Lightning Shard

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Lightning Shard

Item type

Other

Material type

Crystal

Crafting

1
1

Level

1

Item Level

1

Rarity

ABasic

Vendor Value

Unsellable

Patch

2.0

Links

EDB GT TC

MB prices

Universalis

A tiny crystalline manifestation of aetheric lightning energy.

— In-game description

Acquisition

Gathering

Node	Area	Level Req.	Perception	Respawn	Coordinates
Lv. 5 Mineral Deposit «6»	Spineless Basin (Central Thanalan)	1			(X:24.1, Y:26.9)
Lv. 5 Mineral Deposit «5»	The Tangle (Mor Dhona)	1	—		(X:15, Y:14.8)
Lv. 5 Mineral Deposit «6»	Spineless Basin (Central Thanalan)	1			(X:19.1, Y:25.6)
Lv. 5 Mature Tree «5»	The Tangle (Mor Dhona)	1	—		(X:14.4, Y:14.6)
Lv. 10 Mature Tree «5»	Spineless Basin (Central Thanalan)	1			(X:22.4, Y:26.6)
Lv. 10 Mineral Deposit «5»	Black Brush (Central Thanalan)	1			(X:20.1, Y:22.5)
Lv. 15 Rocky Outcrop «5»	Black Brush (Central Thanalan)	1			(X:14.5, Y:22.6)
Lv. 15 Lush Vegetation «5»	The Clutch (Central Thanalan)	1			(X:24.9, Y:20.5)
Lv. 20 Mature Tree «5»	Black Brush (Central Thanalan)	1			(X:20.9, Y:20.1)
Lv. 30 Rocky Outcrop «5»	Broken Water (Southern Thanalan)	1			(X:19.5, Y:11.4)
Lv. 30 Rocky Outcrop «5»	Sagolii Desert (Southern Thanalan)	1	—		(X:22.3, Y:29.6)
Lv. 30 Mature Tree «5»	Spineless Basin (Central Thanalan)	1			(X:24.6, Y:30.6)
Lv. 35 Mineral Deposit «5»	Sagolii Desert (Southern Thanalan)	1			(X:25, Y:41)
Lv. 35 Rocky Outcrop «5»	The Red Labyrinth (Southern Thanalan)	1	—		(X:17.9, Y:18.4)
Lv. 35 Lush Vegetation «6»	Broken Water (Southern Thanalan)	1			(X:20.4, Y:8.6)
Lv. 50 Mature Tree «5»	The Clutch (Central Thanalan)	1			(X:29.2, Y:19.7)
Lv. 50 Lush Vegetation «5»	Sagolii Desert (Southern Thanalan)	1	—		(X:13, Y:31)

Dropped By

Enemy	Level	Location
Corrupted Sprite	80	The Diadem
Lightning Sprite	10-60	Zone

Duties

• The Sunken Temple of Qarn - Treasure Coffer 1 (X:13.0, Y:10.1)
• The Sunken Temple of Qarn - Treasure Coffer 2 (X:13.0, Y:12.3)
• The Sunken Temple of Qarn - Treasure Coffer 3 (X:14.2, Y:10.3)
• The Sunken Temple of Qarn - Treasure Coffer 4 (X:15.0, Y:10.4)

Quest Reward

Quest	Level	Quest Giver
We Must Rebuild	4	Momodi
Gyrodriven	3 	Methuli Cattlan the Hard
An Empty Sack Cannot Hang Downright	6 	Rozol Cattlan the Prudent
Getting into Gear	10 	Tazel Meyean the Lettered
In the Court of the Rat King	9	Zezeda
Ticked Off	5	Imme
Way of the Weaver	1	Maronne
My First Needle	1	Redolent Rose
Once More unto the Breeches	5	Redolent Rose
Alternative Applications	10	Redolent Rose
Way of the Alchemist	1	Deitrich
My First Alembic	1	Severian
The Second Principle	5	Severian
All of Your Beeswax	10	Severian

Gardening

• Levinlight Seeds

Purchase

Vendor	Location / Coordinates	Section	Cost	Unlock req.
0 Dreamer (2016)	Old Gridania (10.3, 9.1)	General	2	—

Free Company Submarine Ventures

Sector	Map	Rank
The Southern Charnel Trench (E)	Sea of Ash	57

Used For

Crafting Ingredient

Crystals are used as catalysts in every crafting recipe. Not every single recipe will use Lightning Shards, but those that do are too numerous to list.