Removing Shards?

[fester1]

I've had a look in the forge and after I install a shard I can't find any way of removing them again. Is it possible or am I missing something obvious?

Thanks.

[Prometheus]

Why would you want to? You can only apply the shards to your gear in that window anyways. Have you discovered some absurd benefit to shards in your main inventory that literally everybody else was unable to discover?

[fester1]

Nope, just started the game today which is why I asked.

[andrew.thiele]

Typically you'd never need to remove the shards from the Forge inventory BUT if you really want to there is a way.

Removing Modifier or Support Items
These are easiest to remove and include the Rune of Shattering/Refinement/Removal/Cleansing as well as the Glyph of the Guardian and Glyph of Stability. Just select them so the that they appear in the small box within the Forge menu and then drag and drop this item from the Forge menu into your inventory.

Affix Shards
Done the exact same way by selecting them from the 'modifier' section, but you need to get the shards into this section of the Forge first. You do this by adding an item to the Forge that still has the desired Affix open for the shard you want to move to your inventory. So say I want an "Armor Shard", I need to add an item to the Forge menu that can apply this shard to it so I can then select the shard. Now you drag and drop and the shard into your inventory.

I don't know why you would do it, but you can. Though, it will be incredibly tedious especially if you want to move hundreds of these shards.

[fester1]

Andrew, thank you for your very informative post. I wasn't very clear with my question. Your first paragraph regarding modifier/support items is exactly what I was after.

[Crono]

This helped a lot. Running solo player so inventory isn't shared.. which means some shards you know you just won't use so sell them. But it's much easier to manage inventory early if you can store them for the time being elsewhere. Particularly before you unlock the portal. Hopefully, they make an easier way to take them out than having to drag in gear you may not even be holding onto such as shield

[Ghostlight]

Originally posted by andrew.thiele:

I don't know why you would do it, but you can.

Say I put a shard I like (but only have 1 of) into a weapon, then 5 mins later I find a better weapon?

[andrew.thiele]

Originally posted by Ghostlight:

Say I put a shard I like (but only have 1 of) into a weapon, then 5 mins later I find a better weapon?

In this case you would use a Rune of Shattering on the original weapon and pray to the RNG gods that you get that shard back so you can then place it in the new weapon.

But I feel as though you misinterpret what this thread was asking. It is talking about removing the shards from the Forge inventory back into your inventory. Hence my response of "I don't know why you would do it, but you can."

[Ghostlight]

Ah OK, sorry.