Where do you get obsidian Shards?

[Kabuki Theatre.9752]

Looked for them all over TP, cannot be found.Where do you get these things?

[Ayrilana.1396]

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Obsidian_Shard#Acquisition

[Kabuki Theatre.9752]

@"Ayrilana.1396" said:https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Obsidian_Shard#Acquisition

Thanks very much for that nice link.

[Cragga the Eighty Third.60]

In addition to the list on the wiki, if you get one of those Ley-Energy Matter Converters from doing the Dragon's Stand meta in less than 20 minutes, or a Karmic Converter from the Exotic Collector achievement, you often have the option to buy obsidian shards with Hot currencies or karma respectively.

[SilentRage.3572]

I usually get about 10 of those by doing a Silverwastes run.You can also buy them directly with Bandit Crests.

[Turkeyspit.3965]

@SilentRage.3572 said:I usually get about 10 of those by doing a Silverwastes run.You can also buy them directly with Bandit Crests.

I've found SW to be quite a good source for these.

If you're into WvW, you can also get a lot of them by completing maguuma reward tracks. I'm sitting on about 1000 of them atm, and as I'm already max storage on fulgerite..... :disappointed:

[Ayrilana.1396]

The most efficient source to farm them would be Bitterfrost Frontier. It requires the HoT expansion and episode 3 of LS3 unlocked. All you do is farm winterberries on your characters, consume them to get unbound magic, and then buy obsidian shards with that.

[Illconceived Was Na.9781]

@"Cragga the Eighty Third.6015" said:In addition to the list on the wiki, if you get one of those Ley-Energy Matter Converters from doing the Dragon's Stand meta in less than 20 minutes, or a Karmic Converter from the Exotic Collector achievement, you often have the option to buy obsidian shards with Hot currencies or karma respectively.

That's great for veterans to top off, without having to do much work. I don't recommend it for the OP, who is relatively new.

[Lahmia.2193]

If you play for long enough, there will come a time when you wish you didn't have so many.

[Tanner Blackfeather.6509]

For a burst gain, Look at the vendors in the linked article above.

For sustained trickle, the mining node in the PoF guild hall give them, SW drops them in Bandit Chests, and the Matter/Karmic converters are good when offering bundles of 5 or 10.