Item:Astral Shard

Astral Shard and Astral Diamond
Astral Shards are a smaller and new denomination of the Astral Diamond introduced with Update 16 Patch 1. These can be used instead of platinum for many in-game services, such as minor respecs, item repairs and others.

Astral Diamonds are an older form of currency, they are still used in several ways such as Cauldron of Sora Katra, which is planned to be changed to Astral Shards in the future. They are available from the DDO Store. Like most DDO Store items, they can also drop from any chest, but have a very small drop rate.


 * 1 Astral Diamond can be converted into 5 Astral Shards
 * Double clicking Astral Diamonds in your inventory opens a Barter UI window to convert them into Astral Shards.
 * Note: The Astral Shard inventory value is shared by all of your characters on that server, so BtA Astral Diamonds become Account Shared Astral Shards, freeing you of them taking inventory or bank space (but making them not usable in a few places that still require Astral Diamonds, such as the Cauldron of Sora Katra). It doesn't matter which character you convert them on.

Cost

 * Prices on the live server DDO Store as-of 12 Dec 2012.

Astral Shard Uses
* 1 - As of Update 16 Patch 1, all costs were multiplied by five to convert from Astral Diamonds to Shards, and Diamond deposit balance also was multiplied by five to convert to Shards.