Rare crafting components are used by all Professions: Forester, Prospector, Jeweller, Weaponsmith, Metalsmith, Scholar, Tailor and Woodworker.
Item
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Crafting Tier Names
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Creature Drops/Found/Barter
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Sapphire Shard |
Tier 2, T2, Journeyman |
dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns or Barter from Crafting Vendor or rewarded by Quests
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Ruby Shard |
Tier 3, T3, Expert |
dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns or Barter from Crafting Vendor or rewarded by Quests
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Adamant Shard |
Tier 4, T4, Artisan |
dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns or Barter from Crafting Vendor
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Beryl Shard |
Tier 5, T5, Master |
dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns or Barter from Crafting Vendor
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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
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Mithril Flake |
Tier 6, T6, Supreme |
dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns or Barter from Crafting Vendor
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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.
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Cracked Rhi Helvarch Sigil |
Tier 7, T7, Westfold |
dropped by rare Creatures and in Resource Spawns or Barter from Crafting Vendor
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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
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Worn Symbol of the Elder King |
Tier 7, T7, Westfold |
Legendary Items dropped by rare Creature chests
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Tarnished Crest of Rohan |
Tier 8, T8, Eastemnet |
dropped by rare creature chests or Barter from Crafting Vendor
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Tarnished Symbol of Celebrimbor |
Tier 8, T8, Eastemnet |
dropped by rare Creature chests or Barter from Legendary Items Vendor
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Tarnished Symbol of the Elder King |
Tier 8, T8, Eastemnet |
dropped by rare Creature chests or Barter from Legendary Items Vendor
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Mooncandle |
Tier 8, T8, Eastemnet |
dropped by rare Creature chests or Barter
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Wyrmfire |
Tier 8, T8, Eastemnet |
dropped by rare Creature chests or Barter
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Emerald Shard |
Tier 9, T9, Westemnet |
found in Resource Spawns or Barter
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Flawed Symbol of Celebrimbor |
Tier 9, T9, Westemnet |
reward from a Quest or Barter from Legendary Items Vendor
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Blemished Symbol of Celebrimbor |
Tier 9, T9, Westemnet |
reward from a Quest or Barter
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Blemished Symbol of the Elder King |
Tier 9, T9, Westemnet |
rare drop from Raids or as a reward from a Deed
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Zircon Shard |
Tier 10, T10, Anórien |
found in Resource Spawns or Barter
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Black Adamant Shard |
Tier 11, T11, Plateau of Gorgoroth |
found in Resource Spawns or Barter
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Dwarrowgleam Shard |
Tier 12, T12, Iron Hills, Vales of Anduin |
found in Resource Spawns or Barter
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Ithilharn Shard |
Tier 13, T13, Imlad Morgul |
found in Resource Spawns or Barter
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For all Tiers there is a small change that you will obtain rare crafting components from Resource Spawns or Farmer fields.
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.
See this list of Crafting Instances for instances where ore/wood/artifacts can be farmed.
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.
Evendim :
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Creature
|
Location
|
Type
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Adamant Shard |
Evendim |
|
Avice Twynam |
[17.6S, 66.1W] |
Man
|
Glimmertail |
[4.8S, 72.7W] |
Sickle-fly
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Gonflad |
[10.9S, 72.3W] |
Turtle
|
Grave-stalker |
Barandalf |
Kergrim
|
Grizzule |
|
Bear
|
Hlóthwer |
[9.0S, 74.4W] |
Giant
|
Mangetail |
[21.5S, 66.6W] |
Wolf
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Mouldcreeper |
[4.8S, 71.2W] |
Crawler
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Rattleclaw |
[17.6S, 62.5W] |
Neekerbreeker
|
Ruillug |
[11.0S, 73.0W] |
Salamander
|
Rycroft the Wretched |
[11.9S, 65.4W] |
Man
|
Sagrurz |
[4.4S, 65.2W] |
Wolf
|
Splinterjaw |
[12.1S, 61.7W] |
Barghest
|
Tomb-scratcher |
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Kergrim
|
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Eregion:
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Creature
|
Location
|
Type
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Beryl Shard |
|
Belegúan [54.0S, 9.9W] |
Nan Sirannon |
Lizard
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Big Blue [55.6S, 14.2W] or [53.7S, 12.7W] |
Emyn Naer |
Toad
|
Bregochel [48.1S, 6.4W] or [46.1S, 7.5W] |
Redhorn Pass |
Grim
|
Burnbright |
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Sickle-fly
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Dustpaw |
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Lynx
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Grugulum [53.1S, 8.8W] or [51.1S, 9.9W] or [52.7S, 9.7W] |
Nan Sirannon |
Half-orc
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Hosh [48.0S, 9.4W] or [47.5S, 10.1W] or [45.6S, 9.6W] |
Tâl Caradhras |
Warg
|
Jackdaw [41.9S, 14.8W] |
Glad Ereg |
Craban
|
Lhugad [50.4S, 8.6W] or [53.2S, 8.7W] |
Nan Sirannon |
Dunlending
|
Long-tusk |
|
Dunlending
|
Maushflokh [45.6S, 10.6W] or [48.0S, 9.5W] |
High Hollin |
Half-orc
|
Ozût [45.8S, 6.7W] |
Redhorn Pass |
Warg
|
Pukhlor (Eregion) [48.1S, 6.4W] or [47.0S, 8.3W] |
Redhorn Pass |
Half-orc
|
Rakothûrz [53.7S, 12.6W] or [55.7S, 13.7W] |
Emyn Naer |
Half-orc
|
Snowhoof [45.3S, 10.8W] or [48.3S, 9.8W] |
High Hollin |
Goat
|
Thag [41.4S, 16.7W] |
Glad Ereg |
Wood Troll
|
Thaneleg [54.8S, 13.4W] or [53.2S, 13.9W] |
Emyn Naer |
Worm
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Thornbeard [41.9S, 14.9W] or [42.2S, 13.9W] or [41.6S, 16.8W] |
Glad Ereg |
Huorn
|
Ulmakh [48.0S, 16.0W] |
Low Hollin |
Half-orc
|
Zholuga (Eregion) [42.2S, 12.0W] or [41.4S, 16.9W] |
Glad Ereg |
Warg
|
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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
Quests
Some Tiers have repeatable quests that reward a rare crafting component. See the list above for links to the quests.