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A massive power core found within Abyss creatures. Its energy output is so immense that no ordinary means can control it. The core is the lifeblood for higher entities that have condensed Abyssal energy, though it carries the risk of going berserk.

Basic Information

How to Obtain

Named Power Cores like Power Core - Crown of Shadows are rare drops from Abyss creatures and can also be found during Abyss puzzle encounters throughout Pywel. They appear as glowing blue crystalline formations and must be collected using Axiom Force; you cannot simply pick them up like standard loot.

The Crown of Shadows has been reported to drop from turret-ball enemies in the Stone Quarry Underground area. If you miss it during combat, it can be recovered from the Provisioner at your camp for a small Silver fee.

Uses

Used as a crafting material for high-tier Kuku equipment and research projects at the Kilnden Workshop.

Storage and Management

Power Cores are stored in the Kuku Iron Pot, a special container unlocked during Chapter 4 by completing the Kiln Repair quest at the Kilnden Workshop west of Hernand. The Kuku Pot holds up to 230 Power Cores and is accessed through your inventory using Axiom Force.

• If you drop a Power Core in the field and lose track of it, check the Provisioner at your camp. Lost Power Cores can be repurchased for a small Silver fee.

• Power Cores cannot be stored in regular inventory slots. They must go into the Kuku Pot.

• Use the "Discard" option in the Kuku Pot inventory to place a Power Core on the ground when needed for puzzles or crafting stations.

Tips

• Always unlock the Kuku Pot before fighting bosses that drop named Power Cores. Without it, the cores may end up in a limbo state that requires story progression to resolve.

• Named Power Cores are much rarer than generic Elemental Cubes. Save them for their specific crafting recipes rather than using them in general research.

• Check your Supply Chest and Provisioner recovery tab if a Power Core seems to have disappeared after a boss fight or cutscene.

See Also

• Materials - Overview of all crafting materials

• Mining - Gathering ore and stone

• Crafting - Crafting system overview

Use in the Kuku Insect Gatherer Chain

The Crown of Shadows is the second named power core required by the Kuku Insect Gatherer's Pack recipe. One Crown of Shadows pairs with one Ore of Resipiscence, three Abyss Cells, and a base Kuku Pack at Grimly Agrodol Pal's workbench in the Calden workshop. You only need a single Crown per craft, so the main bottleneck is the named-core drop rate rather than total inventory pressure.

Rock Worm Trio Farm

The Crown of Shadows shares a drop table with the Ore of Resipiscence, so the same three-spawn rock worm loop works for both cores. Fast travel in, kill all three worms, fast travel out, fast travel back to respawn them. A 20-minute grinding session reliably yields enough for the Insect Gatherer craft with a few spares left over.

• Save before the first pull. If the respawn logic stalls, reload the save rather than waiting it out.

• Both named cores also drop (at a lower rate) from the stationary bush enemies, so those are a reasonable fallback when the rock worm spawn is not cooperating.

Tips

• The in-game item spelling is plural: "Crown of Shadows". Some community guides and YouTube videos abbreviate it to "Crown of Shadow"; both refer to the same named power core.

• Seal dropped cores into the Kuku Pot immediately. Named cores that land in geometry can be irretrievable without Provisioner recovery.