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60 points   Dec 28, 2022   Report

Fjordur , aberation cave , use mining drill on normal looking rocks . Thank me later

63 points   Jun 22, 2022   Report

On Fjordur, you can find it from the pink/red crystals in the magmasaur cave. Good luck!

98 points   Oct 11, 2020   Report

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

47 points   Sep 13, 2021   Report

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

53 points   Sep 5, 2020   Report

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

40 points   Feb 14, 2021   Report

Mantis+ hatchet= good shard farm

21 points   Jul 1, 2022   Report

On Fjordur in the Abberation cave are stones that drop Element shards, and the loot drops there are insane as well

27 points   Jan 24, 2021   Report

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

22 points   Aug 31, 2021   Report

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

18 points   Sep 25, 2020   Report

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

8 points   Dec 26, 2022   Report

A great way to get this on Fjordur is to get 2 people one rides a giga in the front and the 2nd rides a strider behind the giga go down into the magmasaur cave and collect all of it with the strider it’s dangerous but works well. (get a dedicated storage box and link the strider to it before going to get element)

13 points   Jun 7, 2021   Report

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.

10 points   Jul 27, 2021   Report

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

7 points   Jul 7, 2022   Report

Fjordur Ab Cave

Normalish rocks drop Shards. Magmasaurs do not seem to be able to havest them tho.

7 points   Jul 4, 2021   Report

In my experience, on Gen 1, an anky harvests more than the mining drill. Potentially this list means ascendant mining drill, as mine was just the standard primitive one.

6 points   Aug 22, 2021   Report

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

4 points   Apr 7, 2022   Report

In case of gen 2 ues magma its the best, it has a chance to get raw elements each time they hit.

4 points   Jan 14, 2022   Report

Crystal isles use a stryder get thousands vs hundreds with an anky

2 points   Jul 28, 2022   Report

You can also find element shards in the abyssal depths where long ass skeleton looking thing is. Entrance is close to the swamp biome. You will need scuba gear or some way to maintain oxygen. Not recommended if you have thalassophobia.

2 points   Jun 15, 2022   Report

Probably the best way to get shards is in Genesis 2 in that space area, just get a stryder and link it to a dedicated storage box and farm away.

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