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1122Overview3344It might contain a pearl.5566Closed Scallop Shell is a Common miscellaneous item in Windrose. Shells wash up on beaches near the waterline and also drop in bulk from the Ashlands Ruins starting chest. The tooltip reads "Found on the beach," and the second flavor line, "It might contain a pearl," is literal: opening a closed shell from your inventory has roughly a 25% chance to yield a Pearl, so on average about one shell in four pays out. Pearls also drop separately from Drowned variants and Thorn Fiddlers, but the shells are the steady early supply.7788Item Info991010PropertyValueCategoryMiscRarityCommonItem Level1Stack Size20CraftableNoFlavor TextIt might contain a pearl. Found on the beach.1111Vendors and Pricing12121313Closed Scallop Shell is not bought or sold by any vendor. The value of the shell comes from opening it in inventory.14141515Loot Sources16161717The Ashlands Ruins starting chest is the guaranteed source. The drop is a full 20-shell stack on the first open, which fills one inventory slot in a single pickup.18181919Where FoundTypeQuantityChancePOI Ruins Ashlands Starting Chest 01Chest Inventory20100%2020How to Use21212222To open a shell, right-click it in your inventory. Each open rolls about a 25% chance for a Pearl; empty opens return nothing. Pearls are valuable downstream: despite sitting in the Ammo category they are not fired, they are consumed at the alchemy station to brew the Elixir of Cruelty, which raises damage by 8% for 15 minutes. That makes a stack of shells a convenient portable pearl reserve.23232424Because the stack limit is 20 and the starting chest also hands over 20, the one-slot footprint is handy for stockpiling between visits to craft stations.25252626Tips27272828Combine scallop shell runs with Coin Pouch opens from the same chest for a single post-pickup inventory pass.Closed shells can also be found on the beach as foreground clutter, not just in the starter chest. A sweep of coastal sand on a new island usually surfaces another two or three shells to add to the stack.Opened shells (pearl or empty) cannot be re-closed. There is no reset mechanic, so the shell is consumed once opened.29293030See Also31313232Coin PouchPiastresMiscellaneous Items33333434Details35353636Properties37373838PropertyValueWeight0.2Stack203939Where Found40404141Where FoundDetailWhere FoundQty Chance Locations