# Alteration Shard An Alteration Shard is a currency item obtained by selling certain items to vendors (See Vendor Recipes). It can be combined with other shards to form an [[Orb of Alteration]]. Unlike earlier shards, a variable amount of shards are given, depending on each type of modifier and the total number of them on the identified item. Each modifier can give from 1-8 shards, with a full list provided on the recipes page. Some modifiers give [[Alchemy Shard]] when sold also. While it is possible to sell items of magic rarity for shards, it is usually more efficient on [[Scroll of Wisdom]] to focus on rare items which have more modifiers. ## Item acquisition