Wind Shard

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Wind Shard

UNSELLABLE  

Item type

Crystal

Crafting

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1

Level

1

Rarity

ABasic

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A tiny crystalline manifestation of aetheric wind energy.

— In-game description

Wind Shards are crystals made up of aetheric wind-aspected energy. Like all crystals, they are used by crafting classes as a catalyst to synthesize items.

Acquisition

Purchase

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

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

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

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.