Ascendant Shard

Ascendant Shard
Attributes
Type	Material
Rarity	Legendary
Function	Used to upgrade Defense and Light of Legendary and Exotic Armor.
Description	A self-stabilizing knot of spacetime geometry.
How to Obtain
Acquired by	Dismantling endgame gear, Public Events, Engrams, Daily Heroic Missions, Vault of Glass

Ascendant Shard is a Legendary Material. It is used to Upgrade Defense for Legendary and Exotic Armor.

• Ascendant Shard's Upgrade Damage counterpart is Ascendant Energy.

Obtained By

• Awarded for getting Gold medal rank in Public Event. You are only guaranteed to obtain a Ascendant Energy or Ascendant Shard once per day. The reward is mailed to your Postmaster. Additional Gold medal completions of Public Event has a small chance of granting a Ascendant Shard.

• Dismantling Legendary and Exotic weapons and armor. Note that if un-leveled Legendary and Exotic weapons yield 2-3 shards each. Fully leveled weapons yield 5-6 shards each (you do not need to fully upgrade them).

• Legendary Engrams

• Daily Heroic Mission, the level 24 one will reward you with 1 Ascendant Shard or Energy and the level 28 one will reward you with 2.

• Weekly Nightfall Strike

• Vault of Glass

Used For

• It is a material used to unlock Upgrade Defense for Legendary and Exotic Armor. Upgrade Defense will increase the Defense and Light stats of the armor.

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