Sword Blade Shard
| Sword Blade Shard | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Material |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Condition | 13 |
| Made With |
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| Station | Simple Forge |
| Research |
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| Crafting Skill | Blacksmithing: 6 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Sword_Shard
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| Crafting XP | 60 XP (Blacksmithing) |
The Sword Blade Shard is a short offcut of good sword steel left over from the forge. It is a Blacksmithing scrap, and it is just the right size for a knife.
Shards come out of the forge when a full blade is cut down. The Forge Shortsword Blade recipe and the Forge Simple Shortsword Blade recipe can both leave one behind. A smith then turns the shard into a Small Knife, a Kitchen Knife Blade, a Metal Spearhead or a Simple Metal Blade.
Even without a forge, the shard is useful. The Make Shiv recipe files it into a Shiv. The Carpenter is the best occupation for materials. It starts with the most Carpentry skill. For Welding, the Welder starts strongest.
Uses
Four forge recipes take the shard in place of a Steel Bar Quarter. The Forge Simple Blade recipe makes a Simple Metal Blade at a primitive forge with no skill needed. The Forge Small Knife recipe makes a Small Knife at the same forge with Blacksmithing level 1. Both work with crude tongs.
The two better recipes need an Advanced Forge and Blacksmithing level 4. The Forge Kitchen Knife Blade recipe makes a Kitchen Knife Blade. The Forge Spear Head recipe makes a Metal Spearhead. Both need a ball-peen hammer and tongs or metalworking pliers, which are kept. Each forge recipe burns one to three charcoal.
The Make Shiv recipe needs no forge at all. It takes the shard, a whetstone, file or small saw that is kept, and a binding such as tape. It asks for Maintenance level 1.
A spare shard can be melted as small steel. The Smelt Steel From Small Steel Item recipe gives one Steel Chunk at an Advanced Furnace.
How to Get Sword Blade Shard
The shard is a by-product of cutting a sword blade down. The Forge Shortsword Blade recipe turns a Steel Bar, Katana, Katana Blade or Sword Blade into a Shortsword Blade at an Advanced Forge. It needs Blacksmithing level 7. The leftover metal comes back as a shard or a Steel Bar Quarter.
The Forge Simple Shortsword Blade recipe works at a simpler forge with Blacksmithing level 6. It can also leave a shard behind. The shard is not found as loot.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Sword Blade Shard and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Simple Blade | Simple Metal Blade | 
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/additem Base.CrudeBlade
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| Forge Scrap Metal Shortsword | Scrap Metal Shortsword | 
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/additem Base.ShortSword_Scrap
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How to Craft Sword Blade Shard
Each recipe that makes the Sword Blade Shard is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Forge Simple Shortsword Blade
The Forge Simple Shortsword Blade recipe makes the Sword Blade Shard. It needs Blacksmithing level 6. It is made at a Simple Forge. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
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5x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
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| Sword Blade | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.SwordBlade
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| Claw Hammer | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
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| Tongs | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Tongs
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Forge Shortsword Blade
The Forge Shortsword Blade recipe makes the Sword Blade Shard. It needs Blacksmithing level 7. It is made at an Advanced Forge. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal |
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8x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
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| Sword Blade |
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1x | No | /additem Base.SwordBlade
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| Smithing Hammer | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.SmithingHammer
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| Metalworking Pliers | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.MetalworkingPliers
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Used in Crafting
Everything made with the Sword Blade Shard, with how much each recipe takes, the other materials it needs, the station and the skill.
| Item | Image | Recipe | Amount | Other Materials | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchen Knife Blade | 
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Forge Kitchen Knife Blade | 1x |
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Advanced Forge | Blacksmithing: 4 | /additem Base.KitchenKnifeBlade
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| Metal Spearhead | 
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Forge Spear Head | 1x |
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Advanced Forge | Blacksmithing: 4 | /additem Base.SpearHead
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| Shiv | 
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Make Shiv | 1x | - | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.KnifeShiv
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| Simple Metal Blade |
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Forge Simple Blade | 1x |
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Primitive Forge | Blacksmithing: 0 | /additem Base.CrudeBlade
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| Small Knife | 
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Forge Small Knife | 1x |
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Primitive Forge | Blacksmithing: 1 | /additem Base.SmallKnife
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These recipes accept the Sword Blade Shard by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smelt Small Steel Item | Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel | 
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Advanced Furnace | /additem Base.CeramicCrucibleSmall_Steel
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| Smelt Steel From Small Steel Item | Steel Chunk | 
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Advanced Furnace | /additem Base.SteelChunk
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Notes
- Research Craft on the shard teaches the Forge Simple Blade and Forge Scrap Metal Shortsword recipes.
- The Make Shiv recipe turns a shard into a weapon without any forge.
- A shard does the same forge work as a Steel Bar Quarter.
- Spare shards are worth keeping for knives rather than melting.
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