Resources

Crafting Topics: Professions, Vocations, Resources

Resources are items that can be harvested throughout the world for use in crafting. The four types of trackable resources that can be harvested are Artifacts, Crops, Ore, and Wood. There is a fifth type of resource, Hides, which drop as loot from beasts.

Resources are harvested from different tiers, so that tier-1 resources are available in Starter Areas and higher tiers follows character progression fairly well. See the crafting section of each region for details about available resource tiers, or see summary tables below.

Artifacts

Resources are generally "Nodes" found across the lands of Middle-earth, which provide crafting materials in Crafting Recipes.

Artifacts can only be harvested by characters with the Scholar profession. Scholars are granted the ability to Track Artfacts, study the artifact using Crafting Tools, and process the ore into ingots at a Forge or Superior Forge.

Artifact node

Each artifact node yields a small number of texts and trinkets and a small chance of other crafting materials such as rare components and mastery components.

The following Professions can use these texts and materials in their own crafting recipes:

• Scholar
  • Note: The scholar is the only profession that can use these materials for crafting.

Artifact Node Index

Artifact Spawn	Tier	Materials	Mastery Components / Rare Crafting Components	Location
Shattered Pitcher	1 Apprentice	Aged Scrap of Text  Early Third Age Relic	Dim Candle	Bree-land, Ered Luin and The Shire
Broken Urn	2 Journeyman	Worn Tablet Fragment  Ruined Second Age Trinket  Cryptic Text	Rushlight Candle  Sapphire Shard*	Bree-land, Ered Luin, The Lone-lands, and The North Downs
Antique Vase	3 Expert	Cracked Dwarf-carving  Faded Sindarin Passage  Torn Craftsman's Diary	Beeswax Candle  Ruby Shard*	The Lone-lands, The North Downs, and Evendim
Forgotten Text	4 Artisan	Fragment of Dúnedain Script  Scroll of Lothlórien  Historical Document of the Dwarf-lords	Tallow Candle  Adamant Shard*	The Lone-lands, Evendim, The Trollshaws, Angmar, and The Misty Mountains
Ancient Vase	5 Master	Worn Elf-carving  Undeciphered Moon-letter  Long-lost Second Age Text	Ornate Candle  Beryl Shard*	The Misty Mountains, Eastern Angmar and Eregion
Sage's Locker Sage's Casket Sage's Lockbox	6 Supreme	Rune-carved Tablet  Etching of Moria  Tattered Khuzdul Parchment  Relic of Khazad-dûm	Bright Lamp  Mithril Flake*	Moria (esp. Mekeb-faham and Mekeb-farak crafting instances found in Hadudbâb in Durin's Way), Lothlórien, Mirkwood and Enedwaith
Banded Coffer	7 Westfold	Scrap of Weathered Dunlending Text  Scroll of Insight  Book of Knowledge  Tome of Wisdom	Page of Gondorian Parchment  Inspired Note  Cracked Rhi Helvarch Sigil*	Dunland, Gap of Rohan, Nan Curunír and The Great River
Ornate Cache	8 Eastemnet	Scrap of Rohirric Text  Scroll of Poetry  Book of Ballads  Tome of War Stories	Piece of Eastemnet Sealed Wax  Eastemnet Candle  Tarnished Crest of Rohan*	East Rohan, Parphád crafting instance found in Hytbold, and Wildermore
Adorned Chest	9 Westemnet	Tattered Rohirric Parchment  Scroll of Tactics  Book of Battle Plans  Tome of War Campaigns	Piece of Westemnet Sealed Wax  Westemnet Candle  Emerald Shard*	West Rohan, Gemyndsted crafting instance found in Derndingle in the Entwood, Western Gondor, Central Gondor
Lavish Chest	10 Anórien	Tattered Anórien Parchment	Piece of Anórien Sealed Wax  Anórien Candle  Zircon Shard*	Eastern Gondor, Old Anórien, Far Anórien
Lavish Dagorlad Chest	10 Anórien	Relic of the Battle Plain		The Wastes
Gorgoroth Artifact Chest	11 Doomfold	Tattered Doomfold Parchment	Piece of Doomfold Sealed Wax	The Plateau of Gorgoroth
Dale Artifact Chest	11 Doomfold	Tattered Doomfold Parchment	Piece of Doomfold Sealed Wax	Eryn Lasgalen and the Dale-lands
Ironfold Artifact Chest	12 Ironfold	Tattered Ironfold Parchment	Piece of Ironfold Sealed Wax	Iron Hills

* Very rare component

Crops

These items may be cultivated by Farmers, using a Vegetable field crafting area. They are used by Cooks in crafting food. Cultivating a well-tended field of vegetables (a Critical success result) may also produce special by-products that can be used by Cooks to create special or improved food recipes, or by Scholars to create dyes. Note that locations in the following table are where the crops are commonly found; all wild crops may be found, at times, in all areas of Middle Earth. Critical result crops used for dyes may be seen in the Dyes table.

Crop Type	Item Name	Tier	Standard / Critical Result	Commonly Found Location(s) in the Wild
Blackberry	Bunch of Blackberries	5	Standard	Eregion, Forochel, Angmar, The Misty Mountains
Blackberry Honey	Blackberry Honey	5	Critical	Pending
Blueberry	Bunch of Blueberries	2	Standard	Eregion, The North Downs and The Lone-lands
Cabbage	Cabbage	1	Standard	Bree-land, The Shire, Ered Luin
Carrot	Fresh Carrot	1	Standard	Bree-land, The Shire, Ered Luin
Cauliflower	Head of Cauliflower	3	Standard	The Lone-lands, The Trollshaws, The North Downs, Evendim
Golden Shire Tater	Golden Shire Tater	5	Standard	The Trollshaws, Angmar, Evendim, The Misty Mountains
Green Onion	Green Onion	3	Standard	The Lone-lands, The Trollshaws, The North Downs, Evendim
Mint	Bundle of Mint Leaves	6	Standard	Not found in the wild
Mushroom	Mushroom	1	Standard	Bree-land, The Shire, Ered Luin
Raspberry	Bunch of Raspberries	4	Standard	Eregion, The Trollshaws, Angmar, Evendim, The Misty Mountains
Royal Tater	Royal Tater	6	Standard	Pending
Pea	Green Peas	6	Standard	Not found in the wild
Shire Apple	Shire Apple	4	Standard	The Trollshaws, Angmar, Evendim, The Misty Mountains
Strawberry	Bunch of Strawberries	4	Standard	Eregion, The Trollshaws, Angmar, Evendim, The Misty Mountains
Tater	Tater	2	Standard	Eregion, The North Downs, The Lone-lands
Tea	Bundle of Tea Leaves	6	Standard	Not found in the wild
Special Tea Leaves	Fine Tea Leaf Perfect Tea Leaf Young Tea Leaf	6	Critical	Drops rarely from level 51+ creatures
Yellow Onion	Yellow Onion	1	Standard	Bree-land, The Shire, Ered Luin

These items may be cultivated by Farmers, using a Grain field crafting area. They are used by Cooks in crafting food and drinks. They are never found in the wild.

Crop Type	Item Name	Tier
Black Barley	Bundle of Black Barley	7
Golding Hops	Bunch of Golding Hops	2
North Downs Hops	Bunch of North Downs Hops	1
Oats	Bunch of Oats	2
Pride of Chetwood Hops	Bunch of Pride of Chetwood Hops	3
Spring Barley	Bundle of Spring Barley	1
Umbel Hops	Bunch of Umbel Hops	5
Winter Barley	Bundle of Winter Barley	1

Spices are special, rare crop ingredients that can be used by a cook to improve the flavor of food, producing critical results. They are infrequently produced in fields of other crops from the same tier (e.g. a Tier 1 Sprig of Allspice can be harvested from any of the other Tier 1 fields, such as carrot and mushroom fields). They can also be rewarded as loot from foes; the spice received is determined by the level of the foe that was defeated.

Item Name	Tier	Levels Dropped	Field Types for Cultivation
Sprig of Allspice	1	1 - 12	Carrot, Lily-of-the-Valley flower, North Downs Hops, Longbottom Leaf, Mushroom, Rushlight Pipe-weed, Spring Barley, Southlinch Pipe-weed, Stonecrop Leaf, Sweet Lobelia Pipe-weed, Yellow Onion
Sprig of Mugwort	2	13 - 23	Blueberry, Cabbage, Golding Hops, Hornblower Pipe-weed, Iris flower, Muddy Foot Pipe-weed, Oat, Southern Star Pipe-weed, Tater, Tighfield Choice Pipe-weed
Clump of Chives	3	24 - 34	Bluebottle flower, Cauliflower, Dragon's Breath Pipe-weed, Green Onion, Lengalenas Pipe-weed, Old Toby Pipe-weed, Pride of Chetwood Hops, Roper's Twist Pipe-weed, Shire Sweet-leaf, Sweet Galenas Pipe-weed,
Sprig of Parsley	4	35 - 43	Amaranth flower, Eagle's Nest Pipe-weed, Gamwich Braid Pipe-weed, Raspberry, Saffron flower, Shire Apple Tree, Strawberry, Winter Barley
Sprig of Thyme	5	44 - 50	Bloodwort, Blackberry, Elder, Golden Shire Tater, Summer Green-weed, Umbel Hops, Wizard's Fire Pipe-weed
Sprig of Woolly Mint	6	51 - 65	Fungo's Fuzzy-leaf Pipe-weed, Gold-fire Pipe-weed, Green Pea, Mint, Royal Tater, Tea
Pinch of Westfold Herbs	7	65+	Bilberry, Black Barley, Leek

Some of these crops may be cultivated by Farmers using Vegetable Farmland; others can only be found in the wild.* They are used by Scholars to craft Dyes and Wall Paints.

* NOTE: Most of these dye plants may drop randomly in a Westfold Farmer's Wild Flower Field, including those that can't otherwise be cultivated.

Crop Type	Item Name	Tier	Standard / Critical Farming Result	Location(s) in the Wild
Amaranth	Amaranth Petal	4	Critical	Not found in the wild
Blackberry	Juicy Blackberry	5	Critical	Not found in the wild
Bloodwort	Bloodwort Root	5	Critical	Not found in the wild
Bluebell	Bluebell Bulb	9	Critical	Not found in the wild
Bluebottle	Bluebottle Petal	3	Critical	Not found in the wild
Elder	Juicy Elderberry	5	Critical	Not found in the wild
Green Onion	Onion Skin	3	Critical	Not found in the wild
Indigo Plant	Indigo Plant	n/a	Cannot be cultivated*	Eregion, The Trollshaws, Ered Luin (rare), Dunland
Iris	Iris Root	2	Critical	Not found in the wild
Lily-of-the-Valley	Lily-of-the-Valley Leaf	1	Critical	Not found in the wild
Saffron	Saffron Thread	4	Critical	Not found in the wild
Strawberry	Juicy Strawberry	4	Critical	Not found in the wild
Yarrow Root	Yarrow Root	n/a	Cannot be cultivated*	Ered Luin, Bree-land, The Shire
Woad Plant	Woad Plant	n/a	Cannot be cultivated*	The Lone-lands, The North Downs
Walnut Branches	Walnut	9	Cannot be cultivated*	West Rohan

Ore

Resources are generally "Nodes" found across the lands of Middle-earth, which provide crafting materials in Crafting Recipes.

Ore Deposits can only be harvested by characters with the Prospector profession. Prospectors are granted the ability to Track Mines, harvest the ore deposit using Crafting Tools, and process the ore into ingots at a Forge or Superior Forge.

Ore deposit node

Normal yields 1 to 3 ore and a small chance of other crafting materials such as [Dyes|dye materials]], Gems, rare components and mastery components.

These ore nodes also have a chance to spawn a Rich / Bountiful deposit which can yield 4 to 6 ore and have a higher chance to yield these crafting materials.

The following Professions can use the ingots for materials in their own crafting recipes:

• Metalsmith
• Weaponsmith
• Jeweller

Ore Deposit Index

Ore Deposit	Tier	Ore Materials	Dye Materials	Gems	Other Components and items	Locations
Copper Deposit	1 Apprentice	Chunk of Copper Ore	Piece of Sienna Pile of Copper Salts	Agate Amethyst	Chunk of Grey Rock-salt Chunk of Crude Brimstone Crude Whetstone	Most of Ered Luin, The Shire, lower-level areas of Bree-land
Barrow-iron Deposit	2 Journeyman	Chunk of Barrow-iron Ore	Piece of Umber	Bloodstone	Chunk of White Rock-salt Chunk of Pale Brimstone Small Whetstone Sapphire Shard*	NE Ered Luin, NE Shire, all except lower-level areas of Bree-land, Western Lone-lands, Western North Downs
Silver Deposit	2 Journeyman	Chunk of Silver Ore	--	Opal	Chunk of White Rock-salt Chunk of Pale Brimstone Small Whetstone Sapphire Shard*	NE Ered Luin, NE Shire, all except lower-level areas of Bree-land, Western Lone-lands, Western North Downs
Rich Iron Deposit	3 Expert	Chunk of Rich Iron Ore	--	Ruby	Chunk of Clear Rock-salt Chunk of Dark Brimstone Flat Whetstone Ruby Shard*	Central and Eastern areas of the Lone-lands and North Downs, Eastern Evendim, South and East lake shores in NE Bree-land
Gold Deposit	3 Expert	Chunk of Gold Ore	--	Sapphire	Chunk of Clear Rock-salt Chunk of Dark Brimstone Flat Whetstone Ruby Shard*	Central and Eastern areas of the Lone-lands and North Downs, Eastern Evendim, South and East lake shores in NE Bree-land
Dwarf-iron Deposit	4 Artisan	Chunk of Dwarf-iron Ore	--	Adamant	Chunk of Yellow Rock-salt Chunk of Prilled Brimstone Round Whetstone Adamant Shard*	The Trollshaws, Western Misty Mountains, Western Angmar, Western Evendim, South-eastern tip of the Lone-lands
Platinum Deposit	4 Artisan	Chunk of Platinum Ore	--	Adamant	Chunk of Yellow Rock-salt Chunk of Prilled Brimstone Round Whetstone Adamant Shard*	The Trollshaws, Western Misty Mountains, Western Angmar, Western Evendim, South-eastern tip of the Lone-lands
Ancient Iron Deposit	5 Master	Chunk of Ancient Iron Ore  Ancient Nickel Ore (rare)	Pile of Ancient Iron Oxides	Beryl	Chunk of Blue Rock-salt Chunk of Dusty Brimstone Soft Whetstone Beryl Shard*	Eastern Misty Mountains, Eastern Angmar, Forochel, Northern Eregion
Ancient Silver Deposit	5 Master	Chunk of Ancient Silver Ore	--	Beryl Moonstone (rare)	Chunk of Blue Rock-salt Chunk of Dusty Brimstone Soft Whetstone Beryl Shard*	Eastern Misty Mountains, Eastern Angmar, Forochel, Northern Eregion
Khazâd Skarn Deposit	6 Supreme	Chunk of Khazâd Skarn	Chunk of Lime	Aquamarine Dawn-rose	Chunk of Pink Rock-salt Chunk of Bright Brimstone Hard Whetstone Mithril Flake*	Southern Eregion, Moria (esp. Tumun-ghâr and Fulz-zahar crafting instances found in Gharâf-fehem in The Redhorn Lodes), Lothlórien, Mirkwood, Enedwaith
Calenard Skarn Deposit	7 Westfold	Chunk of Calenard Skarn  Chunk of High-grade Calenard Skarn (rare)	--	Green Garnet	Cracked Rhi Helvarch Sigil*	Dunland, Gap of Rohan, Isengard, Nan Curunír, The Great River
Riddermark Deposit	8 Eastemnet	Chunk of Riddermark Skarn  Chunk of High-grade Riddermark Skarn (rare)	--	Red Agate	Tarnished Crest of Rohan*	East Rohan, Iserngraf crafting instance found in Hytbold, Wildermore
Eorlingas Skarn Deposit	9 Westemnet	Chunk of Eorlingas Skarn  Chunk of High-grade Eorlingas Skarn (rare)	--	Emerald	Emerald Shard*	West Rohan, the Entwood (esp. Stangraf crafting instance found in Derndingle), Western Gondor, Central Gondor
Anórien Skarn Deposit	10 Anórien	Chunk of Anórien Skarn  Chunk of High-grade Anórien Skarn (rare)	--	Zircon	Zircon Shard*	Eastern Gondor, Old Anórien, Far Anórien
Dagorlad Scrap Deposit	10 Anórien	Dagorlad Weapon Scrap  Dagorlad Armour Scrap	-	Zircon Dagorlad Onyx	Dagorlad Weaponsmithing Dagorlad Metalsmithing Broken Blade Metal Scrap Salt Zircon Shard*	The Wastes
Gorgoroth Skarn Deposit	11 Doomfold	Chunk of Doomfold Skarn  Chunk of High-grade Doomfold Skarn (rare)	--	Black Adamant	Black Adamant Shard*	The Plateau of Gorgoroth
Erebor Skarn Deposit	11 Doomfold	Chunk of Doomfold Skarn  Chunk of High-grade Doomfold Skarn (rare)	--	Black Adamant	Black Adamant Shard*	Eryn Lasgalen and the Dale-lands
Ironfold Skarn Deposit	12 Ironfold	Chunk of Ironfold Skarn  Chunk of High-grade Ironfold Skarn (rare)	--	Dwarrowgleam	Dwarrowgleam Shard *	Iron Hills
Vales Skarn Deposit	12 Ironfold	Chunk of Ironfold Skarn  Chunk of High-grade Ironfold Skarn (rare)	--	Dwarrowgleam	Dwarrowgleam Shard *	Vales of Anduin

* Very rare component

Wood

Resources are generally "Nodes" found across the lands of Middle-earth, which provide crafting materials in Crafting Recipe.

Wood Branches can only be harvested by characters with the Forester profession. Prospectors are granted the ability to Track Wood, harvest the ore deposit using Crafting Tools, and process the wood into treated wood at a Workbench or Superior Workbench.

Wood branch node

Normal branches typically yield 1 to 3 branches and a small chance of other crafting materials such as rare components and mastery components.

Heavy branches can yield up to 6 branches and occasionally kindling materials.

The following Professions can use the treated wood for materials in their own crafting recipes:

• Woodworker
• Weaponsmith

Wood Branches Index

Fallen Timbers	Tier	Wood Materials	Mastery Components / Rare Crafting Components	Locations
Rowan Branches	1 Apprentice	Log of Rowan Wood	Drop of Sticky Resin Common Flax Fibre	South Ered Luin, The Shire, Central Bree-land
Ash Branches	2 Journeyman	Log of Ash Wood	Drop of Ashy Resin Bree Flax Fibre Sapphire Shard*	North Ered Luin, Edges of Bree-land, The Barrow-downs, West Lone-lands, West North Downs
Yew Branches	3 Expert	Log of Yew Wood	Drop of Amber Resin Pale Flax Fibre Ruby Shard*	East Lone-lands, East North Downs, East Evendim
Lebethron Branches	4 Artisan	Log of Lebethron Wood	Drop of Black Resin Yellow Flax Fibre Adamant Shard*	The Trollshaws, West Evendim, West Angmar, South-East The Lone-lands, West Misty Mountains
Black Ash Branches	5 Master	Log of Black Ash Wood  Black Ash Heartwood  Spider Silk	Drop of Soft Resin Golden Flax Fibre Beryl Shard*	East Misty Mountains, East Angmar, northern Eregion
Ilex Branches Pile of Ilex Wood	6 Supreme	Log of Ilex Wood	Drop of Hard Resin Fairy Flax Fibre Mithril Flake*	southern Eregion, Moria (esp. Bult-kâr and Sejer-tharâkh crafting instances found in Mezer-serej in Zelem-melek), Lothlórien, Mirkwood, Enedwaith
Mallorn Branches	As of Update 12, Helm's Deep - November 20, 2013, these branches were removed from the game Logs of Mallorn Wood cannot be harvested anymore, remaining ones in inventory were converted into Gnarled Ilex Branches and can then be turned into Thin Ilex Boards Treated Mallorn Planks cannot be crafted anymore, remaining ones in inventory were converted into Gnarled Ilex Wood and can then be turned into Solid Ilex Boards
Birch Branches	7 Westfold	Log of Birch Wood  Birch Sapwood Branch	Drop of Birch-tar Cracked Rhi Helvarch Sigil*	Enedwaith, Dunland, The Great River
Oak Branches	8 Eastemnet	Log of Oak Wood  Oak Sapwood Branch	Piece of Oak Bark Tarnished Crest of Rohan*	East Rohan, Imping crafting instance found in Hytbold, Wildermore
Walnut Branches	9 Westemnet	Log of Walnut Wood  Walnut Sapwood Branch  Walnut	Piece of Walnut Bark Emerald Shard*	West Rohan, Direnfirel crafting instance found in Derndingle in the Entwood, Western Gondor, Central Gondor
Poplar Branches	10 Anórien	Log of Poplar Wood  Poplar Sapwood Branch	Piece of Poplar Bark Zircon Shard*	Eastern Gondor, Old Anórien, Far Anórien
Gnarled Branches	10 Anórien	Bundle of Reclaimed Ithilien Lumber	Zircon Shard*	The Wastes
Gorgoroth Branches Gorgoroth Wood	11 Doomfold	Log of Gorgoroth Wood	Piece of Doomfold Bark Strong Gorgoroth Branch*	The Plateau of Gorgoroth
Lasgalen Branches	11 Doomfold	Log of Lasgalen Wood	Piece of Doomfold Bark Strong Lasgalen Branch*	Eryn Lasgalen and the Dale-lands
Thornholt Branch	12 Doomfold	Log of Thornholt Wood	Piece of Thornholt Bark Strong Thornholt Branch*	Iron Hills
Vales Branch	12 Doomfold	Log of Thornholt Wood	Piece of Thornholt Bark Strong Thornholt Branch*	Vales of Anduin

* Very rare component

Hides

Hides can be harvested by characters by defeating Beasts. These pieces of animal hide have a chance to drop from those types of Creatures.

Foresters are able to process hides into leather by boiling them at a Workbench or Superior Workbench.

The following Professions can use the leather for materials in their own crafting recipes:

• Tailor
• Metalsmith

Hide Index

Hide	Tier	Leather By-product	Levels that Drop Item	Location(s)
Light Hide	1 Apprentice	Brushed Light Leather	1-13	South Ered Luin, The Shire, Central Bree-land
Medium Hide	2 Journeyman	Brushed Medium Leather  Glazed Medium Leather	13-25	Bree-land, Ered Luin, The Lone-lands, The North Downs, and The Shire
Sturdy Hide	3 Expert	Brushed Sturdy Leather  Glazed Sturdy Leather	25-34	Evendim, The Lone-lands, The North Downs, and The Trollshaws
Pristine Hide	4 Artisan	Brushed Pristine Leather  Glazed Pristine Leather	35-43	West part of Angmar, Evendim, East and West part of The Misty Mountains, East part of The North Downs and The Trollshaws
Exceptional Hide	5 Master	Brushed Exceptional Leather  Glazed Exceptional Leather	44-50	Angmar, Eregion, Sarnúr in Ered Luin, Forochel, and Ettenmoors
Magnificent Hide	6 Supreme	Brushed Magnificent Leather  Glazed Magnificent Leather  Finished Magnificent Leather  Mithril-reinforced Magnificent Leather	51-64	Angmar, Eregion, Moria, Lothlórien, Mirkwood, Enedwaith, Minas Elendúr, Kolo-hampât
Calenard Hide	7 Westfold	Brushed Calenard Leather  Glazed Calenard Leather  Finished Calenard Leather	65-74	Dunland, Gap of Rohan, Isengard, Nan Curunir, The Great River and some rare drops in Eastern Mirkwood and Enedwaith
Riddermark Hide	8 Eastemnet	Brushed Riddermark Leather  Glazed Riddermark Leather  Finished Riddermark Leather	75-85	East Rohan
Eorlingas Hide	9 Westemnet	Brushed Riddermark Leather  Glazed Riddermark Leather  Finished Riddermark Leather	85-99	West Rohan (A beast level 85 in West Rohan can drop both Riddermark and Eorlingas hides), Fangorn, Western Gondor, Central Gondor
Anórien Hide	10 Anórien	Brushed Anórien Leather	100-105	Eastern Gondor, Old Anórien, Far Anórien (beasts in all 3 areas drop both Eorlingas and Anórien hides)
Doomfold Hide	11 Doomfold	Brushed Doomfold Leather	106+	The Plateau of Gorgoroth
Ironfold Hide	12 Ironfold	Brushed Ironfold Leather	116+	Ered Mithrin and the Withered Heath

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Crafting Rare Components

Rare crafting components are used by all Professions: Forester, Prospector, Jeweller, Weaponsmith, Metalsmith, Scholar, Tailor and Woodworker.

Item	Crafting Tier Names	Creature Drops/Found/Barter
Sapphire Shard	Tier 2, T2, Journeyman	dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns or Barter from Crafting Vendor or rewarded by Quests
Ruby Shard	Tier 3, T3, Expert	dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns or Barter from Crafting Vendor or rewarded by Quests
Adamant Shard	Tier 4, T4, Artisan	dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns or Barter from Crafting Vendor
Beryl Shard	Tier 5, T5, Master	dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns or Barter from Crafting Vendor
Legendary Shard	Tier 5, T5, Master	acquired by deconstructing legendary items of up to level 60 at a Relic-master or dropped by level 50-60 Rare and Elite Master Creatures
Mithril Flake	Tier 6, T6, Supreme	dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns or Barter from Crafting Vendor
Legendary Fragment	Tier 6, T6, Supreme	acquired by deconstructing legendary items level 61 or higher at a Relic-master. The legendary item must have item levels over 20 and must have relics slotted or you will NOT receive fragments from deconstructing it. The higher the item level the more fragments obtained. Also dropped by level 60+ Rare and Elite Master Creatures or found in chests.
Cracked Rhi Helvarch Sigil	Tier 7, T7, Westfold	dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns or Barter from Crafting Vendor
Worn Symbol of Celebrimbor	Tier 7, T7, Westfold	Legendary Items dropped by rare Creature chests or Barter from Legendary Items Vendor or rewarded by a Quest
Worn Symbol of the Elder King	Tier 7, T7, Westfold	Legendary Items dropped by rare Creature chests
Tarnished Crest of Rohan	Tier 8, T8, Eastemnet	dropped by rare creature chests or Barter from Crafting Vendor
Tarnished Symbol of Celebrimbor	Tier 8, T8, Eastemnet	dropped by rare Creature chests or Barter from Legendary Items Vendor
Tarnished Symbol of the Elder King	Tier 8, T8, Eastemnet	dropped by rare Creature chests or Barter from Legendary Items Vendor
Mooncandle	Tier 8, T8, Eastemnet	dropped by rare Creature chests or Barter
Wyrmfire	Tier 8, T8, Eastemnet	dropped by rare Creature chests or Barter
Emerald Shard	Tier 9, T9, Westemnet	found in Resource Spawns or Barter
Flawed Symbol of Celebrimbor	Tier 9, T9, Westemnet	reward from a Quest or Barter from Legendary Items Vendor
Blemished Symbol of Celebrimbor	Tier 9, T9, Westemnet	reward from a Quest or Barter
Blemished Symbol of the Elder King	Tier 9, T9, Westemnet	rare drop from Raids or as a reward from a Deed
Zircon Shard	Tier 10, T10, Anórien	found in Resource Spawns or Barter
Dwarrowgleam Shard	Tier 11, T11, Iron Hills, Vales of Anduin	found in Resource Spawns or Barter

Resource Nodes or Resource Spawns

For all Tiers there is a small change that you will obtain rare crafting components from Resource Spawns or Farmer fields.

► Crafting Resources

► Resource Spawns

See the list above for links to the Tier specific Resource Spawns.

• Further Information on Nodes.

There is no inherent 'refresh content timer' built into any resource Node. Once a Node has spawned into the Game World it will remain there until a Player comes and gathers from that Node. All the contents of any Node are randomly generated from a small Database Table of Contents. Random numbers between 1 and 2 and 3 for base materials and (mostly) single instances for additional materials gained, such as Gems or rare drops such as Shards. The interaction of a Player is the only time the contents of any Node is generated.

Mass Resource Node Maps

There are some mass resource nodes areas.

• Tier 2 mass resource area: The North Downs in Nan Wathren for Barrow-iron Deposit, Silver Deposit and Ash Branches
• Tier 3 mass resource area: ?
• Tier 4 mass resource area: The Trollshaws in Giant Valley for Dwarf-iron Deposit, Platinum Deposit, and Forgotten Text
• Tier 5 mass resource area: ?

See this list of Crafting Instances for instances where ore/wood/artifacts can be farmed.

► Crafting Instances

Drops

To find Tier 2 (Journeyman) through Tier 6 (Supreme) rare crafting components each Region has a list of rare Named Creatures that drop shards or flakes. For Westfold Tier 7 thru Westemnet Tier 9 Dungeon or Instances Bosses drop chests that contain these rare crafting components instead.

► Crafting Rare Component Regions

► Regions

See the list above for links to the rare components which also list the regions.

Barter

Barter from one of these folks or see the list above for links to the Barterer

• Crafting Vendor (Skirmish Camp)
• Skirmish-Legendary Item Vendor (Skirmish Camp)
• The Helmingas Quartermasters can be found in Aldburg and Helm's Deep in West Rohan

Quests

Some Tiers have repeatable quests that reward a rare crafting component. See the list above for links to the quests.