Shards are rare items that can be found all over Borrius, or via mining or rock smash.
There are four types of shards:
- Red Shards
- Blue Shards
- Yellow Shards
- Green Shards
And they all have two main uses.
- You can use shards as payment to certain move tutors to teach Pokemon certain moves.
- And once you become Pokemon Champion, you can take Shards to a Scientist in the Seaport City Shipyard. She will take certain shard combinations and fuse them to make Creation Plates.
There are seventeen Creation Plates in total, and once you have all of them, you will be able to encounter the legendary Pokemon Arceus.
Below we’ll detail how to acquire shards, what they’re used for, and the various NPCs that will accept shards as payment for something.
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Fixed Shard Locations
Below we’ve listed every possible shard that you can find in various locations in the overworld (hidden and visible items).
Note that the table may be missing a few because as of this writing there is no detailed account of every shard in the game, so this table was curated by hand. If you see any missing just send us a message and let us know!
| Item | Location | Image |
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| Cinder Volcano – 2F West Side | ||
| Red Shard | (hidden) In the southwest corner of the chamber, hidden in a tall rock |
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| Red Shard | (requires Strength) After solving the boulder puzzle, across on the northeast side near the tablet |
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| Crater Town | ||
| Yellow Shard | (hidden) Along the edge of the middle ring of the crater, hidden in a small rock |
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| Route 7 | ||
| Blue Shard | Southern side of the route, on a ledge along the north edge, only accessible through the northeast long grass patch |
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| Route 8 | ||
| Blue Shard | (hidden) North of the Moon Stone location on a higher ledge, hidden in a rock |
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| Route 9 | ||
| Green Shard | (requires Strength) In the second Underground Pass Access clearing, after rolling away a boulder |
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| Yellow Shard | In the small area used during the Granbull Goon Hunt |
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| Route 10 | ||
| Green Shard | (hidden) South of the east set of stepping stones, hidden in a rock |
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| Green Shard | (requires Surf) West of the Zygarde Cell, east side of the central island |
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| Route 11 | ||
| Yellow Shard | (hidden) Just east of the exit from Cliff Cave Chamber A on the upper part of the route, hidden in a boulder |
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| Tarmigan Town | ||
| Red Shard (x2) |
(Gift) Speak to the old man inside the Red Shard House |
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| Thundercap Mountain 2F Main Chamber | ||
| Yellow Shard | In the southeast corner of the chamber, across a bridge on an island in the middle of the large pond |
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| Thundercap Mountain 4F Main Chamber | ||
| Blue Shard | (requires Rock Climb) In the northwest part of the chamber, down a rock climb wall next to the waterfall |
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| Dehara City | ||
| Yellow Shards (x2) |
(Gift) Speak to the woman upstairs in the Sinnoh Starter House |
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| Cinder Volcano Depths | ||
| Red Shard | (hidden) In the Main Chamber, hidden in the rock south of where the Zygarde Cell was |
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| Great Desert | ||
| Yellow Shard | In the western part of the open desert, south of Roughneck Cameron, east of the Dehara City entrance |
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| Yellow Shard | (hidden) In the northwestern part of the open desert, east of Pokemon Ranger Logan, hidden in an open space |
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| Yellow Shard | (hidden) In the southeast corner of the middle canyon, hidden in open space |
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| Yellow Shard | (hidden) In the eastern part of the open desert, southwest of Collector Dawson |
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| Icicle Cave | ||
| Blue Shard | (hidden) In the central south part of the chamber, on the ice floor, near the boulder puzzle and the balcony exit |
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| Route 14 Underwater | ||
| Blue Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) Underwater Section A, east of the Ruins of Void surface spot, hidden in a rock in seaweed |
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| Yellow Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) Underwater Section A, in the middle chamber hallway south of the Ruins of Void surface spot, hidden in pink coral |
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| Green Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) Underwater Section A, at the end of the south chamber hallway, at the far end, hidden in a white coral spot |
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| Red Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) Underwater Section B, southeast of the dive spot in the northwest part of the route |
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| Blue Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) Underwater Section B, in the first cavern through the passageway north of the entry dive spot, hidden in white coral |
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| Yellow Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) Underwater Section B, in the chamber with the second dive spot, hidden in pink coral |
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| Green Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) Underwater Section C, south of the dive spot in the southwest of the route, hidden in a rock |
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| Red Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) Underwater Section C, southeast of the entry dive spot, hidden in a rock at the end of the open passage |
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| Blue Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) Underwater Section C, in the portal chamber north of the east cavern passage |
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| Ruins of Void Underwater | ||
| Red Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) In the southwest corner of the passages, hidden in the coral |
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| Blue Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) In the middle chamber, hidden in a rock |
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| Yellow Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) In the northwest chamber, hidden in a rock |
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| Green Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) In the Toxapex chamber, hidden in a rock |
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| Green Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) In the southeast part of the chamber, hidden in a rock |
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| Route 16 Underwater | ||
| Blue Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) In the Underwater Section, just north of the dive spot, hidden in pink coral |
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| Route 17 | ||
| Green Shard | In the northeast corner of the route, hidden in a rock |
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| Route 17 Underwater | ||
| Yellow Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) In the Underwater Section, one chamber east of the dive spot, hidden in a rock in a field of seaweed |
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| Blue Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) In the Underwater Section, in the large ring-shaped chamber north of the first chamber east of the dive spot, hidden in a rock in the southwest corner |
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| Green Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) In the Underwater Section, two chambers east of the dive spot, hidden in a rock in the west section |
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| Green Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) In the Underwater Section, in the small chamber through the southeast passage of the ring chamber, hidden in a rock |
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| Yellow Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) In the Underwater Section, three chambers east of the dive spot, hidden in pink coral at the midway point |
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| Red Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) In the Underwater Section, in the middle of the large open chamber northeast of the ring chamber, hidden in a rock in the large seaweed field |
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| Blue Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) In the Underwater Section, in the east tunnel leading from the large open chamber |
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| Red Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) In the Underwater Section, in the first of the western chambers accessed through the northwest exit of the tunnel chamber, hidden in pink coral near the entrance |
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| Yellow Shard | (requires ADM) (hidden) In the Underwater Section, in the chamber west from the dive spot, hidden in a rock |
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| Crystal Peak Exterior Summit | ||
| Green Shard | (hidden) On the western side of the Ultimate Weapon hidden in open space |
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| Route 18 | ||
Blue Shards (x2) Red Shards (x2) Green Shards (x2) Yellow Shards (x2) |
(Gift) Speak to Professor Log during the course of the main story at the entrance of Victory Road on Route 18 |
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| Victory Road 2F Hedge Maze | ||
| Green Shard | (hidden) In the southern part of the route, right near the 2F cave entrance, hidden in a rock |
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| Victory Road 3F Snowy Ascent | ||
| Blue Shard | (hidden) On the center part of the ascent, in the middle of the rocks, hidden in one |
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Renewable Shard Locations
There are generally only two ways to get more shards after the fixed one-time overworld locations. These two renewable methods are:
- Mining
- Breaking smashable rocks in the Great Desert
| Underground Mining | |
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| KBT Miner – Mine Sessions | |
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1 Mine Session 1000 Poke Dollars Random chance to dig up Shards |
| Bulging Underground Walls – ADM Digging | |
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ADM Required (Seaport City, Post-Game) Random chance to dig up Shards |
| Great Desert – Rock Smash | |
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Breakable Rocks Random chance to get Shards as a discovered item |
Vendors that Use Shards
Below is a list of all major vendors/NPCs in the game who can give you something in exchange for colored shards.
We’ve split this up into two sections listing all the move tutors that use shards, and then also the NPC who gives you Arceus Plates for shards.
Shard Move Tutors
| Blizzard City – Lost Kid Mission House – Black Belt | |
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| Move | Cost |
| Ice Punch | 2 Blue Shards |
| Route 9 – Tehl Town Entrance – Medium | |
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| Move | Cost |
| Hex | 1 Blue Shard + 1 Red Shard |
| Tarmigan Town – Red Shard House – Kindler | |
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| Move | Cost |
| Fire Punch | 2 Red Shards |
| Dehara City – Sinnoh Starter House – Old Lady | |
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| Move | Cost |
| Thunder Punch | 2 Yellow Shards |
| Vivill Town – Green Shard House – Tutor | |
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| Move | Cost |
| Seed Bomb | 2 Green Shards |
| Magnolia Fields – Magnolia Town Entrance – Rancher | |
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| Move | Cost |
| HiHorsepower | 3 Yellow Shards |
Arceus Creation Plates NPC
The table below lists every creation plate that you can get at the Seaport City Shipyard, along with the total number of shards required to make each plate.
| Seaport City – Seaport Shipyard – Scientist NPC | |
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| Plate | Cost |
| Draco Plate |
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| Dread Plate |
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| Earth Plate |
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| Fist Plate |
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| Flame Plate |
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| Icicle Plate |
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| Insect Plate |
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| Iron Plate |
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| Meadow Plate |
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| Mind Plate |
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| Pixie Plate |
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| Sky Plate |
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| Splash Plate |
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| Spooky Plate |
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| Stone Plate |
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| Toxic Plate |
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| Zap Plate |
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