Mining drills do not works for element shards on crystal isles.

Tried using the mining drill on crystal islands but not getting any shards

Stryders on gen 1 and gen 2 differences: on gen 1 you can farm element 24/7 but not much on 1x maybe 200 hard element per run (converted from shards). And with gen 2 you can only farm element when there’s purple drops but when you do you can farm easily over 1000 hard element on 1x(converted from shards) your welcome! - From T8 DumbDinosaurClub

Mantis+ hatchet= good shard farm

Use the mining drill in the volcano on genesis on red crystals and then take the shards to a tek replicator to make loads of element

On crystal isles DO NOT USE the mineing drill for this resorce it dosent work ankys are top for this

Mantis with 400% melee and a 200 damage hatchet will net you roughly 80 ele worth of shards in 20 minutes in 1x

On gen 2 you can use a chainsaw on the giant flytraps. Just make sure they aren’t awake/open or else they knock you out.

Rock Elemental on Gen 2 great in void for the mutagel including element and the shards

Useing a hachet is better for more shards outcome, because the shard is substituted by rocks