Wind Shard

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Wind Shard

Item type

Other

Material type

Crystal

Crafting

1
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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 wind energy.

— In-game description

Acquisition

Gathering

Node	Area	Level Req.	Perception	Respawn	Coordinates
Lv. 5 Mineral Deposit «5»	Spineless Basin (Central Thanalan)	1			(X:19.1, Y:25.6)
Lv. 5 Mineral Deposit «5»	Spineless Basin (Central Thanalan)	1			(X:24.1, Y:26.9)
Lv. 5 Mature Tree «6»	Jadeite Thick (Central Shroud)	1	—		(X:23.1, Y:18.8)
Lv. 10 Mature Tree «5»	Greentear (Central Shroud)	1	—		(X:26.3, Y:20.4)
Lv. 15 Lush Vegetation «5»	Bentbranch (Central Shroud)	1	—		(X:18.7, Y:19.8)
Lv. 15 Lush Vegetation «5»	Bentbranch (Central Shroud)	1	—		(X:22.8, Y:23.4)
Lv. 15 Mature Tree «5»	Bentbranch (Central Shroud)	1	—		(X:21.2, Y:20.4)
Lv. 20 Lush Vegetation «5»	Nine Ivies (East Shroud)	1	—		(X:18.3, Y:28)
Lv. 20 Mature Tree «5»	Nine Ivies (East Shroud)	1	—		(X:15.3, Y:27.23)
Lv. 30 Mature Tree «5»	Bentbranch (Central Shroud)	1	—		(X:24.4, Y:32.2)
Lv. 30 Rocky Outcrop «5»	Nine Ivies (East Shroud)	1	—		(X:20.4, Y:27.4)
Lv. 35 Mineral Deposit «5»	Sorrel Haven (Central Shroud)	1	—		(X:13.9, Y:21.8)
Lv. 40 Rocky Outcrop «5»	Bluefog (Northern Thanalan)	1	—		(X:21.7, Y:27.9)
Lv. 50 Mature Tree «5»	The Bramble Patch (East Shroud)	1	—		(X:16.7, Y:23.3)
Lv. 50 Mineral Deposit «5»	Bluefog (Northern Thanalan)	1	—		(X:23.2, Y:23.7)
Lv. 50 Rocky Outcrop «5»	The Bramble Patch (East Shroud)	1	—		(X:18.2, Y:24.7)

Dropped By

Enemy	Level	Location
Corrupted Sprite	80	The Diadem
Wind Sprite	4-99	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
To the Bannock	4	Mother Miounne
Eggs over Queasy	7	Galfrid
Spriggan Cleaning	9	Warin
Keeping Up Appearances	1 	Yazel Ahuatan the Able
The Right Tool for the Tools	3 	Methuli Cattlan the Hard
Right-wing Aeronautics	10 	Tazel Meyean the Lettered
Sweet Words, Shadowy Dealings	50	Deputy Postmoogle
Bait and Swat	9	Anaoc
Parasite Cleave	8	Gabineaux
Soil Despoilers	8	Gabineaux
A Good Adventurer Is Hard to Find	1	Bernadette
Preserving the Past	1	Idele
Sylphic Gratitude	2	Estaine
A Hard Nut to Crack	4	Tatasosa
Death to the Bean Thieves	6	Q'djawana
Hematophagic Harassment	7	Eadbert
The Kindness of Strangers	9	Emeria
The Slaying of the Shrews	6	Hihiyaja
The Wealth of Nations	2	Landebert
Way of the Carpenter	1	Corgg
My First Saw	1	Beatin
To Be the Wood	5	Beatin
Supplies for the Sick	10	Beatin
Way of the Goldsmith	1	Jemime
My First Chaser Hammer	1	Serendipity
Gorgets Rising	5	Serendipity
Way of the Leatherworker	1	Randall
My First Head Knife	1	Geva
A Test of Technique	5	Geva
Geva's Gambit	10	Geva
Way of the Weaver	1	Maronne
My First Needle	1	Redolent Rose
Once More unto the Breeches	5	Redolent Rose

Gardening

• Windlight 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
Wreckage of the Windwalker (B)	Sea of Ash	50

Used For

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