Obsidian Shard
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Obsidian Shard
- Item type
- Trophy
- Material type
- Rare material
- Mat. storage
- Advanced Crafting Materials
- Disciplines used by
- 450
450
425
450
450
450
400
- Collections
- Various (click to expand)
- A Legendary Path: Astral Gifts
Legendary Weapon: Bolt
Legendary Weapon: Frenzy
Legendary Weapon: Frostfang
Legendary Weapon: Howler
Legendary Weapon: Incinerator
Legendary Weapon: Kamohoali'i Kotaki
Legendary Weapon: Klobjarne Geirr Gifts
Legendary Weapon: Kraitkin
Legendary Weapon: Kudzu
Legendary Weapon: Meteorlogicus
Legendary Weapon: Quip
Legendary Weapon: Rodgort
Legendary Weapon: Sunrise
Legendary Weapon: The Bifrost
Legendary Weapon: The Dreamer
Legendary Weapon: The Flameseeker Prophecies
Legendary Weapon: The Juggernaut
Legendary Weapon: The Minstrel
Legendary Weapon: The Moot
Legendary Weapon: The Predator
Legendary Weapon: Twilight
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Binding
- Account Bound
- Game link
“Hint: Usually purchased from laurel merchants, fractal vendors, Mastery vendors, and quartermasters across Tyria.
— In-game description
Obsidian Shards are high level crafting materials. They are used to create Mystic Clovers and 250 Obsidian Shards are required for the Gift of Mastery to create a first generation legendary weapon.
Acquisition[edit]
Gathered from[edit]
- Buried Locked Chest (1-5, 10) (chance)
- Forged Chest (chance)
- Found Bandit Chest (2-3, 10) (chance)
- Glorious Branded Chest (chance)
- Glorious Chest of Joko (chance)
- Glorious Elonian Chest (chance)
- Grand Forgotten Chest (1-3) (chance)
- Grand Temple Chest (1-3) (chance)
- Hidden Stores (3) (chance)
- Lookout Supplies (chance)
- Lost Bandit Chest (2-3, 10) (chance)
- Lost Stash (3) (chance)
- Ore Synthesizer (1, 10) (chance, Windswept Haven and Isle of Reflection guild halls)
- Zinn's Stash (1-3, 10) (chance)
Sold by[edit]
Contained in[edit]
Guaranteed[edit]
- Amnytas Gear Box (15)
- Ascalon Weapon Skins Box (8)
- Ash Legion Reward Box (8)
- Auric Weapon Crate (15)
- Bag of Obsidian (3)
- Balthazar Backpack Box (8)
- Bitterfrost Frontier Cache (8)
- Bladed Glove Box (15)
- Blood Legion Reward Box (8)
- Bloodstone Cache (8)
- Canthan Armor Box (15)
- Carapace Armor Box (15)
- Chak Gerent Cache (15)
- Charr Legions Backpack Box (8)
- Chest of Legendary Crafting Materials (8)
- Desert Armor Box (15)
- Dominion Spoils Box (8)
- Draconis Mons Cache (8)
- Dragonfall Cache (8)
- Dragonjade-Tier Reward Package (15)
- Drizzlewood Coast Supply Drop (8)
- Dwayna's Reliquary
- Ember Bay Cache (8)
- Flame Legion Reward Box (8)
- Frost Legion Spoils Box (8)
- Gilded Chest (10)
- Glorious Armor Box (8)
- Grand Icebrood Saga Cache (8)
- Grawl Supply Sack (3)
- Grothmar Legionnaire Banner Cache (8)
- Grothmar Legionnaire Weapons Cache (8)
- Grymm Mini Reward Box (8)
- Grymm Svaard Reward Box (8)
- Hero Weapon Box (8)
- Iron Legion Reward Box (8)
- Istan Cache (8)
- Jahai Bluffs Cache (8)
- Janthir Wilds Gear Box (15)
- Jora's Weapons Cache (8)
- Jormag Defender's Kit (5)
- Jungle Bear Finisher Box (8)
- Jungle Deer Finisher Box (8)
- Jungle Dolyak Finisher Box (8)
- Jungle Dragon Finisher Box (8)
- Jungle Phoenix Finisher Box (8)
- Jungle Rabbit Finisher Box (8)
- Jungle Shark Finisher Box (8)
- Jungle Tiger Finisher Box (8)
- Jungle Wolf Finisher Box (8)
- King Toad Loot Box (2)
- Kournan Cache (8)
- Kryta Weapon Skins Box (8)
- Lake Doric Cache (8)
- Large Bag of Obsidian (10)
- Last Good-Bye (3)
- Legacy Armor Box (8)
- Liberator of Lion's Arch Chest (5)
- Long-Lost Tahkayun's Weapon Bag (15)
- Magic-Warped Packet (3) (from the "Those Giant Hands" achievement)
- Magnificent Ascalonian Chest (5)
- Magnificent Dredge Chest (5)
- Magnificent Flame Legion Chest (5)
- Magnificent Inquest Chest (5)
- Magnificent Kodan Chest (5)
- Magnificent Nightmare Court Chest (5)
- Magnificent Nobleman's Chest (5)
- Magnificent Orrian Chest (5)
- Medium Bag of Obsidian (5)
- Mini Tybalt Reward Box (8)
- Mordremoth Cache (8)
- Nekhii's Dust-Covered Saddlebag (5)
- Nika Mini Reward Box (8)
- Nika Reward Box (8)
- Ogden's Gratitude (5)
- Ornate Watchwork Box
- Pristine Sand-Carved Cache (8)
- Raven's Gift (8)
- Regal Bag of Goods (3)
- Ruins of Orr Weapon Skins Box (8)
- Sandswept Isles Cache (8)
- Scarlet's Box of Desert Knickknacks (3)
- Shiverpeak Mountains Weapon Skins Box (8)
- Siren's Landing Cache (8)
- Summit Hero's Reward (3)
- Tarnished Coast Weapon Skins Box (8)
- The Master of Peace's Bequest (3)
- Thunderhead Peaks Cache (8)
- Token of Taimi's Gratitude (3)
- Triumphant Armor Box (8)
- Turai Ossa Mini Reward Box (8)
- Tybalt Reward Box (8)
- Veteran Air Elemental Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Arid Inquest Cache (3-6)
- Veteran Arid Inquest Cache (3)
- Veteran Arid Skritt Cache (3-6)
- Veteran Arid Skritt Cache (3)
- Veteran Banjo the Brown Bear Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Branded Minion Loot Box
- Veteran Chak Cache (3)
- Veteran Destroyer Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Destroyer Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Dust Mite Cache (3)
- Veteran Ettin Loot Box
- Veteran Fang the Brown Wolf Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Fire Elemental Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Fire Elemental Loot Box
- Veteran Fye the Brown Phoenix Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Ice Elemental Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Ice Elemental Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Inquest Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Krait Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Largos Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Mordrem Guard Cache (3)
- Veteran Mushroom Cache (3)
- Veteran Nightmare Court Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Primordus the Fire Dragon Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Quetzal Cache (3)
- Veteran Saurian Cache (3)
- Veteran Saurian Cache (3)
- Veteran Saurian Cache (3)
- Veteran Sergeant Carrot Brown Rabbit Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Vined Cache (3)
- Veteran Vined Cache (3)
- Veteran Vined Cache (3)
- Veteran Vined Cache (3)
- Veteran Wurm Loot Box (3)
- Veteran Wyvern Cache (3)
- Veteran Zintl Cache (3)
- Warclaw Armor Box (15)
- Northern Drizzlewood Cache (8) (discontinued)
- WvW Achievement Reward Chest (25) (discontinued)
- Carapace Glove Box (15) (historical)
Chance[edit]
- Buried Treasure (1, 3)
- Chest of the Final Room (3)
- Elaborate Fur Pouch (3)
- Fluctuating Mass
- Gift from Mawdrey II
- Gunk-Covered Pellet
- Lost Orrian Jewelry Box
- Superior Buried Treasure
- Veteran Anchor the Gold Shark Loot Box
- Veteran Blu the Brown Shark Loot Box
- Veteran Dust Mite Cache (3)
- Veteran Dusty the Gold Bear Loot Box
- Veteran Earth Elemental Loot Box
- Veteran Erico the Brown Dolyak Loot Box
- Veteran Gloss the Gold Phoenix Loot Box
- Veteran Gudbrand the Gold Dolyak Loot Box
- Veteran Jormag the Ice Dragon Loot Box
- Veteran Judah the Brown Deer Loot Box
- Veteran Kodan Loot Box
- Veteran Marcus the Gold Tiger Loot Box
- Veteran Mushroom Cache
- Veteran Narf the Gold Wolf Loot Box
- Veteran Ogre Loot Box
- Veteran Ooze Loot Box
- Veteran Professor Whiskers the Gold Rabbit Loot Box
- Veteran Quintly the Brown Tiger Loot Box
- Veteran Smokey the White-Tailed Gold Deer Loot Box
- Veteran Vined Cache (3)
- Volatile Mass
Reward tracks[edit]
Gift of Battle Item Reward Track – WvW only
|
5th reward. | 5th of 40. | (4) |
|
5th reward. | 20th of 40. | (4) |
|
5th reward. | 35th of 40. | (4) |
Guildrider Warclaw Skin Reward Track – WvW only
|
5th reward. | 15th of 40. | (15) |
Recipe[edit]
Note: The Mini Risen Priest of Balthazar Mystic Forge recipe has an estimated 12% chance to yield 5 shards, and a 3% chance to yield 15 shards, instead of the normal 3 shards.[1]
Map Bonus Reward[edit]
- Week 1 - Malchor's Leap - 4 total
- Week 2 - Straits of Devastation - 4 total
- Week 3 - Fireheart Rise - 4 total
- Week 4 - Cursed Shore - 4 total
- Week 5 - Frostgorge Sound - 4 total
- Week 6 - Mount Maelstrom - 4 total
- Week 7 - none
- Week 8 - Malchor's Leap - 4 total
It is currently Week 1.
Rewarded by[edit]
- Completing the group event Defeat Scarlet's Prime Hologram before the defenses activate (3) (historical).
- Completing any of the following story steps:
- Personal story
- Chapter 8: Victory or Death
- Priory's Plan path
- Air Drop (3)
- Whispers' Plan path
- Vigil's Plan path
- Armor Guard (3)
- Priory's Plan path
- Chapter 8: Victory or Death
- Living World Season 1
- Historical Special Event: The Nightmare Is Over
- The Nightmare Ends (2013) (5) (historical)
- Historical Episode 20: Battle for Lion's Arch: Aftermath
- The Dead End (2) (historical)
- Historical Special Event: The Nightmare Is Over
Used in[edit]
Mystic Forge
Item | Rarity | Ingredients |
---|---|---|
Cragstone | Exotic |
|
Gift of Competitive Prowess | Legendary | |
Gift of Expertise | Ascended | |
Gift of Mastery | Legendary | |
Gift of Prowess | Exotic | |
Gift of Runes | Legendary |
|
Gift of Sigils | Legendary |
|
Gift of War Prowess | Legendary | |
Magnanimous Obsidian Crystal | Rare | |
Magnanimous Obsidian Crystal | Rare |
|
Mini Baron von Scrufflebutt | Exotic | |
Mini Mister Mittens | Exotic | |
Mini Snuggles | Exotic | |
Mystic Clover | Legendary | |
Mystic Clover | Legendary | |
Mystic Clover (x10) | Legendary |
|
Obsidian Shard (x3) | Legendary |
Multiple disciplines
Item | Rarity | Discipline(s) | Rating | Ingredients |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bloodstone Brick | Ascended | 450 | ||
Dragonite Ingot | Ascended | 450 | ||
Empyreal Star | Ascended | 450 | ||
Fulgurite | Ascended | 500 |
Chef
Item | Rarity | Rating | Ingredients |
---|---|---|---|
Bloodstone Brick | Ascended | 425 | |
Dragonite Ingot | Ascended | 425 | |
Empyreal Star | Ascended | 425 |
Weaponsmith
Item | Rarity | Rating | Ingredients |
---|---|---|---|
Gloominator (Learned from: Recipe: Gloominator) |
Exotic | 400 | |
Obsidian Magma Container (Learned from: Recipe: Heat Containment Units) |
Exotic | 450 |
Guild upgrades[edit]
Currency for[edit]
Trivia[edit]
The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Obsidian Shard. |
- This was the first crafting material of legendary rarity.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Drop rate research found at Talk:Mini Risen Priest of Balthazar