Red Shard

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	Introduced in Generation III
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Power	30

The Red Shard (Japanese: あかいかけら Red Shard) is a type of item introduced in Generation III. It is one of the Shards.

In the core series games

Games	Cost	Sell price
RS E FRLG DP Pt HGSS WB2W2 XY ORAS BDSP	N/A	$100
B	$3000	$100
SM USUM	N/A	$500
LA	N/A	$150

In the Generation V games, the Red Shard can be sold to the ore maniac inside the Icirrus City Pokémon Center for $200.

In Hoenn, a Red Shard can be exchanged with the Treasure Hunter on Route 124 for a Fire Stone.

In Pokémon Platinum, 2, 4, 6, or 8 Red Shards can be exchanged with Move Tutors to teach Pokémon moves.

In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 Red Shards can be exchanged with the Driftveil City Move Tutor to teach Pokémon moves.

In Alola, 30 Red Shards can be exchanged with the old man who appears in the Festival Plaza castle post-game for a Bottle Cap.

In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, three Red Shards are one of the crafting ingredients required to craft a Star Piece.

Games	Description
RS E	A shard from an ancient item. Can be sold cheaply.
FRLG	A small red shard. It appears to be from some sort of a tool made long ago.
ColoXD	An item brought over from a faraway place.
DP Pt	A small red shard. It appears to be from some sort of implement made long ago.* It appears to be from some sort of tool made long ago.*
HGSS BW B2W2	A small red shard. It appears to be from some sort of implement made long ago.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA SV	A small red shard. It appears to be a fragment of some sort of implement made long ago.

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
RS E	Routes 124 and 127 (underwater)	Held by wild Corsola (5% chance)
FRLG		Trade
DP Pt	Routes 207^Pt^[1], 210^Pt, 213^DP, and 214^Pt, Wayward Cave^Pt^[1], Mt. Coronet^Pt, Great Marsh^Pt, Fuego Ironworks^Pt, Iron Island^Pt, Survival Area^Pt	Underground Great Marsh (randomly given when entering)^Pt Fuego Ironworks (trade for Star Piece with Mr. Fuego)^Pt
HGSS		Rock Smash
PW		Rugged Road, Volcano Path, Scary Cave, Night Sky's Edge
BW		Black City^B/White Forest^W (Doug)
B2W2	Routes 4, 13, and 22, Desert Resort, Nimbasa City, Relic Passage, Reversal Mountain^W2, Victory Road, Twist Mountain, Dragonspiral Tower, Clay Tunnel	Dust clouds (Relic Passage, Reversal Mountain) Join Avenue (Antique Shop) Big Stadium and Small Court (defeat Hiker Russel) Pokémon World Tournament (randomly given after losing a tournament) Hidden Grottoes Transfer from Dream Radar
DW*		Icy Cave
PDR		Dream Clouds
XY		Trade
ORAS	Routes 124 and 127 (underwater), Mirage Mountain (northeast of Route 125)	Mirage Caves
SM USUM		Poké Pelago (Isle Aphun - Odd-Shard Hunting, Interesting-Item Hunting)
BDSP	Route 213	Grand Underground
LA	Obsidian Falls (from a man, if the player chose his right hand)	Space-time distortions


Underground sprite from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum	Grand Underground sprite from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl	Bag sprite from Legends: Arceus

Red Shards made a cameo in Team Rocket's fantasy in The Grass Menagerie!.

Ash found one of each shard in Treasure Hunt, Akala Style! during a Stoutland Search treasure hunt set up for him and his classmates by Olivia.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 First documented on the Project Pokémon Forum, the Red Shards on Route 207 and in Wayward Cave are mutually exclusive, as they share the same script.