Wind Shard

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Wind Shard

UNSELLABLE  

Item type

Crystal

Crafting

1
1
1
1

Level

1

Rarity

ABasic

Patch

2.0

“

A tiny crystalline manifestation of aetheric wind energy.

— In-game description

Acquisition

Gathering

Botany

• Level 5 Mature Tree in Jadeite Thick, Central Shroud
• Level 10 Mature Tree in Greentear, Central Shroud
• Level 15 Mature Tree in Bentbranch, Central Shroud
• Level 20 Mature Tree in Nine Ivies, East Shroud
• Level 30 Mature Tree in Bentbranch, Central Shroud
• Level 50 Mature Tree in The Bramble Patch, East Shroud
• Level 15 Lush Vegetation in Bentbranch, Central Shroud (x18,y18 / x23,y23)
• Level 20 Lush Vegetation Nine Ivies, East Shroud

Mining

• Level 5 Mineral Deposit in Spineless Basin, Central Thanalan
• Level 35 Mineral Deposit in Sorrel Haven, Central Shroud
• Level 50 Mineral Deposit in Bluefog, Northern Thanalan
• Level 30 Rocky Outcropping Nine Ivies, East Shroud
• Level 40 Rocky Outcropping Bluefog, Northern Thanalan
• Level 50 Rocky Outcropping The Bramble Patch, East Shroud

Dropped By

Creature	Level	Race	Clan	Location
Corrupted Sprite	50-80	Elementals	Sprite	Pharos Sirius (Hard)
The Sunken Temple of Qarn				[[]]
The Sunken Temple of Qarn				[[]]
The Sunken Temple of Qarn				[[]]
The Sunken Temple of Qarn				[[]]
Wind Sprite	4-59	Elementals	Sprite	Lower La Noscea (28.1,21.1)

Quest Reward

Quest	Type	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

Purchase

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

Free Company Submarine Ventures:

• Wreckage of the Windwalker

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.