Light Shard

Light Shard

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Statistics

Type	Crafting material
Tooltip	'Sometimes carried by creatures in light deserts'
Rarity	02*
Sell	9 SC
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 528

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Dreamer Ghoul(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Dreamer Ghoul(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	6.67%
Light Mummy Light Mummy	1	10%
Spectral Mummy Spectral Mummy	1–2	10%
Crystal Thresher(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Crystal Thresher(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	4%

The Light Shard is a Hardmode crafting material used in the crafting of the Dao of Pow and the Sky Fracture. It has a 1/10 (10%) chance to drop from Light Mummies and Spectral Mummies (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) which spawn in Hallowed deserts.

On the  Desktop version,  Console version, and  Mobile version, the Light Shard also has a 1/15 (6.67%) chance to drop from Dreamer Ghouls in the Hallowed Underground Desert, and a 1/25 (4%) chance of dropping from Crystal Threshers.

Its Corruption/Crimson counterpart is the Dark Shard.

Crafting

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Dao of Pow	Dark Shard Light Shard Soul of Night7 Soul of Light7	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil
Sky Fracture(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Magic Missile Light Shard2 Soul of Light16

Trivia

• The Light Shard represents the "Yang" of the "Yin Yang" (Taijitu) symbol on the Dao of Pow.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.3: Now has a chance to drop from Crystal Threshers.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Now dropped by Dreamer Ghouls in the Hallowed Underground Desert.

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from PS4's 1.0.750.0 update. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: ()
  • Now dropped by Dreamer Ghouls in the Hallowed Underground Desert.
  • No longer dropped by the Spectral Mummy due to its removal.

• Console 1.02: Now drops from Spectral Mummies.

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7:
  • Now dropped by Dreamer Ghouls in the Hallowed Underground Desert.
  • No longer dropped by the Spectral Mummy due to its removal.

• Mobile 1.1.5536: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.