Unstable Element Shard
Refined Element Dust that is unstable. Over time it will stabilize and become an Element Shard.
Details
- Category
- Resource
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Extinction
- Recipe
- 1 ingredient
- Item ID
- 530
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- 55
- Engram points
- 6
- How to unlock
- Manual
Maps
Found on 4 maps
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How to craft Unstable Element Shard
Unstable Element Shard is crafted from 1 ingredient. The engram unlocks at level 55, costs 6 engram points, takes 5 seconds, gives 5 XP.
Ingredients
For one craft
Unstable Element Shard — Detailed Guide
From Element Dust to a usable shard
The Unstable Element Shard is an intermediate resource from the Extinction expansion. The game describes it as "Refined Element Dust that is unstable. Over time it will stabilize and become an Element Shard." In practice it is a short waiting step: you craft it from dust, and 30 seconds later it turns into a regular 
Element Shard on its own.
Crafting it
- Recipe: 10
Element Dust per shard - Engram: level 55, 6 engram points
- Crafting time: 5 seconds, made straight from your inventory
- Crafting XP: 5 per craft
The 30-second timer
The conversion runs on the item's spoil timer, so the shard is never meant to be stored. It stacks to 1 and weighs 0.05, which means every shard occupies its own inventory slot while it settles. If you plan a large batch, clear enough slots before you start. Because the change is driven by spoilage, servers that raise the spoil time multiplier also stretch this wait.
Where it is available
Our records list the item on 4 maps: Extinction, Genesis Part 2, Lost Island and Fjordur.