Magnetite Shard

Magnetite Shards are a currency earned by participating in events in the Forsaken Thicket and Bastion of the Penitent raid. They are stored in the wallet and can be traded with Scholar Glenna within the raids for raid-specific items, and with Basic Magnetite Exchange Operative within the Lion's Arch Aerodrome for generic ascended items. It is possible to earn up to 150 Magnetite Shards from events, boss attempts and kills each week. Extra shards above the cap can be acquired by trading in raid dropped minis to Scholar Glenna or Basic Magnetite Exchange Operative and salvaging ascended raid drops.

Acquisition

• Awarded for killing bosses and completing events while in Forsaken Thicket and Bastion of the Penitent.
• Awarded for unsuccessful attempts at defeating bosses, based on the progression in the fight.
  • Starting at 75% of health left, players get one shard, and another two for each multiple of 25% of health lost. For example, if a team wipes below 25%, they get 5 shards each.
• Trading raid dropped minis, eg. Mini Vale Guardian to Scholar Glenna or Basic Magnetite Exchange Operative (40 shards each).
• Salvaging ascended weapons, armor and trinkets dropped by bosses, eg. Assaulter's Sparking Dagger (60 shards each).
• Trading Gaeting Crystals with Scholar Glenna at a 1:1 ratio

Event	Shards awarded
Spirit Vale	50
Vale Guardian	10
Spirit Woods (closing the Spectral Rifts)	2
Spirit Woods (escaping the ghost wall)	3
Spirit Woods (opening the gates of the cemetery)	1
Gorseval the Multifarious	14
Clear the bandits	2
Sabetha the Saboteur	18
Salvation Pass	50
Slothasor	12
Prison Camp	15
Cull the bandits	3
Matthias Gabrel	20
Stronghold of the Faithful	50
Siege the Stronghold	10
Keep Construct	15
Navigate the Twisted Castle	5
Xera	20
Bastion of the Penitent	60
Cairn the Indomitable	10
Mursaat Overseer	13
Samarog	17
Deimos	20

Salvaged from

•   Assaulter's Arbiter Greatbow
•   Assaulter's Axe of the Unseen
•   Assaulter's Demon Gavel
•   Assaulter's Demon Virge
•   Assaulter's Indomitable Gladius
•   Assaulter's Indomitable Pistol
•   Assaulter's Keep Construct Torch
•   Assaulter's Sloth-Hunting Hammer
•   Assaulter's Slothasor Effigy
•   Assaulter's Sparking Dagger
•   Assaulter's Sparking Vanquisher
•   Assaulter's Spire of Samarog
•   Assaulter's Spirit Branch
•   Assaulter's Spirit Ward
•   Assaulter's Treasured Bough
•   Assaulter's Watchkeeper Trophy Bow
•   Assaulter's Watchkeeper Trophy Warhorn
•   Assaulter's Xera Scepter
•   Defender's Arbiter Greatbow
•   Defender's Axe of the Unseen
•   Defender's Demon Gavel
•   Defender's Demon Virge
•   Defender's Energized Loop
•   Defender's Indomitable Gladius
•   Defender's Indomitable Pistol
•   Defender's Keep Construct Torch
•   Defender's Sloth-Hunting Hammer
•   Defender's Slothasor Effigy
•   Defender's Sparking Dagger
•   Defender's Sparking Vanquisher
•   Defender's Spirit Branch
•   Defender's Spirit Ward
•   Defender's Treasured Bough
•   Defender's Watchkeeper Trophy Bow
•   Defender's Watchkeeper Trophy Warhorn
•   Defender's Xera Scepter
•   Experimental Envoy Boots
•   Experimental Envoy Breastplate
•   Experimental Envoy Cowl
•   Experimental Envoy Gauntlets
•   Experimental Envoy Gloves
•   Experimental Envoy Greaves
•   Experimental Envoy Helmet
•   Experimental Envoy Jerkin
•   Experimental Envoy Leggings
•   Experimental Envoy Mantle
•   Experimental Envoy Mask
•   Experimental Envoy Pants

•   Experimental Envoy Pauldrons
•   Experimental Envoy Shoes
•   Experimental Envoy Shoulderpads
•   Experimental Envoy Tassets
•   Experimental Envoy Vambraces
•   Experimental Envoy Vestments
•   Healer's Arbiter Greatbow
•   Healer's Axe of the Unseen
•   Healer's Demon Gavel
•   Healer's Demon Virge
•   Healer's Indomitable Pistol
•   Healer's Keep Construct Torch
•   Healer's Sloth-Hunting Hammer
•   Healer's Slothasor Effigy
•   Healer's Sparking Dagger
•   Healer's Sparking Vanquisher
•   Healer's Spire of Samarog
•   Healer's Spirit Branch
•   Healer's Spirit Ward
•   Healer's Treasured Bough
•   Healer's Xera Scepter
•   Malicious Arbiter Greatbow
•   Malicious Axe of the Unseen
•   Malicious Demon Gavel
•   Malicious Demon Virge
•   Malicious Indomitable Gladius
•   Malicious Indomitable Pistol
•   Malicious Keep Construct Torch
•   Malicious Sloth-Hunting Hammer
•   Malicious Slothasor Effigy
•   Malicious Sparking Dagger
•   Malicious Sparking Vanquisher
•   Malicious Spire of Samarog
•   Malicious Spirit Branch
•   Malicious Spirit Ward
•   Malicious Treasured Bough
•   Malicious Watchkeeper Trophy Bow
•   Malicious Watchkeeper Trophy Warhorn
•   Malicious Xera Scepter
•   Matthias's Assaulter Staff
•   Matthias's Defender Staff
•   Matthias's Healer Staff
•   Matthias's Malicious Staff
•   Sabetha's Assaulter Boomstick
•   Sabetha's Defender Boomstick
•   Sabetha's Healer Boomstick
•   Sabetha's Malicious Boomstick

Vendors

• Scholar Glenna
• Basic Magnetite Exchange Operative

Notes

• Selling raid dropped minis to Scholar Glenna and salvaging raid drop ascended weapons, armor and trinkets does not count towards the weekly cap for Magnetite Shards, allowing a player to obtain more than 150 shards per week.
  • Ascended raid drop weapons and armor that have been reforged to have different stats cannot then be salvaged for Magnetite Shards.
• You are able to spend Magnetite shards for ascended armor via Basic Magnetite Exchange Operative. Full set this way costs 1 300 shards, with 150 cap it will take about 9 weeks of reaching the cap to obtain full set of armor.

Anomaly:

The number of Magnetite Shards awarded for completing events and boss kills is affected by Map Bonus Rate Increase obtained from the Guild Tavern, increasing the rate of acquisition. It is unknown whether this is intended.

Trivia

• Magnetite is a naturally occurring form of iron ore, abundantly found in the mountains. It can form natural permanent magnets, called lodestones, due to the Earth's magnetic field.
• The Magnetite Shard cap was 105 per week but was quietly changed in an update to 100 per week. The Stronghold of the Faithful release quietly increased the weekly cap to 150.

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