Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is full of resources to farm and recipes to find across its four seasonal-themed villages. Some items are also only found in certain parts of the map or are dropped by specific enemies. One such elusive item you might struggle to locate is Blade Shard, a possible rare spawn drop from particular monsters in the game, described as a fragment of a broken blade too dangerous to handle with bare hands.
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If you’re eager to learn how to get Blade Shards in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, this guide details which enemies drop this tricky monster material, where to find it, and its primary uses in the game.
How to Get Blade Shard in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
Two of the most common enemies that drop Blade Shard in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma when defeated are:
- Toad Samurai
- Toad Swordmaster
For a chance of getting Blade Shards as a possible monster loot drop, it’s best to search for and defeat Toad Samurai and Toad Swordmaster enemies. However, you may have to defeat many of both enemy types in combat, with their most common spawn drops being Cheap Cloth, Strong Cloth, and, occasionally, Quality Cloth.
Toad Samurai and Toad Swordmaster Spawn Locations
You can find Toad Samurai typically at specific parts of the beach area in the Summer Village Region opposite the Open Pavilion Dragon Statue and close to rivers in the Autumn Village Region, such as the ones near the Pampas Plains and Riverside Bridge Area Drague Statues. Some possible spawn locations for Toad Swordmasters or Toad Samurai are pictured on the maps below:
Another monster in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma that drops Blade Shard are Fallen Warriors. However, this seems to be a rarer enemy type that is trickier to pinpoint on the map, so you should take out these enemies when you come across them. That said, it’s possible to find at least one Fallen Warrior on the small beach east of the Limestone Caverns Dragon Shrine in the Summer Village Region. Players eager to check monster loot drops can find this information in the Bestiary menu in the Adventure Log.
What Is Blade Shard for in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma?
While Blade Shards might potentially be used in crafting as one of the game’s numerous monster materials, so far, we’ve not found any recipes that require them, with other, more common monster loot for crafting weapons and tool upgrades, including Strong Claw, Fletch, and either Strong or Cheap Cloth. Some specific uses for Blade Shards in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma include:
- Completing the ‘Blade Shard Delivery’ Ema Plaque Quest from the Ema Plaque town request board, which requires submitting 5 Blade Shards to get a reward of 150 Gold, x5 Red Soil, and x5 Rich Soil.
- Selling Blade Shards to help make money for 50 Gold each. However, given their rarity, unless you’ve got a surplus of Blade Shards, you might prefer to sell other, more common monster loot drops for extra cash, such as Strong Claw, Strong Fang, and Strong Horn.
If you’re hunting for Blade Shards in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, it’s also worth checking your inventory for lost items, in case any have slid into storage with a maxed-out inventory. If you’ve defeated many monsters in the game, there’s a good chance you may find a handful of Blade Shards in your storage box. It may also be possible to find Blade Shards randomly in crates.