Caustic Shard | Elite Dangerous Wiki | Fandom

Advertisement

A single shard of crystalised caustic gas (low rarity)

— In-Game Description

Caustic Shard is a Manufactured Material introduced in Update 14.

Caustic shard — In-game screenshot

Known Sources[]

Thargoid Maelstrom.
Dropped by destroyed Thargoid Hunter Glaive Variant.

v • d • e

Manufactured Materials

	Basic Conductors Chemical Storage Units Compact Composites Crystal Shards Grid Resistors Guardian Power Cell Guardian Wreckage Components Hardened Surface Fragments Heat Conduction Wiring Mechanical Scrap Salvaged Alloys Tempered Alloys Worn Shield Emitters
	Caustic Shard Chemical Processors Conductive Components Galvanising Alloys Guardian Power Conduit Guardian Technology Component Heat Dispersion Plate Heat Resistant Ceramics Hybrid Capacitors Mechanical Equipment Shield Emitters Tactical Core Chip Thargoid Carapace
	Bio-Mechanical Conduits Chemical Distillery Conductive Ceramics Corrosive Mechanisms Electrochemical Arrays Focus Crystals Guardian Sentinel Weapon Parts Heat Exchangers High Density Composites Mechanical Components Phase Alloys Phasing Membrane Residue Precipitated Alloys Shielding Sensors Thargoid Energy Cell Weapon Parts Wreckage Components
	Caustic Crystal Chemical Manipulators Compound Shielding Conductive Polymers Configurable Components Heat Vanes Polymer Capacitors Proprietary Composites Proto Light Alloys Refined Focus Crystals Thermic Alloys Thargoid Technological Components
	Biotech Conductors Core Dynamics Composites Exquisite Focus Crystals Heat Exposure Specimen Imperial Shielding Improvised Components Military Grade Alloys Military Supercapacitors Pharmaceutical Isolators Propulsion Elements Proto Heat Radiators Proto Radiolic Alloys Sensor Fragment Thargoid Organic Circuitry
Sources	Signal Sources Ship Salvage Mission Reward
Uses	Engineers Synthesis Technology Brokers

Encoded Materials

	Anomalous Bulk Scan Data Atypical Disrupted Wake Echoes Distorted Shield Cycle Recordings Exceptional Scrambled Emission Data Pattern Gamma Obelisk Data Specialised Legacy Firmware Unusual Encrypted Files
	Anomalous FSD Telemetry Inconsistent Shield Soak Analysis Irregular Emission Data Modified Consumer Firmware Pattern Beta Obelisk Data Tagged Encryption Codes Unidentified Scan Archives Thargoid Structural Data
	Classified Scan Databanks Cracked Industrial Firmware Massive Energy Surge Analytics Open Symmetric Keys Pattern Alpha Obelisk Data Ship Flight Data Ship Systems Data Strange Wake Solutions Thargoid Interdiction Telemetry Thargoid Material Composition Data Thargoid Ship Signature Unexpected Emission Data Untypical Shield Scans
	Aberrant Shield Pattern Analysis Atypical Encryption Archives Decoded Emission Data Divergent Scan Data Eccentric Hyperspace Trajectories Pattern Delta Obelisk Data Pattern Epsilon Obelisk Data Security Firmware Patch Thargoid Residue Data Thargoid Wake Data
	Abnormal Compact Emissions Data Adaptive Encryptors Capture Classified Scan Fragment Datamined Wake Exceptions Guardian Module Blueprint Fragment Guardian Vessel Blueprint Fragment Guardian Weapon Blueprint Fragment Modified Embedded Firmware Peculiar Shield Frequency Data
Sources	Wakes Ships Satellites Private Data Beacons Data Points Mission Rewards Ancient Ruins Guardian Structures
Uses	Engineers Technology Brokers

v • d • e

Ships

Technology

Commodities	Coral Sap Impure Spire Mineral Meta-Alloys Semi-Refined Spire Mineral Thargoid Basilisk Tissue Sample Thargoid Bio-Storage Capsule Thargoid Biological Matter Thargoid Cyclops Tissue Sample Thargoid Heart Thargoid Hydra Tissue Sample Thargoid Link Thargoid Medusa Tissue Sample Thargoid Probe Thargoid Resin Thargoid Scout Tissue Sample Thargoid Sensor Thargoid Technology Samples Unclassified Relic
Materials	Bio-Mechanical Conduits Caustic Crystal Caustic Shard Corrosive Mechanisms Hardened Surface Fragments Heat Exposure Specimen Massive Energy Surge Analytics Phasing Membrane Residue Propulsion Elements Sensor Fragment Ship Flight Data Ship Systems Data Tactical Core Chip Thargoid Carapace Thargoid Energy Cell Thargoid Interdiction Telemetry Thargoid Material Composition Data Thargoid Organic Circuitry Thargoid Residue Data Thargoid Ship Signature Thargoid Structural Data Thargoid Technological Components Thargoid Wake Data Weapon Parts Wreckage Components
Goods	Spire Refinery Compound Contaminated Spire Refinery Compound
Other	Hyperdiction Thargoid Pod

Drones

Locations

AX Conflict Zone

Crashed Thargoid Ship

Non-Human Signal Source

Nonhuman Signature

Thargoid Barnacle

Thargoid Barnacle Barb

Thargoid Barnacle Matrix

Thargoid Surface Site

Related

Anti-Xeno Initiative

Enzyme Missile Rack

Meta Alloy Hull Reinforcement

Thargoid Combat

Thargoid Soldier

Advertisement

Fan Feed

More Elite Dangerous Wiki