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[[File:Shards_Loading_Screen.png|right|400px]]Shards are gemlike gem-like artifacts that slot into your Relics, Armor , and Weapons. Shards replaced [[Skill Spheres]] system and item [[Passives]] (while some items with unique passives still drop but have only one shard slot). Shards give your hero or your defenses extra stats or abilities, all green shards can buff only defenses and can be placed only in [[Relics]], while blue shards will buff your hero and can be placed in [[Weapon]] and [[Armor]]. Shards can be moved between pieces of gear and be upgraded straight from your inventory. A weapon or piece of armor allows to hold up to 2 3 Shards and can only equip Hero (blue) Shards and relics can hold up to 3 Defense (green) Shards. Blue shards give you hero new abilities or stats while they are placed in any item currently equipped by that hero, but green (defenses) shards strengthen only that tower, where relic containing them is equipped.

==Shards Packs==Shards drop from shard packs obtained from victory chest at the end of every map, there are different kinds of you will get Standard shard pack after completing any Campaign and Chaos map, those packs depending can drop shards associated with Campaign packs. After completing Expeditions on Chaos difficulty, you will get guaranteed Shard pack from that difficulty: Campaignand one Shard Pack from any previous difficulty (for example, if you beat Chaos III Expeditions, you’ll receive 1 Chaos III Shard Pack and 1Chaos II, Chaos 2 etcI or Standard Shard Pack). Once you win 3 consecutive random maps in a row in Expeditions, you’ll activate the Shard consecutive bonus. On your 4th consecutive victory onward, you’ll earn an extra Shard Pack for as long as the streak continues. Each will drop This extra Shard Pack is a guaranteed Shard Pack from corresponding that difficulty. That means once you activate the win bonus, but higher difficulties have a chance to drop packs you’ll get 3 Shards guaranteed every victory (2 Shard Packs of that difficulty, 1 Shard Pack from lower previous difficulties) until one of your crystals break or you leave the game.

Any shard can be purchased from [[Non Playable Characters#Gran_Ma'ster's_Shop|Gran Ma'ster]] for 1000 Defender Medals or 250 Gems. A shard pack containing 5 random shards can also be purchased for 500 Defender Medals or 125 Gems. These shard packs will give you 5 random shards from a single difficulty (e.g. 5 random Chaos V shards). ==Shard ListDust==Click on column header to sort tableAs of the Protean Shift update, you may disenchant shards (press 's' when hovering over a shard) which will turn the shard into shard dust of the same tier. Ten shard dust can also sort by multiple columns by holding shift keybe exchanged with [[Non_Playable_Characters#War_Recruiter|War Recruiter]] to obtain one new shard pack. ==Standard Shards List== <tabber> Squire=[[File:Squire_icon_trans.png|70px| center]] {{Datafield|Shards/Squire|swap}}{{Datafield|Shards/SquireAndCountess|swap}}|-| Apprentice=[[File:Apprentice_icon_trans.png| 70px| center]] {{Datafield|Shards/Apprentice|swap}}{{Datafield|Shards/ApprenticeAndAdept|swap}} |-| Huntress=[[File:Huntress_icon_trans.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Huntress|swap}} |-| Monk=[[File:Monk_icon_trans.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Monk|swap}}{{Datafield|Shards/MonkAndInitiate|swap}} |-| Abyss_Lord=[[File:AbyssLord_icon_trans.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Abyss_Lord|swap}} |-| Series_Ev2=[[File:SeriesEV2_icon_trans.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Ev2|swap}}{{Datafield|Shards/Ev2AndDryad|swap}} |-| Gunwitch=[[File:Gunwitch_icon_trans.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Gunwitch|swap}} |-| Lavamancer=[[File:Lavamancer_icon_trans.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Lavamancer|swap}} |-| Mystic=[[File:Mystic_icon_trans.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Mystic|swap}} |-| Dryad=[[File:Dryad_icon_trans.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Dryad|swap}}{{Datafield|Shards/Ev2AndDryad|swap}}{{Datafield|Shards/DryadAndMerc|swap}} |-| Initiate=[[File:Initiate_icon_trans.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Initiate|swap}}{{Datafield|Shards/MonkAndInitiate|swap}} |-| Adept=[[File:Adept_icon_trans.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Adept|swap}}{{Datafield|Shards/ApprenticeAndAdept|swap}} |-| Barbarian=[[File:Chibi barb copy.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Barbarian|swap}}{{Datafield|Shards/BarbAndMerc|swap}} |-| Mercenary=[[File:Mercenary_icon_trans.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Mercenary|swap}}{{Datafield|Shards/DryadAndMerc|swap}}{{Datafield|Shards/BarbAndMerc|swap}} |-| Countess=[[File:Countess_icon_trans.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Countess|swap}}{{Datafield|Shards/SquireAndCountess|swap}} |-| Engineer=[[File:Engineer_Icon.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Engineer|swap}} |-| Hunter=[[File:Hunter HeadIcon.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Hunter|swap}} |-| Aquarion=[[File:Aquarion HeadIcon.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Aquarion|swap}} |-| Frostweaver=[[File:Frostweaver HeadIcon.png| 70px| center]]{{Datafield|Shards/Frostweaver|swap}} |-| Others={| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:10090%; text-align:center;"

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! style="width:3%;" | WeaponSlot! style="width:3%;" | Shield! style="width:3%;" | Helmet! style="width:3%;" | Chest ! style="width:3%;" | Gloves! style="width:3%;" | Boots! style- id="width:3%;enhanced_launcher" | Relic|-| {{Hero Shard|ChannelEnhanced Launcher}} || Restores Anti Gravity Bot Launcher can store an additional '''1-15 of your ability resources every 5 seconds''' Anti Gravity Bots. || 14 || Campaign || {{Valid for Apprentice}}{{Valid for Monk}}{{Valid for Huntress}}{{Valid for Squire}}{{Valid for AbyssLord}} || {{Valid for Helmet}}|-'''Removed'''| {{Hero Shard|Jackpot}} || You have a 2-10% chance when picking up gold to quadruple the amaunt. || 8 || Campaign || {{Valid for ALL}} || {{Valid for ChestSeriesEV2}}|-Weapon| {{Hero Shard|Worm Scarf}} || Reduces the damage you take from enemies by 3-15%. || 12 || Campaign || {{Valid for ALL}} || {{Valid for Helmet}}|-id="skeletal_bind"| {{Hero Shard|Speed Boost}} || Increases your movement speed by 100-500. || 8 || Campaign || {{Valid for ALL}} || {{Valid for BootsSkeletal Bind}}|-| {{Hero Shard|Retribution}} || When you take damagedefeat an enemy, you have generate a 2charge. Your next fully-20% chance of dealing 125charged secondary attack summons a skeletal hand that traps each target hit for '''1-425% of your Armor as damage to your attacker6''' seconds, draining one charge for each enemy hit. || 20 || Campaign || {{Valid for ALL}} || {{Valid for Chest}}|-| {{Hero Shard|Quake}} || You can have a 10-30% chance when landing to deal 50-250% max of your Ability Power as earth damage to nearby enemies'''5''' charges. |10| 20 || Campaign |'''Removed'''| {{Valid for ALL}} || {{Valid for Boots}}Weapon |-id="frenzied_swarm"| {{Hero Defense Shard|OverwhelmFrenzied Swarm}} || Your primary attacks have a 7Moss Hornet movement speed is increased by '''500-15% chance to stun enemies for 1300 (1-3 seconds,500)'''. |16| 8 || Campaign |'''Changed to Fleeting Nature'''| {{Valid for ALLDryad}} || {{Valid for Weapon}}Relic |-id="harbingers_exile"| {{Hero Defense Shard|Drenching StrikesHarbinger’s Exile}} || Your primary attacks have Training Dummy has a 2'''1-309% ''' chance on hit to drench enemies for 3-10 secondsteleport targets back to spawner. || 14 || Campaign || {{Valid for ALL}} || {{Valid for Weapon}}20|-'''Removed'''| {{Hero Shard|Critical Strike}} || Increases your Hero Crit Chance by 3-10% || 7 || Campaign || {{Valid for ALL}} || {{Valid for GlovesSquire}}|-Relic| {{Hero Shard|Construction}} || Increases repair and upgrade speed during Combat Phase by 125-205%. || 20 || Campaign || {{Valid for ALL}} || {{Valid for Gloves}}|-id="withering_blast"| {{Hero Defense Shard|BulwarkWithering Blast}} || Increases armor Enemies damaged by 4Arcane Barrier take '''5-4020%. || 12 || Campaign || {{Valid for ALL}} || {{Valid for Chest}}|-| {{Hero Shard|Annoyance}} || Taints nearby enemies ''' increased damage for '''1.5-4 seconds every 8 3''' seconds. || 10 || Campaign || {{Valid for ALL}} || {{Valid for Chest}}|-15| {{Defense Shard|Fortification}} || Increases Defense Health '''Revenge of the affected tower by 2-34%. || 16 || Campaign |Yeti Incursion'''| {{Valid for ALLApprentice}} || {{Valid for RelicAdept}}|-Relic| {{Defense Shard|Destruction}} || Increases Defense Power of the affected tower by 2-34%. || 16 || Campaign || {{Valid for ALL}} || {{Valid for Relic}}|-id="onsen_bath"| {{Defense Shard|Defensive Critical StrikeOnsen Bath}} || Increases the Defense Crit Chance of the affected tower by an additional 220% chance for Cannonball Tower to fire a steamy blast dealing '''20-15500%''' Defense Power and drenching enemies for 3 seconds. || 12 || Campaign || {{Valid for ALL}} || {{Valid for Relic}}|-| {{Defense Shard|Defensive Critical Damage}} || Increases the Defense Crit Damage '''Revenge of the affected tower by 2Yeti Incursion -34%. || 16 || Campaign |Xbox Exclusive Item'''| {{Valid for ALLSquire}} || {{Valid for Relic}}|-

==Weapons with Fixed Hyper Shards==The weapons in the list below drop with fixed Shards. These Shards are locked in one of the Shard slots and can't be removed. Some of them also can't be upgraded. Most of them are sold by Wayfarer for [[Soul of Night]].{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"! style="width:10%; text-align:center;" | Item name ! style="width:10%; text-align:center;" | Passive name ! style="width:45%; text-align:center;" | Effect ! style="width:5%; text-align:center;" | Upgr. levels ! style="width:15%; text-align:center;" | Drops from! style="width:5%; text-align:center;" | Usable by|-| Scorched Tome of Molten Brimstone || Molten Brimstone || Secondary Attacks summons meteors that deal 100-130% of Ability Power as damage. Charge to summon 1-7 lava fissures for 110-710% of Ability Power as Magical Fire Damage burning enemies for 110-150% of Hero Damage for 6s. || 20 || || {{Valid for AbyssLord}}Datafield|-| Celebration!!! || Celebration!!! || Fires two homing projectiles that detonate in a festive explosion dealing 72% Hero Damage as magical damage over small area. || 0 Shards/Hypershards|| || {{Valid for SeriesEV2swap}}|-| Tsunami || Chlorophyte Arrows || Fires a column of Chlorophyte Arrows that deal 5-25% bonus magical earth damage and may reflect off one surface. || 20 || || {{Valid for Huntress}} |-|}