Refractor Shards (Zenny)

> "Refractors: a powerful source of energy found in ruins. Smaller refractors are used as currency, while larger ones are used to power machines and provide heat and light."
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> —Barrell Caskett, from the Diggers Manual in Barrell's room in Mega Man Legends 2

**Refractor Shards** are used as the primary form of currency—**Zenny** (ゼニー *Zenī*) or just **Ƶ**—in the *Mega Man Legends* series. Refractor Shards come in many different shapes, sizes, and colors. Depending on the size and color, the refractor shards increase in value from smaller shards that are only worth Ƶ100 up to much larger shards that can be worth up to Ƶ10,000.

Refractor Shards are most commonly found in the Underground Ruins beneath the surface of Terra. They can be found in treasure chests scattered throughout the ruins or are commonly dropped by most Reaverbots when they are defeated or destroyed.

## Creation

While the origins of Quantum Refractors are not completely understood or explained throughout the series, there are some instances in spin-off titles that give possibilities for their creation.

A specialized device in one of the ruins in *Rockman DASH: 5tsu no Shima no Daibouken!* can process small Refractors by using extremely high amounts of energy from magma.

It is unknown what the Refractors found in Sub-Gates, the Main Gate, or any of the Underground Ruins are used for. It is possible that they may power the various pieces of the Elder System, which was revealed at the end of Mega Man Legends 2 to have started to reactivate on Terra again.

## Small Refractors/Refractor Shards

**Small Refractors**, also known as **Refractor Shards**, instead of being used as a power source, are usually referred to by the name Zenny—the world's currency. They are most frequently found in treasure chests that are scattered throughout the Underground Ruins and when Reaverbots are destroyed, they will leave behind these Refractor Shards. They vary in worth depending on both the size and color of the shards.

They appear in four sizes in the first *Mega Man Legends* game—A small gray Refractor Shard that is worth 50 Zenny, a medium green Refractor Shard that is worth 100 Zenny, a medium purple Refractor Shard that is worth 250 Zenny, and a large blue Refractor Shard that is worth 1,000 Zenny.

In *Mega Man Legends 2*, small blue Refractor Shards are incredibly rare, and they are only dropped by one enemy, while dark violet is much more common. The amount that the Refractor Shards are worth depend on the difficulty level. At the easiest difficulty level, there are six Refractor Shard sizes that are worth 40, 200, 400, 1,200, 2,000, and 4,000 zenny each, respectively.

In *The Misadventures of Tron Bonne*, they appear in six colors, worth 100, 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000, and 5,000 Zenny each, respectively. There are also Money Bags that you can find that are worth 2,000 Zenny each.

## List of values for the Refractor Shards

Refractor Shards come in different shapes and sizes, and these shapes and sizes differ depending on which video game in the series that they are found in..

### *Mega Man Legends*

Gray - Ƶ50

Green - Ƶ100

Purple - Ƶ250

Blue - Ƶ500

### *Mega Man Legends 2*

Depending on the difficulty setting that you select or the Digger's License that you acquire throughout the game, the value of the Refractor Shards will differ.

#### Class C License

Small Gray - Ƶ40

Small Green - Ƶ200

Medium Yellow - Ƶ400

Medium Orange - Ƶ1,200

Large Red - Ƶ2,000

Large Purple - Ƶ4,000

#### Class B / A / S License

Small Gray - Ƶ10

Small Green - Ƶ50

Medium Yellow - Ƶ100

Medium Orange - Ƶ300

Large Red - Ƶ500

Large Purple - Ƶ1,000

#### Class SS License

Small Gray - Ƶ5

Small Green - Ƶ25

Medium Yellow - Ƶ50

Medium Orange - Ƶ150

Large Red - Ƶ250

Large Purple - Ƶ500

### *The Misadventures of Tron Bonne*

Purple - Ƶ100

Pink - Ƶ200

Blue - Ƶ500

Green - Ƶ1,000

Money Bag - Ƶ2,000

Orange - Ƶ2,000

Red - Ƶ5,000

## Trivia

* It is rumored that Refractors (or a similar power source) were used in chronologically previous installments of *Mega Man*. In *Mega Man Zero 3*, the battle of Cubit Foxtar took place in a factory's main power plant, which held a crystal that seemed to be similar to the Quantum Refractors found in the Mega Man Legends series.