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Comment by perculia

New vendors sell items for Nethershard. These vendors appear in the Stormwind/Orgrimmar Demon Hunter camps, as well as Legion invasion zones. Rewards includes transmog sets, necks, rings, and trinkets.

Ensemble: Fel-Infused Cloth Armor for 0 Nethershard
Ensemble: Felshroud Leather Armor for 0 Nethershard
Ensemble: Fel-Chain Mail Armor for 0 Nethershard
Ensemble: Felforged Plate Armor for 0 Nethershard
Infernal Cord for 0 Nethershard
Legionnaire's Fel Pendant for 0 Nethershard
Nether Twisted Band for 0 Nethershard
Legion Bound Ring for 0 Nethershard
Mo'arg Clan Token for 0 Nethershard

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Comment by jjanchan

This currency, first introduced in the Legion prelaunch invasions, returns in 7.2 as currency that is obtainable on the Broken Shore.

Why are the Armies of Legionfall so interested in these? The following was overheard on the Broken Shore:

Excavator Karla says: Why do you like Nethershards so much?
Treasure Master Iks'reeged says: It's a secret long guarded by ancient secret keepers for secret reasons.
Excavator Karla says: You don't really know what they're for, do ya?
Treasure Master Iks'reeged says: Nope.

The items that can be purchased with Nethershards from Warmage Kath'leen on the Broken Shore are as follows:

Item

Cost

Armies of Legionfall Reputation Required

Notes

Dauntless Armor Tokens	400 Nethershard	None	Slot-specific items that produce an item appropriate for your loot specialization.
Nethershard Essence	8000 Nethershard	None	Item used by crafters to create one of four 7.2 craftable legendary items (Celumbra, the Night's Dichotomy, Rethu's Incessant Courage, The Sentinel's Eternal Refuge, Vigilance Perch).
Technique: Glyph of Frost Grip	2500 Nethershard	None	Inscription technique. Teaches scribes to create Glyph of Frost Grip (Death Knight), which modifies the spell effect appearance of Death Grip.
Technique: Glyph of Blood Grip	2500 Nethershard	None	Inscription technique. Teaches scribes to create Glyph of Blood Grip (Death Knight), which modifies the spell effect appearance of Death Grip.
Technique: Glyph of Wrathguard	2500 Nethershard	None	Inscription technique. Teaches scribes to create Glyph of Wrathguard (Warlock), which modifies the appearance of a Felguard to that of a Wrathguard.
Cauterizing Void Shard	5000 Nethershard	Honored	Item that instantly restores health when used, but causes damage over time for 12 seconds thereafter. Not consumed on use. 10 Minute Cooldown.
Legionfall Banner	4000 Nethershard	Honored	Places a banner on the ground that reduces damage taken for nearby allies by 5%. Not consumed on use. 1 Hour Cooldown.
Legion Pocket Portal	7500 Nethershard	Revered	Toy. Summons a dangerous Legion portal.
Repurposed Fel Focuser	7500 Nethershard	Revered	Increases Strength, Agility, and Intellect by 500, and Stamina by 750 for 1 hour. Counts as both a Battle and Guardian elixir. Not consumed on use. 15 Minute Cooldown.
Legion Invasion Simulator	25000 Nethershard	Exalted	Toy. Starts a Legion invasion simulation, where you attack and shoot down demon ships. 20 Minute Cooldown.
Legionfall Tabard	10000 Nethershard	Exalted	Tabard. Bears the Armies of Legionfall insignia.

Click here to reveal information about the now obsolete Legion pre-launch invasions, which were the initial events during which this currency could be obtained.

UPDATE: All invasion armor is now base item level 700, with a chance to be Warforged to item level 705, 710, 715, or even 720!

When are the invasions coming?

The Legion invasions (and Demon Hunter early access) arrived August 9, 2016 (US) and August 10, 2016 (EU). The will continue until August 30, 2016 when Legion launches, and will progressively become more frequent until that point.

Nethershard Currency

Nethershard is a new currency that will be specific to the Legion pre-launch event. These can be earned via invasion scenario events (25-50+ Nethershard per invasion). In addition, Dread Infiltrators in Orgrimmar and Stormwind City will drop roughly 10-12 Nethershards each when killed (plus a chance to drop the Toy Pocket Fel Spreader).

Note that aside from Nethershards, the invasions grant achievements, and also the Stage 2 and Stage 4 chests can have unique weapons in them (that can be upgraded to item level 725).

The items available for Nethershards include transmog sets and item level 700 necks, rings, trinkets, weapon upgrade items, and a pet! These items are sold by Captive Wyrmtongue, who can be found in the Illidari camps in all invasion zones, as well as Orgrimmar and Stormwind City as below.
Note that the vendors in Orgrimmar and Stormwind City require that you complete the Broken Shore scenario to see them; the ones in the invasion zones are visible regardless.

Vendor Locations

HORDE

Orgrimmar - At , on the upper level, near the zeppelin tower for Undercity (Map).

ALLIANCE

Stormwind City - At , on the western edge of the Mage Quarter overlooking the coast (Map).

BOTH FACTIONS

Azshara - At , northeast of the gates of Orgrimmar (Map).
Dun Morogh - At , right outside the gates of Ironforge (Map).
Hillsbrad Foothills - At , northwest of Tarren Mill (Map).
Northern Barrens - At , just east of The Crossroads (Map).
Tanaris - At , just north of Gadgetzan (Map).
Westfall - At , between The Jansen Stead and Saldean's Farm (Map).

The inventory of the Captive Wyrmtongues is as follows:

Item

Cost

Model

Type/Slot

Ensemble: Fel-Infused Cloth Armor	200 Nethershard	Fel-Infused Cloth Armor	Transmog Set Appearance
Ensemble: Felshroud Leather Armor	200 Nethershard	Felshroud Leather Armor	Transmog Set Appearance
Ensemble: Fel-Chain Mail Armor	200 Nethershard	Fel-Chain Mail Armor	Transmog Set Appearance
Ensemble: Felforged Plate Armor	200 Nethershard	Felforged	Transmog Set Appearance
Infernal Cord	50 Nethershard	-	Neck
Legionnaire's Fel Pendant	50 Nethershard	-	Neck
Legion Bound Ring	50 Nethershard	-	Finger
Nether Twisted Band	50 Nethershard	-	Finger
Mo'arg Clan Token	50 Nethershard	-	Trinket
Felstalker Spine	50 Nethershard	-	Trinket
Inquisitor's Talisman	50 Nethershard	-	Trinket
Demon Commander's Drape	50 Nethershard	-	Back
Felbat Pup	150 Nethershard	-	Pet
Coalesced Fel	150 Nethershard	-	Weapon Upgrade
Glaive of the Fallen	100 Nethershard	-	Weapon

Invasion Scenarios

There will be 6 different invasion events during the pre-launch patch. After the invasions start, they will become more and more frequent as we get closer to the launch of the expansion (August 30, 2016).
Each invasion is a scenario entered by anyone that moves into the invasion area, and has 4 stages. There is a progress bar for Stages 1 and 3 which is zone-wide - you will see how close you are to the next stage. Stage 2 and 4 have boss objectives, and completing these will complete the stage.
Note that the invasion instance you enter may already be in progress, with potentially a stage or stages completed already.
The stages are below:

Stage 1 - Defend against a general invasion point (e.g. Orgrimmar Rear Gate). Mobs are fairly trivial in nature, although numerous.
Stage 2 - Defeat two lieutenants and a commander. The commander spawns after the lieutenants are killed. These bosses hit pretty hard, so DPS and healers have to watch threat.
Stage 3 - Defeat the invading forces marked on the map - a zone-wide objective, with various activities that will advance the progress bar:

There are mobs to kill, of various sizes and strengths. These can be found at invasion points, marked on the map.
There are protected "Legion Structures" also marked on the map. You must kill the mobs protecting the structures; doing so will make the Protected Fel Crystals attackable. The Protected Fel Crystals can drop 1-3 Nethershards each when destroyed. When the crystals are destroyed, the structure collapses.
There are various mini bosses scattered around the zone during this phase. These hit pretty hard, so ideally they need to be tanked or kited. These mini bosses often drop Nethershards, so it's worthwhile helping to kill them! They are marked on the map with skulls.

Stage 4 - Defeat a boss NPC at the original invasion point (requires a group). These bosses hit VERY hard and have some abilities that will kill you if you do not avoid them (e.g. breath mechanics - make sure to stand behind the boss!)

Some other miscellaneous notes:

Zones that have active invasions are marked very clearly on the world map. Note that only zones in Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms are involved.

Mousing over the invasion icon will show you a timer, indicating how much time is left in the invasion, so that you can get there.

Entering a zone with an active invasion will put you into a scenario instance. There will be multiple instances going on at one time, so arriving at any point while the invasion is active will allow you to participate.
There are various vehicles you can use to assist you during the invasion (e.g. Demolishers, Glaives). These usually have a few abilities that will do area damage to mobs.
Most of the mobs killed for the invasions do not drop anything, although minibosses do. The shards/chests that are rewarded go into your bags automatically (even if you are dead when the appropriate stage is completed).

Rewards from the invasion are as follows:

Stage 1 - Nil.
Stage 2 - Small Legion Chest, which will contain 5 Nethershard, guaranteed iLevel 700+ Fel-Touched Gear*, and a chance for iLevel 700** weapons, with very unique models.
Helping to kill the minibosses during this stage will reward more Nethershards (5-10 extra).
Stage 3 - 10 Nethershard at the end of the stage. Additionally, mini-bosses during this stage drop Nethershards (reportedly 5-15). Therefore, killing these can net you a much higher yield than any other stage!
Stage 4 - Large Legion Chest, which will contain 10 Nethershard, guaranteed iLevel 700+ Fel-Touched Gear*, a chance for iLevel 700** weapons, with very unique models, and a chance for Coalesced Fel.

TOTAL: 25-80+ Nethershard per invasion

*This armor is the same armor that makes up the 4 transmog armor ensembles available for 200 Nethershard. If you are wanting only the transmog appearances and not the gear, collecting it piece-by-piece from these chests will be presumably much slower than buying the Ensemble.
This armor has a chance to be Warforged - this can boost it to item level 705, 710, 715, or 720.

**These weapons can be upgraded to iLevel 725 in increments of 5 item levels at a time using Coalesced Fel, which will also be available during the pre-launch event

Completing a single invasion rewards the achievement Stand Against the Legion.
Completing 6 of the invasions (as listed below) will reward Defender of Azeroth: Legion Invasions

The above achievements will be Feats of Strength (similar to Tripping the Rifts from the Cataclysm pre-expansion event) that will not be obtainable after Legion launches.

Another Feat of Strength that will be exclusively available during the Legion pre-launch event is It All Makes Sense Now (collect all 12 of the pamphlets from Doomsayer NPCs in Orgrimmar/Stormwind).

Getting to the Invasions

Below is a summary of ways to get to the invasions. I have included many different routes, including some that may be obvious (for those who may be returning to the game after a while).

Zone	Horde	Alliance
Azshara Staging point: Orgrimmar rear gates	Right outside Orgrimmar rear (North) gates Use portal from Warspear Use portal from Shrine of Two Moons Use Shroud of Cooperation/Wrap of Unity/Cloak of Coordination Use Mage portal to Orgrimmar Use The Brassiest Knuckle/Pit Fighter's Punching Ring	Fly from Mount Hyjal Use the portal to Mount Hyjal at the Stormwind City Eastern Earthshrine (Cataclysm portals) Fly from Darnassus Use portal from Stormshield Use portal from Shrine of Seven Stars Use Mage portal to Ironforge
Goblin Engineers use Dimensional Ripper - Everlook, fly from Everlook
Northern Barrens Staging point: The Crossroads	Fly from Orgrimmar or Thunder Bluff Use portals from Warspear Use portals from Shrine of Two Moons Use Shroud of Cooperation/Wrap of Unity/Cloak of Coordination Use Mage portal to Orgrimmar/Thunder Bluff Use Pit Fighter's Punching Ring	Fly from Ratchet Take teleporter from Shrine of Seven Stars to Ratchet - costs 10g, paid to Gleep Chatterswitch, located on the Summer Terrace outside of Shrine of Seven Stars Fly from Mount Hyjal Use the portal to Mount Hyjal at the Stormwind City Eastern Earthshrine (Cataclysm portals) Fly from Darnassus Use portal from Stormshield Use portal from Shrine of Seven Stars Use Mage portal to Ironforge
Goblin Engineers use Dimensional Ripper - Everlook, fly from Everlook Take boat from Booty Bay (The Cape of Stranglethorn) to Ratchet (Northern Barrens), fly from Ratchet
Tanaris Staging point: Gadgetzan	Fly from Uldum Use the portal to Uldum at the Orgrimmar Western Earthshrine (Cataclysm portals)	Fly from Uldum Use the portal to Uldum at the Stormwind City Eastern Earthshrine (Cataclysm portals) Fly from Dustwallow Marsh Take boat from Menethil Harbor (Wetlands) to Theramore (Dustwallow Marsh) Use Mage portal to Theramore (Dustwallow Marsh)
Take the portal from Dalaran to Caverns of Time in Violet Citadel, fly from Caverns of Time a) Use Mage portal to Dalaran b) Use portal from Shrine of Two Moons/Shrine of Seven Stars c) Use Signet of the Kirin Tor (or equivalent) d) Use Jaina's Locket Gnomish Engineers use Ultrasafe Transporter: Gadgetzan Take boat from Booty Bay (The Cape of Stranglethorn) to Ratchet (Northern Barrens), fly from Ratchet
Hillsbrad Foothills Staging point: Tarren Mill	Fly from Undercity Use portal from Warspear Use portal from Shrine of Two Moons Use Mage portal to Undercity Take the zeppelin from Orgrimmar to Tirisfal Glades Fly from Twilight Highlands Use the portal to Twilight Highlands at the Orgrimmar Western Earthshrine (Cataclysm portals)	Fly from Ironforge Use portal from Stormshield Use portal from Shrine of Seven Stars Use Mage portal to Ironforge Take the Deeprun Tram from Stormwind City Fly from Twilight Highlands Use the portal to Twilight Highlands at the Stormwind City Eastern Earthshrine (Cataclysm portals)
Use Mage portal to Dalaran Crater (Ancient Dalaran) - mind the long fall! Death Knights use Death Gate, fly from Acherus: The Ebon Hold
Westfall Staging point: Sentinel Hill	Fly from Blasted Lands Take portal from Orgrimmar to Blasted Lands in Cleft of Shadow Fly from Northern Stranglethorn Take zeppelin from Orgrimmar to Northern Stranglethorn (Grom'gol) Fly from The Cape of Stranglethorn Take ship from Ratchet (Northern Barrens) to Booty Bay (The Cape of Stranglethorn)	Fly from Stormwind City Use portal from Stormshield Use portal from Shrine of Seven Stars Use Shroud of Cooperation/Wrap of Unity/Cloak of Coordination Use Mage portal to Stormwind City Use The Brassiest Knuckle/Pit Fighter's Punching Ring
Use Boots of the Bay, fly from Booty Bay
Dun Morogh Staging point: Kharanos	Fly from Twilight Highlands Use the portal to Twilight Highlands at the Orgrimmar Western Earthshrine (Cataclysm portals) Fly from Undercity Use portal from Warspear Use portal from Shrine of Two Moons Use Mage portal to Undercity Take the zeppelin from Orgrimmar	Right outside Ironforge Use portal from Stormshield Use portal from Shrine of Seven Stars Use Mage portal to Ironforge Take the Deeprun Tram from Stormwind City

Comment by Veratus

The horde vendor for this currency is at the crossroads.

Comment by Zaynah

Nethershard can be exchanged at Reluctant Quartermasters, Captive Wyrmtongues. These can be found at Illidari camps, which are located in the zones under invasion.
In Dun Morogh for example, there is one just outside the Gates of Ironforge. In Westfall there is one in the north between The Jansen Stead and Saldean's Farm at the fork in the road.

Felbat Pup, Coalesced Fel, and the Transmog Sets are the same for everyone. The Item Level 700 equipment is class and spec specific.

Nethershard rewards and cost are significantly different on the PTR at the moment compared to previous comments. Invasions seem to reward 30 Nethershard, with 10 bonus Nethershard for completing the invasion the first time.

The cost for Felbat Pup and Coalesced Fel are 150 Nethershard each.

Ensemble: Fel-Infused Cloth Armor, Ensemble: Felshroud Leather Armor, Ensemble: Fel-Chain Mail Armor, Ensemble: Felforged Plate Armor are 200 Nethershard each.

Item Level 700 gear like Rings and Trinkets, e.g. Legionnaire's Fel Pendant or Felstalker Spine, are 50 Nethershard each.

Comment by likwidd

Just so people know, killing the sub bosses and big mobs (aka siege breakers) award a lot of this currency.

You can safely skip a lot of the little guys, so you can get more of it :D

Comment by Nightmare101

I just did an invasion on the newly made Demon Hunter and one invasion on my main DK and I earned 39 and 36 shards so 40-50 seems too optimistic. Or I am unlucky.

Comment by WoWGnGP

I made videos with the vendors location :)
Horde Ogrimmar
https://youtu.be/bPV8barhv2A
Alliance Stormwind City
https://youtu.be/bxPR8lgHH3Y

Comment by alessandrouw

This info is a little bit outdated, I think Blizzard hotfixed the way you obtain Nethershard. I see people complaining they are getting very few Nethershard, and most of these people are just flying during the event. Here is my current analysis, keep in mind this comment is being made on the second invasion day:

Stage 1: No shards gained from any sources;
Stage 2: You can get 5-10 Nethershard if you help killing the mini-bosses. You get a Small Legion Chest regardless if you helped or not, which contains 5 Nethershard (not 10);
Stage 3: This is where you get most Nethershard. Most mini-bosses award you from 5-15 Nethershard (maybe even more). If you help to kill a lot of mini-bosses, you get more Nethershard. So far, I have not gained any Nethershard for doing other objectives, such as breaking legion buildings or helping NPCs, but I might need more data/invasions. When the stage ends, you get 10 more Nethershard, regardless of your position in the map.
Stage 4: You get a Large Legion Chest after the boss is dead, which contains 10 Nethershard and other loot, explained in other comments.

TL;DR: Help killing things, specially on stage 3 and you'll get much more Nethershard than if you just AFK in the sky. I'll edit this comment if I find anything new.

Comment by SirFozzie

IF you take down higher level Legion warriors (those marked with a Skull on your map during phase 3, or the Lieutenants during Stage 2), you will also receive 5-8 Nethershards.

Comment by SabertoothBunny

These armor sets can be purchased by ANY toon your account. Since they are battle.net account bound you can transfer them between toons. That mean you can secure ALL of the new armor set looks with your main and transfer them later to toons that can wear that armor type if you do not already have the ability to wear it.

Kill the named bosses while doing invasions and your shard count will increase rapidly, good luck everyone!

Comment by Archimonk

2 Recommendations:

1.Don't buy the transmog Ensembles. Each event will give you 2 chests, each chest will give you one of the armor pieces, in 4-7 events you will have all 8 pieces and 500 shards.

2. On Stage 3, only kill the mini-bosses (Skull icon), you don't even need to group with other people. These bosses drop 5-7 Shards, and you will be able to kill 7-10 mini-bosses in this stage for a nice 50 extra shards.

Comment by Breotan

I strongly suggest you not use these to purchase gear/equipment. You'll be upgrading those quickly enough once Legion hits. Instead, buy Felbat Pups. Those are available only during the Invasion events preceding Legion and their price will go up as fewer become available.

Comment by Melandroso

If you want to farm these, you can leave the active invasion zone before the final boss is killed. When you then re-enter, the invasion starts over. You will not get any chests in the second round, but you will get the Nethershards from killing mini-bosses as usual. Repeat as many times as you like until the zone is no longer an active invasion zone.

Sometimes this does not work if you leave in the final phase, but if you leave at the end of phase 3, there is no issue.

Comment by newuser

As a member of the Alliance - so not forget that you can easily ride on top of the zeppelins.

You can go from
Hillsbrad > Tirisfal Glades > board the zeppelin > Oggrimar (will PVP flag you) > Northern Barrens
Westfall > Strangelthorn > Grom'gol Base Camp > Tirisfal Glades

(ofc you can go vice versa)

That should be all quicker than gryphon

This works for all chars that can fly. Maybee you can also run on the zeppelin - but i have not tried that - and at least oggrimar would kill you.

Comment by Felunhuntr

What level does a character need to be to spend the shards? My lower level characters can't see the vendor. Seems did you can earn the shards but can't spend them.

Comment by Ghyndui

I've got the pet , rings, and trinkets, etc. from the captive wyrmtongue. Any reason I should continue to collect these? Will they be used later when Legion launches?

Comment by Barleduq

In addition to the excellent comment (with 295 upvotes when I'm writing this), Nethershards can *ALSO* buy some buff items:

Battle-Mender's Dressing is Unique(5), and costs Nethershardx1 for a stack of 5.

Felstone is Unique(5), costs Nethershardx3, and has a duration of 30 minutes. <--- YOU CAN'T BUY AHEAD and expect them to be in your bags on the 2nd, 3rd invasion along.

Potion of Fel Protection is Unique, and costs Nethershardx3 for the one. Only one.

To reiterate:
The dressings cost 1 shard per stack of 5, and do not go away.
The potion costs 3 shards, and does not go away.
The stones cost 3 shards each, and DO go away.

I expect they will all go away when the invasion is over.

Comment by Reddervish

There are tables in at least 3 invasion locations which have buff items on them that I've found. I'll try to compile a list and edit this with more complete info.The buffs items go into your bag, are unique and provide a 10 minute buff. you can immediately use the 1 you acquired and then take a 2nd 1 for later in your bag. If you take a buff item while one is already in your bag the extra one(s) will be mailed to you as lost items and can be taken from mail later and used. the buffs are different at each location and multiple of these buffs may be active at 1 time.

Comment by Iruxos

Please note that purchases from the quartermasters other than the pet, will require lvl 100. If your plan is to get all the gear pieces and transmogs, you should do the invasions on a character who is already 100 or about to hit it.

Comment by SapperMac44

What happens to the shards after Legion goes live? I have 2000 of em and trying to burn my character to 100. If they just vanish that's fine. I just hope the boxes I haven't opened from every invasion I've done since level 24 will still stay and continue to scale until I open them at 100...

Comment by Stryker666

As of Legion +23 minutes the vendor is still in Orgrimmar.
I guess the same for Stormwind.

Comment by lordhagar

So Legion hit, and all nethershard vendors are gone. No use for the shards anymore? Not quiet.

The nethershard vendor is still in Orgrimmar, but you have to do the ring/trinket quest in order to see it.

Comment by Wuatdah

I miss this pre-expansion event...this, and BC/Wrath event...

Comment by Nerrevar

Warmage Kath'leen sells the following items for Nethershard.

Cauterizing Void Shard at Honored for 0 Nethershard: An item with a Cauterize effect that provides an instant heal and then damages the player over time.
Legionfall Banner at Honored for 0 Nethershard: A decorative item that summons a banner with the Legionfall logo.
Legion Pocket Portal at Revered for 0 Nethershard: A toy which summons a dangerous portal. This item was originally added during Legion's alpha and players have been searching for it for months.
Repurposed Fel Focuser at Revered for 0 Nethershard: An elixir which grant +500 to a primary stat. This is in the tradition of items from past expansions like Oralius' Whispering Crystal.
Legion Invasion Simulator at Exalted for 0 Nethershard: Summons a toy Legion ship which does battle! Seems like it will work similar to vehicle toys like Darkmoon Tonk Controller.
Legionfall Tabard at Exalted for 0 Nethershard: Tabard with the Legionfall Logo.

She also sells items which don't require any reputation:

Technique: Glyph of Blood Grip: 0 Nethershard
Technique: Glyph of Frost Grip: 0 Nethershard
Technique: Glyph of Wrathguard: 0 Nethershard
Nethershard Essence For legendary armour: 0 Nethershard
Dauntless tokens for Timeless Isle-style gear: 0 Nethershard

Nethershard, used in the pre-patch, are back once again in 7.2. You earn Nethershards through Sentinax events on the Broken Shore and killing mobs.

Comment by hevgirl

I'm a fair bit salty I burned several thousand of these on each of my characters during the Legion pre-launch Invasion event thinking they weren't gonna be a thing once the expansion hit... *sigh*

Comment by Vyola

Good news for Miners, you have chance to get some Nethershard while minering in the Broken Shore :D

Comment by FaeTheWanderer

A quick word of advice for those of you attempting to farm Nethershards after completing The Shadow of the Sentinax.

Raid groups are forming all the time in LFG in the Custom Group section. These work very similarly to the raids that were farming Apexis Crystals back in Draenor and can provide a good flow of Nethershards once you've completed the other daily objectives in the zone! The difference now lies in the quirks of the new tagging system. It seems that bringing any NPC bodyguards from your class hall like Akama to help you farm, winds up locking players out of loot and seriously slows down the rates at which everyone gains Nethershards! (As of yet, we are not sure exactly why - we have theories but no one is 100% sure of the reason at the time I am writing this) Please be very mindful of this and before you head down to The Broken Shore, Be sure you dismiss your bodyguard!

If you are wondering how you do this while away from your Order Hall, don't worry, you aren't alone in not knowing! This is almost always the next question asked when someone gets called out for having a bodyguard with them in raid chat! It is actually quite simple! It works the same way as dismissing any other companion creature, like a Hunter's pet! Just right-click their portrait and select Dismiss from the list of options it gives you! Things die so fast in one of these groups that you won't need their power anyway!

Using the Nethershards I gathered from a day's worth of dailies and then a long session of farming demons under the Sentinax in one of these farming raids, i was able to replace all of the gear on my fresh 110 Demon Hunter but one ring and trinket with ilevel 850+ epics gained from Dauntless tokens like Dauntless Bracers. The tokens themselves can also drop from the mobs that spawn in the area speeding up the process and allowing you to save for the next tier of tokens like Relinquished Hood, which start at 880 and have a very small chance to become legendary items!

Comment by Bulo

BEST WAY how to farm these Nethershards:

Go to the Sentinax zone and create a 5 man group.(1/1/3 preferred)
Get a spot near 1 or more portals.
Start stacking and farming mobs

What to do:
When green and blue items(beacons) drop, you can use them to create more portals or empower the portals around you.

What not to do:
If by chance an epic item with the name "Portal-Stone: xxxxx" drops, DO NOT USE IT! If the item is used, it calls a big boss that takes forever to get down and after the battle you need to wait 5-10 minutes for the portals to respawn again.

How much did I make in 1h?
A total of 12k nethershards

Credit goes to ITSSKITZ for this guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA03Wz-dc_A

Comment by step2me

Question.

Can anyone give me a logical answer to what i should do with my shards? Should i spend them consistently on buying Relinquished Spaulders every time i get 5k? or should i try and gamble to get a lot more from Wyrmtongue's Cache Key.

Other than potentially stockpiling them to buy the toys n whatnot, i already got my Repurposed Fel Focuser and i would think it wise to instead of pursue cosmetic toys, while legion is still here, to pursue the epic tokens. Relinquished Spaulders for me at least, as my main (and only 110 currently) is a BM hunter and i still don't have the legendary shoulders The Mantle of Command. I mean i know i may never eventually get it.

And i don't think there is anything else super useful we can buy with Nethershards that would numerically empower us, is there? other than potentially these Relinquished Tokens. I'd wager that these nether shards would be a piece of cake to farm after legion, just like Apexis Crystals and Timeless coins are now.

Any Advice or Thoughts would be appreciated.

Comment by kaibie

Overall, I've spent 135,000 Nethershards on Relinquished Spaulders in hopes of upgrading my existing 890. I think this needs to be modified... I'm done farming Sentinax.

Comment by scooterjb

Any word from the PTR if these will be used again in 7.3 or should I spend away?

Comment by CronoLink

Ok, so it seems like nethershards are still useful in 7.3, at least for for legendary crafting. Warmage Kath'leen is still in Deliverance Point, and apart from selling her usual stuff, including Nethershard essence for crafted legendaries, she sells the new Relinquished Armor Set (bound to account) for 400; the description reads "set a champion's item level at 880", so I guess this is more help for alts to catch up (I would assume alts at 110?).

Comment by KissxMint

This is so lame. The remaining vendor whatever she sold should be BOA. Not that the gears are any good, i850. You still have to grind alts for Repurposed Fel Focuser and gain revered rep.

Comment by JohnEP

this has not been updated in a while! One place for nethershards are the small chests that show up on the minimap at randomly spawned places on the broken shore. Legion invasions drop them as well.

Comment by Malholis

I'm not too certain on other classes, but now that Nethershards are starting to deprecate, I have determined the greatest gold value can be earned by purchasing the 400 shard Dauntless Leggings from Warmage Kath'leen and vendoring the pants they provide. 400 shards produces 17g68s96c consistently, more if it warforges/titanforges. You may be able to sell the Legendary on AH if your server still has demand for them, but unless you need more resources or want to try to get Scraps, I believe this is the best way to 'spend' your shards at this point before BFA formally launches.

Comment by Jaysquared

Anyone having issues getting this in pre-patch?

Comment by SargonStarblade

Let me start of by saying currently the Captive Wyrmtongue in Orgrimmar/Stormwind City does not sell any items.

For those with an excessive amount of Nethershard (I had over 52,000) here is my suggestions for purchases. First:

Power up your followers to power level 880 using Relinquished Armor Set
Raise you follower experience using Grimoire of Lost Knowledge
Purchase the toys Legion Pocket Portal, Legion Invasion Simulator, or Lingering Wyrmtongue Essence
Purchase, for Inscription, Technique: Glyph of Wrathguard and Technique: Glyph of Floating Shards
Purchase Nethershard Essence for Legendary Crafting
Purchase Arsenal: Armaments of the Ebon Blade for Death Knight or Arsenal: Armaments of the Silver Hand for Paladin

The rest involve converting the Nethershard to gold.

Potentially the most lucrative would have been to purchase Felbat Pup use it then cage it to get Felbat Pup and auction it (doing this reduces the posting fee to 1s), but that was sold by Captive Wyrmtongue, just putting this here in case it becomes available again.

That leaves us with the Dauntless Tokens I will list the ones that will net the most gold per Nethershard, note these are prices for Unwarforged, when you are beyond Legion content. The tokens will currently make ilevel 168, if it Warforges and its ilevel is raised the price will rise by a few silver, gem slots and additional stats like avoidance or leech do not raise the price.
Currently Wowhead does not have the ilevel 168 price shown for these items. The best items I found for gold conversion are:

For Plate Dauntless Leggings creates Storm-Tempered Legplates which sells for 17g 87s 78c at iLevel 168
For Mail Dauntless Leggings creates Galvanized Stormscale Legguards which sells for 17g 81s 45c at iLevel 168
For Leather Dauntless Tunic creates Fel-Treated Chestguard which sells for 17g 94s 29c at iLevel 168
For Cloth Dauntless Leggings creates Ley-Touched Trousers which sells for 17g 68s 96c at iLevel 168

Update as of 10.0.2
With the level crunch Duntless Tokens are only worth a few silver when converted to gear, the most I saw was just over 6s on a normal conversion and 11s at a ilevel 60 upgrade. This is approximately 1.5c to 2s 75c per Nethershard and is not worth the time.
Currently the most potentially lucrative way to convert your Nethershard to gold is Nethershard Essence which costs 8000 and can be sold on the AH, currently selling for about 1,000g. About 12s 50c per Nethershard, though they have sold in the past for 10,000g.
Another option is Crate of Champion Equipment at 250 Nethershard which converts to champion equipment most of the time and is a reliable 8g 8s 75c, which is 3s 23.5c per Nethershard, in addition it has a small chance drop legendary champion equipment. Champion equipment that provides gold on your Combat Ally stacks as long as it is not duplicate gear, this could potentially be an extra 30g for every Legion WQ.

Comment by Trogdorp

Im not sure if i got super lucky, but i just did the world quest to hand in 100 nethershards for the key, i opened a chest, and to my surprise i got 50,189 nethershards when i opened the chest. highest i ever saw before that was like 4,000. was a very welcomed surprise and was able to buy the rest of the toys i needed haha

Comment by tuxon

Is there any way to send them to another character?

Comment by Ramei

Standard World Quests do not provide the shards, standard foes do not drop the shards. Has to be bosses with or with a World Quest to kill them. The only standard demons dropping the shardsare ones coming through a player summoned portal via The Sentinax

Comment by Nordrassil1

Just thought I'd update this with a more current comment to let people know how to farm them - it's those green skull creatures that respawn quickly on broken shore that drop these, you can also get them from the rares during Legion Invasions, but I didn't see a pretty good consistent source otherwise myself. Each rare drops a few hundred so it's not too bad to farm.

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