Exotic Shard
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A remnant that almost seems to have a life of its own. Can be used to unlock the full power of Exotic gear.
Exotic Shards are a very valuable Exotic crafting material. They're required to fill the final Upgrade Damage/Defense node on Exotic weapons and armor. Exotic Shards can be acquired in two ways:
- Dismantling an Exotic, granting 1 Exotic Shard (sometimes 2 if well-upgraded)
- Buying it for 7 Strange Coins from Xûr
Controversy:
Roughly one week prior to DLC #1, The Dark Below, Bungie changed the upgrade system to include Exotic Shards. The problem was that once the DLC was released, Exotic upgrades sold by Xur would remove all XP/upgrades on a weapon. This meant that Exotic Shards spent pre-DLC were, in essence, wasted.
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