Ancient Steel Shard is a common resource found in Windrose.
It is a Common resource gathered or crafted in the world of Windrose with item level 4.
Overview
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Category | Resource |
Rarity | Common |
Item Level | 4 |
Stack Size | 20 |
Tips
Store in your inventory and bring back to base before running out of room.
See Also
Description
Ancient Steel Shard is a fragmentary piece of weathered metal, pitted and rust-stained, of unknown origin and composition. The pieces are recovered from ruined swamp settlements and other pre-civilization sites scattered across the archipelago. Three shards carried out of the Cursed Swamps are enough to fuel one advanced smelting cycle at the right bench.
Known Recipe Uses
Ancient Steel Shard feeds exactly one confirmed recipe in the current build. The recipe runs at the Large Smelting Furnace, which must be placed outdoors and within range of a Bonfire.
Station | Ingredients | Output | Craft Time |
|---|---|---|---|
Toledo Steel x1 | 30 seconds |
Toledo Steel is a late-game metallurgy output, so banking a handful of Ancient Steel Shards before unlocking the Large Smelting Furnace is reasonable, but do not stockpile beyond a single-digit count until the bench is actually built. No other recipe in the launch build consumes Ancient Steel Shard.
Where to Find It
Ancient Steel Shard is a swamp-ruin loot item. The shards drop primarily from ruined pre-civilization structures inside the Cursed Swamps biome, and a smaller number appear in Ancient Chests as part of multi-biome treasure runs. Expect to gather shards in the same sweep that also rewards Ancient Scraps and Ancient Relic Fragment, because the three share the same recovery terrain. Carry a Pickaxe for the pillar and debris interactions common to swamp ruin loops.
Stockpile Tips
Hold shards in a dedicated bin near the Large Smelting Furnace once the bench exists. A single Toledo Steel pass uses 5 shards, so store in multiples of five to avoid fractional stacks.
Pair the swamp run with a Salt detour. Toledo Steel crafts also consume 3 Salt per pass, and Salt is a Tortuga Buyer-adjacent resource that stacks cheaply in your inventory.
Charcoal is the rate-limiter for most long Toledo Steel sessions. A standard kiln backlog of 20 Charcoal per shard set is the practical floor for planning a five-pass production night.
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Role in Progression
Ancient Steel Shard sits in the late-game metallurgy chain. Its single confirmed output, Toledo Steel, is a high-tier ingot-class material used to build top-end gear, so shards are worth holding once you can reach the Cursed Swamps reliably. Players targeting the Conquistador Set and other ingot-line endgame armor will route through Toledo Steel, which makes a steady shard supply part of any heavy-armor plan. Until the Large Smelting Furnace is built, keep the count low; a single-digit reserve is plenty.
Stage | What You Need |
|---|---|
Gather | Run Cursed Swamps ruins; loot shards from broken structures and the occasional Ancient Chest. |
Smelt | At the Large Smelting Furnace, combine 5 shards, 20 Charcoal, and 3 Salt for 1 Toledo Steel (30s). |
Use | Feed Toledo Steel into ingot-line endgame gear and tools at the appropriate workshop. |
Game Data
Properties
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Stack | 20 |
Item Level | 4 |
Rarity | Common |