Empyreal Fragment
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Empyreal Fragment
- Item type
- Crafting material
- Material type
- Ascended material
- Tier
- 7
- Mat. storage
- Ascended Materials
- Disciplines used by
450
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450
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450
- Rarity
- Ascended
- Binding
- Account Bound
- Game link
“Refine into empyreal stars.
— In-game description
Empyreal Fragment is a crafting material needed to craft ascended weapons and armor.
Acquisition[edit]
Gathered from[edit]
- Any chest in the open world, including jumping puzzle and mini-dungeon chests award from 2-9 Fragments. In most cases, characters must be level 80 to receive Empyreal Fragments from chests. Dungeons and some jumping puzzle chests (primarily those in level 80 zones, such as at Searing Ascent) award fragments regardless of level.
- "Cryptonym" Strongbox (1-5) (guaranteed)
- "Dragonrender" Strongbox (chance)
- "Endurance" Strongbox (1-5) (guaranteed)
- "Faren's Flyer" Strongbox (chance)
- "Glory of Tyria" Strongbox (1-5) (guaranteed)
- "Legacy of Owl" Strongbox (chance)
- "Lethal Vantage" Strongbox (chance)
- "Mellaggan's Valor" Strongbox (chance)
- "Obsidian Triumph" Strongbox (chance)
- "Plains of Golghein" Strongbox (1-5) (guaranteed)
- "Pride of Lion's Arch" Strongbox (chance)
- "Scorchrazor II" Strongbox (chance)
- "Shard of Brilliance" Strongbox (chance)
- "Slice of Sky" Strongbox (chance)
- "Straight and Narrow" Strongbox (chance)
- "Sword of Smodur" Strongbox (chance)
- "Thunderbreaker" Strongbox (chance)
- "Unsolved Conundrum" Strongbox (chance)
- "Vengeance Rising" Strongbox (chance)
- "Whitebear's Pride II" Strongbox (chance)
- Abandoned Inquest Supplies (chance)
- Aetherblade Cache (2) (chance)
- Afkhar's Stash (chance)
- Airship Cargo (2-3) (chance)
- Ancient Chest (Draconis Mons) (1-4) (guaranteed, from the Searing Ascent jumping puzzle)
- Ancient Chest (Ember Bay) (chance)
- Ancient Chest (Lake Doric) (2-4) (chance)
- Ancient Tamarisk Stand (chance)
- Buried Locked Chest (5-20) (chance)
- Chest (Cantha Darkness) (chance)
- Chest (Cantha) (2-4) (guaranteed)
- Chest (Defeat Mayatl the Fierce) (11) (guaranteed)
- Chest (Displaced Towers) (chance)
- Chest (Khan-Ur's Gauntlet) (2-4) (guaranteed)
- Chest (object) (2-4) (chance)
- Chest of Grand Valdhertz Riches (6-9) (guaranteed)
- Chest of the Khan-Ur (2-4) (guaranteed)
- Chest of Valdhertz Riches (2-4) (guaranteed)
- Chest of Vasburg Riches (9) (chance)
- Crystallized Supply Cache (2-3) (chance)
- Difluorite Crystals (1-3) (guaranteed)
- Difluorite Crystals (1-3) (guaranteed, home instances)
- Dwarven Chest (2-4) (guaranteed)
- Dwarven Treasure (guaranteed)
- Enchanted Treasure Chest (object) (2-5) (chance)
- Enemy Supply Cache (2-4) (guaranteed)
- Exalted Chest (2-3) (chance)
- Forgotten Cache (chance)
- Forgotten Cache (Thunderhead Peaks) (chance)
- Found Bandit Chest (7-13) (chance)
- Frost Legion Chest (2-4) (guaranteed)
- Frost Legion Chest (Cold War) (2-4) (guaranteed)
- Gertrude's Satchel (1-2) (guaranteed)
- Glorious Branded Chest (chance)
- Glorious Canthan Chest (1-4) (guaranteed)
- Glorious Canthan Chest (Secrets of the Obscure) (1-4) (guaranteed)
- Glorious Chest (Wyvern Matriarch) (2-3) (chance)
- Glorious Chest of Joko (chance)
- Glorious Elonian Chest (chance)
- Grand Canthan Chest (2-3) (guaranteed)
- Grand Chest (Buried Archives) (chance)
- Grand Chest (Hexfoundry Unhinged) (chance)
- Grand Chest (Mistlock Mountaineer) (1-4) (guaranteed)
- Grand Chest (Pig Iron Quarry) (chance)
- Grand Chest (Shaman's Rookery) (3) (guaranteed)
- Grand Chest (The Echovald Wilds) (2-3) (guaranteed)
- Grand Chest (Vizier's Tower) (1-4) (guaranteed)
- Grand Exalted Chest (1-3) (chance)
- Grand Forgotten Chest (1-3) (chance)
- Grand Jade Tech Chest (1-4) (guaranteed)
- Grand Temple Chest (1-3) (chance)
- Great Exalted Chest (1-3) (chance)
- Greater Arcane Chest (7-13) (guaranteed)
- Grothmar Valley Chest (8-13) (guaranteed, large Strike Mission chests)
- Grothmar Valley Chest (guaranteed, small Strike Mission chests)
- Grothmar Valley Chest (2-4) (guaranteed, in Grothmar Valley)
- Hidden chest (Bastion of the Penitent) (chance)
- Hidden chest (Mythwright Gambit) (chance)
- Hidden chest (Salvation Pass) (chance)
- Hidden chest (Spirit Vale) (chance)
- Hidden Stores (1-3) (chance)
- Iberu's Treasure (2-4) (guaranteed)
- Icebound Chest (1-3) (chance, in the Bitter Cold)
- Icebound Chest (2-6) (guaranteed)
- Jade Tech Chest (2-4) (guaranteed)
- Kournan Chest (5-15) (chance)
- Kournan Supply Cache (1-8) (guaranteed)
- Kournan Supply Cache (chance)
- Large Chest of Resilience (chance)
- Large Chest of Valor (chance)
- Large Chest of Valor (chance)
- Large Chest of Vigilance (chance)
- Large Chest of Vigilance (chance)
- Late-Blooming Elon Lily (1-2) (chance)
- Lesser Arcane Chest (2-4) (guaranteed)
- Lesser Nightmare Pod (2-4) (chance)
- Lookout Supplies (chance)
- Lost Bandit Chest (7-13) (chance)
- Lost Charr Supply Drop (7-13) (chance)
- Lost Chest (2-4) (chance)
- Lost Stash (1-3) (chance)
- Magnificent Chest (Battle Cry) (7-13) (guaranteed)
- Magnificent Chest (Cantha Darkness) (6-9) (guaranteed)
- Magnificent Chest (Claw of Jormag) (7-8, 10-12) (guaranteed)
- Magnificent Chest (Mad King's Clock Tower) (20) (guaranteed, first time opened per day)
- Magnificent Chest (Retrospective Runaround) (6-9) (guaranteed)
- Magnificent Chest (Spekks's Laboratory) (7-8) (guaranteed)
- Magnificent Chest (Stopped Clock Tower) (20) (guaranteed, first time opened per day)
- Magnificent Chest (The Echovald Wilds) (2-4) (guaranteed)
- Magnificent Chest (Trial of the Elders) (6-7) (guaranteed)
- Magnificent Chest (Weyandt's Revenge) (6-9) (guaranteed)
- Magnificent Chest (Wizard's Trial) (6) (guaranteed)
- Medium Chest of Resilience (chance)
- Medium Chest of Valor (chance)
- Medium Chest of Valor (chance)
- Medium Chest of Vigilance (chance)
- Medium Chest of Vigilance (chance)
- Mist-Touched Cache (chance)
- Mistborn Mote (1-7) (guaranteed)
- Mistborn Mote (1-3) (guaranteed, home instances)
- Noran's Chest (6-9) (guaranteed)
- Noran's Secret Chest (2-4) (guaranteed)
- Old Kaineng Vault Chest (6-9) (guaranteed)
- Petrified Stump (1-3) (guaranteed)
- Primordial Orchid (1-3) (guaranteed, home instances)
- Primordial Orchid (1-10) (guaranteed)
- Rich Granite Lode (chance)
- Rolan's Chest (chance)
- Runeforger's Chest (2) (chance)
- Small Chest of Resilience (chance)
- Small Chest of Valor (chance)
- Small Chest of Valor (chance)
- Small Chest of Vigilance (chance)
- Splendid Chest (Don't Touch the Shiny) (chance)
- Splendid Chest (Rebel's Seclusion) (chance)
- Splendid Chest (Under New Management) (chance)
- Sunken Chest (chance)
- Sunken Chest (Sandswept Isles) (chance)
- Sunken Trade Crate (2-4) (chance)
- Sunspear Cache (chance)
- Tarnished Chest (7) (chance)
- Toxic Chest (chance)
- Toxic Chest (guaranteed, historical)
- Vabbian Heirloom Grapes (1-4) (chance)
- Waterlogged Chest (2-17) (chance)
- Zinn's Research Supplies (5-15) (guaranteed)
- Zinn's Stash (7-15) (guaranteed)
- Zinn's Stash (Golemancer's Tomb) (1-4) (guaranteed)
Dropped by[edit]
| NPC | Level | Rank | Locations | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion Spymaster Grella | 80 | Champion | Withered Outpost (Green Desert Borderlands) Parched Outpost (Red Desert Borderlands) Barren Outpost (Blue Desert Borderlands) |
9 |
| Champion Tower Lord | 81 | Champion | World versus World | 4-9 |
Contained in[edit]
Guaranteed[edit]
-
Amnytas Gear Box (50) -
Arrowhead Cache (10) -
Ascalon Weapon Skins Box (50) -
Ash Legion Reward Box (50) -
Auric Weapon Crate (50) -
Bag of Empyreal Fragments (50) -
Balthazar Backpack Box (50) -
Bat Mother Cache (10) -
Bitterfrost Frontier Cache (50) -
Black Lion Delivery Box (3-11) - Black Lion Delivery Box (2-5)
- Black Lion Delivery Box (2-5)
-
Bladed Glove Box (50) -
Blood Legion Reward Box (50) - Bloodstone Cache (50)
-
Canthan Armor Box (50) - Carapace Armor Box (50)
-
Chak Crown Cache (10) -
Chak Gerent Cache (50) -
Champion Arid Devourer Cache (10) -
Champion Arid Inquest Cache (10) -
Champion Ash the Black Phoenix Loot Box (25) -
Champion Avatar of Balthazar Loot Box (25) -
Champion Bandit Leader Loot Box (10) -
Champion Beam the White Phoenix Loot Box (25) -
Champion Branded Minion Loot Box (10) -
Champion Destroyer Loot Box (10) -
Champion Dredge Loot Box (5-10) -
Champion Dust Mite Cache (10) -
Champion Ghost the White Wolf Loot Box (25) -
Champion Grawl Loot Box (15) -
Champion Hound of Balthazar Loot Box (25) -
Champion Inquest Loot Box (25) -
Champion Jotun Loot Box (25) -
Champion Kralkatorrik the Crystal Dragon Loot Box -
Champion Lamar the Black Tiger Loot Box (25) -
Champion Mordrem Guard Cache (10) - Champion Mordrem Guard Cache (10)
-
Champion Mordrem Husk Cache (10) - Champion Mordrem Teragriff Cache (10)
- Champion Mordrem Thrasher Cache (10)
- Champion Mordrem Troll Cache (10)
-
Champion Risen Shark Loot Box (25) -
Champion Risen Wizard Loot Box (15) - Champion Vined Cache (10)
- Champion Warg Loot Box (25)
-
Champion Zhaitan the Corrupted Dragon Loot Box (25) -
Charr Legions Backpack Box (50) -
Deepstone Pack (2-8) -
Desert Armor Box (50) -
Dominion Spoils Box (50) - Draconis Mons Cache (50)
- Dragonfall Cache (50)
-
Dragonjade-Tier Reward Package (50) -
Drizzlewood Coast Supply Drop (50) - Ember Bay Cache (50)
-
Experimental Warbeast Apparatus (10) -
Flame Legion Reward Box (50) -
Frost Legion Spoils Box (50) -
Glorious Armor Box (50) -
Grand Icebrood Saga Cache (50) -
Grothmar Legionnaire Banner Cache (50) - Grothmar Legionnaire Weapons Cache (50)
-
Grymm Mini Reward Box (50) -
Grymm Svaard Reward Box (50) -
Hero Weapon Box (50) -
Iron Legion Reward Box (50) - Istan Cache (50)
- Jahai Bluffs Cache (50)
-
Janthir Wilds Gear Box (50) -
Jora's Weapons Cache (50) -
Jungle Bear Finisher Box (50) -
Jungle Deer Finisher Box (50) -
Jungle Dolyak Finisher Box (50) -
Jungle Dragon Finisher Box (50) -
Jungle Phoenix Finisher Box (50) -
Jungle Rabbit Finisher Box (50) -
Jungle Shark Finisher Box (50) -
Jungle Tiger Finisher Box (50) -
Jungle Wolf Finisher Box (50) - Kournan Cache (50)
-
Kryta Weapon Skins Box (50) - Lake Doric Cache (50)
-
Legacy Armor Box (50) -
Legendary Belongings of the Great Zehtuka (10) -
Long-Lost Tahkayun's Weapon Bag (50) -
Lost Treasure of the Great Zehtuka (10) - Luminate's Cache (10)
-
Mini Tybalt Reward Box (50) - Mordrem Commander's Cache (10)
-
Mordremoth Cache (50) -
Mushroom King Cache (10) -
Nadijeh's Royal Armor Cache (10) - Nadijeh's Royal Arms Cache (10)
-
Nika Mini Reward Box (50) -
Nika Reward Box (50) -
Pristine Sand-Carved Cache (50) -
PvP Player Loot Box (15) -
Raven's Gift (50) -
Ruins of Orr Weapon Skins Box (50) - Sandswept Isles Cache (50)
-
Shiverpeak Mountains Weapon Skins Box (50) - Siren's Landing Cache (50)
-
Skelk Regurgitant Cache (10) - Stonehead Cache (10)
-
Storm Wizard Loot Box (8) -
Strike Mission: Lost Large Chest of Resilience (2-4) -
Strike Mission: Lost Medium Chest of Resilience (2-4) -
Strike Mission: Lost Small Chest of Resilience (2-4) -
Tarnished Coast Weapon Skins Box (50) - Thunderhead Peaks Cache (50)
-
Triumphant Armor Box (50) -
Turai Ossa Mini Reward Box (50) -
Tybalt Reward Box (50) -
V.O.X.'s Battle Box (10) -
Vinetooth Cache (10) - Warclaw Armor Box (50)
-
Wyvern Cache (10) -
Chest of the Athlete (25) (discontinued) - Northern Drizzlewood Cache (50) (discontinued)
-
WvW Achievement Reward Chest (50) (discontinued) -
WvW Season One Reward Chest (Unlocked) (100) (discontinued) - Carapace Glove Box (50) (historical)
Chance[edit]
-
Arid Dusty Satchel (6) -
Bag of Alliance Supplies -
Bag of Personalized Wintersday Gifts (1, 50) -
Bag of Trick-or-Treat Bags (1, 3) - Bag of Trick-or-Treat Bags (50)
- Buried Treasure (2-15)
-
Champion Air Elemental Loot Box -
Champion Ark the White Tiger Loot Box -
Champion Asmund the White Dolyak Loot Box -
Champion Asta the Black Dolyak Loot Box -
Champion Blade the White Shark Loot Box -
Champion Centaur Loot Box -
Champion Dawn the White Tailed Deer Loot Box -
Champion Destroyer of Worlds Black Rabbit Loot Box -
Champion Diamond the Black Wolf Loot Box -
Champion Ettin Loot Box - Champion Hylek Loot Box
-
Champion Mac the Black Deer Loot Box -
Champion Ogre Loot Box -
Champion Rico the Black Shark Loot Box -
Champion Sleepy the Black Bear Loot Box -
Champion Snuffles the White Rabbit Loot Box -
Champion Waffle the White Bear Loot Box - Chest of the Final Room (1-3)
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Cracked Fractal Encryption (15) - Cracked Fractal Encryption (50)
-
Djinn Energy Cluster - Djinn Energy Cluster (10)
-
Echo of Drizzlewood Coast - Echo of Raven Sanctum
- Echo of Whispers
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Faint Echo of Drizzlewood Coast - Faint Echo of Raven Sanctum
- Faint Echo of Whispers
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Frozen Lockbox (2) -
Honeycomb-Covered Gear Bag (2-4) -
Memories of Scarlet Box (6) -
Personalized Trick-or-Treat Bag (3, 50) -
Personalized Wintersday Gift (1, 50) -
Recovered Pact Supplies (2-3) - Strike Mission: Lost Large Chest of Valor (2-3)
- Strike Mission: Lost Large Chest of Vigilance
- Strike Mission: Lost Medium Chest of Valor
- Strike Mission: Lost Medium Chest of Vigilance
- Strike Mission: Lost Small Chest of Valor
- Strike Mission: Lost Small Chest of Vigilance
-
Strong Echo of Drizzlewood Coast - Strong Echo of Raven Sanctum
- Strong Echo of Whispers
- Strong Echo of Whispers
- Superior Buried Treasure
-
The Evon Gnashblade Trick-or-Treat Bag (50) - The Evon Gnashblade Trick-or-Treat Bag (3)
-
The Evon Gnashblade Wintersday Gift -
Trick-or-Treat Bag (50) - Trick-or-Treat Bag
-
Unlocked Rift Essence Coffer (15-50) - Unlocked Rift Essence Coffer (15)
-
Wintersday Gift - Giant Wintersday Gift (1, 50) (historical)
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Large Personalized Wintersday Gift (1, 50) (historical) - Small Wintersday Gift (historical)
Rewarded by[edit]
- Completing any of the following events:
- Completing any of the following story steps:
- Living World Season 2
- Episode 1: Gates of Maguuma
- Disturbance in Brisban Wildlands (5)
- Fallen Hopes (5)
- Cornered (5)
- Episode 2: Entanglement
- Episode 3: The Dragon's Reach: Part 1
- Episode 4: The Dragon's Reach: Part 2
- Episode 5: Echoes of the Past
- Episode 6: Tangled Paths
- Episode 7: Seeds of Truth
- The Newly Awakened (5)
- Meeting the Asura (10)
- Episode 8: Point of No Return
- Arcana Obscura (10)
- Pact Assaulted (10)
- Episode 1: Gates of Maguuma
- Living World Season 3
- Episode 1: Out of the Shadows
- Episode 2: Rising Flames
- Taimi's Game (5)
- Episode 3: A Crack in the Ice
- Episode 4: The Head of the Snake
- Episode 5: Flashpoint
- Episode 6: One Path Ends
- On Orrian Shores (5)
- Living World Season 4
- Episode 1: Daybreak
- Under the Stars (5)
- The First City (5)
- Episode 2: A Bug in the System
- The Test Subject (5)
- Episode 3: Long Live the Lich
- Episode 4: A Star to Guide Us
- Legacy (5)
- Storm Tracking
- Episode 5: All or Nothing
- The Crystal Blooms (5)
- The Crystal Dragon (5)
- Episode 6: War Eternal
- Glory of Dragons (5)
- Episode 1: Daybreak
Guild missions[edit]
Players can get credit for one puzzle and one rush each week per account, with the week resetting on Saturday at midnight UTC.
Puzzle chests yield 6-9 fragments
- Bear Lope (10)
- Chicken Run (8-13)
- Devourer Burrow (8-9)
- Quaggan Paddle (7-13)
- Spider Scurry (12-13)
- Ghost Wolf Run (7-9)
Dungeons[edit]
- Dungeon explorable paths (20 for first and second completion per day, then diminishing returns)
- Cracked Fractal Encryptions, obtained from Fractals of the Mists rewards (15 or 50)
- Volcanic Fractal - Magnificent Chest spawned by saving all the captives in the champion shaman fight (7-9)
Used in[edit]
Mystic Forge
| Item | Rarity | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
 Mystic Essence of Animosity
|
Exotic |
|
 Mystic Essence of Challenge
|
Exotic |
|
Multiple disciplines
| Item | Rarity | Discipline(s) | Rating | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Empyreal Star
|
Ascended |
|
450 |
Artificer
| Item | Rarity | Rating | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
 Vial of Maize Balm (Learned from: Recipe: Maize Balm) |
Masterwork | 400 | |
 Magnanimous Tuning Crystal (x5) (Learned from: Recipe: Magnanimous Tuning Crystal) |
Masterwork | 450 | |
 Toxic Tuning Crystal (x5) (Learned from: Recipe: Toxic Tuning Crystal) |
Fine | 450 |
Chef
| Item | Rarity | Rating | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empyreal Star
|
Ascended | 425 |
Jeweler
| Item | Rarity | Rating | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
 Recycler: Empyreal Fragments (Learned from: Recipe: Recycler: Empyreal Fragments) |
Masterwork | 400 |
Weaponsmith
| Item | Rarity | Rating | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
 Corsair Sharpening Stone (x5) (Learned from: Recipe: Corsair Sharpening Stone) |
Masterwork | 450 |
Currency for[edit]
- See also: Converter
