Inscribed Shard

Double-click to consume. Can be traded with vendors in the Domain of Kourna or consumed for volatile magic. — In-game description

Inscribed Shard

Item type

Consumable

Mat. storage

Advanced Crafting Materials

Disciplines used by

150

Rarity

FExotic

Binding

Account Bound

Game link

API

87645

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Double-click to consume.
Can be traded with vendors in the Domain of Kourna or consumed for volatile magic.

— In-game description

Acquisition

Gathered from

• Awakened Chest (Gandara) (guaranteed)
• Kournan Chest (guaranteed, found throughout Domain of Kourna)
• Kournan Chest (5) (guaranteed, from End the plague experiments)
• Kournan Supply Cache (guaranteed)
• Kournan Supply Cache (3) (guaranteed, in Home instances)

Sold by

Vendor	Area	Zone	Cost	Notes
Anette Eymundrdottir	Jora's Keep	Bjora Marches	10 for 75  + 2,688
Dragon Bash Merchant	Might and Main	Hoelbrak	50 for 1	Requires the festival Dragon Bash. Limit 1 per week.
Humble Stone	Spirits' Refuge	Bjora Marches	10 for 75  + 2,688
Kjep Corrson	Hall of Monuments	Eye of the North	10 for 75  + 2,688
Traveling Elonian Trader	Pact Command	Dragonfall	20	Limit 5 per day.
Vigil Emissary	Hall of Monuments	Eye of the North	2
Durmand Priory Emissary (vendor currently unavailable)	Hall of Monuments	Eye of the North	2
Order of Whispers Emissary (vendor currently unavailable)	Hall of Monuments	Eye of the North	2
Vigil Emissary (item currently unavailable)	Hall of Monuments	Eye of the North	2

A Bundle of Inscribed Shards may be purchased once per day per character from renown heart vendors in Domain of Kourna.

Contained in

•   Black Lion Delivery Box (2-8) (guaranteed)
•   Bundle of Inscribed Shards (5) (guaranteed)
•   Chest of the Kournan Hero (guaranteed)
•   Kournan Coffer (guaranteed)
•   Kournan Cache (50) (choice)
•   Season 4 Currency Box (10) (choice)
•   Season 4 Material Chest (5) (choice)
•   Season 4 Material Chest (50) (choice)
•   Black Lion Material Bag: Dragonfall (2-3) (chance)
•   Black Lion Material Bag: Thunderhead (2-4) (chance)

•   Black Lion Living World Supply Bag (3, 5, 9) (chance, discontinued)

Rewarded by

• Completing the map Domain of Kourna (5).

Meta

Containing the Scarab Plague

• Help your allies secure key positions in the Awakened Inquest facility
  • 3 total from the Awakened Chests (per event)
• End the plague experiments
  • 5 from the Kournan Chest (per event)
• Imperial Center for Applied Pestilence
  • 6 total from the Kournan Supply Cache and Kournan Chests (per event)

Group

• Domain of Kourna Legendary Bounties
  • 1 from the event reward (per bounty)

Achievements

Achievements
Return to the Domain of Kourna	Return to Long Live the Lich	25
Complete 10 Return to Long Live the Lich achievements. Rewards: Show all rewards Tier 1:   1000 Volatile Magic Tier 2:   Mystic Coin (3) Tier 3:   Inscribed Shard (250) Tier 4:   Plasma Weapon Cache Objectives: 10 objectives in total Return to Seized Return to Forearmed Is Forewarned Return to Be My Guest Crop Harvester: Domain of Kourna Woodland Management: Domain of Kourna Ore Miner: Domain of Kourna Local Response: Domain of Kourna Bounty Hunter: Domain of Kourna Renowned Hero: Domain of Kourna ... Revenge of the Pestilent Golem	Completed 2 Return to Long Live the Lich Achievements	10
	Completed 4 Return to Long Live the Lich Achievements	0
	Completed 7 Return to Long Live the Lich Achievements	0
	Completed 10 Return to Long Live the Lich Achievements	15
Local Response: Domain of Kourna (Weekly) (Historical)	Return to Season 4	0
Complete 5 events in the Domain of Kourna. Reward: Inscribed Shard (250)	5 Events Completed in the Domain of Kourna	0

Other

• 50 from the Kournan Cache in the Domain of Kourna Reward Track
• 3 from the home instance Kournan Supply Cache (once per account, per day)
• 1 from the Domain of Kourna map bonus

Contents

• Volatile Magic (15-25) (guaranteed)

Used in

Mystic Forge

Item	Rarity	Ingredients
Gift of Crystalline Magic	HLegendary	100 Kralkatite Ore 100 Inscribed Shard 1 Bottle of Elonian Wine 100 Difluorite Crystal

Handiworker

Item	Rarity	Rating	Ingredients
Elonian Lattice (Learned from: Homestead Recipe Book: Elonian Architecture)	BBasic	150	3 Refined Homestead Fiber 5 Trade Contract 2 Inscribed Shard

Currency for

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Inscribed Shard.

Item	Level	Vendor	Area	Zone	Cost	Notes
Beetle Incubator	80	Kadir	Allied Encampment	Domain of Kourna	100  + 154,000
Cannon in a Box		Quartermaster Akina	Corsair Landing	Domain of Kourna	3  + 10,500
Desert Luciferin		Milin	Bitterfly Bayou	Domain of Kourna	50	Only if the Beetle Feed collection is active.
Endless Choya Dance Tonic		Milin	Bitterfly Bayou	Domain of Kourna	50  + 175,000
Extra-Sticky Tar		Nalar	Allied Encampment	Domain of Kourna	250  + 250  + 5	Only if the Skyscale Saddle collection is active. Limit 1 per account.
[FTT] Deployment Kit		Krewe Leader Drazz	Allied Encampment	Domain of Kourna	1  + 5  + 50
Golem Swarm Potion		Rytlock Brimstone	Front Line	Domain of Kourna	4,900  + 1
Lacquered Banner Pole		Lady Camilla	Allied Encampment	Domain of Kourna	1  + 10  + 10  + 100
Mini Basenji		Clanmarshal Sana	Arkjok Farmlands	Domain of Kourna	25  + 105,000
Mini Brindle Basenji		Clanmarshal Sana	Arkjok Farmlands	Domain of Kourna	25  + 105,000
Mini Chromatic Choya		Kadir	Allied Encampment	Domain of Kourna	25  + 105,000
Mini Corsair Sloop		Quartermaster Akina	Corsair Landing	Domain of Kourna	25  + 105,000
Mini Heket		Milin	Bitterfly Bayou	Domain of Kourna	25  + 105,000
Mini Officer Faren		Rytlock Brimstone	Front Line	Domain of Kourna	25  + 105,000
Plaguedoctor's Intricate Gossamer Insignia		Nalar	Allied Encampment	Domain of Kourna	25  + 1,250
Plaguedoctor's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription	80	Nalar	Allied Encampment	Domain of Kourna	50  + 2,500
Recipe: Banner Pennon		Lady Camilla	Allied Encampment	Domain of Kourna	100
Recipe: Nerashi's Inscription		Nalar	Allied Encampment	Domain of Kourna	10  + 1,000
Recipe: Nerashi's Insignia		Nalar	Allied Encampment	Domain of Kourna	10  + 1,000
Urn of "Heroic" Ashes		Lady Camilla	Allied Encampment	Domain of Kourna	500	Requires the achievement More Than a Hero.

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