Crafting Rare Components

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

Item	Tier	Creature Drops/Found/Barter
Sapphire Shard	2 Journeyman	Dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns, Barter from Crafting Vendor, rewarded by Quests, Rare Crafting Component selection box
Ruby Shard	3 Expert	Dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns, Barter from Crafting Vendor, rewarded by Quests, Rare Crafting Component selection box
Adamant Shard	4 Artisan	Dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns, Barter from Crafting Vendor, Rare Crafting Component selection box
Beryl Shard	5 Master	Dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns, Barter from Crafting Vendor, Rare Crafting Component selection box
Mithril Flake	6 Supreme	Dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns, Barter from Crafting Vendor, Rare Crafting Component selection box
Cracked Rhi Helvarch Sigil	7 Westfold	Dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns or Barter from Crafting Vendor, Rare Crafting Component selection box
Tarnished Crest of Rohan	8 Eastemnet	Dropped by rare creature chests, Barter from Crafting Vendor, Rare Crafting Component selection box
Mooncandle	8 Eastemnet	Dropped by rare Creature chests, Barter
Wyrmfire	8 Eastemnet	Dropped by rare Creature chests, Barter
Emerald Shard	9 Westemnet	Found in Resource Spawns, Barter, Rare Crafting Component selection box
Zircon Shard	10 Anórien	Found in Resource Spawns, Barter, Rare Crafting Component selection box
Black Adamant Shard	11 Doomfold	Found in Resource Spawns, Barter, Rare Crafting Component selection box
Dwarrowgleam Shard	12 Ironfold	Found in Resource Spawns, Barter, Rare Crafting Component selection box
Ithilharn Shard	13 Minas Ithil	Found in Resource Spawns, Barter, Rare Crafting Component selection box
Sunstone Shard	14 Gundabad	Found in Resource Spawns, Rare Crafting Component selection box

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: North Downs in Nan Wathren for Barrow-iron Deposit, Silver Deposit and Ash Branches
• Tier 3 mass resource area: ?
• Tier 4 mass resource area: 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.

Opening the  Rare Crafting Component selection box allows the user to choose one of the Rare crafting components. This item is a selectable reward for the weekly quest On a Mission (Weekly).