Archon Shard

Archon Shards are permanent upgrade items taken from Archons and used by the Helminth to further enhance a Warframe.
==Lore ==
Archon Shards are used by Narmer's Archons, giving them immense energy and life. The Archons can also use the energy from the shards to reanimate slain Sentients, and allows the Archons to reanimate themselves if they fall in battle. This can be countered by removing the shard from the body of the Archons, as without the shard, the Archon merely slumps over and perishes.
==Types==
As of the Whispers in the Walls expansion, there are six types of Archon Shards:
CrimsonArchonShard.png|link=Archon Shard| Upgrades ability stats and weapon stats, such as melee critical damage, ability strength, or ability duration.
AmberArchonShard.png|link=Archon Shard| Upgrades utility stats, such as ability cast speed, parkour velocity, or pickup effectiveness.
AzureArchonShard.png|link=Archon Shard| Upgrade Warframe survivability stats, such as shield capacity, health, or energy.
TopazArchonShard.png|link=Archon Shard| Offer buffs based around damage, damage, and status.
VioletArchonShard.png|link=Archon Shard| Offer buffs based around damage and status, melee critical damage, and energy/health conversion.
EmeraldArchonShard.png|link=Archon Shard| Offer damage bonuses for and damage types.
Archon Shards can also have "Tauforged" variants, which are rarer but have 1.5x higher stat bonuses than their regular variants.
TauforgedCrimsonArchonShard.png|link=Archon Shard|
TauforgedAmberArchonShard.png|link=Archon Shard|
TauforgedAzureArchonShard.png|link=Archon Shard|
TauforgedTopazArchonShard.png|link=Archon Shard|
TauforgedVioletArchonShard.png|link=Archon Shard|
TauforgedEmeraldArchonShard.png|link=Archon Shard|
==Acquisition== 
*Archon Shards are awarded from Archon Hunts: from Archon Amar, from Archon Nira, and from Archon Boreal. The Shard has an 80% chance of being a normal variant and 20% of being Tauforged. 
**If a normal variant is awarded, the chance of receiving a Tauforged increases by 20% which resets upon earning one, tracked individually for each shard type.
**Taking the increasing drop rates after not getting a Tauforged into consideration, the effective chance for a Tauforged is around 39.83%.
*One normal Crimson, Amber, and Azure Archon Shard that rotates its color weekly can be purchased from Bird 3 of Cavia for , requiring players to be at Rank 5 - Illuminate to purchase.
*Crimson, Amber, and Azure Archon Shards are available as common loot from the Netracells or Deep Archimedea in Albrecht's Laboratories, with their Tauforged variants able to be rolled as rare loot.
*Possible reward from the 1999 Calendar, including , , and . In-game seasons change each week of real time, with rewards changing with each new season.
*Apart from the 1999 Calendar, , , and Archon Shards are only obtainable through Coalescent Fusion of two Crimson, Amber, and Azure Shards.
Source 	Source 	Reward 	Chance	Expected	Nearly Guaranteed
Archon Hunt 	Archon Hunt 	Common 	80%* 	 	
Archon Hunt 	Archon Hunt 	Tauforged	20%* 	 	
Netracells 	Netracells 	Common 	52.5% 	 	
Netracells 	Netracells 	Tauforged	12.5% 	 	
Deep Archimedea	Uncommon Reward Pool 	Common 	52.5% 	 	
Deep Archimedea	Uncommon Reward Pool 	Tauforged	12.5% 	 	
Deep Archimedea	Rare Reward Pool 	Common 	39.4% 	 	
Deep Archimedea	Rare Reward Pool 	Tauforged	25.6% 	 	
Deep Archimedea	Legendary Reward Pool	Tauforged	50% 	 	
*Tauforged variants' drop chance increases if a normal variant is awarded.
==Usage==
==Notes==
*Selling or subsuming a Warframe equipped with Archon Shards will cause those shards to be lost.
== Trivia ==
* As of now, the Emerald and Violet Archon Shards currently do not have a known associated Archon lore-wise, mainly due to them only obtainable by fusing Shards.
** Pazuul has an orange Archon Shard similar to the Topaz one, jammed across his skull.
==Patch History==
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