RoTW – What Exactly Are Shards?

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🟣 RoTW – What Exactly Are Shards?

I've been playing RoTW for a bit now and kept seeing references to "Shards", so I dug a little deeper and wanted to centralize the info here.

From what I understand so far:


🔹 What Are Shards?

Shards (Worldstone Shards) are a RoTW-specific consumable item.

They appear to be tied to the Terror system, allowing players to manually terrorize content rather than relying only on rotation.

Still confirming exact mechanics.


🔹 What Do They Do?

Based on current info:

• They can terrorize an entire Act
• Terrorized areas improve monster level scaling
• Potentially tied to endgame progression systems

If someone can confirm exact in-game usage (right-click behavior, Act selection, etc.), I'll update this section.


🔹 Where Do They Drop?

Reports suggest:

• Elite / Champion packs
• Unique monsters
• Possibly Terrorized zones specifically

Need confirmation on:

• Do they drop in Normal?
• Nightmare?
• Hell only?
• Does player count affect drop rate?

🔹 Open Questions

• Are drop rates difficulty-scaled?
• Is there a shard tier system?
• Any MF interaction?
• Are there different shard types?[/l]()