay Cache
- Experimental Warbeast Apparatus
- Giant Wintersday Gift (historical)
- Glorious Armor Box
- Grymm Mini Reward Box
- Grymm Svaard Reward Box
- Hero Weapon Box
- Istan Cache
- Jahai Bluffs Cache
- Jungle Bear Finisher Box
- Jungle Deer Finisher Box
- Jungle Dolyak Finisher Box
- Jungle Dragon Finisher Box
- Jungle Phoenix Finisher Box
- Jungle Rabbit Finisher Box
- Jungle Shark Finisher Box
- Jungle Tiger Finisher Box
- Jungle Wolf Finisher Box
- Kournan Cache
- Kryta Weapon Skins Box
- Lake Doric Cache
- Large Personalized Wintersday Gift (discontinued)
- Legacy Armor Box
- Lost Treasure of the Great Zehtuka
- Luminate's Cache
- Memories of Scarlet Box
- Mini Tybalt Reward Box
- Mordrem Commander's Cache
- Mordremoth Cache
- Mushroom King Cache
- Nadijeh's Royal Armor Cache
- Nadijeh's Royal Arms Cache
- Nika Mini Reward Box
- Nika Reward Box
- Personalized Trick-or-Treat Bag
- Personalized Wintersday Gift
- Pristine Sand-Carved Cache
- PvP Player Loot Box
- Ruins of Orr Weapon Skins Box
- Sandswept Isles Cache
- Shiverpeak Mountains Weapon Skins Box
- Siren's Landing Cache
- Skelk Regurgitant Cache
- Small Wintersday Gift (historical)
- Storm Wizard Loot Box
- Superior Buried Treasure
- Tarnished Coast Weapon Skins Box
- The Evon Gnashblade Trick-or-Treat Bag
- The Evon Gnashblade Wintersday Gift
- Thunderhead Peaks Cache
- Trick-or-Treat Bag
- Triumphant Armor Box
- Turai Ossa Mini Reward Box
- Tybalt Reward Box
- V.O.X.'s Battle Box
- Vinetooth Cache
- Wintersday Gift
- WvW Achievement Reward Chest (discontinued)
- WvW Season One Reward Chest (Unlocked) (discontinued)
- Wyvern Cache
Dropped by[edit]
| Creature | Level | Race | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion Spymaster Grella | 80 | Ogre | Withered Outpost Parched Outpost Barren Outpost |
| Champion Tower Lord | 81 | Norn | World versus World |
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.
Puzzle chests yield 6-9 fragments
- Bear Lope (10)
- Chicken Run (8-13)
- Devourer Burrow (8-9)
- Quaggan Paddle (7-13)
- Spider Scurry (12-13)
- Ghost Wolf Run (7-9)
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)
Vendors[edit]
| Item | Vendor | Area | Zone | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluctuating Mass | Gleam of Sentience | 25 +  25
 | ||
| Fluctuating Mass | Gleam of Sentience | 25 + 25
 |
Used in[edit]
Mystic Forge
| Item | Rarity | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Mystic Essence of Animosity | Exotic |
|
| Mystic Essence of Challenge | Exotic |
|
General
| Item | Rarity | Discipline(s) | Rating | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empyreal Star | Ascended |
|
450 |
Artificer
| Item | Rarity | Rating | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vial of Maize Balm (Learned from: Recipe: Maize Balm) |
Masterwork | 400 | |
| Magnanimous Tuning Crystal (x5) (Learned from: Recipe: Magnanimous Tuning Crystal) |
Masterwork | 450 | |
| Toxic Focusing Crystal (x5) (Learned from: Recipe: Toxic Focusing Crystal) |
Fine | 450 |
Weaponsmith
| Item | Rarity | Rating | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corsair Sharpening Stone (x5) (Learned from: Recipe: Corsair Sharpening Stone) |
Masterwork | 450 |
Notes[edit]
- Star of Gratitude will give a Generosity's Reward for every 50 Empyreal Fragments consumed.
- Sentient Aberration will give a Fluctuating Mass for every 25 Dragonite Ore and 25 Empyreal Fragments consumed.
- Sentient Oddity will give a Fluctuating Mass for every 25 Pile of Bloodstone Dust and 25 Empyreal Fragments consumed.
- Gleam of Sentience will give a Fluctuating Mass for every 25 Dragonite Ore and 25 Empyreal Fragments consumed.
- Gleam of Sentience will give a Fluctuating Mass for every 25 Pile of Bloodstone Dust and 25 Empyreal Fragments consumed.
