Water Shard

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Water Shard

Item type

Other

Material type

Crystal

Crafting

60
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 water energy.

— In-game description

Acquisition

Gathering

Node	Area	Level Req.	Perception	Respawn	Coordinates
Lv. 5 Mineral Deposit «6»	Hammerlea (Western Thanalan)	1	—		(X:26.6, Y:25.6)
Lv. 10 Mineral Deposit «5»	Hammerlea (Western Thanalan)	1	—		(X:22.3, Y:28.6)
Lv. 15 Mineral Deposit «5»	Horizon's Edge (Western Thanalan)	1	—		(X:27.4, Y:17)
Lv. 15 Rocky Outcrop «5»	Horizon's Edge (Western Thanalan)	1	—		(X:24.4, Y:18.6)
Lv. 15 Lush Vegetation «5»	Horizon's Edge (Western Thanalan)	1	—		(X:24.5, Y:18.8)
Lv. 15 Lush Vegetation «5»	Nophica's Wells (Western Thanalan)	1			(X:23.3, Y:23.3)
Lv. 30 Mature Tree «5»	Bloodshore (Eastern La Noscea)	1			(X:27.8, Y:33.7)
Lv. 30 Rocky Outcrop «5»	Nophica's Wells (Western Thanalan)	1	—		(X:23.5, Y:23.2)
Lv. 35 Lush Vegetation «5»	Bloodshore (Eastern La Noscea)	1			(X:26.5, Y:30.1)
Lv. 35 Mineral Deposit «5»	Bloodshore (Eastern La Noscea)	1			(X:29.3, Y:27.2)
Lv. 40 Mature Tree «5»	Raincatcher Gully (Eastern La Noscea)	1			(X:19.2, Y:25.5)
Lv. 40 Lush Vegetation «5»	Raincatcher Gully (Eastern La Noscea)	1			(X:21, Y:29)
Lv. 50 Mature Tree «5»	Raincatcher Gully (Eastern La Noscea)	1			(X:17.1, Y:32.2)
Lv. 50 Rocky Outcrop «5»	Nophica's Wells (Western Thanalan)	1	—		(X:18.3, Y:28.7)
Lv. 50 Rocky Outcrop «5»	The Silver Bazaar (Western Thanalan)	1	—		(X:18.2, Y:28.8)

Dropped By

Enemy	Level	Location
Corrupted Sprite	80	The Diadem
Water Sprite	5-63	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
Prudence at This Junction	8	Roger
Of Rodents and Rigging	3 	Methuli Cattlan the Hard
Hot Cross Buns	6 	Rozol Cattlan the Prudent
Hells-vent on the Heavens	10 	Tazel Meyean the Lettered
Sweet Words, Shadowy Dealings	50	Deputy Postmoogle
A Luxury Long Lost	2	Alewyn
Search and Seizure	9	Kikipu
Way of the Alchemist	1	Deitrich
My First Alembic	1	Severian
The Second Principle	5	Severian
All of Your Beeswax	10	Severian
Way of the Culinarian	1	Charlys
My First Skillet	1	Lyngsath
A Treat of Trout	5	Lyngsath
Dodo It Yourself	10	Lyngsath

Gardening

• Waterlight 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 Cobalt Shoals (K)	Deep-sea Site	20
North Isle of Zozonan (C)	Sea of Ash	54

Used For

Crystals are used as catalysts in every crafting recipe. Not every recipe uses Water Shards, but 387 recipes do (view the full list).

Water Shards are the primary crystals used in Alchemist recipes, and the secondary crystals used in Culinarian recipes.